Chapter 2 School Yard Bash

I hadn't noticed that I had slipped on my black t-shirt that read "bite me" in big red letters until I was tucked away in Becky's car.

"What's up with your shirt, Raven? Still wishing that Alexander were a vampire?" Becky asked. If only she knew. That Alexander really was a vampire. And that he had broken up with her, for a good reason, of course.

"Raven, you look sad. What's going on? Is it Trevor? Has he been bothering you again?" Yes and no, I wanted to answer. Yes, it was Trevor, but no, he, surprisingly enough, wasn't who was bothering her. He was the reason that Alexander had broken up with her; but she'd allowed it, so it was as much her fault as it was his; but you don't know that just yet, but he had also made her feel better. He made me feel good about myself, like I was worth being here, in Dullsville. Flashes of last night went through my head. It was the best, because if Trevor, and the worst, because Alexander broke up with me, night of my entire life.

"Becky, what's up with Raven?" Matt, Becky's boyfriend of two-ish weeks, asked. "She hasn't said a word since she got in here. That's not like her at all."

"I'm fine. I just didn't get enough sleep last night." And I hadn't. Between thinking of Trevor and Alexander, there wasn't really much time for sleeping last night. And when I had finally fallen asleep, I was forced to wake up, because of my super annoying but super cute Kissing Coffins alarm clock, for school.

"She probably spent too long with Alexander," Becky explained to Matt. I was too lazy, more like embarrassed, to tell both Matt and Becky the truth

I was actually, believe it or not, excited for the bell to ring for us to go to class, because I put off worrying about guy stuff for that much longer, but, of course, Becky had a thing about being extremely early, we were.

"Hey, Monster Girl." I froze. Right behind me was none other than Trevor Mitchell. The same Trevor that I thought hated me, but confessed to being madly in love with me for ten plus years. The same Trevor who I broke Alexander and I up, because of last night's little shenanigan at the cemetery. I wasn't sure why I loved him so much, and, more importantly, what I saw that was better in him than in Alexander.

"Nice shirt Raven."

"Thanks Neanderthal," I said, with more than just a hint of my usual sarcasm.

"Meet you at Hatsy's Diner; 6:00," he whispered in my ear, making me shudder. Was it only last night that Trevor had been telling me how much he loved me? I allowed the corners of my mouth to raise, just enough so that no one would notice unless they were standing close to me, as I watched Trevor walk away from me.

"What the heck was that?" Becky asked, coming up from behind me.

I almost blurted out the truth, "he was just calling me a freak." Nice Save there Raven. Becky would have freaked out if you told her.

"Matt and I were wondering if you and Alexander could come to Hatsy's Diner at 6. You will! Great," I sighed. Either Becky knew something was up between me and Alexander, or she was just completely oblivious. I was desperately praying that it was the second, but pretty much knew that it was the first. But what Becky didn't know was that I was supposed to meet Trevor at the same exact time at the same exact place.

"Do you want a ride home, or do you just want to walk?" Becky knew that my house was about a mile away. I was about to say yes when I noticed Trevor over by a tree in a corner. Hoping that Becky hadn't seen where I was looking, I said, "No, I'll just walk home."

"Thank you, Raven," Becky said in a very girly and squeaky voice, obviously thinking that I did that so she could spend some alone time with Matt. I decided to play along, "No problem, besides I could definitely use the exercise," I said, with a wink. She ran away, "Bye, Raven."

"Bye Becky," I shouted to her back.

When I saw her car pull out of the school parking lot, I speeded towards where Trevor was standing.

"What took so long?"

"Becky." My voice with riddled with disgust, and I was suddenly ashamed of myself.

"Don't worry about it." He leaned down to kiss me, and I let him, I even encouraged it. I felt his arms wrap around my waist, so I threw mine around his neck. I knew that people would be staring at us, if they even recognized who we were, but I really didn't care. I would've let myself get lost in Trevor's touch, again, if Jennifer Warren hadn't com up saying, "Love fest's over. Not everyone likes seeing you two make out."

Trevor walked me to my house, gave me a good-bye kiss and said, "see you later, 6:00 at Hatsy's Diner."

I'd completely forgotten. I'd meant to tell him not to go. "Trevor!" I called, hoping that he would hear me. But he was too far away. I pulled my cell phone out, and realized that I didn't have his number. I was about to run to his house, when the door opened, and my mom called.

"Raven, what took you so long? I was worried about you."

"Sorry mom, but I decided to walk home today. I've got to go to Hatsy's Diner tonight, okay."

Upstairs, in my room, I looked at the clock. 5:15. I hadn't realized that I was so late. That must be why mom was so worried.

"Hey! You were an hour late!" Billy Boy teased.

"Shut up Nerd Boy, no, Billy." He glared at me, "sorry." I had way worse things to worry about than my nerdy little brother.