Ch.15: So Different
Blood, the crimson water so unknown, so mystically hypnotizing; that's what you could say about this, the red liquid flowed from the pale arm to the floor below, the substance made a puddle of pain, agony, lust, love, and a broken heart. Her wrist was not slit but a long jagged heart was sliced into her forearm. The weapon was a box cutter in her left hand while her right hand dripped red. The puddle grew larger on the floor but this time it grew with tears not of physical pain but mental pain. The wound made her heart feel better now that she let the hatred drain from her body. It made a mystical shape not of a heart but of a bird, a Raven to be specific. He had done something that no one could have imagined; he broke the heart of a heartless walker. The blood stained her carpet but no one cared, she looked outside her window and let the tears fall freely from her cheeks.
When her pain subsided she covered the wound and poured a substance an old friend had taught her. He called it God's tears; said to remove stains like blood leaving no mark. It healed wounds, removed stains, and said to fix your heart with one teaspoon of a sip. Raven took two that night. She always carried around a bottle of the mixture in her backpack. She didn't know what it was made of but her friend always mailed her a packet of the mixture and told her always to put in a small amount to a bottle but the whole thing for a bathtub full.
She slowly slipped into her sheets and tried to fall asleep. She left marks of tears on her pillow that night while her 'boyfriend' never knew of her pain. She had not called or seen him before the end of the day and didn't want to tell him, she had mailed him the pictures with a letter that should make them feel the same.
"Dude how can you eat that crap?" I yelled at Victor as he chomped on a chiliburger with bacon.
It was Saturday, and it was time to party. I had called Richard and Kori but Raven didn't pick up. So me and my 'brother' sat in an old restaurant called Rick and Ronny's. We had eaten there sense we were young and I still sat in sickness as he chomped on that piece of dead animal that made me want to vomit. I ate my salad and veggie burger that Rick the owner had put on the many for me a couple of years ago. He had a few tofu and veggie products he put there for me and some for Victor. Rick was a friend of Victor's parents and he knew we were practically brothers, he said he promised Vic's parents to always be there for us. Even though I don't know how helping us eat properly would be being there for us.
"Come on due…, how can you resist the awesome taste of beautiful meat!" he laughed while munching on his food.
"Easy man, the fact of eating dead animals and digesting them while eating more of them disgusts me! Have you even tried tofu it is so much better for you!"
"Well at least meat keeps you big; you look like a twig with a head!"
"By big do you mean fat?"
"Are you calling me fat?"
"Yes, a matter of fact I am!"
"Meat doesn't make you fat it builds muscle!"
"What kind of muscle needs a 4x tall t-shirt!"
"You little bastard, meats the way!"
"Veggie!"
"Meat!"
"Veggie!"
"Meat!"
"Veggie!"
"Meat!"
"Veggie!"
"Come on you two cut it out!" laughed Rick the cook.
The man was thin but tall, he always wore a classic chef's hat and had a Mario mustache and carried around a thick New Yorker accent and deodorant to strong for the human nose.
I laughed and turned back to my food and devoured it faster than I thought. Arguing does that to a person you know? But as I finished a couple slowly walked into the restaurant. They had there hands cupped and smiled brightly. It was Kori and Richard. They had blushed on there face and greeted us with a general hi.
"Hey you two, what up?" asked Victor.
"Oh nothing friend! How are you both? Please tell me where is friend Raven?" laughed the red head.
"She won't be joining us Star, she wouldn't answer here phone." I sighed.
"Man what could she be doing?" asked Victor confused.
I shook my head without an answer but I felt worried, she would be cold at heart but she loved her friends and loved me, I know something had to be up.
I was snapped out of my thoughts by the sound of the front bell ringing and a group of teens walking in. It was Slade, Overload, Cinderblock, and Terra. I was shocked to not see Plasmus walking with them but watched coldly as they walked into the kitchen and Rick handed Slade a load of bills. He gave the teen a fake smile and turned away from him. Slade said nothing but the others gave Rick a look of disgust as they walked out. But as the demon left he gave me a boot shaking smile that sent chills down my back.
"What a jerk, he thinks he's so big! We need to show him" growled Victor.
"There's nothing you kids can do, that boy has some strong allies, the type I don't want to see any of you messing with! Leave him be for now, there is nothing we can do." Sighed the cook as he handed Kori and Richard a glass of Coke with double straws.
"We can't live our lives in fear Rick; we have to stand up for our rights!"
"Don't you kids know who he has as back up? He's the mayor's son and basically owns to police; if we take him down then us go down with him! We can't stop him with out losing someone of our own!" Rick said with anger.
We all nodded as he went back to his job, but we all knew he wanted the white haired child to fall. We all knew it in his eyes. I didn't dwell on my so called 'leader' I was worried because the Beast hadn't returned that night. He wasn't coming in my mind at all like he was hiding. I was happy but worried at the same time. What was happening in our lives?
"So what should we do now?" asked Richard with a smile.
"I don't know anything you guys want to." I said with a sigh.
"Movies?" asked Victor.
"Yes I would love to visit the house of theatre. We should see the Harry Potter!" smiled Star.
"No way, I don't want to see that kid's movie!" laughed Victor.
"Let's just go see what's playing." Richard said trying to keep an argument underneath him.
"Fine with me." I chipped in.
We paid our due and walked out of Rick's with smiles on our faces. The movie theatre passed the café Raven and I went to and we decided to go down the street she lived on. Kori knew were it was and wanted to see if she was o.k. I praised her for that.
We entered the street and she directed us to a large almost mansion like house. The house had long vines dripping down it and a tall chimney. Kori knocked on the large door and we waited for an answer. I sat on the rail to the front door and inside I wanted to bash the door down.
Finally my dark beauty opened the door with a long sleeve shirt on her body. She looked like she had been crying and said to me with her eyes a powerful statement.
"What is it?" she asked trying to keep her anger down.
"We wanted if you wanted to go to the movies with us?" I asked with a blush.
"No."
"But…"
"No"
"Raven please!"
"I said NO!"
The scream almost backed me down. The others began to walk off, but I stayed. I tried to give her my arm but her nails dug deep into my skin almost making me bleed. But as I watched her arm I saw blood stained on the sleeve.
"Leave me alone!" she screamed.
"Your bleeding Raven let me help you!" I said shocked.
"I don't need your damn help!" she screamed holding back the tears.
I came close but the door stopped me from reaching her. The door hit my face and I fell down the cement stairs. When I rose I watched the blood drip from the wounds she did with her nails and rubbed my left knee and side with slight pain. This was defiantly not going to be good.