The shopping mall was unlike anything that Raven and Chelsea had ever seen. It looked like the Mall of America to the two girls. It was equipped with four floors of non stop hot shops. These shops all ranged from Abercrombie and Fitch all the way to the pricey stores like Saks Fifth.
"Oh my God Chels! Look at this place! I swear I will never go home again!" Raven exclaimed as she eyeballed the mall through her side window. "I mean, we are sure to stock up on just about everything." With that Raven unbuckled her seatbelt and dug in her purse for her compact.
"Do I look good? I just want to make sure in case we see any hot guys or let alone Parker."
"Rae you look fine! Seriously you need to calm down on this Parker guy….I mean you just met." Chelsea said as she took off her own seatbelt and shifted in her seat in order to face Raven. "I mean this is our girl's day out so can't we just talk about girl stuff and not worry about this Parker guy?" she said in a sarcastic tone.
"I'm sorry Chels" Raven began. "I didn't know it bothered you that much that I was talking about him. No worries, we can always talk about boys later." Once Raven finished checking her reflection in the mirror, she opened her door and jumped out.
Chelsea had noticed that Raven was still wearing her white tank with her push up bra and decided to say something.
"Rae….you really need to cover up! You don't want any unannounced attention now do you?" she said as she threw Raven her Green Juicy sweater.
Raven turned around just in time to have her sweater be thrown in her face. She made a pouty look at Chelsea as she slid her arms into the sleeves and zipped it up half way. "Ok better?" she said with a hint of attitude. "I swear sometimes you are like my mom Chels."
Raven and Chelsea started to walk up to the front door, when Chelsea's phone rang. Chelsea quickly reached into her own purse, retrieving the phone.
Raven watched as Chelsea's face quickly turned to confusing as she read her phone screen. "Who is it Chels?" Raven asked concerned.
"It's Ben…..should I answer it?"
"Well maybe……." But before Raven could finish her sentence Chelsea had already pressed talk and said "Hello?"
Oh man why does she do this to herself? Raven thought. She is just going to get all caught up in Bens lies all over again and she will get her heart broken. I have to say something! Without thinking Raven quickly grabbed the phone from Chels and said "Ben…..its Raven. Hey how ya doin? Listen….Chels and I are having a girls day out and we cant have any interruptions…….oh you were having a conversation…..well you can call back later…..buhbye!" with that Raven pressed END and handed the phone back to Chelsea.
"RAE!" Chelsea yelled as Raven started to walk on in front of her. She could not believe that Raven had just hung up the phone on Ben. It had taken him nearly 2 months to finally call her, and the confusing part to Chelsea, was that she was waiting for his call all along. But still, Raven hanging up on Ben made Chelsea feel sick to her stomach.
"Don't keep walking Rae you better turn around and look at me!" she said as she continued to grow angrier by the second.
Raven slowly turned around with a sad but also confused look on her face.
"I can't believe you just snatched the phone right out of my hand and had the nerve to hang up on Ben! Do you know how long it took for him to call me? Maybe he was going to apologize for everything he did to me! But do you wait and ask me how the conversation is going! No! Uhhgg…I can't freaking believe you Rae!"
With that Chelsea stormed off past Raven and continued to mutter angry words to herself. She didn't know why she was getting so upset with Raven; it was just all the emotions that came out with her relationship with Ben were really starting to get to her. Chelsea quietly found a bench outside the mall parked behind some trees and a new garden, which was out of sight from others. It was here that Chelsea finally broke down and cried.
Raven couldn't believe what had just happened with Chelsea. She stood in shock as she watched her best friend walk off, mouthing angry words to herself. Raven knew this wasn't how Chelsea acted, and she wanted to find where she went off to in hopes of them reconciling and figuring out what was bothering her.
Raven walked up to the front of the mall and then paused only to be welcomed by quiet sobs coming from the garden walkway. She quietly walked among the stones as she peeked over a bush, to see Chelsea with her head in her hands sobbing.
"Chels?" Raven said quietly as she slowly walked up to her. "Can I talk to you?"
She was welcomed with a tiny "Rae I really need to be alone right now." However, she would not let Chelsea shut down and not talk to her. This needed to get out in the open now, if Chelsea would ever say anything.
Minutes turned to what seemed like an hour to Raven as she sat down next to Chelsea and let her get all of her crying out. Half way through, Chelsea had noticed Raven had not budged from her spot, and took her head out of her hands and laid it in Raven's lap.
Raven could not believe how upset and vulnerable Chelsea was acting right now. She couldn't stand to watch her in pain. Ben was like a pill, that Chelsea kept ingesting that brought out the worst in her. All she could do to comfort Chels was stroke her hair and keep telling her "you're a fighter Chels….you are going to get through this….its just hard right now."
After Chelsea felt like she got all her anger and grief out she lifted her head off of Ravens lap and quickly pulled her into a hug. She was surprised at how fast Raven grabbed a hold of her and began to rock back and forth. "It's okay Chels….I'm here for you" she heard Raven say.
Once Chelsea let go of Raven she finally looked her in the face. She could not believe what she saw; Raven actually was crying along with her, for her mascara was running down her face.
"Rae…are you ok?" Chelsea asked concerned.
"I should ask you the same question" Raven said as her and Chelsea giggled.
"Rae….I'm sorry I was such a bitch earlier. I don't know what came over me. I know you are only looking out for me its just……Ben was my first true boyfriend and I really thought I loved him, and having him call really made my day but now I'm realizing how depressed its making me."
Chelsea had looked like she was about to start crying again. Her own mascara was cascading down her flushed cheeks as she tried to smear it all away with her index fingers. She had noticed Raven looking at her, and then noticed Rae fixing in her bag for a tissue. When she retrieved one, she handed it to Chels and grabbed one for herself as well.
"Thanks Rae for sticking by me. Now I don't want to talk about Ben anymore right now. Let's just get to shopping."
Before Chelsea started to make her way into the mall, she noticed Raven pausing as she sat still.
"Chels….ummm….when are we going to talk about what happened between you and Ben?" she asked, her voice cracking a little.
"Rae right now it's too hard for me…..can't we just have a nice day and do what we originally planned. Plus Eddie will be waiting for us so we can't stay here forever, although I know you would love to."
With that Chelsea made her way into the double doors, not looking back at Raven until she was inside.
Raven slowly got up, only not before checking her reflection to make sure her makeup wasn't all over the place.
I know something horrible happened to Chelsea with Ben; why won't she tell me? I really want to help her through this but I can't if I don't know what happened. Oh well, lets just cheer her up by doing our shopping date and then hitting the beach.
"Come on Rae…..I already spotted Hollister!" Chelsea said as she skipped towards the store. She was in it in no time, already looking through the racks of cut off skirts and mini tee's. This was much too skimpy for Chelsea's tastes, but she decided to look anyway.
Maybe if I play off this whole thing with Ben Raven won't ask me anymore about it Chelsea thought as she watched Raven walk by and look at the new work out suits.
I don't even want to think about everything that happened, because if I think about it I'm going to have to remember it. Please don't ask anymore about it Rae! With that, Chelsea decided to catch back up with Raven as they made their way through the many stores that afternoon.
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