After taking her role as Supreme Leader back again from father and waking up from eating too much broccoli Rachel returned home late in the night "I'm back, anyone home?"
"Hello sweetie, we were starting to get worried, you never been with your friends that long, did something happen?" Her Mother approached her
"Eh, just usual stuff, oh yeah I ended up eating broccoli and passed out" Rachel laughed
"You should have gone for Spinach sweetie" Her Mother laughed "You are taking a bath?"
"I guess…" Rachel went upstairs and got a change of clothes along with a towel and entered the bathtub, she sighed and looked at her reflection in the water "What a crazy week…" Rachel said to herself "I'm glad Numbuh 1 was there to help… Nigel…" Rachel caught herself blushing all of a sudden she got confused and just dived her head in the water "Ahh… What even was that?" Rachel said confused "Well.. whatever" A few minutes later Rachel got out of the bath, dressed herself and went to her room to rest for a bit before dinner, then her communicator started ringing "More work…" she said as she answered the phone "Who is it?"
"Rachel? It's me, Nigel" Numbuh 1 said over the line "I wanted to check on you, how are you feeling?"
"Aww… you are too sweet, I'm fine, just arrived from the bath, how are you doing?" Rachel blushed she was feeling comfortable while talking to him
"Ehhh… could be better, Numbuh 4 still thinks we are playing Tag and is inside a box just outside our treehouse, Numbuh 5 keeps teasing Numbuh 2 since she won against him and Numbuh 3 well… Numbuh 3" Numbuh 1 said
Rachel laughed "Good to see things are back to normal with you.. Look I know I must have said it a ton of times but… Thanks for everything you did"
"No need to, you are a friend Rachel, I wouldn't be able to live with myself knowing you are feeling down and do nothing about it" Numbuh 1 said in a confident tone
Rachel suddenly felt her heart beating faster than usual as her face got bright red "I… I HAVE TO GO!" Rachel hung up her communicator and put her hand over her chest feeling her heartbeat like a jackhammer "W-What the hell…"
"Rachel Dear? Time for Dinner, come down to the table, it's lasagna for today" Her mother said in a cheerful way
Rachel shook her head trying to get a hold of herself "Maybe a fever…" Rachel said to herself as she went downstairs and sat at the table with her family "Mom? Can you check my temp later? I think I have a fever, I'm not entirely sure though…" Rachel said a bit bothered
"Of course Dear, we always tell you to not overwork yourself, you should be more careful with your health" Her mother said while placing a piece of Lasagna on her plate
"You look good to me" Her father said before eating a piece of lasagna "Your mother told me you ate a lot of Broccoli on your last adventure, aren't you just feeling the withdrawal from healthy food?" Her father laughed at her
"Very funny…" Rachel rolled her eyes while smiling at her father, after dinner her mother went to her room and took her temperature, a few minutes later she took the thermometer out of her mouth
"Your temperature is normal, you must be tired, why don't you try sleeping early today?" Her mother smiled at her while patting her head
"Yeah I will try that…" Rachel laid on her bed while her mother turned off the lights, Rachel kept staring at the ceiling thinking about what was wrong with her, from time to time she would feel her heart beating faster, after a few hours she managed to sleep
"A pleasure to finally meet you properly Numbuh 362" Numbuh 1 greeted Rachel
"We didn't meet in the best of situations last time, true" Rachel shook hands with Numbuh 1 smiling "I'm sorry for Chad… I… He enlisted with me, it's really embarrassing having to clear his mess…" Rachel blushed
"No problem, I'm sure you will do a great job, everyone who accepts being Supreme Leader has something right to them that people like me don't, even Numbuh 274 has this special thing" Numbuh 1 patted her on the shoulder
"Oh yeah? If I find out what it is I will be sure to tell you" Rachel laughed
Numbuh 1 then hugged her and kissed her "Good Luck Rachel…"
Suddenly Rachel opened her eyes wide open in terror while blushing as she sat up on her bed, she looked outside her windows and saw it was already morning, she noticed she was a bit sweaty "That last part… What the hell was that?!" Rachel hit her bed with her fist a bit angry, After calming down a little Rachel went downstairs and sat at the table for breakfast "Good morning…" Rachel said before starting to drink a glass of orange juice
"Good morning sweetie… Could I ask you a question?" Her mother asked
Rachel nodded while drinking her orange juice
"Who is Nigel?" Her mother asked her a bit worried
Rachel spat her orange juice as she felt her heart skip a beat upon hearing her question, she started coughing as she choked on the orange juice "N-Nigel? Where did you hear this name?"
