Chapter 4: Rachel's Birthday Part One

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of CASE CLOSED, in this chapter that includes Rachel, Eva, Serena, Serena's sister who I don't remember her name I think it was Angie, Richard and Conan of course!

A Few Notes:

1. I've never read the books. I've only seen the show. They took it off air and I bought some of the DVDs. So there's a big gap between the episodes I've seen, but I have done my research.

2. This is my fic written the way I want it. If it's inaccurate I'm sorry. You can give suggestions, but I'll choose if I want to add them or not.

3. I'm not planning this to be long or good. This is my first romance so it may suck.

4. There will be no Japanese in the making of this fic. WHICH INCLUDES JAPANESE NAMES!

5. Italics will be used for when people are thinking or when it's something you may not know. Let's move on to the story now.

"Mom. How many times do I have to tell you? It's all right," Rachel groaned while looking at some of the clothes on display.

"I know. I just can't help feeling bad that I have case on your birthday," she responded in a guilty way. She seemed different from her normal personality.

"Well I appreciate you taking me shopping. Do you think we can go in there for a bit?" Rachel pointed to a music store on her left.

"If you want to."

They walked into the store calmly. Much to their surprise Serena and her sisterwas in there.

"Tiens, c'est Serena!" Rachel pointed to Serena.

Serena heard her and turned her head to look at her. She smiled. "Bonjour Rachel!"

"Bonjour Serena! Comment vas-tu?"

"Tres bien! Et toi?"

"Comme ci comme ca. I can't believe you're back from France!"

"Of course! I wouldn't miss your birthday for anything!"

"You remembered!"

"Of course I remembered! Rachel, you're like my best friend. You remember my sister right?"

"Oui. Bonjour."

"Bonjour."

"You remember my mother?"

Rachel's mother faced the girls. "Bonjour," she said as she smiled at them.

"Bonjour," the sisters spoke in unison.

"So what did you get me?" Rachel asked anxiously.

"It's a secret. You'll have to wait."

"You suck!"

"I know."

"Je détèste tu!"

Serena stuck her tongue out in a very preppy way. Rachel stuck out her tongue right back at her. Serena's sister tapped her on the shoulder and whispered something to her.

"Je regrettesRachel,mais j'ai rendez-vous."

"It's okay."

"Salut."

"Salut."

Later on Rachel came back home with a whole bunch of clothes from her shopping spree. Richard wasn't home and left Conan by himself watching TV. Rachel sighed at the site of the unsupervised eight-year-old. Then Conan looked at Rachel and smiled.

"Welcome home Rachel!" he said cheerfully.

"Where's my father? Did he leave you alone?"

"He said he would be back in a couple of seconds. He only just left."

"Okay, whatever." Rachel put her bags in her room. She exited the room and headed for the closet to put up her coat. Once she had done that Richard came in calmly holding a bag himself. "Hi, dad."

"Hi Rachel. You're back already?" Richard spoke a little surprised.

"Yup."

"Oh, okay. I'll be right back." Richard walked to his room and put his bag away. He came back out with an exhausted look on his face. He sat down next to Conan to watch TV. "So did you have a good time?"

"Yup." Rachel began to cook. What? I don't know. I don't feel like thinking about it.

"That's good." After that Richard directed all of his attention to the T.V.

Rachel let out a sigh. Conan heard this and looked towards her. That's when he caught a glimpse of the longing in her eyes. He knew she was thinking about him.

At first it made him sad to see her suffering. Then he smirked for he had the greatest day planned for Rachel tomorrow. It would be the birthday she'll never forget.

The next day was Rachel's birthday, if I haven't made that clear. Conan woke up early that morning after the pleasant dreams of the day soon to come. He tiptoed quietly making sure that he didn't wake anybody up, not that it's easy to wake Richard up, with the hangovers he always has. He put his gift on the table and left a note. After that he got dressed and left the place.

About two hours later Rachel woke up. Happy birthday, she thought as she stretched and got up to fix breakfast. As she walked past the table she saw the square object in wrapping paper. She walked over to the square and read the note.

