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Chapter 5
Eddie examined the candle, looking closely at it as if it were a clue to something. Raven and Chelsea sat on Raven's bed, staring at Eddie.
"What are you doing?" Raven asked.
"It looks like an ordinary birthday candle to me." Eddie said, giving it back to Raven.
"That's because it is Eddie. Samantha just gave it to me because I told her it was my birthday."
"Well, you never know Rae. Maybe it is magical." Chelsea stated. "What would you wish for?"
"Well, I would wish to be normal…"
"Why? Rae, you're visions…" Chelsea began, but Raven cut her off.
"Get us into trouble a lot and get me into trouble a whole lot."
"Your vision saved my life yesterday." Eddie said.
"Your visions may get us into trouble. But they also get us out of trouble a lot of the time." Chelsea chimed in.
"Yeah well, my visions got me into this mess. I'm the school freak as soon as Serena prints that article. I just want to be normal guys. I don't want to be psychic anymore."
Chelsea and Eddie didn't respond. They didn't know what to say. Instead, they just draped their arms around Raven's shoulders and squeezed. Raven smiled.
Suddenly, Corey was at the door. "Raven, Mom and Dad want you downstairs."
"Why?"
"Because, there is a group of kids outside waiting for you to tell them their futures and Mom caught me charging admission."
"Oh no." Raven yelled, getting up and running down the stairs.
As soon as Raven hit the bottom of the stairway, Tanya came running over. "Raven, what is going on? There are kids outside telling us that they want you to predict their future. Your father is out there chasing them away. Is there something I should know?"
Raven sighed. "Yes. Mom, yesterday I had a vision that Eddie was going to get hit by a car. So, I saved him, but in doing that, I accidentally exposed myself."
"Oh honey." Tanya said sympathetically, pulling Raven into a hug.
"Yeah, and now Serena, that reporter girl, is writing an article about me. It's already all over school. I don't know what to do."
"Okay, don't worry. We'll figure something out."
Victor opened the door and walked in, yelling at the kids from the frame. "Okay now. You all go home and don't come back!"
Victor closed the door and turned to Tanya and Raven. "What is going on?"
"Are you sure everyone's gone?"
"Yeah, I think so. Rae, how does everyone know that you're psychic?"
"I'll explain it to you later, Victor. Right now, we have to figure out what to do. We have to see how far this has gotten and what we can do to stop it in its tracks." Tanya said firmly, standing up and taking action.
Tanya gave Raven one more hug. "It'll be okay honey. I promise."
"Thanks Mom, Dad." Raven said as they walked off, discussing what they could do to fix the situation.
Just then, Eddie and Chelsea came down the stairs. "Hey, Rae, is everything okay?" Chelsea said cautiously.
Raven nodded, and then shook her head. Then, she began to cry. "I don't think it's ever going to be okay."
"Oh Raven, don't say that. Your parents will figure something out." Chelsea said, wrapping Raven into a tight but comforting hug.
"Yeah. If anyone can get you out of this, Mr. and Mrs. B can. You're parents are the smartest people I know." Eddie said encouragingly.
"They are. Like, way smarter than my parents." Chelsea said quickly and Raven smiled. "So, don't worry. Today's your birthday! You should just enjoy it!"
Eddie nodded and then he reached into his coat. "I almost forgot! I know that it's Chelsea's thing to make your presents, but I couldn't help myself."
Eddie handed Raven a thin, square present. Raven already knew what it was when she opened it. It was a C.D. "Thanks…Eddie."
"I burned all of your favorite songs on there. I know it isn't much, but I hope you like it."
"Oh, I love it. Thank you Eddie." Raven hugged Eddie tightly. "You guys are the best friends a girl could have." Raven said, pulling Chelsea into the hug.
"No worries Rae. Happy Birthday."
When the hug ended, Chelsea clasped her hands together. "So, what do you wanna do now?"
Raven shrugged. "If it's alright with you guys, I just wanna be alone."
"Oh Rae, are you sure?" Chelsea said, not really wanting to leave her friend alone.
Raven nodded.
"Okay Rae, if that's what you want." Eddie said. "We'll…see you later."
Eddie and Chelsea reluctantly left and Raven went back upstairs.
Raven spent the rest of her birthday up in her room, listening to the CD that Eddie made her and fiddling with the charm bracelet that Chelsea made. Her parents hadn't even dropped by to see how she was doing and Corey well, he was just Corey.
That night, when everyone else had gone to bed, Raven traveled into the kitchen. She couldn't sleep and wanted to make a cup of tea. She hadn't even changed into pajamas.
There it was, staring her in the face. A beautiful chocolate birthday cake with crimson colored flowers and icing that read, "Happy Birthday Raven."
Raven smiled inwardly. Her father must've spent hours making that cake, and they had forgotten all about it because of her problem. Reaching into her pocket, Raven took out the "magic" birthday candle.
"Well, it couldn't hurt to try."
Looking at it and then at the cake, she walked over to a drawer and grabbed a box of matches. Gently pushing the candle between the "R" and the "T," Raven lit the candle and closed her eyes.
She thought about wishing that she hadn't exposed her secret that day, but that didn't mean that she wouldn't get caught another time. It would be best if she just wished that she was never psychic at all.
"I wish that I was never psychic. I was that I was normal and to always be normal."
Then, Raven blew out her candle.
Opening her eyes, Raven looked around. Nothing seemed different and she didn't feel different. Sighing loudly, taking the candle out of the cake, Raven spoke aloud to herself. "Well, so much for 'magic.'"
Then, she tossed the candle into the garbage and went to bed.
That very same night, a small, almost unnoticeable white ring rippled through San Francisco. And even though it couldn't be seen, it changed the entire world in a blink.