Fixate on the frailty

I Give In To the Ecstasy

But the Cold Dark Remains

Raven POV

Someone gently shakes me awake. "Raven, we're here! Wake up!" Sophie's excited voice says in my ear.

I groan and stretch, opening my eyes, I glance out the window of the airplane and squeal with her. We are finally here! I grab my overhead bag and groan at the weight of it. I walk out of the airplane and wait for Endymion and Sophie, I don't have to wait long, as Sophie comes bouncing out with a huge smile on her face. I chuckle at her energy.

"Okay, let's go get our bags!" She says to us.

I nod and follow them, stopping only to get Syl where he was with the luggage in a cat carrier. While waiting for the luggage, I text Chris that we arrived.

"Hey, Chris. We've arrived."

"Oh, good! Do you guys need a ride back to your place?"

"Um, hold on." I walk over to Endymion. "Hey, Chris is asking if we need someone to pick us up?"

He nods, "Yeah, that would be helpful, I am going to get a car tomorrow, so if he could pick us up that would be great."

"Okay." I text Chris back, "Could you pick us up, please?"

"Of course, Princess."

"Chris!" I launch myself into his arms while Ghost helps put the luggage in the car.

He chuckles and holds me tight, "Hello, Raven, I missed you."

I giggle, "Awe, I missed you, too."

He looks around anxiously, he had a black hood and shades on to hide himself from fan girls and Ghost was wearing a beanie and shades. We climb into the car and Endymion sits in front with Ghost to give him directions to his and Sophie's place. Chris, Soph, and I sit in back. I sit in between them with Syl's cat carrier on my lap, Chris places his hand on my knee and Soph looks at us excitedly.

"Raven has been missing you so much! Every time we went clubbing, she would always leave disappointed guys who'd want to take her home but she rejected them."

Chris laughs, "I hope so, Rave's mine and no one else can have her."

I blush when Chris calls me his, we talked briefly about getting into a relationship, but we both decided to talk about it in person. Sophie coos at us and I smack her arm lightly. "Sophie, shut up."

She mocks offence, "Raven! Be nice to me, I'm very fragile. Right, babe?"

End rolls his eyes, "Of course, darling. You're practically made of china. I wrap you in bubble wrap every time we leave the house."

We all laugh while Soph pouts. "So, Endymion, where're you working?" Balz asks.

"The club I worked at in New York, the owner has a club here and I just transferred, so, I didn't have to go looking for a job. Raven has a part-time job as a waitress and sometimes they have her do a scene since she's not in a relationship. Sophie also helps out, but it's strictly helping out backstage and waitressing."

Chris grips my leg tightly, "Raven, what are you doing when you're not in the club?" He asks me, looking extremely scary.

I gulp, "I want to work at a tattoo place."

"You are going to work at Angelo's place," Chris tells me. "I'll call him to set up an interview."

"Okay, Chris," I say quietly, knowing it's useless to argue with him.

"Good girl," he replies, which makes me feel warm inside.

Ghost pulls up to the house and we see the moving truck already there dropping off the storage box. End gets out to thank the guy and I climb out after Sophie. End unlocks the box and starts to pull stuff out.

"Do you guys want help?" Ghost asks, "I can get the rest of the guys, Ricky needs to get off his ass anyway."

"That would be helpful if it's not a trouble to you," End replies.

Ghost texts the others and starts to pull stuff out while Sophie and I unlock the door and walk inside. The foyer alone takes my breath away, high-vaulted ceiling with a wide arching staircase. The floor is black marble with gold specks in it. Off to one side is a living room and the kitchen is straight ahead.

"Wow," I say, turning in a circle.

"I know, right!" Sophie replies. "Upstairs we have two guest rooms, the master, the room End is going to convert into the playroom, and an office space for him."

"This is amazing, Sophie," I tell her.

The rest of the guys arrive and start coming in with furniture and stuff. We get out if their way and wait to start decorating the house.

Three and a half hours later, we are finally done with the major moving. Sophie and Endymion are going to do the rest later, we are sitting in their living room eating pizza while End and Balz set up the TV. Chris sits next to me while Ricky sits on the other side. Sophie and Ghost sit on the floor.

"So, where are you living?" Chris asks me.

"I have an apartment not far from here. It already has furniture and stuff, so I didn't have to worry about bringing my stuff from New York," I reply.

"Well, you won't be seeing it tonight," he informs me.

"Why?" I ask him with an amused expression.

"You're coming to my place so we can discuss some things," he replies.

I nod and shiver slightly, what did he want to discuss?