By 7 o'clock that Tuesday night, Raven burst open the living room door and found her family sitting together on the couch, watching their television.

She'd gone through way too much trouble to find her way out of that hospital, and then she had to find a way back home. She couldn't find a bus for twenty minutes! She was so glad to be home now, safe and sound.

"RAVEN! Honey!" Mrs. Baxter jumped up from the couch and scooted over to where Raven stood at the front door. Her mother gave her a warm hug that Raven actually liked.

"Where were you, young lady?" Mr. Baxter asked, getting up, too, from the sofa.

"Oh, well, it's a long story!" Raven laughed it off. She for some reason wanted to pass the subject and get to her homework and eat her dinner.

"Good, Raven! We all like long stories!" Corey piped up, still sitting on the couch. He wasn't facing her, his eyes were too glued to the television set.

"Okay. Ummm…well, I was going to walk Corey home earlier today after school."

"Why would I want to walk home with you!" Corey burst out. His eyes continued to stick to the TV, but his face was angry.

"Hey, it's not like I wanted to walk home with you, either!" Raven flashed back at her little brother.

"Then why'd you show up today?" Corey growled.

"Why? Because I HAVE to! I wouldn't if I didn't have to!" Raven lied.

"HEY! Okay, this is enough!" Mr. Baxter interrupted. "Go, on, Raven. Why else were you this late?" His voice was comforting, but at the same time very serious and disappointed.

"I went to the hospital."

Mrs. Baxter looked at her in great shock and dragged Raven into a humungous hug.

"Honey, what happened? Are you okay?" Mrs. Baxter asked, still holding her daughter like a grizzly bear holds it's cubs when a stranger approaches.

"I'm fine! Chelsea's the one hurt! She's in the hospital 'cause some dog bit her up at the animal shelter."

"No kidding! Is she okay?" Mrs. Baxter released her child, and Raven took a big gulp of air to revive her squished lungs.

"Oh, no! That's horrible!" Her dad said in surprise.

After she continued her story on poor Chelsea's attack, she ate dinner, took a shower, did her homework and was asleep by 9:30. And, boy, she sure slept like a baby!

The next morning, when Raven was walking Corey to school, it was silent. Currently, they both hated each other. Corey was still bothered with how Raven embarrassed him so bad the day before, and Raven was just angry with him in general. They hadn't said one thing to each other all morning, and they didn't plan to for the rest of their lives.

As they walked, Raven's mind was whisked out of the present and sent to the future. A vision. A disturbing one, too.

Corey steps into the street at the intersection when Raven is looking the other way. A car comes racing at top, accelerated speed and slams into her brother. It's a mess. It's bad. Corey lies dead in the street.

Quickly, Raven was sent back to the present, just in time to see Corey take one step into the road. OH NO! She hears the rumble of the car about to fling itself around the corner. OH NO!

"Corey!" Raven screamed.

"Ugh! Raven, can't you ever let me do anything by myself? Oh, I'm sorry, I'm walking in the street without you holding my hand!" Corey scowled.

Frantically, Raven watched the car speed around the corner like in her vision and it was coming right at Corey, also like in her vision. Corey stopped in his tracks and looked at the sporty car flashing towards him.

Raven stepped into the street and with amazing strength, hurled her brother on the sidewalk. The car raced by where Corey was standing one second after. It all happened to fast. Raven felt faint.

"Corey! You're all right!" Raven cheered.

For once, Corey looked right into his big sister's eyes and then gave her a huge hug.

"Raven, you saved me!" Corey said, his face buried into his sister's autumn jacket.

Raven hugged him back, so glad that he was fine.

"I had a vision, Corey. That you died just then. Getting run over by that car."

Corey stopped hugging his sister and just smiled. He had totally forgotten that he was being cradled by his sister in public. The school was across the street from where all this action had happened. He saw his buddies snickering at him for hugging his sister, but he didn't mind today. His sister saved his life.

"Thank you so much!" He cried, and hugged her once more.

Raven was so glad to have Corey alive, and forgave him for the eavesdropping and everything else he had done.

She walked him across the street; making sure that this time he would make it across safely.

Corey walked into the schoolyard, and waved goodbye to Raven and thanked her once more.

He spotted his friends and walked over to them. They were all standing around the front steps.

"Hey, guys! What's up?" Corey asked his buds.

"Nothing! We were just watching you hug your big sis goodbye!" Todd answered.

"Yeah, what's with that?" Justin asked, with a mean laugh.

"Your sister is way too lame for you, Corey. Don't get all mushy with her." Dillon added.

"Hey, I don't know if you knew this, but my sister just saved my life! I almost died just now!" Corey said, his voice loud with anger.

"Oooh! Like brother, like sister!" Todd said, and the gang cracked up.

"What ever, guys. I think you are the ones here that are lame. I'm sick of you picking on me. That's so annoying, ya know." Corey spitted.

"Oh, is it really annoying? Poor Corey. Don't worry! Big sister Raven will make it all better!" Justin cooed in a baby voice.

"What ever, guys. I'm ditching you."

With that, Corey walked away and found his old friend, who was sitting on the outside step reading a book about space. He'd passed up this friend when he noticed Todd, Justin, and Dillon (the cool boys in the school)

"Hi William!" Corey said, sitting next to his old pal.

William adjusted his new glasses and smiled.

"Hi Corey!"

"What do you got there?" Corey asked, pointing to William's book on space.

"Oh, this thing? It's about the Universe. Doesn't the Universe just dazzle your brain?" William asked.

"Yeah, it's crazy big!" Corey added.

With that, Corey looked up at the clouds, glad that he could actually take another look at them. He realized then how lucky he was to be alive. How lucky he was to have a sister like Raven.