I know long time for an update but hey I have midterms to write lol but I took a break and wrote this.... hope you like it. please review!
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Rachel began telling her story... she told Ryan that after they were separated how she was put in one home after another and most were abusive. She told him about the Johnsons and how they treated her. So she left in search for Nick and she had gotten lucky cause he didn't move and his mom and Jim took her in. She didn't tell him about Nicks life cause it wasn't her place. When she finished her story Ryan was looking at her knowingly.
"Wow, you were lucky to find Nick again." Seth said. She looked at him and nodded. She could tell that he didn't know what to say. 'He wasn't in our position.' she thought. He didn't know what it was like to be in the system, be on the run, and to not be wanted. He was lucky.
"So how did you get here?" Rachel asked Ryan. He half smiled and looked down. Then he began to tell his story. He told about A.J and how his mom went back on drugs and drinking. How he was arrested and how his mom threw him out and so on. When he finished the room was silent for a moment.
"So your story is kinda like mine." Rachel said. "We both ended up in good homes. The only difference is that child services doesn't know where I am. Not that they would care at this point." She said. Nick spoke up.
"My turn to tell my story." He said. The other three looked at him.
"You don't have too." Rachel said.
"Nah. you guys were sharing so it is only fair." He said and started to tell Ryan and Seth about his life before Jim. How his dad was always high and drunk. His dad and Rachel's dad knew each other. That was how the two kids met to begin with and since they were in the same boat, they became fast friends. He also told how his dad got his mom in to drinking and drugs and how his father used to beat him up over stupid stuff. Then his dad was arrested on drug charges and sent to jail for a long time. A few days later Rachel's dad was arrested and that was the last time they saw each other. He told how a few months later his mom met Jim and he got her clean and sober. She has been clean for 3 years. But in those few months between his dads arrest and Jim, his mom was still getting high and drunk, she would hit him but never as bad as his dad had.
The room again fell into silence. Ryan and Rachel knew what it was like and understood. Seth on the other hand couldn't grasp it. He didn't get it. They all could tell. The three of them bonded over their abused lives and they kinda sensed that Seth felt like the outsider.
"You ok Seth?" Rachel asked and Seth looked up. He had tears in his eyes.
"Yea...I...I just never knew that Ryan went though all that and to hear what you guys went though too.... I mean how could anyone hurt their own kids like that. It's just....I don't..."
"Seth your rambling." Ryan said and laughed to ease the tension.
"Sorry.' he said.
"Don't be sorry Seth. you never went though it and you are lucky." Nick said and Ryan and Rachel agreed.
"Yea. This is not something you want to experience. Our parents, now with the exception of Nicks mom, weren't meant to have kids. But they did and they treated them badly." Rachel said. "But I think we turned out ok. I mean we aren't in jail." She said looking at Ryan.
"Anymore." he added smiling.
"But if you like, we can beat the shit out of you Seth?" Rachel said laughing. The boys laughed too. And Rachel hit Seth with the pillow and before they knew it they were in a full blown pillow fight. The memories of their past were just that at the moment. The past.
They wound up sitting up to the early hours of the morning talking about everything and anything. Seth no longer felt like an outsider and all four of them became close. At about 3:30am they finally fell asleep. Somehow all 4 of them fit on the pool house bed. Ryan on the end, Rachel next to him, Nick next to her and Seth on the other end. Ryan had his arm around Rachel protectively as he slept. Rachel while sleeping snuggled in to Ryan's body making her feel even safer. They all slept well.
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The next morning Sandy had walked into the pool house about 10am to see if the kids were awake. He looked over at the bed to see all 4 sleeping like babies. He wasn't about to wake them so he turned around and went back into the house.
At about noon Rachel stirred and slowly woke up to find that a still sleeping Ryan was hugging her and a small smile on his face. She smiled at the site and brushed a little hair out of his face. She felt movement next to her on the other side and looked over. Seth was awake.
"Hey Seth.' She whispered and he waved.
"I'll be back, nature calls." He whispered back to her. She chuckled a little and watched him head to the bathroom. She looked back at Ryan to see that he too was starting to stir. A few seconds later he opened his blue eyes.
"Hey." She whispered. He smiled.
"Hey." He whispered back. He sat up and she frowned. "What?" He asked.
"You moved." She said and started to laugh. she then sat up and looked at Nick who was still out like a light.
"Where is Seth?" Ryan asked.
"Right here." Seth said coming out of the bathroom and Ryan heard the toilet. he nodded knowingly. Ryan then made his way to the bathroom then Rachel was next. They all got dressed. Rachel Picked up her clothes that she saw were neatly folded and clean.
"What?" She asked.
