"Are you suggesting that she's pregnant?" Ryan asked Rachael. "What else could those pains mean?" Rachael questioned, "Plus…there was Friday night." "I'm not pregnant." Cloe told Rachael. "Let me know if anything gets worse." Rachael stated. "Nothing will happen." Cloe snapped back.
"To change the subject," Ryan began, "should we tell all of this to Sharpay?" "Not just yet." Rachael answered, "We'll have to find that last letter and figure out what's going on." "What about you moms?" Cloe spoke up, "Do we want to tell them that we know? They might be able to help."
"It depends." Rachael answered, "They must not know that they're so close, otherwise my mom might have recognized Ryan." "Shall we search the house?" Cloe asked. "We shall." Ryan answered, then the two laughed. "Lets go into my mom's writing room." Rachael stated, "My instincts are starting to kick in."
"Will you quit insisting that I'm pregnant?" Cloe said crankily. Rachael got up from where she sat and motioned for the two to follow her out of the room. "Just let her believe it." Ryan told Cloe. "Yes, Your Majesty." Cloe teased. "Stop that…" Ryan gave her a look, "Jitterbug." "Fine." Cloe agreed. "Well," Rachael said, suddenly returning to the room, "are you guys coming?"
Cloe and Ryan looked at each other, then at Rachael, got up, and walked over to her. The three left the room, headed back down the hallway, and stopped at a huge wooden door. Rachael pushed it open and they walked inside.
It was a huge room that looked too big for the house. It had a wooden floor and all four walls had full bookshelves that reached the ceiling. There was a writing desk in the middle of the room. "Wow." Cloe whispered. "Don't tear apart anything." Rachael instructed, "We're only here to look for the letter." "Right." Cloe and Ryan agreed.
After an hour of searching through papers and leafing through books, they found a total of nothing. "I'm positive that it's in here." Rachael moped and looked around the tidy room. "Relax." Cloe told her, "Maybe, if you sleep on it, something will come to you." "Yeah, it's not like we need to find the letter now." Ryan agreed. "All right." Rachael caved and they all turned to go to her room.
When they got there, Rachael closed the door, and turned to Cloe and Ryan who were sitting on the bed. "What's going on with you two?" Rachael asked them. "What do you mean?" Cloe asked. "You guys obviously like each other." Rachael continued, "What's been going on between you two? Are you or aren't you two dating, yet?"
"Slow down." Ryan told her, "First, you accuse me getting Cloe pregnant. Now, you want to know where we stand in our relationship?" "Exactly!" Rachael exclaimed, "I need to know what's going on. You two are perfect for each other. I respect that, but I want to know what you two are doing with each other. I need to know! It will drive me crazy if you keep your relationship a secret from me!"
"Are you going to be one of those nosy friends who gets up in everyone's faces?" Ryan asked. "Just answer my question!" Rachael tried hard not to scream, "Are you two dating?" "Rachael, there's no time for dating." Cloe explained, "We have enough on our plate as it is."
"But are you at least boyfriend and girlfriend?" Rachael begged for an answer. "There's no time for a relationship either, Rachael." Ryan explained, "Especially not a serious relationship." "And yet, you act like a couple." Rachael stared at them.
"Kind of." Cloe agreed. "Fine." Rachael sighed and collapsed on a beanbag chair, "As soon as all of this is over will you promise to go on at least one date?" "We make no promises." Cloe told her. "That's a promise." Ryan added and laughed. "Hilarious." Rachael told them sarcastically, "You're so funny. Now, I'm going to rest here for a while."
"Okay." Cloe said. "What do you want us to do?" Ryan asked. "Anything you two feel like doing." Rachael told them, "But don't get too touchy with her, Ryan. I'm warning you!" "You got it, cous." He responded and Cloe held his arm, smiling at Rachael. "That's right." Rachael remembered, "We're cousins." Cloe watched Rachael fall asleep.
Ryan turned to her and gave her a wink. "Ready?" he asked her. "For you? Anytime." Cloe answered. He smiled at her, leaned towards her and kissed her on the lips. Cloe's heart was pumping faster than ever. She kissed him back and it seemed like nothing could separate them.
She was sure Rachael was watching them, but she didn't care. When they finally separated, Cloe looked at Ryan straight in the eyes and said, "When did you get so good?" "I had practice." Ryan responded staring back into her eyes.
"On who?" Cloe asked with a grin. "You." he told her, then grabbed her hands. "Oh," Cloe said when he separated, "is she a good kisser?" "Lets find out." Ryan answered and kissed her again. When they separated again, Cloe asked, "Well?" "She's pretty good." Ryan said before adding, "For a beginner." Then, he leaned in and kissed her again.
(A/N) So, what did you think? How did you like the ending of the chapter? It's kind of funny to have one character constantly feeding back other characters' phrases and words…as I have done with many of the other phrases and will continue to do. R&R!