"From you, you were sleeping talking a few minutes ago speaking his name in your sleep, is he a boy you like?" Her mother asked smiling at her gently
"D-Don't be ridiculous…" Rachel quickly ate her toast and left for moonbase in a hurry
"How cute, my Rachie is in love" Her mother said to herself while looking at her daughter entering a Scamper from the window
Upon arriving at Moonbase, Rachel hurried to the global command room, she sat in her chair and sighed "Is everything okay?"
"No problem so far, the broccoli damage is completely gone and you are back in command, so far so good" An operative said
"Hm, it's around this time people come to ask me for help…" Rachel said as she heard a few footsteps behind her "Oh well, it was about time" Rachel turned her chair only to see Sector V minus Numbuh 4 right in front of her "Oh… hey guys… something happen?" Rachel stared at Numbuh 1
"We need confirmation for a few missions and Well… you turned off your communicator yesterday so suddenly, are you feeling okay?" Numbuh 1 asked
Rachel got up then grabbed a few files and signed them and handed them to Numbuh 1 "I'm perfectly fine" She said
"Are you sure? Your face is red like a tomato" Numbuh 1 put his hand on her forehead with a worried look
"M-Must be just the Broccoli after effe…" Before Rachel could continue she started losing her balance, she then started seeing double as her vision got darker and darker, soon after she fainted right there on the spot, Numbuh 1 managed to hold her
"Rachel?!" Numbuh 1 shaked her a bit "Numbuh 3! call the Moonbase Hospital"
"On it!" Numbuh 3 grabbed her communicator
"Numbuh 5! go get Numbuh 86 here right away!" Numbuh 1 said while feeling Rachel's forehead "Doesn't look like a fever…"
Numbuh 5 rushed to decommissioning to get Fanny
A few hours later Rachel woke up in a hospital room, Numbuh 86 and a Doctor were right next to her, after doing a few tests and asking Rachel a few questions the Head of the KND Hospital sat with Rachel in his office along with a nurse, Numbuh 86 sat right next to Rachel "Arrhythmia is the name correctly? My heart has been feeling weird since yesterday…" Rachel lowered her head a bit sadly "Is it some disease I got?"
"Disease… Well you could say that…" The doctor and the nurse blushed a bit "I would like to ask you two to stay calm first of all…"
Numbuh 86 looked a bit confused at the doctor "Does it have something to do with me as well?"
"No, but after I say the diagnostic you will probably want to kill me" The doctor sighed
"We'll try our best to stay calm…" Rachel said now a bit worried
"The source of these weird heartbeats is simply love" The Doctor said
"What?" The two operatives looked at the doctor extremely confused
"I'm sorry… Could you be more clear?" Rachel asked the Doctor gently, she was sure maybe it was just a manner of speaking
"Your love for Numbuh 1 is the cause of these symptoms, that includes the weird dreams and the constant red face you mentioned in your report" The doctor said while examining a clipboard that Rachel had filled a few minutes ago
"I'm sorry but I thought this was a serious hospital" Rachel smiled at the doctor "I didn't know you liked jokes" Rachel laughed
"I'm deadly serious" The Doctor said while looking at Rachel without a hint of a smile on his face
The room stood in dead silence for a few seconds then Rachel clenched her fists and looked at the Doctor in anger "What does that even mean?! That I fainted out of love for someone and needed someone to carry me to the medical bay?!" Rachel raised her voice against the doctor
"Precisely" the Doctor said
"Are you listening to yourself?! This is literally impossible, even if I love someone, are you saying I fainted just from that person touching my face?!" Rachel leaned over the Doctor's table as she yelled at him
"Alright let's go over the situation again… Whenever you think about this person your heart starts beating faster, is that correct?" The Doctor asked while reading the clipboard
"That's correct" Rachel said in a serious tone
"And you informed that he tried checking your temperature earlier by touching your forehead before you fainted, is that correct?" The Doctor asked
"Yes, I wrote it all on the clipboard!" Rachel said a bit annoyed
The Doctor and the Nurse looked at each other and nodded "There is no other possibility Sir, It is love" The doctor said
"N-No, look this never happened before you are clearly mistaken!" Rachel said getting angrier by the minute
"You first love then" The nurse said to Rachel in a serious tone
"Rachel…" Fanny grabbed her friend by the shoulder, she was blushing a deep shade of red "P-Please don't embarrass yourself further…" Numbuh 86 said while trying to avoid the gaze of the doctors
"Oh that's right, a few months ago Numbuh 86 had the same symptoms and we found out the same thing" The nurse said in a gentle tone
"YOU SAID YOU WOULD KEEP IT A SECRET!" Numbuh 86 looked at her in anger
