Rachel Zegler Smile Novels & Stories

You are losing the plot. “I know, but, look at this,” Rachel began showing me off her flexibility skills or the things cheerleaders do. She smiled all through, showing off how much she enjoyed doing it. I read her thoroughly, and this is the face of someone who loves what they do. “I am good, am I not?” she asked, panting hard as if almost out of breath. “Ehh…” I shrugged, not giving an appropriate answer. “At least I got a reaction.” She rushed to embrace me. “Thank you; nobody clapped for me when I did that.” I pushed her away as her warm heart touched my cold blooded self.

I see she’s added her customer smiley face in jelly on the plate. “Let me ask you something, Rachel. And this is just a hypothetical, but if you were in love with a guy, but you knew that him getting involved with you would be bad for him, would you pursue him? Or would you make the right decision and push him away?” Rachel, who is the pinnacle of sweet, working-class women in America, bites her lip as she looks up and ponders at the ceiling. “Well, gosh! That’s a good question. How hot is he on a one-to-ten scale?”

“Imogen dear, why don't you go play in your room, I'll come help you with your homework soon.” She nodded. “Okay mummy,” then scurried off. “What's with the long face?” I asked Rachel as she walked in so I closed the door behind her. “You've got any smoke?” She coughed. “I need it.” “Uhm… yeah, on the balcony. Let's go.” We both left to the balcony, and she lit the cigarette first thing, then took a long drag. Rachel coughed for ten whole seconds after, before staring at me with sad eyes. “Richard is such an asshole.”

Lina was angry at Sazkia's insensitivity. She sat looking at the volunteers in the hall. Some are clustered in the corner of the room, some are busy with their cellphones. Some others are still lying on the carpet. Sazkia who saw Lina's uneasiness could only look at her best friend intensely. She smiled seeing Lina frown. She reached out her hand to tickle Lina's waist. Lina who was emotional just waved her hand to hit Sazkia's hand. It did not stop Sazkia, instead, She was playing with her hands even more. She kept tickling Lina's waist until Lina stared at her.

Mrs. Bennet looked at Rachel, hoping she would reprimand Ziggy for speaking out of order. Though instead of doing that, Rachel gave Ziggy a thumbs-up. Seeing that, Mrs. Bennet almost passed out. Rachel rubbed Ziggy's head. "Baby, you're so good. How did you learn to scold people without using swearwords?" Ziggy shrugged. "It's not that, I just can't be bothered to use swearwords on people like this."

She looked up and said, “Cassia, you’re going to spoil me.” Rachel was a mix of a clever little imp and a fairy. After she finished her breakfast, she thanked Mrs. Ziegler sweetly, “Thank you! Your cooking is good enough for you to open a burger restaurant.” Mrs. Ziegler smiled happily. When she heard that Rachel was leaving today, she felt a bit sad. “I’ll make some whoopie pies for you to take along.” Rachel looked around. “What happened to that beautiful young grandma from yesterday?” Lauren appeared with a smile. She held Rachel’s hand and refused to let go. “Oh, who’s this little angel? Sophie, can you please get married soon and give me a cute granddaughter like her?”

“I’m guessing coming up for air has been… a challenge?” I flushed, but the smile tugging at my mouth was impossible to hide. “It’s been… really nice.” Rachel raised a brow. I shrugged, still smiling. “Being taken care of. In more ways than one.” She smirked. “Atta girl.” We shared a look—one of those deeply female, deeply knowing looks—and then she leaned back in the chair, more relaxed. “You seem more like yourself,” she said softly. “It’s good to see.” I nodded. “It feels good to be seen.”

How suffocated she felt of this life. She dragged herself in to the place and found Leah giggling while looking at her phone. “Whoa! This guy really is a miracle worker.” Rachel said while Leah stood up to hug her. “Stop it!” Leah said, smiling, while her cheeks flushed red. “How is it going huh? You are smiling more, this must be something serious?” she said looking at Leah while smiling from ear to ear.

As the sisters sat on a nearby sofa, sipping on complimentary champagne, Gina turned to Rachel with a curious look. “What about you?” Gina asked, her tone suddenly light. Rachel blinked. “What about me?” “Your love life,” Gina said, leaning forward with a mischievous grin. “You’re always so focused on everyone else. Do you have someone special in your life?” Rachel’s cheeks flushed, and she quickly sipped her champagne to avoid Gina’s probing gaze. “I don’t, actually. I’m too busy for that sort of thing.” Gina’s eyes narrowed playfully. “Rachel Smith, you’re a terrible liar.”

Rachel finished dryly. I smiled, grateful for the small kindness of their teasing. “You two look beautiful.” Jenny rolled her eyes. “We’ve been pretending to network, but really, we’re just counting how many times people mention Michelle Hughes in one sentence.” I laughed softly. “I bet it’s a record.” “Are you okay being here?” Rachel asked gently. I hesitated. “Define ‘okay’.” She gave a knowing smile, and I didn’t answer. My eyes wandered, and I caught sight of Grace.