Chapter 2
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"Oh no, I could leave you alone, I don't want to be a bother."

"Your not, it's OK, I just came out here to get away from all the noise." He gave her a sly
smile and she smiled back. She didn't know why he didn't smile more, he was pretty cute
when he did.

"Yeah, I come out here to get away from the noise too. It's a great place to work if you
can stand all the screaming fans." Raven smiled at her, he was actually listening to her.

"Um, there's a bench over there if you want to sit down." He nodded and followed her to
the bench. He sat beside her and looked intently at her. She shivered a bit and he started to
take off his leather jacket.

"No, no, I'm fine, really."

"No your not, just take it, it's all right."

She smiled and wrapped the cool leather around her, she was instantly warm. She
snuggled into the jacket and glanced back over at him.

"Thank you Raven."

"No problem." Jade. He stared at her name tag, he could barely see it under his jacket. She
looked pretty good in all that leather. He noticed her staring at his tattoos. He smiled and
rolled his sleeves up so she could get a better look.

"What's the one on your right shoulder mean?"

"It was the cover of a Neil Young album called 'Rust Never Sleeps'." He really liked that
one, he's glad she asked him about that one first.

"I see you got a thing for Egyptian history." He looked rather shocked at that, not many
people actually caught what they all meant.

"Yeah I do. How'd you know?"

She giggled softly, "I love Egyptian culture, watch I'll show you, the pentagram on your
left arm, that came originally from Thebian Egypt, and that Sun on your right forearm,
symbolizes the Egyptian sungod Ra, And that Ankh on your finger means life. Am I
right?"

Raven was impressed. Not many people actually took the time to really notice his tattoos.
She missed one so he decided this was his turn to explain. He turned so she got a good
look at his left forearm.

"See this barbed wire? I got his after a match with The Sandman in ECW in '96, where the
ring ropes were removed and replaced with strands of barbed wire wrapped around the
ring in their place. It was pretty intense."

Jade's eyes grew rather wide, "Didn't that hurt?"

Raven's eyes grew mischievous, "I like pain."

She raised an eyebrow and smiled at him. "How long will you be in New York?"

"Well, I got a week off so I guess I'd stay around for a week, that is if you don't mind me
staying around here for a week."

She grinned widely, "No, I'd love it." He just stared into her eyes, he wanted to ask her
more, like did she have a boyfriend, but all he wanted to do was stare at her lovely eyes.
Their silence was interrupted by the backdoor swinging open.

"JADE! Get in here and help me!"

"Sorry Johnny! I'm coming!" Jade stood quickly and looked back at Raven.

"I'm working tomorrow, come by after 8, thats when I get off."

"All right, I'll come get ya then."

"Bye Raven."

"Bye Jade, oh and one more thing."

Jade turned slowly and gave Raven a curious look. "What?"

"Call me Scott."
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TBC