Behind The Mask

I bust the windows out your car
And no it didn't mend my broken heart
I'll probably always have these ugly scars
But right now I don't care about that part
I bust the windows out your car
After I saw you laying next to her

“I can’t believe this.”

“Raven slow down!” Another loud boom echoed the street. She shut her eyes as the glass flew everywhere. Quickly moving to the other side of the car, she looked at the fresh new paint remembering how recently it had been done. She knew it cost him an arm and a leg to get his car redone.

“Please stop before you get glass in your eye!”

“Why isn’t this making me feel better?” Lifting the bat Raven smashed it into the left wing mirror. It came crashing down creating another loud bang. Some of the mirror had scraped her hand leaving a deep gash with blood oozing out of it. Without a doubt it would leave an infection and hurt like hell but that was the last thing on her mind though.

“Because his car is nowhere near as expensive as your heart. It’s priceless, Raven. Your heart is priceless.” Turning her head Raven watched Wick stand there trying to convince her that the damage is not worth her while.

“Yeah well he has to pay for something.” Again Raven lifted her bat but this time Wick grabbed it in mid-air. He tried to pull it out of her hand but it was glued to her hands. She held on for dear life but he used it to push her closer to him.

“Stop this. We can figure something else out.” Raven shut her eyes letting the memory fill her mind.

*Flashback*

“Hey Finn I brought us some Chinese food!” Music was blaring as she walked into the room. She had missed coming home to this. After two years in Guatemala working in the Peace Corp to help design efficient ways of living for the poverty surrounding country, Raven was glad to be home. Finn and her had been through thick and thin and though she had been gone awhile she was glad they were still strong.

When Finn blasted music like this he usually was in some sort of mood, however, it was one of those sexual songs he liked to play during sex. Maybe he knew she was coming early.

Smiling to herself she shrugged her shoulders and stripped down to her bra and underwear. Sometimes he took too long to get to the chase so Raven jumped at the opportunity to speed things up. She opened the door to his room ready to strike some sort of pose against the door frame like she had seen in a movie.

“I said I got-” No words were able to leave her mouth. Her gaping jaw kept her frozen in the doorway. Immediately he stopped what he had been doing and froze too on the bed.

Her eyes tracked to the women in the sheets who quickly fumbled to cover herself up. The blonde hair girl stood up wrapped in his sheets.

“You fucker.” Striding at rapid pace towards the bed, Raven flung a right hook into the girl’s face sending her stumbling backwards. Then turning towards the boy she was again speechless as she was reminded of the five years they had been together.

“I can’t believe you! You fucking dick.”

“Raven wait!”

“Don’t even come after me! We are soooo thru.” Before she walked out the door enraged she turned towards the desk and sent the speakers hurling at Finn.

The two in the room did not even get a chance to speak before Raven was out the door.

*End Flashback*

“I don’t understand. What did I do wrong?” It took everything in the girl not to cry as she felt the water brim to her eyes.

“Nothing Raven. You have to let it go and move on. You can’t be happy if you dwell on this forever.”

Raven knew he was right but Finn and her were not just any couple. He wasn’t just her boyfriend, but her best friend; he helped make her dream come true. Now she was smashing his car for what?

This was not who she was, she knew revenge could be sweeter.

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“Damn she gave you one hell of a right hook!” Octavia walked over to the bed placing an ice pack on her eye.

“Is she a boxer? If she is I bet you she is totally hot. Oh my god you saw her body did she have abs?”

“Octavia.” Clarke groaned as she held the ice pack up.

“Sorry but a hot girl is a hot girl.”

“Can we focus on what really matters?” Octavia hopped onto the bed letting her back rest against the wall.

“Retaliation right! We can egg his house.”
“Nah too typical.” Clarke shook her head.
“Okay what if I get Bellamy and his friends to like kidnap him then drop him off in the middle of nowhere.”

