The next day was beyond awkward.

A lot of Claude's relatives had come over and they were all swarming around the house like flies.

We even had jobs handling them; Mrs Helston had the responsibility of the ladies, Mr Helston the men and Claude and I were in charge of all the kids. We didn't have to do much because all Claude's cousins were older then him and mature enough so we only had to babysit Josie's kids, Amber and Alex.

It was the 23rd of December, exactly two days away from Christmas.

'Are you alright after what happened yesterday? Claude had asked me. I ignored him.

I seriously did not want to talk to him.

I tried to ignore him for the whole day but he wouldn't give up on pestering me.

As a last resort, I had to lock myself in my room.

I went on my phone. 9 messages and 2 miss calls.

I checked my messages first. The first two were from Ayesha, another from Connie and the rest were from Allen.

I read the first one from him.

Hey babe xoxoxo

My heart fluttered; something that it hadn't done ever.

The other ones were pretty much the same but nonetheless meaningful. The miss calls were from him too.

I decided to call him back.

The phone was ringing on the other end.

It finally picked up. 'Hello?'

'Hi Allen.' I said

'Hey Raven, how are you.'

'I'm fine, and you?'

'I really miss you,' he replied.

I smiled 'I miss you, too,'

'Skype me,' he finally said.

'Okay but I don't have your contact,'

'Connie told me yours,' he replied.

Of course. Was there anything she didn't tell him?!

I went to my iPad that was still in the charger but I still turned it on,

I logged into my Skype account and sure enough there was a notification saying 'friend request from Allen_W'

I accepted it and video called him.

He picked up.

For a moment, we weren't saying anything, just gazing at each other until Allen finally spoke.

'Wow, you look beautiful.' He complimented.

I blushed.

'I guess you look alright too,' I said goofily. He laughed.

The sound of his voice made me melt. I stared at him, his perfect face.

Why was I acting like this? Raven Simmons never ever acted like this. She doesn't chase after boys, then why is she now?

'I love you, Raven,' Allen said.

I wanted to say it too, but my throat felt dry all of a sudden so I just smiled at him.

The charge on my iPad was going fast, so I had to hang up early, even if I didn't want too.

When it was time for dinner, I couldn't help but smile all the time.

I had completely forgotten that Claude or anyone else was there.

'What's with the stupid grin?' he had remarked.

But I ignored him.

The last thing I want was for him to ruin my good mood.

(A/N weew back to Raven and Allen! Merry Christmas to all my beautiful readers and thank you for reading this far! Keep reading and writing everyone! Also the next chapter is the Christmas Chapter which will be published tomorrow, Christmas! No spoilers, all I'm telling you is there's going to be lots of big changes!)