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mother had been on the phone yelling about how much her father drank. The moment her mother heard the car she slammed down the phone and met her father at the door. The two started to argue from the moment he stepped foot inside the room.
    They yelled and screamed for so long, not paying attention to Raven or what the fighting in front of her did to her.
    Raven got up and ran into her room, slamming the door as the bickering continued. No matter where she went or how hard she tried, she could still hear them yelling at each other. That night Raven could not take it anymore — she had planned to run away if they did not stop. However, something happened to her that night. She couldn’t explain exactly what happened but as she lay on the bed crying she must have fallen asleep, because when she opened her eyes a female with dark, black, beautiful hair and eyes sat on the bed next to her.
    Raven could not explain her in just words. The woman wore all white. Her silky skin glowed brightly. Instead of running like any child would have, she stared at the woman. When the woman smiled at her she didn’t feel fear, she felt relieved that this stranger was there. She felt a connection with the woman.
    The woman spoke softly but clearly to her. Raven listened as the woman explained to her how to block out sounds. Raven didn’t really understand how to do it but the woman assured her that she could. Raven was about to ask the woman her name but she woke and was in her room alone. The light from the woman remained on the edge of her bed a few moments before disappearing.
    Raven didn’t understand what had just happened but she decided to try what this dream woman told her. Raven got out of her bed and stood at her door, concentrating on blocking out the sound like the woman explained to her. Surprisingly, the sounds of her parents’ voices faded. At first, Raven thought that maybe they had stopped arguing and went to bed.
    She crept downstairs to see if they had indeed stopped arguing. Her parent’s bedroom door was open and she could see her mother standing in front of her father. Her father arms were waving wildly in the air. Her mother’s mouth opened, screaming at her father, but Raven could not hear their voices.
    She could hear the crackling of the fire, the sound of the television, but not her parent’s voices. Raven smiled, thinking the dream woman silently for helping her.
    Just as she smiled, Raven’s father turned to see her watching them. He walked up to the door and slammed it in her face.
    Raven knew they tried to hide their fights, but when her father drank he could not control his anger and it would spiral out of control to a point where her mother had to put him in jail. Her parents never broke up as she thought they would. Her mother told her that with time and her father promising to stop drinking then everything would get better, and it did after the last big fight.
    Raven had never told anyone about the dream woman and until now, she had not seen her again. She thought about her a lot. It was as if the woman left a part of herself with Raven. Raven also knew that not everyone could block out sounds like she could, since no one spoke of it. She thought that maybe she was a freak of some sort but decided that if she could block out sounds when she wanted and it was not hurting anyone she did not need to tell anyone. She did not want people to think that she was a freak and lock her away in some mental institution.
    Veronica’s screaming blasted through the kitchen again, bringing Raven back to reality. She had been thinking about her past so much that she had stop blocking out the sound. Concentrating again, she turned down the sounds of the kitchen.
    Raven let out a deep breath. Finally, silence again. The lights above her flickered and she groaned as her eyes stung from the sensitivity. She could make the sound go away but she could do nothing for her sensitive eyes or her ongoing headache.
    Raven pressed her