Chapter 7
Sunday October 28
8:00 AM
Logan wakes up because of the sun coming in through the windows. He looks down and sees Raven still asleep on his chest. He moves some hair off her face and tucks it behind her ear. She looks so beautiful and peaceful and relaxed when she sleeps, Logan thinks. She always looks beautiful. It really is a mystery as to why she doesn't have a boyfriend. Not that I'm complaining about it. His thoughts are interrupted by Raven stirring. She opens her eyes sleepily and looks up at him.
"Hey sleepyhead," Logan says smiling.
"What time is it?" Raven asks, covering a yawn.
Logan looks at the clock on the wall. "A little after 8. So we're probably the only ones awake right now."
"How long have you been up?"
"Just a few minutes."
"So you were just watching me sleep?"
"Yep."
"Why didn't you get up?"
"Because you're on top of me and I didn't want to wake you up."
Raven sits up, getting off of Logan. "Sorry."
"It's okay. I didn't mind. As long as you were comfortable. And you looked pretty comfortable."
"Maybe I was just really tired and that's how I fell asleep."
"Maybe. Or you wanted to cuddle with me because you have a huge crush on me." Logan smirks at her.
Raven smirks back. "In your dreams."
"Every night, baby," Logan says winking at her. He gets up and stretches his arms above his head. "I'm gonna go work out. Wanna join me?"
"You just woke up and you want to work out now?"
"What better way to wake up."
"No thanks. It's too early for that."
"Your loss. Now you don't get to see all of my awesome muscles." Logan walks out of the room and to the elevator. When he's gone, Raven falls back onto the couch, staring up at the ceiling. What is wrong with me? Raven thinks. I don't like Logan. Do I? Last night was nice, just the two of us. But it usually is like that because Kori and Dick are always together and Victor is usually either working or with Bee. Nothing has changed. But he is standing up for me and trying to protect me from Malcolm even if he gets hurt. I even slept through the night without having a nightmare, which hasn't happened since the Malcolm incident. He's not the skinny kid from two years ago. He's definitely filled out. He is more attractive now, not the boyish cute he was before but more mature looking. But this is Logan! He's just a friend. Besides, he would never like me as anything more than a friend. No one would. Raven sighs and gets up off the couch. She goes to the kitchen to make a cup of tea. She takes her cup of tea and walks to her room. Once she finishes her tea, she decides to swim a few laps. She changes into her swimsuit, grabs her towel, and goes down to the work out floor. She walks to the pool and sees Logan swimming laps. He takes a break and sees Raven looking through the windows. He smiles and waves to her. She opens the door and walks into the room.
"I didn't know you'd be in here," Raven says.
"Yeah," says Logan. "Thought I'd do a swimming work out today. Or at least part of my work out will be swimming. You working out in here too?"
"I was just going to swim to clear my head," says Raven as she puts her towel on a bench.
"Thinking about me?" Logan jokes. Raven doesn't answer, just turns to face him, straight-faced. After a few moments of awkward silence, Logan breaks it. "So you wanna race me?"
"I haven't warmed up at all," Raven says.
"So get in and warm up," says Logan. "Wouldn't want you to lose because you weren't warmed up."
"Who said I'm gonna lose?" Raven says before diving into the pool. When she resurfaces, she sees Logan looking at her.
"You think you'll beat me?" Logan asks smiling.
"Yes I do."
"Why don't we make a bet then?"
"What kind of bet?"
"Winner gets a massage from the loser."
"What type of massage?"
"Whatever the winner wants: foot, back, neck, shoulder, full-body." He winks at Raven as he says the last one. "Any massage."
"How many laps?"
"Five."
"If it's close, how are we going to know who the winner is?"
"How about once the five laps are finished, you have to get out of the pool and sit on the edge. First to do that, wins."
"Deal." They shake on it. "I need to warm up still."
"Okay. Start in five minutes?"
"That's fine." Raven swims to loosen up her muscles. She also stretches so she doesn't pull a muscle. After five minutes, she and Logan both go over to the side of the pool to start their race.
"Ready?" Logan asks.
"Yeah," replies Raven.
"Okay. On 'go.' Three, two, one, go!" They both take off swimming. Logan leads for the first three laps but Raven is right with him. She starts moving closer to the lead as they start their fourth lap. As they turn for the fifth lap, Raven is in the lead. She starts pulling farther ahead after the last turn. Once she touches the finishing wall, she pulls herself up out of the pool and sits on the edge. Logan is just two seconds behind her. They are sitting next to each other, both breathing hard. After a few minutes, their breathing slows back to normal.
