"She doesn't want to be away from me." she thought
Inside Raven's spirit was starting to perk up when she heard this.
"Chels, I love you" she places her hand on top of Chelsea's and squeezes gently. "In all of the possible ways that there are to love you." she turns to look Chelsea in the eyes. "I loved you first as my best friend, now I love you as my girl and my best friend."
Raven leaned in and placed a soft kiss on Chelsea's lips.
"Rae, I think I need some time. I don't want to be away from you, but I need to think about this."
Chelsea's inside was screaming "No don't leave me. Don't let me go." but she knew that she needed to think. Love without trust in their relationship would bring it to an end. Thinking about how she could trust Raven again wasn't something that she could do with her there with those soft kisses. She would lose herself in them.
"Chels… um alright" It took everything in her not to scream at her that she loved her, that she didn't want anyone else.
"I think that we had better be going home then, or at least out of the woods."
"Ok. Your right it is dangerous to be out in the woods alone in the dark."
Tears were running down both girls faces. Both thought that they were losing the other one.
The walk to the cars was a silent one. There was also a small amount of distance that they put between themselves. They didn't want to touch it would hurt too much.
When they reached their cars they paused. Neither wanting to leave the other, but knowing that was what was going to happen.
"Want me to fallow you home Chels?" Please say that you don't want to go home.
"No Raven, I will be ok to make it there" Don't leave me! I don't want to be away from you!
"Alright then. I will call you tomorrow Chelsea… well if that is ok with you."
The unimaginable hurt that Raven was feeling was making her words harsh and cold. When she realized how she had sounded she softened her voice and asked.
"It is ok isn't it Chels?"
Chelsea was shocked from Raven's tone and it scared her. In all of the years that she had known her, Raven had never used a tone like that with her.
"Yeah Rae, if you want to."
A solitary tear ran down her right cheek.
"Bye Rae" she said as she opened her door and sat down behind the wheel.
"Bye Chels"
Raven was dumbfounded at what was happening. She stood there for a second just looking at Chelsea.
She jumped at the sound of Chelsea's car starting. Then climbed in her own car and started it.
She fallowed Chelsea to the highway, but as soon as they had reached it Raven dropped back so that she couldn't see her car anymore.
"If I fallow her all the way to my house" she thought "I wont be going home. I wouldn't be able to stop myself from going the next ten blocks to her house."
She sighed as she grabbed her purse. Pulling out her phone she dialed the second most familiar number in the world to her.
"Hey girl! Did you find her?" his voice cheery but concerned "Is everything ok with you two now?"
Those two questions were all that it took to make her let out a little sob. She took a deep breath and started talking through the tears that were falling down her face.
"Yes, I found her Eddie, but things aren't ok with us. I don't know if they ever will be again."
"Wow Rae , went that well huh?"
"If I wanted your sarcasm Ed I wouldn't have called you in the first place." she said stonily.
"I'm sorry Rae, but this is you I'm thinking about. You know that girl better than she knows herself." he let out a sigh "I thought that you would be tellin a brother that you two were ok."
"Well we aren't and I don't know what to do Eddie, I just am so lost without her."
"Where are you Rae?" he asked
"I'm on my way home. I will be there in twenty."
"I will be waiting. We'll see if we can't find a way to fix this."
"Eddie" the tears getting bigger as they fell down her face "I love you boy"
"I know Rae, love ya too see ya in twenty"
She shut her phone and sighed. Her body was starting to shut down from the emotional rollercoaster that she had been on. They were going to figure things out and make them better.
"He is always there for me when I need him the most."
The twenty minutes passed by quickly, seeing how slowly the rest of her day had seemed to pass by, and before she knew it she was home. Eddie was waiting for her.
She got out of the car and hugged him. Her eyes started to let the tears fall again.
"It will be ok Rae, everything will work out." he said this to her hopping that he was right.
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Chelsea pulled away slowly. The tears now pouring down her face again. She never knew that she could cry so much in such a short amount of time.
"Why? Why did this have to happen now? We were so happy."
The question went through her head over and over. What had only happened a few hours ago seemed like it had gone on for weeks. She was emotionally drained.
"I know that she didn't mean to hurt me." she sobbed "She loves me. I know that again. I know she loves me."
That soft kiss had cleared any doubt from her mind about how Raven had loved her. The soft tenderness that conveyed how much she had loved her in that simple gesture was amazing to Chelsea.
"Well, now I just have to figure out how to trust her again."
She thought back to all of the times that they had been there for each other. Trust was something that they had always had, with no questions asked. It didn't matter what the issue was they would both go blindly to help or please the other. With that realization her mouth dropped open.
"I believe her" a smile slowly spread across her face. "I always did the shock just blurred my vision. I love her and I trust her."
She picked up her cell to call Raven.
"Damn it!" she shouted "The battery is dead!"
She tossed the phone onto the passenger seat.
"Oh well, it will just have to wait until I get home." she sighed "What's ten more minuets."
She pulled into her driveway, put the car in park, and turned it off. Then she noticed someone sitting on the steps to her front door. She hoped that it was Raven, but as she neared this mystery person she realized who it was and a red hot flame of anger rose inside of her. It was Devon.