I spy with my little eye (Sequel to 'Invisible')

Chapter 36: Thank you

Luke's POV

I arrived home, sooner than expected, which left me time to prepare for Willow's party. I had thought intensively about Willow, hoping she'd appear. But I still was waiting to catch a glimpse of her.

"Hey Luke," Dad entered the kitchen, eyeing all the things I had prepared. "Having a party?"

"Yep," I then got a hold of all the things. "But just with 4 people, including me." I looked at him, seeing he wasn't that convinced. "It's to thank someone."

"Oh? Who's the lucky person?" He smiled at me, seemingly proud of the idea behind this party.

"Uhm..." I looked away. "Willow." I whispered underneath my breath.

"Excuse me?"

I looked at him. "I'll explain later." I then left, with all the snacks and drinks for the party. I arrived in my room and put everything down. "Come on, Willow." I looked at the window. She'd get in through that...

I walked to it and opened it. I once again thought intensively about her, I wanted her here, I concentrated solely on getting her here.

And it worked.

"What?"

I smiled as I saw Willow at the window. "Get in, please."

She sighed but did as I said. "Luke, I was serious. I'm not staying any longer..." She then spotted all the snacks, drinks and decorations. "What is this?"

I smiled proudly, happy with my work. "For you."

She looked at me again, and I could see this did something to her. "For me?" she asked to which I nodded. "Why? What did I do?"

"You helped Blair and me a lot. I wish you could've helped Blair more, but you tried." I then handed her a glass of soda. "I just want to thank you for that, we want to thank you."

She took a sip but then stopped. "We?"

That's when Tina entered with Rachel by her side. "We're here!" She smiled as she pushed Rachel inside. "Hey Willow," She kissed Willow's cheeks, as to celebrate something. "And thank you." She then looked at me, smiling.

I smiled back before we all looked at Rachel. She seemed to get the hint. "Yeah," She looked away, she seemed to have a hard time looking at Willow. "Thank you."

Willow didn't look pleased, she then looked at me. "What is this? Why is everyone here? I thought it was just going to be the two of us."

"Well, we wanted to thank you together."

Tina nodded. "You're a great person, you helped Luke a lot."

Willow sighed before putting her glass down. "I'm going to head off," She let her hand go through her hair. "I don't think this is a good idea." She already started going back to the window, but I stopped her.

"Don't go," I sighed. "Please. I really want to show you that we appreciate what you did."

Willow looked from me, to Tina, to Rachel, then shook her head. "I've got to go." She pulled her hand back, once again ready to leave.

But Tina stepped forward. "We know something happened between you and Rachel."

And that made Willow stop, and Rachel held in her breath. Something had definitely happened between them.

Willow looked at us. "You know nothing."

"Which is why you'll tell us," Tina then looked at Rachel. "Both of you."

Rachel gulped before looking down.

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"It's true," Rachel started. She was seated on a chair, in front of the bed. She was holding a glass of soda, sipping it every now and then. "Willow and I know each other."

Willow looked away, she didn't seem pleased. She was leaning against the wall, her arms crossed over her chest while she looked away or down. She didn't want to look up at Rachel, not once.

"Like how? I thought you didn't know who Willow was." Tina asked, making a valid point. She then leaned closer to me, both of us were seated on the bed.

"I didn't," Rachel sighed deeply. "When Blair mentioned Willow, I never thought she was talking about this Willow." She then looked at us. "How was I supposed to know?"

"How do you know each other?" Tina went on, dismissing Rachel's question. She was right, it wasn't important right now.

Rachel looked at Willow. "Do you want to tell them or shall I?"

Willow huffed, not looking up. She had completely closed up, once again being distant with us.

Rachel looked at us again, she gulped. "I knew her," She paused. "Before she died."

Tina and I raised our eyebrows. "How?"

Rachel looked down, this part was clearly more difficult to say. She let out a deep breath. She brought her hands together, holding her own hands tightly together. "We... Uhm..." She was squeezing her own hands, so much that her fingers got white.

"How Rachel?"

She stopped. It looked as if she was ashamed. "Willow and I..." She then let out a deep breath. "We had a relationship."

"What?"

"We dated." She clarified, as if that was needed.

"Then why is your relationship so..." I was looking for the best word to put it without insulting anyone. "Rocky?"

"It's a long story."

Willow huffed. "Not really."

Rachel looked down.

"Well, we've got time." I rearranged my position on the bed. "So, tell us."

Rachel sighed deeply. "It all started right after my birthday..."