"I didn't know you were that good of a swimmer," Logan says.
"I don't usually race against people or swim that fast," says Raven. "I normally just swim leisurely. But I'll sometimes time myself."
"How fast are your times?"
"I don't know. I haven't timed myself in awhile."
"So what kind of massage do you want? You won. Full-body?" Logan says winking.
"No. How about just upper body? Neck, shoulders, and back," says Raven.
"Okay. I can do that."
"Does it have to be done right now?"
"How about just sometime today?"
"Okay." Raven stands up and walks to where her towel is. Logan watches her and notices some scars on her back. Raven dries off then wraps her towel around herself, covering most of her scars but Logan still sees a few on the back of her shoulders and shoulder blades. Logan gets out of the pool, grabs his towel, dries off, and walks over to Raven with his towel wrapped around his waist. Raven turns around and sees Logan standing by her. She notices he has an odd look on his face.
"Are you okay?" Raven asks.
Logan looks like he is going to say something then shakes his head. "Yeah I'm fine," he says.
"You looked like you were about to say something. What was it?"
"Nothing. I wasn't going to say anything."
She looks at him for a moment. "I don't believe you. You were going to say something."
"So what if I was?"
"What was it?"
"Why do you want to know?"
Raven is silent for a little bit. "You looked like you were bothered or troubled by something."
"So?"
"So I don't want you to be. You can talk to me about it."
"Maybe."
"Maybe what?"
"Troubled or bothered."
"Why?"
Logan sighs. "Promise you won't get mad?"
"Why would I get mad?"
"Because it involves you."
"What about me?"
"You won't get mad?" Raven shakes her head. "When you got out of the pool and came over here, I saw your back. And the scars on it." Raven stiffens. "I was wondering what they were from."
"When I was younger, I was up in a tree and fell and scraped up my back," Raven says. Logan doesn't believe her but doesn't call her on her lie. He just nods and puts his shirt on.
"Let me know when you want your massage," he says then walks out. After he walks out, Raven slumps into a chair and puts her head in her hands. How could I forget about my scars and let him see them? No one knows I have them. That's why I never swim with others and always wear t-shirts, she thinks. But also, why didn't I tell him the truth? We're supposed to be telling each other things now; no secrets. How can I expect him to do that if I don't? I have to tell him the truth. Just maybe not right now. But sometime. I also need to ask him about the things he says to me in a different language. I'm sure it's not mean but I want to know what he's saying. Raven gets up and goes to her room. She takes a shower and changes into clean clothes. She then grabs a book and goes to the living room to read. She sees Dick in the kitchen making breakfast for himself. She sits on the couch to read. Dick notices her on the couch.
"Hey Raven," Dick says from the kitchen.
"Morning," replies Raven.
"Want some breakfast?"
"Not right now."
"Waiting for your boyfriend?"
Raven turns around and glares at him. "I don't have a boyfriend. You know Malcolm and I broke up."
"I wasn't talking about Malcolm."
"Then why do you think I have a boyfriend?"
Dick walks over to Raven with his phone out. He finds something on his phone then shows it to her. She looks at it and sees a picture of herself and Logan sleeping on the couch. Her head and hand are on Logan's chest and his arms are around her.
"Delete it," Raven says. Dick notices there is a light blush on her face.
"Why should I?" Dick asks. "You two look pretty comfortable."
"We were watching a movie and fell asleep. Delete the picture."
"Or what? It's not like I'm gonna tell everyone at school you two are dating."
"We aren't dating. We're just friends."
"Just friends." Dick looks at the picture again. "I see this and you two at the dance as more than friends."
"Well we're not." Raven gets up from the couch and walks to the door.
"Where are you going?" Dick asks.
"Away from you," Raven replies then leaves the room. Raven goes up to the roof. She sits down, takes a deep breath, and opens her book to read.
An hourlater, a freshly showered and clothed Logan walks to the kitchen for breakfast. He sees Dick reading the newspaper at the table.
"Hey Dick," Logan says getting out a bowl, spoon, cereal, and milk.
Dick looks up. "Hey Logan."
Logan pours cereal into his bowl. "You see Raven yet? She's usually in here by now."
"She was but then walked out shortly after."
"Did she eat?"
"No."
"Why'd she leave without eating?"
"Because I kinda upset her, I think."
"How'd you upset her?"
"I was teasing her about you two at the dance and a picture of the two of you."
