Snippet #1198838

Left. Right. Left. Right. One foot in front of the other. Just keep moving, don't look at him, don't acknowledge him. Just keep moving. Rachel walked towards her car, keeping her shoulders back and eyes forward. With every step she took Ray could feel Lucas right behind her and that bothered her on a deep level, but what bothered her more was how it comforted her. Turning a corner, Ray's gray Chucks squeaked slightly scaring Rachel some and knocking her mind off the happy blank slate it was trying hard to hold on to.

Approaching the door Lu took three big steps and shouldered the door open for her and held it open but his eyes were in the distance but his posture seemed a bit more relaxed as soon as the fresh non sterilized air hit him. Her blue eyes locked on his face for a moment as she passed and gently brushed against him, her finger tips lightly trailing from one hip to the other and her arms brushing his chest. A smile played at her lips for only a moment but once she was no longer in physical contact with him her heart fell away with her smile. Rachel looked up at her VW, a soothing sight really. It was full of memories and small pictures stuck all over the car in random areas. The worst part was that the last time she was in her car with Lucas things got a little steamy. I'm pretty sure his boxers are still in my back seat. Biting the inside of her mouth Ray unlocked her car and it chirped.

Ray reached down and pulled her door open and tired to sneak a glance at Lucas to get a reading, but what she found here his hazel eyes looking right at her. Her heart began to beat a little faster and her face flushed some. When he smirked at her she returned the same smirk, knowing that by their faces alone they each knew that neither of them knew anything. With a soft sigh Ray lowered herself into her seat and closed the door. Lu was already in his position, leaning back in the seat, his feet up and his eyes on her. "It's no problem. You know that Lulu," Ray mumbled back to him. Flicking her key open she started her car and sat back in her seat while she listened to Lucas talk. Just his voice was soothing, but when he finished, she wasn't sure how she felt.

Gripping hard at her wheel, Rachel stared at the backs of her hands for a moment, studying them while she digested what he was saying. "That's fine. I. I kinda feel the same way, but at the same time I feel like one of my damn students with this-" Rachel gestured to Lu, herself and then the Hospital meaning Alexa, her eyes still down, glancing at Lucas once and a while trying to read him, but all she got was that he didn't know himself and she didn't either. "-drama." Looking at him Rachel felt her brows furrow together as her mind raced, "Lucas, I don't know if I want to hug you, if I want you to hold me, kiss me or if I want to beat the living shit out of you." Rachel laughed and put her head back against her head rest and stared up at her closed sun roof. Closing her bright blue eyes she took in a slow deep breath then let it out and rolled her head to look at Lucas and gave him a weak and confused smile. "Sure, we'll drive for a bit Lu. Let me know if you want me to take you home or back at my place. I still need to call the school and call out for tomorrow."

Sitting up again, Rachel threw her car into gear and pulled out of the Hospital and swung a left to head towards the down town area just so she could drive. Reaching for her radio she turned on her music and her new Linkin' Park cd began to softly play "Across the Line". The lyrics made Ray want to laugh and then to hit something. But that didn't matter. She quietly sung along, "He was fragile. And frozen. When the bullet took away his friend."