The Journey to Escaping Darkness (Book 1)

Chapter 31

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I woke up crying and sweating and breathing heavily. It was the same reaction after every dream.

"Raven, please can we talk?" Oliver knocked on my door. I didn't know what do. I didn't want to talk to him, but I needed to tell someone.

I stayed silent trying to make my decision. He started banging on the door yelling my name. After a few minutes he opened the door.

I shook my head saying, "You idiot, you didn't think to do that before?"

God, he's an idiot...

He stood at the door looking into my eyes trying to figure out what I was feeling. I knew it'd be hard, I figured out from this past week that I could hide my emotions pretty well.

"I didn't want to invade your space." He said lowly still staring at me.

"Too late now." I said in a smart ass tone. I looked at him giving him a glare. He wasn't fazed at all which irritated me. "What do you want Oliver?" I asked annoyed with his staring.

He shook his head saying, "I'm sorry, Raven. I went to far." He looked at me waiting for an answer that I didn't want to give.

"Are you done now?" I asked bitterly. I was still furious at him. It freaked me out how he could say those things with no remorse at all.

"No, I'm not done. I want you to come out of this room. You've been asleep for over three hours." He responded. He looked exhausted. He had bags under his eyes.

"Well, we don't always get what we want Oliver." I explained laying back down and curling into a ball with my covers.

He huffed and walked over to picking me up covers and all. He put me over his shoulder and threw me into the couch.

"Good, you are now out of your room." He said turning the tv on and watching gone with the wind.

I gave him another glare and tried to get up only for him to push me back down. He sat down at the end of the couch not looking at me. I kicked him and he didn't even flinch.

I tied to get up again and he pushed me down again. "Oliver, I don't want to be here. Let me go back to my room."

"Well I want you out here." He explained plainly still not looking at me.

"Like I said, we don't always get what we want." I repeated trying to get up again. Instead of pushing me down, Oliver laid on me. He laid his back on my chest and almost totally crushed me.

"Oliver, you're crushing me, get off!" I shouted angry at him. He just laid there not fazed at the tiniest bit. After a few minutes of fighting, I gave up watching the movie.

"Are you going to try and run if I get off of you?" He asked me after about ten minutes of laying on me.

"No." I answered truthfully too tired to even try, but didn't mean I was going to talk to him.

He got off of me and sat down at the end of the couch. "Can we please talk?" He asked me with guilt and sadness hinting in his eyes. I just looked at him angry. He nodded and watched the movie.

It was about midnight before he tried to talk to me again. We were still in the same position as before and we hadn't moved to do anything.

"Listen, I know you're angry, I get it, but I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't of reacted the way I did." He explained himself. It didn't make me any less angry.

"Then why did you? You aren't that person Oliver. I can figure anyone out and figure out what they'll do next and that's not you." I asked him right after he finished.

"I don't know, Raven." He responded, but not truthfully, which only angered me more.

"Yes you do." I said accusingly.

"No I don't." His voiced raised and he looked at me getting fired up like I was.

"Yes you do. You are a horrible liar, and I am really good at telling when people are lying. So tell me, why did you react that way?" I said lowly and bitterly trying to get an answer out of him.

"When you get your memory back you'll know why." He responded to me coldly.

"See there you go again! You go from having compassion to to be a cold hearted bastard." I pointed out.

"Well, you can do the same thing!" He shouted getting close to my face.

I leaned into to him and said calm, "Just tell me why, because really, I know it's not you."

"You aren't the only one who's past haunts them, Raven." He said with sorrow irrupting in his eyes. Tears were forming in both of our eyes.

"That can't be the only reason." I stated softly and gentler than before.

He shook his head and looked down and looked back at me with a tear flowing down his face. "I know what love is Raven. What Thomas felt for you was far from love. You may not believe me, but it wasn't hard to see." He told me like he knew.

"You don't know how Thomas felt about me." I shook me head losing a little bit of the softness in my voice.

"What he did to you isn't what someone in love would do. He made mistakes, but his mistakes were different, he used you. What's worse is you let him." He shook his head looking down again with tears flowing down.

I shook my head looking at him with tears flowing down my cheeks. "I love him, Oliver."

"I'm not doubting it. I'm doubting the fact that he loved you back." He explained.

"What do you know about love? Who knows anything about love? It's different for everyone." I asked him angry and frustrated with the topic.

"True, but when you know, you know." He answered. He looked at me with this look in eyes I'd never seen before.

"I love you, Raven." He said out of the blue. He searched my eyes.

I don't know what happened to be honest. I don't who leaned in first, but either way our lips met. He cupped my checks and I put my hands on his chest. Our lips moved in perfect sink.

I'm not sure what it was that made it feel right. Whatever it was, was what made the moment feel so magical. It felt like we were the only ones on earth at that moment.

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