Claude's POV

'So how long are you planning on lying to her?' Dominic suddenly said as we walked into the guest room. I furrowed my brows, giving him a little frown.

'As long as I need to,' I simply say, looking away from him and leaning against the wall.

'That's it?! You're just gonna lock her in there for the the rest of her life when you clearly know she hates it there?!'

'She doesn't hate it there,' I correct him 'And she could just get used to it anyway, since how she's feeling now is the way I felt for 19. Fucking. Years.'

'So you're just gonna take out the fact that you were a loner on her? Is that it?' He crossed his arms.

'No,' I disagree 'I'm not taking out anything on her. I just... She's better off there than anywhere else. We're safer there anyway,'

'Safe from what, Claude?! Because I think right now all she needs to be safe from is your clingy ass.'

'What else can I do?' I yell back at him 'If we move back she'll probably just leave me! I've worked too hard to get where I am with her now and I can't afford to lose her!'

'So what if you do?' He lowered his voice so that no one else could here him but me 'At least she'd be happy. Don't you want that?' He glared at me and I try to avoid his eye contact. I don't want to respond.

It's not that I don't want her happy, it's just that I'm scared that she's be happy without me. Like she just doesn't want me in her life anymore. I love her so much, it hurts. And if she didn't love me back, it'd hurt even more.

'So its settled then,' Dominic finally says, sitting down on the bed 'You care more about yourself than you do Raven, you selfish prick.'

'That isn't true!' I protest.

'Well if it wasn't then she'd be whatever the fuck she wanted to be. But where is she now? Oh that's right, stuck in the fucking cage you put her in!'

I groan and slump myself into the other side of the bed. Dominic had a point and I hated to admit it.

Raven's POV

I took a shower in Nancy's bathroom because she let me and also because I felt like I needed a shower. I walked to where she instructed me to while holding tightly into my towel which was the only thing from keeping me completely naked.

'Just choose whatever you want to wear,' She smiled, laying in her back on the sofa of the bed 'I won't mind.'

I opened the first drawer of her wardrobe and immediately turned red. It was filled with all these fancy lingerie and lacy panties and I swear I saw a packet of condoms stuffed somewhere in there.

'Except that drawer!' Nancy came running to quickly close it, blushing as much as I was. She clears her throat 'Um, how about this?' She took out a pretty little night dress with star patterns around the hem and the sleeves. 'I think it'll make you look adorable!'

I want back into the bathroom, wore it and came back out. 'I was right!' She exclaimed as soon as she saw me.

It's scary how normal Nancy is. Like she completely ignores the fact that she's a demon. But I guess everyone I've met has ignored what they are. Hell, I thought the Helstons were human because of this fucking acting that they aren't demons. I think they just did it to make sure I didn't get suspicious.  But now that I know. they shouldn't be acting anymore. They still are though. Everyone is. Like they're unhappy about what they were born as and so pretend that it isn't true.

'Nancy...' I begin to say, sheepishly. she turns her attention to me, still smiling 'Why do you all...act so normal? Like live your life as if you don't have these amazing powers that you were born with?'

'It just makes things more easier for us, I guess,' She shrugs then answers swiftly 'Our existence is far too overwelming for us to comprehend. Like, I guess humans feel that way too, right? Don't that wonder about  stuff like why that were out on the earth and what the meaning of life is and all that?'

'Yeah,' I lean my head on my arm and lay flat on my back, staring up at the ceiling and noticing a small but nonetheless meaningless crack in the plaster; in fact it was so small that it was barely noticable and I only saw it because I was concentrating so much on the plaster. At about 1am,  I heard this light snoring sound coming from Nancy; she's fallen asleep.

I stayed up, though. I myself wasn't tired yet. Then again, I never usually am, I just kind of power off without realising. That's another thing I've experienced in the few months I've been a demon.

A few hours pass and wouldn't you know if, I realise I'm asleep. It took me a long time to realise because it was dreamless and didn't have much difference to staring at a ceiling in the dark.

But at about 4am or so, I started to hear this rustling next to me. It stopped and consecutively I heard footsteps that made creaking noises on the floorboards.

'Nancy?' I whispered, squinting in the darkness. There was no reponse. I figured she might still be sleeping 'Nancy.' I begin to pat at the other side of the bed but it felt shockingly empty. There was no Nancy either. I sprang up from the bed, squinting around and seeing nothing but crinckles in the bedsheets (it was easy to make out because the white bedsheets kind of gleamed in the darkness).

Walking down the room as sofly as I could, I left and followed the sound of footsteps down the stairs. I exhaled, feeling embarrassed that I overreacted like that. Nancy probably just got out of bed to do whatever downstairs and not some crazy psycho that kidnapped her. Silly brain, overexaggerating things.

The bottom floor was completely pitch black until I saw this dim glow coming from the kitchen. I followed it and found Nancy stood in front of the open refrigerator which was spilling its bright light into the otherwise dark room. 'What're you doing?' I yawn, running my eyes.

'Hungry,' She simply replies and I see her licking her  fingers one by one 'Had to eat something.'

'You're hungry?'

'Yup. Starving,' She takes out a jar of marmalade (which kind of surprised me because who the hall eats marmalade?!) And without using a spoon, dips a single finger in the jar, retreats it and licks the marmalade off of it. 'I could rally go for some Burger King right now,'

'But you ate like two boxes of chow mein, how could you possibly be hungry?'

'Hey, it ain't my fault this baby wants wants a continental breakfast with a side of fast food at 5 in the morning!' She quietly screeches.

I blink in confusion 'Um... baby?'

'Uhh,' She groans, rubbing her forehead with her fingertips 'It was meant to be a surprise...'

'What baby?' I question her curiously.

'Just don't tell Dominic about it, okay? It was supposed to be a surprise!!'

'Tell Dominic what? What surprise???'

'Dammit, Raven! I'm pregnant!!'

(A/N *insert Moon Emoji here*)