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Without any delays, here's chapter 2, enjoy and leave a review!
Seductive Stranger
Chapter 2
Raven was once again in the café, this time, if you looked closely at her, you could see that she was pretty much worried. She had a very good reason too.
Four days ago, Jinx had left her a note saying that she was going away for the weekend with Rob. The name of the guy they had seen in the café a week ago and it seems that he and Jinx had hit it off in their first meeting.
But Raven's reason for worry was that it was now Tuesday and Jinx hadn't returned. Jinx had a tendency to go out with friends and guys for a weekend holiday fun, but she always returned after the two days were over.
Now it had been four days since she went and Raven didn't even receive a phone call from her saying whether she was in okay or not, and her disappearance seems to have taken a toll on Raven.
Tara came around the counter and tapped Raven's shoulder lightly, to get her attention. "Still no call or message from her?" Tara inquired.
Raven shook her head 'no' and heaved a sigh. "Damn, where could they have gone? The doofus couldn't even say where she was going, idiot!" Tara huffed.
Raven smirked suddenly, "Don't worry, I'm not gonna let her off so easily when she does return!"
Tara turned her head to look at Raven, craning her head slightly, she got what Raven was at then replied with the same smirk, "I should hope not, but I want in as well!"
Raven in return smiled, which Tara took it as an answer of 'sure'.
The two returned to their work, while they also conversed. As the number of customers at the till decreased, the two took a short break. "Want a frappuccino?" asked Tara. "Sure," was the reply.
Tara got to make the drink, then in a few moments the door opened making Tara look up and let out a soft gasp. "Oh my god! Richard Grayson!" she exclaimed. Raven who had heard her say the name, froze stiff on the spot with her back to the entrance; timidly, she asked, "What.did.you.just.say!"
"Turn around Rav, Richard Grayson and his mates have entered the Grind," replied Tara with a hint of amusement.
"You know, the guy you've had the hots for since uni!" she stated smugly.
Raven whizzed around and smacked Tara on the arm making her cry out in pain. "Shut up!" hissed Raven. Tara looked at her friend in mild surprise, before saying, "Oh, so you don't want him to know huh?"
Raven glared at Tara before her eyes got an evil glint in them and she retorted, "Well it seems that Garfield Logan is with him as well! Hhmm, I wonder…"
Tara's eyes widened and she grabbed Raven's arm tightly, cutting of her blood supply and spoke through her teeth, "No! Don't even think about it!" Raven laughed softly at her friend before saying, "Fine, but only if you keep your mouth shut?" Tara nodded her head in agreement.
Raven turned to look at Richard as he sat down with his mates. He looked much more handsome than ever, his red and white sleeveless wife beater outlined his abs and showed his strong arms. Raven scowled darkly as she noticed all the girls paying him attention which in her case was not necessary.
'Back off ladies, he's mine!' she thought with aggression, then suddenly became startled at what she thought; Mine! What the heck, since when did he become mine?'
She sighed heavily before turning around and ordering Tara, "Make my drink a bit heavy, will you?"
Tara looked at her friend from the side and smiled knowingly at Raven's internal struggle and turned to do as she was told.
…Scene Change…
Richard was sitting in one of the secluded corners of the café with his friends, chatting with his friends; well he was just listening in on their conversation. A waitress came to their table and took their orders, looking more intently at Richard. He let out a silent huff, he was receiving a lot of unwanted attention, he was aware of it. But he didn't want it. Sure he had a toned body and sleek, jet black hair and the entire thing a girl would want in a guy, but surely there were many men that were like him that came to this café.
His friends and he had never visited 'The Daily Grind', they were hungry and they were riding past when they noticed the café and decided to check it out and get something to eat.
Richard was wearing his shades, he did show his eyes but occasionally he liked to keep his specs on, his eyes mainly attracted a lot of extra attention. Glancing around he saw someone familiar, not hundred percent sure, he turned to his mate Garfield and asked, "Hey Gar, isn't that Tara from uni, the one you 'dig'?"
At the name 'Tara' Gar turned to look at where Richard was indicating and his eyes widened. With a lump in his throat, Garfield answered, "Dude, that's her and wow, she's better than ever!"