"What picture?" Dick pulls out his phone and shows him the picture of Raven and him sleeping together on the couch. "Send me the picture then delete it from your phone."
"Why?"
"Because I don't want that picture to get out to other people."
"Why do you want it?"
"Because I do. Just send it to me." Dick sends the picture to Logan. "Now delete it from your phone."
"Why?"
"I already told you why. Now do it." Logan glares at Dick.
"Fine." Dick deletes the picture from his phone. "Happy now?"
"What did you say to upset Raven?"
"I was teasing her about you two dating."
"We're not dating. We're just friends."
"Got it."
"Where's Raven now?"
"I don't know. She walked out after I kept teasing her." Logan pours milk in his bowl then picks up the bowl and spoon and walks toward the hallway. "Where are you going?"
"To talk with Raven," Logan says then walks out. He goes to the elevator to go up to the roof to look for Raven. He walks out onto the roof and sees Raven sitting near the edge, reading. He walks over to her.
"Hey Rae," Logan says as he sits next to her.
Raven jumps slightly and looks up from her book. "Hi," Raven says. "I didn't hear you come out."
"Kinda figured that since you jumped," Logan says smiling. "So what are you doing up here?" He asks then takes a bite of his cereal.
"Reading," Raven replies.
"Why aren't you inside reading?"
"It was a little too crowded for me."
"So you wanted to get away from Dick since he's the only other person awake."
"Yeah."
"You know he was only teasing you, right?"
Raven looks at him. "You talked to him?"
"Well yeah. When I went into the kitchen for breakfast, I asked him if he had seen you. He said you left because he was teasing you. So I came to find you."
"And you knew I would be up here?"
"I guessed. I know this is one of the places you like to go. I was gonna check your room if you weren't up here."
"And if I wasn't in either place?
Logan shrugs while continuing to eat his cereal. "I would've kept looking."
"Why?"
"Because you're my friend."
"He has a picture of us sleeping on the couch."
"I know. I saw it."
"Did you tell him to delete it?"
"Why do you want it deleted?"
"Because I don't want him to show it around and have people believe that we're dating when we're just friends."
"Would it be bad if people thought we were dating?"
"People still think I had sex with Malcolm when I didn't. I don't want more rumors about me going around."
"That didn't answer my question."
"That was my answer."
Logan smiles and puts his now empty bowl down next to him. "What about us at the dance last night?"
"What about it?"
"Do you think that people who saw us dancing together will think we are dating?"
"Maybe. But if they saw the picture, they might think more was implied. I don't want that to happen."
"Me either. And I did ask Dick to delete the picture."
"Did he?"
"Yes."
"Did he tease you about us dating?"
"No. He made one comment about it telling me what he was teasing you about but that was it."
"Why did he tease me and not you?"
"Maybe because you were the first one he saw? Or maybe he was going to tease both of us but felt bad after he upset you."
"Or maybe he just saw me as an easy target."
"If I was the first one he saw, I'm sure he would've teased me about it too. I think he feels bad that he upset you though."
"Why should he? It's not like anyone else in my life has ever been sorry for upsetting me." Raven wraps her arms around her legs and rests her chin on her knees as she stares across the water.
"Raven, look at me." She turns her head toward him. "Those other people cared more about themselves instead of others. They only looked out for themselves. I'm your friend; Dick is too. We don't like to upset our friends. It makes us feel guilty, and it's a horrible feeling. I still live with tons of guilt. I don't like making people feel bad and Dick doesn't either."
"You shouldn't feel guilty. It wasn't your fault what happened to your parents."
"But I still feel like it was. Nothing will change that. But I've learned to deal with it. I'm fine." He smiles but Raven notices that it doesn't reach his eyes. "Dick will probably try to apologize to you."
"I suppose so."
"He'll probably also continue to tease us about dating even though we aren't.
"Unfortunately."
