The next morning, Raven woke up to a loud THUD coming from the bathroom. She quickly threw the covers off and ran out of bed into the adjacent door. She found Chelsea on the ground, shaking, with her toothbrush in her hand.
"Chels are you okay girl?" Raven asked as she ran over to her friend and helped her up.
"Yeah Rae I'm fine, I mean I can brush my own teeth you know?" Chelsea snapped as she got back to her feet and moved away from Raven.
"Chelsea I just heard a noise and I got worried." Raven replied a little bit angrier, now that Chelsea had basically ripped her head off.
"I just fell off the stool while trying to get up to the shelf that's all. I'm sorry it was just a bad night last night and I think I'm still recovering from it. Can I just have some privacy right now?" With that Chelsea closed the bathroom door.
Raven stood still, staring at the bathroom door. What the hell just happened here? One minute Chelsea is okay and the next I'm pissing her off. This is getting old Raven said as she sat back down on her bed. She didn't want to be mad at Chelsea but she also didn't want to have to worry about drama happening while they were in paradise. All she wanted to do was tell Chelsea all about her night last night….but she obviously wasn't interested.
As Raven was getting up from her bed, her cell phone rang. She reached over on the dresser and noticed the name PARKER CELL on the screen. She threw her body on the bed and pressed the phone against her ear.
"Hey there!" Raven said with glee.
"Hey girl what have you been up to?" Parker replied
"Well not much….I just woke up actually and now I'm trying to figure out what to wear."
"Well you know you always look gorgeous in anything Raven." Parker said, as Raven's cheeks flushed. Could he be any more adorable? She thought as she shifted positions while on her bed.
As the phone conversation continued between the two, Chelsea emerged from the bathroom only to hear the world "Parker" come from Raven's mouth. This guy makes me sick she thought to herself as she sat on her bed and brushed her hair, waiting for Raven to get off the phone.
"Parker….I think today I am going to hang out with my girl Chelsea…so can we get together another time?"
Chelsea felt like she hadn't smiled in years, once she heard Raven blow off a date with Parker to be with her. She knew how much Raven liked this guy, and she was blowing him off for her. This definitely was a best friend in Chelsea's book.
"Okay I will call you later." Raven said as she stood up. "Bye."
Chelsea waited for Raven to say the first word before she opened her mouth.
Raven turned off her phone and placed it back on the dresser. She then slowly looked over at Chelsea as she made her way over to the other side of the room. As she sat down on the futon next to her bed, she quickly sprang back up and looked Chelsea in the eye.
"Chelsea I don't know what is wrong with you this morning; or what I did to annoy you but……do you want to hang out today and do something fun? We haven't really toured this part of the beach yet so I thought we could have a girl's day out or something…." Raven said as she waited for a response.
Without thinking, Chelsea grabbed Raven's arm and pulled her down on the bed and threw her into a hug. She held on to Raven tighter with each second that passed. Raven seemed shocked, but hugged her back anyways.
"Thanks Raven! I would love to hang out with you….and I'm sorry for being a total bitch to you this morning….things you know…." She stopped herself before she told Raven everything about what happened.
Raven noticed how Chelsea was stopping herself in mid thought and decided to say something.
"Chelsea stop closing in on me! Please tell me what's been bothering you. I feel like I can't be there for you and help you if you don't explain to me what's hurting you. You know I will do anything for you….so why won't you come to me?" Raven said as tears fell down her face.
Chelsea felt horrible for how she was making Raven cry all the time, so she decided to at least say something.
"Raven you have no idea how badly I want to tell you everything. But I just need some more time okay? I haven't healed yet and I just want to be able to sit down and explain it all to you when I feel I can. Please just give me time okay?" Chelsea asked as tears fell down her own face.
Raven wiped the oncoming tears from Chelsea's cheeks and hugged her once more say "you know I'm going to be here when you're ready."
As Raven pulled out of the hug, Chelsea decided to get out of the funk she was in and decided to have some fun with her best friend today.
"What are you wearing today Rae?" she asked.
Raven turned and made her way into the closet responding, "I have no idea yet! Come in and help me okay?"
Both girls seemed to disagree on everything that Raven wanted to wear. Wither it was too revealing or just down right wrong…..they couldn't make up their minds.
Raven finally decided on her own choice and Chelsea left the room for her to change.
Chelsea then decided to should get ready herself. She wanted to make herself look good since she was sure she was going to see some boys walking around. She decided then and there, to cut off all ties with Ben and finally enjoy being here.
Chelsea made her way over to the dresser where she kept her clothes and decided to pick out something sexy for the day. She finally decided on some cut up Hollister jeans, along with her brand new tight black haltar. She made sure to put her bikini underneath, in case Raven wanted to hit the beach later.
She actually felt like she looked better than she had in a long time. She hadn't really shown any skin since….the incident….she hated thinking about it.
"No more thought Chelsea." She said to herself as Raven emerged from the closet. She herself was wearing a cut up jean Hollister skirt, along with her white thank, bikini top, and a red jacket from A&F. Raven always looked gorgeous in anything she wore, Chelsea would always think.
