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Chapter 6

That Friday, Raven waited by Chelsea's locker, her mind buzzing with a million ideas to cheer her best friend up. There would be a lot of shopping and tons of ice cream involved. Maybe we can skip our last class and get an early start to the mall, Raven thought as she waited.

Raven was lost in thought as Eddie appeared. "Hey Rae, any sign of Chelsea?"

"Huh? Oh, no. Not yet." Raven muttered, scanning the hallway.

"You seem a little distracted. What's up?"

"I'm just worried about Chels. I was trying to think of ways to cheer her up."

Raven watched as Eddie opened his mouth to say something, only to stop.

"Eddie, what is it?" Raven asked, turning to see what Eddie was staring at.

"I don't think Chels is gonna need much cheering up." Eddie stated flatly, motioning down the hall.

Raven narrowed her eyes to focus on the two oncoming figures, and then gasped. It was Jason and Chelsea. Jason has his arm draped around Chelsea's shoulders and Chelsea was laughing sweetly as they walked. They looked like the happiest couple, which was totally wrong!

Both Raven and Eddie stared wide-eyed at Chelsea as she rounded the corner and past them to her locker.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Chelsea said cheerily.

Jason whispered something in her ear and she giggled. Raven and Eddie stared on still. Raven suddenly snapped from her trance and moved in closer to Chelsea.

"Hi Jason. How ya doing? Fine? That's great. Listen, we need to speak to Chelsea for a minute if you don't mind."

"I uh…" Jason tried but was cut off.

"That's great thanks. Chelsea will only be a moment, thank you!" Raven said in her sweetest voice. Chelsea just stared at Raven.

Jason shook his head. "Okay. I'll see you in a little while." He said and then kissed a beaming Chelsea on the cheek.

"Okay, bye!" Chelsea said, staring at Jason's retreating form. Then, she turned back to Raven and Eddie. "Wow Rae, could we have possibly been a little more subtle?"

"Girl, what are you doing?" Raven asked, worried.

"Did you forget our little convo last night?" Eddie asked, finally getting over his surprise.

"Oh yeah. I called Jason after you guys left and he promised not to drink and drive on our date. So, it's all okay."

"No it isn't." Raven exclaimed, exasperated.

"Why not?"

"Because you don't know that he won't drink again."

"He promised me. 'Scout's honor.'"

"Okay fine. So he won't drink on Saturday. You plan on going on more than one date with this guy right? What if he drinks then?"

"He won't."

"What makes you so sure?" Eddie chimed in.

"Why are you guys trying to bum me out?"

"We're not. We're trying to help you." Raven argued.

Chelsea shook her head. "No, you're trying to ruin this for me. You know, it's bad enough you snuck into his house Lola, Juan, without even telling me…"

"We aren't trying to ruin anything for you Chelsea, but your life could be in danger if you go out with this guy and he gets drunk! We are trying to protect you!" Raven yelled.

"And I appreciate it Rae, but I don't need your protection. You know, I'm not a little kid. I can make my own decisions."

"Well, obviously you can't make the right ones." Raven said, crossing her arms in anger.

"Raven." Eddie soothed, trying to calm her down. He turned to Chelsea. "We just don't want to see you get hurt."

Chelsea bit her lip, hurt by Raven's comment. "You're wrong Raven. Jason told me that I was important to him; so important that he wouldn't drink when he was with me. Now I know that you care about me, but you have to trust me."

"I trust you," Eddie said quickly. "It's Jason I don't trust."

"You don't have to trust Jason guys. You're not going out with him. I am. And I trust him okay?"

Fuming and frustrated, Raven yelled irrationally, "You know what, I don't care what you do. If you want to go out with Jason, that's fine. But don't come crying to me when he breaks your heart girl, because I warned you."

"Okay now." Eddie said, shocked at Raven's exclamation.

Chelsea's forehead wrinkled in pain and tears formed in her eyes. "Don't worry Raven, I won't…and you won't have to be bothered with me ever again!"

With that, Chelsea ran down the hallway. Eddie turned to Raven. "What the hell were you thinking?"

Raven uncrossed her arms and shrugged her shoulders, regretting what she said almost instantly. "I don't know. It just came out."

Eddie shook his head, not knowing what to say. Raven put her face in her hands and let out a loud, shaky sigh.

"I think I just lost my best friend."