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Chapter 1

Raven

The year started on a cold day. Just before braving the harsh winds to get to class, I'd found myself roommates with Kori again, and the cold air was a welcome feeling after being hit by her presence on my first day.

Rushing to Psychology early was my new salvation, as sitting around with her pity was more than I needed, so I headed out into the cold, pulling my baseball jacket closer while I walked briskly through the nearly full hallways. There were some faces I found I recognised, while others didn't mean anything at all, and they all saw me. I wasn't hard to miss, and I wished I could disappear back into obscurity sometimes, but with the history, I had at this school and the half-life I'd lived before, that was never going to happen. Instead, I simply sped up and kept my head down.

That's when I knocked into him, books flying everywhere. I looked up, about to berate some guy for being an idiot, obsessed with himself, only to look up and see a guy I knew to be pretty much exactly that, only with more to offer than I could ever think possible.

He brushed his hair in embarrassment and blushed while trying to smile at me, "Hey... Raven."

Garfield

When I saw her barreling down the hallway, I couldn't resist it and I couldn't think of any other way to broach talking to her, so a small bump was what she got. In her eyes, I saw the tell tale signs of someone about to level headedly tell me off, but she stopped when she saw who I was.

I tried for a smile, but felt too awkward and knew I was only blushing like an inept idiot, an immediate sign that I'd bumped into her on purpose. She didn't seem to pick up on it though, a silence of shock the only answer she gave me when I greeted her.

I took that chance to take her in; after all, I hadn't seen her in three months. She looked… good. Her eyes were just as grey as I remembered, the only difference being they held more dark and purple light than when I left her. I wondered about that but instead moved my eyes to her shoulders, cramped inwards distorting her gait and appearance. Seeing me looking though, she loosened up, a different shield taking form, this one seemingly made just for me. Her jaw set, but her face didn't change. The only thing that did was her eyes, going from shocked to set, a neutral face she reserved for… well people who weren't me.

"Garfield." she monotoned, looking to her books that had fallen to the floor, "It's nice to have you back."

I followed her gaze, but tried to stay focused on her eyes, "It's nice to be back… to see you again."

She didn't reply, kneeling down to pick up a big volume with the cover of the human brain. I crouched next to her and picked up a couple notebooks on the side and circled round to place them back in her arms but she was already standing up. From my viewpoint on the floor she looked like an avenging angel, completely done with any shit that could be thrown her way. I wanted to smile but didn't. Rather than that, I stood up, towering over her by a couple inches and held the books out with my hand. She gingerly took them, careful not to touch me.

With another silence, I noticed those around us no longer stirring like they should be. They were watching our exchange, and I knew that was making her uncomfortable, so I tried another approach.

"Look, I'd love to catch up. I have so much to tell you… are you free later?"

I swear she thought about it, but the lingering eyes hurried her answer and she shook her head, mild purple strands swinging with her.

"I have no time. I'm sorry. Exams this semester are starting earlier than usual and I need to study."

"Why don't I study with you?" I offered, but she shook her head again, this time more determined.

"No, that's alright."

"Well-"

"I'm late for class, so I'll see you later… I guess. Have a good day, Gar." With that, she sidled past me and made a beeline to the 'Psych Ward' section of the school.

A couple lookers on still stared, but with a cheeky wink from me, they returned back to their conversations. I messed with my jacket and started walking, not knowing what else to do. I'd have to try again another way.

Raven

"God, I don't know how I would have survived it," Kori told me, expressing her concern as we entered the East Cafeteria. "Seeing my Ex like that, in front of people who've seen us together forever…"

She'd been going on about it for a while, whilst I, at the same time, was trying to forget about the whole encounter. Successfully, I hadn't run into Garfield again that day. I'd studied in the smaller East Wing library, and raced to my next class straight after, which also took place in the 'Psych Ward' section of the school. What I'd been dreading the most was the possibility of seeing him at lunch. It wasn't to be avoided as I'd promised to eat with Kori and she knew where all my classes were, so I couldn't hide from that social interaction...

