A/N Is this better or worse?
Chapter 7 Falling for you all over again
Raven's POV
It had been a while since I cried myself to sleep, it had taken all my energy. The last thing I wanted to do was get up and get dressed, it was times like this I wished that Charlie was a real person, he would never betray me like Storm did. Sighing a little I pulled myself outta bed and grabbed my crutches, this was going to be a long day. A very long day. Taking my time I slipped outta my clothes and into some fresh clothes. Knowing that Randy was inside waiting for me didn't help at all, I was still angry at him but I had to admit alot of that anger was forced, I still believed that I was doing right by him. As I pulled on my pants I thought it over again, Storm was just trying to help and her heart was in the right place. I was still angry though even though I knew that if anyone had a right to be angry it was Randy. After an hour of getting dressed I headed inside, hopefully I could just ignore him all day and start work on my basement, who was I kidding? Me and Charlie were going back to bed asap. When I got inside Randy was still there cooking me something to eat, porridge. My favourite.
"Good morning Raven"
"Uh-huh" I sat down tiredly not wanting to do anything. "Is there any coffee"
Randy handed me a cup and my plate. I really thought he would of just given up and left by now. "So are you going to tell me why your so angry at me?"
"Nope"
"Why not? I deserve that much don't I?"
I just looked at him, he did deserve an answer but I just couldn't give him one, call me selfish but his rejection still hurt me.
"You know it's really unfair that your angry when I should be the one thats royally pissed"
"Man up and power through it"
"You know I could say the same about your depression"
That just got me, because there is no way you can just power through depression. "You son of-"
"But" Randy cut in "I know thats mean and hurtful and not possible" He shot me a look before putting his plate in the dishwasher. "Now finish your food we have work to do"
"Excuse me? Charlie and me are going back to bed"
"Yeah that ain't happening. You have a very shitty looking backyard Raven and we are going to clean it. So hurry your ass up"
He had to be kidding? I was in no shape to do anything. "Randy.."
He cut me off again "I don't want to hear your excuses. You are still useful and you know it. Your just being lazy, a word that never used to be in your vocabulary"
"And what did you have in mind exactly?" I asked dryly, not liking this one bit.
"I will mow and you can weed"
I laughed against my will, "That sounded so dodgy"
"Thought you would like it" Randy handed me the crutches "Now hurry it up"
"Can I finish my breakfast?"
"You have five minutes" Randy flashed me that annoying grin that made me want to throw the plate at him. I took two bites and pushed it away. "There happy?"
He helped me up gently "Very now lets get a move on"
I just muttered at him as we walked outside, the backyard was the furuerst I had ever been in the past twelve months.
Randy's POV
It was harder than I thought to get her outside, in the end I just carried her down the stairs, she seemed to get even madder about that. I set her down gently in front of the garden, I wasn't fooled. Just because she had half her leg missing didn't mean she couldn't work. Hell the woman had once worked when her lungs were filling up with blood, she could handle a little bit of weeding. She just kept muttering in Czech as she pulled out the weeds and tended to her garden. I know I was treating her like a child but to be fair she was acting like one and besides she had to stop being so freaking lazy. After roughly an hour of slave labour and her backyard was looking more presentable I carried her back inside. She didn't fight so much this time, I guess the weeding had taken alot of her enegry.
"Are you going to tell me yet?" I asked again putting her on the couch. Instantly she grabbed her crutches and stood up.
"No"
"Why?"
"Because I'm tired and I just want to go to bed"
"Well you can't go until you tell me why your angry" I blocked her path, because of the crutches she couldn't move as swiftly as she used too.
"Because I rung you last night and you ignored my phonecall and now your here pretending that it never happened!" Raven burst out angrily stomping the crutch. "You pretend nothing happened last night and you expect me to be happy to see you!"
"You didn't ring me last night" I said confused, if she had I would of answered.
"So now I'm a liar?"
"I never said that!"
"Yes you did! Now get out of my way" Raven snapped pushing past me.
I grabbed her arm and pulled her back towards me. Unfortunenately Charlie stuck to the floor and she just kept falling forward, I kept my grip and let her fall right against me. She didn't say anything, she just looked up at me.
"You ignored me last night and then you come here expecting me be happy. You can't reject then expect me to deny"
"I would of answered that call Raven, you know that" I looked at her gently
"It doesn't matter anymore" She looked at me sadly before shaking out my grip "Just let me go to bed"
"Raven you can't go back to bed"
"Yes I can! Now just let me deal with things the only way I know how"
I watched her go and suddenly my heart lept into my throat, I know why I missed her phonecall because I was busy having sex with Sam. I shouldn't of felt guilty but I did.
Raven's POV
I took a seat on the bed and sighed heavily. It felt good to get it off my chest, it felt good being in his arms again. I was falling for him all over again. Picking up the crutches I went to the bathroom and grabbed a fresh bandage and a black vivid. Taking my time I washed and wrapped Charlie. My energy levels were getting low so I was getting cranky and it didn't help that Charlie was stating to weep again. At last I finished washing and wrapping Charlie so I could finally go back to bed.
"Raven!" Randy shouted out to me "What do you want for dinner?"
I didn't answer, I was just too tired and it sucked having him here. I had done so well in moving on and he comes in and destroys it. I got back into bed and pulled the covers over my head, sleep came instantly. Dreams came easier these days even if they did haunt me and this one was no different. It was so real I could litterly feel his hands stroking my hair.
