CHAPTER FIVE

THE DEVIL AT MY WINDOW 

RAVEN POV

“The fuck!!!” I swung the baseball bat across his Tommy, inflicting a bit of pain in him.

“SHIT… Raven, wait..

I froze mid-swing. Of course it was this worthless bastard.

“Daniel what the actual fuck is wrong with you.” I tried calming down my nerves because I didn’t know if I was nervous or just pissed off just by the mere sight of seeing him a few inches away from me.

His hair was wet. Red shirt showing his protruding muscles. Fuck, resist this temptation Raven.

I know he’s definitely the reason for my no awakening. It doesn’t matter anymore though. My eyes are fixated on one woman now.

I lowered the bag but didn’t drop it. My grip stayed tight. “What are you doing here dickhead?” I hissed.

“You fucking climbed through my window!!! After everything?” 

He held his hands in the air. “Woah… calm down tiger, I can explain..”

“Explain?” I stepped closer, bat resting on my shoulder like Harley Quinn.

“You have three seconds. Else…your balls would become broken egg shells in the blink of an eye 

“You cheated on me with that dirty little whore, tooo her to the places we had our first dates, fucked her in the same you disvirgined my lips, and now you think you can just crawl through my window like we’re still cool?”

He opened his mouth.

“No. Shut the fuck up.” I pointed the bat at his chest. 

“Get the fuck out.”

“Ra—“ he called out.

“I said get the FUCK OUT!!”

My voice cracked on the last word and I felt no remorse or whatsoever.

He turned around, about leaving my room when he uttered those words.

“There’s something you need to know about the tape.”

“I don’t want to hear shit from you.”

“It wasn’t just me—”

“I said I don’t want to hear it!” My hands were shaking on the bat now. I turned away so he wouldn’t see my face getting hot. “You disgust me. You make my skin crawl, you know that? I look at you and I feel sick and disgusted.”

The silence between us felt really heavy but the tension felt worse. 

When he finally spoke, the bullshit was gone. His voice sounded tired. “I know. I know I disgust you. I know I don’t deserve to breathe the same air as you right now.”

“Don’t shit me Daniel.”

“I kno—“

“Just don’t.” I interrupted him.

I still didn’t lift up my head.

“I didn’t come up with the tape on my own,” he said quietly. “Someone pushed me into it. Someone who wanted dirt on you bad enough to use me. I was stupid and weak.

“Don’t forget to add the word pussy.” I said with no atom of joke or laughter written on my face.

“Okay, fine. I deserved that, but look, Raven. He said, stepping closer to me. They took advantage. I’ve been carrying that shit since the day that unknown number hit your phone.”

I lifted my head up in confusion. “Huh?”

“Who?” I demanded.

“I can’t tell you yet.”

“Can’t or won’t?”

“Both.” He looked at me deep into my eyes.

Oh really?” I said while folding my arms. 

“I need you to trust me just enough to—”

A loud, ugly laugh burst out of me. “Trust you? Are you actually delusional? Daniel, you must be the dumbest motherfucker alive if you think I’d ever trust you again.”

“Raven…”

“Get. Out.” I pointed the bat at the window. “Before I scream Nicole’s name and she comes in here with something worse than this bat. I swear to God.”

He moved toward the window, one leg already over the ledge, but he paused there, stuck halfway.

“I’m going to fix this,” he said, voice low and rough. “Whether you want me to or not.”

“Goodnight, Daniel.”

He disappeared through the window.

I stood there in the middle of my room, chest heaving, bat suddenly fell from my hands. Loads of gear gushing out of my skin making me uncomfortable.

My hands wouldn’t stop shaking. It was definitely anger for sure. No two ways about it.

I sat hard on the edge of my bed, and pressed my palms against my thighs. I could still feel the ghost of his presence. Still remember how those hands used to feel.

I hated him.

I hated that my body was already reacting sexually for him.

Self-respect? Bro is definitely hanging on by a thread.

I lay back and stared at the ceiling, trying to breathe normally.

Then I heard it.

A sound from the hallway. Am I hearing things or are those sounding like footsteps?

Whoever it was had been close enough to hear every word. I guess truly the walls have ears.

The shadow under the door was a bit visible but faded at the same time.

Suddenly, I heard a feminine laugh.

Who could that be asides Nicole? 

I stepped closer to my window trying to find out who this bitch was but the footsteps continued down the hall, calm as ever, heading toward the stairs.