Raven picked up the cell phone from her passenger seat of her silver Jeep
Liberty, and deftly dialed with her long pink fingernails.
"Hello?" a voice very familiar to Raven answered.
"Hey, Christina!"
"Oh, hi, Ravey! What's up?"
"Oh, you know, same old same old. So, are we still on for today?"
"You know it! I was just about to 'go to your place'!" Christina said
sarcastically, and then burst into giggles.
"Well, I'm on my way now," Raven said. Suddenly, a nasty feeling
embedded itself into her stomach. It struck Raven by surprise. She and
Christina had covered for each other tons of times. Why was today
different?
"Hey, Christina, you wanna meet for cappuccino at the Recovery Room
first? I mean, we haven't talked in awhile."
"Sure......why not?" Christina agreed, confused. The urgency in
Raven's voice made her response necessary.
"All right- see you there in five- bye!"
"Later!"
Raven beeped off the phone and tossed it back into the seat. What's
up with me? she thought. I'm not getting a guilty conscience now, am I?
She couldn't have imagined why sneaking off to see Danny would suddenly feel so wrong now. She'd been doing so for more than a year. She and Christina would lie for each other, saying they were going to one another's houses, and then they'd go out with their boyfriends (Christina was seeing Michael Corinthos). It wasn't really that bad. Raven and Christina were not bad girls. Ali and Jamal knew that Raven was dating Danny. They simply didn't like her with him all the time, so they restricted her quite aptly. On the other hand, Lucy and Kevin were unaware of Christina's relationship. But Raven knew that, too. She and Christina told each other everything. Even though Christina was three years older at nineteen, they were best friends. They'd known one another since Raven's birth, Lucy having taken young mother Alison under her wing.
Raven was jolted from her thoughts as the front bumper of her Liberty knocked over the trash cans in front of The Recovery Room. "Dammit!" Raven cursed as she hopped out and righted them. She brushed her hands off on her black capris and upon seeing Christina's car in the parking lot, sauntered in.
"Hey!" Christina greeted her cheerfully from a table in the back. She grinned her pretty smile. Christina was also very pretty, with shoulder length brown curls and big blue eyes. She looked more and more like her real parents everyday. However, Kevin and Lucy didn't mention that. Christina Collins was unaware that she was actually Christina Scanlon, the daughter of Frank and Julie. She had found it odd, though, how Frank always looked at her so paternally, and was always so kind to her. She spent alot of time with Frank and his family. He and Karen had married and had two girls: Sascha, fourteen, and Anastasia, ten. Actually, Sascha was actually Ricky Garza's, the cute bartender at The Recovery Room. Sascha had been the result of Karen and Ricky's short romance. Ricky had wanted to be a part of her life, but he knew that Karen wanted to be with Frank, and so he'd let go, and Sascha had never known.
"Hi!" Raven returned the greeting, trying to muster up adequate cheer of her own. She winked at Ricky, the cute bartender, who was wiping off the counter. Raven sat down across from Christina, who was sipping a vanilla cappuccino. "I thought you were meeting Danny," she said between slurps. "Yeah, I was, but he's practicing at Livvie and Jack's right now," Raven said quickly. "So? That's never stopped you before. You've been over there with him tons of times. Jack and Livvie don't know that your Mom doesn't want you to see him so much," Christina pointed out. "Well, I just wanted to see my best friend today, all right!?" Raven exclaimed exasperated. Christina sat her cup down. "Down, Killer! I was just asking!" she said, miffed. "I'm sorry, I just don't feel so good this morning," Raven said with a wave of her hand. Christina picked her cup up again and resumed drinking. "Yeah, me either. Something must be going around." "Yeah, maybe," Raven said absently. She was lost in thought again, wondering what had given her this uneasy feeling. She had to find out for herself. She had to go to Livvie & Jack's; she had to see Danny.
She couldn't have imagined why sneaking off to see Danny would suddenly feel so wrong now. She'd been doing so for more than a year. She and Christina would lie for each other, saying they were going to one another's houses, and then they'd go out with their boyfriends (Christina was seeing Michael Corinthos). It wasn't really that bad. Raven and Christina were not bad girls. Ali and Jamal knew that Raven was dating Danny. They simply didn't like her with him all the time, so they restricted her quite aptly. On the other hand, Lucy and Kevin were unaware of Christina's relationship. But Raven knew that, too. She and Christina told each other everything. Even though Christina was three years older at nineteen, they were best friends. They'd known one another since Raven's birth, Lucy having taken young mother Alison under her wing.
Raven was jolted from her thoughts as the front bumper of her Liberty knocked over the trash cans in front of The Recovery Room. "Dammit!" Raven cursed as she hopped out and righted them. She brushed her hands off on her black capris and upon seeing Christina's car in the parking lot, sauntered in.
"Hey!" Christina greeted her cheerfully from a table in the back. She grinned her pretty smile. Christina was also very pretty, with shoulder length brown curls and big blue eyes. She looked more and more like her real parents everyday. However, Kevin and Lucy didn't mention that. Christina Collins was unaware that she was actually Christina Scanlon, the daughter of Frank and Julie. She had found it odd, though, how Frank always looked at her so paternally, and was always so kind to her. She spent alot of time with Frank and his family. He and Karen had married and had two girls: Sascha, fourteen, and Anastasia, ten. Actually, Sascha was actually Ricky Garza's, the cute bartender at The Recovery Room. Sascha had been the result of Karen and Ricky's short romance. Ricky had wanted to be a part of her life, but he knew that Karen wanted to be with Frank, and so he'd let go, and Sascha had never known.
"Hi!" Raven returned the greeting, trying to muster up adequate cheer of her own. She winked at Ricky, the cute bartender, who was wiping off the counter. Raven sat down across from Christina, who was sipping a vanilla cappuccino. "I thought you were meeting Danny," she said between slurps. "Yeah, I was, but he's practicing at Livvie and Jack's right now," Raven said quickly. "So? That's never stopped you before. You've been over there with him tons of times. Jack and Livvie don't know that your Mom doesn't want you to see him so much," Christina pointed out. "Well, I just wanted to see my best friend today, all right!?" Raven exclaimed exasperated. Christina sat her cup down. "Down, Killer! I was just asking!" she said, miffed. "I'm sorry, I just don't feel so good this morning," Raven said with a wave of her hand. Christina picked her cup up again and resumed drinking. "Yeah, me either. Something must be going around." "Yeah, maybe," Raven said absently. She was lost in thought again, wondering what had given her this uneasy feeling. She had to find out for herself. She had to go to Livvie & Jack's; she had to see Danny.