Chapter 4

The next morning, Raven arrived early and was the first one in class.

"Well, look who's here," Garfield said as he walked in.

"Yeah," she replied, "I woke up feeling pretty good, so I got ready pretty fast."

"I wish I could wake up feeling good," he took his seat.

"So, got any plans this weekend?" She asked.

He took a moment to think, "No, I don't think so. Why do you ask?"

"Well, I thought maybe we could hang out or something with it being Labor Day weekend?"

He smiled, "Yeah, that'd be awesome. What'd you have in mind?"

She pondered, "To be honest, I hadn't gotten that far."

He laughed, "We'll if you think of something, let me know."

"You have to think too," she giggled.

The professor cleared his throat to begin class and start the next lesson. The class was always enthused for Professor C's course. He always made it fun and not make it seem like it was school work. They ended class with starting an episode of CSI and would finish it tomorrow. Professor turned the lights back on and everyone stood up to leave.

"Hey, Rae," Garfield called over to her. She turned around.

"I was thinking, maybe we could go to the beach or something?"

"This weekend? For how long?"

He shrugged, "However long you want to stay."

"Garfield, as much fun as that sounds, I really need to save my money."

"Oh, Raven, no. You're not paying for a thing."

She gave a puzzled look.

"Look, let's just say that Mom and Dad left quite a bit for me after they passed."

"Oh..."

"Hey," he nudged her, "Perk up. It's cool. I'll get us a really nice beach house that's right on the beach and we can have our own little vacay. If you want, we can bring other people too. It doesn't have to be just us."

"Okay, I have my friend Kori I could bring," she suggested.

"Does she have a boyfriend? I have a single friend I could bring as well?"

"No, she's single."

"Perfect," she smiled, "So, I'll pick you up at 5 tomorrow evening and we'll head over to the coast."

"Sure," she grinned back.

They had made it to Raven's car and before she got inside, she hugged him.

He embraced her back.

"What was that for?" He chuckled.

She took a deep breath still latched on to him, "Nothing. I just really like having somebody who I can be close with."

He laughed under his breath in her ear, "Raven I want you to be completely comfortable with me. I don't want you to feel like you can't tell me anything."

She took a deep breath and broke from the hug.

"See you tomorrow," she warmly said goodbye.

"See ya then," he winked.