Chapter 104 - Team Rachel

Jimmy looked worried and a bit sad.

Rachel felt bad for the guy as one happy and jolly person looked serious and anxious.

"Hey, do you like gossiping?" Rachel randomly asked Jimmy to lift his spirits.

"Yeah, I love it" Jimmy answered in disinterest 

"Well I have one gossip for you" Rachel winked at him

"Rachel we literally have no mutual friends, so gossipping with you won't be fun." Jimmy was still not interested and he understood Rachel was engaging him in small talk to distract him.

"Are you sure?"

"Uh huh" 

"The gossip I have is about Daniel" 

This time Rachel was able to ignite Jimmy's interest.

"What? Danny? Is there something about him that I don't know?" Although he was now paying attention, he was still a bit doubtful.

"Yes this piece of news you surely don't know." 

"Tell me tell me" Jimmy now looked excited and his eyes were shining.

"He is dating someone" She whispered to him and smiled at him.

Jimmy scoffed at her and rolled his eyes, "Nonsense, I thought you genuinely had some good piece of information."

"It is true, he proposed a girl last night and now they are dating" Rachel was shy but she still shared the news with Jimmy

"How is that possible? Last night he was with you" Jimmy still didn't realize she was talking about herself.

Rachel too didn't say anything and let him figure it out on his own, she already gathered all her courage to share this news with him, she can't be any more explicit.

Her words were still stuck with him and then he suddenly realized something and he widened his eyes and turned to Rachel who looked shy and she nodded her head confirming his suspicion.

"Wait, you and Danny are dating each other?" He still wanted to verbally confirm, he can't afford having misunderstandings.

"Yes" Rachel nodded and told him to talk softly as no one else knows.

"Wait, am I the first person to know?"

"Yes" Rachel again confirmed.

Jimmy tightly hugged Rachel, "Finally, congratulations" he was genuinely very happy for his brother and Rachel.

"Thanks" Rachel was very happy seeing Jimmy so excited.

"Okay now tell me everything that happened in full detail and don't you dare leave anything out." 

Jimmy was damn happy, he forgot about his auditions and was distracted now.

Rachel asked him to wait, she went out to check what her friends were doing, Kate and Nick were engaged with Cat and Harry, Daniel was still on the phone.

Rachel came back to Jimmy and whispered, "Ok listen carefully" then she told him the entire story including the kisses.

"Oh my god, my sister-in-law is so gutsy and making out in public is such a daredevil thing, you impress me Rachel" Jimmy patted her on the shoulders and was enjoying every bit of the storyline.

"There was no one around, it was the middle of the night" Rachel explained as that was the truth.

"I can't believe you initiated the first kiss" Jimmy was laughing at her.

"Hey, what do you mean? Can't I initiate a kiss?" She pretended to be offended.

"Well I always thought you were shy and diplomatic"

"I am shy and diplomatic"

"But your actions don't imply that." He was having fun teasing her.

"I just acted in that moment, I don't know what got into me."

"Hey, I understand, don't get offended, I am praising you" He decided to stop teasing her

"Thank you" she blushed.

"But good you took a move, if you would have waited for Danny to take the initiative, then believe me you would be dating each other after a year"

"Umm I think we would be dating after 3 years, one year is still soon."

Jimmy and Rachel laughed loudly at this joke.

"What is so funny?" Daniel who just entered the dining area asked these two as they were laughing like crazy maniacs.

Rachel was about to tell him that she already informed Jimmy about their relationship but Jimmy held her hand signaling her not to, since Jimmy was in a happy mood and distracted about his auditions, she let him have his way.

"So Jim, how were the auditions?" Daniel asked him as he finally got some alone time with Jim, also after the call he just had, he was worried about something and wanted to distract himself from the news he just received and thought conversing with these two who are the two most important people in his life he might feel better.

Rachel, facepalmed as Daniel brought up the topic she wanted to distract Jimmy from.

"It was fine, but you tell me what's up with you?" Jimmy didn't care about the auditions any more as he got a much better topic to discuss about.

Rachel sighed in relief as Jimmy was not affected and realized how much this news means to him that he genuinely didn't care about his own auditions, his biggest dream, she felt glad that she shared this news so soon with him.

"Nothing much" Daniel lied as casually as eating food.

"Oh really?" Jimmy still tried to persuade him

"Yes"

"So, are you saying there is nothing new or amazing happening in your life?"

Daniel then looked at Rachel, his gaze was obvious he was asking her if she told Jimmy anything but Rachel too wanted to have fun so she shook her head implying she didn't.

"No." Daniel confidently answered.

"I am asking you for the last time, is there something going on in your life that you would like to share with me?" Jimmy looked damn serious, for a second Daniel got scared of him.

"Rach, can we please share the news with Jimmy, he is very important to me" Daniel requested Rachel, he couldn't lie anymore to Jim but he also couldn't share this news without Rachel's permission as they earlier decided to hide it from everyone.

"What news?" Now Rachel started acting.

"Rach, the big news" Daniel tried to signal her.

"What big news?" Rach continued pretending.

Daniel was tired of her pretending, he took a long breath and blurted out the truth, "Jim, I and Rachel, we… we are now dating each other"

"What the fuck bro, why did you tell me?" Jimmy got very angry with Daniel

"I wanted to… wait did you just say 'why did I tell you?'" Daniel was about to explain himself when he realized what Jimmy said.

"Yes, why the hell did you tell me?"

"Jim, you should say why didn't I tell you, can't you properly speak your mother tongue now."

"I know what I am saying, my question indeed is, Why did you tell me?"

"What do you mean?" Daniel was confused and wondered what he did wrong.

"I wanted to play you, when you won't reveal the truth no matter how much I insist you do, then I would have made you buy something expensive for me after taking you on a guilt trip."

"I am still not understanding your behaviour"

"I already told him everything" Rachel guiltily looked at Daniel.

He asked for her permission before sharing the news with his brother and she didn't even bother to ask Daniel, she felt guilty and a bit bad for her behaviour.

"Oh" Daniel sighed in relief, "Good you did" he smiled at her.

"Aren't you angry?"

"Why would I be?"

"I told your brother without seeking your permission first unlike you."

"Yeah but you told 'my brother' so it is fine" He emphasized on the two words 'my brother'

Rachel felt relieved as Daniel was cool about it.

"So?" Daniel now looked at Jimmy

"Congratulations bro" Jimmy tightly hugged Daniel.

"Thanks" Daniel hugged him back

"So Rachel, is my brother a good kisser?" Jimmy shamelessly asked her.

"Heyyyy" Daniel glared at Jimmy.

"Oh he is amazing" Rachel frankly answered Jimmy ignoring Daniel.

Daniel was shocked and was not sure how to react, Jimmy and Rachel were laughing at his reaction.

"Have you two teamed up to bully and embarrass me?" 

"Yes, I am team Rachel" Jimmy put his arm around Rachel's shoulder and declared.

"I am your brother"

"Yeah I know"

"Then how can you be team Rachel?"

"Because she was the first one who told me about your relationship and she even told me about the make out sessions"

"What the hell Rachel" Daniel looked at her in surprise.

"Hey those kisses were an integral part of our story, sorry but I cannot skip them" 

"Cool, when we will reveal our relationship to grandpas and mom dad, do ensure not to skip these kisses there too as it is an integral part of our story." 

Rachel forgot if it comes to shamelessness then he is way more shameless than her, "Sorry sorry, let's not tell them it will be very embarrassing"

"Rachel, Danny is kidding, don't worry" Jimmy smiled and patted her on the head, he couldn't help but laugh at how innocent she is.