Chapter 4 Groundhogs

"Why didn't you tell me?" Jamie asked bursting through the door. Raven was at the kitchen table doing an old jigsaw, her face looked a lot better now she was just bored. Jamie looked as though she was about to cry.

"Tell you what?" Raven asked looking up from her butterfly.

"That John has a groundhog" Jamie answered peeling off her jacket then her shirt. She had forgotten about privacy and could only think of getting out of her clothes.

"John has a groundhog" Raven tried to process what that meant but it kept coming up blank.

"Yes, a tall pretty groundhog with brown hair"

Raven got what she meant "Ah you mean he has a girlfriend"

"Yes he has a groundhog" Jamie snapped "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because I didn't know Jamie"

"Promise? You didn't know?"

"I swear on your life that I didn't know but at least you can still be friends"

"I don't think we can" Jamie answered slowly "Because his girlfriend will be mean to me, groundhogs are always mean to me."

"Jamie you don't know that"

"Sure I do, its the reason your such a bitch" Jamie giggled "Do you know that John is wearing red now? I like red"

"Good to know"

"And did you also know that red is the colour of tomatoes"

"I did know that" Raven answered going back to her jigsaw, Jamie went off on her random tangent telling her other things that were red including blood and a firetruck. After mentioning the firetruck she started to make noises like one making Raven close her eyes and trying not to cry in frustraion.

"Jamie can you not make noises like a firetruck please"

"But its fun!" Jamie protested going up stairs. "Besides I can't have John, a firetruck is all I have"

"Ok babe!" Raven shouted out feeling bad for being so short with her sister.

After she had gone Raven rung Randy, waiting for him to pick up was pure torture.

"Hey babe, how are you" Randy answered pleasantly.

"Hey yourself, why didn't you tell me?"

"Tell you what?"

"John, girlfriend, ring any bells?"

"Would you of listened?" Randy sighed through the phone, he had hoped that Raven hadn't found out so easily.

"All I could think about is getting John and Jamie back together"

"My point exactly, thats all you've talked about for three years"

"Oh" Raven instantly felt bad again "I'm sorry Randy, really I just want her to be happy"

"And what about what John wants? He's happy with his girlfriend Raven"

"Your right"

"What? Did you just say I was right?"

"Yeah I was so focused on making Jamie happy I didn't think about any one else. I'm sorry"

"Its ok, don't beat yourself up you have bounties to do that for you"

Raven laughed at his joke, "That is so not funny Randy"

"Have you told him yet?"

"No and I don't plan on telling him anytime soon"

"Raven you gotta tell him at some point" Randy said gently "He's gonna find out eventually"

"I think I can buy some time"

"Raven listen to me, if you tell him now then it won't be so hard later and you know that deep down."

"Don't you get tired of being right?"

"Do you?"

"Touche" Raven let out a sigh "I'll wait til you come back and then we can tell him together"

"Raven you can't wait weeks and you know it, so just do it tonight"

She let out another sigh "Fine but he'll just go back to hating you, you know that"

"Yes I know that and I'm willing to make that sacrifice"

"Alright well I'll let you go now baby, have a good night"

"Will do love you"

"Love you too Randy" Raven hung up the phone just as Jamie came back down the stairs in her pjs,

"You know if sexy had a flavour Raven, I'd be diet sexy" Jamie giggled doing up the front to her shirt. "Who was that?"

"Randy, how are you feeling?"

"Sexy" Jamie danced around "I gots a text from a secret man asking me how my day went but they hope I get the job"

Raven just raised an eyebrow "Who did you get a text from?"

Jamie shrugged "I have no idea but I hope he's nice and not Molly"

After all this time she still remembered Molly and how much of a prick he was.

"Can I have a look at your phone?"

Jamie handed it to her, "Please don't ring him and yell"

"I won't" Raven promised as she hit the call button.

"Hello?"

That deep voice was instantly reconizable and it made Raven smile with happiness, "Sorry wrong number"

"Who was it?" Jamie asked as she put her phone down her shirt.

"Wrong number, learn to listen Jamie"

"I'm sorry what? I wasn't listening" Jamie giggled dancing around the room again.

Raven went back to her puzzle all the while thinking that maybe her plan didn't fail after all because if John was so happy with his girlfriend why was he texting Jamie almost instantly after running into her again.