Raven.

Party time

Wincing I prodded the small lump on my arms where Eric had stabbed me with the needle. With a sigh I filled up the sink with cold water.
I hadn't said much to Tasha since I'd got there, I just muttered something about needing to pee and locked myself in the bathroom. Turning off the tap I dipped my hands in the water and splashed my face with it. Whilst I kinda missed my face and most of the water went on the floor, the little that hit me was refreshing. It gave me the wake up call that I needed. After drying my face off I stated at my reflection in the mirror. I looked like a mess. Feeling wetness on my cheek I looked down. There sliding down my face was a fat tear. I was crying.

Within a second my mask was destroyed and I was crying my eyes out on the floor, leaning up against Tasha's bath tub. The nights events finally catching up with me.

Nothing made any sense.

I felt vulnerable, something I hadn't felt in a long time.
But before my pity party could continue it was rather rudely interrupted by Tasha banging on the door. "Oi Billy stop admiring yourself in the mirror, some of us actually  need to pee!"

I looked up to the door through tear stained eyes, half expecting her to break it down. "Give me a couple of minuets." I yelled back with a chuckle and a slight sniffle. With shaky legs I walked over to the sink and dried my eyes off with the towel. With a groan I realized my eyes were red and puffy. Knowing Tasha wouldn't mind I searched around the room till I found Tasha's make up case in one of the draws. Quickly I applied a tiny bit of foundation by my eyes to hide the redness. I knew Tasha wouldn't mind me using her stuff, we did it all the time. 

After deeming myself de-teared I unlocked the bathroom door. The second the lock clicked the door was slammed opened, I saw a flash of red hair before I was shoved out of the room, the door slammed closed and locked behind me.
"Your welcome." I yelled, walking into Tasha's room.

Tasha was a weird one. She came across as very loud and unapproachable to people she didn't really know, but as you get to know her you realizes that's just who she was. Sure she could come across as heartless and self centered at times but that was just a show. In reality she had just had a really bad experience with a past boyfriend years ago and she just didn't want anyone getting close enough to her to hurt her. But considering how good looking she was, the guys just couldn't stay away. Guys loved her and girls hated her. As a result of this I was Tasha's only close friend, sure she had other friends unlike me but she never really let them know the real her.
Being Tasha's only close friends came with a consequence. Not too long after I became thirteen I made the mistake of telling her that I'd never had a boyfriend before. On that day she swore that she would set me up with someone. That went tits up very quickly in my opinion. What Tasha didn't realise was the guys only hung around me and pretended to like me to get closer to her. That kinda sucked for me and killed off my self esteem, but I didn't have the heart to tell Tasha this and I didn't think she'd believe me anyway.

So that's where we were now. In our pjs, Tasha sitting cross legged on her bed and me lying on my stomach on an inflatable air bed surrounded by pillows and blankets. I just wanted to sleep and let what ever Eric injected me with pass through my system, but I had decided to keep Tasha out of my problems and not tell her, so she was hyper and rambling on about boyfriends. Again.
"I think you and Mark would make a good couple."

"Mark?" I questioned "who the hell is Mark?"
In an instant Tasha had her phone out, no doubly scrolling through Facebook trying to find this guys profile. With a exhausted sigh I face planted the closest pillow, groaning out some un recognizable words.
"What was that?"

I lifted my head out of the pillow. " I said, let me sleep."

"Aw Billy, don't be like that." She mumbled, not looking up from her phone. "Got it." She yelled out seconds later, handing me her phone. On the screen was a photo of this 'Mark' guy.