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5 months have passed since Rachel's funeral. Sierra went on with her life, studying journalism at Wawanakwa University. Since Rachel's death, Sierra dreams of her every night and has started drinking to try to forget her. Every night Sierra plays the same song (Hate to love you - Karmin) on repeat, until she falls asleep. This song reminded him so much of his relationship with Rachel because she hated still loving her.
One night before putting on the song, she got a message from an unknown number
"I'm out of your room. Open me, please." Curious, Sierra opened the door and found Rachel alive, or rather Raquel*. "Rachel ?!" Sierra exclaimed in surprise.
"Please call me Raquel*." Raquel clarified "Can I enter?"
"Okay, get in," Sierra replied. Raquel entered Sierra's room.
The room was spacious; there was a double bed with violet sheets and several pillows, next to a nightstand on which there was a lamp and on the other side a table on which there was a violet backpack with Total Drama buttons. Raquel sat on the bed next to Sierra.
"Couldn't you wait until morning to show up?" Sierra asked, shocked.
"Glad to see you, too, Sierra." Raquel commented almost sarcastically.
"Not really, every day since I came back, I only thought about seeing you again." Raquel replied lovingly.
"But after all this time" Sierra sighed "Didn't you meet someone else?" Sierra looked melancholic.
"I tried, but I can't stop thinking about you." Raquel stated "I just want to know if your heart is still open." Raquel asked fondly.
"Of course I missed you, but ..." Sierra answered, hugging her, knowing what Raquel was referring to. Raquel cut her off trying to kiss her, but Sierra shoves her away with one hand. "I feel like we are going or we went too fast." Sierra added.
"Well, I just wanted to know you feel the same way as I do. I honestly don't even know if I'm good with dating and romance" Raquel said honestly.
"Okay, Raquel. You can start by staying to sleep next to me tonight" Sierra suggested "But ONLY sleep" she clarified
"Ok" Raquel accepted. After that talk, Raquel lay down next to Sierra. "And what have you done in these last 5 months?" Raquel asked wanting to start a conversation.
"Well, I went on with my life, now I'm studying journalism at Wawanakwa University" Sierra replied calmly.
"Wow, I'm glad my death hasn't affected you so much" Raquel commented with an almost sarcastic tone
"In fact, since you died, I started drinking, trying to forget you, but only ended up dreaming about you" Sierra confessed ashamed, because she never imagined herself being an alcoholic. Raquel knew about Sierra's dreams because she provoked them, it was the only way to keep seeing her when she was dead.
"And what have you done since you returned from death?" Sierra asked curiously.
"Well, 6 weeks ago, I was only looking for how to see you again; as I said, even though I met several people along the way, I couldn't stop thinking about coming back with you Sierra" Raquel declared affectionately.
"That's very sweet, Raquel" Sierra indicated with a soft blush "Honestly, I would like you to stay with me for a while. I don't know how long, but we can use this as a second chance to start all over" Sierra added hopeful.
"Sounds good to me, but I really want to know do you love me? Because you know that I do love you" Raquel asked frankly. "Of course I love you, but that's the problem. I don't want to feel like I am dragging to you, it's just that sometimes I still hate to love you, after all that happened." Sierra confessed something sad, but relieved to tell the truth.
"I know what you mean, but you know I did it for you" Raquel clarified a little defensively
"I know, but it's just something very complex" Sierra stammered turning to look at her cell phone clock "It's too late, Raquel, I need to sleep. Good night" Sierra hesitated closing her eyes to fall asleep. Raquel also ended up asleep.