"You and Chris?" Kim asked, totally shocked.
Rachel nodded. "There's something else"
Kim looked confused. "What?"
Rachel glanced at the door, then spoke. "I'm pregnant."
Kim was speechless. "And…And Chris is…"
Rachel nodded. She had tears in her eyes. Kim was unsure of what to say. It was such a weird situation. With Eddie planning on coming back on the scene, what was she supposed to do.
"Have you told Chris?" Kim finally managed to ask.
Rachel shook her head. "I don't know how to tell him. This was never going to be anything serious, not for me anyway. It took me so long to get over Eddie I just felt that I needed…"
"He's just a rebound?!" Kim asked, slightly confused and shocked.
Rachel shrugged. "I don't know. I do like him, but I don't want a serious relationship with him. We have fun, but he's not Eddie."
Kim bit her lip. They sat in silence for a minute. "You're going to have to tell him."
"I know." Rachel said.
Kim sat, not knowing what to do. She couldn't let Eddie come back if Rachel was pregnant, but she couldn't not let him come back knowing Rachel still loved him. She was torn. Letting Eddie come back would make Rachel happy, but it would crush Chris. But not letting him come back could be the biggest mistake. Would Rachel and Eddie get back together if she was pregnant with someone else's child? Kim sat thinking to herself for a long time. She didn't even notice when Rachel left the room.
Rachel walked down the corridors lost in her own thoughts. She hadn't noticed that she had left Kim alone in her office, not that she really cared anyway.
She walked past the science lab several times but never caught Chris' eye. It would probably be better to tell him out of school hours anyway. She had no idea how he would react.
Would he be pleased to have a child or would he be angry? Rachel was so scared, she didn't notice when she walked into someone.
"Sorry" she mumbled not really paying attention.
"Are you ok?" Eddie asked.
"Eddie?" Rachel said quietly. She looked up.
Eddie was standing in front of her. Smiling. Just smiling.
"What are you doing here?" Rachel asked.
"I came to see you. I have to tell you, it wasn't my baby. Mel lied so she could split us up. It was all just a big plan so you couldn't have me." Eddie explained.
Rachel didn't speak. She couldn't tell Eddie she was with Chris, and she definitely couldn't tell him she was pregnant.
"Are you doing anything tonight?" Eddie asked.
Rachel, without thinking, shook her head.
"Do you want to come to my hotel room? I know it doesn't sound very good, but I don't have a house at the moment. I'd love to talk though. If that alright with you?" Eddie asked.
Rachel smiled at him. "Ok."