... but neither could I hide from all the knowing looks given when we stood in the line to get our food. Kori even pointed some of them out, being one of the most tactless people I knew. I shouldn't complain, she was one of the only people I knew and I appreciated her in some ways, though not all.

"Thankfully, I don't see him anywhere, so you've lucked out there."

'Lucked out' I thought to myself in reply, 'What a great choice of words.' There was nothing lucky about Garfield Logan, and nothing predictable about him either.

"Let's sit here." She pointed to a corner table and I eagerly followed her over to it. She placed down her tray, covered with a plate of onion rings and indiscernible chicken, next to mine, which only carried a small amount of pasta puttanesca; the only thing I could think of eating right now.

"So," she started, "what did he say?"

I messed with my food, hoping I didn't have to answer but she saw right through that.

"Oh come one Rae. I heard from Daniel and Kirsty that you guys were talking for a whole minute, so you two must have said something important. Tell me."

"There was nothing to say." I told her, "He said 'Hi', and I said 'Hi' back. I said it was nice to see him back and he said it was good to be back in that ego ridden way of his. Nothing else Kor, okay?" I stabbed my food with lessening patience and crunched at it. She didn't even notice.

"You acted like nothing had happened?"

I nodded only.

"Why did you go and do a thing like that?" she exclaimed, with no contained measure of her rising volume. I felt some students turn to us.

"Because I did."

"Don't you realise he spoke to you because he wanted to see how you've been? Those few seconds meant the difference between him seeing you as a wreck and someone who was okay with what happened last year."

I tired of our conversation quickly, "Didn't I show him that by acting indifferent?"

"No, because he knows you act that way when you have something to hide." she leant forward over her plate, "You completely blanked him and treated him like you would any other person, only he's the one person who can see through it. Other than me of course." she leant back, exasperated and dug into her food as well.

We ate in silence for a fantastic four seconds.

"So that's it then. You said hi and that was it?"

"Yes, Kor. We said Hi, he asked if I wanted to talk and I said no and then I went to class."

"He asked what?!"

Now I knew people were looking at us and I gave her a death stare of equal measure to our old High School Headmaster. She immediately quieted down.

"You should have agreed to it." she whispered.

I sighed, "And exactly what would that have accomplished Kor?"

"A whole lot more than just acting like the break up never happened."

Garfield

I'd decided, now I had to figure out just how to go and do it. I stared at her window and wondered if I should use the old monkey entrance or do something different with a stray cat or snake. Yeah, a snake would be good… but how would I knock on the glass?

As I thought about it, she sat as motionless as a statue, still meditating like she always did in the evening before bed. It was like deja vu to watch her from the same old tree, and just like all those times, I desperately wanted to talk to her and see how she was doing, but nerves drew me back. Almost similar to the first time I'd tried this, but a lot different.

What was she meditating about tonight? Me? The fact that it might be about me filled me with regret but I had no way of knowing unless I went in and found out. A small pipe revealed itself in the corner and the snake idea won out. I felt my back tighten and stretch until I was the length of a small Rattlesnake, sun-burnt skin and all.

I slithered on the longest branch of the tree and headed towards the edge of the window. With a small impossible jump forwards, I made it into the pipe and slithered my way down into her room.

On the floor, I kept to the corners, just watching her and seeing how calm she stayed. She didn't expect me here and I didn't want to scare her too badly or cause too much of a scene that made Kori come running in. Hopefully, she was hanging in the kitchen for a while doing god knows what to a poor dead animal and trying to call it food.

Raven took a deep breath as I circled her bookcase with probing eyes. What was she reading these days? Diana Gabaldon I saw, and some Rachel Cohn with David Levithan books. I made mental note to myself to look up those authors later. Finally, I slithered silently in front of her bed where she sat, her form still unaware of my presence. She was in the baseball jacket I'd brought her and that made me smile… well, as much as a snake could smile. It was time to reveal myself.

My body shook with the effort to stay quiet, but successfully and without interruption, I reformed and knelt on her rug. On the softest and calmest whisper I could muster, I whispered her name.

"Raven… "

Her eyes opened in an instant and we stared at each other without moving.