*RAE'S POV*
It's a Saturday and I don't have to work,I put my two weeks notice in at the Buy and Save, think my boss is pissed so now she's giving me less shifts until my last day. So I'm finally catching up on all the sleep I've lost lately with school, then suddenly I hear someone banging on my front door. I look out the window to see it's Lip. I rush down to go answer but before I do he's already in my house.
"Why do you even knock if you're just going to walk in?"
"Have you seen, Ian?"
"No, why is everything okay?"
"I don't know I woke up this morning and he and the bat were gone."
"Shit! Do you think he went to see the Milkoviches? Mickey was hounding me last night looking for him."
"That's what I'm thinking."

Lip's biting his bottom nail and looking down.

I can't help but be worried. The Milkovich's are tough, and don't fight fair, theres no way Ian will be fighting one, when you fight one Milkovich, you're actually fighting all the Milkovich's; I've always thought of them as a meaner version of the Gallaghers. Theres no way Ian will come out of this fight breathing.

"I'm going to go to the Milkovich house to see if he's there." Lip's practically out the door but I catch him just in time.
"Hold on! Let me get dressed, I'll give you a ride."

Lip and I drive for a bit looking for Ian when we get closer to Mickey and Mandy's house I park quite a bit away. Lip thinks it's best so it doesn't draw any attention, incase Mickey see's us driving down his street and thinks Ian's with us.
We see Ian hiding behind a bunch of garbage cans across from their house.

"Hey, just give me a second so I can talk to him."
I nod and watch Lip walk over to his brother. I wait anxiously a couple houses down from where the boys are, before I know it Ian's gone and Lip's standing infront of me again.
"Wheres Ian? What happened?!"
"He went to talk to Mandy. I guess it's easier than fighting Mickey."
"Should we wait for him?"
"No, I think he's fine. Wanna do something? It's been awhile since it was just the two of us."
"Sure, I gotta work later tonight though."
"Sweet, I'm hungry. You're buying." Lip fake punches me on the chin then runs to the car.
"I'm not going to chase you I don't know why you're running!"

Lip and I end up in a Mcdonalds parking lot, I buy him breakfast and we sit listening to the radio for a bit. Hard To Explain by The Strokes is playing I turn up the radio to drown out the sound of Lip's chewing.

"You chew so fucking loud."
"I'm a growing boy, I need to eat. Why aren't you eating? Aren't you hungry?"
"Not after seeing you eat!" I can't help but laugh.

Frankly, I haven't eaten much in the passed couple days. I've been so stressed with exams it's the last thing on my mind. Lip gives me a look that's a mix of worried and a ' fuck you'. I know what he's thinking and it's not true. When I was younger I was a bulimic then graduated to full blown anorexic. I kept fainting from exhaustion in school, after that my mom put me in a rehab facility at the hospital she works at and occasionally I have to go talk to a therapist. But I'm not like that anymore. I stopped eating because I thought I had no control over my life. I have control now in all aspects of my life. I have plenty of money saved up so I'm finacially stable, I have my own car and school's going fine. I hope. Once I get my marks from the exams I won't be so stressed anymore.

"So Rae, you coming over tomorrow?"
"Did we make plans I forgot about cause I got work in the morning."
"I mean after work, figured you want to come over hang out with the family, Karen too, maybe."
"Yeah? I'll stop by for a bit. My mom's off tomorrow so I'll probably spend some time with her."
"Cool, cool."

I can't help but feel some tension between us but I don't know where all this tension is coming from. I can tell Lip has something he wants to say.
Lip clears his throat and turns to me.

"Hey, uh, Sorry I've been spending all my time with Karen."
"It's cool, Lip! It's not like I never see you anyway! You really like her don't you?"
"I mean, we're not exclusive we're just friends, with, benefits, y'know?"
I'm not surprised, Lip's not one for relationships. I can tell he's lying, I know he really likes her.
"Does Karen know you're not exclusive? Or is that just you assuming so?"
"I mean she's still dating other dudes"
"Dating? or fucking?"

I can see Lip's muscles tensing up, and his jaw clenches.
He hates when I "pry" in his life but if I didn't pry he wouldn't tell me anything and probably explode from all his pent up emotions.

"Both."
"What about you?"
"huh?"
"You cool with that?"
"What the fucks with all these questions, Rae? Yeah I'm fine she can do what she wants and do what I want! What's wrong with that?!"
"You mean who?"

I feel a faint laugh leave my lips, but he's not laughing. Once again I've pushed his buttons a little too hard.

"For fuck sakes Rae, whats your problem with Karen?"
Lip raises his voice and I'm taken back, Lip rarely yells most of the time he just tells someone to "GFY" with a sarcastic laugh. He must really like Karen to feel the need to defend her and their relationship.
"Don't raise your voice at me. I just want to know you're cool with her having sex with who ever she wants. Doesn't seem like you're seeing anyone else either. I'm looking out for your best interest, you don't need to jump down my throat!"
"Y'know what, GFY Rae."

There it is.

Lip gets out of the car and storms off in the direction of his place. I sit there for awhile thinking. All of the sudden I hear my phone go off.