Chapter 5 Have a life

Raven hung up the phone and answered the door, Dave Batista on the other side waiting inpatiently to be let in. Dave was an old friend of her fathers and when he was in town and when he could, stopped and checked in on Raven, she was by herself now seeing as how Jamie was in hospital, Iziah was in prison and Harmoni was away studying, it was just Raven in that big empty house, it made Shawn un-easy so he asked Dave to check in.

"Hey kiddo, how's life?"

"Fuckin fantastic! Jamie's just been through another surgery, her ovary was hard-core bleedin. Iziah has decided to beat the shit out of her cellmate and is now in solitary so she can't ring Jamie and Dad still isn't back and Harmoni is probably runnin rampid through the hospital threatening ECW rookies." Raven took a deep breath "And I don't know what to have for dinner because I'm out of edible food"

Dave wrapped a big arm around her and guided her towards the table and into a seat, "Alright honey, tell big Dave whats wrong"

Raven shot him a look, big Dave wasn't her choice of nickname, it fit but it was still a little bit creepy. "I just told you oily Dave"

He didn't say anything about it, he never did. "Start at the beginning, and hurry about it because I have news"

"Jamie had bleeding in her ovary, they removed it but it means that she can't have babies, well the likelihood has certainly gone down, I gotta tell her that. Iziah's cellmate got lippy and she beat the shit out of her, and Harmoni has decided to talk to this Punk fello, and we all know thats gonna end so well" Raven raked her hands through her black and silver hair. "And now its your turn"

"I have this friend" "No"

"You ain't even heard me out!" Dave protested, Raven rolled her eyes but let him continue. "Anyways, a friend of mine is in town and we started talking about stuff, your name came up and he decided that he just had to meet you"

"And I'm a little creeped out that you and your friends were gettin naked while talkin about me" Raven got up and went to the jug, "I don't know whats creepier, you guys talkin about me or you guys gettin naked in front of each other, and how they do it around you seeing as how you like men"

Dave let out a sigh as if the arguement had been going on for hours, "Just one date, thats all I ask"

"And I said no. And why is it you askin?"

"Randy really wants to meet you, you two have a lot in common"

"So far the only things we have in common are the obvious things, like we're both breathin and we both have skin. Wait, he does have skin right?"

"Yes he has skin" Dave rushed through "Just meet him, go on a date and if you don't like him, don't ask for a second one"

"Won't get that far because I'm not going"

"Raven tell me, what is your grand plan for life at the moment"

"Work and be there for Jamie"

"Exactly. For three years all you have done is work and be there for Jamie, we all agree its sweet but we also agree that you need a little time away from work and Jamie"

"Who is 'we' exactly?"

"Me, your father, Hunter"

"Don't you mention that fucktard in my house" Raven suddenly snapped clenching her cup so hard she thought it would break.

"Raven he's your uncle"

"No he's not, and he won't be until he pulls his head out his ass and stops being a major douche-bag. Do you know that in the past three years he hasn't been to see Jamie once? He hasn't called or text, he hasn't even given messages to pass along to her, its like he's just wiped his hands clean of her"

"Raven, he may have a good reason for that"

"Do you know what this 'reason' is?"

"No. Hunter refuses to speak about it, he mainly gets angry and punches something, usually the wall. Or Maven"

"Well until I know his 'reason' he's a douche-bag whose names isn't to be said in this house. Since Dad's away its my house"

Dave rubbed his temples, "Back to the original point, you need to go out and have some fun. Working and Jamie hasn't exactly been good to you"

"Whats that meant to mean?"

"Well your skin looks oily, and your hair is kinda limp, and your eyes don't have the same lustre and" "I get it! I do not have all those issues thank you very much Dave. The only oily one around here is you"

"I'm not that oily"

"Sure you are, everytime you're on tv we can't focus on what you're doing because we're all wondering about the oil, do you really need that much? Seriously, its like your a slippery slide"

"You can insult me all you want, but it won't change the facts. Now you are going out with Randy, next Saturday good for you?"

"And what happens if I tell you no and jump off a fucking bridge?"

"I will Batista bomb you through this table until you say yes, or until you lose consiousness"

"Tell you what, if you do my shoppin for me and pick up everythin on the list, I'll go out with this Randy, wait, is he the old one with the really saggy man boobs? Cause if he is, I'll never forgive you"

"Raven you're talkin about Ric Flair"

"I don't care what his name is, I just don't wanna go on a damn date with him"

"So this list of shopping" Dave quickly changed the subject, anything to stop that conversation in its tracks because if he didn't Raven would start commenting on everything wrong with wrestling, and then her 'flashbacks' about the sixites would start and soon enough she would be on about her 'life' through the years, it was tiring just thinkin about it.

"Just make sure you get the chocolate, and it has to be cookin chocolate"

"Raven you can't eat chocolate"

"I'm not goin to eat it, I'm going to melt it in a pan and smell it, cooking chocolate smells better."

Dave looked at the list again before giving her a stern look "Why am I buying smokes? Are you going to smell those too?"

"Dave if you want your friend to have a date this weekend then I suggest you stop your talky-talky and get my shopping. I have to get ready, apparently I have a lot of work to do, limp hair and oily skin, I have no idea how I'm gonna get my eye lustre back, you know if this was the fifties I wouldn't have to worry, I remember in nineteen-fifty four, I had the most pleasant looking eyes"

As Raven started her rant about stuff that had no possible way of being fact, Dave got the hell out of there, when he came back he just knew that Raven would still be going on about her life in the fifties.