*Authors note* so this story is going to have a bit of a time jump, I have left it off with Rachel coming to Tree Hill incredibly pregnant and rekindling her friendship with Brooke, Brooke finding out that the baby's father is Owen and well now Chase knows too! Actually Chase found out first, Now Rachel has had baby William Ray Gatina, notice that she didn't add Owen's last name to the mix. Chase sent Owen a picture of baby Will and he broke down at the airport on the way to Tree Hill but now Rachel has moved to her families cabin (which you may recognise from the Sunkist tour that the Tree Hill teens went to in season 3 with Pete Wentz being Peyton's Snuffleupicas) with baby Will of course and is ready to start a new life just her and her baby boy, so that is where I left off now here is where I am going next; William is just shy of his fifth birthday, Rachel is in a stable relationship. Owen has remained out of their lives, never returned a phone call or a text, never sent a birthday card. But what is going to happen when a situation forces Owen to re think things and possibly be involved in his son's life for the first time ever? Will Rachel let him back into her and her son's life even though he has just let her go in the past? You'll have to read it to see it!
From now on – chapter seven
"And he is out" he said as she turned her body to face him, she stood in her robe that hugged her figure perfectly, flowing slightly in the wind, she smiled just at the sight of him.
"You are my king" he walked towards her, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows a silly grin on his face
"Say it properly" he said smirking as he walked up to her and pressed his body against hers so she was against the railing of the balcony that she stood upon his lips pressed to her neck
"Drew Johnson you are my king" she said with a giggle as he continued to smooch her "Can you please remind me why you have to leave?" she asked with a sulky tone turning her head to face him as much as she could
"Babe I've got to work, but you know what?" he asked with a smile
"What?" she asked his words whispered in her ear so sensually
"This is the last time I have to leave for this long, next week you're going to be my gorgeous sugar mama and I am just going to be your fiancé"
"My fiancé" she said turning around to face him "I love the sound of that"
"Babe" he said after kissing her "Have you been thinking about me adopting Will? It is something I really want to do" his romantic and sensual tone had turned to want and seriousness
"It's not that simple" she said putting her hands on her forehead and regretting the moment when she had asked Chase to fly to New York and get Owen to sign the birth certificate, she didn't know, she never asked how Chase had managed to get a guy who didn't even want to acknowledge the existence of his own son to sign on the dotted line under the title of 'father', she regretted it immensely at this very moment, those lines of communication were going to be opened up again and something that she could have decided so easily on her own like every other moment in Will's life now had been placed in Owen's hands and she wasn't sure if she wanted him to have that power. She knew that every moment, every day that they waited Drew became more and more frustrated and upset by the fact that he wasn't Will's dad even though for the past three years he was the only father figure other than Chase in Will's life, but he didn't want to push her, the subject of Will's biological father always upset her.
"Do you know that your kid is reading like a pro now?" he asked with a big cheesy grin "I'm so proud, I think I am going to take him into that book store tomorrow and let him get whatever books he wants"
"I love it when you turn into a proud dad like that" she said throwing her arms around his neck and kissing him hard against the lips, he pulled at her robe to reveal the underwear that she wore so well under it and as he began to kiss down her neck and to her chest their bedroom door opened and the this quite little voice entered the room
"Mummy" he said sticking his head through the crack he had made in the doorway, she pushed Drew off her and pulled the two sides of her robe together, tying the knot around her middle and then rushing to the doorway where her little brunette stood in his dark blue pyjamas and his cheeky grin that he knew perfectly well would get him anything that he wanted.
"What's wrong darling? You're supposed to be in bed" she said with a stern tone knowing full well that nothing was wrong, that he was avoiding going to sleep and wanted to spend some extra boy time with Drew or even some Mummy time with her.
"There is a car outside" he said his cheeks tinged with red, she looked back at Drew who had sat down on their big king sized bed with a smile on his face
"How could you see the car William your curtains were shut?" she asked not mad, sort of amused at her sons antics, she wasn't going to be the type of parent that rolled over and let her kid get away with anything but she also wasn't going to be the sternest mother in the world and the truth was she didn't have to, if she did say so herself she and the people around her had helped to shape a very well rounded boy with a well-rounded personality.
"I don't know mama, I just saw it" he said shrugging her shoulders
"Come on honey it is time for bed" she said taking his hand "It's probably just Drew's car, he parked it in a different spot today" she said heading towards the door, but Will let go of his mums hand and refused to budge.
