Chapter 9
Oh, I'm going to see how many songs I can put into this chapter, so none of them belong to me. I'm going to put them in random places where the lyrics (of at least the chorus) relate to what's just been said. If they didn't I probably wouldn't be sitting here writing this, but instead I'd be out there spending the money I had received from selling all of the copies of my CDs. Ok, now that that's done, I'll get onto writing the story.
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"Oh my Gandhi, are you serious?" Terra asked
"Yeah, serious as hell." Raven replied.
"Wow I thought you two hated each other." Terra said confused
"Robin's grown on me since Jason and I broke up." Raven said
"Oh, I get it." Terra said
"You're such a blonde." Raven informed her cousin
"Thanks, I love you too. But I got some money from mom and Dad, I've already called Jinx let's go shopping." Terra said
"Okay, let's get dinner too because I thought I heard your mom saying something about tuna surprise." Raven said
"Oh good idea." Terra agreed
"Of course it is." Raven replied
Ten minutes later, Jinx pulled into the driveway, and then they were off to the mall.
While they were there, they all went to their usually stores. Raven to Hot Topic, Jinx to her thrift and second hand shops, and American Eagle for Terra to get her clothes. After they got some new clothes, they went and got sunglasses for the summer (which was still about 7 months away) because they were on sale for 50 percent off. Terra bought a new movie for them to watch on Friday to continue their tradition that they had started about 2 months ago when school started. For dinner, instead of going to a restaurant they went to the food court because none of them could decide on one thing for dinner.
"Mom, we're home." Terra said as she walked into the house and put her bags down.
"Oh good, dinner's on the table now." Mrs. Montgomery said.
"What's for dinner?" Raven asked
"Tuna surprise." Mr. Montgomery said with a hint of save-me-please in his voice.
"Oh, that's alright, we got dinner at the mall." Terra said
"Is Jinx going to stay for a while?" Mrs. Montgomery asked
"No, she's left already." Raven replied
"Oh, okay, well I suspect that we won't be seeing the two of you for the rest of the night, so good night." Mrs. Montgomery said
"Goodnight" Raven and Terra chorused
They both went into their own rooms and put their new clothes away and when Raven was about to sign onto instant messenger, Terra came into her room to talk with her instead.
"Hey Raven." Terra said as she came in and plopped onto Raven's extremely soft bed.
"What's up Terra?" Raven asked
"Nothing just thinking." Terra replied
"About what?" Raven questioned
"I don't know, just what things would turn out like if you and Robin started dating." Terra said
"Wow, now my love life is your business is yours too?" Raven asked jokingly
"Yeah, I mean, come on, fill me in on all that gossip Raven!" Terra replied also joking.
"So, you want to know what I think things would turn out like?" Raven asked
"Yes, I do." Terra replied
"Well, I think that if we were to start dating, things would be like Jason and I, but I don't think that Robin would push stuff 'unknowingly' like Jason did. One thing that I think would be different too is that instead of thinking about our, well our 'physical' relationship, Robin would think more about my feelings and what I think about certain subjects." Raven said
"Good, that's what I was hoping for, because the whole time you were dating Jason, whenever I saw you with him, it didn't seem like you guys clicked in just the right way. I mean like you and Robin do." Terra said
"Yeah, I thought that too." Raven told Terra truthfully.
"So, do you think that you and Robin are going to end up going out?" Terra asked
"Only if Robin gets enough courage to ask me out." Raven said, "Because you know me, I do it the old fashion way, I have to wait for him to ask me."
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I heard you crying loud,
all the way across town
You've been searching for that someone,
and it's me out on the prowl
As you sit around feeling sorry for yourself
Don't get lonely now
Dry your whining eyes
I'm just roaming for the moment
Sleazin' my back yard so don't get so uptight
you been thinking about ditching me
No time to search the world around
Cause you know where I'll be found
When I come around
I heard it all before
So don't knock down my door
I'm a loser and a user so I don't need no accuser
to try and slag me down because I know I'm right
So go do what you like
Make sure you do it wise
You may find out that your self doubt means nothing
was ever there
You can't go forcing something if it's just
not right
No time to search the world around
Cause you know where I'll be found
When I come around
When I come around
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"I know, and I think that's right. Especially with you because if you were to ask them out, then you don't know if they're just saying yes because you're hot or if they really like you." Terra said
"Yeah, I know." Raven replied
"I'm glad that you expect something to happen so you don't get blind sided by it later on." Terra said.
"Yeah, I've got things that you don't even want to hear out expected." Raven said
"You're probably right; I don't want to hear about it. But I'm going to go to bed. Good night Raven, see you in the morning." Terra said
"Good night Terra, don't let the disturbing thoughts of what I might have planned keep you up." Raven said purposely trying to get her cousin to think about it for her own amusement.
The next day at school, Jason came up to Raven to talk to her.
"Raven, I realize what I did was really stupid and I was hoping that you might give me another chance to be a better boyfriend." Jason said
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And I wonder day to day
I don't like you anyway
I don't need your shit today
You pathetic in your own way
I feel for you
better fuckin' go away
I will behave
I'm doing the best I ever did
I'm doing the best that I can
Now go away
I don't need to fantasize
You are my pets all the time
I don't mind if you go blind
You get what you get
Until you're through with my life
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"Sorry Jason, you broke my heart once and now I'm over you. You used your one chance and unless you come up with something really good, I don't think you'd ever be my boyfriend again." Raven told him.
"Oh." Was all Jason could manage. He watched her walk down the hall as he mentally kicked himself for breaking up with Raven.
Nobody seemed to even know about Raven's conversation with Jason in the hall that morning. It seemed as is the whole school was completely naïve that morning or at least for first period and they all thought that it was a normal conversation between Jason and Raven. So by lunch time, Raven hadn't heard any rumors that she and Jason were back together of anything. So her day was very enjoyable.
"Hey guys." Raven said as she set her lunch down on the table and pulled out her chair.
"Hey Raven." Everyone managed between chewing and talking.
"Jason came up to me before first period and he wanted us to be a couple again." Raven said
"He did? What a moron." Terra said
"What did you say?" Jinx asked
"I said no, I mean Robin and I have finally smoothed things over and so we don't absolutely hate each other," Raven said, and then she leaned forward to finish her sentence, "and now that I've thought about it, I wouldn't mind him being my boyfriend."
"Wow, I could have sworn just about a week ago you would have done anything for Robin to be killed or found dead somehow." Jinx said
"Yeah, but that was before you went onto the chat room that Robin and his friends were in and he got my screen name and I started talking to him." Raven replied
"Oh, so that's how this got started. You and Robin were IMing each other." Jinx said
"Sure." Raven replied, and that's where the conversation ended because they had better things to talk about.
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'Well, I figured out the clues, so I have to go talk to her.' Robin thought.
"Raven, I figured out the clues you gave me." Robin said as he came up to Raven by her locker as she was packing her backpack up to leave school at the beginning of study hall.
"Oh you did, did you? Well, I figured yours out too." Raven replied
"So, now that we both know who the other person is, would you like to go with me to Queen's Lounger after school today? I mean, after school for me, not you. My parents won't sign the damned slip." Robin said
"Sure, you want to meet me up there at about five?" Raven asked
"Sounds good." Robin said
"See you Robin." Raven said
"Bye Raven, see you at five." Robin replied as he watched Raven climb into Jinx's car.
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A/N: the next chapter: Their First 'Date'. I promise.