This is Raven's cell; I'm not available so leave me a message and I will totally hit you up later! Bye ya'll!
"Hey baby its Parker. Look I want to get together tonight. No one will be here tonight and I thought we could have some alone time. Maybe for once you could call me back huh? Alright baby I'm out. I'll holla at you later!
Raven closed the face plate to her cell phone and rolled over in bed. That was the fifth message that Parker had left for her since last night. He had definitely wanted her to come over to an empty house. The only problem to her was, was that she didn't want to have sex with him anymore. Parker was rough and abusive and she was scared to tell anyone…….let alone Parker.
She decided that tonight was the night that she would stand up to him and tell him that she couldn't see him anymore. She wanted to find someone who would treat her better than this. She was sick of looking at scratches and cuts on her body from all of Parker's "mishaps" as he called them. I'm done with this shit! she told herself as she got out of bed and made her way to the bathroom.
Chelsea was still in bed with Raven when she felt her stir out of bed. Eddie had decided to get into his own bed after the kicking fest he was put under between the two girls. Every hour or so, however, Eddie made sure to check on Raven to see if she was sleeping peacefully.
Chelsea sat up in Raven's bed and watched her through the bathroom door. Raven had pulled her sweats down and was looking at her stomach when she heard Chelsea said "Morning Rae!"
Raven quickly pulled her pants up and shifted around in order to look her friend in the eye.
"Hey Chels! Thank you for staying with me last night…..I'll never forget it!" Raven walked out of the bathroom and made her way over to Chelsea and wrapped her arms around her. She was so thankful that she didn't have to sleep by herself that night. She needed someone with her; someone to hold her through all her nightmares that were flooding into her brain.
"Raven I wanted to ask you something ok?" Chelsea replied, once Raven released her grasp and made her way back to the bathroom.
"Okay…." She said weakly, scared about what she was going to hear.
"Are you doing something with Parker that you don't want to be doing?"
Raven was shocked that Chelsea could practically read the lies printed all over her face. She had lied to both of her friends about where she went every night, she had lied about her relationship with Parker, and she had lied about what went on between them. Now was the time to come clean to Chelsea……it was now or never.
Raven walked further into the bathroom and sat on the toilet seat as Chelsea heard her weakly say, "…….yes…."
Chelsea could not believe how honest Raven was being with her. She thought she would have to hear more lies, and then finally come clean to Raven about seeing everything that went on that night. She was glad that at least Raven was being honest with her. She had to find out everything that happened between the two.
"Okay Raven……I want you to know I'm here for you…..and…..I heard Parker getting rough with you last night." Chelsea said as she was greeted by a shocked Raven standing in the bathroom doorway.
"You….were…..spying on me!" Raven yelled angrily at her as she made her way closer to Chelsea's face.
"What did you expect Raven! You have changed completely and I was worried about you. I had to know if you were in a dangerous situation!" Chelsea knew this would be a yelling match between the two, however, she knew this was what it would take in order for her to get the full truth out of Raven.
"Who the fuck asked you Chelsea! You're not my mother! Stay out of my fucking business!" Raven went to walk away when Chelsea quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her back to face her. Raven immediately turned and shoved Chelsea off of her and threw her onto the bed.
"Don't touch me Chels!" Raven screamed with tears in her eyes. "I don't want to be touched okay?"
Chelsea could see the fear that Raven was emulating. Her heart was breaking, as se looked at her once independent and strong best friend. Raven was literally deteriorating; at least her soul was. She didn't want Raven to go through this hurt and pain. She would not let Parker be another Ben.
"Raven! I need you to talk to me! I want to help you!" Chelsea said as she got up off the bed.
Raven ran over to her bed and started to throw the clothes that were lying on the covers at her. "No one fucking asked you!"
This was not like Raven. She never talked like this, and she never had been this angry before. Something seriously must be happening for her to act this way.
"A best friend can see when her sister is hurting! I can see the look in your eyes Rae! Please let me help you!" Chelsea was at her wits end. She wanted to cry for Raven, but she couldn't. She needed Eddie's help with her. Luckily, Eddie had overheard all the screaming, that he decided to come in and check on everything that was going on.
"Chelsea….Raven…what's going on in here?" Eddie was shocked to see the room as it was. Raven was throwing objects at Chelsea with anger and tears mixing her complexion. Chelsea had red eyes, filled with tears as well with everything that was going on. Eddie knew that Chelsea had told Raven what she saw that night. This was their intervention with her. They had to help hr now or never. Thank God Lo isn't home Eddie said to himself as he made his way slowly in the door.
