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Meet the Parents

Chapter 2: Past, Present, Future

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About 4 hours later they still sat in the plane soaring in the sky. While several passengers had fallen asleep some were occupied with their own little things. Garfield sat with a pair of headphones on reading a comic book. He was about to make a comment to Raven but looking over to here he saw that she had fell asleep. Garfield put down his comic book and took off his headphones as he looked at Raven. He smiled as she snuggled closer onto his shoulder her arms wrapping around his. Garfield chuckled lightly as he nuzzled his cheek against her head.

'Like I said, it's rare when she shows affection towards me but when she does I love every second of it. I remember the day I met. I made a bad first impression, a terrible second impression, but a pretty good third impression.'

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9 years ago…

"This is gonna be great!" Garfield said as he stood on the school roof looking down at his friend Victor who was making his way to the school main door. Behind Garfield he had a big tank set up filled with water. The plan was for Victor to approach the position on the first step in front of the door and that will be when Garfield releases the hold on the tank and the water will be dipped all over Victor by the time he reaches the last step. A payback for a prank successfully pulled on him by Victor. It was a little early at the moment so he was in luck that not many other students were hanging around the area.

Garfield looked up at the tank. It was slightly tilted over the edge but a strong stick was kept under it from falling over. He tied a rope on the stick, all he had to do was pull on the rope and Victor was a goner. Garfield snickered as he looked down at his friend slowly making his way to the school. Unbeknownst to him, a car pulled up in front of the school and a young lilac haired girl stepped out. She took a look at her surrounding as she placed her bag over her shoulder. She shut her door and looked into the car through the window.

"I'll be back by 2:45." The man in the driver seat said. Before the girl could even say a 'goodbye' the man had already driven off. The girl grunted before turning back to the school. It was her first day today in this new school.

'Ok then Raven, let's just get this over with.' The girl, Raven mentally told herself as she walked forward. Many kids looked over at their new arrival eyeing each detail about her. 'Okay so far so good.' Raven thought as she shyly walked towards the school.

"He's reaching the target!" Garfield excited thought as he gripped the rope and watched as Victor inched closer to the first step. His foot then touched the desired spot and Garfield pulled on the rope…but nothing happened? Garfield looked up at the tank to see that it hadn't even budged. He pulled the rope again but it seemed to be stuck. He tried one more time but still didn't work.

'Uh oh.' Garfield looked over the edge of the roof to see Victor had stopped and seemed to be looking at something. Garfield still had a chance. He started pulling as hard as he could and the stick slowly started moving. Mean while Victor eyes caught sight of an attractive girl chatting with her friend by the benches and he was contemplating whether to make a move. Grinning Victor licked his fingers and slicked back his hair…er head and walked up to the girl.

"Come on, come on!" Garfield pulled harder and harder on the rope until finally he pulled out the stick under the tank and the water tumbled over the edge. Garfield laughed as he looked over the edge watching the water head directly down over…

'Wait that's not Vic.' Garfield thought as his eyes widened. Approaching the door, Raven looked up in time to see a wave of water come directly down at her.

"Oh my…" Raven didn't get much to time to act or speak as the water directly splashed over her. Everyone directed their attention towards the fiasco while Garfield covered his eyes. When the onslaught of water was over, Raven spitted out some water which had enter into her mouth. Looking up Raven saw a green boy nervously looking down at her.

"Uh…hello! I uh um-I uh well ehehe…" Garfield stuttered down at the girl who was glaring up at him. "Hi I'm Garfield, nice meeting you, goodbye!" he shouted before running away. Raven looked back down making a note to take sweet revenge on that boy.

"What a wonderful way to start my first day…" Raven bitterly said as she squeezed the water out of her hair.

The rest of school went well for Raven. She didn't have much trouble fitting in; she was targeted by a cheery red head girl named Kori who seemed eager to have Raven as her new friend. However Raven was able to receive assistance from Kori to find her way around the school and other matters. Now almost half of the day was over and Raven found the school not so bad. She now walked to the cafeteria side by side with Kori. Raven followed her up to a table where two boys sat.

"Friends, I would like you meet the new arrival to the school, Raven Roth." Kori said as she pushed Raven in front of her.

"Hey Raven, I'm Victor." Victor smiled up to the girl.

"And I'm Richard. Though many of my friends just call me Robin." Robin said.

"Hey why don't ya sit down with us?" Victor said motioning to the empty seat. Both Kori and Raven took a seat at the table.

"So where are you from Raven?" Robin asked.

"I came from Florida. Moved here to visit a relative." Raven said.

