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Ilovedrew88: I know, I hate those people, too! Anyway, you'll get to know that I love, love, love people who ramble! I don't know why. I guess I'm just a freak : ) Well, after you read this chapter, you'll see that I changed my mind a bit . . . : )
piperleo4eva: I know, me too! :'(
Raya Halliwell: Oh, don't worry. I can probably fit in more of that angst junk. Just leave it to me. ; )
Mysterious Midnight: I know, I do that all the time, and then I find that I've been reading the same paragraph for, like, five minutes, and I didn't even notice! Lol. : )
melissa-p: As usual, I loved your review! And, yes, I think I had every right to overreact even if I did. Some people just drive me crazy, ya know? And, yeah, Chris is completely supportive of Michael. Wyatt's kinda not, but he'll get over. Besides, no matter what, he still think that a girl doing that to Michael is way outta line. Big brothers . . . Don't ya just love 'em? : )
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Chapter 10: Rachel
Chris, Wyatt, Bianca, Amanda, Leo and Piper sat in silence at the dining room table the next morning.
"Well, maybe Michael could -" Bianca started, but got cut off when Chris shook his head. She sighed and looked back down at the table.
"I mean, she can't just -" Amanda started, but got cut off when Piper nodded.
"That bitch!!" Amanda and Bianca yelled in unison, standing up and storming out of the room.
"I'm, uh, gonna go talk to Michael," Chris said, getting up from the table.
"But, sweetie, you didn't even touch your breakfast," Piper said, looking over at him.
"Yeah. I know. Sorry, Mom. But I'm not that hungry this morning," Chris said before orbing away.
"I can't believe she would do that to him," Wyatt whispered, staring down at his plate.
"I understand what you're feeling, Wyatt, but -" Piper started.
Wyatt looked up at her. "No you don't. You never will. You're not a guy. You don't understand how much that can hurt. Hell, you even tried to do that to Dad while you were pregnant with Chris! I understand what Michael's going through! And that hurts because I never, ever wanted one of my little brothers to go through that pain!"
"Wyatt -" Piper started, sighing.
"No!" Wyatt yelled, standing up. "You don't understand, so don't even try! And don't tell Michael that you do, because you don't!"
"Your father told Michael that," Piper said, crossing her arms.
"Did you not just hear a single word I said?! Dad went through that because you did the same fucking thing to him!" Wyatt yelled before storming out of the room.
"Well, not technically," Piper said, looking over at Leo.
"You didn't tell me that you were pregnant, Piper. That's basically the same thing," Leo said before getting up and running after Wyatt. "Wyatt, wait."
Wyatt stopped in the middle of the staircase. "What?"
"What do you mean that you've gone through that before?" Leo asked, looking confused and sad.
Wyatt sighed. "I went through that a few years ago. Before I was married to Amanda." He smiled slightly, shrugging. "She was my friend. But, I haven't seen her since. Or my kid. And it hurts every day."
"Who knows?" Leo asked, looking hurt.
"Amanda, Chris and Michael. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but -"
"Do you want to go talk to Rachel?" Leo asked, putting a hand on Wyatt's shoulder.
Wyatt sighed and looked down at the floor. Then he looked back up at Leo and nodded. "Michael will kill us, though."
"That's why he won't find out," Leo said, smiling.
Wyatt smiled slightly. "Okay. Let's go."
"Car or orb?" Leo asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Car. I need time to think about this," Wyatt said. Leo nodded.
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Bianca stormed into Rachel's apartment, Amanda behind her. She grabbed Rachel by the neck and slammed her against the wall. "What the hell is your problem?!?!?!"
Rachel glared at Bianca and pushed her off, causing Bianca to lost her balance and fall to the floor. "My problem? What's your problem?! You just barge into my house and attack me, then expect me to explain myself?!"
Bianca got up and punched Rachel. "Yeah, actually. I do."
Rachel wiped some of the blood off her face from her now bleeding nose and grabbed Bianca by her hair. "And why is that?"
Bianca then grabbed Rachel by her hair and pulled, causing Rachel to cry out in pain. "Because Chris's brothers mean everything to him. He feels what they feel. And I don't want my husband to feel what you made Michael feel."
"He'll live!" Rachel yelled, throwing Bianca off her, causing her to hit the wall.
Amanda just watched the two, wide eyed. "Bianca, this isn't what I had in mind! I was cool with the storming in thing, but she's pregnant! You can't fight her!"
Bianca looked up at her as she got up off the floor. She sighed. "You're right. Like always. Why couldn't Wyatt have married someone stupider than me?"
"Oh, did you hear? Chris wouldn't let him. He wanted to have the stupidest spouse," Rachel said, wiping off her face again.
Bianca rounded on her and punched her in the face. "What did you say, bitch?!" she yelled just as Wyatt and Leo walked in the door.
"What the hell -" Wyatt started.
"You heard me!" Rachel yelled, kicking Bianca in the stomache.
"It's one thing to insult me, but when you bad-mouth my husband, things start to get serious!" Bianca yelled back, grabbing Rachel by her throat and slamming her against the wall.
"Bianca!" Wyatt yelled, prying her off Rachel.
Leo quickly ran over to Rachel and healed her.
Wyatt looked from Bianca to Amanda and back at Bianca again.