Garfield and Tara's eyes met for a brief while, before she turned around and Gar noticed a light pink hue, highlighting her cheeks and he couldn't help but smile, then turned around to face his three friends, "Oh yeah, that's her and she still digs this hunk!" Making, Roy and Victor crack up laughing, whilst Richard shook his head smiling at his friend's antics.
When Richard his head to the left once again, his breath left him all at once. Not quite sure who he saw, he craned his neck to see if the woman was who he actually thought she was. 'Was that Raven?'
Finally the woman turned around once again and his eyes widened slightly behind his glasses. His hearing toned back in to hear what his friend said, "Hey isn't that Raven, the girl you've been lusting after in uni?" 'What a light way to put it!' was the sarcastic thought running through Richard's head.
He snapped his head to the right and glared darkly at Victor, who was the one to pass out that comment, making him and his other two mates; who were laughing, zip their lips into a straight line.
Turning his head back around his observed her figure, which he concluded that it matched that of a hot and sexy supermodel.
Suddenly she turned and caught his gaze; even though he had glasses on he knew that she was looking at him. He saw how her eyes took in his profile, giving him a once over, he gave her is famous smirk and she lifted a slim eyebrow in challenge, before turning around as Tara tugged on her arm.
She certainly had become more gorgeous than ever and her challenging attitude still hadn't change, if anything it evolved with her.
After a while, after finishing off their orders the guys got up to go, Richard wore his black, leather jacket that he had bought with him, and once again he caught Raven's eyes, even after 3 years they managed to leave him speechless; he nodded slightly to her whilst giving her a sinful grin. He noticed that Tara was standing next to her but looking at Garfield rather than at him, and from the corner of his eyes he saw Garfield returning the look.
He shook his head mentally, he knew that both of them had a crush on each other, but neither of them had the courage to tell one another.
'Remind you of someone?' voiced his conscience, 'Who, me?' he asked himself, 'Uh-huh!' was the statement. Richard narrowed his eyes behind his shades and argued back, 'Well, it's different with me; I don't know how she feels about me!'This time he didn't receive a reply and sighed audibly.
He walked out the café and mounted his red and black motorbike, putting on his helmet he geared it up and zoomed off, leaving his friends to catch up in the car.
…Scene Change…
Raven looked out the door and saw Richard speed away on his bike; she had the urged to find out how it feels to sit on his bike.
She felt miserable; apparently the frappaccino hadn't worked to lift her spirit. Jinx once again entered her mind and she let out a tired huff.
She felt someone tap her shoulder, turning around she saw Tara who suggested, "Listen, since the police aren't gonna do anything coz Jinx went on her own record, why don't you hire a PI?"
Raven thought about this, "Private Investigator huh? As great as that sounds, where am I gonna find one?" she inquired. Then she saw Tara's mouth twitch upwards in smirk, she raised her eyebrow now getting very suspicious of her friend.
Tara answered, "Well why not hire the one and only Richard Grayson?" This resulted in Raven's eyebrows shooting up in pure shock. "Richard? Him, he's a PI? How did you know?"
Tara smiled before saying, "I couldn't help but overhear Janelle, you know the one with the brown hair, talking something about him solving her case and then got more info from her and she gave me his card."
Raven took the card Tara held up and saw the address, "Hmmm, well that certainly helps, I'll go see him in the afternoon, around one," she stated, glancing at her watch she saw that it was 11:30 a.m. in the morning and she started to get back to helping out, but couldn't help but think, 'When is the time gonna get here?' and to top it up,
Tara asked her a question, "Go home at 12:30 and dress up, you know just show off a little!" She winked. Raven turned and glared at her, turning her head back around and looking out the door she couldn't help but allow a small smile to grace her lips, 'Oh yeah, definitely dress up!' her devil side of her repeated in her mind, and that reached her eyes, showing a spark of an evil glint and her smile turned to a seductive smirk.
Well that's it people, two chapters just for you and uh…well do leave a review, I've been working on them day and night and had it beta-ed about 5 times loll… I owe my friends a lot!