"I bet my mom came in here and got Rosa to wash them for you guys. She is like that." Seth stated.
"She didn't have to do that. I have worn the same thing twice in a row with out being washed before." She said.
"Try telling Kirsten not to." Ryan laughed. Rachel left to get changed and when she came back Nick was still sleeping.
"Better wake him." Rachel laughed and went over to Nick. "Nick wake up." She said shaking him. She did that a few times before he woke up.
"What?" He asked sleepily looking around. Rachel laughed and Ryan and Seth chuckled.
"Morning, or should I say afternoon sleepyhead." Rachel said. Nick sat up and wiped the sleep for his eyes.
"Hey guys." He said waving to the other two boys. They smiled and waved back.
"What's up for today?" Rachel asked.
"We could go to the pier." Ryan said and Seth nodded.
"Sounds good. let me get dressed." Nick said getting up and grabbing his clothes from yesterday surprised to see them clean.
"Don't ask." Rachel said smiling. Nick shrugged and walked in to the bathroom to get dressed. When he came out they all walked inn to the main house.
"Look they live!" Sandy said as he saw the four teens coming in the house. The four laughed.
"Hungry?" Kirsten asked and they nodded. "Ok well sit down. Rosa made some pancakes." She said and got some plates.
"Thank you for washing our clothes for us Mrs. Cohen, you didn't have to do that." Rachel said pouring a glass of juice.
"It wasn't a problem. Besides it was laundry day." She smiled putting down the plate of pancakes. the four teens dug in to the meal.
"So kids what's the plan for today?" Sandy asked.
"We are going to the pier." Seth said taking a bite of pancake.
"That should be fun." Sandy smiled. Ryan reached over and took a piece of Rachel's pancake.
"Hey! You sneak!" She laughed. "You're gonna get it!" She said looking at him. "Remember I know your spot!" She said with a smirk. Ryan stopped, fork halfway to his mouth and gave the piece back to Rachel. She smiled triumphantly. The other four in the room looked on confused.
"Ryan has a spot?" Seth smirked at him. Ryan glared back.
"Yep." Rachel nodded but didn't say anything else and put the piece of pancake that Ryan just had in her mouth.
"You gonna tell us?" Seth asked. Another glare from Ryan.
"Nope. It is for me to use as blackmail." Rachel said smiling and Ryan relaxed a little knowingn she wouldn't tell. "I know Nicks spot too." She said noticing he was about to pull the same stunt as Ryan just did. Nick pulled back.
"Yea never let her find your spot Seth." Nick said to him.
"What exactly does that mean?" Seth asked. Sandy and Kirsten looked on amused by the whole conversation. Ryan and Nick didn't answer they just looked at each other. Rachel laughed.
"Like I would tell?" They finished their food and headed out to the Pier. Seth had an extra bike for Nick to use and Rachel just hopped on the back spokes of Ryan's bike and held on to his shoulders. When they got to the pier they walked around and looked at different things that were on the carts.
"Hey Ryan." a voice came from behind them and They turned around.
"Oh hey Marissa." He smiled. Summer was standing next to her. "Hi Summer." She just nodded her head.
"Hey Seth." Marissa said and he nodded. Seth and Summer exchanged nods as well.
"Marissa, Summer this is Rachel and Nick." Ryan said introducing them. Marissa shook their hands but Summer just looked on. "Rachel is an old friend of mine." Ryan said and Marissa smiled while Summer looked like she wanted to leave.
"Nice to meet you but we have to get going I just wanted to say hi. My dad is waiting for us." Marissa said and that said their good byes.
"That's the girl that lives next door." Ryan stated and Rachel nodded. She was a bit jealous of Marissa. She was very pretty and a little taller then her. She let the thought go for the moment and enjoyed the time she has with Ryan.
The rest of the day they hung out by the water and Ryan made it look like he was going to toss Rachel in but he decided not to when Rachel reminded him of the 'spot'.
"Rachel we should go back home. Tomorrow is a school day." Nick said. 'And mom might get worried." Rachel frowned she didn't want to leave.
'Don't worry. Now that we know where each other are, we can call each other and hang out on weekends." Ryan said which made Rachel feel a bit better. They went back to the Cohens and Sandy gave Rachel and Nick a ride home. They said good bye to Sandy and Seth.
"Call me this week and we will work something out for next weekend." Ryan said as he walked them to the door.
"Ok. Great." Rachel smiled and hugged him and he went back to the car. She waved to the car and they waved back and drove off.
"This was defiantly a good weekend." Rachel said to Nick as they walked in the house.
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Hope you liked it. please review. I took time away from midterms to write this for you lol. more gonna happen in the next chapter.... hehehe... more excitement....stay tuned!
