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Well it was safe to say that things in the Amber-Price household got... well, a lot easier in the weeks that followed their engagement. Rachel remained on Maternity leave, while Chloe had to return to the tattoo parlour after a meagre two weeks; much to Rachel’s chagrin.

Of course, they completed the photoshoot with Max; travelling up to Seattle for a couple of days one weekend with Callie, which gave the baby time to get acquainted with ‘aunt Max’, and also gave Chloe the opportunity to catch up with her old friend again.

What Rachel didn’t know, however, was that the two women were really up to something more... well, exciting than ‘grabbing a coffee’. They’d been working on gathering a portfolio, and sending headshots to any agencies that would accept them. Many of whom, in fact, responded within days.

Though they’d kept quiet about that development; opting to surprise Rachel when the time was right.

It was with quiet footsteps that Chloe padded into their room; one hand holding a tray of breakfast, and the other cradling their now three-week-old daughter, who was clad in a new onesie donning the text ‘happy birthday mommy!’

Gently laying the tray on Rachel’s bedside table, Chloe then adjusted Callie, before sitting down on the edge of their bed and giving her fiancee’s shoulder a small shake.

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Attending a Vortex Club party wasn’t at all how Chloe envisioned spending her Saturday night, though whenever Rachel had that awfully persuasive tone to her words there wasn’t a single muscle in her body that could muster the strength to say no. As lame as the thought of hanging out near a bunch of elitist highschool snobs was, the promise of alcohol free for the taking was just as enticing as the way hazel eyes sparked with Rachel’s request, so naturally she’d given in after a few sighs and whines.

This had been short-notice however, which meant Chloe wasn’t really about to care much for her attire — dark jeans and the familiar skull-adorned tank top underneath a fake leather jacket just had to do; the combat boots and trademark beanie merely topped off the effortlessly tough look that she hoped screamed don’tfuckwithme loud enough for Blackwell pricks to think twice before approaching her.

So she’s already getting ready to drive to the party by the time her phone vibrates, though there’s definitely enough time for her to snap a picture of herself offering a thumbs-up with a cigarette pressed between grinning lips.

【21:38】 u look SMOKING hot

“So uh...”

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The bubble of new parenthood was one of those things that people raved about; the short amount of time between the baby being born, and normal life once again resuming. And sure, it was great; Callie had been an absolute dream in the grand scheme of things. But, on the other hand, she’d also been a crying, pooping, and peeing fiend.

2am wake up calls, 3am feeds, and 3:30am drives in the truck became the norm for the two girls; leading to them developing some sort of routine in regards to the caretaking aspect of their daughter.  And, in all honesty, Rachel had been an absolute rock when it came down to the nitty-gritty parts of parenthood. She fed Callie like a trooper, changed diapers like an expert, and even kept up with her share of the housework while she was at it.

It was two days after bringing Callie into the world that they decided to take their first trip out into the real world, even if they did set out separately. Sera had picked up Rachel that morning, in order to get the blonde out for a little pampering; so thus they’d conspired to meet back up at Two Whales at noon in order to A) Grab coffee, and B) decide what their first family outing would be.

“Watch out guys and gals—“ Chloe smiled as she entered the diner, Callie’s car-seat in hand, with the little girl inside it wearing one of the yellow dresses that Joyce had bought her. Hopefully that would be enough for said woman to forgive Chloe for not telling her about their impromptu visit.

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“Do we really have to do this…?” Chloe groaned, almost child-like in the way she was being dragged along by her girlfriend. Of all the ways she was expecting to spend her only day off, looking around a shopping mall was not it. Not at all. “Rach, we have outfits for Dana and Trev’s wedding… Can’t we just give ‘em a card with, like, a giftcard to Costco? Like, do we really need to actively go out and buy them something?”

There was things she’d much rather be doing.                

Things for the two girls had been better than ever before, surprisingly enough. Chloe’s apprenticeship had gone on for a year, with their finances taking a hit, which was to be expected.  They’d given up drugs in that time, with Chloe cutting back on cigarettes, just to make up for the money that was no longer coming into the household. But that, of course, was helped with Rachel finding a job of her own.

Though that, in itself, put restrictions on the time they did spend together. The last time being when they’d attended the tattoo shop’s Christmas party. And even then, they’d barely spent any time together that evening after the first hour, as Chloe had been roped in to babysit her colleague’s newborn son. It also didn’t help that she’d been recruited for the task while Rachel had been in the bathroom, so thus the blonde had returned to find her babbling nonsense to a baby, who it seemed was completely zoned out.

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“Oh, come on Rach! Can’t you just tell ‘em to, y’know, fuck off? Just this once? It’s been months since we spent the weekend together!”

July 2013, the summer before the second year of Rachel’s two-year extended Senior Program, brought around the blonde’s 19th birthday. And being her girlfriend of almost three years, Chloe had expected to be able to spend at least one night together over the weekend beforehand.

Nope.

Not even a chance, apparently.

Rachel had once again completely brushed off any and all attempts at spending one-on-one time together, as she’d been doing for months, whether for family time or her various extracurricular activities. And, honestly, it was kinda starting to hurt a little bit.

The blue haired girl rolled over and sat up on her bed from her lounging position, wrapping her arms around the shorter girl’s waist from behind, pressing a small, playful kiss to her shoulder and neck as she sat up.

How they’d ended up there was a complete and utter mystery to Chloe. The evening had started as per usual; curling up with some stupid movie playing as she worked on designs for work and Rachel read through one of her crappy romance novels.

But that had gone out of the window when the first contractions came. Within the hour, the two women were in their room, with Rachel being hooked up to a whole manner of monitors, and using some sort of medical-grade bong to deal with the pain.

A small flinch ran through the taller woman as she flexed her already aching hand, having been crushed thoroughly for the entire car journey, and then during whatever checks the doctors had to do down there. She didn’t know what the doctors did; but had looked painful as shit, so obviously, she’d simply sat there and held Rachel’s hand, grinning and baring it like a trooper.

It was like Rachel said. Chloe wasn’t the one about to squeeze something huge out of her.

So this was the girl Chloe was hanging out with suddenly.

Rachel Amber- One of the popular girls in school, a drama class expert and... Pretty looking. Ally can already feel the jealousy they had for Chloe already, how come she gets to be friends with her? Leaving them with no one to hang out with; especially in their case of... An incident- That doesn’t matter.