"Raven calm down!" he yelled at her as he watched her throw another item at Chelsea, almost hitting her.
"Eddie this isn't any of your business! Why the hell are you here anyway!"
"We are here to help you! Seriously let's just talk this out and stop with all the dramatics."
Raven felt infuriated as she screamed at the top of her lungs, "YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE DRAMATICS ARE COMING FROM. THE ONE PERSON I THOUGHT I LOVED IS ABUS……." She stopped herself in mid tantrum as she fell to the ground sobbing. The truth was hitting her hard now. Parker was beating on her, and all for sex. It was time to realize everything that was happening.
"Raven……we know!" Chelsea cried to her best friend as she made her way to the floor. Chelsea sat far enough from Raven to give her, her space. It was like she was looking in a mirror at herself, after what happened between her and Ben.
"Stop talking to me like I'm so sort of victim! I can take care of myself, I don't need you two! Get the hell out of here!" Raven's voice was cracking with every lie that escaped her lips. She knew she needed them. She wanted them. She needed them to ease her pain.
"Raven…..right now you are hurting yourself by being with Parker. You need someone to talk to. Why can't you talk to me anymore? You and I are like sisters…..I love you Rae and your killing me by not letting me help you." Chelsea felt the hot tears escape her eyes as she said every word. She loved Raven as a sister and she was killing her by not letting her help her.
"Raven I love you too. I don't want to see you hurt." Eddie said as he inched his way closer to her on the floor.
"Guys I said I don't need you! Get away from me!" Raven yelled as she got up off the ground and made her way to the door.
Chelsea immediately followed Raven's every move and threw herself in front of the door. She was blocking Ravens path. She would not let her leave now. This was their time to help her and for Raven to help herself.
"Chelsea back off!" she yelled as she pulled at her shirt.
"No Rae! You are going to stay in here and talk to us! Parker is beating you Rae and probably doing it all so you will get in bed with him. He is an abusive ass and you are letting him do this to you by going with him. You're not leaving!" Chelsea pushed herself harder against the door as she watched the tears fall from Raven's eyes.
"Chelsea I swear, get the fuck away from the door!" Raven yelled one more time before grabbing onto her wrist and yanking her from her path. The pain hit Chelsea like a ton of bricks. However, she was willing to put up with it for Raven. She then turned around and pushed Raven off of her and grabbed her arm and threw her on the bed.
"What the hell are you doing!" Raven yelled.
"Shut up Raven and listen to me!" She had had it. Everything had hit the fan now.
"Look at this!" Chelsea said as she yanked on Raven's sweats and exposed the long cut that drew across her stomach. "Is this love Raven? Is this fucking worth everything you're going through? He is marking you Rae! You are just another piece to him. I'm not going to let my friend go through this!" she was yelling straight to her face in order for her to understand every word she was speaking.
"You have no right to tell me how the hell to run my life! You don't know anything about this Chelsea! You fucking have no clue as to what I am going through right now! So shut up and leave me alone!"
Chelsea could feel the truth burning her throat as she held it all back. This was about Raven's issues, not her own. If they didn't get this all out now, she was worried Raven would shut them out forever.
"Rae……don't get mad at us because we want to help you." Eddie said as he sat on Chelsea's bed and looked sternly at her. It killed him as well, to see Raven so damaged by everything that Parker did to her. He wanted to hold her and protect her from everything that she was going through. He knew he would never treat her like that. He truly did love her, and he truly was hurting inside……..he wanted to help her…..but how?
"Look guys…..Parker is just a heavy drinker okay? I think I know him better than you all! Stop treating me like a little kid! I don't need t hear this shit from you!" she screamed at her best friends. She hated doing this to them, but she also hating them seeing her weak.
"You want us to talk to you like an adult than Rae? Fine! You are fucking clueless! Get some sense into your head that Parker doesn't love you. He sees you as a piece of ass. Raven that's all you are to him! You're a sweat lay to him…so get fucking used to hit." Eddie couldn't believe he had just said that. He literally was left with his mouth open as Raven ran to him and slapped him hard against his face.
"You son of a bitch!" she yelled as she hit him. "You don't know shit Eddie! I hate you!" Eddie quickly bear hugged her as she turned around to look at Chelsea. Raven wiggled and struggled in his arms as he drug her to the mirror.
"Get off of me! Eddie STOP!" Raven hated to be touched now. She wanted everything to be over now. This was too much for her.
