°•Never Hated•°

-Chapter 10- Escaped

She decided, tonight, once he leaves she'll escape. Only, something strange happend. He left the door open, and left the house. She heard the front door open, and a car above her start driving away. She waited a few minutes to see if she could hear any other movement from upstairs. She couldn't. So she slowly made her way up the stairs, making sure to be quiet. When she finally made her way to the top, she tip toed her way to the door. She slowly opened it, getting a gush of fresh air for the first time in days. She slowly stepped out of the house, closing the door behind her.

Raven walked along the path, until, she saw a familiar van approaching the house. She started running, running faster then she ever ran. She turned her head around once to see it turning around and starting turning her direction. She didn't know where to go, if she went back to her Aunt's house, he'd know where she lived. She just ran, until she had an idea, she could run to the school. She thought it was a Friday or Saturday, she was begging Friday.

She took a sharp turn into the path leading to the school. When she saw the school in the distance, she looked for a classroom window. She saw one, there was people there. She picked up her speed and ran straight towards the school.

She practically broke through the door as she ran to the principals office. When she entered it, she looked at the principal, completely out of breath. "Raven! Are you ok?" She asked, getting up and approaching Raven. Raven was in too much shock to say anything. The principal caught onto that and told her to take a seat. 

"Raven, where were you for the past week?" The principal asked slowly. "I was kidnapped.." Raven replied quitely. "What was that, dear? I didn't hear you." The principal said, her voice was soft. "I was kidnapped.." Raven repeated, a bit louder this time. The principal looked stunned for a second before saying. "I'll call the police, you just stay there.". 

The principal called the police, and they shortly arrived. "Raven, do you know what the man looked like?" One of the officers asked her. Raven shook her head in responce. They asked her a lot of questions, but they went through one ear, and out the other.

"Raven, would you like to go home?" One of the officers finally asked her. "Yes, I would." She replied standing up. The officer walked along side her to her Aunt's house. "Is there anyone in there that I could talk to about this?" He asked her. "No, my Aunt's is away for work." She said, while looking down at the ground. "Alright. Well, do you know when she's going to be back?" He asked her. She shook her head. "Alright then.".

They stood infront of Raven's Aunt's house. "We'll check up with you tommorow, ok?" He said. "Ok." Raven said walking into the house. Bruce was the first one to see Raven as she walked in. "Raven!" He yelled excitedly, as he hugged her. "Hey, Bruce." She said quietly, whincing a bit as he touched her bruised arm. "Robin, Raven's back!!" He yelled to Robin.

Shortly after, Robin was practically ontop of her, aking her if she was ok. "Oh my god, i was so worried." Robin said, finally releasing her. "I need a shower." Was all she said in return.

*~Time Skip~*

After her shower she went to the living room to rest. She was hoping nobody would be there, but suprise suprise, there was. They all were there, including Finney. "Raven, thank god you're ok!" Finney said giving her a hug. "Can people stop hugging me for like, one second." Raven said sitting down. "What happend, where were you?" Griffin asked. "I was kindapped, but I'm back so you don't need to worry." She said. "You clearly aren't. That arm is quite bruised up." Vance piped up. "And what's it to you, Hopper?" She asked harshly. "Just saying." He replied, annoyed. "So what are you going to do now?" Billy asked her. "Police are going to pop in tommorow, so I guess prepair myself for that." She answered, shrugging her shoulders.

They all talked until it was dark outside. Everyone decided to go to bed, while Raven stayed downstairs. She found it a good time to, finally, let out all the emotions she bottled up after she got out. She started silently crying. Letting out all the pain, quielty. 

After a while she heard someone speak from behind her. "Can you stop crying?" A voice said. She looked up in a panic, to see, Vance standing there. "Go to sleep, Vance." She said waving him off. "I can't really, wehn you're down here crying." He said sitting down beside her. "I know you don't really like me, but, what's wrong?" He asked, not looking at her. "It was terrifying down there." She said quietly. He silently listened to her talk about her experience down in the basement. "Well, if it make you feel better, I don't think anyone gave a shit when I dispearred." He said still not looking at her. "Robin, Finney, and Bruce were panicking their tits off.", "Well, if it make you feel better." She said. "The woman who runs the Grab 'N Go misses you.", "What?" He said turning to look at her. "Yeah, she doesn't let anyone play on the pinball machine anymore." Raven said. "Even has flowers on it, she misses you.", "There is no way, you're fucking with me. That woman hated me." He said.

Raven giggles quietly at his words, which made Vance blush. "I'm not fucking with you, she really does." Raven said, in a insisting voice. "Fine, even if she does, why should I care?" Vance asked. "I don't know, I thought it would be nice to let you know, someone misses you." Raven asnwered his quiestion. "You know Vance, I've never hated you." She said quietly. "I've never hated you either, Raven." He said back. Raven inched closer to him, making them both blush. Raven was looking foward, at a painting above the fireplace. When she turned her head to Vance, he kissed her. 

He pulled away as fast as it started, but they didn't say anything. They soon started kissing again, it was a slow kiss. Vance put one of his hands on the nape of her neck, the other found it's way to her waist. As Raven pulled away to catch her breath, Vance kept going. He started kissing down her jawline, until he made his way to her. That's when Raven told him to stop. He did as he was told, and looked up at her.

After a moment of comfortable silence, Raven finally spoke up. "I'm tired." She said, she yawned and leaned her head on Vance's shoulder, closing her eyes and drifting off. Vance wrapped an arm around her, before, leaning his head on hers and drifting off aswell.

*A/N*

- They finally kissed, yay!
- I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while.
- Word Count: 1199