Chapter 2

"Shawn baby wake up." Raven James whispered in her, well she considered him her boyfriends ear as she nuzzled into his neck taking in his scent as she reached up and ran her hands through his brown hair. "Hmmmm" Shawn Hunter growled as he reached down and grabbed Raven by her waist and pulled her on top of him.

"SHAWN HUNTER!" "Come on. You know you have a busy day ahead of you, stop goofing around!"

"You're no fun." Shawn said as he playfully picked Raven up and set her in the bed beside him.

Raven reached over the side of the bed as her long black curls fell in her face and reached for one of Shawn's shirts and a pair of shorts. She stood up and put the clothes on. "Well I'm not the one that promised to cover a story for Cory's brothers grand opening of his store at 11. It is now 9:30 and you know it's traffic."

"9:30!" Shawn said as he shot up in the bed. "Why didn't you wake me?, damn Eric is going to freak out."

"Oh, im sorry." Raven began in a sarcastic tone. "I forgot I was you personal alarm clock."

"Of course you are." Shawn threw off his signature smile. "What else are you good for?" He joked as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"JERK!" Raven slapped his arm as she pushed away and ran towards the bathroom.

Shawn Hunter lived in a apartment in the busy city of Manhattan. When he moved with the Matthews two years before he shared the apartment with Eric but Eric moved to Brooklyn around a year ago with his then ex model girlfriend Cameron Monroe. Their relationship ended but Eric decided to stay there when he found an investor who was willing to give him a chance on starting him out with a loan for a business and of course the perfect property to open his own shop.

With Eric living in a little apartment above his new shop Shawn had been living in the apartment by himself. He loved it, Cory and Topanga lived two floors above and he visited almost everyday or vice versa. Him and Cory were still as inseparable as ever. His only problem was Raven.

Raven James was Shawn's co worker and happy hour buddy, well that's how it all began. She was a tall 5'9 half Brazilian, half African-American woman. Shawn was immediately attracted to her, not only was she beautiful and smart but she was fun, had perfect connections with people in Shawn's desired profession and for the first time since Angela left for Europe he was having a good time and was able to put her at the back of his mind. Not entirely but close enough.

The only problem was that they had been "talking" for six months and Shawn was beginning to freak out. For the past two months she basically lived in his apartment, not that he complained about that exactly. His sexual needs were getting met on a regular basis, she shared his interests and she was neat which counteracted his messiness, it was getting too close that scared him. He didn't want to fall again. He vowed not to ever again since Angela but something about Raven was pulling him in and he didn't like it one bit. He hated the thought that a part of him was still holding on to Angela coming back, he knew that wasn't happening at it hurt every time he thought about it and Raven helped him not think about it.

"You look handsome," Raven said as she pulled Shawn by his leather jacket into a kiss.

"Why thank you sexy." he returned the kiss pulling her closer by her form fitted summer dress she had on. "Eric is lucky I love him like a brother or I'd just stay here.

Raven playfully punched him. "You're too much Mr. Hunter, now go to your friends. Tell Topanga I said hi."

"Thanks Shawnie for doing this." Eric Matthews said as he slapped Shawn on the back as he sat outside on a break at the coffee shop next door to his shop as Shawn finished up interviewing him for the grand opening of Matthews Toys and Joke Shop.

"Of course Eric, I'm just proud you got it up and running, its great. Who would have thought Eric Matthews would focus enough of his goal." Shawn joked.

"I know man." Eric said seriously as he took a sip of his mocha. He was elated and everyone around him could tell.

"Seriously Eric, you know mom and dad called needing verification." Cory Matthews joked. Him and Topanga had joined Shawn and Eric at the café during the interview.

"Yea I bet that stupid girl Cameron is going to kick herself for ever not believing in you." Topanga said fiercely defending her brother in law. They had always been close but Eric had always drove her crazy. Being in NY she had grown to love his goofy ways even more.

"I'm not worried about her or any woman right now for that matter." Eric replied while shrugging his shoulders. "But speaking of women I hear for Cor that you and a miss Raven are getting pretty close Shawnie.

Shawn chucked a piece of his sesame seed bagel at his best friend for spilling the beans incorrectly. "Well I wouldn't say that but she's a nice girl.

"Shawn." Topanga said in a caring tone. "Don't downplay it, I really like this one, way better than the other scavengers you hang around with.

"Yeah, she fits well with us and everything," Cory added,

"I know guys but look. I'm not looking for nothing serious just fun."

"But Shawn."

"Cor drop it ok, I'm not you and Topanga.

Cory was taken back, he knew the Angela situation had put up a wall in Shawn but he didn't realize that after two years it would still affect him as much as it did.

Sensing tension Eric decided that now was a better time that any change the subject. "Well as Shawnie knows Jack and Rachel are arriving today for a 3 week visit from the peace core so they wanted us all to get together tonight and go the that new lounge Aura for dinner and some drinks."

"That sounds great, Shawn I don't want to bring it up again but you should bring Raven along. I need another gal pal me and Rachel are always out numbered." Topanga added with a sad puppy dog face.

"Plus Rach said she has a surprise for all of us. She wouldn't tell me what it was but it got me curious." Eric said as he got up to get ready to get back to work.

"Hopefully it's not a new boyfriend, I don't want to invite anyone else in the group." Cory chuckled.

"Hopefully it's a new girlfriend of hers I can get friendly with." Shawn joked as Topanga slapped him in his arm.

"We shall see Shawnie, We shall see." Cory said as they grabbed their stuff and began to leave.