Raven Saga 01 - Raven

demonstrating a few awkward-looking poses. “The yoga poses are easy once you've done them for a while. When I first started, my muscles were so stiff, I struggled even with the simplest moves. I'll teach them to you and we can do it together,” she said eagerly.
    Looking down at my leg and back up at her comically, she burst into a fit of giggles. “Okay, I'll teach you in a few months when you can actually get your backside off the sofa!” She sat back down on the chair and curled her shoeless feet underneath her bottom.
    “So, you didn't see who rescued you yesterday, then?”
    Shaking my head and raising my eyebrows, I wished there was something exciting I could tell her. The only way I would be able to identify him would be by his voice, I told her, but I explained that I didn't recognise it. It wasn't a voice I'd heard before.
    “You don't think it was your dad, do you?” she almost whispered.
    It had crossed my mind but as I explained, even though I'd barely ever heard my father speak, I didn't feel like it was him. Surely I would have felt something. And if it had been him, wouldn't he have stayed? He wouldn't have just dumped me on someone's doorstep. And why would he vanish afterwards?
    “It just didn't feel like him, you know,” I added.
    She nodded, clearly understanding what I meant. We sat in silence for a while, each lost in our own thoughts about the man who had saved my life. Had I been left there, under that log in the storm, I could have frozen to death. I could have bled to death for all I knew. The thought made me shiver. There were many ifs in this world. I was just grateful to whoever he was.
    “So, did I miss much at school yesterday?”
    “Not a great deal, unless you count poor Jemima falling flat on her face in front of the basketball team in cheerleading practice. She had a bloody nose and everything. Poor thing. Oh and Mrs Ormond seemed interested to know why you weren't there yesterday. A little too interested really. There's something odd about that woman, but I can't quite put my finger on it,” she laughed.
    She asked how my date had gone with Oliver. Sonya had told her that he'd come over and that we'd had dinner prepared for us.
    My instant grin answered her question. “That well, huh?” she laughed and, as if on cue, Oliver arrived bearing a box of chocolates for his "patient". It was good to see him.
    “Hey Oliver, good to see you,” Jo said as she stood up, put on her shoes and started doing up her shoe laces.
    They exchanged a few words before she decided to leave us alone.
    “I'll call you later,” she said with a wink, before shouting “Bye Gabriel,” and closing the front door on her way out.
    “Ben sends his love and hopes you're feeling better today,” Oliver said as he bent to kiss me on the cheek. As usual, I blushed and smiled as he handed me the pretty black box with a pink ribbon.
    “Awww thanks Oliver... that's really sweet. But you didn't have to.”
    “I was going to go and start my training with Ben today... so much for that,” I said, as I rolled my eyes and lifted my leg.
    He smiled and told me that Ben had said for me not to worry about it. He wasn't overly busy at the moment anyway so it could wait a few more weeks, until I was ready.
    “How are you feeling?” he asked as he sat down and watched me rip off the ribbon and delve inside the box to discover which chocolate was which. He laughed at my enthusiasm.
    “I'm good thanks. I woke up feeling a bit groggy but I feel much better now.”
    “I guess I was right to bring chocolates rather than flowers.”
    I nodded with a mouth full before realising I wasn't being very polite, so I offered them to him.
    Chocolate wasn't something I was used to eating, but they were delicious. They didn't last long though as we spent the next few hours chatting whilst we savoured them. Occasionally Gabriel would pop his head round the door to make sure we were okay, but he figured I was fine whenever I was with Oliver, so he ended up leaving us alone for a few hours.
    Oliver stayed with me the entire day.
    “I feel bad about keeping you cooped up indoors for so long.”
    “That's okay. You're not exactly in any state to do anything else, are you? But maybe tomorrow we could try and go for a short walk? What did the doctor say about walking?” he asked.
    I honestly didn't have a clue. I had been so keen to get out of the hospital that I hadn't even asked any questions. I was sure Gabriel would know