"Don't you wanna help your friend who is going through the same thing though?" The Doctor said a bit afraid of Numbuh 86
"W-Wait, I request a more thorough examination!" Rachel said very embarrassed
The doctor answered her request, Rachel was lying in a 2x4 medical device as it scanned her slowly, a few seconds later and it was done "So?" Rachel asked confidently thinking this time it would be a different diagnostic
"You heart is perfectly healthy Sir" The nurse said while checking images on a computer
"THIS IS SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE! Are you saying I got so excited that I fainted just from a boy touching my forehead?!" Rachel looked at the doctor and the nurse in pure anger "It is true I got a little happy he was worried about me but if that were the case then that would mean I love him to death!" Rachel said clearly annoyed
The doctor sighed as he went over a cabinet full of operatives medical records "Now let's see… oh here it is" The doctor took a file from his cabinet and nodded at the Nurse who started paying extra attention to Rachel's vitals, the nurse even pointed at them to Numbuh 86 who was watching it in shame, the Doctor got in front of Rachel and opened the File, it was Numbuh 1's medical record in the hospital and it had a picture of him in on a page
The nurse sighed "Her heart started beating like a jackhammer…"
"Stop!... Stop exposing our leader's feelings with the latest technology those nerds over at 2X4 created, I'm begging you…" Numbuh 86 said while shaking her head in shame covering her face with both hands
"Were there any changes in your relationship with him?" The doctor asked
"Well… he talked with me a lot during the game of Tag… he really helped me a lot" Rachel started smiling without noticing
"Why don't you two go out?" The Doctor asked her
"I told you… it's not like that…" Rachel blushed and got up from the machine "Numbuh 86, let's go…" Rachel said while leaving the room
"Yes Sir…" Numbuh 86 was bright red while following Rachel to her office
"Can you believe that Doctor?" Rachel sat on her chair and rested her feet on the table "That's what I get for focusing too much in the combat department" Rachel sighed in annoyance "I'm gonna try a real hospital tomorrow…"
"No you don't… Sir I hate to agree with them but… their diagnostic is right" Numbuh 86 lowered her head
"They said you had the same things if I'm not mistaken…" Rachel said
"Yeah… Numbuh 60…" Numbuh 86 blushed
"Patton?" Rachel raised an eyebrow " Oh well… doesn't mean I'm like you…"
"Rachel!" Numbuh 1 opened the door in a rush along with his team to meet Rachel "How are you doing?! Are you hurt?" Numbuh 1 said while leaning on her table with a very worried look
Rachel blushed "I-I'm fine…" Rachel giggled a bit nervous "The Doctor said it was just stress, don't worry about me…" Rachel could feel her heart beating faster by the second "C-Could you back off a little?" Rachel said
"Oh... sure, sorry about that" Numbuh 1 blushed and moved away from Rachel
"Thanks…" Rachel immediately felt her heartbeat slowing down, she then sighed "I guess there is no use lying to myself…" Rachel looked at the ceiling and smiled to herself "Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 2, could you leave the room for a bit?" Rachel smiled at Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 5
"S-Sure Numbuh 362 Sir" Nigel and Hoagie left the room and waited outside in a nearby hallway
"What is happening girl?" Numbuh 5 looked at Rachel worried
"First of all, I want you two to promise you won't laugh at me…" Rache lowered her head
"Of course we won't, you look miserable girl, what would be funny about it?" Numbuh 5 said a bit confused
"Are you feeling okay now?" Numbuh 3 asked with a worried look
"Yes I am… Look there is no easy way to say it so i'm just gonna go ahead and say, I think… No… I AM in love with Numbuh 1" Rachel blushed looking at the two while Numbuh 86 looked at them with a serious look
The two girls looked at each other and shrugged exchanging a confused look "Isn't this supposed to be good?" Numbuh 3 asked smiling at her
"He is single in case you don't know" Numbuh 5 snickered
"Not that simple…" Rachel pinched her nose bridge "I am… a bit shy with this kind of stuff…" Rachel sighed
"So cute…" Numbuh 3 smiled at her
"How did you…" Rachel turned to Numbuh 86 who tried to avert her gaze
"I… confessed to him… we will make 4 months together next week" Numbuh 86 blushed while avoiding the other operatives staring at her
"Who is it? Congratulations!" Numbuh 3 approached Numbuh 86 holding her hands smiling at her
"Numbuh 60… from arctic base…" Numbuh 86 tried to not look in her eyes while still blushing "Anyways…" Fanny sighed "It only stopped after we started dating"
"That was what I was afraid of…" Rachel sighed, the room stood in silence again for a few seconds after that "What if he says no?"
