There is Truth, Love is Real
chapter 3
(Should we practice?)
Joeseph squirmed around the room as Raven folded her clothing gently, placing them into the suitcase. She looked up at the clock, counting down the hours until she had to meet Gar at the airport.
With a sigh, she whispered "only 3 more hours to go."
Within 30 minutes, Raven had her bag fully packed, and sitting in front of the doorway. She sat on the couch, staring at the slowly ticking clock. Her mind drifted off to anything, and nothing at all.
A knock sounded on her door, pushing her out of her thoughts. she stood up quickly, walking over to the door. Opening it slowly, she was shocked to see...
"..Gar?" she asked, shock floating over her features. "What are you-"
He pushed past her, silencing her. She turned to face him as he sat on the couch. "Um... we dont have to leave for another two hours.. why are you here?"
He shrugged. "Thought we could go over a gameplan or something."
She snickered behind her hand. "A gameplan? Isn't all I have to do is be myself?"
"Well... yeah. but..." He trailed off, sighing. "But we have to act like a couple again.. so I just thought maybe... Nevermind."
Raven peered at him, with an eyebrow cocked. "Want anything to drink?" Raven asked with a subtle nod, wanting anything to get away from talking to him.
He gave her a gentle nod, pulling out the word "Whisky," as he noticed her queer look. "Have any?"
She simply nodded quickly, and walked off into the kitchen, just as her phone rang. She picked it up, quietly answering with a gentle "Hello?"
"Yes, Raven? It is I, Kory," the peppy voice on the other line said.
"Hello, Kory. What's up?" Raven asked, pulling her full bottle of whisky out of the cabinet, and slowly removing a wine glass from the cupboard.
"Well, I do believe the sun is up, as of now," she responded with a snicker, "But really, I wished to call before you departed for a week with our friend and his parents."
Raven nodded, for about the twentieth time in that day, and mumbled out a small "mhmm."
Kory was silent for awhile, rising suspicion in Raven's head. "Kory? Are you there?"
"...Yes... I was wondering.. are you going to tell Garfield? About... Joeseph?"
Raven immediately stopped what she was doing, and took a deep breath. "I... I am afraid to, Kor.. Just hold on, one minute please.."
She set the phone down, and quickly brought the glass out to Gar. "I'm going to be a little while, Someone's on the phone."
Raven watched as he took a quick swig of the drink, licking his lips and listened for his quiet "Okay, whatever."
She walked back into the kitchen, closing the door, and picking the phone back up. "Sorry... he showed up two hours early..."
"That is fine, Raven... But please, tell me. Are you going to tell him about Joeseph?"
"I... should I?" She asked quietly, her grip tightening on the phone. "I don't want to see his reaction. I do not want him hating me more than he already does..."
"You should, Raven... I'm sorry, Raven; but I must be going now. I shall see you later!" and she quickly hung up the phone.
Well that killed a good 30 minutes.
Pouring herself a quick glass of red wine, she went back out to the living room, where Gar had made himself comfortable watching the television, lying down on the couch, and popping the candies on her table into his mouth.
"Comfortable?" She asked from behind.
Gar pivoted his body to face her. "Yes, very." he paused for a moment, before asking, "Got anymore whisky?"
Raven immediately turned around, walked back into the kitchen, and came back out with the bottle.
She sat next to him, as he sat up, taking the bottle from her hands. "Help yourself," she said, "I don't like the stuff. It was a gift for my birthday.."
He looked at her, the glass mere inches from his lips. "When was that again?"
She swirled her glass, watching the wine form a vortex into nothing in the middle. "Yesterday, Gar. It was Yesterday."
He looked at her, no concern on his face and shrugged. "My bad."
Her glass hit the table, hard. "What does it matter anyway? We stopped talking 5 months ago."
He looked at her and studied her profile; he saw her eyes glisten, her jaw clenched. "Rae.."
"No. No it's okay. Just thought it'd be a little hard to forget after knowing a person for eleven years." She immediatley stood up, taking the glasses and whisky bottle into the kitchen with her. She threw the bottle into the trash bin, and slammed the glasses down into the sink, breaking them both.
She cursed, pulling her bleeding hand out of the sink. She flipped on the water, and shoved her hand underneath it, letting the cool water mix with the hot blood, and she painfully added soap, cleaning every cut out. Yanking a Brawny paper towel off of the roll, she applied pressure where pressure was due.
After barely managing to bandage up the cut, she walked out to the living room again, but this time she saw Gar holding all of her bags, and Joeseph.
"Ready to go?" he asked her, a gentle smile on his face.
She nodded, but said nothing, and they made their way out the door, heading for the plane.
♥♥♥
The plane ride was a long one, about five hours. But, granted, it was worth it. Raven and Gar and Joeseph stepped out into the warm caribbean weather, and walked quickly into the airport.
After recieving their bags, they were greeted by the driver who had come to pick them up, and no words were exchanged. He simply led them out to the car, lugging their bags. He threw them into the trunk, and Gar and Raven slowly slid into the backseat.
The ride was two hours long, and the only interesting part was right now.
Gar leaned over whispering into Raven's ear. "I think we should practice."
She turned around, looking at him, their faces close. "Practice what?"
He blushed. "Um.. kissing, and being intimate?"
Her blush overpowered his tenfold. "W-why would we need to do that? we.. we dated for six years. I think we've got it down pat."
He gave her a half smirk. "It's been five months, and you kinda broke up with me in a heartbreaking manner."
"I-... um.." She didn't know what to say. "Um.. okay.."
He gave her a nod, and leaned forward, their lips connecting.
And they both felt it, an electric shock coursing through both of their veins.
They slowly pulled apart, their hearts racing. "Uh.." was all Gar managed to stutter out. He wrapped his arms around her, and brought her close to him.
A soft smile crossed his features. He was finally in the arms of his lover again. He loved her.. He did.. and He hoped for nothing more than for this week to last forever.
buahaha, man. BUAHAHA. yes, yet another installment of TT,LR.
haha, i haven't updated since june, but i had a strange urge to write it today :D and im about to go and start the next chapter, so yeah, it shouldn't take long :D i've got two and a half hours tonight to write ;D
hohum. Jess also has a new story, and its srsly lacking in reviews.
go to my pro and look for 'Trials of the Heart and Soul' and read and review it, my lovelies. i'd love you all :D
