A/N: Sorry for such a long wait. I've been pretty busy.
I just want to dedicate this chapter to callmechristina because she really likes my story. I mean… she also kind of begged me for a new chapter too, and… yeah.
**I'm going to try and experiment with some different styles, so tell me if you love it, hate it, whatever.**
Chapter 4
"What do you mean, you left?"
"Calm down, Jen. I'm just in England now."
"Um, isn't that a little far away?"
"No, Jen. It's an airplane ride away. You can come visit me in the summer after you do that camp."
"You were supposed to do that road trip with me! We were going to convince our parents to let us do it, and then you were going to bring Dick, and I was going to bring Vic!"
"…Don't you find it kind of weird how their nicknames rhyme?"
"Rachel! Stop changing the subject!"
"Okay, okay. I'm sorry, it's just… I needed to get away."
"For over four YEARS? Do you know how pissed off Dick will be when he finds out?"
"I really don't care anymore. It's nice here. I have a decent sized room-"
"Weren't you going to Yale or whatever though?"
"I can't. Not anymore."
"WHY?"
"I… I don't think I'll be able to afford tuition, and pay for this-"
"This what?"
"I was about to tell you, if you wouldn't interrupt me!"
"Sorry! Pay for what?"
"…Do we really have to talk about this?"
"Um, yeah! Obviously, it's something big! So what is it? C'mon, Rachel. I'm your best friend. You can tell me anything."
"Jinx-"
"NO! Do not 'Jinx' me. I want to know, and I want to know now."
"I don't know how to say it-"
"Then just come out with it."
"It'll make everything so awkward."
"Honey, I was there when you put in a tampon that one time. I don't thin kit can get any more awkward than that."
"That was disgusting."
"I seriously didn't mind though!"
"Just shut up and let me tell you."
"…"
"…I kind of maybe possibly found out that I might maybe just about be… uh, pregnant?"
"…What?"
"God, Jen. You heard me."
"I don't think I could have! I think you just said you were pregnant, but you haven't been fucking anyone-"
"If only that was the case."
"Who have you been fucking?"
"You know."
"There are only two people that come to mind. And one of them you absolutely despise. The other one, you continuously deny, but-"
"That's the one."
"No."
"Yes."
"You've been fucking… DICK?"
"Very good, Jinx. I HAVE been fucking a guy."
"No, I mean Grayson. You've been fucking that douche?"
"He's not a douche…"
"He got you pregnant. That officially makes him a douche in my book."
"He doesn't know, okay? I didn't want to tell him about it."
"Why not? He needs to pick up some of the slack that he caused!"
"He's with Kori. He and I were… making out the other day, and he said her name accidentally. Obviously, he has feelings for her. He broke it off right before I left."
"That slut?"
"Yeah. Don't do anything to him, I really don't mind anymore. He likes her. I'm happy for them."
"But you two have a kid together. One kid from you kind of makes you more important than his latest… conquest."
"Jinx, just… Don't say anything to him. Just treat him like you normally would, okay? Don't tell him anything about where I am, how I am, nothing."
"What am I supposed to tell him then?"
"Just tell him I moved or something."
"Like there aren't any problems with THAT. Why didn't your mom move with you? Where did you move to? Do you have a new phone number? Am I allowed to give him the new phone number? What about email?"
"Away. Yes. No. Yes. Just give him my email address. I'll spam it or whatever."
"…I'm kind of proud of you, bitch."
"Shut up. I have to go. Time to go visit my classes."
"Bye. Talk to you INCREDIBLY SOON."
"Okay, bye."
Rachel hung up her cell phone, and sighed. She looked around her new dorm room, finding it to be as spacious as her old bedroom back in the US was. Rachel didn't really want to be here, but she needed to be. This was the only way she could get an education while being pregnant. There was a knock at the door, and a short, red-haired woman walked in.
"'Ello. Name's Toni. You must be… Rachel?" Said girl nodded.
"I'll be your nanny, nurse, whatever."
"Aren't you a little young to be a nurse?"
"Not that you need to know, but I'm kind of 21. Aren't you a little young to be pregnant?"
"Touché."
"Thank you. I have a feeling we'll be very close."
From: Dick
To: Rachel
Hey, I heard you moved? So, uh, how've you been? Listen, if you moved because of me and what I said before, I'm really sorry. I just need to be faithful to Kori. I really like her, and I don't want to hurt her if she finds out that we've been sleeping together. Call me or something, okay?"
~Rich
From: Jinx
To: Rachel
So I've heard that Dickwad emailed you the other day. He was kind of pissed that you haven't replied back yet. You gonna tell him about the baby? How is the little guy? Or girl… Def send over some pics or whatever. I would love to see him/her. SONOGRAM PICS, OF COURSE! Unless you already had the baby? How long have you and Dickwad even been sleeping together?
~Love ya, Jen-jen
From: Rachel
To: Jinx
Yeah, he has. Not like I'm gong to reply. He was just being his usual dick self. And good! I'm glad that he is! He kind of deserves it… No. Fine. The baby's only, like, 6 months old, Jinx. It's not like I would've popped him/her out already. But I can send you some pictures of the sonogram. He/She's so cute… And as far as we know, really healthy. I saw ten little fingers. It was so cute, you would've loved it. Dick and I have only been sleeping together since junior year, I think? I don't know anymore…
~R
~Attached:
From: Dick
To: Rachel
Hey. You haven't responded to any of my other emails, so maybe you just missed it? I'm not sure how the whole time change thing works either, so maybe that messed things up too. How have you been? Hope school's going well for you. Come back soon. Everyone misses you.
