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Copyright 2007

(Jimmy's P.O.V.)

Rachel, Mathew and I walked together to the Beika Community Pool. Rachel was holding hands with both me and Mathew while we walked. I knew that Mathew loved Rachel like a sister since I figured out the feelings he had for her. The three of us had our towels draped around our shoulders. Rachel was still in her bathing suit and both Mathew and I had put on our shirts after we dried off at the beach.

"Hey, Jimmy," Rachel said to me.

I looked at her and she instantly kissed me on the lips. Then, she looked at Mathew.

"I can see how much she means to you, Jimmy," Mathew said to me.

I was kind of hesitant in his assumption. For some reason, I knew that Rachel told him that we were childhood friends when she went with Mathew on that lunch date. I looked over at Rachel. She smiled at me like I was her soul mate.

"Yeah, I... kinda fell for her when she asked me if I'd rather have one real girlfriend over all the fan mail I've been getting," I said.

"I'm sorry I even asked him," Rachel said, putting her hand over her face.

"Come on, Rachel," Mathew said to her.

"It couldn't have been that bad -- he wanted you; he wanted you so bad he could've stopped at nothing to get you."

"He didn't want me," Rachel said to him.

"He just looked at me with some sort of 'I'm in love with this girl' smile."

"I see," Mathew said to her.

For the rest of the time, we constantly chatted with each other while we walked to the community pool. When we got there, we sat down at a table and rested our feet for a little while.

"So, Rachel," I said to my sweetheart.

"Other than feeling like you should, why do you wanna spend the night with Mathew?"

"He actually offered me to," Rachel responded.

"Besides, if he loves me like a sister, I can't say 'no' to him; you and I both know that he's my neighbor and I pay him a visit everyday."

(Rachel's P.O.V.)

Jimmy knew how right I was about the facts that I gave him. I, myself, knew that if I declined Mathew's offer to spend the night with him, it wouldn't ever feel right. I just couldn't decline, even if he said that I'm like a sister to him; now that was the number one reason in my book to which I could not say "no" to Mathew's offer to spend the night with him.

"Now do you see why, Jimmy?" I asked him.

"Yeah, I do," Jimmy responded.

He still let me spend the night with him; he knew that I wasn't seeing Mathew, and he trusted him, too. The only thing about Mathew that I was concerned about was if he'd do the same things with Serena since she's his girlfriend, and not me -- even if he said that I was "his type".

"So, Mathew," I said, turning to Mathew.

"I will still spend the night with you, but have you ever offered Serena to spend the night with you?"

"Yeah, actually I did," Mathew responded.

"Last weekend was that time."

"Oh," I simply said.

I looked over at the pool and noticed a lot of young kids with their parents inside. The sun was still shining brightly in the sky, and it was very close to 90 degrees today. I turned my head back to the others.

"I guess I'm gonna jump in and get wet," I said to them.

"You guys wanna join?"

"I'll join you, Rachel," Mathew said to me, standing up next to me.

While he removed his shirt, I looked at Jimmy.

"Jimmy, are you gonna join us?" I asked him.

"In a little while," Jimmy said to me.

"Okay," I said.

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

Rachel looked at me and smiled. I couldn't resist and smiled back at her. She held out her hand to me and I took it. I didn't do it just to make Jimmy jealous (even if I would never do something like that), I only did it because I loved Rachel like a sister.

"Don't you like that?" Rachel asked me.

"Yeah," I responded.

"Before we go in," Rachel said to me.

"There's something I need to ask you: since you live in Hawaii, are you used to seeing girls dressed in bathing suits like me?"

"Um, a little bit," I said.

"Probably because you don't go to a beach very often back home," Rachel said to me.

"Yeah," I said.

We smiled at each other a little bit more. There was absolutely no question that I loved Rachel like a sister, and that Serena was my dream girl.

"You ready, Mathew?" Rachel asked me, tilting her head at the pool.

"Mm-hmm," I said.

"You wanna go in together?" Rachel asked me.

"Sure, why not," I said to her.

Holding hands, Rachel and I jogged to one of the pool's edges and jumped in. We never did it to make Jimmy upset or anything, we did it because we're friends, and I liked hanging out with her a lot. When we resurfaced, we were soaked from head to toe. Once again, we smiled at each other for a little while.

"Jimmy, come on in," Rachel called when me and her resurfaced.

She waved her hand back and forth to get Jimmy to come in with us. We had released each other's hands after we splashed into the pool. After that, I saw Jimmy stand up and get ready to come in.

(Jimmy's P.O.V.)

I had been sitting in the chair for about 5 minutes, 4 with both Rachel and Mathew. I saw Rachel moving her hand back at forth at me again to get me to come in with them.

I really should, I thought as I stood up.

I removed my shirt and put it where Rachel's things were. Then, I walked to the same edge of the pool where Rachel and Mathew had jumped from into the water. I jumped in and swam to them.

"I'm here, Rachel," I said when I swam in front of her.

She approached me and instantly embraced me. I couldn't resist her warm embrace and returned her favor. Seconds later, we turned away and kissed each other on the lips again and again.

"Jimmy, I love you," Rachel said softly to me.

"I love you too, Rachel," I softly replied back.

I pressed my lips a tad bit harder against Rachel's soft lips when we softly kissed each other again.

"Did it hurt?" I softly asked Rachel.

