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Pant, pant.
Wally managed a slight grin. "Guys...evil…you…are…" He wheezed.
Jen laughed mockingly as she dumped out the contents of the last bag in the red-hair's arms. He feigned tiredness and slunk onto Karen's bed over dramatically, arm slung over his forehead.
"Karen," Raven suppressed an evil snicker. "You do realize your father is going to kill you."
Karen didn't reply, just smirked.
They were interrupted from putting the clothes into three piles; one for Karen, one for Jen, and one for Raven. Four, if you counted Wally's disgrace of a pile.
A knock at the door came. Raven, being closest, went for the door, only to be greeted by a blond head of hair and big blue eyes.
She waved slightly and rocked on her heels. "Uh…hi, Raven. I was wondering if Karen was in…"
Raven concealed her fear. Here it comes, she thought. Karen is slowly succumbing to this girl's charms…
Upon hearing her name, Karen bolted to the door, exchanging hellos with the girl at the door. Karen was smiling, Raven's mouth was held in a firm line that refused to show emotion, and Jen and Wally hung back, surveying the scene.
Terra held up a notebook and a pen. "Wondering if you would let me use your science notes," She said with a grin. Karen nodded and motioned for her to follow. Terra giggled at the sight of Karen's messy room; to someone who hadn't spent the day with Wally, Karen, Jen, and Raven the room looked positively dreadful.
Karen chuckled, "Let's just say that Daddy will be hearing from the credit card company soon."
Terra acknowledged the meaning behind this statement and moved from giggle to laugh. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Wally and Jen watching her; now noticing them. She turned with a smile.
"Don't think I've seen you 'round JCA before," She said.
"We go to the public school," Wally replied. He frowned inwardly. This was the girl that he'd heard so horribly about? She didn't seem bad at all. She was…nice.
She nodded, not giving it a second thought. Most of the snobby, rich kids of JCA wouldn't dare mingling with middle class civilians.
Karen gave an 'ah-ha!' and pulled out a worn black notebook. She handed it to Terra, who waved goodbye to the four and slipped out the door with a last, "I'll return it soon!"
"She was nice," Wally finally said, breaking the silence that had come with her leave.
Jen nodded to agree, but Karen was watching Raven sympathetically. Raven didn't say anything for the rest of the day, just shaking her head yes or no if a question was directed towards her. Should the question require more then a yes or no answer, she would just stare ahead, unblinking.
The next morning was surprisingly pleasant. Karen had, for once, decided on going to bed before midnight so she and Raven both woke up around a similar time. Well, technically Karen woke up twenty minutes after Raven, but that was a great improvement compared to her normal hour and forty-five minutes later.
The cafeteria was flooded with posters advertising their winter dance, making Raven feel somewhat claustrophobic. Karen eyed a poster and threw her fork down.
"I say we bail on the dance," She sneered.
Raven looked up at her friend from her book. She hadn't been planning on going, but she thought for sure that would be the kind of thing Karen would love.
"I mean, at all my years at JCA, I've found they don't even begin to compare to some of the underage night clubs I've been to."
"Underage night clubs?" Raven asked; she had never heard of one of those before.
"Yeah," Karen continued, "Some kids, a few years ago, got their parents to buy some old warehouses and lend them out to the public. They started up a club for underage kids, but I'm surprised you've never heard of them. Anyway, they've got everything that a normal club would have, just more supervised, severely non-alcoholic, and completely drug-free."
"Sounds pretty cool," She said.
Karen nodded, drawing her friend in. "I heard there is gonna be one the night of the dance. The night clubs are mostly for the public school kids; a lot of the kids here don't want to be seen in a place like that. People here just use their parents' influences to get into a real club. But I like the underage ones more.
"I called Wally this morning while you where in the shower, he's coming. He's gonna try to get Jen to come, and I don't doubt his success. He's got a power over that girl, I tell ya."
Raven smirked. She let Karen keep talking, for she really didn't have much to say.
"And Mal is already going with me," She beamed. Raven felt a little glad; she hadn't heard about Mal in a while and was beginning to worry.
Karen cocked an eyebrow at her best friend, a small smirk played across her lips.
Uh-oh, Raven thought. Karen only got that way when she had devious thoughts…
Raven had a foreboding about this; she didn't like the way Karen was smiling at her. "So we'll just have to find someone for you to bring," She finally said, grinning ear to ear.
Raven didn't immediately reject the idea like she would've normally done. "I could ask Malc—"
Karen's eyes widened in shock and fear. "No! Not him."
Raven was fearful of Karen's sudden change in expression and quickly dismissed the idea. She shrugged.
"I'll just fly solo," She said, forcing a diminutive smile. "I'm used to it," She murmured under her breath.