"Then you cry a lot while we kill him" Numbuh 5 laughed
"Alright… Just give me some time…" Rachel let out a huge sigh, after that the girls from Sector V left the room and left Rachel alone with Numbuh 86
"You are confessing?" Numbuh 86 asked
"Yeah, but I need time" Rachel said
"How much time are we talking about?" Fanny asked
"I'm not confessing to him on this…" Rachel looked at her supreme leader clothes "I also need to prepare mentally… a few hours maybe" Rachel said
"Alright… call me when you are ready" Numbuh 86 said as she left her office
Rachel went to a door on the back of her office, it was her private room on the moonbase "Alright… It's pretty hot where he lives, let's see…"
"What Rachel talked about with you two?" Numbuh 1 was in a scamper heading back to his treehouse with his team
"It's girl stuff, you wouldn't get it" Numbuh 5 laughed it off
"Maybe she is just tired after all…" Numbuh 1 sighed
"She was feeling well when we talked" Numbuh 3 said
"I wish I could do more for her…" Numbuh 1 sighed
Numbuh 3 and Numbuh 5 smiled at each other "Oh yeah? Why is that?" Numbuh 5 asked
"I just think she is a really great leader… who has to deal with a lot of stuff, I wonder what is getting on her nerves this time…" Numbuh 1 said while scratching his chin
"You" Numbuh 3 and 5 thought at the same time
A few minutes later They arrived in the treehouse, Numbuh 5 scratched her chin while looking at Numbuh 1 in the living room "Say Numbuh 1, you like any girl?"
"Of course, I like you two, even though liking Numbuh 3 is… trying at times" Numbuh 1 said
"I meant in the Romantic way" Numbuh 5 said
Numbuh 1 blushed "Oh… Sorry for the misunderstanding, hmmm…" Numbuh 1 thought for a bit "There is one I guess, she is an operative, a very busy one, I don't wanna make her life harder than it already is" Numbuh 1 laughed on a light note "Well I'm gonna take Numbuh 4 out of that box" Numbuh 1 said before leaving the treehouse
Numbuh 2 sighed "Who likes Numbuh 1?"
"How did you…" Numbuh 5 looked at Numbuh 2 impressed
"You have been looking at each other ever since Numbuh 362… Oh, forget it, I already figured it out" Numbuh 2 laughed
"Don't even think about telling Numbuh 1" Numbuh 5 said
"It's okay, it's none of my business" Numbuh 2 smiled at her "Why hasn't she told him yet though?"
"She is shy" Numbuh 3 said
"Oh, that's a problem" Numbuh 2 sighed
"Yeah… We don't know what she is planning…" Numbuh 5 said
Numbuh 1 opened the door with Numbuh 4 following behind him "Thank you guys for telling me the Tag game was over!" Numbuh 4 sat on the couch with an angry expression and his arms crossed
Numbuh 3 hugged him giggling "But it was so funny" She said
"Not for me!" Numbuh 4 said as Numbuh 1 sat in an armchair with a worried look on his face "What's with him?"
"Numbuh 362 is feeling a bit sick" Numbuh 3 said
"Sick? Like how?" Numbuh 4 asked Numbuh 1 a bit worried
"Well… I'm no doctor but her face is always red, and it seems there is a problem with her heart, I tried to feel her forehead to see if she had a fever and she just fainted" Numbuh 1 said
Numbuh 4 looked at Numbuh 3 and blushed "I see… she is probably just tired from dealing with all those dorks in moonbase, don't worry too much about her" Numbuh 4 said
"Yeah… I'm going outside to get some air, I will be at the catwalk the other side of the treehouse" Numbuh 1 sighed as he left the room
"Numbuh 4?" Abby looked at Wally
"Yes?" Numbuh 4 answered already knowing what Numbuh 5 was about to say
"Don't tell him" Numbuh 5 said
"Sure" Numbuh 4 sighed
"Wait, you know? How?" Numbuh 3 looked at him suspiciously
Numbuh 4 looked at Numbuh 3 and blushed "First-hand experience" Numbuh 4 sighed
Numbuh 3 looked at him confused while Numbuhs 2 and 5 grinned at each other
Rachel was looking at herself in front of a mirror, she was wearing a light blue summer dress and a pair of sandals, she decided to not use makeup "Alright… looks simple enough" Rachel said
"Sir? Are you in here?" Numbuh 86 opened the door and saw her friend fixing her hair a bit "Wow… You are gorgeous… Ready to go?"