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Rachel began telling her story... she told Ryan that after they were separated how she was put in one home after another and most were abusive. She told him about the Johnsons and how they treated her. So she left in search for Nick and she had gotten lucky cause he didn't move and his mom and Jim took her in. She didn't tell him about Nicks life cause it wasn't her place. When she finished her story Ryan was looking at her knowingly.
"Wow, you were lucky to find Nick again." Seth said. She looked at him and nodded. She could tell that he didn't know what to say. 'He wasn't in our position.' she thought. He didn't know what it was like to be in the system, be on the run, and to not be wanted. He was lucky.
"So how did you get here?" Rachel asked Ryan. He half smiled and looked down. Then he began to tell his story. He told about A.J and how his mom went back on drugs and drinking. How he was arrested and how his mom threw him out and so on. When he finished the room was silent for a moment.
"So your story is kinda like mine." Rachel said. "We both ended up in good homes. The only difference is that child services doesn't know where I am. Not that they would care at this point." She said. Nick spoke up.
"My turn to tell my story." He said. The other three looked at him.
"You don't have too." Rachel said.
"Nah. you guys were sharing so it is only fair." He said and started to tell Ryan and Seth about his life before Jim. How his dad was always high and drunk. His dad and Rachel's dad knew each other. That was how the two kids met to begin with and since they were in the same boat, they became fast friends. He also told how his dad got his mom in to drinking and drugs and how his father used to beat him up over stupid stuff. Then his dad was arrested on drug charges and sent to jail for a long time. A few days later Rachel's dad was arrested and that was the last time they saw each other. He told how a few months later his mom met Jim and he got her clean and sober. She has been clean for 3 years. But in those few months between his dads arrest and Jim, his mom was still getting high and drunk, she would hit him but never as bad as his dad had.
The room again fell into silence. Ryan and Rachel knew what it was like and understood. Seth on the other hand couldn't grasp it. He didn't get it. They all could tell. The three of them bonded over their abused lives and they kinda sensed that Seth felt like the outsider.
"You ok Seth?" Rachel asked and Seth looked up. He had tears in his eyes.
"Yea...I...I just never knew that Ryan went though all that and to hear what you guys went though too.... I mean how could anyone hurt their own kids like that. It's just....I don't..."
"Seth your rambling." Ryan said and laughed to ease the tension.
"Sorry.' he said.
"Don't be sorry Seth. you never went though it and you are lucky." Nick said and Ryan and Rachel agreed.
"Yea. This is not something you want to experience. Our parents, now with the exception of Nicks mom, weren't meant to have kids. But they did and they treated them badly." Rachel said. "But I think we turned out ok. I mean we aren't in jail." She said looking at Ryan.
"Anymore." he added smiling.
"But if you like, we can beat the shit out of you Seth?" Rachel said laughing. The boys laughed too. And Rachel hit Seth with the pillow and before they knew it they were in a full blown pillow fight. The memories of their past were just that at the moment. The past.
They wound up sitting up to the early hours of the morning talking about everything and anything. Seth no longer felt like an outsider and all four of them became close. At about 3:30am they finally fell asleep. Somehow all 4 of them fit on the pool house bed. Ryan on the end, Rachel next to him, Nick next to her and Seth on the other end. Ryan had his arm around Rachel protectively as he slept. Rachel while sleeping snuggled in to Ryan's body making her feel even safer. They all slept well.
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The next morning Sandy had walked into the pool house about 10am to see if the kids were awake. He looked over at the bed to see all 4 sleeping like babies. He wasn't about to wake them so he turned around and went back into the house.
At about noon Rachel stirred and slowly woke up to find that a still sleeping Ryan was hugging her and a small smile on his face. She smiled at the site and brushed a little hair out of his face. She felt movement next to her on the other side and looked over. Seth was awake.
"Hey Seth.' She whispered and he waved.
"I'll be back, nature calls." He whispered back to her. She chuckled a little and watched him head to the bathroom. She looked back at Ryan to see that he too was starting to stir. A few seconds later he opened his blue eyes.
"Hey." She whispered. He smiled.
"Hey." He whispered back. He sat up and she frowned. "What?" He asked.
"You moved." She said and started to laugh. she then sat up and looked at Nick who was still out like a light.
"Where is Seth?" Ryan asked.
"Right here." Seth said coming out of the bathroom and Ryan heard the toilet. he nodded knowingly. Ryan then made his way to the bathroom then Rachel was next. They all got dressed. Rachel Picked up her clothes that she saw were neatly folded and clean.
"What?" She asked.
"I bet my mom came in here and got Rosa to wash them for you guys. She is like that." Seth stated.
