Disclaimer: There is a line in this chapter that was taken from a poem I read on fictionpress. I couldn't get a hold of the author to see if I could use it, but it's only one line. Just letting you all know it's called "we all begin as angels".
She had never been there before but could see that it was beautiful. Raven and Ben sat on top of the highest hill, overlooking the entire city. The cars driving by far below them looked like a blurry sea of movingred and white stripes.
"It's gorgeous," Raven said, still trying to take in all the sights and sounds. "I can't believe this is my first time being here." It was really an amazing place to be. There was something in her eyes, though. Sure, she had fun. But the whole night, in the back of her mind, she couldn't help but feel that she wasn't having fun with the right person. Still, she put up a front in an effort not to spoil Ben's mood.
"Yeah," Ben said, quietly. His eyes seemed to be focused one the sky…at the darkening streaks of pink and orange. An unbreakable promise of nighttime. Their time together was getting shorter.
"I really enjoyed our date tonight, Ben. It was," she took a few seconds to think of a word to sum it up, "nice."
Ben smirked and rolled is eyes, but not playfully. He was the perfect gentlemen that night. He took her dancing. He took her out to a fancy restaurant. He did everything he thought that he was supposed to do. 'But you're not happy,' he told her in his head.
"Ben, what's wrong?" Raven asked. She grew concerned once she saw the look on his face.
"Nothing's wrong," he lied. "I'm ok."
"Oh." Raven shifted uncomfortably on the ground. "So…" She desperately searched for something to talk about. "What mark do you think we'll get on our assignment? We got a pretty good topic compared to what some others had to work on. I mean, angels? That's not so hard to write about. We were lucky."
"I guess so." Ben nodded his head. "I imagine it's a lot harder to be them than to write about them." He put his knees up to his chest and wrapped his arms around them as he spoke.
"What do you mean?" Raven asked, interestedly.
"I just mean, anyone can go on the internet and write an essay on angels. But nobody, no matter how good they think they are, can live as one. It's not in our nature. We start off so pure…so naïve," Ben looked down at the city. It was so alive. It never stopped moving, not even for a second. "But we become polluted."
Raven looked at him, unsure of what to say.
"You know, we all begin as angels," he turned around and could see a familiar group of kids walking toward him in the distance and lowered his voice "but only devils die…" Ben stood to his feet.
"Well, look who it is. Stinky Sturky."
Three boys from school, Shane, Collin and Rick, stopped in front of him. Raven knew them as just bullies. Ben had a much closer connection to them.
"We should get going, Rae." He held out a hand for her to grab.
"And he's with a girl, too? I can't believe it," Rick said. He was a bit tall and muscular for his age. He shook his head to toss back the shaggy brown hair that covered most of his eyes. "So, what do you think you're doing here? This is our spot. We don't want you stinking it up!"
"Come on, Ben. Let's just go," Raven said.
"Whoa, is name is Ben? I always thought it was Bill or something like that? Not like it matters. It's not as if people really care to remember your name," Collin said with a smirk. "So, Raven, what are you even doing with this guy? I thought you were all over Chelsea."
"Actually, Chelsea and I are no longer dating," She informed him.
"Yeah, I heard she cheated on you," said Shane.
Raven was beginning to get fed up. "Look, this is none of you're business, ok?"
"No, no, I totally get it. She cheated on you, so to make her jealous, you go out with Bill. She realizes what a mistake she made, then comes running back into you're arms. Very clever."
Raven thought for a few seconds about how close he was. She really did go on the date to make Chelsea jealous. 'But did I do it because I want her back? Do I miss her? Am I still in love with her?' she asked herself.
As the rest of the world continued to moved, Raven's stopped for a moment. Eyes wide, she had a vision:
Chelsea stopped and stood right front of Raven. It was clear that words were on the tip of her tongue. She was ready to talk…
She snapped back to reality with a grin on her face.
"Oh, so this is funny to you?" Ben asked. "You can't even answer my question." He could feel the heat begin to rise in his face.
"Huh?" Raven had missed part of the conversation because of the vision.
"So you really didn't want to go out with me tonight? You just wanted Chelsea back."
"I never said that," she yelled.
"Well, you never denied it either. I knew you were thinking about her a lot, but I didn't know that this whole date was a sham!"
The boys started to laugh at the situation they had instigated.
"Ben," Raven started. She didn't finish her sentence. He took off too fast. Raven pushed her way through the bullies, hoping to catch up wit Ben, but he was gone. Slowly, she began to walk home.
A/N: Yeah, yeah, I know it was too short and it took me way too long to post. Review anyways. I loves me some reviews. I'm just a whore like that. Anyhoo, slowly but surely, this story WILL get done, so don't worry. I was going to update something else today, but I decided to go with a story that I know people are waiting for. By the way, if there is a story you're waiting for me to update, feel free to tell me and I promise I'll get working on it. I like to know what you guys want.