"She thinks that Devon and I are back together? That stupid kiss is killing her."
As Raven thought this she knelt down on the ground and wrapped her arms around Chelsea, just holding her, trying to comfort her.
"I can't even begin to think what you have been going through" she said as she squeezed Chelsea a little tighter. "I am not, I repeat not, back together with Devon, Chels. I could never be with him again." she said in a very soft and soothing voice.
Her breathing was still heavy from crying and she was exhausted, but hearing Raven's voice and feeling her arms wrapped around her was starting to calm her. Chelsea's body was relaxing into Raven's. She felt safe with her and then his name, that was all it took the mention of his name, and she started to tense up again and pulled out of Raven's embrace.
"I saw you Rae, you know that I saw you! You were kissing him. I just couldn't believe it at first but then the reality of it hit me. You don't just kiss somebody like that."
"Like what baby? I don't know what you think you saw, but I was not enjoying that kiss."
Raven looked Chelsea in the eyes for the first time since she found her, stood up and started pacing.
"I told him that I couldn't hook up with him anymore because I was seeing you" she sighed "he wasn't ready to let go yet and he kissed me. He kissed me to make me want him, but all I could think of was you."
Raven sat on Cell Phone Rock and looked up at the sky. It was dark and the moon and the stars were shinning brightly in the sky.
"It takes two people to kiss Rae."
"Not when one person takes the other by surprise it doesn't Chels. I didn't want to kiss him, but I couldn't push him away, he had a hold of my arms.
Chelsea just stared at her, trying to remember.
"Is that really what happened?" she said more to herself than to Raven.
She closed her eyes and thought back to when she walked through the door. She saw the kiss and tears fell from her eyes. She tried harder to remember what she saw, but couldn't. She could only see the kiss.
"Rae" she said as she got up and sat on the rock beside her. The moonlight shinning on her face. "I don't know."
That was my vision she thought to herself.
"Don't know what Chels?"
"I just… I can't see anything but the kiss. It all happened so fast and then I was in my car driving before I even knew what to think."
"Chelsea, I would never do anything to hurt you intentionally. I love you and you are the one that I want to be with."
"But how am I going to know that is true when that kiss keeps playing over and over and over again in my mind.?"
"Chelsea," Raven took a deep breath "do you love me?"
"Yes"
"And do you believe that I love you?"
"Yes Rae, but I am confused as to which way and how much right now."
Raven sighed and tried to stop the tears from flowing down her face, but failed.
"This has completely fucked up everything that is important to me." she thought to herself "I don't know how to fix this. I thought that she knew that I loved her with everything that was in me."
"Chels, do… do you want to break up?"
Chelsea turned toward her so fast that Raven almost fell off from the rock in shock.
"What? Why? Do you? Well I thought that we were, but we aren't. No, I don't want to break up but I don't know Rae, I just don't know."
"Did you want some space to think about things then? I mean what happened was a big deal and it isn't something that you are just going to be able to forget about."
As much as she hated to say it she did. Living without Chelsea was like no being able to breath for her, but she didn't want to force herself on Chelsea and hurt her more than she already had.
"Rae what I do know is that I don't want to be away from you" she said softly.
