(Okay, here's chapter 10 of "Good Friends?" It's been awhile since I tended to this story. Maybe the next time I update this story, it'll be the last chapter. Hope you all will enjoy this. Thanks to inu16kags and Eulene for reviewing. Hope I'll get a lot more from others.)

(Rachel's P.O.V.)

Tomorrow had finally come. I was laying in bed sound asleep, dreaming of that day that Jimmy would come back to me. Would that day ever come in real life? I hoped so. The sun was shining brightly in the sky once again. Its light was shining into my room from the glass on the sliding door to my balcony and on myself. I yawned, stretched, and sat up on my bed. I looked at my clock and it was just a few minutes after 8 a.m.

"Maybe it's a little early for me to get Mathew," I said to myself as I started fixing my bedsheets.

"Knowing him, he's probably still asleep."

I stepped into the bathroom to brush my teeth. Right when I finished, I took a sip of water, gurgled it in my mouth, and spit it out. Next, I turned on the water from the sink, cupped my hands together, put them underneath the water, and splashed it all over my face.

"Maybe when it gets close to 9, I'll go and get Mathew," I said to myself as I headed downstairs to make my breakfast.

I ate a small breakfast and while I was eating, I noticed Conan coming downstairs still in his bright green sleepclothes. Like Conan, I was also still in my light red sleepclothes.

"Morning, Conan," I cheerfully said.

"Morning, Rachel," Conan said back to me.

"Up for the beach again?" I asked.

"Sounds good," Conan agreed.

There was no question that Mathew and I were going to the beach again, but I asked Conan if he wanted to tag along with us since he always goes with me practically everywhere I go. I wasn't seeing Mathew, especially since he knows I'm taken with Jimmy. We were just best friends after all. In the meanwhile, I had just finished my breakfast. I went back upstairs to my room and grabbed my same red bathing suit.

"He likes red, I like red, so why don't I wear my red swimsuit again," I said.

I stepped back into the bathroom and changed to my red bathing suit. I grabbed my sunscreen, my change of clothes, beach towel and my hat. Like yesterday, I placed them all in my bag. I looked at my wristwatch and it was only 8:45 a.m.

"Hey, Conan," I called.

"You almost finished? I'm ready to go and get Mathew."

"Yep," Conan answered.

I knew that there was no need to rush Conan. I had all the time in the world, but the faster he moved, the more time we could most likely spend at the beach today. I wanted to at least leave to get Mathew by 9 a.m. I looked down at my bathing suit. I decided to put on my change of clothes since I wasn't going into any water for the time being. I decided to wait downstairs for Conan to finish his breakfast and change his clothes. That's when I noticed Dad.

"Rachel, you heading to the beach again?" Dad asked me.

"Mm-hmm," I answered.

"I'm waiting for Conan."

"Are you going with that friend of yours?" Dad asked.

"If you mean Mathew, yeah," I replied.

"Well, okay," Dad said to me.

"Dad," I said to him.

"Relax, will you? Mathew may be from the states, but he's got a lot of respect for girls. He's a sweet guy."

"Okay, Rachel," Dad said to me.

"I believe you."

In the meantime, Conan had came downstairs wearing his swimshorts. I waved good-bye to Dad, took Conan with me and we went to get Mathew. I knocked on his apartment front door and there he stood, all dressed to go.

"Looks like you're ready to go," I said.

"Yep," Mathew answered.

"I've been all set since about 8:15 this morning."

The three of us walked to the beach together. Even if Mathew did act like the Jimmy I really wanted when he's away from his cases, and even if he liked me a lot, we wouldn't be a couple at all. We would just stay as friends. I did want him to meet Jimmy if he came back. I'm not really sure what makes me so attractive to him, but then I thought about the three things he said he judges a girl by (outfit, attitude, and hairstyle). Maybe it was my long brown hair, my sweet attitude around people, and whatever clothes I wore that attracted him.

(End Rachel's P.O.V.)

Is it just the three of us, or is Serena coming as well?" I asked Rachel.

"Just the three of us," Rachel answered.

"But I might call Serena again if you really wanna see her."

"Nah, that's alright," I answered.

I was a little bummed, but I had a strange feeling that Rachel might say that it was only going to be the three of us. The thing was, I liked both girls, but I liked Rachel a little bit more than Serena. But the only bad thing about liking Rachel was that she was already taken, but I would still be friends with her, Serena and Conan.

"Well, we're here," Rachel said after about 20 minutes had passed.

The skies were crystal clear once again for a 2nd beach day in a row. Only this time, Serena wasn't going to be around... maybe.

End of chapter 10

(Okay, that's gonna do it. Hope you all enjoyed this. I hope I can get more reviews from people. Plus I hope someone will review my latest chapter for "Note to Lunch". I updated it about last week and nobody had the nerve to review. Hope someone will. Take care everyone. One more thing: I won't update "Note to Lunch" until at least one person reviews -- anonymous or signed, I don't care. I want at least one so I can continue it.)