"Yeah but that's what friends do." Logan stands up and picks up his bowl. "I'm going back inside. Don't forget I owe you a massage today." He walks to the door and goes back inside. He takes care of his dishes then goes to his room. He saves the picture from Dick on his phone then grabs his sketchbook. It's about half-full of sketches. He grabs a few pencils and goes down to some rocks near the water. He opens to a blank page and starts sketching. He draws the picture from his phone that Dick sent him. He looks back at some of his other sketches. He stops at a picture and looks at it for a little bit. Above the picture, he sketches "bora rafiki" in calligraphy. After Logan finishes the words, he puts his sketchpad down and looks out across the water. Are people going to think Raven and I are together because we were at the dance together? He thinks. Would I want people to think we are dating? It would bother Raven though. She's gone through so much because of Malcolm. She doesn't deserve to have that happen to her. She deserves so much more. If people think we're dating, then I'll stop the rumors. They can say what they want about me. But not Raven. No one does that to my friends, especially Rae. He sits there for another hour when it starts to rain. He grabs his sketchbook and pencils and runs to the Tower. When he gets inside, his shirt is wet. He takes his shirt off and puts it in the laundry room as he passes it. He steps into the elevator to go up to his floor. When it gets to his floor, the door opens and he sees Raven standing there.
"Oh hey Rae," Logan says.
"It's Raven," Raven replies. She looks at Logan's bare chest and fights a blush. "Why are you not wearing a shirt?"
"I was outside for awhile and got caught in the rain. My shirt was pretty wet so I put it in the laundry room when I passed it."
"Why were you outside?"
"Just because."
"What's that?" Raven asks pointing at Logan's sketchbook.
Logan hides the book behind his back. "Nothing," he says.
"If it was nothing, you wouldn't be hiding it."
"Okay, it's something."
"What?"
"Mine."
"I guessed that. Just tell me, Logan. Please?"
"I'd rather not."
"Why not?"
"Because it's private and personal."
"You said you didn't want secrets between us."
"And you agreed."
"I did."
"So why did you lie to me this morning?"
"About what?"
"How you got the scars on your back."
"Why do you think I was lying?"
"I could tell."
"Oh."
"Yeah. The reason I didn't call you on it is because I could tell you didn't want to talk about it."
"I guess I should thank you for that."
"No need. I understand what it's like to have a bad past and not want to talk about it."
"It's hard."
"I know. And because we have that in common, I don't want there to be secrets between us."
"Me either."
"So when you tell me the truth about your scars, I'll tell you about one of my secrets."
"Like what you're hiding?"
"Maybe. Depends if I want to talk about it at that time. But I will tell you a secret when you tell me one. Deal?"
"Deal. And I'll do the same. You share a secret, I share one."
"I'd like that."
"Me too." They stand there for a little bit in silence. Several times Logan notices Raven looking at his muscles.
"So were you actually headed somewhere or just wanted to stare at my chest?"
Raven blushes at being caught looking. "I was going down to the kitchen for some lunch."
"If you wait for a few minutes, I'll join you. I can cook something if you want, too."
"I'll probably just have a sandwich or salad."
"Okay. Well you can either wait for me or I'll meet you down there."
"I can wait for you."
"Cool. I just need to get a new shirt." They walk to Logan's room. He puts his sketchbook in a drawer and locks it then grabs a clean shirt and puts it on. As they walk back to the elevator, Raven speaks up.
"That must be really important to you if you lock it up."
"It is."
"Is it a photo album?"
"In a way." They go down to the kitchen for lunch. Vic is eating a pizza and Dick is putting his and Kori's dishes in the sink.
"Hey it's the new Tower couple," Dick says when Logan and Raven walk in.
Logan looks around. "Where?" he says. "I don't see anyone new."
"He is speaking of you two," Kori says brightly. "You two are now dating, yes?"
"No," Raven and Logan both say.
"But you two were dancing together and cuddling and sleeping together on the couch last night," Kori says confused.
"We're just friends, Kori," Raven says.
"We must talk about this."
"No we don't. I just want lunch right now."
"I'll make you something, Raven. Sandwich or salad?" Logan asks.
"Salad but you don't have to make it. I can do it myself."
"Go talk with Kori and I'll make your salad." Kori grabs Raven's arm and drags her out of the room before she can say anything else. Logan is getting things out to make a salad for himself and Raven. He notices Vic and Dick looking at him. "Can I help you two?"
"You sure you're not dating Raven?" Dick asks.
"Last time I checked," Logan replies.
"Do you want to?" Vic asks.
"We're just friends," says Logan.
"That didn't answer the question," Dick says.
"Come on. It's just us here. Raven will never know your answer," says Vic.
Logan starts making the salads. "Maybe."
"What kind of answer is that?" Vic says.
"My answer."
"Care to elaborate at all?" Dick asks.
"Ever since what happened with Malcolm, I've wanted to protect her. I don't know if I want to date her but I do want to keep her from getting hurt."
"Why?"
"Because she's my friend and I don't like my friends getting hurt."
