The kiss kept playing over and over in her mind. She thought about everything that had happened. Her happiness at spending time alone with Raven, then the kiss, her initial shock, the tears that streamed down her face, the words of accusation, Raven's desperate plea, and her long drive. The drive had been the hardest part, it meant that she had to leave the love of her life behind. She couldn't handle it. She didn't know what to do so she just left.
"Aw man, why did I leave like that? I didn't even find out what was going on."
Raven had said that it wasn't what it looked like and her cell was constantly ringing. She needed to talk to Rae, but she wasn't ready yet.
"Things are still new between us, if there still is an us. We haven't been together more than a few months." she said to herself "There is still a lot of things that have to be sorted out between Rae and Devon."
Just the thought of him made her eyes start to tear up. He was a threat to her relationship, but she didn't know what to do about it.
She put her car into park and walked to the path that would lead her to the campground where the Outdoor Club had its camping trip.
She remembered the last time that she had walked up that path. Even in the twilight she could still see the beauty of the forest. It seemed to have a magical feel to it, and the smells. Nothing in the world smelled better than the woods to her.
On their trip they were supposed to sleep under the stars, but Raven had come. A small smile spread across her face.
"Rae never was the outdoor type."
Raven had only agreed to go to make Chelsea happy and show that she cared about her. She also had brought everything with her but the kitchen sink.
"Oh that girl" she thought shaking her head "and her 'tent-in-a-tube'."
As she approached what Raven called 'Cell Phone Rock' the tears started to slip down her face again.
"How am I going to live without you? I don't know if I could stand it."
She collapsed on the ground in front of the rock, tears running down her face. She suddenly realized that it was quiet, something was missing.
"She's not calling me anymore."
"What if she doesn't want to talk to me anymore? What if she has given up on me? She took a deep breath "I don't know what's going on, it's a bad situation and a big mess, we have to be able to talk about this before anything is decided, well I think that I know what she has decided, but we still need to talk about it, I'm going to have to call her. I have to talk to her."
Just as she said this her phone started to chirp. She jumped at the sudden noise and looked at the screen. It was a text, not a call but it was still contact. She opened her phone and read.
"Chels, I know that this is bad. I know that you are hurting, I am too. I need to talk to you. I love you and I need to explain."
She read the text again and again with tears slipping from her eyes every time that she read the words 'I love you'. She knew that it was true, that Raven loved her, she just didn't know how much and in what way anymore.
"Chels" Raven said as she reached out to touch her arm.
Raven had been standing there not sure how to approach the red haired beauty. Seeing her sitting there with the glow of the phone outlining her head for longer than it takes to read the message once made her walk over.
"AHHHH, Oh my god, Raven what how don't ever do that again!" she said in one breath "How did you find me?"
"Well I thought of all the places that you would go and realized that there were so many that if I didn't get lucky, it would take me days to find you."
She held out a hand and pulled Chelsea up to her feet.
"And you found me" she just stared at her.
"Yes, I found you because I got lucky, really lucky. I had a vision that you were here Chels."
As hard as she tried, Raven couldn't look Chelsea in the face. She knew all of the hurt that would be there and in those eyes, those beautiful eyes that sent chills down her spine every time she saw them.
"I don't know what to say to you Chels. I don't think that there is anything that I could say to make this better." she said as she started to choke up.
"Rae…I understand" she said between sobs "I… I know.. that you and D.. Devon were some.. thing special, n.. now that…that you're back t.. together" she lost control and fell to the ground again.
