Warren sat in the same position for maybe an hour and a half until finally Raven began to stir. He looked over and saw Raven trying to sit up, but she gave a sharp yelp and lay back down.

" Raven?" Warren slowly rose and walked towards her. God forbid if Raven is still pissed Raven opened her weakened eyes and looked at him.

" What do you want?" she snapped. She had the look of betrayal and pain in her eyes. Warren didn't know what to do or say. He only knew that he felt terrible for nearly killing his best friend.

" Listen I'm sorry. I didn't mean…" he was cut off by Raven's curler words.

" Don't give me your bull shit about being sorry Warren. I swear if I ever hear you say that your sorry to me again, I'll barbecue you." She finally summoned the strength to get up. " You love her so much why are you here?"

" Raven I said I was." Raven's dark eyes turned the dangerous pale blue. " Listen if I would've known you hated Ice so much then I might've talk to her about it." Warren felt brave and sat down beside her.

" O that's bull. The stunt that she pulled yesterday wasn't enough to open your eyes? Not even a little…? Well this is the thing Warren. If you only care for Ice, then good for you and her. You deserve each other, but I will not be part of it. And I'm not going to out up with Ice's shit anymore!" Warren felt the pressure build up inside him. It wasn't rage either. He looked at her.

" You mean.. you hate me now?" he knew if the answer was yes, he would lose his macho control. Raven thought hard on it. She thought about what would happen if she and Warren never spoke to each other again. She knew it would take forever to get over him, but after all the work she had put in to get to know and trust him, he finds a different girl, and she didn't know one thing about him until they started dating.

" Yea Warren. I fucking hate you." Raven managed to choke out. She saw an expression on Warren's face that she had never seen. Pain. Warren turned his head away from her and allowed only a few of the many tears fall down his face. He then wiped them away and steadied his breathing.

" Well ok. You can hate me all you want. But just to let you know I do care about you. You set me free from my grudge against the world." Warren couldn't let Raven go. But now that she told him she hated him, what use was there to hope and pray that she would love him after all had put her through. Raven didn't want to see Warren upset, but if he loved Ice so much that he didn't see what she did when he had his back turned, then why hope? Raven looked at the clock; it was almost time to go home.

" How long have I been here?" Raven asked. Warren sighed and looked at the clock.

" Almost three hours." he saw Raven get up and pick up her backpack. " So. I'll see you around?" Raven looked down at him.

" Yea I guess." She sighed. " So… are you working tonight?" Warren nodded.

"Are you going to stop by?" he almost sounded as if he were pleading. Raven picked up her backpack, and headed for the door. Warren watched Raven walk into the hallway.

"Warren!" Ice called from behind him. Warren cringed to hear her voice yet again. Ice ran into Warren's arms and sighed. " O Warren I missed you. Why did you stay with Raven?" she looked up at him with her blue eyes.

" I hurt her Ice, I had to stay with her, she's my best friend." He looked at Ice with curious eyes. " Why?" Ice shrugged.

" I just wanted to know. Would you do that if you did that to me?" Warren let out an annoyed sigh.

" Yea…. Sure." He felt Ice grow tense. She knew Warren was beginning to fall for Raven, the quiet, yet powerful Raven. Ice hugged Warren tighter, which wasn't helping the slightly bruised chest at all. Warren winced slightly, and then relaxed. " I have to go Ice, I have to be at work." Ice looked up at him and gave him that ' why now? ' look.

" Well maybe I'll see you at work then." Warren walked away as fast as he could. Ice was shocked he didn't even say good bye. When Warren arrived at The Paper Lantern, he hoped Raven would show up. Hours passed and customers would come and go. It wasn't until closing time that Warren realized how much he missed Raven. He sat alone at a table, and thought a lot about it.

" Warren, what wrong?" the voice of his mother brought him from his trance. Warren looked at his mother sadly.

" Today has been the most horrible day in the world." He shook his head. " I could end up losing one of my best friends because if Ice." Warren's mother shook her head.

" That girl doesn't seem to respect your space either. I really liked Raven, I really did. But you're going to have to make the decisions.. not me." Warren's mother took his hand.

" Ice… she's my girlfriend. I'd hate to just say I'm tired of you." Warren felt pressure build up in his head.

" But you love Raven." Warren's mother said. Warren looked at his mother wide –eyed. He could feel his cheeks forming a blush. " Dear I have known that for a very long time now. Warren sighed and shook his head.

" Yea well there is no way Raven would ever love me now. After what all I've done to her, I'm surprised she hasn't roasted me." Warren's mother chuckled.

" She is a sweet girl, she wouldn't do that if she loved you." Warren raised an eyebrow.

" She…. Loves me?" his voice shook. Warren's mother gasped and covered her mouth.

" Oh no I wasn't supposed to say that." Warren's eyes grew wider. " Warren you cant tell her I said that!" his mother said as she gave him a stern look. Warren smiled.

" Raven… my best friend loves me." Warren sat up and looked at the clock. It was 10:00, he could still probably catch Raven at her house, and her parents are villains too, so she lives with her grandmother. " Mom can?" Warren's mother smiled and nodded as Warren ran out the door. It was cold that night. Strange irony that he had firepowers. When he drove up to Raven's house, he went out back to Raven's window. He picked up a rather large rock and hit Raven's window.

" What the hell?" Raven's voice sounded over the silence. " Warren? What are you doing out here in the cold?" she looked down on him confused. Warren looked at her.

" You didn't come by the Paper Lantern today, why?" he began to feel numb. Raven rolled her eyes.

"Warren, come on. Get inside." Warren shook his head. " Do I have to come out in pj's and drag your ass in?" she waited a few seconds, then she disappeared. Then, a few seconds later, she came out on in loose black nike pants and a blank tank top. " Warren lets go."

" Raven… do you love me?" Raven's eyes widened.

" Oh no. Not out here. Come on we can go inside and talk in there." Warren finally submitted and went into the cozy little house with her. When they were up in her room, they began to talk again. " Ok, now that question… why would you ask something like that? You know we're just friends." Warren looked down at the ground.

" Then why do we sleep together? Why do we hold each other? Why do we do so many things lovers would do?" he asked. Raven groaned.

"Warren we're best friends. We took the time to get to know each other." She patted his hand. Warren shook his head.

" Ray, please… do you love me or not?" he took in a deep breath. " I need to know before I do anything stupid." Raven began to shake, This was it, she had to tell the truth.

" Yes.." her heart nearly jumped out of her chest. Warren looked at her and had probably the most amazing smile on his face.

" I love you too."

hey there my peps...my beta reader had a lot o stuff to do, so my chapter may suck.. hey plastic perfect ur my hero...review plz peps