Rachel was working behind the front counter, when Kyle appeared, spreading his arms apart he leaned against the edge. "I told you I'd be back," Kyle said.

"So, I see," Rachel said, "I don't want to hear it."

Leaning his elbows against the surface and resting his chin on a fist, he said, "Don't want to hear what?"

"How you and Lola are back together," Rachel said.

"You don't want to talk about that," Kyle mused, "Okay. We won't talk about it. Because that's not what I was going to say."

"What?" Rachel said.

"You're the one I want to be with," Kyle said, straightening up and reaching across the counter, taking one of her hands, "I broke things off with Lola."

"Completely?" Rachel said.

"It's done, it's over," Kyle said, "Rachel, I want you and me back."

Rachel looked into Kyle's eyes and for a moment Kyle thought she was about to let him in. Instead she pulled her hand away, "I can't," she said.

"Rachel…" Kyle said.

"I'm sorry," Rachel said, disappearing into the back office.

"I'm not letting her go that easy," Kyle said, getting up to enter the office.

Mariah intercepted him, "Let her go for now. You're pushing too hard."

"I love her, why can't I make her understand that," Kyle said.

"You really want her back?" Tessa said.

"Yes, I do," Kyle said.

"Because we have thought of something that might work," Tessa said.

"You need to apologize in a big way," Mariah said.

Kyle raised his eyebrows, looking at Tessa and Mariah.

Crimson Lights was brimming with activity, keeping Tessa and Rachel busy with customers. Mariah had offered to help with the work and was serving coffee behind the front counter. As Rachel finished ringing up an order she said, "Suddenly this is the place to be."

"Good for business," Mariah smiled, when something on the patio caught her eye. Still smiling she half laughed.

Rachel followed her gaze, to see Tessa carrying a large bouquet of roses. "What in the world?" Rachel said.

Tessa put them on the front counter. "Tessa?" Mariah said.

"Darndest thing," Tessa said, "I found these on one of the tables out there."

"That's a lot of flowers," Mariah said.

"There's a card," Tessa said, discovering a small envelope. Reading the name on it she smiled and held it out to Rachel. "They're for you," she said.

Rachel sighed as she took the card, instantly recognizing the handwriting. She lifted the card out to reveal the words, 'Love you! K.'

Rachel couldn't help smiling as she shook her head.

"I remember you told me how much you liked different color roses," Kyle said,

sauntering towards her.

"They're lovely," Rachel said, "Thank you."

"You are welcome," Kyle said.

"Are these supposed to make me fall into your arms," Rachel said.

"No?" Kyle said.

"Not really," Rachel said.

"Okay," Kyle said, "You leave me no choice."

Rachel watched as Kyle pulled out a chair and stood up on it. "Kyle, what are you doing?"

Speaking in a loud voice, Kyle said, "I want you and everyone else in here to know how much I love you and want to be with you."

"Would you come down from there?" Rachel said.

"I will do whatever it takes, no matter how long it takes until you forgive me. We had something special and I don't want us to lose that," Kyle proclaimed.

"You're going to get me fired…" Rachel said.

"You mean a great deal to me," Kyle continued, "You're beautiful and we do amazing really well together."

"Kyle…" Rachel pleaded.

"You're the best thing that's ever happened to me," Kyle said, "I know you find it hard to love me right now…"

"I do love you!" Rachel blurted out.

Kyle jumped down off the chair and taking her hands, he said, "For real?"

"For real," Rachel confirmed, "I forgive you, I love you."

"Does this mean what I hope it does?" Kyle said.

"It might," Rachel said, "If you hope it means this." She drew him into a kiss, causing applause to erupt in the coffeehouse.

They smiled at each other. "I missed you," Kyle said.

"Me too," Rachel said. Kyle reached out to hug her, both remembering how good it felt to be in each other's arms. Kyle's eyes drifted to Mariah, who wiped her brow in mock relief. Kyle smiled at her and snuggled Rachel close.

