Chapter 7 Shards

A whole week after the auction and house incident Matt still wasn't learning his lesson. He seemed hellbent on just denying Raven's every command. That didn't bother her, she expected that and besides he would learn eventually, people aways did. Raven got up at six as always and started to make breakfast, if Matt wasn't down by half past then he didn't eat, it was that simple. Iziah had informed her about the guy that was eyeing up Jamie, it didn't concern Raven much, she would deal with it when she crossed that bridge.

"Morning Raven" Storm said coming down the stairs "Have you thought up any more cruel and unusual punishments for our little friend?"

"I'll cross that bridge when we come to it, no doubt that will be very soon"

"Yeah, will he ever learn?"

"Eventually" Raven shrugged stirring the cooking pot. "So whats on your agenda today Storm?"

"Work and thats about it. You?"

"I have some work for Mathew to do and hopefully he don't wind up punching my fucking wall again"

"Did Iziah mention that guy to you?"

"Yes she did"

"Is she being over protective or is she right, for once"

Raven laughed dishing up some porridge "Lets see how it pans out"

At exactly six thirty Matt was downstairs, luckily he got breakfast. "Your gonna need all your strength today Mathew because today you will be doing all the work that Iziah has skipped out on"

"Permission to speak Sarge?" Matt asked tiredly

"Permisson granted"

"I ain't working today, its Saturday and I have to meet my mates in town"

Storm stabbed him in the hand with her fork, Matt screamed the house down as Storm took out her fork and began to address the wound.

"Yeah that ain't happening. Today you are working and if you don't do it properly you will have a brand new stab wound to match that one. Now I hope you have done all the chores on your bedroom list Mathew because Storm will be checking and she will decide the punishment if it isn't and a word of warning she's a little more sadistic than I am"

Matt didn't say anything, he knew he had done it because whether or not it showed, he was starting to learn.

Around mid-afternoon Raven went inside followed by a very tired Matt. All morning they had been outside doing various back breaking tasks, alot of it Matt had to guess how to do it which earnt alot of sweating and frustration. At long last she allowed a break, Raven was mean but she wasn't heartless, she wasn't going to work the boy to death she just wanted to give him that illusion.

"You can grab a drink of water and a sandwhich. After that you can start on the front gardens" Raven said pointing out where the glasses were kept. "I'm going to check my emails, don't do anything stupid Mathew you can't hide from someone like me"

Matt had no idea what she was talking about but after today he was starting to learn very fast, don't piss her off. Already he had been stabbed, punched, slapped, starved and worked like a slave. He questioned himself as to why he didn't learn faster. Matt grabbed a tall glass of water and downed it in one go, nothing felt as good as that water did. Matt grabbed a second and went back for a third. The glass slipped from his hands and completely shattered all over the tiled floor.

"What the hell was that?" Raven asked racing inside to find a very guilty looking Matt and a demolished glass.

"It was an accident Sarge, I swear" Matt looked at his cousin terrifyed, her psychotic outburts seemed to be at the smallest of things he had done, (or hadn't done)

"Ok" Raven shrugged handing him a dust pan and brush. "Clean it up"

Matt sighed in relief as Raven went back out to her shed turned bedroom. Ten minutes later Matt was knocking at her door.

"Permission to speak Sarge?"

"Permission granted"

"Its all clean and now I'm waiting on the the next command" Matt was tired of trying to fight it, he just wanted the pain over because he got it, if he didn't stop fighting Raven would wind up killing him and knowing her not even think twice about it.

Raven got up and went back out to the kitchen, Matt in tow. She looked at the porcelin floor thinking hard. "If its clean, lick it"

Matt just looked at her like she was nuts.

"If its so shard free lick it, we'll see how clean it is when you have shards of glass in your tongue"

Matt grabbed the pan and brush again and quickly began to clean furiously.

"Yeah thats what I thought" Raven muttered grabbing her wallet "Storm!"

"What!" Storm hollered back from upstairs.

"I'm going to get a drink, after Matt is finished cleanin up his mess make him do the front gardens and the fence line!"

"Will do! And if doesn't do it right!"

"Mke something up, just don't kill him!"

"Hospital it is!" Storm laughed as Raven went out.

The trip to Toms was uneventful, it was mainly people staring at her like she was an alien. Raven didn't care, she never once cared about what people thought she wasn't about to start now. On her way back however things began to pick up for the psychotic beauty. She didn't mean to bump into him, it just happend and now she was drenched in coke.

"I am so sorry" He looked at the small girl, to his surprise she didn't go flying backwards as they collided despite that he probably outweighed her by at least a hundred pounds.

"Totally my fault." Raven said smiling.

"I'm Randy" He held out his hand.

"Raven" She shook it politely.

"Your the girl that liked my ink"

"Yeah, its very impressive"

"Yours too" Randy looked up and down her coulourful arms and legs. Even with her tattoos Randy thought she was attractive, he couldn't help it. It was the first thing to pop into his head.

"Thanks. Where did you get them done?"

"St Loius, and you?"

"All over the world" Raven smiled at the tall muscular man. His blue eyes burned into her silver ones, not something she was used too. Most men were glued to her giant tits. "Anyways I should be going, it was nice to meet you Randy"

"You too Raven, I'll see you around"

"Indeed"

"Well that was just plain weird" Raven commented coming inside the house. "Seriously people say I'm weird"

"Why what happened?" Storm asked glancing at Matt for a moment. He was on his knees in the corner like he was being arrested. Obviously he had done something wrong.

"I met a guy from down the road and we had a coversation" Raven said it like it was the most disgusting thing in the entire world.

"And?" Storm asked waiting for the bad part.

"I don't talk to people Storm, I'm happier not talking to people"
"Well it looks like you just made a new friend" Storm teased.

"Yeah ok, theres a reason I don't talk to people or even like people"

"And that is?" Storm asked.

Raven merely pointed at Matt "Theres your reason right there"

Storm just laughed as Raven went back out to her room. Not many would guess but Raven was one of the most anit-social people in the entire house.