Chapter Twenty Two

Even though Carson said he was going to enter the room without consent anyway he was still reluctant. Taking his time slowly making his way into the room he didn't even look up as he threw his bag to the tiny nightstand by the door. Making it clear he was giving the strange girl in the room the time to get ready encase she weren't already.

Even so it didn't matter how slow Carson came into the room Raven couldn't move even if he wanted, exposed or not it didn't matter. His entire body was frozen with fear once again though he knew it wasn't because he was afraid of Carson but rather it was just the fear of what could happen with him there. He was afraid that somehow Carson was going to find out who he really was by something he may say or if he even changed back to a man in front of him again.

He was trying to think of what kind of lie he could come up with that Carson would believe but now that Carson was within a line of sight he was drawing blanks. Looking over to Menay he sought for help without words hoping Maney would say something useful but for once the cat had nothing to say. Giving an awkward glaring moment to his cat, angered by his silence, this caused Menay to move to the end of the bed looking up at Raven then to Carson as if to tell him to focus.

"Hey," Carson snapped out in a more aggressive tone to get Raven's attention after being ignored even now and having been ignored before when he questioned what Raven was doing in the room.

"Were you even listening?" Carson snarled slightly beginning to be bothered by Raven's reluctance to speak with him or even pay attention.

Raven looked back to him and shook his head no having already forgotten what Carson had said. He could hardly think of what he wanted to say let alone what Carson was asking but he knew he needed to pay attention or he could possibly anger him.

Carson let out a aggravated huff while his eyes began to explore every inch of the girl before him. When their eyes were about to meet just as he got to her face she quickly looked down to the ground. This caused Carson arch his brow for a moment then let out a scoff assuming she was nervous because of last night.

"Like I said I am not going to do anything" Carson muttered in an irritated tone.

Raven knew looking away just then was a bad idea, he could feel it encouraging his friend's irritated attitude but he didn't like how Carson was looking him over. He couldn't help it even when he knew that looking away didn't stop Carson from looking at him. This knowledge though only made Raven become more fidgety with the situation but he was sure if he looked at Carson he wouldn't be able to think of any excuse.

"Tch" Carson sucked on his teeth as he cracked a aggravated grin, "I get it now, there wasn't a boyfriend... You're some kind of creepy stalker chick, that's why they were chasing you last night" He claimed running to more assumptions about Raven again.

Raven rolled his eyes to this suggestion knowing he was likely assuming Raven was stalking him now. He wasn't sure if this were worse than the boyfriend assumption or not so despising Carson's arrogance not wanting to be consider one of his groupies he went to deny the claim.

"That's..." he huffed frustrated falling short of a response.

Raven wanted to protest the accusation but he realized he had nothing, there was nothing he could say now that would actually make any more sense than being some stalker in their room. He hated this but he knew it was a possible option that he could run with knowing Carson rarely turned in his stalkers to the authority.

Carson walked further into the room while Raven was distracted by his thoughts wondering if he could truly accept being considered one of Carson's fan girls. Raven could hear his footsteps approaching and became nervous knowing he was blocking the only way out only pushing him further into the room. He was making it obvious that he wouldn't be letting Raven run away without an explanation or possibly more which irked Raven's attitude a bit.

"So you're the one stealing from the basketball team and last night you were stealing clothes when you got caught..." Carson went to explain his theory when he paused for a moment thinking about last night's events then realized why she was in his room now, "If I would have known that I probably wouldn't have done what I did" He adds regretting helping her out, believing he encouraged her stalking to the next level.

Though Carson was beginning to become proud of his assumptions being very confident that he was spot on with what the girl was doing there he still couldn't figure out how she got in the room. He was starting to wonder if she were the reason his key card was missing causing him to be more suspicious of her on a concerned level. Knowing she could be dangerous from his past experiences with this kind of crazy.

Raven became even more flustered in thought when Carson spoke of what he did while they were alone, only thinking about the kiss. Feeling his face become warm with embarrassment it frustrated Raven how uneasy the event made him though he tried to calm down it was only getting worse as Carson's voice drew closer while he persisted him with his unjust claims. Raven hated how easy Carson could bring up such an event in a calm manner feeling like he was being taunted with his inexperience.

"I'm flattered and creeped out but if you're going to stalk me at least get the drawers right, my roommate would kill me if you steal his things too so I am going to have to use force if you don't stop." He adds in a mocking tone coming to a stop before the girl.

This finally got Raven to react, he didn't want to be considered a thief on top of a stalker and did not want to get as far as possibly having the police involved if he let Carson continue to believe what he wanted, "I'm not stealing!" he shouts looking up only to find Carson's face so close to his own.

Raven yelped being surprised by how close he had actually came to him causing him to stumble back to the floor trying to get away from him as quick as possible. Carson scoffed as he begun to laugh at the dramatic reaction he had gotten just for standing there. Not feeling sorry at all he felt like that was punishment for not looking at him this entire time.

Raven looked up to Carson almost in disbelief with what he saw, unlike his usual gentleman's smile he wore mocking grin on his face while looking down snickering at a Raven's expense. Raven was almost confused but he was sure it looked as if he were being picked on. Like Carson were treating him like he were in his normal male body. This was a bit of a shock having never seen Carson pick on a girl before, even his actual stalkers didn't get this sort of treatment. For some unusual reason this really aggravated Raven, it aggravated him more than Carson thinking he was stalking or stealing.