Robin was about to say something else when Victor interrupted him. "Hey wait a sec, aren't you the girl who got splashed in front of the school in the morning?"

"Yes apparently that was me." Raven said frowning at the memory.

Victor laughed. "Damn, must be rough for the first day. Did ya catch up with the guy who did that?"

"No but I'm eager to get my hands on his throat." Raven said.

"Hey guys!" a voice said from behind them.

"Oh friend I would like you to meet my other friend." Kori said as she stood pulling up Raven as well. "Friend this is…"

"You!" Raven exclaimed as she saw the same green boy right in front of her.

"AH! You!" Garfield cried.

"Um…I believe you two have met." Kori assumed looking back and forth from the two.

"Well we uh…" Garfield nervously started.

"I'll kill you!" Raven shouted as she lunged at Garfield. Garfield squealed as he made a run for it. The other three watched the two ran out of the cafeteria.

"Well she seems nice." Victor said. After a long while Raven gave up her chase and started preparing for her next class. She was by her locker and was having trouble opening it up. Amongst the crowd Garfield hid from the ashen skin girl deciding whether to go up to her or save his hide and keep hiding. In the end he found himself already next to her.

"Um hi." He said giving a toothy grin. Raven looked up at him and sighed before turning back to her locker.

"I don't have time for you." Raven coldly said as she struggled with her locker truly becoming agitated.

"Uh I just wanted say um sorry for the whole thing in the morning and um well I uh…" Garfield merely trailed off realizing she wasn't paying attention to him but her locker. "Hey why don't I help you with that?" Garfield said as he stepped forward and banged his fist on her locker. He then pulled on the handle but it didn't open. He banged on it two more times but it still didn't open. He then gave one very hard slam but ended up hurting his own hand.

"Aie ye ye…" Garfield said stepping away and blowing on his hand. Raven looked at him unimpressed and then turned back to the locker. She kicked the bottom side and then her locker snapped open. Raven then turned back to Garfield.

"Uh yeah you can just do that.' Garfield said smiling tensely as s sweat formed on his forehead while still gripping his hand. Raven then began to exchange books from her bag and locker. Garfield scratched his head as he thought on what to say.

"So um anyway…" Garfield said as he leaned up against the door at his side. "I um-WAHH!" Garfield shouted as someone opened the door and he fell to the floor. Whoever opened the door walked over Garfield as he grunted in pain. Haphazardly he stood back up again.

"You what I think I'll just go." Garfield said before hastily turning around and bumping into someone. "Oops uh sorry!" Garfield quickly apologized as the person walked on. Garfield looked back and saw that Raven was gone.

'You just gotta screw up in front of everyone huh Gar?' Garfield mentally scolded himself. After that Garfield didn't see her only in gym where he basically avoided her.

"Dude what should I do?" He anxiously asked his friend Victor.

"Gar, how hard can it be to simply say sorry." Victor asked.

"Well very hard in this case." Garfield said as he looked over at Raven who was sitting by the benches with Kori.

"Listen she seems pretty cool, I'm sure she'll just forget about it." Victor said returning his attention back to their game of volleyball. Garfield simply sighed as he continued to gaze at Raven.

"Yo heads up!" a voice shouted. Looking up Garfield saw a ball heading right his way.

"AHH!" he screamed as the ball hit him directly on the face. The impact was so hard he fell over on his back.

"Man down!" The gym teacher said as he ran over to Garfield and checked up on him. He had little green bird flying over his head while his eyes were in the shape of 'X's.

'How pathetic.' Raven thought while Kori was in a fit of giggles.

"He's alright. Kori, why don't you take his place on the team. Raven can you please help gar to the benches." The teacher ordered. Kori jumped off the bench and went over to the volleyball court while Raven walked up to Garfield.

"Here." She offered her hand down to Garfield who was rubbing his sore face.

"Thanks." Garfield blushed as Raven helped pulled him up. They both walked back to the benches while the other's continued their game. Garfield decided this would be the best time to apologize. At least properly.

"Hey listen, about what happened in the morning. I'm really sorry about that. That whole prank thing was meant for Victor but unfortunately it backfired."

Raven took a glance at him. "It's okay. I forgot about it and you can do the same." Raven said.

"Great!" Garfield smiled looking back to the others playing. "So Raven, that's your name right?" Garfield asked. Raven gave answered with a nod. "Kori told me you came from Florida and you came to visit a relative right?"

"Yes, my uncle." Raven answered.

"How long you planning to stay?"

"Quite long. A whole year or so."

