A/N: Another Chapter of this story! Loving it. And I've made progress on a new story dedicated to TheDreamChaser, who requested it. But I'm putting a little bit of a twist in it. I'm halfway done with the next chapter for Bride Wars 2 and I should be done with it in a few hours. But all you should worry about right now, is this chapter!

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Richard walked downstairs in the middle of the night. He needed a drink. He couldn't stand Kori in the bed at the moment. She kept trying to force them to 'cuddle' because 'it was important to sustain a healthy intimate sex life'. Of course it was important, he could understand. But you weren't supposed to force something like that. And that's exactly what she did. He remembered what happened after he and Rachel had sex. He had been the one to pull her closer him. He wondered for a moment if that meant anything. He hoped it did. He just wanted answers. When he reached the kitchen somebody was bent over looking in the fridge for something. He heard them curse and he recognized the voice as Rachel's.

"You okay?" he asked her.

"No." she answered simply. "I couldn't really get any sleep. You know, what with all the screams of pleasure." she murmured bitterly.

"I'm sorry." he apologized.

"Why should you be sorry? She's your fiance, isn't she?" she continued grabbing an apple and rummaging through the drawers for a peeler.

"It wasn't me. It was her. She wouldn't stay off of me. I actually came down here to get a drink."

"Well good luck, we're out of beer." he took an orange from the same fruit bowl.

"So you settled for an apple." he tried to make conversation. But failed miserably.

"Yes." she said still looking around. "Why? Did you want to have sex with it?" she bit. He held up his hands.

"I already told you my side of the story." he backed away from her. "We both went to law school. I think you should be familiar with the phrase, 'innocent, before proven guilty.'" he slid her a peeler from the knife rack behind him.

"What about you?"

"I can use my hands." he laughed a little bit. "Deja vu." he whispered. He walked out.

The Next Morning

"I'm outta here." Rachel said the next morning setting her bags down. She tightened the belt around her jean shorts waist, and pulled on a black button shirt over a grey tank top.

"You're leaving?" Kori asked walking into the dining room. She was wearing one of Dick's old sweaters that reached about mid thigh to her. Roy looked up from his newspaper curious to why she was leaving. 'She drags me all the way here and leaves the next morning?'

"Yeah. My boss called me back early. Sorry."

"He's an ass. An assface." she complained.

"Sorry."

"Roy." Kori hit him. "Make her stay."

He put down his paper. "Rachel, you really should stay. You might miss them shooting another porno tonight." he said emotionless. Kori scoffed.

"You are obviously still in love with me."

"Obviously." he rolled his eyes and mocked her.

"Anyway. Do you have a number for the taxi service? I need a ride to bus station."

"I'll take you." Richard said pulling on a button down blue plaid shirt over his t-shirt.

"Yeah. He can bring you." Kori reasoned.

She nodded, "There you go."

Half An Hour Later

He pulled to the side of the road after reaching the bus station. "You don't really have to go, do you?" he asked suspiciously

She took off her sunglasses. "I'm sorry. Can we just forget this ever happened?"

"Sure." he said looking around. "We can forget this ever happened."

"Good. Why did it happen?" she asked not completely ready to drop it. "Why did you kiss me?"

"I-"

"You know what?" she cut him off and offered him multiple excuses. "You had pre-wedding jitters and I was upset about being older. We were both really drunk."

"I wasn't that drunk." he stopped her and looked up to meet her eyes.

"What?"

"I wasn't that drunk." she looked at him in shock. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't be..." he trailed off.

"It was a mistake." she said. "Just a mistake."

"Yeah a mistake." he nodded. She got out of the car and headed to the bus. Richard watched her and waited until she drove off before heading back.

Lunch With Roy

"So I had fun hanging out with your new boyfriend Jacko."

"Jason." she corrected.

"Does not matter."

"So everybody was cool with me leaving? Did anybody mention anything? Kori or Dick?" she asked nonchalantly.

"Well we all had a good cry after you left." he said sarcastically. "No nobody cared. Why?"

"No reason. It's just Kori wanted us to have dinner tonight. She said it was important."

"Eh Mah Gawd." he said with his best valley girl accent. "It's important. Should I like be there and all that fun shit?" she threw a French fry at him.

"Shut up."

That Night

Rachel walked into the restaurant and found Richard and Kori sitting down. She was about to walk out when Kori called her over.

"Rachel!" she had no choice but to walk over.

"Hey. I thought it was going to be just us tonight."

"Me too." Richard looked just as confused.

"Okay. I just called you and Richard here because I know what's going on here." she stated and pointed to both of them. "I read in a magazine about this. I know how to look for the signs. You are worried about losing the attention of the bride." They just stared at her relieved. "That is what this is right?"

