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Chapter 21

The girls sat andtried to watchsome movies (they were both too excited topay attention to the movie, but neither said a word to the other) until 11:15, when the doorbell rang. Raven dashed from her seat on the couch to the door. Chelsea stood up and turned the T.V. off.

"Who is it?" Raven asked. She knew who it was, it was just force of habit to ask who was at the door.

"Oh, it's the Wicked Witch of the West." Samantha replied sarcastically. "Open up or I'm gonna drop something!"

Raven opened the door. Samantha was standing there with the book under one arm, a small cauldron hanging off the other, and two large brown paper bags in each hand. Raven grabbed a bag out of one hand and Chelsea ran over and grabbed the other.

"Wow, this is a lot of stuff!" Raven exclaimed and Samantha scoffed.

"Yeah, can you imagine walking to your house with this stuff? What, do you live on the biggest hill in San Francisco?"

"You know, I've heard that before…" Raven said her mind wandering.

"Hey, where can I put this?" Samantha asked, slowly pulling the book from under her arm.

"Oh, we can put it in the kitchen, follow me."

The three girls headed into the kitchen. Samantha put the cauldron on the stovetop range and set the book on the counter. Chelsea and Raven set the bags on the seats against the counter.

"Okay, let's get this potion in motion!" Raven said, rubbing her hands together in preparation. Both Chelsea and Samantha just stared at her.

"What?"

The girls started to un pack the supplies and put the potion together. Samantha read off the book, Chelsea added the ingredients and Raven stirred until she felt dizzy.

After thirty minutes, the potion was bubbling, a sickly green color, smelled horrible, and was ready for drinking!

"Uh…I have to drink that?" Raven asked, staring at the green substance in disgust.

"Yep." Samantha responded. "I guess it looks pretty nasty, but hey, you wanted it."

"So what, when she drinks this stuff, is she gonna like, disappear or something?" Chelsea asked, lifting a spoonful out of the cauldron and letting it slowly spill back in.

Samantha shrugged. "Well no. If anyone's supposed to disappear, I think it would be us."

"What?" Chelsea asked, suddenly afraid of just vanishing into thin air.

"Well, I mean, the whole world is going to change back to normal. When Raven drinks it, we…meaning the people we are right now, shouldn't exist any more. The Chelsea and Samantha that Raven knows will be here. But that's IF the potion works. Mr. Byrne left the shop with the potion after we said the spell and our shop is protected by magic, so I wouldn't rightly know."

Samantha put some potion in a glass using a ladle, and handed it to Raven. "Okay, so it's 11:50. In a few minutes, you'll repeat the spell after me, and then drink the potion."

"And that's it? The world changes back to normal?"

Samantha nodded. "Hey, where's your bathroom? All this stuff is making me a little nervous."

"Uh, upstairs and to the left. Are you feeling all right?"

"Yeah, I'm just going to dry heave a little and then I'll be fine." Samantha said shakily and then left the room.

Raven and Chelsea watched her go, and then they looked at each other. Raven realized then and there that she would miss this Chelsea. This Chelsea didn't exist in her world. Sure, the Chelsea she knew was great and Raven would always love her, but this Chelsea was different. This one was special. And Raven knew that she would always remember this Chelsea. This guarded, lonely, angry Chelsea who turned out to be loyal, trustworthy, and kind.

"You know, this has been the freakiest couple of days I have ever had." Chelsea said, leaning on the counter, cupping a hand underneath her chin. "But it was kind of cool."

"Yeah I guess." Raven sighed, moving over toward Chelsea. "I'm sorry that I'm basically erasing you and your life…"

Chelsea shrugged. "It's okay, I suppose. This life wasn't all that great. I think I'm much better off in your world."

Tears pooled in Raven's eyes. The one similarity that both Chelsea's had was that they were completely selfless. They would do anything for a friend. "But…I'm really going to miss you."

Raven could see the tears form in Chelsea's eyes as well.

"I-I know that you didn'twant to help me in the beginning, and you had good reason after the way that I…uh, the me in this world, treated you. But I'm really glad that you did."

"I'm glad I did too. And…I'm going to miss you too."

Raven went in for a hug, and then stopped. She knew that Chelsea didn't really enjoy the hug thing. But Chelsea nodded. "It's okay Raven."

Raven's face lit up and she hugged Chelsea tightly. Chelsea hugged back.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" A voice called from the kitchen door.

Raven and Chelsea broke apart and turned to face the voice.

"Bianca? What are you doing here?" Raven asked in a high-pitched voice.