"Hmm, perfect. Gives me enough time to woo you." Garfield said slyly wriggling his eyebrows. Raven looked at him with an amused expression and gave a small smile.

"Oh we'll see about that." She said. Garfield smiled before looking back forward.

"By the way, I never caught your name." Raven said looking back at him. Turning back to her, Garfield's grin widened.

"I'm Garfield Logon."

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'Yep that's how it was. I'll always remember that day. Also, can't forget when I first started crushing on her; it was in the 10th grade. I found out she started crushin' on me too during the 11th grade. I dunno how it happened that I started liking her so much. We did become good friends after we first met but after like two years we started getting really close and before I know it I just always seem to have my eyes on her. I still remember how happy I was when Kori blurted out that Rae likes me too.'

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6 years ago

"You're kidding me, Katie is going out with Jason!" Victor asked as he walked down the school hall way side by side with his friend Robin.

"Yep." Robin said.

"That is so not fair! I saw her first!" Victor cried. Robin laughed at his friend's misery.

"Sorry bud, but I guess no luck for you and Katie anymore." Robin said.

"Damn…what's that guy got that I haven't?" Victor asked. Before Robin could answer both friends immediately stopped when they found their green friend Garfield grinning like a fool, leaning against the lockers with drool dripping out of his mouth as he stared down the hallway with his day dreaming eyes at something. The two looked up towards what he was looking at. As they guessed: Raven.

"Maybe friends who are not scary." Robin answered as he looked at his hopeless green friend. Victor then walked up to Garfield and rested his arm on his shoulder.

"Yo bud, you know what would be better than just standing there like a complete idiot drooling all over yourself?" Victor smirked as Garfield continued to stare.

"What?" Garfield spoke not taking his gaze off Raven who was chatting with a friend of hers.

"Ask her out!" Victor shouted in his ear.

"What! No way dude!" Garfield jumped finally taking his gaze off Raven.

"Seriously man, I think it's about time you do so." Victor said leaning against the lockers.

"I would agree so too." Robin said,

"Dude, you and I both know she'll never go out with me." Garfield said as he opened up his locker.

"Well it won't hurt to try." Robin suggested.

"Dude, there's no sense in trying." Garfield said. Victor was about to say something when he was interrupted from a scream down by the hall. Looking back they saw as a boy speedily ran past them. Looking back they saw Adonis, a tall, muscular, athletic bully of the school walk down the hall.

"Oh no…" Garfield said as he dropped all of his belongings opening up his locker and stepping into it.

"Um if I recall you have already beaten the crap outta that guy once and you're still hiding from him?" Robin asked.

"If I recall, I've beaten the crap outta that guy once." Garfield said before completely stuffing himself into his locker and then closing the door. His two friends watched as Adonis passed by them giving a cold glare.

"Wimps." Adonis mumbled under his breath as he continued to walk on.

"Scumbag." Robin grumbled. When Adonis was gone from their sight they were about to call Garfield back out until Kori ran up to them.

"Friends! I have most exciting news to share!" Kori beamed stopping in front of the two boys.

"Really huh? Well spill the beans girl." Victor said.

"I'm sorry I don't have any beans Victor. Anyway, what I am about to tell you must not reach friend Garfield at all!" Kori warned them.

"Um Kori…" Robin tried intervening to warn her of where Garfield was at the moment.

"No no you must listen first."

"Uh Kori.." Victor tried stopping her as well.

"Friend Raven…"

"Kori please…"

"Has a squash on Garfield!" the two boys went silent confused for a second.

"She…wants to kill him?" Robin assumed.

"Huh? Oh no no no! I'm sorry I used the wrong expression. I believe it is…" Kori trailed off beginning to think. "Ah! That friend Raven has a crush on Garfield!" At that Garfield stumbled out of the locker and fell at Kori's feet. "Friend Garfield, how did you do that!" Kori looked astonishingly wondering how her friend popped out of a locker. Garfield quickly stood up and clutched Kori by her shoulders.

"Kori! What did you just say!"

"Huh?"

"What did you just say!" Garfield asked shaking Kori. "You said Raven has a crush on me?"

"Um yes I did but you're not supposed to know that…oh dear no wait…" Kori said covering her mouth as she realized what she had said. Garfield then began laughing out of pure joy.

"You're serious right!" Garfield cried his grin growing by each second.

"Um well…"

"Haha! She likes me! She actually likes!" Garfield cried as he let go of Kori jumping in the air waving about his arms. "Wohoo! Go Gar, you're the man! You're so the man!" Garfield sang as he jumped down the hall.

"Wow…Raven actually like Gar?" Robin asked Kori walking up to her side.

