Reviews:
WeaselChick: Yeah, Tara's voice is funny, and yeah, Richard is suffering. Well, here's the update!
Glean-Glean: Sorry to make you thirsty, and thanks for reading (and reviewing! Whoo!)
Blaze83: Yes, the evil voice! I don't like StarXRob cuz I think that
they are too perfect for each other. And Tara likes Robin and not BB
because I don't support TerraXBB at all either, and I think that
TerraXRob is a cool pairing, and I like it.
…Pudding? I like pudding!
Sho-Ryunosuke: Thank you. And I know his name, but I don't like it so I changed it because I think that the name "Richard" suits him better. So sue me (not really, please)
OveractiveMind: Thanks! I'm glad you like it! Oh, and Victor will probably come in at Chapter 8 or 9, not exactly sure yet. Yes, BBXRAE 4 EVA! Whoo!
Oh, and everyone, sorry the chapters are short… I tried to make this one longer, so… I hope you all enjoy it!
The Coffee Shop – Chapter 7
Hail, Hail, the gang's all here
"Raven! You are here!" Kori yelled, excitedly. "I was afraid that I was the only one who showed up for work today!" She hopped out of her hot pink convertible.
Her pink camisole and denim skirt looked entirely different than Raven's cargo shorts and black hoodie. To Raven, Kori looked as if she would have rather Tara, or even Richard to have shown up first, not Raven.
"Gar and Murray usually show up late on Thursdays. I've noticed that." Raven reassured her.
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"Get out of bed!" Murray called through the door of Gar's room. Gar opened his eyes, groggily. He wrapped his fleece blanket tighter around his bare chest.
Why does Uncle Murray keep it so cold in here? He wondered. I feel like an idiot trying to keep warm in the middle of the summer.
He sat up, and leaned over the edge of his loft bed. He looked at his computer. It read "4 new messages". He grabbed a pair of jeans from off the top of the monitor. Still under the blanket, he slipped them on.
Now where is that shirt? He wondered, jumping down off of the loft bed. It was a miracle that he could ever find anything in his room. It was such a mess. There were piled of clothes on the floor, notebooks full of ideas for stories that were never developed enough to write, CD cases stacked everywhere, trash, a drum set, books, and bags of old junk that he didn't want to get rid of.
He had moved all of his stuff into Murray's appartment when his parents had gone to Africa. They were going to be away for a long time, and they didn't know how long, so he just brought everything.
He picked up his shirt. A green shirt his cousin had gotten him from Yosemite National Park. He liked the way the color matched his newly died green hair.
Walking over to the mirror, he brushed his hair and tried to make it lie flat. No success. He messed it up with one hand, while grabbing his baseball cap and backpack with his other.
He grabbed an apple off of the kitchen table, and walked outside. Biting into it, he jumped into his uncle's Jeep. He opened his backpack and took his Ipod. He turned it on, put the headphones in his ears and switched it to Counting Crows (a/n: good band!).
He started singing along.
"So she said what's the problem baby, what's the problem I don't know well maybe I'm in love think about it every time I think about it can't stop thinking 'bout it…"
"Shut up." Murray mumbled, getting in the car and putting the keys in the ignition.
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When they got to the shop, they saw Raven and Kori sitting on the curb. Raven was telling Kori something like "I told you they'd be here soon". Gar jumped out and unlocked the Coffee Shop.
"Tara and Richard here yet?" he asked them.
Raven shook her head "Not yet."
Just then, a red motorcycle rounded the corner. It stopped, and Richard hopped off. He took off his helmet and shook his head to re-arrange his hair in its usual wind-blown messy look.
A few moments later, Tara pulled up in her yellow punch buggy.
"Hail, Hail, the gang's all here," commented Raven, sarcastically.
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That day at work was another normal one (well, that depends on what you consider normal…). Not much happened, not many customers. Everything was normal until Raven got home.
She had gone to the grocery store to get some food to keep at home for her mom, so she got home a little later than usual. She opened the door, and, as usual, called "Mom, I'm home."
"I'm in the kitchen," Arella called.
Raven walked into the kitchen. And what did she see? Arella Roth playing chess. Not only that, but she was playing chess with Richard Grayson.
"W-why are you here?" she stammered, angrily.
"Who, me? I just came to tell you that you left your book at the shop. You weren't home yet, so I came in and asked your mom if she wanted to play chess while we waited." Richard responded, as though every thing was all right.
"What book?" she asked. He held up a small, black notebook.
"You write good poetry. But you need to work on making it happier," He commented.
"Get out of my house," she hissed. "Now."
He walked out the door.
"What's wrong, Raven?" her mother asked.
"That… him… Richard. He's just so… persistent and… and… and… nevermind." She responded, walking to her room.
Well, it seems mom's depression is over for now. I wonder why so suddenly? Raven thought, flopping down on her bed and turning on her stereo. Oh well, at least now she can get a job and I don't have to make all of the money. I still wont be able to… Hey, this is a good song!
Raven sang along to the song that was playing on the radio.
"It's a new day, but it all feels old, it's a good life, that's what I'm told, but everything, it all just feels the same. At my high school, it felt more to me like a jail cell, a penitentiary, my time spent there it only made me see…"
The song ended, and Raven drifted off into sleep.