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Chapter 2

After eating, the rain began to die down. Raven wrapped the blanket around her head as the girls walked to her house in the drizzle. When they reached Raven's, Tanya and Victor were sitting on the couch, watching television.

"Hey Mom, Dad." Raven said as she opened the door and they stepped inside. Tanya looked at the girls, but Victor didn't move.

Raven took the blanket off and threw it in the corner. "What'cha doing?"

"Your father and I are watching a movie."

Victor moved to the edge of his seat, his eyes glued to the screen. Raven moved in closer to see what it was they were watching. "What movie?"

"I don't really know. It about some guy who wants to be a chef, blah, blah blah." Tanya grumbled, clearly bored out of her mind.

"Ah, real 'edge of your seat' kind of movie." Raven said and Victor immediately shushed her.

"Where's Cory?" Raven whispered to her mother.

"At William's. He's sleeping over."

"Oh, cool."

"Shhh!" Victor hissed again and Raven took a step back.

"Okay, I get it. Come on Chels, let's go upstairs."

Chelsea nodded, waving to Tanya out of her usual politeness as they headed up the stairs. They reached the bedroom and Raven closed the door and locked it. "So...No one else is here..." She said, rubbing her hands together. "Totally alone...totally private..."

Chelsea lied down on Raven's bed and Raven jumped on it beside her. She bounced, and both girls laughed. Chelsea turned on her side, facing Raven and Raven followed. She pushed a strand of red hair behind Chelsea's ear, and kissed her gently on the mouth. Chelsea returned it with more passion than Raven, and it soon turned into a full-blown makeout session. Chelsea pushed her leg up against Raven's knees, and Raven draped one of her legs over Chelsea's, locking them together and tangling them up. They continued to kiss, barely coming up for air, when there was a knock at the door.

"Raven?"

Chelsea broke away, recognizing Tanya's voice sooner than her own daughter did. "Oh, your mother!" She gasped breathlessly.

"Raven, open up." Tanya said, knocking again.

The girls scrambled from the bed, tripping over one another in the process. Chelsea lost her balance and fell to the floor with an "ooff!" The thud was loud as well.

"What was that? Raven, open up!"

"Coming!" Raven said as sweetly as she could, helping Chelsea up off the floor. Chelsea mouthed that she was okay and began to fix her hair and straighten her clothes. She sat down in the desk chair, looking over the desk trying to find something to grab, like a book, or notes, or a compact disc...anything.

Raven fixed herself quickly, running down her three small steps and opening the door. Tanya stood there, leaning on the frame with her arms crossed. "What is going on up here? Why was the door locked?"

"Sorry Mom, I must've accidentally locked it. It happens sometimes."

"What was that bang?"

"Oh, that was a roll of material. I dropped it."

Tanya stepped in and looked around. Nothing seemed out of place, the window wasn't open and the room didn't smell like smoke or anything. She had a feeling something was going on in this room, but there was no evidence to confirm her suspicions. Maybe Raven was telling the truth.

"Yeah Rae, I think denim is the way to go." Chelsea said, turning around in the chair with a piece of paper in her hand.

"Uh-uh, really? I thought so too." Raven followed.

Tanya took the paper from Chelsea's hand. It was the design of a jacket that Raven was planning to make. She looked it over. "Huh. Don't you think corduroy would be better?"

"Cor-corduroy? Mom, please. I already have three curduroy jackets. I need a denim one."

Tanya handed the paper to Raven. "Well, whatever material you choose sweetie, I'm sure it'll turn out just fine."

"Thanks Mom."

Chelsea nodded, watching Tanya as she made her way to the door and headed out of the bedroom. "I'll be downstairs if you need me girls."

"Okay." Raven said, breathing a huge side of relief.

"Thanks Mrs. B." Chelsea said, swiveling the chair from left to right.

When she could hear Tanya's feet treading down the stairs, Raven ran to Chelsea. "Are you okay?" She asked, barely containing a laugh.

"My elbow hurts, but I think it's okay." Chelsea replied, and then started to laugh.

Soon, both girls were in hysterics, laughing until tears rolled down their cheeks.

"That was really close." Raven said gasping for air. Chelsea nodded.

"Too close."

The laughter died down soon after, as both girls contemplated what would have happened if Raven had forgotten to lock the door.

"It's gonna be harder to lock the door now." Raven said, sitting at the end of her bed.

"At least your bedroom door has a lock." Chelsea reasoned. "Mine doesn't, so my parents can come in whenever they want."

"So I guess making out at your house is a no-no."

"Definitely."

"Chelsea, I know it's scary...but don't you think we should tell them?"

"Raven..."

"We can't keep it a secret forever girl. You know that. Sooner or later, our parents are going to find out. And the later it gets, the more its going to hurt them."

Chelsea started to pick at her index finger's nail. "I know Rae. It's just...so scary when I think about it. My imagination is a real monster, because it always takes the worst possible scenario and turns it into reality for me. I can see them disowning me...hating me--"

"Chelsea they're your parents. They can't hate you. It's not in their nature. And I don't think they'll disown you. Your mother and father are both therapists, I'm sure they've both dealt with men and women in love with other men and women."

"Yeah, but those people aren't their kid."

"We can tell them together. I don't think it'll be that bad if we're there for each other."

Chelsea shook her head. "I'm not ready Rae. Please try to understand. Please."

Raven sighed in defeat. "Okay. But, it can't be too much longer. The longer we wait, the harder it's going to get."