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Chapter 7

School was, to say the least, awkward. When Raven, Bianca, Muffy and Loca arrived, students flocked to safety. People dodged out of their way as if they were dodging bullets. Raven had never seen anything like it. It made her uncomfortable that she could instill this much fear into the hearts of her peers.

Her morning appointment with Martin Lewis made Raven feel even worse. The boy stood in the girl's bathroom presenting a "suitable" lunch money payment plan that included monthly installments with interest.

Raven tried to tell the poor kid that she didn't want his money, but Bianca stepped in and worked out all the details. Even if Raven was their "leader" in this world, she didn't seem to have any realpower over them.

Trying to get away from her, "posse" was harder than Raven imagined. After looking at her schedule, Raven assessed that she must be the worst student ever. All of her classes were remedial and the way the teachers acted, she had been there for more than one year. Plus, there wasn't one class that Muffy, Loca or Bianca didn't have with her.

It was sixth period and Raven hadn't seen Chelsea or Eddie anywhere. Figuring it would be the only way to escape her crew, Raven raised her hand in the middle of Ms. DePaulo's very condescending lecture.

"What is it Raven?" DePaulo hissed in a more bitter tone than usual.

"Um, may I go to the bathroom?" Raven asked shakily, afraid that DePaulo was going to yell.

Instead, Ms. DePaulo seemed surprised. Raising her eyebrow and walking to her desk, she said, "Well, you're actually asking for the pass? This is new; usually you just get up and leave the room."

Raven got up as Ms. DePaulo pulled out the bathroom pass. "Thanks."

"Please Raven; are you trying to give me a heart attack?" DePaulo said, shocked by Raven's politeness.

Raven shook her head and left the room. She could feel the eyes of Bianca, Muffy, Loca and the rest of the class burning holes into the back of her head.

"Maybe I can call Chels and see where she is." Raven said, walking toward the payphones by the lunchroom.

Searching her pockets, Raven realized that she didn't have any change. Someone passed to her left and she called out to them. "Hey, excuse me, do you have any change…"

Raven was suddenly bombarded with dollars and change. She didn't even realize that the person had thrown all the money they had at her the minute she said, "Hey," and then ran away screaming.

"Man, all I wanted was a quarter." Raven mumbled, picking one up off the floor.

Depositing the money and quickly dialing Chelsea's cell phone number, Raven waited impatiently for Chelsea to pick up.

What she got was the voicemail. "This is Chelsea, leave a message and I'll get back to you if I feel like it." BEEP.

That was a little more punky than Raven thought Chelsea could be. Maybe she was different too. "Um, hey Chels, this is Rae. Give me a call back girl because I need your help."

Then Raven hung up. She picked up another quarter off the ground and dialed Eddie's number. She got the voicemail there too.

"Yo, you've reached E.T.'s cell. Leave a message and I'll holla back at y'all."

"Hey Eddie, it's me. I need your help so give me a call. Bye."

Raven hung up again, sighing loudly. Maybe Eddie and Chelsea weren't her friends. Hopefully she didn't bully them like she seemed to bully everyone else. Though, it was a definite possibility in this world.

Raven headed back to class, hoping that her friends could help her out, if they were indeed her friends. She had this sinking feeling that things were very, very wrong in this world.