Karen had heard this but didn't push the matter. "I'm beginning to tire of the burger scene," She changed the subject.
Raven mockingly placed a hand over her heart and gaped. "What? Karen Beecher is tiring of the burger scene? Someone, inform the media!"
Her friend laughed openly. "My dear Raven, I think you just cracked a joke!"
Raven's laughter deceased quickly, now aware of what she had done. She let her mind wander. Where was Malchior? She hadn't seen him all day.
Karen's rhythmic voice pulled her back to reality. "As I was saying," She accentuated, throwing a dramatic look at Raven. "Let's go somewhere else for lunch today."
She thought it over in her head, nodding. "Where would you suggest?"
Karen beamed. "I know an Italian place that opened—"
"You promised, Gar! You promised me!" The sound of a screaming girl interrupted Karen.
Karen and Raven exchanged glances and turned to see what was causing the commotion. It was Terra, yelling at Gar for reasons unknown. Her nose flared and she threw down a heart-shaped box, cracking the mirror on the inside.
"But Terra, I—"
"No!" Terra yelled, stomping out of the cafeteria. The room was silent for a few seconds, and then returned to its usual hustle and bustle, the occasional sound of whispers echoing the area.
Gar picked up the shattered box and head outside, head hung. The remaining four sighed and turned to their food, feeling it was best to leave Gar alone.
Raven stared after him, eyes contemplative. After a few moments, she excused herself and followed him. She found him by a small pond filled in the courtyard, filled with carp, skipping rocks.
"Hey," She said, sitting down next to him. He didn't even turn his head.
"Hey."
"Um…so, are you okay?" She mumbled, sorting through the words. She wasn't exactly used to this kind of thing.
"I'm not going to lie," He replied, throwing another rock at the water. Raven nodded and rested her chin in her palm.
"What happened?"
"Terra lived on her own for some time. She was found by the admissions officer at her old public school and they offered her a scholarship here; she didn't give me the details. Rich kinda guessed and she flipped out. I was the only person she told, see, so she assumed it was me who told."
"Oh."
"Yeah," Gar twisted around to the rock next to him and handed her the mirrored-box. "I made this for her, but…"
Raven took it, turning it over in her hands. "It's very nice."
"That's what she said."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be. Raven, I'm the one who should be apologizing to you. When Terra came…we—"
"Replaced me?"
"Yeah, but you gotta believe me, we didn't mean to."
Raven hugged her knees to her body. "But you did."
"I know. And I wish sorry was enough."
She turned her head sadly to him, giving him a faint smile. "So do I."
Raven stood up, preparing to leave, when a hand rested on her leg. She turned to look at Gar, giving her a sincere smile. Not a toothy grin, not a cheesy smirk, but a simple, real, genuine tug on his lips. "Please, stay."
She felt the blood rushing to her cheeks, her brain turning slowly to goo. "I—"
"Aw…c'mon Rae," He said boyishly.
Raven pushed a strand of loose hair behind her ear as she sat. (Aww! Nervous gesture!)
They were both quiet for some time, just staring ahead and occasionally at each other. "So where do you and Karen go during lunch?" He finally asked.
"Out, Karen, Jen, Wally, and I usually go to a diner. Although today we'll probably go for Italian," Raven replied dully.
Gar seemed to be thinking. He knew Wally and Karen, but who was Jen? He'd heard the name before.
"Jen?"
"I think you've seen her before. Pink hair, black eyes, kind of rude when you first meet her…"
Gar chuckled, somewhat nervously. The last time he'd met Jen, it hadn't been very pleasant. "Oh, right."
The bell rang and the courtyard filled with students, some of which gathered around the pond. The two both blushed and mumbled their goodbyes, despite the fact they were going to the same class.
The next day, Terra was no where to be seen.
"Where's Terra?" Vic asked.
"I heard she moved to LA or something," Rich mumbled. A faint laughter from someone who never laughed echoed to their table. The now-four all turned to see Raven and Malchior. Malchior had said something amusing, it seemed, and Raven couldn't stop giggling, her cheeks flushed pink.
Kori's green eyes widened and she scooted closer to Rich, who wrapped an arm around her shoulder for comfort.
"That jerk," Gar spat. Everyone else nodded to agree.
"Where's Karen?" Vic asked, suddenly losing his appetite.
No one knew, so no one said. They watched the two until parted, Raven's hand clasped at her throat to steady her breath, Malchior's face set in a sly grin. Backs turned to each other, neither saw the other's gesture.
Again, in a rush, so I can't say much.
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Oh, but um, I just want to say that I try to keep the characters as close to their animated counterparts. So, Terra does come back. Like in the animated series...get it?
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