Fixate on the frailty

Throw Your Hands in the Air and Start This Shit

Raven POV

I wake up to Sylvester head-butting me and meowing loudly. Chris groans and sits up, rubbing his eyes. "Rave, shut that damn cat up," he groans.
I pout and cover Syl's ears, "Chris! Don't say that about my cat! He has feelings, you know. Maybe, if you contributed to his life, he'd love you more."
Chris winks and kisses my cheek, "I'm just kidding. I love Sylvester, you know this. I'll go make some breakfast, okay?"
I nod and get out of bed. My cat follows Chris out to the kitchen, pawing at his heels as he goes, meowing for food. I hop in the shower and when I get out, I can smell the food cooking. I put on a pair of black, skinny jeans and a white tank top with the back cut open. I put my hair up in a messy bun before putting in my piercings and doing my make-up. I walk out to the kitchen to see Chris sitting at the counter with Syl sitting on his lap.
"Awe," I coo, "My two favourite men are bonding."
Chris rolls his eyes and I sit next to him. "Are you going out with Sophie, today?"
I nod, "Yeah. She's gonna hang at the shop until I get off work."
Chris nods, "Okay. Tonight I want to take you out. So, be prepared."
I grin and kiss his cheek before grabbing my boots and lacing them up. "I have to get going. I'll text you later, love you."
"See you later, Raven."

I pick Sophie up and we drive off to Angelo's tattoo shop. When I walk in, he smiles at me and comes over.
"Hey, Raven. Who's this?"
"This is Sophie, my best friend. Is it okay if she just hangs out today?"
He shrugs, "Yeah, sure. If she wants to help out, she can. I'll pay her."
Sophie grins, "You don't have to pay me, Mr. Parente, all I ask is that I get a tattoo finished."
I look at her, "Did Endymion say you could?"
"Well...not exactly..."
Angelo looks at her, "Text him, I'm not going to do it until he clears it."
Sophie pouts and pulls out her phone. I hop over the counter and Angelo rolls his eyes at me. I pull out the appointment book and start looking through it while writing the names and times in the chalkboard we have for this purpose.
"He says it's okay," Sophie announces.
Angelo nods, "Okay. Well, when's my first appointment, Raven?"
"You have an appointment at 11:35 with Thomas Banks," I reply.
He nods, "Okay, well, what do you want done, because I could do it in parts in between appointments if you want?"
Sophie nods, "Okay. It's on my back, so."
Angelo waves her back and they leave. I plug in my phone to the speaker system and Of Mice & Men begin to play. The other tattoo artist, Jace walks in and smiles at me.
"Hey, Rave. Where's Ange?"
"In the back doing a tattoo," I reply,
"Oh? I thought his appointment was later?"
"It is, he's just doing a favour for my friend. She helps out today and in exchange, gets her tat done."
Jace grins, "Nice. Well, I'll be in the back, kay?"
I nod. I don't know why, but I have a small feeling that something isn't going to go right...