SEVEN DAYS

¦BOOK II¦- 18~ Mistaken Identities

But today, Raven was not laughing. Because today, Charlotte had more than hurt her terribly. So Raven schooled her features into that of hurt, and anger, not that it had to be faked to begin with, she was already feeling those things, because of how Charlotte had treated her...

Raven took her time, in walking around her desk, to sit on her office chair

Charlotte quickly dashed and plopped down on the other chair across the desk

"Raven..."

"Oh wow. She knows my name. For a while there, it seems like she forgot it" Raven muttered sarcastically

"Rae please listen to me..."

"Oh, like you listened when your hard, grievous palms were connecting with my face!?" Raven angrily raised her voice, getting up from her chair

"Would you just shut up and listen to me!?" Charlotte screamed back at her, getting up as well, her eyes bloodshot and her breath coming out in uneven gasps

Raven was immediately taken aback by the instant change in Charlotte. This was not... Charlotte. Charlotte had never been violet before. Something was seriously wrong. And for the sake of love, and her best friend, she quickly decided to temporarily drop her anger, and meet Charlotte from a perspective of understanding, no longer that of anger.

In the mood Charlotte was in, if Raven were angry as well, then they'd most likely not be getting anywhere. And more than anything, Raven needed to badly know what was going on with her best friend.

So with that thought in mind, Raven gently sat back down

"Fine. I'll listen. You have something to say to me Charlotte? Now's the time to say it"

"Raven... I... I'm sorry I misunderstood what happened between you and Raphael. I shouldn't have done that, and I definitely shouldn't have slapped you. I'm... I'm sorry"

"Sorry enough to tell me what's really going on? What is going on Charlotte? You've never been this way with me, or with anyone frankly. You're acting like someone else..."

"Maybe it's because I am someone else"

"Charlie..."

"You've got Mikhail. I'm sorry I'm bringing his name up, but it's true. You've got him. For over a year now. And because of that, you think every person's life is so great and normal, like yours is. But it isn't true. People get scared. People get insecured. And people sure as hell get lonely"

"I never claimed my life was perfect Charlie. I get insecured and lonely too"

"Yeah, but you have Mikhail, and now a baby coming on the way. For the past weeks, you've talked on and on about Mikhail, and how much you miss him, and how much your life has changed back to being... bleak, just because he left - for a month! Well guess what? I've had to live that bleak life, not just for a month, but for all my life. Not three months, not a year, all of my life. Not everyone has this great abiding love. Or a man who unconditionally loves them. Who would do anything for them..."

"Charlotte..." Raven whispered, she was at loss for words. She didn't know what to say to her friend, close to the brink of tears already

"You left, Raven. When I really needed you. I hit a low point in my life, and you left. You weren't there. And it wasn't hard to understand why. Mikhail consumed your day. Your nights as well. It was all you talked about... Even our personal conversations with each other, started revolving around him. And at the beginning, I felt really prejudicial and bitter, and jealous and angry- at Mikhail, because it felt like he stole my best friend from me. My sister. But after that, I just let things be. I slowly came to accept the things I couldn't change. Plus I saw that you were happy. You moved out of our house... "

"Charlotte, I asked you.... You said it was fine. I thought you were okay with me moving out?" Raven was shocked

"What would you have wanted me to say? If I would have told you No, what sort of person would I have looked like, when it was really obvious you wanted to spend more time with Mikhail, and even lesser time with me?"

"Charlotte, you've never been good at commitment. You've- told me so yourself! Every week you go to a new party, every weekend you get a different man, the next weekend you dump him and look for the next excitement in sheets, or down a bottle of booze... You Love this life! You've told me so yourself! Countlessly! And I've seen it! You love to live the carefree life. You told me being serious, and acting disciplined, with truck-load of commitments swimming down your neck, was for whimpering old women, and you were not one of them. You always teased and scolded me when I talked about work, at the point when all you wanted to talk about was the hot guy you had slept with last night, or the next bright color you wanted to dye your hair. So fast! You were always so fast. Always moving. Always busy. I had to strive to even keep up with you. The last thing I thought you were, was lonely!" Raven moved to defend

"I OD-ed six months ago" Charlotte let out quietly

A/N: A new chapter. I hope you liked it. Comment on your favorite scenes, and characters so far. Sorry for late update...

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