Okay HI!

I'm sorry this took so long but I'm past any writer's block I had before plus I have the next 2 weeks off for the Easter holidays even though we break up on Friday since it's Thursday today.

Anyway I hope this chapter is long enough!

"Why can't I just be like everyone else?" she whispered before drifting into a state of peaceful sleep…

The Next Day

"Raven?" Garth opened the door to his sister's room expecting to have something thrown at his head like last time he did something this stupid.

Walking cautiously to his sister's bed he saw Raven curled under the covers eyes tightly shut as he saw the tearstains still visible on her face. Feeling guilt wash over him he decided to wake Raven up before going to see Richard and straightening everything out.

Waking up groggily Raven had just enough time to see her brother's troubled face as he left through the door leaving her with plenty of time to get dressed and showered.

Dragging herself out of bed she climbed into the shower letting the steaming water cascade down her back. Quickly changing into a black tanktop with a violet raven on and black jeans with her favourite black boots she tied her hair into a French twist letting her bangs shade her eyes slightly, coming to rest at her shoulders. Grabbing her bag she quickly brushed her teeth before heading downstairs after putting on some make-up.

She arrived in the kitchen to see Richard waiting for her with her brother standing next to him. Glancing warily at them both she recalled last nights events and decided to ignore them both.

Walking out the door she headed to the bus stop with Richard racing after her.

Spotting Amber, Okena, Raine, Jesse, Jerry and linebacker Jason surprisingly. Smiling at the girls she warily glanced at Jason who just gave her a reassuring grin before turning into a surprised look as Richard came running up to them panting from the effort of having to run fast enough to get onto the bus that had just come, since he was like at the top of the street.

Ignoring Richard she took a seat near the back and started t talk to Okena and Amber occasionally talking to Jerry and Jesse in between.

Eventually the bus stopped and Raven was surprised to see her brother already there in his car whilst Richard dragged her into an empty classroom.

"Look Raven! I'm sorry for leaving you like that yesterday. Your brother explained to me that he was trying to protect you but he didn't mean to hurt you like this! Are you even listening to me?" he questioned as she kept her gaze firmly on the floor.

"I know…my brother's sort of insane at least that's what I think!" Raven smiled apologetically.

Victor walked up to the two with Gar in tow as the two left the classroom.

"Hey guys! Hey Rae Kori's looking for you! Okena and Amber are with her to! Something about cheerleading and The Black Cobras being in the competition." Victor said as he repeated what he'd heard off the girls.

The Black Cobras were their mortal enemies on the field. Their football team was almost better then theirs only falling slightly behind whereas their cheerleading team were one of the best in the country. Only their school and the Black Cobras were the top two squads and in the regional championships. Their own team was known as the Blitzkrieg Wolves.

Shaking her head Raven nodded her thanks before spotting the girls and walking over to them leaving the boys to stare after her retreating figure.

"Okay Dick what is going on with you and Rae?" Gar asked confused.

Sighing Richard told them about last night's events leaving them to roll around on the floor laughing their Asses off.

"Oh really mature Stone!" he muttered to the football captain having already expected this for Gar.

The bell quickly rung causing him to go to homeroom. As he entered the room he saw Raven with Amber and Kori. Making his way over to the two he was stopped by his self appointed groupie, queen of the Richard Grayson fan club who demanded for him to give her his number or she'd spread a rumour of how he was sleeping with Raven, which obviously wasn't true. Begrudgingly giving her a number he walked over to the girls giving Raven a smile.

In a happy mood he noticed their curious glances, all of them having overheard the conversation with Katrina and silently wondering what was going on. Grinning to them, he quickly explained that he'd given the Victor's number in return for laughing at him earlier.

Giggling slightly the girl's turned to look at the girl who was busy squealing in delight with the other girls over how she'd gotten THE Richard Grayson's number.

Smirking at their faces he turned round before giving Raven a quick peck on the lips leaving her to blush just as the bell rang for first period. He headed over to History with Raven since they both had it together with Victor in tow.

Taking a seat near the back so they'd be able to sleep for most of the lesson and chat with Victor who was in the seat in front of them. Raven took out her notepad and began to draw little doodles whilst half listening to the boy's conversation on the football game coming up. Since Victor was the captain and Richard would be helping Garth by taping the match on his new video camera they both decided to talk about strategies occasionally slipping back to the cheerleading competition that the girl's would soon be participating in.

The teacher rushed in muttering some excuse of being held up although if his dishevelled appearance and lipstick stain on his mouth had anything to go by then he had been very busy with their 24-year-old chemistry teacher.

Numerous murmurs broke out throughout the class as Kori took a seat next to Victor having finished her conversation with Jason.

"Hey Rae what're you drawing now?" she asked curiously keeping her voice low as their history teacher kept rambling on about the Kaiser.

Showing Kori her new drawing of a phoenix bursting out of its fame with a small smile on her face. Kori gasped in awe wondering if she could get Raven to design the cheerleader's new outfits.

None of them noticed the small group of girls hovering outside the door with lecherous grins on their pretty little faces…

I'm going to stop there for now.

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Tecna- here you go and I know what you mean about coursework lol. I've been drowning in it lately but I only have one piece, which is my English to do over the half term so I can relax lol.

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Dark girl- I really would recommend going skiing! It's great even though I did go over the edge once but it was pretty funny lol.

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