To Raven

To New Beginnings

        Raven was having a hard time coping. First, her best friend jumped off a building. Second, no one seems to think that she was sane enough to handle herself, let alone anybody else. And finally, her bestfriend had a step-cousin thing who was totally hot and had no idea he had a step-cousin thing until he heard of her death.

        And now she was trying to help him cope. And it was not easy. She didn't know how to answer any of his questions. He was firing them at her faster than she could think.

        After the initail surprise of him wore off, they went to a nearby cafe and decided to chat. He had explained that Mrs.Quay, Mara's aunt, was his stepmother. She had been for the past couple of years. He was ignorant of Mara until he came back from college to see his mother drowning in her own sorrow. It took a while for him to find out what happened but when he did, it was a shock.

        Mrs.Quay had taken out some pictures of her neice, from when they still knew eachother, and had the recent ones scattered around the room. He had seen them and figured it out.

        "So this guy died? Wow that sucks." Daniel wasn't really compehending the fact that recounting all of this was hell for Raven. Her heart was breaking as she sipped her green tea. She couldn't blame him, though. Even she was curious of what Mara was thinking when she killed herself. 

        They talked for hours, both about Mara and themselves. Raven wished she had known him before, that Mara had known him before. Maybe if she knew how many people she affected, she wouldn't have done what she did. But what was done was done and Raven accepted that.