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Garfield's POV

"Gar!" My mom yelled as I fell out of my bed. I looked at the door agitated.

"I'm up mom!" Geese where did the summer go?

"Hurry up and get ready! You don't want to be late for your first day of high school! Oh and you'll have to take Katie to school because I have an early meeting today."

"Ok mom!" I yelled in annoyance. I went into my bathroom and started brushing my teeth. After I finished, I slipped on a pair of jeans with a purple shirt that said there's a jungle out there with an actual jungle in the background. I looked in the mirror to see my blonde hair was a mess. I ran my hands through it and looked back at the mirror.

"Much better." I thought to myself.

I walked out my bathroom and looked at my messy room. I spotted my green and purple Nike's. I put them on and grabbed my backpack as I headed out my bedroom door. I came into the kitchen to see my dad reading the newspaper while drinking coffee, my sister coloring, and my mom making breakfast.

"Want some tofu eggs Garfield?" My mom asked.

"No thanks, I'll just have an apple." I went to the fridge and grabbed an apple then headed to the front door in a sneaky way.

"Where do you think you're going young man?" I swore under my breath and turned around to be greeted by my mom with her arms crossed.

"I was just going to see Raven."

"Well take your sister with you." She demanded me.

"What? Why?" I whined.

"Because you have to walk her to school."

"I'll be back in like five minutes to get her."

"Nope. Not having it mister. Knowing you, you'll forget, maybe even on purpose." I sighed knowing she was right. I looked at my little sister to see her giving me a smile. She can be a pain in the neck, but I still love her.

"Come on little missy." I said. She grabbed her stuff and walked out the front door with me. We went next door to Raven's house. Before knocking on the door, I knelt down to Katie.

"Now, you know the rules while with other people's houses right?" I asked her in a serious tone.

"Oh come on Garfield, mom goes over the rules every time we go to someone's house. I know them well so please don't go over them." She begged. It annoyed her being told something she already knew.

"Just to be safe," she started to groan, "I'm kidding Katie." I rose back up to knock on the door when I heard things being thrown around. I then started to hear yelling, screaming, and crying. I looked down at Katie to see her with a frightened look. She held onto my leg and started shaking slightly. I didn't know rather to knock or not.

"Dad, stop! She didn't mean it!" I heard my best friend yell from the inside. I decided the best thing to do now was knock. After knocking, everything went silent. A few seconds later, the door opened to reveal Raven's dad.

"Garfield! Long time no see!" He yelled while patting me on the back. He looked down to spot Katie who had just released my leg.

"Hi Katie. How are you pumpkin?" she smiled to let him know she was great like pretending she heard nothing that just happened.

"We were just seeing will Raven and Jake like to walk to school with us." Mr. Roth looked up at me with a big smile on his face.

"They'll love to! Raven! Jake! Garfield and Katie are here." Jake came out and hugged Katie. It was obvious they had it for each other, even though they were only eight years old and to young. Raven soon came out with a look of anger with a mix of sadness. At first, she was looking at the ground but then she looked up at me. It seem like some of her anger and sadness went away but it was still there.

"Hey Rae."

"Hi Gar." She turned around and looked at her mom in the background. "Be safe mom. I love you." Her mom smiled while her dad looked pissed off but she didn't pay much attention to him. We started walking in silence until Jake and Katie decided to walk a few steps ahead to play I Spy.

"Raven, when are you going to tell someone about your dad? It could get worst."

"I know Gar, but I just don't how to tell someone."

"You told me didn't you?" I asked watching the two ahead of us.

"Yeah, but you're my best friend, it was pretty easy to tell you since we're best friends." She started walking faster as I tried to keep up. She was right about the best friend part, but I could tell it wasn't easy to tell about her past. I'm actually glad we became best friends that day.

Flashback: 9 years ago

Third Person

Raven was walking home with her mom after a long day of school. She had just started her first day last week and already hated it. She didn't like being away from her mom knowing how her dad acted. Raven saw their house coming up and stopped as her mom kept walking until she noticed her daughter wasn't beside her.

