RPOV

I sat up in that tree for what felt like hours watching Carlos sit there a cry, let me tell you sitting still is the hardest thing to do. I sigh and try to move as quietly as possible but the branch I was holding snapped loudly, I freeze.

"raven?" I look down to see Carlos looking up at me so heartbroken, my heart sank. did I cause that?

"um...h-hey...what are, um, you are doing here?" stuttered much raven...jeez pull yourself together.

"looking for you! I was so fucking worried about you! first you bang on my door and then just run like hell away and before I know it none of us could find you. I thought something had happened to you! you could have been injured or killed! I don't know what I would have done if something had happened to you!" he ranted.

I slowly climbed down from the tree to stand in front of him. he was that worried about me? why?

I reached up and touched my hand to his cheek, with my thumb I wiped away his tears "please don't cry Carlos. it breaks my heart every time you do. it makes me think of every time I found you in the isle."

he puts his hand on top of mine and turns his head into my palm "do you realize the pain I felt when you disappeared. my heart sank."

Without even thinking I pulled him into a hug and just held on tightly. My heart started to pound when he wrapped his arms around me and just held me as tightly. I wanted to pinch myself because for some reason I didn't think was real, of course it was at that moment that my phone decided to play hurricane by Luke combs…ha-ha talk about timing with a moment. Finally, Carlos pulled away and put his hands on either side of my face to make me look at him. I saw tears still falling down his face and man did I want to reach up and wipe them away, but I was frozen in place still not believing what I was seeing with my own two eyes.

"you have no idea how much you scared me when you disappeared like that.." his voice started to break as more tears poured down his face. It that sight alone that pulled me out of my stupor and I just pulled him back into a hug.

"shhhhh. Its ok Carlos, I'm fine. I'm not hurt or broken anywhere.." I said as I rubbed his back, he started to sob and I couldn't tell if it was a sob of relief or not. He just held me tighter than he did before.

"I love you Raven, don't ever scare me like that again" he whispered so softly that I almost didn't hear him. It did though take a few minutes to register in my mind what he had said.

"I love you to Carlos"

A/N: im sorry for the long wait guys, my classes just started on top of work and dealing with some health issues I have along with mourning the 3 family members. I can't promise you an exact date that the next update will be, but I'm gonna try my hardest to make it so there's not such a long pause in between them.