"What if it was Kori instead of Raven?" Vic asks.
"Then Dick would probably be the one protecting her since they are dating."
"What if Raven had a boyfriend?"
"What if she did? The last one she had was an asshole."
"What if she had a boyfriend who didn't like you protecting her?"
"I would still keep an eye out for her. That's what friends do." He finishes making the salads after putting cheese on top of them. He puts the ingredients away and gets out salad dressing.
"I think you have a crush on her," Vic says.
"I think it's more than a crush," states Dick.
"Think whatever you want," says Logan. "Raven and I are just friends. Besides, she would never date me."
"Why wouldn't she?" asks Dick.
Logan is about to answer when he sees Raven walk back in. "I'm not answering that."
"Not answering what?" Raven says.
"Why you wouldn't date Logan," Vic says.
"Who said I wouldn't?"
"Logan," Dick says.
Raven looks at Logan, who is looking down at his salad and pouring dressing on it. She looks back at Dick. "I never said I wouldn't…"
"So you would?" Dick asks.
"Um…didn't say that either," she says while starting to blush.
Logan pushes her salad over to her. "Here's your salad. What dressing do you want?"
"Thanks. Um…whatever you have out is fine." He slides the dressing over to her. She pours it on her salad then starts to eat. Logan finishes his salad and puts his bowl and fork in the sink. He then walks out of the kitchen. Raven watches him leave. She finishes eating and takes care of her dishes. She then leaves the kitchen to try to find Logan. She goes to his room and knocks on the door. After a few moments, the door opens to reveal Logan standing there.
"Um…hi," Raven says.
"Hey," Logan replies. "Did you need something?"
"No, um…I'm just kinda embarrassed about what happened back there."
"What about what happened? They asked you a question and you answered it."
"It's just that the question was about you…and me…and us dating."
"No, the question was if you would date me. And I understand that you wouldn't. It's fine. I don't think you would."
"I never said I wouldn't date you."
"You never said you would either."
"Yeah…why do you think I wouldn't date you?"
"Do I have to answer that?"
"I would like you to but I'm not making you."
"I'm a skinny, immature kid. Who would want to date someone like that?"
"You're muscular, not skinny. And you have matured a lot since I first met you. An immature kid would not stand up for me like you do. Any girl would be lucky to date you."
"So why do girls laugh in my face when I ask them out?"
"Because they don't realize what a great guy you are. And I'm sure if they knew how muscular you are, some of them would say yes."
"So I should show them my muscles?"
"You could try wearing tighter fitting shirts to show off your muscles. The shirts you wear now hide them. I never knew you had muscles until you took your shirt off to prove to me you have muscles."
"Okay I'll try that."
"Okay."
"Do you want your massage now? I'm not doing anything right now and it doesn't look like you are either."
"Sure."
"Where do you want to be? My room, your room, couch in the living room?"
"My room is fine."
"Alright. Let's go." They walk down the hall to Raven's room and go inside. "Lay on your stomach on your bed." Raven does as he says. Logan starts massaging her shoulders and neck. "Just to let you know, I normally have people take off their shirts when I give back massages but I don't want you to be uncomfortable."
"I appreciate that. Do you give back massages often?"
"Whenever someone asks me. Doesn't happen too much but I haven't gotten any complaints." When he finishes with her shoulders and neck, he moves down to her back. He starts by her shoulder blades and works his way down. After 30 minutes of massaging, he takes his hands off her back. "How did that feel?"
"Amazing. That was the best massage I've ever had."
"That's the only massage you've ever had isn't it?"
"Yes, but it was still incredible."
"Glad you enjoyed it. Just ask whenever you want one."
"I might have to take you up on that offer." They sit in silence for a little bit until Raven breaks it. "Logan?"
"Yeah?"
"You were right about my scars. I lied about where I got them."
"I know. We already established that earlier."
"Well, I want to tell you where they came from."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Lift up my shirt to see them."
"I don't want to make you uncomfortable."
"It's okay. I'm letting you do this." Logan puts his hand on the bottom of her shirt. He slowly lifts it up, revealing the scars on her back. He lets go of her shirt when it reaches her shoulders.
"There's a lot of them."
"Yeah. Any guesses at where they came from?"
"From your dad?"
"Most of them. And from his friends."
"His friends?"
"Yeah. He would sometimes invite his friends over to beat me as well."
"What'd they do?"
"Some of the scars are from where the whipped me with their belts. Sometimes they would hit me with the buckle to inflict more pain and to draw blood. Some other scars are from where my dad used an actual whip on me. Others are from burns."