"Yeah." They said in unison

"So lets stop that and get this over with because, I love you both." she grabbed both of their hands. She kept talking but Rachel barely heard a word being said.

An Hour Later

"So do you and Jason do it?" Kori asked.

"Kori." Dick nudged her.

"It's a legitimate question."

"No. We didn't." she downed some of her wine.

"Is he a good kisser?"

"Kori. Leave her alone." Richard urged not wanting to hear about it.

"Was he?"

Rachel said nothing.

"I knew it. Tell Richard he doesn't know you at all. He said you guys wouldn't be good together."

"You guys are really different. That's all." He explained embarrassed.

"So what?" Kori asked chewing on a toothpick from her martini. "If people fell in love based on similarities, then the two of you would be together." Rachel choked on the wine she was drinking. Luckily nobody noticed.

"I'm going to call a cab. Meet me out front." she kissed him and he left to step outside.

"You have to do me a favor. Come with me to see this band for the wedding. It's the only night they're playing here. And Dick loves them." she asked as soon as he left.

"I don't know. I'm slammed at work." she tried to get out of it.

"Please for me. You have way better taste than me."

"Than I." she corrected. "And fine. I haven't said no to you yet have I?" she asked.

"Thank you." she smiled brightly.

That Thursday Night

Rachel headed inside the concert and sat in the seat assigned to her. She noticed the person sitting next to her and couldn't believe she was looking at Richard.

"Kori set this up." she stated more than asked.

"I can't believe her."

"Really? Cause I can." she said flatly. "It's fine."

"No its not." he said seriously. "Why didn't you tell me how you felt in law school?"

"Look. I never should have said anything." she deflected.

"I just wish I had known."

"What do you mean?"

"Rachel, you were all I ever thought about in law school. Did you really not know that?" she looked to him then straight forward. He never took his eyes off of her.

"Why are you doing this to me?" she asked.

"Rachel,"

"Don't."

"Rachel." he tried again.

"Please don't." she shook her head trying to deflect all emotions.

"This is not pre wedding jitters. I can't stop thinking about you and I don't know what to do. Rachel look at me." she did not. "Look. At. Me." he had to be sure she understood him. "If you feel the same way, tell me now. Please. Tell me now."

"I can't. Its too late Richard. It's way too late." she walked outside absent minded. She couldn't believe it. If she weren't so blind before things would have been different. Sh wanted to kick herself. She wanted to scream. But she didn't get the chance to. He had followed her and turned her around before kissing her. She returned it gladly. He held her head up as he devoured her lips hungrily. It was demanding, but not aggressive. She knew there would be some minimal bruising, so she bit down on his lip a little bit for payback. They pulled apart and she sighed ready to admit everything to him.

"Look, I feel the same way." she confessed. "I wish to God I didn't. But I do. I really do." he kissed her again and they held each other.

That Weekend

Rachel walked on the deck and took a seat across from Richard. "Hey. So I was thinking-" he was interrupted by Kori who walked over and kissed him without warning.

"I forgot something. I'll be back." she said simply before standing up and going to the kitchen. She broke the kiss a few moments after she left and when she wasn't looking, he wiped his mouth.

Kitten walked out wearing a rainbow shirt that said 'Legalize Gay.'

"Wow. What's with the shirt?" Kori asked.

"What? Gay people should have the same rights as straight people. Right?" she asked and they nodded confused.

"Hey, I'm going to grab a beer. Does anybody else want one?" Dick asked.

"I'll take one." Kori accepted.

He walked in the kitchen "Hey."

"Hey yourself."

"I'm sorry about that. Do you want to-?" he went quiet as Roy entered. He stood there and waved innocently. They both walked separate ways leaving him standing there confused. He walked out with a tray and set it next to the salad Kori was mixing.

"When did you get here?" She asked him.

"This morning." he answered.

"Yeah. But I didn't invite you. So why the hell are you here?" she asked.

He took in a breath and gave a fake performance. "Because I love you." she sniffled loudly, "And I can't stand to be away from you. And also," he spoke seriously. " my apartment flooded." he explained.

"Really it flooded? That's so weird I don't care."

"Kori." Kitten interrupted. "Be nice to Roy. He's going through something really tough right now." Richard and Rachel came out and took a seat.

"Not really. Its just the flooded apartment." he silently begged her to shut the hell up.

Jason walked out with an unknown blonde. Everybody stared at him but he didn't notice for a while. When he finally did he shrugged his shoulders, "We're allowed to have guests right?"

"Is there any vodka?" the stranger asked rudely. Everybody just stared at her.