As Rachel stood in the elevator of Jabot Cosmetics, she took note of the suits and business outfits of employees. Even though she wasn't an employee, Rachel's felt the odd one out in her jeans and a sweater. As she followed other staff into the hallway, she caught sight of Kyle rounding the corner ahead. Backtracking, Kyle peeked around the corner and smiled when he saw her. "This is a nice surprise," he said, "I would like to spend some time with you, but I am super busy right now."

"I'm sure you are," Rachel said, "I didn't come to see you."

"I'm not going to lie," Kyle teased, "That hurts."

" Billy called, said he wanted to see me in his office," Rachel said.

"About what?" Kyle said.

"He didn't say, just that it was important," Rachel said, "He sounded stressed. I was curious enough that I came."

Billy appeared off the elevator, rapidly rounding the corner. "Rachel," he said, when he saw her, "Thank you for coming so quickly."

"I'll see you later," Kyle said, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek.

Rachel watched Kyle walk away for a few seconds, the realized Billy was waiting for her in front of his open office door. Extending his arm he invited her into the room. As he closed the door behind him, he said, "Does that display of affection, mean that you and Kyle are back together?"

"Yes, we are," Rachel smiled. Billy nodded. "I'm sure, that's not why you called me over here. I am curious though. I thought you weren't speaking to me."

"I have a very big problem, I am hoping you can help me with," Billy said.

"Me?," Rachel said.

"Jabot computers are locking people out of files, servers are freezing up or giving error messages that they even exist. A day's work disappears without reason. Basically the systems are cancelling each other out," Billy explained

"They're not supposed to do that," Rachel said.

"That much I'm aware of," Billy said, "The IT department is working on it, but so far they're stumped as how to fix it. I've exhausted every possible solution I can think of. Except for you."

"You want me to see if I can fix it?" Rachel said.

"I recall when I worked at Restless Style and we were having computer issues. You came by and were able to easily fix it," Billy said, "Maybe you can work that technical magic again."

"That was a small business system," Rachel said, "This is a much bigger issue."

"I need your help," Billy said, "Could please just take a look?"

"Okay, I'll see what I can do," Rachel said.

"Thank you," Billy said. He offered Rachel his chair and she went to work, punching keys and checking things out.

Billy's office door opened and a voice said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were in a meeting."

"Not at all," Billy said. Making introductions, Billy said, "Ravi, this is Rachel Brantford. Rachel this is Ravi Shapur, our resident technical whiz."

"Hi," Rachel said, accepting his handshake.

"Nice to meet you," Ravi said.

"Any luck?" Billy said."

"Somewhat," Ravi said, "I ran a diagnostic scan and the server is fragmenting causing the libraries to converge and latch."

"In English," Billy said.

"The server is falling apart," Rachel said, "That's why your files are locked."

"That doesn't explain why documents are disappearing into thin air," Ravi said, "I appreciate your input, but I will figure this out."

"That's why she's here," Billy said, "She's good at this."

"How many servers do you have?" Rachel said.

"Just the main one," Billy said.

Rachel looked up from the computer screen to Billy and Ravi. "Just one? Then where did this other one come from?"

Ravi rushed to the computer screen. "No…no," he said.

"Are you saying that's the same one," Rachel said, "It's making a duplicate of itself."

"That's impossible," Ravi said, "It's going to collapse the system."

Billy watched as Ravi and Rachel, continued talking in technical jargon, back and forth, as if they were speaking their own language.

"Did you check the sequence?" Rachel said, punching more keys.

"Of course I checked it," Ravi said.

Rachel pointed to the screen and said, "There's the problem. The sequence is out of order."

"That's not possible," Ravi said, "I set that myself."
"Obviously you didn't," Rachel said, attempting to reset the cycle.

"Yes, I did…" Ravi took a breath to correct his argumentative tone, "I don't understand why it didn't take."

Ravi was watching with great interest as Rachel quickly cleared up the disarray. "Did you put in the fail safe?" she said.

Ravi was quiet for a moment, before he said, "I don't normally have to. It's designed to correct itself."

"Yeah, if it has the proper…" Rachel gave up explaining, and put the correct arrangement on the system.

"There," she said.

"You need to reboot it first," Ravi said.

Rachel slowly looked back at Ravi and paused before she said, "I know that, thank you."

"Is it good now?" Billy said.