'Dear Rachel,

Happy birthday and I made a gift for you. I'm sorry it's such a late notice, but I had to go to a thing with my parents. I don't know when I'll be back so don't wait for me. I hope you can have a great birthday without me anyways. I hope your birthday wishes come true and that you like the gift I gave you. Don't forget to save me some cake.

Love,
Conan'

Rachel sighed again and put down the note. She ripped apart the wrapping paper. Then tears came to her eyes. She saw the pillow with the teddy bear and the band aide on it. Not only did it remind her of the happiest day of her life, but it also reminded her that someone cares about her.

She fixed breakfast with a smile on her face. Richard woke up and saw her in the kitchen.

"Rachel, what are you doing? You're cooking on your birthday! We could've went out somewhere if you wanted."

"No thanks. I like cooking."

Richard sat down at the table. "So where's the brat?"

"Conan is not a brat and he's out doing something with his parents."

"His parents, huh?"

Rachel finished preparing breakfast. She set a plate down for Richard. Right when she had done that someone had knocked on the door. Rachel set it down and headed for the door. When she opened the door she froze in surprise.

"Happy birthday Rachel. Did you miss me?" Jimmy said playfully as he flashed her the biggest smile.

"Ji-Jimmy? What are you doing here?"

"Now, what made you think that I would miss your birthday for the world?"

Rachel's eyes filled up with tears. She could no longer contain herself and her arms reached out to him and brought him into an embrace. This only made his smile bigger.

Rachel blushed and stood back. "Why are you so happy?"

Jimmy wiped her tears away. "Knowing that you missed me as much as I missed you."

Her blush became deeper and she looked at the ground. Then she hugged him again, but this time the hug was returned. She buried her face in his shirt and inhaled deeply. He smells really good, she thought.

"Hey Richard! What's up?"

"Oh it's you. Bills and prices, that's what's up."

"How right you are. So Rachel, how about a day with me? I've planned everything."

Rachel snapped out of her daydream of cinnamon sticks and apple orchards. "Really?"

"Of course. I'm sorry I haven't called in a while."

"It's okay. You can make it up today."

"All right, cool."

First Jimmy took Rachel to a little café around the corner. They were going to need the energy. Rachel ordered a white chocolate mocha and a muffin. Jimmy ordered a toffee nut latte and a bagel. After Jimmy paid for the drinks they grabbed a table and began to talk.

"So Rachel. How have you been?"

She looked up from her beverage. "Good. How about you?"

"Pretty okay. I think I'm getting closer to figuring out this case."

"That's good!"

"Yeah," he said nervously. If only it wasn't a lie.

"Maybe when you finally solve the case you can meet little Conan"

"Little Conan, huh? I guess you're getting pretty close to the kid. Yeah maybe I'll meet him." Maybe not…

"That would be so great! You two have so much in common!"

I wonder why… "Hey, what kind of muffin is that?"

"Banana Nut. You wanna try some?"

"Sure."

Rachel broke off a piece and put it in his mouth. She giggled when some of it started to fall and he tried to catch it in his hand. He laughed too when he succeeded. After that they continued their small talk until they were finished eating. At that moment they left the café and took their coffee with them.

Jimmy then took Rachel to a jewelry shop. He had her look at necklaces and tell him which one she liked best. She picked a gold one that had a diamond on each side of a sapphire in the middle.

He bought it for her. She looked at him confused. When the cashier person gave it to him he took it out of the box and put it on Rachel. Then he lifted her hair from the inside of the necklace so the back of it would disappear behind her brown hair.

"Happy birthday."

Tears of joy came to her eyes. "Thank you."

I'm sorry, but I'm going to stop the chapter here. I feel like it's long enough and you guys have been waiting long enough. I'm sorry it took me so long to update. I had this huge writer's block. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me for my horrible sins. I'm not responding to reviews for this chapter, but in the next chapter. This fic is going to be longer than I predicted I'm afraid. Later. Oh and here are the translations.

Translations:

1. Tiens, c'est Serena! – Look, it's Serena

2. Comment vas-tu? – How are you? Informal.

3. Tres bien! Et toi? – Very good. And you?

4. Comme ci comme ca – So so.

5. Je détèste tu! – I hate you!

6. Je regrettes Rachel, mais j'ai rendez-vous – I'm sorry rachel, but I have an appointment.

7. Salut – Informal good bye.