Eddie physically picked her up and placed her in front of her mirror as he lifted her shirt up for her to see the bruises along her belly.
"Look at them Rae! This is everything that Parker has done to you. Look at your beautiful body. Can you see this Rae? Do you like this look?" Eddie saw the tears cascade down Raven's face as she looked away and pulled her shirt back down. Eddie loosened his grip on her as he felt the sobs escape her lips.
"Eddie please…..please……stop touching me. I can't do this anymore." Raven was sobbing and screaming as best as she could. This pain was too much for her. She wanted to crawl under her covers and die. She wanted her whole summer to start over and for her to never have met Parker and brought him into her life.
Eddie let go of her and Raven ran to the door. Chelsea again stood in front of it as Raven completely lost it.
"CHELSEA PLEASE I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE. STOP OKAY?" The sobs were too much for Chelsea to take anymore. She lunged herself at Raven and wrapped her arms around her back. Raven fought to escape Chelsea's grasp, as she couldn't stand the physical contact.
Chelsea just held on tighter as she felt Raven get weaker. Raven's knees went weak as she slide down to the floor, with Chelsea following her. Raven finally let go; she grabbed on to Chelsea so tight she felt as if the blood in her fingers would burst out.
Chelsea put her hand on Raven's head as Raven leaned herself into her chest and sobbed.
"I'm so sorry Chelsea!...I can't do this anymore…….please…..help…..me…." For the next hour or so, Raven sobbed. Chelsea hung onto her the whole time. She loved Raven and would not let her go through this anymore.
Raven stopped shaking as Chelsea loosened her grip and pulled Raven from her. Chelsea couldn't help but cry when she told Raven everything that she was thinking just then.
"Raven….I love you…..I wont let you go anywhere…..You're my best friend…..When you're hurting, I'm hurting……please trust me."
Raven sobbed once more as she felt Eddie rub her shoulders. She turned around and threw her arms around his neck as she sobbed into his jacket.
"Eddie I need you! Please don't hate me." She cried.
"Raven I could never hate you. I love you." He replied as the three friends sat and cried together. This was a lot for them to all go through. However, it needed to be done and it felt good to finally get everything out in the air.
Eddie felt Raven get quiet as he realized she was probably worn out from all the crying and yelling. Chelsea and Eddie picked Raven up and sat her on the bed. They knew that she would enjoy a nice hot bath. Chelsea asked Eddie to help her undress her as they made their way into the bathroom.
Eddie was a little nervous about seeing Raven naked.
"It's okay Eddie. I trust you." Raven quietly said as they undressed her in the bathroom. She felt so weak that she almost couldn't move. Chelsea and Eddie removed every article of clothing on her and helped lift her into the tub. Eddie felt Raven's naked body press up against his as he gently placed her in the water. When he let go, he noticed all the bruises and scars that were placed among her body. He felt sick to his stomach. Her beautiful body he said to himself….Parker ruined her.
Eddie left the room as Chelsea helped Raven in the bath. He could hear Chelsea crying over how weak and fragile Raven was being right now. He waited for an hour, until Chelsea emerged from the door, with Raven in tow. He quickly got up from the bed and picked Raven up and led her to her side of the room. He placed her into her sheets and tucked her in. She was out cold before any of them could say another word.
Eddie and Chelsea looked down at Raven and cried. They finally helped her…..this was a big moment for all three of them. Raven finally broke down and told them everything.
"We should stay close to her in case she needs something." Chelsea said as she grabbed a cover and pillows from her bed.
"Of course!" Eddie replied in tow.
Chelsea and Eddie each placed themselves on either side of Raven as they nestled into her. Chelsea lightly caressed her face as she listened to Raven lightly snoring, letting her know that she was out cold. Eddie placed a gently kiss on Raven's head before he turned over in the bed and closed his eyes.
Without thinking, Eddie and Chelsea rolled over and looked at Raven one more time saying, "I love you." With that, they rolled back over and began to fall in a deep sleep.
Raven opened her eyes after a few moments and looked at both friends. She felt a small tear trickle down her cheeks as she replied back, "I love you." She placed her head on Chelsea's back and closed her eyes.
The sounds of her two best friends sleeping was like a light dream that helped Raven close her eyes and drift of into slumber.
This was a hard chapter to write ya'll. A lot of this chapter is from personal experience, and I felt it would do justice to this story. This whole story really means a lot to me and your comments and reviews really help me along. I definitely want to see what EVERYONE thought about this. Please review.
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