Raven

chapter 2

I admire the purple-ish yellow bruise on my face. "You'd better be careful from now on Anna." Yui says putting an ice pack on my nose.
"You'd better be less annoying," I retort, "It's giving me a headache."
Yui snorts while laughing, "Then go fix your own nose." She giggled.
I huff.

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"Come on Toby let's go to the dog park." I say, "OK!" Toby says.
I start my car and get Toby buckled in his car seat.
As we are driving down the road I gasp as I accidentally ram into some guy's bumper. He turns and flips me The Bird. "What does that mean, Anna?" Toby said.
"Uhhm- it means that, youuuu ummmm.... Have nice tires!" "Oh okay!" Said Toby.

Then a woman stops beside me at a red light. Toby looks at her and raises his middle finger slowly.
The woman looks at Toby and raises her hand to her mouth shocked.
She mouthed 'hum a rad toy!' or at least that's what I could translate.
'Toby!? What are you doing?!' I thought, 'Well, dad can tell him the truth.'
I drive off towards the dog park.

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My mobile buzzes. I check what it is as Toby plays on the playground.
A text from Wendilin, my friend.

Wend: Hey u want 2 cm ovr 2nite? I'm having a party.
Me: Yeah, how many people?
Wend: Its a BIG prty BTW alot of peeps.
Me: K, c u latur.

I look over and Toby is helping someone scoop poop off the grass with a pooper-scooper. I go climb up the little steps of the playground and sit on the slide. I start to slide down but, Ahh! I'm stuck! I turn on my side and slide down so quickly that I fall on my butt in the strange rubber shreds that are the chips for the playground's floor.
"Haha!" Toby points and laughs at me. "Hmmp!" I grumble.

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"Hey baby, wanna come over here-" some drunk guy outside of Quinton house slurred as his sober friend smashes him in the stomach. "Woah buddy! Lay off the hitting!" He moaned as he curled into a ball on the ground. "Thanks for that." I say quietly. The sober man nods. I walk inside the house and a wave of the overwhelming stench of booze hurt my nostrils.
"Hey Anna." Said Quinton.
"Umm, well hi." I said pausing for some cow to walk around me.
A cow. Literally a cow.
Like, moo. On a farm.
In Quinton's house.

Quinton said over the noise, "Want to go up to my room to escape, well, you know, this." He gestures around him at all the drunk people slugging around. "Sure." I say.
"M'lady," he said helping me up the stairs.

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"Wow," Quinton whispers dreamily, looking at the moon "Its beautiful."
"Romantic cliche is cliche." I mutter.
"What?" "Nothing" I giggle punching him in the shoulder.
I really have never been alone in a room with a boy before. My father made sure of that. I guess he thinks that eight year olds can't have a sleepover with a boy because its too provocative.
"What happened to your face?" He said lifting a hand to my chin lifting my face. "Oh," I blush, "I fell down the stairs." "Typical you." He smiled.
"Quinton?" "Yes?" "Do you remember your parents?" "Well I remember my mom always smelled like sandalwood. And, um, my dad, had big shoes I used to put paper wads into." He smiled. I hugged him. "I'm sorry about them." "No, no its fine. Even if I needed them that wouldn't be your fault." He said patting me.
We hold each other for a long time talking about our parents. We cry together watching the moon.

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Sh1t! I'm on Quinton's bed. Awwe! Quinton is sleeping on the floor. What a gentleman. Oh! Why am I not home!? Arhg! I must have fallen asleep. My dad is going to be pissed.
I run back home as fast as I can.

"Anna!? YOU ARE GROUNDED FOREVER! YOU HEAR ME YOUNG LADY?!" My dad bellows. Good thing Toby apparently went for a walk with Yui. "Yes sir." I mumble looking down so he won't see my years in my eyes. "Oh, God," my dad muttered, "Anna are you... Did anything happen to you?" "Huh?" I ask "You know... Umm." I flush. "Oh hehehe... No." I say embarrassed. "Oh good. I was so worried about you." He hugged me. Well, the all mean dad thing really wears off fast. "No more parties." My dad said as I go upstairs and lay on my bed. I realize I'm wearing Quinton's hoodie. I take it off and sniff it. Mmmm. Smells like... Sandalwood. I smile.
Me: Quinton I stole ur hoodie. Oops. ;3
Quinton: hey! You can't just steal my jackets! :P can I come over?
Me: no dad grounded me. You can come and look at the trees in front of my house.
Look under the pine tree. Happy hunting Cx
Quinton: uggh. You don't know how much I need help cleaning
my house.
Me: sorry for just running out and leaving u there. I knew my dad would be totally furious.
Quinton: its fine. Just glad 2 know you are safe. :-* I'll be over there in, like give minutes, once I find my car keys.
Me: X'D

I leave the sweater outside then I decide to take a nap.

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