RavenAfter ten minutes of silence, I am bored. So, I jump up and begin looking around his room, this time, really looking and paying attention. I ignore the drawings and look at other items. His room is tidy, other than the massive amount of drawings scattered around. I open a drawer and glance through it."Raven, if you're hoping to find something fun anywhere in here, you're looking in the wrong places." His voice is laced with amusement, and I shrug, something fun would be great, but I just want to look through his things. Stopping at the cupboard I pull the door open seeing the clothes moved and the safe. The door is open, I glance inside and smile then back at him."Why do you have a safe in your cupboard behind your clothes?""Why do most people have safes?" His words are quiet but he doesn't look up from the laptop. I smile and look through the things, money, jewellery, and photos. Drugs? I turn and look at him, alcohol, a lot of alcohol. I stop when I see the handcuffs, picki

RavenI only feel a little bad for Ashton, he's too cute not to wind up and pick on. We get back, and Ashton rushes through past us, muttering that it's fucking cold. He isn't wrong. The water went to my thighs and I'm cold."Get a shower, put on some warm clothes before you freeze to death Doll." Grayson looks at me and I nod, turning to leave his hand stops me. "Then we need to speak."I roll my eyes. "Are you really going to lecture me about pushing Ashton into the water?" I laugh and he groans."No, you can do what the fuck you like to Ashton." His words stop, and his look changes. "As long as you don't fucking hurt him." Wow, okay, that was a warning. I nod and walk off, unsure of how to reply to that. Getting showered I walk back through to my room and get dried and dressed, picking up the phone I hit the notification and freeze.My eyes begin to look around the room before going back to the message. I feel all the heat run from my body at the picture, hitting delete I try and c

RavenI wake up in my bed, Grayson no longer with me. My mind goes back to last night. Part of me wanted him, yet I have to admit part of me used him to try and hide from everything. That is fucked up. I remember his annoyance at my phone vibrating so much. I grabbed it from his hands quickly and saw the image, I didn't want to acknowledge it, so I turned it off hoping he wouldn't see.Then, well, even though I wanted Grayson, I wanted him to touch me more to help me drown out that image. To help burn the feeling of his hands off me. Getting showered I get ready for the day, a darkness lingering over me.Stepping out of the room I feel someone grasp my hand, turning Ashton is smiling at me."Morning." He grins at me and I smile back."More like afternoon, but sure, what are you up to?" I feel weird today, I need to turn on my phone but can't until I am away from everyone."About to shower, join me?" He grins and I laugh, my eyes flickering to Grayson's room, I have no idea what is goi

RavenAfter driving around trying to figure out the way forward I give up and go to the gym. The weight of Emilia’s words weighs heavily on me. The messages may be a joke, hell I wouldn't put it past my mother to do it, but in case it isn't I need to be ready.After half an hour of fighting with Sarah, I am exhausted but unwilling to quit."Raven." Turning I look at Jason. He waves me over, getting to him, he asks me to follow him, and I do. He stops at his office and opens the door, gesturing me to go into it. Stepping inside, I hear the door close, turning I see he is gone, my eyes glance around and stop on Emmett."We need to talk.""I don't want to." I go to walk out, but his hand stops me."I don't give a shit what you want, I need answers, so sit." He points to the chair, moving I sit. Shit, he looked and sounded so much like Grayson then."What happened with Ashton?" I turn looking at him confused."Nothing." What? Does he think we fucked again?"Don't 'nothing' me Raven, he ha

RavenHis words burn through me. I can't stay, not if this is him."Whatever you keep running from, we can protect you, have we not proven that already?" He looks at me waiting."I'm not scared for me Ashton." Her words are solemn. "Something tells me I wouldn't be physically hurt, but those I let in? They will be.""Do you not think we can look after ourselves? Protect ourselves, Raven? Have you always run before letting people all the way in?"He looks at me and I nod."It isn't entirely down to me though, my mum frequently, changed partners, so moving was inevitable. Those times I did get close to people and let them in, I ran, before history could repeat itself.""Surely you realise running doesn't prevent anything though right? If you're worried those you let in will get hurt, what's to stop that from happening once you walk?"I smile at him."Because the danger will follow me, Ashton. If I leave, those I let in are no longer a threat to him, they are gone from my life. He wants