Chapter16

"Raven where have you been." Victor yelled slurred and drunkly. " I'm inebriated, and for some, for some, for some, reason your moms is upstairs crying.

"What did you do to her!" Raven said angrily as she ran up the stairs. She could hear cries of pain coming from the master bathroom. She opened the door and saw her mother with several bruises and cuts, her arm dripping with blood.

"Oh my... Mommy get up, come on we have to get you to the hospital before you lose to much blood. Corey!" Raven screamed for her brother hoping he could come help.

"He's gone Rae he left with his friends about an hour ago, I'll be fine I don't need an ambulance. I just need to bandage this up."

"What is wrong with you Mom he is going to fucking kill you if you don't do something. Get up so we can go to the hospital." Raven was yelling at this point her dad had never beaten her mom so bad before and Raven was very scared for her.

"I will not have you yelling at me like I am the child. I told you I'll be fine and I will. Now if we both can stop being so pushy-"

"Oh my gosh are you crazy, I don't need this stress right now while I'm preg-oh shit." Tanya's eyes lit up.

"You're what! The hell your not you will not taint this family's name or image. You are getting an abortion immediately, how could you be so stupid." Raven was infuriated now, how dare this woman tell her to kill her baby, and call her stupid on top of it. If that wasn't the pot calling the kettle black.

"You know what mom, I feel sorry for you and I hope that bastard down there doesn't kill you, but I don't have to take this shit, I'm gone." Raven slammed the bathroom door and went to her room to pack some clothes and phone numbers. She grabbed her hidden can of money from under a loose floor board under her bed, and turned to leave out the basement door, leaving a life of stress and drama behind her. She started to walk, she didn't know to where at first but ended up at Chelsea's house since she only lived a few blocks from her.

"Hey girl sorry to bother you so late, but can I come in." Chelsea could tell that Raven had been crying when she opened the door so she let her in hoping to be able to comfort her. The two girls went up to Chelsea's room it was late and Chelsea's mom wasn't home from work yet.

"So what's going on girl did your parents have another fight." Chelsea asked curiously.

"No um, my mom put me out and my dad well he's no where to be found." Raven wasn't ready to tell Chelsea about her pregnancy yet. She felt a little bad lying but she just wasn't ready. "Do you mind if I crash it here for a few days until me and Eddie can figure out something.

"Well If you mom put you out and your dad is nowhere to be found I guess you can stay with me until Eddie thinks of something." Chelsea said reluctantly.

"You seem a little reluctant about that Chels," Raven said finally piecing together her vision. "I thought you might like it and you know I would do the same for you."

"I said okay I don't see why you are catching an attitude." Chelsea was a little irritated it's not like Raven had given her a choice.

"If you don't want me here then just say it because obviously you don't want my friendship either Chels."

"You haven't said more than two words to me in weeks and all of a sudden you need my help, friendship is a two way street Rae. I'm not telling you to go."

"Oh so now I'm not a good friend Chels? You know what my family situation is like and I would think of all people you would have my back, but I guess you really don't know who you real friends are until something extreme happens huh." With that Raven grabbed her things closing the door loudly behind her. Raven walked down to the bus stop and began to cry life wasn't supposed to be this hard not when you are eighteen she couldn't stand it.

"Oh baby don't cry. I'm right here with you and I know you are going to be alright." Raven's grandmother dried away her tears and gave her a reassuring smile.

"Grandma It's so hard, where am I going to go I can't go back to that house, I can't deal with that. What is wrong with your daughter?"

"She's still your mother Raven, I'm afraid she's lost though honey. I see nothing good in her future if she doesn't leave him, and I don't have to be psychic to see that. I have an idea, want to make smores like we did when you were little while you wait for your friend Alana to come drive by here and see you." Raven looked at her grandmother amazed by how she could control her visions.

"What Alana's going to pick me up, you're good grandma, do you think you can teach me to control my visions before all of this is over." Nana Howard gave Raven a loving touch as she smiled.

"Well baby I can certainly try. Oh look up sweetie your friend is about to drive by." Right on cue Alana's car pulled up and slowed to a stop by Raven.

"Rae girl, what are you doing out here this time of night, what happened, did you parents find out about the baby." Raven looked at her new best friend and began to tear up. Alana was truly a good person if you gave her the chance. "Girl never mind why, you can tell me at my house, get in the car. It is way to cold out here for you and the baby. You can stay with me as long as you need we have plenty of room." Raven's grandmother winked at her as Rae got in the car and explained to Alana the horrible details of her night and of her terrible fight with Chelsea.