"It wasn't my fault, I swear!" Amanda said quickly. "I just wanted to give Rachel a good talking to. Then Mrs. Kick Ass over her decided on a different approach without consulting me first."
"'Mrs. Kick Ass'?" Leo asked, raising his eyebrows at her.
"Well, not that Chris is Mr. Kick Ass," Amanda said, quickly. "It's just that Bianca's married and all and . . . No. You know what? Chris is Mr. Kick Ass."
"Okay, I would really like it if you didn't refer to my son as 'Mr. Kick Ass'," Leo said, crossing his arms.
Amanda smiled. "Yeah. Sorry." She gasped, smiling. "And Piper is Miss. Kick Ass. Cause she seriously kicks ass, but you are very, very pacifist."
"I can kick ass time to time," Leo said, offended.
"Okay, hello, people!" Wyatt yelled over them. "We have bigger problems to deal with then who can kick ass."
"Will you let go of me please?!" Bianca yelled, pushing Wyatt backwards, who lost his balance and fell on the floor.
"Hey!" Wyatt yelled, standing up. "I'm telling Chris!"
Bianca turned around and glared at him. "You are so immature." She turned back to Rachel. "Now, back to you."
"Bianca, let's talk through this," Leo said quickly.
"There's nothing to talk about!!! So just leave me alone!!!" Rachel yelled before running out of the apartment.
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Michael smiled slightly as he flipped through old pictures of him and Rachel together. He then put the book down and sighed as a few tears fell. He turned around. "Chris, why does she get so much joy from hurting me so much?"
Chris pulled his little brother over and held him close. "We'll fix this. I promise."
"Let's go talk to Rachel," Piper said from the doorway. "We can get her to come to her senses. Besides, Amanda and Bianca are there, and I'm afraid of what Bianca's doing to Rachel."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Chris asked, looking up at her.
"That your wife is very, very mean when she angry. Not to mention violent," Piper said, smirking slightly.
Chris crossed his arms. "Now, that is so not true."
"Okay, well, we can argue later. First let's go to Rachel, shall we?" Piper asked, walking over to them.
Chris nodded and took Piper and Michael's hand as the three orbed next to Wyatt.
"What the hell is everyone doing here?" Michael asked, looking around.
"Trying to help you?" Amanda said, shrugging.
"Where's Rachel?" Michael asked, looking for her.
"She left," Wyatt said, sighing.
"I blame Bianca!" Amanda yelled, glaring at her.
"What?! What the hell did I do?!" Bianca yelled back.
"You beat the crap out of the pregnant woman!" Amanda yelled.
"You did what?!" Chris yelled, facing his wife.
"Well . . . I . . . uh . . . She hurt me, too," Bianca said, looking down at the ground. "And Leo didn't bother to heal me."
"Well, Bianca, you beat the crap out of a pregnant woman," Wyatt said, crossing his arms. "You could've hurt my niece."
"Yeah," Chris said, crossing his arms, too.
"Oh, Rachel's fine," Bianca said, crossing his arms.
"Yeah, thanks to Leo!" Amanda yelled.
"Okay, you guys deal with your issues, and I'm gonna go talk to Rachel," Michael said before orbing next to Rachel, who was standing, looking over a lake, the wind in her hair.
She looked over at him. "Michael, what are you doing here? Especially since your sister-in-law tried to kill me?"
Michael sighed and looked down at the ground, the wind blowing in his hair. He looked up at Rachel. "Rachel, why do you hate me?"
Rachel sighed as tears came to her eyes. "I don't hate you, Michael. I never could. I love you. I love you so, so much. And, that scares me. Because you can never love me back."
"Well, that's not necessarily true," Michael said, putting a hand on her cheek. "I'll always love you, Rachel. That will never change. You've been in my life since I was fourteen. We've been together since I was sixteen. Those are too many years to just throw down the drain."
Tears started streaming down Rachel's face as she covered Michael's hand with her own, loving the way his skin felt on hers. Loving the warmth and love she could feel just by his touch on her skin. "I love you so much, Michael. And it hurts because I'll have to see you day after day, and I'll know that we can never be together. I know that you love me, but it's not the kind of love I feel for you."
A few tears fell as Michael stared into Rachel's eyes. "You don't know that."
"You're gay, Michael. I do know that," Rachel said, backing away from him, letting his hand fall.
"I've been confused my whole life, Rachel! I don't know whether I'm gay or not! I've been confused for so long that I don't even care anymore!" Michael said, sighing in frustration. "I know that it's usually just teenagers that are confused, but I am, too. And, when I was a teenager, I talked to my brothers and my aunts and uncles about it. But I can't talk to them anymore. It would be so embarrassing to tell them that I'm confused."
"Well, I think I know what's up, then," Rachel said, walking slowly back towards the man she loved.
"And what would that be?" Michael asked, staring down at her lovingly as she put her arms around his waist, their faces growing inches and inches apart from each other.
"You're bisexual. There's no doubt about it," Rachel said, kissing him softly. "And that I can live with. Because that means there's still a chance for us."
Michael smiled and pulled Rachel closer. "Finally, there's someone out there who understands me," he said before kissing her deeply.
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I couldn't help myself! I loved the romance between Michael and Rachel and I couldn't break it up! I loved writing that scene! It may have been short, but it hit the spot for me! Anyway, review please! Ciao!
Hannah