"Auntie Rae, we need to talk." Levi says walking into the living room where Raven is sitting on the couch.
"What's up, Levi? Is Booker hiding dirty socks under your pillow again?" Raven ask putting down her notebook.
"No. It's about mom." Levi answers sitting next to her. Raven's mood shifts and becomes concerned. Levi was a serious little fellow but he looked more serious and scared. Raven didn't know what was wrong with her best friend.
"Is everything okay?" Raven ask putting her arm around him, offering some sort of comfort. Levi was about to answer but the two heads turned because of a loud thud coming from the bathroom. Raven told Levi to stay where he was so she could go find out. Booker and Nia are out of town with their dad so that left Chelsea.
"Chels? Is everything- oh my gosh, Chelsea!" Raven slowly opened the door to her best friend lying on the floor and blood around her. She rushed to the red head sitting next to her and lifting her head.
"Rae." Chelsea faintly whispers.
"Chelsea what happened?" Raven ask looking around the bathroom for any evidence of anything when she found Chelsea's wrist with a deep gash in it.
"I forgot how squeamish of blood I was." Chelsea laughed softly, tears streaming down her face.
"Let's get you cleaned up."
"Chelsea what were you thinking?" Raven ask as she put the finishing wrapping on Chelsea's wrist.
"I- you won't understand." Chelsea said avoiding looking at the psychic.
"Chelsea please tell me. I'll try my best to understand. You're my best friend, and I can't lose you." Raven said cupping her face. In all honesty, Raven was keeping something from Chelsea too. In fact she was on the couch writing out a way to tell her the news when Levi came to talk to her.
"I'm in love with someone, but I know they don't love me back, and I've loved them for over 20 years, and the thought of them breaking my heart hurts, and I don't want to live without them anymore, but I can't tell them how I feel. I'm not pretty, and I mess everything up, and I'm not that smart so why be a waste of space?" Chelsea confessed new tears flowing like rivers down her face. Raven's heart began to beat super fast and she could feel it start to break even. Raven was in love with Chelsea, but Chelsea was in love with someone else. It also broke Raven's heart to hear Chelsea talk bad about herself because everything that she considered to be true, Raven thought the exact opposite.
"Can I ask who?" Raven ask, her voice a little shaky.
"Well, she's smart and hardworking. She's a loving mother and her kids are amazing. She's beautiful and has a great fashion sense. She's all I've ever wanted in a person and she's looking right at me." Chelsea said still not looking at Raven. Raven didn't even notice her chest drastically rising and falling because of her heavy breathing.
"Chels," Raven said quickly wiping a tear. Chelsea lifted her head and looked Raven in her eyes. She then realized that Raven felt the same way. She didn't say anything but instead Raven says, "I'm in love with you." The two sat in a beautiful silence before Raven made the first move to give Chelsea a kiss. She placed a hand on the redheads cheek, rubbing her thumb over the soft porcelain skin. She moved in slowly, closing her eyes and let her lips touch Chelsea's. Time stood still as their lips began to dance with each other's, moving at a steady rhythm and fitting perfectly together. Chelsea brought her hand to the back of Raven's head, pulling her closer and caressing the deep brown locks. Raven's hand left Chelsea's face only to be gently placed on her back. The explosion of passion created a heat between them that had been desired by the both of them for the longest time. Each movement explained just how much the love they had for each other had been building up between them. They both found that even though at this moment the both of them felt invincible, they were still humans and their lungs demanded air. They pulled away, breathing heavy and put their foreheads together.
"Chelsea, you are not a waste of space. You have your slip ups but they are the cutest things I've ever seen in my life and they make you seem like an even better person because you learn from them. Well, most of them. We're still working on the toast situation. You definitely are smart, maybe not in ways that others are but you still are one of the smartest people I know, and you are the most beautiful person I have ever laid eyes on. I work with models, I should know. You just need the confidence they do and I swear to you you will feel just as beautiful as you are. Okay? I love you for you. You're my best friend and I want you to be more than that whenever you're ready." Raven confessed. This was not the way she had originally planned on doing this in her notebook, but she wouldn't change a thing. Okay maybe the fact that Chelsea tried to take her own life but everything else was perfect.
"I want to be with you immediately. I'm ready. I've been ready since 7th grade, Rae." Chelsea said eagerly. Raven just smiled a bit and whispered 'okay' and gave her a kiss on her forehead. Levi was standing on the other side of the door debating on whether to knock because they had been in there for quite a while.
"Auntie Rae? Is mom okay?" Levi ask meekly. Raven smiled at the cute little 9 year olds shaky voice.
"Come I'm in Levi. She's okay." Raven answered. The little boy stepped in the bathroom immediately wrapping his arms around Chelsea.
"Auntie Rae I saw your notebook and I couldn't help but read it. I'm sorry for snooping." Levi confessed, still holding onto his mother.
"It's alright Levi. I already told her and we are together now so everything is okay." Raven said tussling Levi's hair around. Levi left his mother and threw his arms around the psychic's neck.
