I know it's been a while. Sorry ): Only one POV for this chapter because it's pretty long. Please REVIEW! -Anernerk
Rachael's POV (Same day later in the evening)
"So Adam's really gung-ho on finding out the truth," Chelsea asks flipping through stations on my TV.
"Mhm, he really wants to know. It's just not something I wasn't to talk about you know. The whole fight was stupid and childish," I say hanging my head over then end of my bed to look at the TV screen.
"So why don't you just tell him that," She asks. I shrug.
"What are you two doing," Clare asks leaning against my doorframe with a can of Sprite in her hand.
I flip over onto my stomach. "Watching TV I guess," I tell her. "What are you doing here?"
"Your mom invited me for dinner," She says taking a sip of her soda. Eli appears next to her.
"Hey," I say to him. "Yo," He says with a nod.
He looks at Chelsea but doesn't say anything. She sighs and puts the remote down.
"Okay seriously I'm over it being so awkward around here. Can't we all just put the past behind us and move the **** on," She says annoyed.
Eli smirks. "Well if it isn't the old ****** Chelsea we all know and love," He jokes.
She smiles and shrugs. "We all have been kind of childish haven't we," He asks rubbing the back of his neck.
Me, Chelsea, and Clare all nod. He gives Clare a look and she kisses his cheek giggling. I sigh.
"Adam asked me the other night what's the deal with us," I tell Eli. "What'd you says," He asks.
"I acted like I didn't know what he was talking about, but obviously he knows something's up," I say. Eli shrugs.
"Why don't you just tell him what happened the night before you left," He asks.
"I want to know what happened," Clare eagerly. I look at Eli who sighs.
"Before Rachael tells you what happened, I uh have to tell you something about Julia," He says walking into my room.
"What is it," Clare asks following him in. Eli sighs. "When me and Julia were together she kind of cheated on me…a lot," He says quietly.
"Oh," She says a little taken back. "Why?" Eli shrugs looking a little upset.
"Julia was ****** up in the head. She had some issues that she didn't want to get help for," Chelsea says.
Everyone looks at her. "She was my sister, I can say what I want about her," She says simply.
"Okay so what does Julia cheating have to do with you guys having it out," Clare asks curiously.
"Well when Chelsea found out about the cheater after Julia had died she told me about it,' Eli says. Wrong.
"Julia was at hiding things." Wrong.
"Charlie Oakland used to be my best friend growing up, but I guess my friendship meant nothing to him," Eli says a little angrily. That would be correct.
"What do you mean," Clare asks looking from him to me.
"Him and Julia hooked up one night at this girl Savannah's party," He tells her. That's a fact.
"The night Julia died she told me she was pregnant." Again, truth.
Clare looks a little shocked. "And she told me it wasn't mine. I lost it and that's when we had our big fight. She took off and later I got a call saying to come to the hospital."
"So you and Rachael fought after that," Clare pieces together. I nod. Eli motions for me to take over the conversation, looking drained. I sigh.
"I don't know if Eli told you but Julia was my best friend. Me, Julia and Chelsea were like inseparable. And when Julia met Eli she was smitten," I say with a small smile.
"So I told her I didn't have a problem if they dated and so they did. The five of us, including Charlie, were so close. We were always together. So when Jules died it was hard on all of us. We all grieved in our own ways. Charlie, who we all pretty much cut ties with, drowned himself in a bottle every night and wouldn't stop calling the house in search for Eli. Chelsea had a mental breakdown in front of the whole student body. I went to a party, got wasted and hooked up with an ex who everyone hated and Eli took it out on me," I pause to make sure she is taking it all in.
"So what did you and Eli fight about," Clare asks slowly.
"My ex Trevor bragged about getting with me at the party so word got around. Eli found out and freaked out on me," I say.
"I called her a slut," Eli says looking down. I touch his arm to tell him it's okay.
"I told him Julia was a slut and that's what pushed him over the edge. There was screaming and then he threw a picture frame at my head. After that I just decided I needed to get away for a while. Everyone just needed time to heal and mourn alone, so I left for New York," I finish.
"I'm not really sure what to say to this guys," Clare says softly. I shrug.
"It's whatever you know. We're teenagers, we grow and we learn. The past makes us who we are, we shouldn't forget about it but we shouldn't dwell on it either," I say.
"Dude that's a story for a soap opera," We hear someone shout ecstatically from the hallway outside my door.
A second later a beanie-headed boy walks into the room with the look of amazement.