Chapter three

"Why did I bring her here?" He asked over and over again, Raven laid on a bed at the far end of his broken down apartment he sat on a chair leaning it against the wall

"Dammit I'm such an idiot...I'm trying to run away from my past and here she is laying on my bed and what's even worst is that I hurt her again!" he shot up from the chair causing it to fall to the floor with a loud thud. He cursed again when he heard her mumble something and begin to stir in bed.

Now she's going to wake up you idiot!

He leaned against the wall trying to look calm while Raven pulled the sheets off her body and sat up in bed rubbing her eyes and yawning, She whispered something and began to look around the room and when her gaze landed on his she froze. She shivered and looked down to herself she didn't have her body suit on and her shoulder was bandaged, her eyes widened in fear and pulled the sheets to cover herself once again. He felt his heart beat ten times faster than normal, she was here in front of him on his bed.

Come on why wont she say anything?! She's just sitting there looking at me...

He coughed and looked to his side avoiding her ongoing gaze" Umm.....I guess I should explain?" he looked back at her but she was getting up from the bed "You shouldn't be moving" he said as he rushed to her side and held her arm

She pulled her arm away and fell onto the bed landing on her bad shoulder she winced in pain and gave him a cold glare.

"Fine be that way whatever" he walked over to the chair picked it up and sat down folding his arms in front of his chest. He looked at her for a second before lowering his head so that his hair could cover his face.

Raven sat in the same position for a few minutes, she looked in his direction and tried to figure out what was going on but nothing pieced together. She couldn't remember what happened all that she knew was that she had a pain in the back of her head that wouldn't go away and a badly hurt shoulder.

He heard her moving around so he lifted his head a little and saw her looking for something

"It's ruined I threw it out" He told her

Dammit why did I have to speak up?!

Raven clutched the sheets tighter to her body and looked out the small window next to the night stand, it was still dark out and raining...she couldn't leave like this.

"Listen I know you don't want to be here but don't make this impossible" she turned around and looked at him.

Why did I say that?! I'm such an idiot..haven't I ruined her life enough already?

He stood up and walked over to a door opening it and walking into a bathroom he came back out minutes later with a black shirt and sweat pants, he walked up to her and held out the clothes "Here" Raven looked at his face trying to understand what was going on but he only looked away "Come on just take the clothes already, you can change in the bathroom"

She just kept looking at him, finally fed up he shoved the clothes into her chest making her hold on to them "Don't be stubborn and just go change" he let out a low growl and returned to his chair mumbling some words under his breath.

He saw her make her way slowly towards the bathroom, she opened the door stepped in and closed it behind her making sure it was locked.

He let out a frustrated sigh and slapped his forehead "I'm such an idiot, every time I try to do something right she always ends up hurt! Why didn't I just leave her out there? I left the team two years ago and I was fine without her"

Why are you lying to yourself you know that "she" was all you could think about, every waking moment of the day she would be on your mind and even when you were asleep you dreamt about being with her...having her in your arms to be able to protect her from all the dangers in the world............but I couldn't, I had to go and screw up if I had never told her to get off the team we would both still be together...we would have all been happy.....are you sure about that? I mean you didn't even tell her how you felt about her....but how do I really feel about her?

He stood up and walked over the window, the rain was reduced to only a few droplets of water, it was exactly like this the day he left...

He heard the door open and turned around to see Raven holding the sweat pants with both her hands to keep them from falling, they were a size too big for her. In his mind he was thinking of how adorable she looked and how much she had changed in the past two years. Her hair was the same beautiful color he had always admired it was long reaching to her lower back, then there was her face........face...... Her face held an even greater exotic beauty he had grown to love. He remembered how many times he wanted to caress it or make a smile appear.

And how I wanted to see that face in pain I wanted to see her scream out in agony I wanted to see horrible scars all over her face....I wanted to make her suffer the same way I did, I knew she would feel the pain when I left, I knew she would hate me. I wanted to see that face of hers rot!. She went into my mind without permission, she fell in love with another guy besides me and I needed to get revenge, I needed her to feel dead and be dead!

Raven's eyes widened he was giving off such negative emotions, she felt his sadness she felt his pain but most of all she felt his.....hatred? To whom she wondered....

He knew he needed to see her suffer he needed a plan and for that he needed to keep her here "I see the clothes don't fit you" He walked towards her and she took a step back

"hmm.. Don't tell me you're afraid, I mean I give you shelter and clothes and this is how you repay me? I would have expected a little more from you"

He stalked closer to her and when they were only a few inches apart he smirked and walked towards a door which looked like the only exit to the apartment "I'm going out to get some food...whatever you decide to do is up to you"

hour later.....

He opened the door and stepped into an empty apartment the small window was opened wide with the cold wind coming in "I guess my little dark bird didn't want to stay" he closed the door behind him and set the few bags he had on the table. "Well then my plans are ruined" He walked over to the window and closed it, he turned around when he heard the bathroom shower running.

He began to smirk "I guess not" he walked to the kitchen and grabbed a butcher knife then as quietly as possible he made his way towards the bathroom door, to his luck it wasn't locked. This is just too easy. He opened the door and stepped in making sure to leave it open for his little plan.

I've got my plans for you my little dark bird and I'll be the one enjoying it.....you will suffer you will pay for all that you have done to make me crazy.

He saw her figure through the shower curtain and grinned looking to the floor he noticed the clothes had some alterations done to and the bandages were folded neatly next to the clothes.

Raven oh Raven I'm coming to get you......

He heard the water stop running and saw her push back the curtains, he was welcomed with a shocked face. Before she could react he grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the bathroom.

"I want to have some fun now Raven ok?" he threw her on the bed and grabbed her hair holding it tightly so she wouldn't try and run away "I think you'll like your new look just wait and see" he brought the knife up to her face and traced her lips he then hacked away a clunk of her hair. "I've always liked short hair" he grinned and began to cut more of her hair. "Don't you think it looks better already?" Raven closed her eyes and tried to cover herself with her arms. "Don't worry my little dark bird I'm almost done...I want to make you look beautiful like you did two years ago"

half hour later..........

Raven sat at the small table with a cup of green tea in front of her, her hair was a mess, one side shorter than the other and uneven bangs covering one of her eyes. He sat opposite her eating some Chinese food take out. "Why wont you drink your tea?" he asked her. Raven looked down at the cup and frowned

"Why won't you answer me when I talk to you?" Raven kept her head lowered, he only grew more frustrated "I asked you a question" She didn't reply finally he snapped and flung the table to the side. She jerked her head up to see him fuming with anger "Answer me!" he picked her up by her collar and pinned her to a wall

"Even when you're quiet you drive me crazy!! Why won't you leave me alone?! What have I done to you?!" He dropped her to the floor and turned around "I can't take this!" he grabbed the chair and slammed it against the wall shattering the legs he looked around and smashed the other chair. Seeing nothing else to break he began to scream

"God damn it! I hate this!" He felt something warm, he looked down and saw her arms encircling him from behind, he felt her press her cheek against his back "Raven?" he saw the world around him fade to black.......

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