"I can't believe that the boys defended the freak that lives across the street from you, Bev, and then tried to cover it up." Rachel said. They were in Brooke's room, sitting on her Queen sized bed with her canopy and furry carpet watching 'The Hills' on MTV.
"I know, if you go away this summer, with Nate and Luke, like you do every year, and Skills goes to basketball camp, like he does every year, I'll have to hang out with Goth girl." Bevin told the twins, who were watching the show contently.
"I don't think we're going away this summer, 'cuz our dad is never even here, and even if we were, you're always welcome with us. I mean, as long as it's okay with your parents, and you know our dad treats you like family, you see the way he treats us." Brooke said.
"Yeah, I think Brooke's right, but I think I heard dad say something about us staying home this summer and getting jobs, you know, learning the meaning of a dollar, whatever the hell that means." Rachel agreed with Brooke. The girls hear the doorbell, and Rachel gets up and says "I'll get it." She walks down to the door, only to see… Lucas
"Hey, nice outfit." Lucas said looking her up and down. She was wearing blue gym shorts that said THJH that were rolled up really short and she was wearing a shortened shirt that said Tree Hill Junior High Ravens on it. It showed off her toned stomach and her tattoo of the letter R on her hip.
"Likewise" Rachel told him, seeing that he was only wearing basketball shorts and he was all sweaty on his chest, where you could see his six pack.
"Hey Rach, I'm going shopping with Bev, I'll be back at like 7, okay? By the way, dad's coming back around 5 or so, see ya." Brooke told her sister, walking down the stairs in a short pink and brown striped dress, with pink heels and gray tights that went down to her mid-calf. Bevin walked in after her, with her long, wavy blonde hair in two pony-tails with her bangs down where they normally are. She was wearing stonewashed jeans and long dark red wife beater layered under a pink wife beater. She was wearing brown rainbow heels along with her brown juicy couture purse that said "Juicy Cutie," on it.
"Kay, bye, hey, Bev, are you coming over for dinner?" Rachel asked Bevin as they were walking down the stairs. Bevin turned around and looked like she was thinking for a second.
"Um, I think so, I don't thing my dad has any dinner planned or anything. Later." Bevin said to Rachel and Lucas. They walked out the front door and closed it after them.
"So, what do you want to do?" Lucas asked Rachel and gave her a kiss.
"Wanna go watch a movie in my room?" Rachel suggested. Luke nodded his head and they ran up the stairs to her room.
"Hey, Luke?" Rachel said to Lucas. They were laying on her bed watching the Sisterhood of the Traveling pants, per Rachel's request. Rachel was lying against Luke's chest and he had her arms around her.
"What's up, Rach?" Lucas asked her. She looked up toward him and sighed. He heard her sigh and sat up straighter, while she sat Indian style on her bed.
"Myandmydadgotintoareallybigfightandhe'ssendingmetoCaliforniatolivewithmyauntJoyce." Rachel said all in one breath, leaving a really confused look on Lucas' face. "Me and my dad got into a really big fight and he decided to send me to California to live with my aunt Joyce at the end of the month." Rachel said slower this time, giving him time to process the information.
"How long have you known about this?" Lucas asked her, with a serious look on his face.
"About three weeks." Rachel stated simply.
"That's a hell of a long time before you mentioned it to me, we're you even gonna tell me, or was I gonna have to find out by like, Brooke, or Nathan." Lucas said to her, his expression changing from calm and serious to angry and pissed off.
"First, you, me and my dad are the only one's who know, and second, what do you mean, you'd have to find out from Nathan?" Rachel questioned him.
"Come on, Rachel, it's no secret that you and Nathan are really close, it's kind of weird if you ask me." Lucas stated simply. She got an incredulous look on her face.
"What do you mean, Lucas, that's kind of hypocritical, if you ask me, because it's not like you and Brooke don't talk all the time. So, why do you bring this up now, its' not like I spend all my time with Nathan. If you hadn't noticed, I've been spending less time with Brooke, Bevin, Nathan, and Skills, and I've pretty much been spending all my free time with you." Rachel said and got up. "Why don't you leave, I'll call you later, okay?" Lucas got up off her bed and walked out of her room without a word. A few seconds later, you can hear the door slamming.