Chapter 2- Boy Meets Girl

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Raven's POV

I watched the new girl walk back to her mansion. I'm still in awe on how she tied with me for first place in terms of GPA. However, popularity wise, I'm sure I can win. Hmm. Now thinking about it, I don't ever remember seeing her smile. She always wear this pokerface, and never raises her hand for anything. I don't even remember seeing her at lunch or any social event. In fact, I just met her today.

I sighed and walked towards my house.

"Mom! Dad! I'm home," I called, seeing if anyone was home.

No answer. I guess that means I was alone. Again. I sighed and walked to my room.

"Hello, Seris," I said, smiling.

Seris was my late girlfriend, who died in a gun shooting. It still saddens me to think about those times. I sat down on my desk and started to do homework. However, I just couldn't stop thinking about Eve. Finally, after around 4 hours, I finished my homework. I flopped on the bed and gone to sleep.

"Seris," I said, smiling, "Seris! I'm so glad you're back. It's been such a long time since you died."

"Raven!" she said, running into my open arms.

"Why are you hiding your face," I asked.

"What are you talking about?"

"I can't seem to see your pretty face."

"Oh dear, Raven, do you need glasses?"

This is strange. Her face is not becoming any clearer. We first went to a carnival, and then went on all the rides and ate tons of food. Soon, I was getting tired.

Seris teasingly slapped me in the face, "Wake up. You have a long day."

Then, she started to fade.

"Don't go," I said, "Please don't go."

"What?!" My mom said, hovering over me as I jolted awake, "Who said anything about going away?"

Crap. That dream again. I must've been sleep talking.

"Sorry, mom," I said, "Bad dream."

"Anyway honey, your breakfast is downstairs. Go eat and hurry to school. I heard that you got nominated to be president. I'm so happy," My mom said, smothering me with kisses.

"Wait, who told you that?" I said, in between kisses.

"Why, Eve. I ran into her in a store, and she caught me up to date. I never knew I missed so much! Why didn't you tell me?"

"You're never home," I said, a bit too cold.

"Oh. That's understandable. And I'm sorry I can't be there for you. But I'm still proud."

I hurried up and ate my breakfast, and started to pack my bag. I grabbed my lunch on the way out of the house, and decided to drop by Eve's house. I caught her just as she was walking out the door.

"Hello," I said, tapping her.

"You scared me," she said, still wearing a poker face.

"Well, you certainly didn't show it," I said, smiling.

We walked the rest of the way to school in silence. It's hard to keep a conversation with this girl. I guess it's kind of nice every once in awhile to have some silence. I used this time to think about my dream last night. The dream started to happen 3 years ago when Seris died. It used to be every day, but now it's around every month or so. I still haven't gotten over her, and it still trouble me to think about her.

I was still thinking about Seris when Eve said, "Raven, we're at school. You can stop walking with me now."

"Who said I didn't like to walk with you?" I said, smiling.

"Hmph."

I felt a pang of sadness. I just want to be friends with this girl. I don't know how Aisha does it, but props to her for actually talking with this girl for 4 minutes. Eve walked into the classroom, and I followed. Under 30 seconds, I was attacked by fangirls. Eve looked back, and turned around and proceeded towards her desk.

"What did I do? I didn't do anything wrong, did I? Oh shit, maybe I did do something wrong."

I almost got knocked over, but luckily Miss. Ariel came in and ordered silence. All of the fangirls went back into their desks.

"Okay, class," Miss. Ariel said.

We gone through classes, and classes, and even more classes, until it was finally lunch time. I felt like I was going to die. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind going to school, but I just can't do school work when I am feeling guilty. I finally made it out of the crowd of fangirls surround me, and rushed over to the pavilion. I finally saw Eve; however, she was with Aisha, Rena, Ara, and Elesis.

"Darn."

I walked over to Elsword and Chung's table and sat down with 2 random girls I didn't know. I began eating, eyeing Eve's table occasionally. Soon, I saw Eve get up to use the restroom, and saw my opportunity. Unfortunately, her friends decided to come with her, too. I don't get it with these girls and their need to stick together. Soon, the bell rang, and I sighed. Oh well, I'll just talk about it when I walk her home.

After what seemed like forever, the final bell rang. As usual, the fangirls were waiting for me outside. As soon as they saw me, they rushed over and knocked me down.

"Walk me home!" said one.

"EAT THIS!"

And so on, and so on. I saw Eve walk by, and struggled to get up. However, the group just seems to be pushing me down. Eve looked over huffed, and walked away.

"Wait," I said, "I'm walking Eve hom again today."

The group muttered angrily. They started to whine.

"I'm not going to save your butt today, Raven," Eve said, coldly.

"Eve, please. I want to talk about something with you," I said, pleading.

"Then, you can do it here, can't you?"

"It's- it's-"

"It's what?"

"Private," I said, flustered.

Eve sighed, "Come on."

The fangirls were watching intently.

"She doesn't seem happy," they said.

Eve, again in her bored monotone, said, "Oh I am really happy. I'm planning on marrying Raven and produce little,tiny,handsome Raven's."

