THE RAVEN . | eric draven

s2 e1

soundtrack
get born again - alice in chains
black no. 1 (little miss scare-all) - type o negative
bring me to life - evanescence
why - carly simon
join me in death - him
tear you apart - she wants revenge
doll parts - hole
proud - korn
zero - the smashing pumpkins
who knew - p!nk
christian women - type o negative
last caress - misfits
if you could only see - tonic
walking in my shoes - depeche mode
one hundred years - the cure

one year later..

all of the sudden , i was back where i was after i was murdered. but this time , it was the love of my life who murdered me. i pushed my coffin open. fortunately , i've regained my strength.

i got out of my grave and just my luck , just like a year ago , it was raining. i was buried in my black dress with my messed up pantyhose , my fingerless gloves , and my platform boots.

the year was 1995. i could say that i'm now an expert at sleeping through an entire year. the moment i came back to life , there was only one person who came to mind : eric.

i went to his grave to see if he has came back to life yet. as i was walking , i heard a bird make a noise. i looked behind me to see what bird it was. it was the raven.

i smiled and i let it land on my shoulder. "hey , little guy. i've missed you." i finally made it to eric's gravestone. it was dug up. i called out his name.

"eric! you around here?" i looked around my surroundings. i finally looked behind me to see eric. he scared the shit out of me. "fuck! you scared me , eric!"

i ran up to him so i could hug him but he just pushed me away. "don't hug me after pulling that shit a year ago. you killed me." i immediately felt guilty.

i remembered everything that happened. me killing eric and then him killing me back. i wish i wasn't such a coward and i could've been strong enough to live without him , especially since i only knew him for a few days.

but of course , i'm too stupid. "well , you killed me too so we're even." i said that before trying to walk away from him. "you literally started it!" he yelled. i groaned in annoyance and i faced him again.

"because i was too scared i was going to lose you!" i yelled back with tears in my eyes. he furrowed his eyebrows. "that doesn't make any sense .. usually killing yourself would be the case."

i sighed and i ran my fingers through my hair. "well .. you don't exactly like when i try to do that , do you? i was just trying to take you out of your misery so i didn't have to sit and watch you die."

he walked closer to me. "and i couldn't handle the fact that you had to live without me .." he said. i laughed a bit. "we're not even alive." i said. he laughed as well before saying : "i suppose you're correct."

i wrapped my arms around his neck. "so do you forgive me?" i asked him. he rolled his eyes with a grin on his face. "i guess so." i smiled and gave him a small kiss on the lips.

"i wonder if veronica's working." i said. he sighed. "well , i guess we better go find out huh?" i nodded and we went to the restaurant where veronica worked.

when the hostess came up to us to get us seated , eric asked her : "is veronica working?" the hostess chewed her gum and looked at him as if he was stupid. "she doesn't work here anymore."

me and eric looked at each other. "okay .." he said. "yeah she left to go open up her own restaurant or whatever .." the hostess said as she rolled her eyes.

"oh she has? where is it?" he asked. the hostess sighed as she looked at him annoyed. "it's right next door." she suddenly gagged a bit and pinched her nose.

"god .. both of you smell like death!" eric looked at me and grinned before looking back at the woman. "i guess that's what we're going for." she gave us both a dirty look.

eric thanked her. me and him started walking toward the door to leave. "oh i'm her twin brother by the way! that's why i asked." he said to the woman before we both left the restaurant.

me and eric walked over to the restaurant next door that had a purple glowing sign in cursive that said "veronica's"

the restaurant had a calm atmosphere. light piano music was playing on the speakers. this time , the hostess was way nicer. all of the employees were wearing a beautiful shade of royal purple.

both me and eric got seated. veronica suddenly ran up to us. "eric?! kat?! you guys are alive?!" we both stood up to give her a hug. "you opened your own restaurant?" eric asked.

she nodded. "mhm! me and chris both own it. vietnamese food .. mom's recipes." she smiled. eric laughed a bit. "the only non-vietnamese thing that mom made was baked ziti and it was our favorite."

she laughed as well. "now that i've matured a bit , i like pho better. mom only cooked it on christmas because it took too much time to make." eric nodded at what she said.

"that's right. dad wasn't a big fan of it." veronica's smile faded when he mentioned their dad. eric tilted his head. "what's wrong?" tears formed in his sister's eyes.

"dad has liver cancer .." i looked at eric after those words came out of her mouth. it looked like his whole world fell apart. "cancer?" veronica nodded as she wiped her tears. "it's because of the drinking .."

eric put his head on his forehead. "wow uhm .. is it bad?" veronica sighed. "it's stage four. we're trying to convince him to do chemo .." eric sniffled before trying to change the subject.

"how's the others? anastasia , loretta , jason .." the mood in the room changed a bit. "oh they're great! they've just been so waiting for you guys' arrival."

me and eric both smiled at the fact that they were okay. "they don't live in the same place though. they saved up enough money to live in a lake house near lake erie."

me and eric looked at each other in excitement. veronica smiled at our excitement. "me , chris , and eliza all live in an apartment but we go up to their place from time to time. we can go here in a little bit after you guys eat."

both of us nodded immediately and we both ordered some pho. the whole time we were eating , eric was catching up with his siblings. i found myself smiling at them the whole time.

eventually , when we got done eating , veronica drove us to lake erie so we could see the new lake house.