"Chelsea you look hot girl!" Raven said as she made her way over to Chelsea's bed.
"Thanks Rae! I just can't decide what to do with my hair." Chelsea said as she pulled her fingers threw her long auburn locks. Raven came up behind her and tangled her own fingers in her hair as she looked at Chelsea in the mirror.
"I can curl it for you if you straighten my hair for me!" Raven said with a smirk on her face.
"You're on!" Chelsea giggled as she got up and grabbed her curling iron and Raven grabbed her straighteners. Both girls did each others hair and looked at their finished projects in the mirror.
"Thanks Chels." Raven said as she got up from the chair and walked over to the bedroom door.
"No problem Rae and thanks for doing an amazing job on mine as well."
Both girls walked out of their room and made their way down the steps. As they walked into the kitchen, they were greeted by Raven's aunt.
"My my, don't you two look pretty? Are you looking to score some beach boys?" she said as she winked at the two.
Raven and Chelsea both looked at each other and giggled as Chelsea sat down and Raven went over to pour some coffee.
"Lo…I didn't tell you but I met this guy named Parker." Raven said
"Oh I have heard about Parker." Lo said as she turned around in her chair to look at her niece. "Claire saw you two kissing outside on the driveway late last night. Raven….I don't want you moving to fast with this boy, you don't know how surfer boys are. Be careful with this relationship." Lo finished as she turned back around in her chair.
Raven could not believe that Claire had been spying on her when she was outside last night. Claire has it out for me I know it….all snooty this and snooty that….she definitely is going to be an obstacle that's for damn sure. Raven finished her rant and poured her some coffee and sat down.
"Lo" she started, "Parker and I just kissed that's all…..don't worry….I wont do anything that you wouldn't approve of." Raven finished her sarcastic conversation and looked at Chelsea.
"Come on girl we should get going. Hey Lo do you know where Eddie is? I haven't seen him all morning." She asked.
"He said he was going to hang out with some guys he met at the bonfire; he will be home later tonight."
"Ok well Chels and I are going to walk around and check this place out. We will be back later tonight." Raven said as she walked to the back door. Before she got outside she heard "RAVEN WAIT!"
"What!" she yelled back.
"Your mom wants you to call her later tonight and tell her what you have been doing."
"Ok whatever! Bye!" Raven said as she and Chelsea walked out into the fresh California air.
It was 70 degrees out; a perfect day for exploring the beach. Both girls walked down the long driveway and made their way onto the street. As they passed the houses, Chelsea heard someone yell "HEY HOLD UP!"
Raven turned around and saw a guy standing in front of his house staring at them.
"Come on Rae don't pay attention to him."
"Chels relax! Let's just see if he wants something…come on." Raven said as she made her way down the road walking right up to his mailbox.
"Do I know you?" Raven asked as the boy walked up to his mailbox in front of the girls.
"Are you Raven?" he asked.
"Uhh yeah….can I help you with something?" Raven answered, a little concerned that this guy knew who she was and she had no idea who he was.
"I'm Alec……" he responded.
Raven and Chelsea stood silent, as they looked at one another and back again at the stranger. "And we are supposed to know you or……" Chelsea said.
"I'm sorry….I'm a friend of Parker…I saw you at the bonfire last night." He said as he stuck his hand out. Raven shook his hand and then said, "Ok well this is Chelsea." She said as she pushed her in front of her to shake his hand.
"Hey Chelsea I'm Alec." Both shook hands and stared at one another, completely unaware of Raven trying to get the two girls to leave.
"Hey I'm Chelsea" Chelsea said.
"Haha…yeah Raven just told me. But I would love to hear it again." He said as he smiled at her.
Chelsea felt like she had butterflies back in her stomach. She hadn't felt this way about a boy since everything that happened between her and Ben. He was adorable; he had shaggy blonde hair and beautiful eyes….just adorable!
"Well I am actually off to the beach but hey would you guys like to like get together tonight? I can get Parker and I to pick you both up around 8 or so?" Alec asked as he waited for an answer.
Before Raven could say anything Chelsea responded "Yeah that would be great!"
"Ok awesome! Then we will see you guys tonight! Bye Raven….Bye Chelsea!"
Alec made his way down the road to the beach, as Raven turned and faced her friend.
She didn't have to say anything; Chelsea knew what she was going to say.
"I know! He's adorable though! You have Parker so why can't I just have Alec?"
Raven giggled as she nudged her friend.
"Aww Chelsea and Alec sitting in a tree…..K-I-S-I-N-G...wait!" she said as she realized her mistake.
"You are such a dork!" Chelsea said as she pushed Raven back.
"Well now it's off to the mall to get you something sexy for tonight….oh and me for that matter!"
Raven wrapped her arm into Chelsea's arm and both girls turned around and made their way to the mall.
Hey guys sorry it took so long to update! What do you think about this chapter….gimme the 411. I will try and update again tomorrow! Have a good one!
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