She turned around and walked towards her and knelt down. Raven looked frightened but soon calmed down after her mother smiled. She took her mother's hand as they started to walk again. They stopped in front of the yard when they heard someone.

"Umm excuse me." Raven and her mother turned around to see a lady coming up to them followed by a little boy.

"Yes?" Raven mother asked with her eyebrow raised.

"Hi I'm Mrs. Logan, your neighbor." she stuck her hand out as Raven's mom shook it.

"Pleasure to meet you, I'm Mrs. Roth."

"Nice to meet you. I just wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood. Anything you need, I'm right next door."

"Thank you very much. Oh this is my daughter Raven. Say hi Raven." The whole time they were talking, Raven was hiding behind her mom but decided to pop out to be greeted by a smiling lady looking at her. She then noticed a little boy by her side. How come he looked familiar to her?

"H-hi." She held on to her mom's leg.

"She's just a little shy."

"Oh I completely understand. My little Garfield used to be the shyest little thing I ever knew," She rustled his hair as he moved her hand away in annoyance, "now he's all confident in everything he do." Garfield looked at Raven and glared at her. She was taken back by his actions. What does he have against her? He looked up to her mom and smiled.

"I love animals and video games."

"Well isn't he adorable," Raven's mom started, "would you like to get to know each other?" She asked Mrs. Logan who nodded as they headed to her house.

"You have a lovely home Mrs. Logan."

"Thank you very much, Garfield, how about you take Raven to the play room and have some fun." Garfield looks towards Raven and smiled.

"Is he bipolar or something?" Raven asked herself as her and Garfield entered the play room.

"Why do you look familiar to me?" She asked while studying him as he played with a car.

"We're in kindergarten together. I'm the one who always tries to play with you but you're always being mean. When I saw you were my new neighbor, I was upset because you don't like me. Then I realized maybe you just needed to get to know me. I figured it was hard for you to move away and meet new people. Hey you want to play cops and criminals?"

Raven looked at Garfield as he pulled out play guns, play criminal clothes, play police uniforms, and play handcuffs.

"Why would I want to get to know you?. I don't want to." She crossed her arms as Garfield dropped his toys.

"W-why not?" he asked with a sad expression.

"Because I just don't. I don't like you, and I never will." Garfield sadness soon turned into anger.

"Why are you so mean?"

"Why are you so nice?"

"Because there's no point in being mean to others. On your first day of school, I saw how everyone looked at you strangely. I was in that position before. I just wanted to make you feel welcomed but all you did was be mean." Garfield went over to the window and looked out of it. He loved nature so bad. He knew it'll keep him calm.

"Maybe I didn't want you to make me feel welcomed. Ever thought about that?" Garfield sighed and looked towards Raven to see her looking angry then back at the window.

"Why do you hate me?" He whispered but was loud enough for her to hear. Her expression softened. She didn't mean to make him feel like she hated him. Truth is, Raven didn't have trust for people, only her mother. After all she been through, why would she trust anyone? She looked at the floor before approaching Garfield.

She looked out the window with him. There were no words spoken for a few moments. Raven looked at Garfield to see he was hurt. She felt bad about how she treated him. She should've never let her trust issues get to her.

"I don't hate you. I didn't mean what I said. You were right, it was hard for me to move and meet new people. I guess I just have a hard time trusting people." Garfield still looked out of the window for a few minutes before turning towards her with a smile.

"I understand. We already have a few things in common." Raven raised an eyebrow in confusing. He chuckled and explained.

"I moved a lot because my parents traveled to discover more about animals. That's why I'm crazy for nature. We don't travel anymore though. After an accident happened last time, we stopped. Also, its hard to trust people. I met a lot of people while traveling but couldn't trust all of them."

