Ch. 8
Raven's eyes fluttered open, and she looked around the apartment. Everyone was sitting around watching the riot on TV.
"Dad?" she groaned. She heard everyone get up, and then she seen her dad beside her.
"We thought we had lost you, Raven." Her dad choked. Raven seen tears filling his eyes, and she wearily sat up. Roger wrapped her in a tight hug, and Raven felt a tear fall on her t-shirt. Roger helped her stand up, and then Kyle wrapped Raven in a loving hug.
"God…you scared me half to death Raven…"he whispered to her.
"I'm sorry Kyle…it's not my fault that cops get really aggressive after a while." She replied. She looked wearily at everyone in the room.
"You know…I've never been to Times Square for New Years…I'm never doing that again…"she said. Everyone got a laugh from that.
Sunday came pretty fast. Raven had been with these people since Tuesday (New Years Eve) and she felt like she had known them her entire life.
"Hey Kyle…you think I could have your address so we can keep in touch?" she asked.
"Sure…do you have a pen and paper I can write it down on?" he replied. Raven nodded, grabbed the pen and paper, and handed it to him. She watched him write down his address, and then watched him walk out the door with his dad. Everyone else had left an hour ago.
"See you next year!!" Collins shouted.
"See you at Thanksgiving Collins!!" shouted Mimi.
"See ya Raven!" they shouted.
"Bye guys!" she replied. She looked at his address, and let out a sigh…