Craning her head, Clarke placed her hand over Octavia’s forehead to check for a fever. Nope, there wasn’t any yet.

“Oh calm down.” Octavia removed her hand off of her forehead.

Letting out a loud sigh Clarke felt as if it wasn’t even worth the stress anymore. They had been together for almost seven months and he even pledged his love to her. She never imagined Finn would be this kind of guy.

Who even was the other girl? She had to been with him longer due to her accessibility to the apartment. It didn’t make her jealous of the girl because Clarke knew she’d be just as pissed. This was Finn’s fault not theirs.

Her blood began to boil as she was reminded of all the times he had been such a romantic sap and it was all just a show. He swore that night that it was her he loved and only could ever love. Now it was just a load of crap. That's when Clarke knew what she had to do.

“Where are you going?” Grabbing her jacket off her chair, she flung it over her shoulder with Octavia standing up now.

“To finish what he started.”

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I bust the windows out your car
But it don't compare to my broken heart
You could never feel how I felt that day
Until that happens, baby, you don't know pain

“And this is for saying you love me.” Clarke screamed as she smashed the window of the car. “Bastard.” She muttered under breath. Fine he wanted to break her heart so now she was going to fuck up his car. She knew how much it meant to him.

After denting his hood she put a hole in his spare tire so when he needed it the most it was gone. She wanted to physically represent all the pain he had put her in into this car.

“I can call the cops you know.” Clarke’s head quickly spun as her eyes locked with a girl standing with her arms crossed. Clarke was ready to run but the girl had looked vaguely familiar.

“I-” She wasn’t sure she would be recognized as she had done this in the dead of night with her black hoodie on. Then again she was screaming.
“You got the wrong car.”
“You don’t even know what I am doing.” But not being able to resist she checked the car again. He did own a black SVU.
“Yes, I do because I did it ten hours ago to his car.” Clarke watched as the girl pointed across the street to the other black SVU that was completely totaled. Well fuck she was screwed.

“No, I’m not going to call the cops. I think you suffered enough with the black eye I gave you. Sorry about that.” Raven pointed to the eye. Strength had always been her biggest attribute despite her size. Never in her life had she felt so weak as she did recently.

“Honestly I wanted to fight you on that but you might win.” The blonde laughed trying to play it cool. Octavia was probably right, the girl likely did box and did have a smoking body.

Responding back with a laugh Raven stuck her hand out. “Truce?” Clarke shook it and nodded.
“I’m Raven by the way.”
“Clarke.” She gave her a tight smile with now getting a better look of the girl’s face. She had truly given her one heck of a black eye. It made her feel guilty though as she didn’t know what the girl’s situation was.
“Let’s get out of here, I think you did enough damage to the neighbor’s car.”
“Haha, yeah I fucked up.” Clarke rubbed the back of her neck with one hand feeling guilty now that the neighbor had to deal with her rage. Before anyone caught them, Raven led them through the trees knowing a way out.
“How long were you two together?” She ventured into the territory curious to know more about it and hoping to relieve herself of pain.
“Almost seven months. And you?”
“Five years.”
“Wow.” The news shocked both girls at the realization of how long they had been played.
“I guess he got lonely.” Raven suggested.
“Why do you say that?”
“Because I left to South America for two years.” It didn’t make things better but it made Raven realize how they left things. Though they never officially broke it off, they hadn’t talked much either.

Raven stopped midway of their walking. “What are you doing?” Clarke countered.
“You know what?” Raven came to a realization as she watched Clarke grasp onto her crowbar. She was never one to have many girl friends but there was something about Clarke she liked. They had the same idea to ruin his car and while great minds think alike, it brought her some relief she wasn’t alone in her pain.
“What?”
“Fuck Finn. We don’t need him! He just got me a new friend.” Raven grasped Clarke’s hand and placed it under her arm.

Only smirking, Clarke nodded her head in agreement. Who knew busted windows could be the start of a friendship that will be one to remember.