"I love you, Auntie Rae."
"I love you too, Levi."
"Hey Rae, what time is it?" Chelsea ask, looking at the heartwarming scene before her. Then she realized that there were two very important people missing.
"Almost 4:30- Oh my gosh, I gotta go pick up the kids from the airport!" Raven said bolting out of the bathroom.
"Booker, please!" Raven pleaded. Booker just ran straight to his room and slammed the door. Chelsea and Levi were sitting on the couch snuggled up in a blanket watching "How to Cake It" on YouTube.
"Hey, what's the matter Rae?" Chelsea paused the video and ask.
"I told them that we were together in the car and he flipped!" Raven said.
"What?" Chelsea ask her eyes were filled with worry and Raven could tell that she was about to panic.
"Hey don't worry about it. I'll go figure it out, okay?" Raven said kissing the top of her and Levi's heads. They nodded and Raven walked to go talk to Booker.
"Booker what's going on? I know you're not homophobic because you didn't act this way when Tess and Nia started dating so what's going on?"
"I wanted you and Dad to get back together!" Booker shouted, raising his head from his pillow. Raven's expression and heart softened and she walked over to her upset son.
"Honey, I thought you were okay with us not getting back together."
"Well I was but… I don't want you with Aunt Chels." Booker said sitting up next to his mom.
"Why not? She's amazing and I love her so much." Raven ask gliding a hand through this curly hair.
"Because it's bad enough people bully Tess and Nia. I don't want them to make fun of you and Aunt Chels." Booker explained. Raven was shocked. Nia never said anything about her and Tess being bullied.
"So you would rather me get a boyfriend or get back with your dad?" Raven ask as if she had come to a new realization.
"Yea. I'm sorry mom."
"Come on." Raven said taking her son's hand. She led him out to the living room where everyone else is.
"My girlfriend is better than yours." Tess said booping Nia's nose. Nia giggleed and smiled.
"No my girlfriend is better than yours." Nia said repeating Tess' action.
"I don't know what you two are talking about but my girlfriend is better than both of your girlfriends." Chelsea says, not even aware that Raven was behind her.
"Thanks Chels but I think we all know my girlfriend is the best out of everyone's." Raven said playing along. She came and sat next to Chelsea, Booker sitting in the chair to their left.
"Is everything okay?" Chelsea leans forward and whispers.
"No. Nia,Tess, why didn't you tell us that you guys were getting bullied?" Raven ask the teenagers.
"Because it's not a big deal." Nia said lacing her fingers with Tess'.
"It is too a big deal!" Chelsea said sounding quite upset. She herself leaning into Raven and taking her hand.
"Look, they can bully us all they want. We don't care. Just as long as they stay away from Booker and Levi." Tess explained.
"Stay away from Booker and Levi? What does that mean?" Raven ask looking at all four kids in the room.
"For a minute kids would tease me and Booker because we are Nia's brother and friend, but one day Tess beat them up and they don't bother us anymore just them. We've tried to help them but the kids just keep doing it." Levi said, getting up and pacing like he usually does when explaining something.
"You guys, this is not okay." Chelsea said.
"Yeah. You all need to talk to someone and have them stop it. We'll leave you all alone about it for right now but it needs to stop." Raven stated. Nia and Tess nodded in agreement.
"You wanna get some ice cream Levi?" Booker ask standing up.
"Sure. If your mom and my mom says so." Levi responded looking the their parents for permission. They both nodded and the boys left.
"Well, Ms.B and Ms.D, if it's okay with y'all me and Nia were planning on going to the mall when she got back." Tess said.
"Go ahead. I know you miss each other. Nia talked about you the whole way back home." Raven said.
"Mom!" Nia yelled in embarrassment.
"What? You did! 'Oh I've missed Tess. I sure hope Tess is home. I can't wait to see Tess.' The whole way home." Raven said mocking her daughter. Nia groaned in frustration, grabbed her girlfriends hand and drug her out of the apartment.
"Well Rae, we're on our own." Chelsea said snuggling closer to her own girlfriend.
"Awe look! Booker, Levi!" Nia said noticing the two snuggled on the couch.
"Awe- wait ew!" Booker said then he noticed their clothes everywhere.
"Did they have to do it on the couch?" Levi ask walking in avoiding the random garments on the floor.
"Get it Ms.B and Ms.D." Tess said.
"Stop it." Nia demanded hitting her arm. Nia went and covered them up a little more.
"Hey babe, I'm going to get my bag from my place. I'll be back in a minute." Tess said walking back towards the door. Nia nodded and Tess threw her a air kiss and wink.
"Mom would kill you if you do what they did." Booker told Nia.
"We're not you creep." Nia said storming off into her room.
"Goodnight guys." Booker said kissing his mom and aunt Chels on their heads and walking to the bathroom.
"Love you guys." Levi said repeating Booker's action and going off to their room.