Skinny

From The Horse's Mouth

Chapter Twenty-Two:

At this point of the story, our lovely heroine is unconscious and there will be insight on other people attending the party until she regains consciousness.

Alex's POV:

I stared down at my housemate as she lay unconscious on the floor. I had seen the fight and I was pretty proud of Raven. I had panicked when she passed out. But as her friends all rushed to her side, I knew that she would be taken care of. Nobody really paid any attention to the other girl, though. Not even that guy she was so adamantly claiming was 'her man.'

Two girls attempted to pick her up and drag her to a nearby couch. I did the polite thing and helped them. I easily picked her up and walked her over to a couch as her friends rushed around to collect things to aid their friend. I looked down at her unconscious form and I noticed the bruises already starting to form. I sat down and fingered the forming spots.

Man, Raven had really done a number on this girl. I smiled.

The girl stirred coming to and I jumped to my feet, still smiling at how Raven had kicked her butt. She opened her big bruising eyes, she looked at me with eagerness. Uh oh!

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Alica's POV:

I felt groggy. Damn, I hurt all over, mostly my face. I couldn't believe she beat me up.

I opened my eyes to see Alex smiling down at me. I couldn't believe a hot guy like him was caring for me. I swooned at the guesture. I wondered why it wasn't Mick though. I looked around for him but he was too busy fussing over that little slut I had threatened. I sighed mentally. I knew I couldn't keep his short attention span forever, but it was fun while it lasted.

My friends came out of nowhere with frozen bags of veggies and medicine for my growing headache and water to gulp it down. I was glad they still stuck by my side, but I wasn't going to let Raven embarrass me like that. I would get back at her for this. I was bound and determined to bring her back down. I would find her weakness and bury her! At least I got to sleep with that sexy as hell Argonaut, Caleb. One mission was definitely accomplished on my part. I wondered where he had gotten his sexy butt to?

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Caleb's POV:

We took Raven upstairs to an empty, clean bedroom just in case that crazy chick came to and tried to attack her again. I thought more about that girl. I had seen the fight, but only a little bit of it. I knew that blond hair and that bad tan.

Oh crap! She was the chick I had just slept with!

I hoped that Raven didn't know and wouldn't find out. I knew that she didn't like her and vice versa, they were sworn enemies. I wasn't sure what I would tell her especially after I had made out with Mia before Alicia came onto me. Alicia, that was her name. Man, she was lazy in bed though. I decided I should at least go check on her, since Raven was still out cold.

I glanced at Reese as I left. He looked so worried about her. I knew he cared about her more than he let on. I just didn't get why he didn't fight for her if he cared about her so much. He was nothing like Mick so there should be a problem between them. I knew I had no chance with Raven at this point and I shouldn't stop my friend from being happy. I made my way downstairs to check on Alicia.

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Reese's POV:

We had burst into the room and then fussed over Caleb and Jaxon so much that we hadn't noticed Raven leave. I only noticed she was gone, when I heard someone yell down the hallway that she was going to fight that Alicia girl. I had felt my stomach clench as I ran out the door and down the stairs.