"She didn't have to do that. I have worn the same thing twice in a row with out being washed before." She said.
"Try telling Kirsten not to." Ryan laughed. Rachel left to get changed and when she came back Nick was still sleeping.
"Better wake him." Rachel laughed and went over to Nick. "Nick wake up." She said shaking him. She did that a few times before he woke up.
"What?" He asked sleepily looking around. Rachel laughed and Ryan and Seth chuckled.
"Morning, or should I say afternoon sleepyhead." Rachel said. Nick sat up and wiped the sleep for his eyes.
"Hey guys." He said waving to the other two boys. They smiled and waved back.
"What's up for today?" Rachel asked.
"We could go to the pier." Ryan said and Seth nodded.
"Sounds good. let me get dressed." Nick said getting up and grabbing his clothes from yesterday surprised to see them clean.
"Don't ask." Rachel said smiling. Nick shrugged and walked in to the bathroom to get dressed. When he came out they all walked inn to the main house.
"Look they live!" Sandy said as he saw the four teens coming in the house. The four laughed.
"Hungry?" Kirsten asked and they nodded. "Ok well sit down. Rosa made some pancakes." She said and got some plates.
"Thank you for washing our clothes for us Mrs. Cohen, you didn't have to do that." Rachel said pouring a glass of juice.
"It wasn't a problem. Besides it was laundry day." She smiled putting down the plate of pancakes. the four teens dug in to the meal.
"So kids what's the plan for today?" Sandy asked.
"We are going to the pier." Seth said taking a bite of pancake.
"That should be fun." Sandy smiled. Ryan reached over and took a piece of Rachel's pancake.
"Hey! You sneak!" She laughed. "You're gonna get it!" She said looking at him. "Remember I know your spot!" She said with a smirk. Ryan stopped, fork halfway to his mouth and gave the piece back to Rachel. She smiled triumphantly. The other four in the room looked on confused.
"Ryan has a spot?" Seth smirked at him. Ryan glared back.
"Yep." Rachel nodded but didn't say anything else and put the piece of pancake that Ryan just had in her mouth.
"You gonna tell us?" Seth asked. Another glare from Ryan.
"Nope. It is for me to use as blackmail." Rachel said smiling and Ryan relaxed a little knowingn she wouldn't tell. "I know Nicks spot too." She said noticing he was about to pull the same stunt as Ryan just did. Nick pulled back.
"Yea never let her find your spot Seth." Nick said to him.
"What exactly does that mean?" Seth asked. Sandy and Kirsten looked on amused by the whole conversation. Ryan and Nick didn't answer they just looked at each other. Rachel laughed.
"Like I would tell?" They finished their food and headed out to the Pier. Seth had an extra bike for Nick to use and Rachel just hopped on the back spokes of Ryan's bike and held on to his shoulders. When they got to the pier they walked around and looked at different things that were on the carts.
"Hey Ryan." a voice came from behind them and They turned around.
"Oh hey Marissa." He smiled. Summer was standing next to her. "Hi Summer." She just nodded her head.
"Hey Seth." Marissa said and he nodded. Seth and Summer exchanged nods as well.
"Marissa, Summer this is Rachel and Nick." Ryan said introducing them. Marissa shook their hands but Summer just looked on. "Rachel is an old friend of mine." Ryan said and Marissa smiled while Summer looked like she wanted to leave.
"Nice to meet you but we have to get going I just wanted to say hi. My dad is waiting for us." Marissa said and that said their good byes.
"That's the girl that lives next door." Ryan stated and Rachel nodded. She was a bit jealous of Marissa. She was very pretty and a little taller then her. She let the thought go for the moment and enjoyed the time she has with Ryan.
The rest of the day they hung out by the water and Ryan made it look like he was going to toss Rachel in but he decided not to when Rachel reminded him of the 'spot'.
"Rachel we should go back home. Tomorrow is a school day." Nick said. 'And mom might get worried." Rachel frowned she didn't want to leave.
'Don't worry. Now that we know where each other are, we can call each other and hang out on weekends." Ryan said which made Rachel feel a bit better. They went back to the Cohens and Sandy gave Rachel and Nick a ride home. They said good bye to Sandy and Seth.
"Call me this week and we will work something out for next weekend." Ryan said as he walked them to the door.
"Ok. Great." Rachel smiled and hugged him and he went back to the car. She waved to the car and they waved back and drove off.
"This was defiantly a good weekend." Rachel said to Nick as they walked in the house.
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Hope you liked it. please review. I took time away from midterms to write this for you lol. more gonna happen in the next chapter.... hehehe... more excitement....stay tuned!