Rachel finished her evening run and came up the hill catching the end of Richard's phone conversation. "I love you too. Bye mom."

"That was your mom?" she asked.

"Yeah."

"Is she getting any better?"

"Yeah. A lot better. She's so excited about the wedding."

She looked down slightly, "The wedding. Right." He walked towards her. He changed the subject.

"When I was a kid, and her depression got really bad, my father wasn't really around to cheer her up. The worst part was that I was afraid that if I couldn't make her happy, I would lose her."

"Good reason to be afraid." she comforted him. She was about to say something else but Kori called them inside to pick something for the wedding.

The Next Day

Rachel sat next to Roy while he read part of what he'd written in his novel to her. She noticed Jason approaching her and closed her eyes.

"Hey sweet sugar. Do you wanna take a dip in the water?" she kept still and said nothing.

"I think she's sleeping. Or dead." Roy saved her. He nodded wanting to give her rest and walked away. She opened her eyes and looked over to Richard and Kori who were walking on the edge of the water. She grabbed his hand.

She laughed about something he didn't hear. He joined in late with a fake laugh.

"Ah Ha Ha Ha Ha." she teased. "That is like the fakest laugh ever. What's with you lately?"

"Sorry." he apologized. "Just a little tense."

"Tense?" she asked backing up slightly smiling evilly.

"Kori? What are you doing?"

"Me? Nothing." she said a little too innocently.

"Don't even think about it." he warned. But before he even finished she kicked water right at him. "Kori."

"What?" she did it again. He chased her around. Rachel headed inside the house not wanting to see and Roy took notice but said nothing.

At The Night Club That Night

Kitten eyed Roy and smiled at him. He shook his head and moved closer to a man in front of him pointing and shaking his head no to her. She frowned disappointed and looked away. The man in front of him turned around and smiled. Roy nodded trying not to look creeped out before walking away quickly.

Rachel watched Kori and Richard dirty dancing. She got incredibly jealous and on impulse ran up to Jason.

"I need you." she said.

He took it another way, "I need you too." she scoffed and dragged him to the dance floor right next to the other two. Kori thinking she brought him over to dance for a friendly competition laughed and cheered and danced along with her. Rachel danced seductively with Jason. He grabbed her leg and wrapped it around his waist. He dipped her down low and turned her around in a circle before popping her back up to him. Kori did the same with Richard. But Richard was too busy watching Rachel in shock, amazement and just plain lust. He tried his best to not let Kori see it.

Roy watched and shook his head trying to figure out what the hell she was doing.

She kneeled down and stood back up whipping her hair and arching her back the way Kori taught her in high school. Kori smiled remembering the move and cheered her on while doing the same thing. She grabbed Jason's belt in the front, pressed close to him and began bending over backwards. All of a sudden she stopped and fell.

"Ow!" she cried out.

"Are you okay?" Richard asked. He started to go after her but Kori pulled him back stating she'd be fine.

"I'm fine." she stood up and limped away. "I only pulled every muscle in my leg at once." she whispered once she was out of ear shot.

Monday Morning

Rachel walked, or limped to work the next morning and was greeted with flowers from Richard. She read the card and set it down. She called him right before her lunch break.

"Now I know what kind of flowers to get you to call me back when your mad at me."

"Sorry, I just-" she chuckled.

"I'm sorry." he apologized. "I know this weekend wasn't ideal."

"It wasn't just this weekend. It was watching you with her and seeing you guys together. Watching her with you. And knowing what we're doing." she sighed. "What are we doing?" she asked. "It's just so hard to see her with you Richard."

"What we need, is some time alone. Time away from all of this. Just time alone so we can find out what this is. Next weekend I'll say that I have to work. They can go down to Jump and we can stay here without anybody and anything to distract us from focusing on us. What do you say?"

She was about to respond when Roy walked into her office. "I'll call you back." she hung up the phone quickly and stuffed it in her purse. "You're early." she told Roy.

"Yeah. This time." he saw the roses. "Who are those from?"

"Oh, Jason." she said moving to her desk.

"Really?" he said not believing her. "Because those look expensive."

"Should we go now?" she tried to change the subject.

"Yes we should. That was him on the phone too right?" he asked fully knowing it wasn't.

She laughed. He tried to pick up the card but she reached for it and put it in her purse. "Come on Roy. That's private."

"Come on? I was just going to check his spelling." he lied staring her down. "Rachel." he looked at her seriously. "Rachel who are the flowers from?" she stared at him silently pleading. "Do you want me to guess?" It was complete torture for her.

"Please don't."

A/N: Wu-oh. Someone's in trouble... Or not. Well I hope you liked it and I also hope you read and are going to respond!

Much Love and Respect

~Poppie~