"I guess so…" Rachel blushed
Numbuh 86 took Rachel to a Scamper, on the way to the main hangar Rachel received a few gazes from other operatives who had never seen her wearing something like that. Numbuh 86 sat in the pilot seat and took off "Liked being the center of attention?"
"Not one bit…" Rachel sighed relieved they left
A few minutes later Numbuh 86 stopped near the treehouse "It would be strange if you confessed in the main hangar, you walk from here" Numbuh 86 said
"Thanks, I call you later if everything goes well" Rachel disembarked and walked the streets near their treehouse until she stood right in front of Numbuh 1's house "What should I do…" Rachel looked around, there was a beautiful sunset, no one in sight "Well… No use in leaving now that I'm here" Rachel approached the door and knocked on the door, Numbuh 1's father answered it
"Oh hello, what a pretty lass, are you one of my Nigel Ol' Bean's friends?" Monty asked
"Y-Yes sir, is he home?" Rachel blushed smiling at him
"Of course, he is playing with his friends in the treehouse, don't be shy, go ahead" Monty
"Thanks…" Rachel went inside and went for a staircase that led to the front door of Sector V treehouse, she knocked on the door, Numbuh 5 answered it
"Wow…" Abby admired Rachel while smiling "Not bad at all…" She chuckled "He is in the catwalks"
"Thanks" Rachel walked inside, the rest of the team greeted her while she passed by the living room and went to the catwalks
Numbuh 1 was looking at the sunset while worrying about Rachel, he let out a sigh "I wish I could do more…"
"Don't worry you are doing plenty" Rachel chuckled
"Rachel?" Numbuh 1 turned around he then noticed what his superior was wearing and blushed "W-What are you doing here? And what are these clothes?"
Rachel smiled "Do they look bad?"
"N-No! You look amazing" Numbuh 1 blushed even more
"I decided to take a break" Rachel leaned on the catwalk together with Numbuh 1 "A short one though, one day is enough for me" Rachel chuckled
"That's good to hear, are you feeling better?" Numbuh 1 asked her in a worried tone
"I hope I will be until the end of this conversation" Rachel laughed
Numbuh 1 looked at her confused "What is that supposed to mean?"
Rachel sighed "I wanna get something out of my chest…" Rachel blushed
"Did I do something?" Numbuh 1 asked her now worried about himself
"You could say that…" Rachel lowered her head looking at the entrance to his house
"I'm sorry, whatever I did wasn't on purpose Sir…" Numbuh 1 said a bit scared now
"You are just too amazing…" Rachel chuckled
"I am?" Numbuh 1 looked at Rachel surprised
"You are… I wanna tell you something, but if it comes to worst I still wanna talk to you as a fellow operative" Rachel smiled at him
"O-Okay…" Numbuh 1 blushed "What is it you wanna tell me
"Nigel… I love you" Rachel hugged him
Numbuh 1 hugged her for a bit still trying to process the information "Y-You do?"
"Yeah… Numbuh 86 was right, it feels great to confess" Rachel laughed "What is your answer?" Rachel changed her ton to a worried one
"Look Rachel… I love you as well but… Wouldn't it just make your life harder if we started dating?" Numbuh 1 looked at her a bit concerned
Rachel grabbed his shirt and kissed him "You are really questioning me about difficulty?" Rachel smiled at him "All that happened today, my face getting hot, the pain in my chest and even the fainting was because of you" Rachel hugged him
"I'm sorry for making you feel like that" Numbuh 1 smiled
"It's okay, Numbuh 86 said it's normal" Rachel laughed and then Kissed him again while the sunset shone on them
"And remember you cannot punch a male operative just because he threw a frisbee at you by mistake" Rachel was just finished explaining the basics of being a supreme leader to Fanny, she would go on her first date with Numbuh 1 since they started dating
"You are too worried, everything will be fine" Numbuh 86 smiled at Rachel "Go have fun and forget about Kids Next Door for a few hours" Numbuh 86 pushed Rachel inside Numbuh 1's Roadstar
"Worried?" Numbuh 1 asked while starting his car
"Yes, a lot… but I will manage " Rachel laughed then kissed him as they left for their date
Saw a few clips from Love is War on youtube and had this idea, idead appear to me slower these days, I think I'm in a slump