"Burns?"
"My dad would sometimes use a metal rod to beat me with. Sometimes, he would heat it up and hold it against me to burn my skin. He would also heat it up and beat me with it so I would get burned and beaten at the same time."
Logan traces his finger over a scar on her lower back that seemed to point downwards. "What's this one from?"
"One of my dad's friends. My father did not allow his friends to have sex with me because he said I was too young. He said I had to be at least 17 for that to happen. This friend of his used a knife to make a cut directing down as if he was intending to…violate me when my father allowed it. It was his reminder for me to never forget him and what he wanted to do."
"I'm sorry for that Raven."
"It's not your fault. Don't be sorry." Raven sits up and pulls her shirt down. "I told you a secret. Your turn."
"I made a deal. What secret to tell?"
"If you don't want to talk about whatever you were hiding before, can I make a suggestion to what secret you reveal?"
"Sure."
"What have you said to me in different languages? Are they different languages or the same language? Where'd you learn it?"
"Do you remember what I said to you in a different language?"
"I think 'nee stay somee' and 'ooh see coo way ma.' I probably didn't say that right."
"'Niste sami' means 'you are not alone' and 'usiku mwema' means 'good night.' It wasn't anything mean."
"I didn't think it was. I just wanted to know what it meant. What language is it?"
"It's two different languages. I'll tell you about one today. The other will be a secret for another time. Which do you want to know about?"
"Whichever you want to talk about."
"Okay, well 'usiku mwema' is Swahili. That's the language most of the people spoke in the part of Africa I lived in with my parents so that's how and where I learned it. Even after we moved back to America, we would speak it every now and then. Just for fun."
"I wish I knew more languages other than English and some Spanish."
"It's nice because you can say things and people have no idea what you are saying so you can say whatever you want. You could say 'I like cheese' and someone might think you are insulting them. It's kinda funny."
"I take it you've done that?"
"Maybe…" Logan smiles at this. "I haven't done it lately. And I never did it a lot. Just sometimes when someone made me mad and I wanted a laugh."
"Interesting way to get a laugh."
Logan shrugs. "Oh well. It helped." They sit in silence for a little bit. "So are you going to the soccer game on Saturday?"
"I haven't decided yet."
"We made it to semi-state. First time that's happened in school history."
"I don't know anything about soccer."
"You could come just to watch me."
"Are the others going?"
"I think so but I'm not sure. I'll have to ask them again."
"When's the game?"
"2. We are playing about an hour away too so you don't have to go too far either."
"Maybe if the others go."
"Please? For me?" Logan looks at her pleadingly.
"I'll do my best to be there."
"Thanks."
"If you make it to State, I promise I'll be there."
"Thanks Raven. You don't know how much that means to me."
"You're welcome." They sit there for a few more minutes in silence. Logan stands up.
"Well I still have some homework I haven't done yet so I should probably go work on that."
"Yeah probably." Raven stands up as well. "If it's pre-calc, you can come find me for help if you need it."
"I'll do what I can on my own, but don't be surprised if I need your help."
"Okay." Logan then steps forward and hugs Raven. She tries to pull away but he holds her tight against him.
He whispers in her ear. "Vi ste toliko jaka, Raven. Divim ti se za to." He releases her after saying that to her.
"What did you just say to me?"
"It wasn't mean, I promise. And it wasn't a random saying either. It actually meant something."
"Was it Swahili or your other language?"
"The other language."
"Will you tell me what you said?"
"Maybe eventually."
"What was the hug for? You know I hate hugs."
"It was because of everything you went through. I'm sorry about it. I wish it didn't happen."
"It did and can't be changed."
"I know that, but I still don't like it."
"You're not the one living with the scars."
"You're right. But I have my own scars I have to live with."
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that. I know that you had a rough past too—"
"It's okay, Raven. I'm not mad at you for saying that." Logan smiles at her. "But I do need to do my homework so I'll see you later."
"Alright. Good luck with pre-calc."
"Thanks, I'll need it." Logan leaves Raven's room after he says this. He goes to his room and grabs his book bag. He takes it over to his desk and takes out his pre-calc book and homework. He gets through most of it with little difficulty. He skips over a few problems and plans to ask Raven how to do them later. He finishes the rest of his homework then goes to the living room to play video games with Dick and Victor. They play video games for several hours, then eat, finish homework, watch TV, then go to bed since they have school/work in the morning.