Carson finally calmed himself from laughing as he glanced the girl over thinking about what she said just before she fell, "Really?" He sneered holding out his hand to help her up.

Raven looked at the hand offered and swatted it away not wanting his help now. Carson shrugged as he brought his hand back and continued what he had to say, "So if I asked Raven he'd say you had permission to go through his drawers and wear his clothes..." his eyes glanced Raven over for another moment while he was standing back up looking at each piece of clothing, "Even his underwear?" He asked suspiciously still carrying a snickering taunt in his voice.

"Yes," Raven confirmed once he stood giving a huff knowing that he would give himself permission to take his own clothes, "He would" he adds crossing his arms over one another glaring at Carson for the remark about the underwear knowing he was trying to fluster him again.

Carson gave a vacant stare while looking down at her not believing it for even a second with no reason behind the claim so he didn't respond. Just waiting for the truth he looked down at her face's features that were stubbornly staring up at him trying not to waver though she didn't have anything to back her claims with. It was obvious she was trying to push it away an actual answer by covering it with an attitude.

"You..." Carson narrowed his brow giving a strange expression while he stared down at her face. The more attitude in her features that he received the more it was even clearer than when they were in the laundry room that she looked exactly like Raven.

Raven felt the stare on his face becoming intense and it scared him into breaking his aggressive glare. Knowing his usual behavior would be noticed he tried to think of a reason they would look alike and possibly carry other similarities. Even though he really only had his father that he looked nothing like he knew other families had traits that carried between them so he went with it.

"Cousin," Raven shouted to interrupt Carson's mind from making a connection on his own afraid of what Carson would come up with on his own.

"That actually makes sense, good cover Raven" Menay says in a complimenting manner making Raven looked over to him briefly giving a subtle confident smile for a moment. Though now looking back to Carson he wasn't sure how he was going to sell it to him having never talked about a cousin before. But then Raven knew he never talked much about his family at all, Carson pretty much only knew about his father sense Raven avoided talking about his mother.

"What?" Carson questioned showing he didn't believe Raven with the way he shook his head back and forth not understanding what he meant.

"Hmph," Raven crossed his arms over one another starting to become irritated that he would have to explain the possibility of himself having a relative to such an extent, "Like I said I'm his cousin" he claim putting his foot down looking away from Carson trying to avoid giving himself away through his expressions.

Carson arched a brow giving a smirk, "If you're his cousin why haven't I met you before?" He inquired trying to see if he could catch her in a lie hoping she would say the wrong thing.

Raven huffed glancing back with confidence, "Have you ever met Raven's mother?" he countered knowing Carson hadn't hoping this would be enough for Carson to drop it.

"No..." Carson muttered thinking about it he didn't expect that kind of response. It was true that no one had really ever met Raven's mother not even the school officials but he knew it would take a very serious stalker to know that even he hadn't met her. Starting to believe her a little more he still didn't understand why she was their nor wearing Raven's clothes, "but, that doesn't mean" He goes to explain why that reason still made no sense but Raven quickly break him off again.

"Doesn't mean she doesn't exist," He points out and shrugs looking away again before he continues knowing it would be harder for him to talk while looking at him.

"Maybe he just doesn't want to bring girls around a womanizer such as yourself..." he snarls getting a little personal still feeling irritated with the way he was being treated by Carson, "It appears he had good reason too" Raven adds still not looking at him becoming upset thinking about the kiss trying to see what he would say about believing he had kissed one of Raven's family members wondering if Carson would show any remorse for his actions.

Carson huffed as he was cut off with more familiar attitude but no reason behind it. He was still being left without answers and her bringing up the kiss like she wanted to focus on it made him even more suspicious. This acknowledged that it was definitely her he kissed and nothing was different than his memory served except where he saw Raven and not her. Staring down at her face, sure they looked exactly alike but not enough to explain how he saw Raven in the room after he kissed her. But he wondered if maybe a closer look like last night would alter her image to look like Raven by cutting out her hair and thinner jawline from his view.

While Carson fell silent this made Raven confident with the atmosphere, he was sure that Carson was reflecting on what he had done to him now. Raven became arrogant thinking he was going to get that apology and Carson would turn his attitude around. So Raven let his guard drop getting ready to accept an apology and leave like he wanted without any more delays.

At least until he felt the gentle touch of a warm hand under his chin moving his face to look back at Carson. Raven became both scared and stunned that he'd be so bold to touch him out right like that even after what he just learned.

"What..." Raven fell silent as he was forced to look back only to see Carson's face getting closer to his own.

Even though he only meant to get a clearer vision of her features to explain what he saw last night Carson looked down at her ever growing red face and became distracted by this. The freckles that peppered across her cheeks over the brim of her nose exactly like Raven's started to disappear under how red she was turning. Her silence and lack of protest to his approach only made it worse for him to focus on anything but her lips at this point. Without thinking about his original intentions as before he began to get closer than he needed holding some curiosity that he would see Raven again only after he kissed her.

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