"If you don't mind me asking, what happened the last time you guys traveled?" Raven was very curious at this point. She was interesting into knowing what the accident was. Until she saw tears coming down his face. "I'm sorry, you don't have to tell m-"

"No it's ok, it was like a few months ago before we moved here. You're probably thinking my actual eye color is green, but its not, they were blue. We were in Africa, and I was lurking around in a jungle. I was having a lot of fun, until I saw a group of monkeys. Of course I wanted to play with them, but they ran away. All except one. It hopped out a tree and came towards me. I smiled and reached out to pet it, big mistake."

"What happened?" Garfield looked up at Raven. He blinked a few times before finishing.

"It- It bit me. It was hurting really bad. I started to cry as everything started going dark. I fell to the ground and heard my parents scream my name. The monkey ran away, and after that, I woke up in my bed with my parents beside me. They looked at me in shock. I got up and looked in a mirror. I didn't notice anything wrong. Until I looked at my eyes. My dad told me that the monkey that bit me wasn't a normal monkey. So I'm guessing that's why my eye color isn't blue anymore." He started to cry harder. Raven never dealt with this type of situation. Usually, it'll be her crying, not anyone else.

She rubbed his back until his crying stopped. He looked up at her and smiled. "Ok, I told you my problem, so what's yours?" Raven eyes went wide. How would he know she had a problem?

"Raven, I'm good at figuring out people. Deep inside, you're a sweet person, but something makes you feel upset. You hide your feelings by being mean. You can trust me, I want tell anyone, I promise." Raven had to think for a minute. She never told anyone her problem and didn't plan on it anytime sooner. But Garfield trusted her, and he didn't even ask her to not tell anyone. Did he actually trust her that well? Raven sighed, even though she had trust issues, she was sure she could trust him since he trusted her.

"Ok, my mom explained to me a couple years ago about how my father started to…" she trailed off. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea. Garfield put his hand on hers to show her it was alright as she continued. "He started to beat on her. He used to treat her like an angel until after I was born. I always felt like I ruined their love for each other. My mom told me he used her, used her for a baby. At first, I didn't understand. Then she told me I had a purpose. A purpose for living."

She paused but Garfield didn't say anything. He decided to let her take her time.

"After my last year of school, I'm to travel across the world and steal valuable stuff with my dad. Then place a bomb everywhere we go when we leave to destroy the world. Then after our little trip, he's suppose to kill me." Raven was now crying herself. She tried to continue but had to calm down first. Garfield didn't rush her. He decided to wait while rubbing the back of her hand.

After a few minutes, she calmed down and was ready to continue. "The reason why its hard to trust people is because sometimes my dad used to say him and my mom are going on a date but I know he was actually getting her out the house to hit on her but I never knew where. Anyway, I always had different babysitters because my parents used to be out until like the next day. The babysitters were mean. They always called me ugly and but always took good care of me. But they always said I'll get nowhere in life."

"Wow, your problem is way more serious than mine. I'm sorry to hear that Rae. I should've never asked you to tell me."

"Its ok, you told me yours so it was only fair for me to tell you mine. Did you just call me Rae?"

"Yeah, don't people call you that?"

"No."

"Well can I?" Raven stared at him for a few minutes. She didn't really like the nickname but at the same time she did. It actually meant a lot that someone was really willing to be her friend. She nodded as his smile got bigger.

"And you can call me Gar."

"Ok Gar. Friends?" she held out her hand as he looked down at it. His smile went to a frown. She moved her hand back to her side and looked down How could she be so foolish and believe someone would really be her friend? She felt herself get pulled into a hug.

"Best friends." At first she was shocked, but soon hugged back.

"Forever."

"Raven." They stopped hugging and looked at the door to see their mothers.

"Its time to head home. Say goodbye to Garfield." They walked out the room as Raven hugged Garfield again. She headed towards the door and gave him one more smile before leaving.

End of Flashback

Author's Note:

Yay! Another story! I promise you guys are going to enjoy this story! You want regret reading it! Please review and tell me what you think.