"Yes it is true." Kori smiled.

"Whoa…I'm I the only one who is gonna stay single in this group." Victor's face distorted in sadness. They then heard a scream and the next thing they saw was Garfield run past them with Adonis on his tail.

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'Haha…man I really went wild. I was so happy. Kori also told me how Raven reacted when she blurted out that I like her too…yeah Kori seems to blurt out things a lot.'

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Raven and Kori stood side by side at their lockers taking out their books for the next class. While Raven was placing her books in her bag Kori noticed something in Raven's locker.

"Raven…is that a picture of Garfield?" Kori asked looking into Raven's locker. Raven looked up and saw the picture of Garfield Raven had stuck up at the very back of her locker. It was a picture of him sitting at the beach. All he was wearing were his swimming trunks and was smiling at the camera. Raven immediately slammed her locker shut.

"Um…no." Raven said.

"Yes you that was!" Kori said grinning at her friend.

"Well um…so what you have a bunch of pictures of Robin in your locker!" Raven said pointing into Kori's locker which was particularly covered with various pictures of Robin.

"Well that is because Robin is my malefriend." Kori smiled.

"It's 'boyfriend' Kori." Raven corrected her.

"Oh uh yes of course." Raven sighed opening her locker again and looking at his picture. "You seem to have a rather large crush on friend Garfield."

"I guess…I don't know why I like the moron. It's so stupid." Raven said before closing her locker. "Besides he doesn't even like me that way." she said as she began walking away.

"Oh but he does." Kori said. Raven instantly froze and slowly turned around.

"Wha…no he doesn't." Raven said.

"Oh yes he does actually. I found out after I told him that you liked him and then…" Kori trailed off as Raven grabbed her by the shoulders.

"You told him I liked him!" Raven asked hysterically as her eyes grew wide.

"Um yes but I…"

"Kori how could…but wait you really meant it that he said he liked me?"

"Yes he does. Robin and Victor told me so. Why else would he be jumping around the whole school?"

'No wonder he seemed so high that day and why he was actually flirting with me.' Raven thought.

"N-no but maybe they were just joking with you! Maybe Gar just…um liked the attention he's getting from me." Raven concluded.

"He also has a baby picture of you. Friend Robin and Victor showed it to me in his locker. I think it is very adorable." Kori smiled. Raven eye widened more as her mouth dropped open.

"Kori, look me in the eye and tell you are serious when you say that he likes me." Raven whispered as she gripped Kori's arm.

"Um ok." Kori said as she leaned a bit forward and star at Raven in the eye. "I am serious when he says he likes you."

Raven's mouth then slowly started to curl into a smile as she let go of Kori. "He likes me?" Kori nodded in response. "He likes me… he actually likes me." Raven smiled as she formed a dreamy look on her face. "Oh my God…he actually likes me…he likes me…he actually really…" Raven continued to tell herself the same thing over and over again. With the same dreamy look in her eyes and smile she walked away repeating the same words.

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'Hehe, it was funny. Never would've imagined Raven get all dreamy eyes over some guy. I mean yeah she has liked another guy before me but that's another story and that guy was a total ass for what he had done to Raven. But anyhoo, that's how it was. It took me a while to finally get the guts to ask her out. Our first date was a day to remember. I had so much fun with her but nothing really happened then. I mean hugging or kissing stuff, just the holding hands. We went on more dates after that but they were all like the first date. It was rather confusing for us because we had been on so many dates but didn't know whether we should ourselves girlfriend and boyfriend. Over the time I started to fall in love with her and it was near the end of the 11th grade till I finally got to tell her that. Man the looks on everyone faces when they found was just priceless. I mean they all knew we really liked each other and people knew we were going out but basically we went out on so many date and hadn't even yet admit any feeling for each others, some thought we were mostly going no where.'

Garfield trailed out of his thoughts looking down at Raven who moaned as she snuggled closer in the crook of Garfield's neck. Garfield kissed her head and rested his against hers.

'But we got somewhere alright. Together for 6 years and I have finally come to a decision.'

Garfield looked down at Raven to make sure she was asleep and then reached his hand into his pocket.

'One I meet her parents, finally get everything settled…'

Garfield then pulled out a small velvet box and smiled excitedly at it.

'I'm gonna ask her to marry me…hehe, I am so the man!' Garfield thought as he placed away the precious item and then rested his head against his love.

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Whaddya think? Good, bad, great? This chapter just basically focused on a lil bit of their past and stuff. I'll throw in two more memories of their past in the next chapter where you'll also get to know a lil bit more about this uncle of Raven's.

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