i'm tired of feeling comatose {raven's song: book two}

ten • dinner party

Raven's POV

Vinny welcomed us into the house, messing with Chris about how he "finally had a girlfriend." (Vinny's words, not mine.)

"Hey, Raven," Ricky says when he sees me.

I wave at him. I was a bit nervous to be around all of these people, even if they were my boyfriend's band, their girlfriends, and the crew members.

"How've you been?" Ghost asks.

I shrug. "I've been doing better. You?"

He nods. "That's good. I'm doing good, too."

I smile at him. I then look up to Chris, silently asking what I should do. I didn't remember who in the band I used to be close with or anything like that.

"Let's get something to drink," he says.

I follow him. On the way to the kitchen, I link my arm with his instead of holding his hand. I likes being close to him.

He handed me a can of Diet Coke. "It's your favorite."

I chuckle. "I know, dork."

We walk back out into the living room. "Go mingle," I tell Chris, nudging him away.

He kisses my cheek. "Text me if you can't find me."

I nod and nudge him even further. When he finally walks away, I began walking around. I was trying to see who I could remember and what I could remember about them.

"Hey!" A snobby voice said from behind me.

I turn around to see a girl that I've never met before. "Hi?"

"I'm Jessie, I'm Connor's new girlfriend," she told me.

I don't know who Connor is. "Oh, awesome. I'm Raven, Chris's girlfriend."

She nods. "Yeah, about that. My friend really likes Chris, so could you maybe lay off of him a little bit? I know it's a relationship that's just for show. Why not let him have a real girl?"

I could see Chris from across the room. Looking at the girl, then back at him, made me mad and defensive of my relationship.

"You know what?" I say, making my voice become as stuck-up as hers.

She looks hopeful. "What?"

"Fuck off."

Before I can stop myself, I feel my fist colliding with her face. She stumbled back a few feet, holding her jaw where I'd punched her.

"Oh shit!" I hear someone yell.

"Beat her ass!" Chris shouts at me.

Jessie takes two step towards me, her fist raised. I easily catch it and land a punch to her gut.

"Listen, bitch. I don't want to hurt you, so you need to back the fuck off," I tell her.

Everyone had their phones out, recording. Chris and Ricky were cheering me on the most, but everyone else was occasionally.

"Then maybe you should just give Chris up! He doesn't love you!" She snarls.

This bitch is crazy.

"What? Yes I do!" Chris defends himself.

"Just let my friend go out with him! I bet she can change his mind!"

I really didn't want to fight, but this girl was making me angrier by the second. I decided one or two more punches couldn't hurt.

I punch her once more in the face, but this time, she latches on to my hair. Little does she know, I have really strong hair.

We fall to the ground, me straddling her waist, her trying to pull my hair out. I land punch after punch to her face until I feel large arms pulling me off of her.

Everything goes silent, or at least in my head it did. I knew other people were still yelling about things, but I couldn't hear it.

I see Jessie stand up slowly. She had blood dripping from her lips, nose, and from a gash above her eyebrow. I didn't see her boyfriend anywhere. Wasn't he supposed to make sure she's okay?

I look behind me to see the person who had grabbed me. It was Chris, of course. I see him talking, but words are still failing to register in my head.

Finally, his voice kicks in. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," I whisper.

"You bitch!" She screams.

"Maybe you shouldn't be talking shit about my relationship."

She rolls her eyes and scoffs. "Where's Connor."

"He ditched when he saw you get in that fight," one of the other crew members announced. "He's probably gonna break up with you. I wouldn't want to date a crazy bitch either."

Jessie angrily walks out of Vinny's house, cussing everyone out. Chris brushed my hair out my face and kissed my forehead.

"Did I break anything?" I question.

"Do any bones feel broken?" Ryan asks.

"No, did I break any furniture?"

Everyone starts laughing. I guess I didn't ruin anything besides Jessie's plastic face.

A little while after that, Chris and I decided to go home. I let out a sigh of relief when we get in the car.

"You did good," he comments.

"I realized something."

"What's that?"

"You said you loved me." I smile. "When she said that you didn't, you shouted 'yes I do!'"

I knew his face was red as he stammers, "uh, well, of course I do."

"I love you, too."

I know that Chris and I have been friends for years and that I've always loved him. We said "I love you" the first time we had sex, but this is the first time we've said it without doing something more provocative afterwards.

I really did love him. I didn't just like his fame or the sex, like Jessie and some fans accused me of. I liked Chris and all his flaws. I loved him for who he was.

I hate writing about fight scenes. I got into a fight recently too. I was literally being bullied for my style, sexuality, and looks, so I threw down. Beating up them hot cheeto girls, one bitch at a time.
     - salem ♡

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