Raven was beat. School, work and something that turned out to be a date on one day was a bit much, but at least the last part was enjoyable. She touched her lips remembering the feeling of Apple's on them and her heart skipped a beat in favor of an incredibly warm and fuzzy feeling that spread through her entire body and gave her hope that just maybe she could one day forget about her dark past and look into a bright future side by side with her.
At first she had been skeptical about Apple, but the regret and the love that she had shown her was as great as it was genuine and left no doubts about the purity of her intentions. It was the first time in over five years that the word love did not sound tainted in her ears, that it did not fill Ravens heart with absolute horror and for that alone she was ready to give Apple every bit of affection that she could possibly manage to.
The date, after it had turned out to be one, had for the most part been composed of kisses, cuddling and a talking Apple who made it very clear – intentionally or not – that she had a lot of things to deal with right now most of which she found terribly confusing. Raven had not minded her talking that much about herself, for one part because it was actually interesting to get insight into her strange little world and she was adorable when she tried to sort out her thoughts and for the other part because she was anything but ready to talk about herself. In fact she would not mind never talking about herself, but she would have to eventually.
Raven sighted, went to her room, undressed and slipped into bed, where she fell asleep surprisingly fast after hugging her pillow and imagining it was her girlfriend.
Blood on her skin. Blood on her clothes. Blood all around her. A mutilated body on the ground. Surrounded by blood. Headless. The smell stings in her nose. Something in her hand. It's hair. Red covers long blonde curls. Something attached to it. She lifts it to see. A head. Empty eyes staring at her her. Apples eyes.
Once again Raven wakes up screaming, but she can't brush it of this time. All that the painful hole she felt, where her heart was supposed to be allowed her to do was to curl up in a ball and cry.
When the sun rose and she ran out of tears to shed, Raven came to a painful decision. She could never be with Apple. Never be with anybody she actually loved.
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