"No," Rachel simply responded.

She climbed out of the pool and sat with her legs dangling in the water. Rachel called me and Mathew over and we sat on both of her sides. I felt like I was on a date with her, only she ended up bringing Mathew along. Like earlier today at the hot springs, Rachel wrapped her arms around both of our shoulders.

"Thanks, you guys," Rachel said, smiling at the both of us.

"Let's go back in," She said to us as she stood on her feet.

I watched her get into a diving position. Rachel did a one hundred percent graceful dive into the pool, splashing both me and Mathew a little bit.

"Should we join her?" I asked Mathew.

"Yep," Mathew responded.

He jumped in and I followed him.

(Rachel's P.O.V.)

(Quick A/n: The rest of this chapter will be from Rachel's point of view.)

For the next few hours, we swam and played around with each other. Afterwards, we gathered our things, dried off, changed, and left for home. The sun was going down when I finally realized something.

"Oh no!!" I said, a little shocked.

"What is it?" Mathew asked me.

"I forgot -- I gotta get something to eat for Dad!" I said, feeling a little rushy.

I reached into my bag and pulled out some money. Then, I ran ahead of the guys.

"Wait for us, Rachel!!" Jimmy said as Mathew and him ran after me.

I ran ahead to a nearby restaurant and ordered a sushi plate. While I was waiting for the food, I saw Jimmy and Mathew run in and sit at the table I was sitting at.

"What's with the rushy feelings, Rach?" Jimmy asked me.

"I thought the psychologist told you to stay away from him for 3 days?"

"Yeah, but how's he gonna survive if I don't get him anything?" I reminded him.

For most of my life, I had made everyday dinners for Dad. I made numerous amounts of things for him and he ate everything I made for him.

"One sushi plate," I heard the cashier person call out.

I picked it up, grabbed my beach bag and headed for home; both of the boys followed me. Jimmy gave me a good-bye kiss and headed the other way for his mansion. That gave me a golden opportunity to ask Mathew something.

"Say, Mathew," I said to him.

"There's about three things that I wanted to ask you. You know, when we were at the pool and I asked you if you were used to seeing girls dressed in bathing suits since you were from Hawaii, and you said 'a little bit'?"

"Yeah, what about that?" Mathew asked me.

"Well, I was wondering," I said, continuing on with my first question.

"Why did you say 'a little bit', other than the fact that I assumed that you never went to the beach very often?"

"Well, I never lived near a beach," Mathew began.

"Plus, I never went there very often; I remember one time when I was younger -- this was about 12 years ago when I was only seven years old, I was in the water boogie-boarding with my parents, when I washed to shore from a wave, and I got stung on both of my ankles by a Portuguese Man-o-War, and that was the first sting of my life; my sister and one of my cousins got stung before."

"And you never went there since that incident 12 years ago?" I asked.

"Yep, until last summer with another friend of mine," Mathew answered.

"I see," I said.

"So, what's the 2nd thing you wanted to ask me?" Mathew asked me.

"Oh, well," I said.

"Since you've been to the beach with both me and Serena, do you like seeing a bathing suit version of me, Serena, or the both of us a lot?" I asked him.

"Well, you know," Mathew said to me.

"To be honest with you, I... kind of like the both of you dressed in a bathing suit, but... like I said about you, I kind of like your version a little bit more since you're my type of girl, Rachel. But, of course, swimsuits aren't the only outfit I like seeing girls like you in -- I actually like seeing girls just... well-dressed like you and Serena."

I felt better about it. It was a very good thing that Mathew never liked seeing girls like me and Serena dressed in bathing suits only -- he liked seeing me and her dressed in regular clothes, too.

"Okay," I said.

"Now, the last thing I wanted to ask you is this: could you imagine me in a two-piece bathing suit like Serena's? Because I've worn one full of flowers before."

"You know, to be perfectly honest, Rachel," Mathew said to me.

"I honestly can't imagine you in a two-piece swimsuit; the one you told me you wore, I think I could. But just remember, it's not every single time that I like seeing girls like you or Serena dressed in a bathing suit."

That gave me an idea. We both reached my dad's agency and walked inside. I took Mathew up to our apartment.

"Wait out here, Mathew," I said to him.

"I'll be right back."

I kissed him on the cheek and went inside. Dad was asleep on the floor. I quietly put down his sushi plate and wrote him a note. I wrote to him:

Dad,

Here's your dinner. I bought you a sushi plate. Enjoy it.

Love,

Rachel.

P.S.: I'm spending the night at Mathew's apartment tonight.

I quietly placed the note right in front of the plastic bag that contained Dad's sushi plate. That's when I saw that he woke up. He was still terrified of me; he actually ran away and hid from me.

Ugh, this is ridiculous, I thought.

"Dad, will you quit this?" I said, sounding irritated.

"It's not like I'm going to kill you or anything -- I'm your daughter, don't you see? This hasn't happened to you before and now it's driving me nuts!"

With that said and done, I walked back to my room. As I cooled down my temper, I grabbed another plastic bag and put in my clothes for tomorrow. I also packed my toothbrush with me. I stepped into the bathroom and changed into regular clothes. I ended up wearing my navy blue shirt, light blue jacket, and blue shorts. Then, I went to join Mathew. I exited the apartment, leaving Dad by himself again and went with Mathew across the street to his apartment.

End of chapter.

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