A/N: Ok here's the second chapter. The first one followed with the episode pretty closely (or as close as I could get it since I don't know short hand and it's really hard to write what the character's are saying without falling far behind). I hate to be the author who asks for reviews, but I really would like some feedback on this one as I'm not 100 sure as to where I'm going to take it and would really love so input!
Enjoy!
Part 2:
Susan turned quickly towards the door. Without warning she ran out the door into the front yard. Confused, Karl, Libby, and Zeke followed her out; they hadn't heard the car doors slam. They ran quickly out into the street and stopped. Beside the car not ten metres away stood Rachel in Angus' arms. They watched in shock as Rachel pressed feverish kisses to Angus' lips.
When they pulled apart and Rachel turned to face them Susan's heart soared, it seemed that her girl was finally coming home. Tears came to her eyes as Rachel moved faster and faster towards her. She opened her arms and Rachel fell into them.
"I'm sorry," she mumbled over and over. Tears streamed down her cheeks as Susan rubbed her back. Not once did they notice Angus as he made over to them. He waited for a few moments before making his presence known by a gentle cough.
"You," Karl said coldly, glaring at Angus. Zeke followed Karl's suit and also glared. Rachel pulled away from Susan and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"You're coming home?" Susan asked hopefully. Rachel gulped and cast her eyes to the ground. Angus stepped forward and placed his arm around her shoulder. She drew strength from him and raised her head.
"No," she whispered, "I'm not." She took a deep breath, glanced at Angus, then refocussed on her family.
"Angus and I...ah...we...um...we're...we're moving..." she stumbled over the words. She closed her eyes as a tear slid down her cheek. Angus noticed it, pulled her closer and brushed the tear away. She leant into his hand, cherishing the feeling of his skin against hers.
"Moving? Why? Where? Closer to home?" Susan asked, clearly shocked at the statement. She hated the fact that Rachel now lived with this criminal, the man who took her away from her family.
"No, we...ah...we're moving to South Australia," she said softly. She hated how this was hurting her family but she had no choice. They were never going to accept the relationship; that was a fact that she had come to realise long ago.
"South Australia?" Susan stared at them in shock.
"I don't think so," Karl said angrily. "You can't come here and take her away like this; she's barely seventeen-years-old! We're still her legal guardians and we say that she stays here with us. You can go to hell for all I care, but she stays here."
"Karl, you can't stop me from leaving. I love Angus and I want to be with him, and since no one here will give us a chance we're going to go somewhere that will. I'll still go to school, after all I'm graduating soon, and Angus has a job there," Rachel replied an edge to her voice. There was no way on earth that she was going to be forced to do anything she didn't want to do. She couldn't believe that not long ago she wanted to stay here, that she seriously considered giving up Angus just so she wouldn't upset a few people for a while.
"You can't go anywhere with this perv Rach," Zeke sneered at Angus, "Think of your family."
"You really are unbelievable! Don't you care how I feel or what's best for me? I can't live my life for all of you; I need to do what's best for me!" Rachel cried.
"We do care, that's why you need to stay here, that's what's best for you," Susan replied calmly.
"No, staying here is not what's best for me. Why would I want to be around people who can't give someone a chance, who judge them without actually getting to know them? Who condemn a relationship because they say it's wrong when they themselves have led far from perfect lives!" with every word her voice became louder, people in the houses could hear every word she spoke but she didn't care. Let them listen, it didn't matter.
"We condemn the relationship because it is wrong. He's twenty-three for God's sake! He's a full-grown man Rachel! You're just a girl who thinks she's in love when in reality you're only with him because you feel bad about what happened. And who's to say that when you get to South Australia that he won't grow tired of you and find someone else, someone older, who can fulfil all his needs?" Karl snapped.
"What gives you the right to judge us Karl? You who had an affair behind you wife's back, left her for the woman, had a child with this woman, and then went back to your wife!" Rachel yelled. She was really getting fired up. She knew that what she was saying was hurtful but at that moment she didn't care.
"That's different, I'm an adult, you're still a child. You're an immature child who doesn't know what love is," Karl yelled back. How dare Rachel compare her situation to his?
"How dare you say that I don't know what love is!" she bit back a nasty comment and shook her head, "You know, I'm glad that I'm leaving, I'm glad that I get to get away from such judgemental, self-centred people! Would it really kill you to be happy for me?" with that she turned her back to them and faced Angus. "Come on, let's go, we don't need this," she said. Without looking back once she walked to the car.
"Rachel no! Please, don't leave, we can work something out!" Susan pleaded. Rachel paused.
"I'm sorry Susan, we can't work something out. The one thing I want most in this world is something that none of you will allow, and even if you say that you'll give us a chance, I know that you won't treat us right. I mean you couldn't even treat Angus decently when he needed us most! You all need to look deeper at thing instead of taking in only what is on the surface. Yes, I'm young and Angus is older, but does that really mean that we can't possibly have true feelings for each other? When you have all really thought about it and are prepared to accept us as we are, then call me, but until then, good-bye." She took a slow breath and entwined her fingers with Angus' as they walked away.