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Chapter 14

"What are you doing?" Bianca asked roughly and Raven flinched. She had a sudden impulse to say "Ow, ow, ow, ow…" but she held it back.

"What are you guys doing here…out of school?" Raven asked nervously.

"We were coming to visit you. What are you doing?" Bianca said again.

"I thought you said you were sick." Muffy said and Raven noticed a small brown paper bag in her arms.

Raven looked at them and then suddenly began to cough uncontrollably. After the hacking ceased, Raven said. "Oh, yes, yes I am sick. I-I-I just went out to get myself some medicine!"

"Where's the medicine then?" Bianca asked, suspicious.

Raven looked at her hands as if the medicine would magically appear. She had to think quickly. "Oh-oh! Oh no!" Raven put a hand to her forehead. "I have a fever, I must be delirious. I thought I got medicine...mommy, I don't want to go to school yet!"

Raven walked in circles for a few seconds, mumbling "Mommy."

The three girls stared at her.

"Well, I better…go home, bye!" Raven was about to run away when Loca called out to her.

"Hey wait!"

Raven turned, praying silently that they would just leave her alone.

"We got you some chicken soup." Loca said, taking the brown paper bag from Muffy and handing it to Raven.

"Oh…thank you." Raven said, and then broke out into another fit of fake coughs.

"I gotta go." Raven said, sniffling. Then, she practically ran away.

"Okay, feel better!" Muffy called to Raven, who didn't respond. "Wow, do you guys think it's serious?" She said worriedly.

"Oh it's serious all right." Bianca said. "Raven's not sick. She's lying to us."

"You think?" Loca asked, her eyebrows moved up in surprise.

"Oh, I know." Bianca stated. "She's been acting weird since yesterday. There's something going on with her, and we're gonna find out what it is."

"How do we do that?" Muffy asked, grabbing her pen and flipping open her notebook, getting ready to take notes.

"We're gonna spy on her, and find out what secret she's keeping."

Muffy and Loca smiled, but then Loca frowned. "Hey, isn't this kind of wrong? Spying on the boss and all?"

"It's for her own good Loca." Bianca said sternly. "Now, let's go."

Bianca led the way with Muffy and Loca trailing behind her. If Raven had seen it, she would have thought she was back in her own world.