I can't believe that Eve said that. No, scratch that. I can believe it. I can't believe she made the fangirls swooned. I hurried Eve out the fence.

"I can't believe you said that," I said.

"Tell me what you want, or I'll go back there and feed you to that crowd."

"Okay fine. I'll tell you later."

Eve started to turn around.

"Wait! No!" I pleaded, "I meant I'll tell you once we're safely away from them."

Eve sighed.

"Fine."

As we walked for the next 10 minutes, we were silent, as usual.

"Okay. Now we're away. Tell me what you want," Eve said.

"What did I do?" I asked, solemnly.

"Huh?"

"Well you seem so distant towards me lately, and I thought I did something."

"You do realize that we only met one day ago?"

"Well, yes, but would it kill you to be a little nicer?"

SLAP!

I fell to the ground, rubbing my cheek where it was red. I looked at Eve in shocked. How did she pack such big of a punch for a small girl? Eve just stared at me, her eyes starting to well up. She looked sad, but it wasn't different from her poker face.

"I- I- I'm sorry, Eve," I said, still rubbing my cheek. Damn it, it still hurts.

"Hmph," Eve huffed, and walked off.

I don't get it. Something must've happened. How could she be this mad at me when all I did was walk her home? And why did she slap me? And why does it still fucking hurts? I sighed and got up and caught back up to Eve. Eve turned around and to slap me once again. This time, however, I was prepared. I caught her arm, and looked at her.

"D-Don't touch me!" Eve said, trying to back away. She finally broke free and unleash her wrath upon me. 50 slaps later, my face must've looked like a tomato. I had bruises, and was gushing out blood.

"Eve," I said, weakly, "What happened?"

"Huh?" she said, confused.

"Something must've happened between yesterday and today."

"Why would I tell you, a stranger?"

"Considering you slapped a stranger around 50 times, don't you think I deserve to know?"

Eve huffed, "Okay, Okay. I'm sorry for slapping you," she said, a tear dripping down her face. I started to wipe her cheeks. This time, she did not stop me. Now, she was crying. I was in shocked. She never even smiled, and now there's this surge of emotion. I moved in closer, and hugged her. She squirmed a bit, but then just decided to stay still. She then clutched my chest. I stood there awkwardly for a few minutes. Soon, she was done. My shirt was a bit damp, but at least I'm happy. Now if only this stinging pain will go away.

"So what happened?" I asked, curiously.

"My mom and dad fought," she answered back, sadly.

"So?"

"They said they might go through a divorce, and they asked me which one did I want to be with."

"Oh.. That's-"

"I know, unfortunate."

I started to let go of her, but she stopped me. This was one of the moments I wish would never end. I stood there for a few minutes, still hugging Eve. I closed my eyes and looked up.

"Seris, you would want me to be happy, right?"

Soon, without saying a word, we let go. I continued to walk to her house.

"Do you want to come in? My mom and dad won't be coming in until an hour or two," Eve said, gesturing.

"Oh, um, I'm fine," I said.

"Well at least come in for some ice."

I touched my cheeks. There was still a throbbing pain, but most of it has passed by. She had a point. I did need some ice. I sighed and went in. Eve showed me the living room and I sat there while she retrieved the ice for my cheeks. As I looked around, I thought to myself that this place was going to be way to big for 3 people, let alone 2, if her parents were getting the divorce. I walked up to a picture frame, and studied it. It was a picture of Eve, standing next to both of her parents. In the picture, Eve and her mom was both wearing white, accented with gold jewelry and a dab of pink. Her dad, however, was wearing black suit with a white tie. All of them were smiling.

"It's kind of like my family," I muttered to myself, "before we got rich and busy with the fashion industry."

"Snooping?" said Eve, leaning on the doorframe, holding the ice.

"Eve," I said, "It's not-"

"I was kidding. I don't mind."

"Oh, is this you?"

Eve walked over and handed me the ice. I put it on my cheeks and instantly sighed of the relief on the pain. We both studied to picture intently.

"You guys looked pretty happy," I said, smiling.

"Yes, we are. Well, we were," Eve said, smiling sadly. She looked so cute, but I knew better than to hug her. I shuddered remembering what she did with her hands.

"Anyways, I'm sorry for slapping you," Eve said.

"Oh, it's okay," I said.

We chatted for a little while, and then I began to leave. Eve waved good bye to me, and I started back home. When I got there, my mom and dad were home early. I was pleasantly suprised. My mom ran up to me and hugged me.

"Honey, I reflected on how you said I was never home," my mom said, "So I've decided to be home early tonight."

"Right," my dad said.

"Oh, and honey?"

"Yes, mom?"

"What happened to your cheeks. Did you get in another fight?"

"Raven," my dad said, seriously, "What did I tell you about getting into fights?"

"Relax, I didn't get into a fight?"

"Then what happened?"

"A girl happened."

"Oh," my dad said, "That's terrifying."

My mom glared at my dad. My dad raised his hand, like he was surrendering. I walked out of the room, chuckling.

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