"No mama it wasn't Drew's car, It had its lights on" he said as Rachel suddenly go down at his level, she wasn't overly concerned about it, William had a big imagination but this wasn't something that he would make up, this scenario was too boring for him, if it was his own imaginary story instead of a car it would be a submarine or an elephant, so she again looked back at Drew, ,he understood the meaning of the look, it was a 'you're the man of the house can you please check', he stood up and walked in the direction of the balcony. Rachel felt herself getting very protective of her little cub, bending down, throwing an arm around his middle and hoisting him onto her hip. She kept repeating it is probably nothing, it was probably someone just driving past or someone that was lost, it was sort of odd that there was a car this far out at the time of night, they were about thirty minutes away from town in a very secluded area, the nearest neighbour about five minutes away.
"I'll deal with it" Drew said as he walked through the bedroom and past Rachel
"Wait is someone there?" Rachel said with all this panic setting in, what the hell was going on? Why was someone sitting outside their home?
"Babe just relax and stay up here with Will, I'll go see what is going on"
"Please be careful" she said as he headed out the door, she kissed her sons forehead and then as protective she was she put Will in the middle of the bed and turned the cartoon channel on deciding that if something action packed was going to go down tonight at her house and not in her bedroom that Lingerie probably would be the greatest choice of clothing. She threw on her yoga pants and a t-shirt before sitting down on the bed with her son; he was surprisingly not fazed by anything that was happening around them. Rachel couldn't take it anymore; she kissed Will's head before telling him to stay exactly where he was before she darted down the stairs, she slowly opened the door and as she walked outside the car sped off leaving Drew standing there incredibly confused "Where are you going?" he yelled out, she walked up to Drew and wrapped her arms around his waist
"Is everything okay?" she asked resting her chin on his shoulder
"It was just some guy that got lost on his way out of town, but it was weird"
"What was weird?" she asked
"I was in the middle of telling him how to get back into town and then you walked out and he had this look on his face and he put his foot down like a brick on the accelerator and drove out"
"That is weird" she said with a smile on her face "Now come on we were supposed to be making the best out of your last night in town weren't we"
"Oh do you have something planned" he said turning around, her arms remaining around his neck as his draped around her middle, he kissed her hard on the lips
"You bet I do" she said with a laugh as he groaned against her lips, before letting go taking her hand and walking towards the house.
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"Are you ready?" she asked as he walked over to their bed, he sat down and smiled, he kissed her lips a hand came up between them and they both laughed
"Get a room" the little boy demanded with a smile "The movie is about to start" he said taking the bowl of popcorn from his soon to be stepfather
"This is the perfect way to send me off" he said with a smile
"What can I say? I'm perfect" she said with a laugh throwing a handful of popcorn in her mouth, she looked to her fiancé who sat with this mischievous grin and then to her son who sat clutching the blue plastic bowl filled with popcorn whilst telling Drew to be quiet, Drew responded to this by tickling the little boy sending the popcorn flying and the little boy into fits of giggles, although now there was melted butter and popcorn floating around in her bed she couldn't help but laugh at all that surrounded her.
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It had been hard for not only Rachel to say goodbye for two weeks to her fiancé but it had been harder watching her son say goodbye to him, her son was very affectionate and had grown increasingly attached to Drew who had been spending more and more time with them. He worked at an insurance company in New York, Drew would often come back for a week or so and then fly back for two weeks for full time working, he owned the business and had worked on making it and his staff pretty self-sufficient and now he was going back for the last time in a while to make sure that everything was running smoothly so he could just work via an internet connection and be with his little family. Will ran ahead, she liked to keep him in her sights but she knew that he knew how to get home and worst case scenario they were both holding a walkie talkie.
"Ten four trucking buddy" she said holding down the button
"What mama?" hers rang back and she felt herself smiling at him; she could hear him not only in her walkie talkie but just beyond the bushes in front of her.
"Don't you run too fast, Over and out" she said making the end of conversation noise. She continued to walk in silence, just thinking away to herself about her life and how much she was going to miss her snuggle buddy over the next couple of weeks. She just strolled watching the scenery contemplating how different her life had become since high school even in the last nearly five years, her life had changed so dramatically and it was all for the better. Rachel was dragged out of her haze by her son screaming "MUMMMMMMMY" with this terror in his voice, she picked up the pace and sprinted to her sons side, she hoisted him onto her hip and looked on at the house in front of her, her own house. In the open doorway was now blocked by a massive figure, she found herself stepping back, and under her breath she mumbled "What the f…"
To be continued!
Let me know what you think, and what you think is going to happen next. It might be obvious, it might not.