"Should be," Rachel said, "See for yourself."

Billy darted into his chair and punched computer keys, getting the result he wanted. "Rachel, that's amazing!" Billy smiled.

"You're telling me," Ravi said.

"Thank you so much," Billy said.

"No problem," Rachel said.

A knock came from Billy's office door as it opened part way. "Sorry, you're still busy," Kyle said, peeking in.

"No, it's okay were done," Billy said, "Systems are back up. Thanks to Rachel."

"You're welcome," Ravi said.

"I sure he appreciates your efforts too," Rachel said.

Ravi gave her a sarcastic smile.

"You're both awesome," Billy said.

"So, you neglected to tell me you are a computer genius," Kyle said, "It's great that you knew how to fix everything."

"I just did the best I knew how," Rachel said. Gesturing to Ravi she said, "With some help."

Ravi nodded in agreement.

"We haven't met," Kyle said, extending his hand to Ravi, "Kyle Abbott."

"Ravi Shapur," Ravi said, accepting the handshake.

"Do you work here?" Kyle said, "I don't think I've seen you around."

"I'm not surprised," Ravi said, "I've seen you, but the office staff don't seem to notice the IT staff unless they need us."

"Sorry about that," Kyle said, "Next time I see you, I'll be sure to say hello."

"Same here," Ravi said.

Turning his attention to Rachel, Kyle said, "Since you're finished up, I thought I could convince you to have lunch with me?"

"No thanks," Ravi said.

Kyle paused before he said, "I was talking to Rachel."

"I knew that," Ravi said.

"Yes, we can have lunch," Rachel laughed.

"Thanks again," Billy said.

"I guess I'll be seeing you," Rachel said. Passing by Ravi she said, "It was nice to meet you."

"See you around Ray," Kyle said.

"Ravi," Ravi corrected him.

"Right," Kyle said, "Of course." Rachel quietly laughed as Kyle closed the door behind them.

"Are they seeing each other?" Ravi said.

"Apparently, they are this week," Billy said.

Rachel arrived home to find Billy in the living room. "Hey," he said.

Rachel half waived at him as she walked to the couch and sat down with a sigh of relief.

"Hard day?" Billy said.

"My feet will never be the same," Rachel said.

Billy smiled, as he sat next to her. "I'm glad you're here," he said.

Looking over at him, Rachel said, "Since when?"

"There's something I want to talk to you about," Billy said.

"You're not having trouble with the Jabot computers again, are you?" Rachel said.

"No," Billy said, "Everything is working well, thanks in large part to you," Billy said.

"Happy I could help," Rachel said.

"How would you like to help on a regular basis?" Billy said.

"What does that mean?" Rachel said.

"I'm offering you a job," Billy said, "In the IT department at Jabot."|

Rachel stared at Billy in quiet disbelief.

"Rachel?" Billy said.

"You're offering me a job," Rachel said, a smile creeping across her face.

"There's a position that needs to be filled and I think you would be a perfect fit," Billy said, "Making sure systems run smoothly, fixing problems when they arise, as well as other responsibilities within the department. Interested?"

"Yes, I'm interested," Rachel said, excited, "That is just the type of job, I've always wanted."

"Just say the word and it's yours," Billy said.

"Oh wow," Rachel said, "Yes, I would love to accept."

"Great," Billy said, "I'll contact HR and have everything set up."

Rachel smiled, then a look of realization came across her face as she said, "Wait, I don't know if I can take the job."

"What do you mean?" Billy said.

"My job at Crimson Lights, was a condition of my release," Rachel said, "Sharon has to make regular reports on my progress."

"I can do that for you at Jabot," Billy said, "I'll talk to Sharon and the proper authorities and get you all settled."

"You would do that for me?" Rachel said.

"I will," Billy said, "So, are you still on board?"

Rachel smiled.

"Thank you," Rachel said, as she finished her transaction with a customer. Looking over to serve the next person at the front counter, Rachel paused when she recognized her.

"Lola," Rachel said.

"Hello Rachel," Lola plainly said.

"How are you?" Rachel said.

"I've been better," Lola said.

