Leaving her room in a nice outfit Anu didn't want to overdo herself so she wanted to be as casual as possible so it wouldn't freak him out. Raven was pacing his room in his most casual outfit, a pair of clean jeans, his boots and a simple black t-shirt. At least his hair was somewhat normal today. When Anu knocked on his door Raven about tripped over his own feet just to get to the door.
"You run a marathon?" She giggled when he about fell out of the door. "Or are you just glad to see me?"
"Don't act like that, it's not you."
"Fine, I won't. Shall we go? I've been dying for Asian cuisine for a long time." Anu stated as Scott locked his door.
"I don't mind." He stated flatly.
"You've never really been on a dinner date with a female before have you?" Anu wanted to laugh at the sour look on his face but didn't. "Well I wanted you to feel a little bit better about the whole thing so I asked a friend of mine to come along since he is in town."
"What friend?"
"Just a close friend I know in LA. Now come on, he's waiting for us down at my rental."
Taking Raven by the hand she led him out to the parking lot where her signature jeep was parked. It was the person that was leaning against it that caught Raven's attention; the dark complexion, cigarette and big bushy curly black hair. Anu and this man hugged gleefully as her and Raven approached the jeep.
"Raven, I want you to meet Saul Hudson, better known as Slash ex-lead guitarist of Guns N Roses. Slash, this is Raven, the wrestler I've been telling you about. Us three are going to be hanging out today. I hope you don't mind."
"No." They chorused.
"Alright. Slash, I don't want you to be doing the big brother routine because he don't need it."
"Are you sure? I could always call Zombie to have him straightened out."
"The only person that needs to be straightened out would be Jeff Hardy, but I doubt beating the crap out of him would be of any use. Come on, I'm starving here. And no, you may not drive Slash. I don't know what you have in your system right now."
"You have got to be kidding me? You don't trust me to drive your car?" Slash sounded all offended over her remark.
"It's my rental, of course I don't trust you driving it. Now squeeze in and buckle up, hungry girl on a strike."
They both looked at her in puzzlement, neither of them have never heard her even speak like that and her bravery to even speak like that profound them.
"It's the pentacle she's wearing that is effecting her." Raven said climbing in the front while Slash got in the back. "I had placed a part of my energy into it so that she could be more brave and what not."
"Why would you do that?"
"You have no idea how his head works, I don't think even I know and he won't say really. Very secretive if you ask me." Anu said starting up the jeep.
In silence the three drove to a Chinese Restaurant and ordered their food, unbeknownst to them there were some people there that they would have lived without.
"Hey Witch, who's the…oh shit, it's Slash." Jeff Hardy gasped looking at the guitarist with them. "How do you know him? Did you put a spell on him too?"
"For your information, Greenie," Slash leaned on Team Extreme's Table, "I have babysat this girl when she was growing up. She's like a little sister to me and you better not ever speak to her like that if you intend to have any children."
"Come on Slash, I don't want to start a brawl in this place." Anu said pulling on his arm. "Lets just get to our table and eat in peace."
"Remember what I said, Greenie."
"Greenie?" Raven looked at Slash as they sat down.
"He's a guitarist, he's not really good and that's what I call all beginner guitarists." He shrugged while picking up his menu.
"So you two really know each other real well."
"Raven, the thing to know is that music is my second career. I grew up with Guns N Roses, I was the guardian of Slash's top hat at every bar he took me to for the beginning years of GNR. Even I had distaste for Axl Rose, more so because he treated me like I was a dwarf and an uneducated runt. I was there for the good and the bad, even beat up Rose for it."
Slash busted out laughing when Anu said that. "Man, she attacked him with a guitar one time and chased him around the stage with it because he called her a fat fart."
"Karma got me back though, I broke my thumb when I fell off of the stage."
Even though Raven didn't talk much about his personal life he listened on tales of Guns N Roses and Anu as she grew up. Meeting all sorts of artists from the rock stars and getting an early career with music was what Anu went for but instead developed a love for writing and photographing every concert she went to.
"I found out by accident that I had photography in my blood when I went to take pictures of Anthrax's concert. I was surprised at how well they came out that Scott Ian wanted them to be posted on his group's website. I even do things for Ozzfest every year."
"Bas called, he wanted to see how you're dealing with touring with wrestlers."
"Some days are better than others. Joe had come by once."
"What did he want?"
"He wanted me back, that's what." Anu looked down at the table as their food came. "He's the one that spilt my secret to everyone in this business. Now I have few friends and I don't think it's going to get any better. I was also offered a job from Rolling Stone Magazine."
"Please tell me you did not just say that?" Jeff said walking up.
"What do you want, Greenie?" Slash looked at him.
"Listen, Anu, I may not like your religion but that doesn't mean we can't be friends. So is it okay if we join you?"
Raven looked at the three. "What brought around this change of heart?"
"He got a message." Anu said. "Your mother spoke to you in a dream didn't she?"
"How do you know?"
"I asked her to. I asked her to help me show you that I am not a bad person, I have a gift with this stuff, if you need any help I'm sure I can help you. Except for the fall, I'm going home to continue my journalist career. I'm not doing wrestling anymore, it's going to be Rolling Stones."
"You took the job?" Slash asked in surprise.
"Just an assistant job, till I get more experience. Sit guys, we can talk about things."
Finally, she found some friends, more than her celebrity friends. But what will it be like without Raven? Will he miss me or will he even care at all. This was what Anu thought as they all started to talk.
