Life As We Know It

Chapter 8: The First Beginning

First things first. Yes, those of who you who guessed this is similar to Life As We Know It (Starring Josh Duhamel & Katherine Heigl) This story was inspired by that movie, however, I'm trying to put my own spin on it. I hope it's working. Know if you have seen the movie then you know what will eventually be coming in this story soon.

Second: My dear Saps, the Lea to my Groffles, my best friend says I need to start warning people. So… erm, you might need tissues…

Babysitting – Present Day

Wednesday morning arrived fairly fast and Rachel arrived at 9am on the dot ready and prepared for a day with Cassie and more anxiously, Finn. Sarah and Jason had wanted to leave before 10 but Finn being Finn had arrived over an hour late having slept in after a busy night of writing. After getting a rundown of the routine for Cassie one last time and giving Rachel and Finn a quick talk about behaving in front of their child; 'No arguing and no name calling' as Sarah called it, the couple prepared to leave.

Sarah gave Rachel a quick talk over in the kitchen while Jason and Finn did their guy goodbyes on the porch.

Holding Cassie in her lap for dear life Sarah, questioned whether Finn and Rachel were ok with looking after their daughter on their own, neither having been completely alone with her and with it being the first time Sarah and Jason would be away from their daughter for more than a few hours. More importantly, she wondered if their concentration would be on her daughter and if the plan was to go anywhere.

'Are you sure you'll be fine with this Rachel?' Sarah asked Rachel as she cuddled Cassie.

'Are you kidding me? I've been looking forward to this since you asked. It will be nice to spend some quality time with her.'

With a look of amusement on her face Sarah decided to tease Rachel to get some sort of reaction from her and to kick off some form of the long awaited admission.

'Are you sure you're looking forward to spending time with my daughter or spending time with someone else?' Sarah said quirking her eyebrows at Rachel.

'You have to be kidding me! Finn? Why does everyone say that? You people are clearly blind' Rachel was retorting her questions back at Sarah which weren't working convincingly since she was trying to avoid eye contact with her friend as much as possible while trying to look like the idea grossed her out.

'Look, Rachel. I've known you since we were little. You're like a sister to me, I know you better than anyone and you know me. I've seen how you both look at each other, I've seen how YOU look at him. You can't tell me there is nothing there.' Rachel, seated on one of the kitchen stools, listened on to her friend both stunned yet unwilling to accept the truth. 'When I set you up on that blind date years ago, it wasn't because I felt like you needed a date. I genuinely thought you two were perfect for each other. I just wanted my best friend, my sister, to have what I had. We've come so far and I feel that you both are still that. Perfect for each other.'

Hearing a little too much, Rachel opened her mouth to speak but found that sounds wouldn't come out, letting Sarah continue.

'You can deny it all you want Rae I've see how you both act around each other. The cake fights? We never get any cake, majority of the time it's on you both.' Knowing this was very true, both ladies burst into laughter.

'Honestly Rae, what you two have isn't friendship. It's more than that, you know it and he knows it and I think you're both just too afraid to show it. Life is too short; I don't see why you hold your happiness back and continue playing these games. I just want to see you happy.'

'I know Sarah. I know you have my best interest at heart. But Finn and I, we're just friends. I don't see it go beyond that. Yes, there are times when I've thought about it but, I don't know, we didn't work out then, we won't work out now.' Rachel said with a hint of sadness in her voice.