"I'm sorry things didn't work out the way you wanted them to," Rachel said.

"You took him back didn't you?" Lola said, "After all of your protests, that you didn't want him, you were done with him, you got back together with him."

"I was angry when I said those things," Rachel said, "I didn't want to admit to myself that I still had feelings for him. When he told me he wanted to be with me, I couldn't deny my feelings any longer."

"Unbelievable," Lola said.

"I know this must be hard for you," Rachel said, "But we said we would be friends, and if there's anything I can do to help you through this, I will."

"Sorry Rachel, but I can't be friends with someone who stole my boyfriend," Lola said, turning to walk away.

"Hold on," Rachel said, scooting around to the other side of the front counter, "Wait, just a second, I did not steal Kyle from you. You and he were completely broken up, when he came to me and wanted to get back together."

"Kyle and I would be in a wonderful relationship, if it weren't for you," Lola said.

"Somebody's forgetting that you walked away from that relationship and Kyle decided to end it with you," Rachel said.

"I know why he got back together with you," Lola said

"Because he loves me," Rachel said.

"You keep telling yourself that," Lola said.

"Actually, Kyle keeps telling me that," Rachel said.

"You slept with him didn't you?" Lola accused.

"I'm not sure how that's any of your business," Rachel said.

"He can get what he wants from you," Lola said, "That's why he chose you."

"My relationship with Kyle is deeper than just the physical aspect," Rachel said, "I resent you implying otherwise."

"The truth hurts," Lola said.

"You know you…" Rachel paused before she continued, "Oh, I see, you didn't get to that point with him. You're jealous that I did. So, you and Kyle didn't do the deed. Interesting. Ever wonder why that is?"

"Maybe Kyle has more respect for me, than he does for you," Lola said.

"Or maybe Kyle prefers to share his bed with a real woman," Rachel said.

Lola didn't hesitate to slap Rachel in the face.

Holding the side of her cheek, Rachel looked at Lola in astonishment. In retaliation, she picked up a nearby glass of water and threw the liquid in Lola's face.

Lola looked at Rachel, in surprise, anger soon taking over. She shoved Rachel backward and the two of them began to fight. Among hitting and hair pulling, Lola knocked Rachel off her feet and onto her back. Lola pounced on her, holding her down, as she delivered a hard smack to Rachel's face.

"Lola!" Rey grabbed her around the waist to pull her off Rachel, "Stop it…that's enough."

"Rachel?" Billy rushed in to help her. The strike by Lola was enough to bring tears to Rachel's eyes. A few slipped out as Billy assisted her to her feet. "Are you okay?" he said.

Still holding on to Billy's arm for support, Rachel nodded.

"Does somebody want to tell me, what this was about?" Rey said.

"She's crazy," Rachel said.

"Look who's talking," Lola said.

"Hey, take it easy," Billy said, in Rachel's defense.

"She started it, she hit me first," Rachel said.

"Somebody hit you?" Kyle said, overhearing as he entered the patio. Noticing the redness on Rachel's face, Kyle said, "What happened?"

"She did," Rachel said, gesturing to Lola

"You hit her?" Kyle said.

"More like held her down and tried to beat the crap out of her," Billy said.

"You did what?" Kyle said.

"That's not the way it happened," Lola said.

"That's what I saw," Billy said.

"She goaded me into it," Lola said, "She wanted to fight with me, to make me look bad."

"I don't think she wanted you to do this to her," Kyle said, concerned with the inflammation forming on Rachel's lip and the bruise on the opposite cheek. "We should get you some ice," Kyle said.

"Before you go," Rey said, "I don't know what this was about, but I don't want to see it happen again. I also need to know, if Rachel is going to press charges."

"Rey…" Lola said, "You can't be serious."

"I'm sorry Lola," Rey said, "But from what I saw you were the aggressor and you caused visible injury."

"I don't believe this," Lola said.

"You bet she's pressing charges," Kyle said.

"No," Rachel said, "I'm not going to do that."

"Rachel, are you sure?" Billy said.

"Yes," Rachel said, "Just keep her away from me."

"Don't you ever go near her again," Kyle said, before he put his arm around Rachel and walked her back inside.