~Rich
From: Rachel
To: Dick
Sorry. I've been busy.
~Rachel
From: Jinx
To: Rachel
Rae… You need to come back. Immediately. There's been an accident. Call me. Email me. Something, please. You need to come back, just for a little while at least. Your mom… she's gone. I'm so sorry. Your grandma, Azar, is here, and she really misses you. Please, you need to come back. Bring your son, and we can talk later. You just need to come back.
~I love you, Jinx
Rachel glanced over at her son's sleeping face. Five years had passed since she came back, and now she was back again for her mother's funeral. There had been a car accident when her mother was coming back home, and now her grandmother was here. She and her grandma, Azar, were incredibly close to each other when they were younger. Her mom hadn't been able to care for her very much because she was working and so Azar had moved in with them and taken over the job.
Rachel didn't want to bring her son, Jack, back here with everything so messed up. Especially with the chance that she and Jack might see Richard. She didn't even want to think about his reaction. It would be kind of hard to figure out that Jack was Richard's son, since Jack took more after Rachel's side. He had her amethyst eyes, and her horrible hair. Not many people knew what her natural hair color was, and she was glad that it was like that. Her hair was still dyed purple, but she couldn't hide her natural hair color on her son. Of course, it was this horrible white-blonde. She hated it so much.
Rachel shook her thoughts out of her head, and drove into her old driveway. Azar was standing outside on the porch, waiting for her. Rachel smiled softly to herself and waved. She turned around to her sleeping son and rubbed his blonde hair. "Hey, sweetie."
Jack groaned and Rachel smiled. She unbuckled herself, and got out to unbuckle Jack. She opened the door and pulled him out, and he rested his head on her shoulder. Rachel walked up to the porch, leaving their suitcases in the car. "Hi, Azar."
"This must be the boy I've heard so much about."
"Yeah, this is Jack." Rachel nudged him a little and he turned away. "Mommy, stop…"
Rachel smirked. "It was a really long ride. He's probably just really tired." Azar nodded as if she understood and stepped aside for Rachel to enter the house. The purple haired woman walked up the stairs and opened the door to her old room. The bed was stripped bare of all the sheets, and Rachel put Jack down in a chair she had left here. Jack instantly curled up inside while his mother went to find some sheets for the bed.
Rachel quickly put the sheets on the bed and picked Jack back up. He didn't make any noise this time, and Rachel tucked him into the bed. She kissed his forehead, and walked back downstairs to her waiting grandmother.
"How are you?"
"Better than you probably are."
"She was just as much to me as she was to you."
"But you still miss her, don't you?" Rachel nodded, and Azar led her into the kitchen. "You want some tea?"
"Sure. Chamomille, please."
Rachel took the time that her grandmother was using to make her tea and looked around the house. She hadn't been there in over five years, but not much had changed. Arella wasn't home enough to make anything change. Arella had taken a few days off to go visit Rachel and Jack in England after she had given birth. Arella and her had talked a couple times a week aside from that, which was about all they had of contact.
"Grandma, is it okay if one of my friends from England stayed with us? She's Jack's nanny, in a way."
"In a way? What is that supposed to mean?"
"She's more of my best friend than Jack's nanny. It's just her job while I go to classes."
"It's fine. Should I make up the spare bedroom?"
"That would be good. She's coming probably in the next couple days. She had a few things to take care of back in England."
Azar nodded. "Jennifer has been asking about you. She comes around for dinner a few times. She's like my second granddaughter."
"She wishes she could have someone as cool as you." Both women laughed, and Azar went to go get the tea ready. The doorbell rang, and Rachel walked to the door. She bundled her sweater closer to her, and shivered. She had forgotten how cold it was compared to England, which was saying a lot. She looked through the door and smiled.
"Jen!"
"RACHEL!" Jennifer jumped in through the doorway and hugged her friend. "Oh my gosh! How have you been? You look so skinny for having a kid a couple years ago! Where is the little guy?"
"Slow down, Jen. Um, fine, thanks, and he's upstairs asleep."
"Aww. I can't wait to meet him. From how you described him, he sounds so adorable!"
"Yeah, he is. I love him so much."
"I bet I will too then. Anyways, I'm so sorry about your mom and everything. How have you been?"
"Fine. I miss her, but… I didn't really hang around her long enough to actually miss her. Jack barely knew her, but he was excited to come to a new place."
"I bet." Jennifer looked around the place and smiled. "It really hasn't changed around here, has it?"
"Nope."
"Like you never left." Both girls hugged each other one more time, but pulled away as they heard a tiny voice from the top of the stairs. "Mommy?"
Rachel walked up the stairs quickly and picked up her son. "Hi, sweetie. How was your nap?"
Jack made a grunt, and Rachel smiled. "Do you want to meet one of mommy's friends?" Jack nodded and rubbed his eyes in only the way a 5-year-old could.
"This is Jennifer. You can call her Jinx."
"Hello, Jinx." Jennifer bent down to eye level with the little boy. "Hi, Jack. I've heard so much about you!"
Jack pushed on his mother's chest, signaling he wanted to be put down. Rachel complied and watched as Jack dragged Jennifer back upstairs to play in her room.
Rachel smiled at the two and looked back at the door as the doorbell rang. "I got it!"
Rachel walked back over to the door and opened it. Flowers were hiding the holder's face, but Rachel recognized his voice.
"Richard."
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A/N: And that's about it… I would love to say I'm on a tiny break for the next two weeks or so, but I doubt there are some people who would let me.
Reviews are lovely with my virtual flowers.
~klrob