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Chapter 7

They were on a green hilltop, with splotches of yellow flowers covering certain areas. Raven chased after Chelsea, who ran around the hill laughing and screaming in delight. When Raven finally caught her, they fell and rolled down the side a little, landing in a flower patch, laughing. Chelsea grabbed a yellow flower and ran it across her cheeks and nose.

"Jack and Jill went up the hill..." She sang, giggling like a little girl.

"More like Jill and Jill." Raven corrected, leaning on her side and propping herself up on one elbow.

Chelsea ran the flower down the side of Raven's face, tickling her jaw. "I love you" Raven whispered as she brushed a stray hair out of Chelsea's eyes.

Raven leaned in and Chelsea smiled. Just as their lips met...

BANG!

Raven shot up from her sleeping bag on the floor and immediately felt pain stab at the right side of her neck. "Ow! What the--Cory!"

Cory stood in the doorway, smiling malicously. "Wakie, wakie! Dad told me to tell you breakfast is ready."

Rubbing her neck, she yelled, "You little turd! Don't you know how to wake up someone nicely? You know Chelsea's here, why you gotta be so rude?"

"Chelsea's awake. I saw her go into your bathroom."

Raven looked over at her bed. Chelsea wasn't there, but the bed was nicely made. She turned to Cory and sneered. Getting out of her sleeping bag she said, "I'm up, your job is done. Bye now."

Cory took an obnoxious bow and left the room. Raven rubbed her neck some more, trying to turn it to the right. She turned it about a quarter of the way before pain shot up and down her neck. "Great. Stiff neck, that's all I need."

"Good morning." Chelsea said, coming from the bathroom. She had put her clothes from last night back on and was holding the folded sweat clothes in her hand. "Where can I put these?"

"Oh, just put them on the bed, I'll take care of it."

Chelsea put the clothes on the edge of the bed and sat down. She looked up at Raven. "How'd you sleep last night?"

"Okay." Raven said, rubbing her neck some more. "I think I got a stiff neck."

"Sorry." Chelsea looked guilty.

"No it's fine. You...needed the bed more than I did." Raven noticed that Chelsea looked more flushed than usual. "You want to stay for breakfast?"

Chelsea shook her head slowly. "No thanks. I don't feel so well. I think I'm just gonna go home."

"Oh, okay. So, I guess I'll see you later then."

"Yeah." Chelsea gave Raven a quick hug before leaving. When she reached Raven's door, she turned. "Raven?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks, for everything."

"No problem girl. Any time." Raven smiled a little and Chelsea returned it, but she still looked upset.

Then, Chelsea left.

Raven sat down on her bed and blew out all of the nervous air she was holding. Laying down, she closed her eyes and thought about her dream. That was, until Victor yelled up the stairs.

"Raven! Breakfast is getting cold!"

Raven opened her eyes and sat up, wincing as another wave of pain struck her neck. "Be right down." She called back, getting up and leaving the room.

When she got downstairs, Victor and Cory were sitting down, eating pancakes. She grabbed a plate and sat down, grabbing two pancakes from the tray with a fork.

"So, I saw Chelsea leave. I didn't know she was staying over."

"It wasn't planned." Raven said, pouring syrup all over her dish.

"What happened?"

"Well, her boyfriend broke up with her, so she was kind of upset. It was raining, she came to the house soaking wet, so I let her in and gave her some dry clothes. I guess she was too tired to leave, cause she fell asleep on my bed, so I called Mrs. Daniels and asked if Chelsea could stay. And she did."

"Oh. I'm sorry to hear that. Is Chelsea okay?"

Raven shrugged, cutting into the pancake and taking out a small triangle covered in syrup. She reluctantly put it in her mouth. It was too sweet and the pancake was too soft. She realized she wasn't hungry anyway.

"So, how's school?"

"Fine. I took a math test yesterday. I think I did all right."

"Just all right?" Victor asked, taking his plate and putting it in the sink.

"It was a little hard. But I passed it."

"How are you doing in all of your other classes?"

"I'm doing good. No problems to report."

"Okay." Victor nodded. "How about today, you plan on doing anything with your friends?"

Raven really didn't plan on doing anything today, but she didn't want to hang out with her father, as cool a person as he was. So, she lied. "Yeah. I'm going out later."

"That's nice."

"I'm going over to William's today Dad, is that cool?" Cory asked, finishing up his breakfast.

"Yea son, that's fine." Victor said, walking over to Raven. "Rae, you've barely eaten anything. Are you feeling okay?"

"Yea I feel fine. I'm just not hungry right now." Raven looked up at her father. "But the pancakes were good."

Victor smiled a little, but Raven could see the worry plastered all over his face. She changed the subject. "So Dad, what are you doing today?"

"Well, I have to go down to the resturant for a little while. We hired a new waitress and I have to show her the ropes."

"Why can't someone else do it?"

"Well, I like to train all of my new employees. That way, they do their jobs my way and there's no mix-up."

Raven nodded in understanding and then pushed her plate away. Getting up she went over to her father and kissed him on the cheek. "Thanks daddy."

That would keep him off her back for a while. At least, until her mother go home tomorrow.

"Listen Raven, I know that it's not 'cool' to tell your parents everything, but I'm here for you anyway. If you ever need to talk..."

"I know." Raven said before leaving the room.

"I know."