Chapter one- First Impressions
A/N: I haven't written a story in a few years on here it seems like. It has also been a while since I have seen Teen Titans or anything so give me a break. x] This story is mainly going to be from Raven's point of view.
Raven Roth was just one of the hundreds of students that were to attend Jump City High School within the following hour. It was currently 6:45 A.M. and the violet haired goth had already packed up her bags and readied herself for her first day of high school the night before. She had dreaded the forthcoming day, perhaps because she had heard numerous rumors about high school drama. If there was one thing Raven hated most, it was teenage drama, followed by her father, and smiling.
Raven was more of an empathic, feeling not her own feelings, but those of others around her. Today will be interesting. She thought as she brought a grey ceramic cup up to her lips, letting the hot liquid of chai tea run down her throat. She was sitting on a lawn chair on her back porch, which had a commanding view of the ocean. Every morning, she would wake up early to avoid the bickering of her parents, prepare some tea, and sit in the lawn chair, just watching the beautiful colors of the sunrise all come together, almost like a fantasy painting.
This morning, however, was darker than most. The sky was filled of heavy dark blue and grey clouds on the horizon, and when the sun peaked over the horizon of the ocean, it instantaneously disappeared behind a blanket of clouds. Raven's usual frown grew in size as the wind slightly started to pick up, blowing her violet shoulder-length locks towards the ocean. She let out a deep sigh and closed her eyes, taking in the sounds around her. She could hear the roar of the ocean miles away, waves crashing on the shore, as well as cars speeding by on the highway that was a few blocks down the road. She was in a state of relaxation when all of a sudden, she heard a voice.
"Rae, dear, are you ready for school?" Raven turned around and noticed her mother, Angela Roth peering out from the back door. She had heard the ocean miles away, but failed to hear the door opening up.
"Yes, mother," Raven replied, turning her head to face the lifeless color of the ocean. Everything seemed to have a grey hue to it, and the clouds seemed to be moving faster towards her.
"Good. We can leave early if you want. To avoid you know who…" Angela trailed off and tipped her head over to the side quickly, hinting Raven that she was talking about none other than Trigon, her tall, muscular husband. Raven nodded, understanding her mother's actions. She stood up and walked inside her house, glimpsing one more time back at the ocean.
The drive to school only took about fifteen minutes at most, and nothing was said much between the mother and daughter. Mornings like these were most common amongst the Roth girls; awkward silence filling the vehicle, making fifteen minutes seem like almost an entire lifetime. When it was finally time to get out of the car, Raven hugged her mom good-bye and observed the entrance of her school.
Many girls and boys her age were passing in and out of the doors, somewhat in a hurry. There were ivory pillars holding up the 2nd floor of the school in various places, in an asymmetrical matter which seemed impossible. Upon closer inspection, Raven noticed that the walls and pillars had many cracks, indicating that the school was old and worn down.
"Raven!" Raven turned around to the source of the voice and saw her old middle school friend, Kori Anders, also nicknamed 'Star'. The two girls greeted each other.
"Hey Star," she said, somewhat sounding less than enthusiastic.
"Oh how I've missed you! How have your months of summer been friend?" Raven shrugged. She had spent her summer out of the house at the beach most of the time with her mother. The bell suddenly rang.
"What's your first class?" Asked Raven. She was not one to be late.
"Um, the arts of culinary! And you my dear friend?" Star's English was hard to understand, even for Raven sometimes.
"Algebraic Methodology," Star gave her a puzzled look. "Math, Raven repeated.
"Oh then shall we do the catching up later?" Raven nodded. The two girls when their separate ways to a busy day ahead of them.
Raven was the first to get to her class, surprisingly. The desks were organized into five perfectly vertical rows, and she placed herself in the furthest back row, right next to a window with a view of the grey scenery. Silence filled the classroom for another couple of minutes, when all of a sudden, a flood of students rushed into the room just as a bell rang. Raven watched every single one that came into the room with silence. She recognized a few from middle school. Vic. Gar. Jinx. Then the rest were a mystery. Everyone took their seats and talked to each other, recalling memories of the summer break. No one had occupied the desks in a one desk radius of Raven, just causing her to cross her arms and look straight at the black board in the front of the room.
The teacher came in a few minutes after the rush of students. She was a tall woman with mid back length black hair with a petite figure. The eyes of all the male students instantaneously faced her, and the room went silent.
"Good morning students. You can call me Ms. D. Tell me guys, how was your summer?" She asked, full of enthusiasm, which caused Raven to slump back in her chair even more. There was uproar in the classroom amongst the students, all chattering mindlessly about how their summer vacation went. This is going to be a long day… thought Raven. She personally preferred the strict teachers that didn't want the students to talk, but rather get work done.
Raven and Star made their way to the cafeteria at lunch with all of the other students, struggling through the mass crowd, being pushed every now and then by people. Frustration was building up inside of then as they tried to make their way to the seating area. They made a sudden turn when they bumped into a blond girl.
"Excuse you, you ugly freshmen," she said rather rudely, and pushed past them. They turned back to look at her. Star shook her head and grabbed Raven's arm, pulling her through the crowd until they were in an enormous open room with a lot of tables in more perfect vertical rows. The tables each had seemingly different people at each one. And so it starts… Raven made a mental note of which tables had the preps, the band nerds, the goths…. Star suddenly dragged Raven to a table with Vic, Gar, and Robin, all kids she had known in middle school, just never hung out with. The guys sat on one side of the table while the girls sat on the other.
"Hey Star, long time no see!" Exclaimed Gar. The guys looked over at Raven.
"Guys, meet Raven my friend that is a girl, she is most wonderful!" Star exclaimed while hugging Raven. The violet haired girl tried to give out a small smile and waved before putting up the hood of her blue jacket to conceal her pale face. The group of friends continued to talk while Raven occasionally sipped some ice tea and listened. She found herself zoning out of the conversation within a matter of minutes.
"Hey bitches! Guess who's back!" The cafeteria suddenly fell silent as a group of teens walked in the cafeteria. All eyes averted to them. Raven recognized a few of them, one being Jinx, a pink haired goth that seemed to have an unknown grudge against her. Another was known as Mammoth, an orange haired brute of a guy that did nothing but beat up kids. The other three were unknown, but one stood out to Raven. He was wearing an orange long sleeved sweater and black jeans, and had spikey brown hair. Mammoth was the one that made the remark, and pushed his way over to a table where the nerds were sitting. The whole room observed as the new teens that had just came in push and throw the nerds from their seats, forcing them to go elsewhere.
"What assholes," mumbled Gar as the scene unfolded. Mammoth looked over his way and Gar just looked away, as if nothing had happened. Everyone else in the room did the same and talked quietly.
Raven peered over at the table where the 'bad' kids were sitting, and observed the bronze haired teen in secrecy.
"Raven, are you okay?" Asked Gar as he noticed her staring off into space.
"Yes. Sorry," she said and averted her gaze to the green haired boy in front of her. She noticed him sort of staring at her. "Take a picture; it'll last longer," she joked, causing him to blush and look away.
The rest of the day went by quick, as Raven was subconsciously thinking about the guy in the cafeteria, but not letting her emotions get too out of control. The end of the day finally came, and she met her mother in the front parking lot, just as it started to rain.
"We're going to go to the library," said Angela as Raven buckled her seat belt.
"Is he on a rampage again?" Raven asked, referring to her father. Angela wordlessly nodded without looking at her daughter. "He will be going to work soon though, so can we just take a little cruise then go home?" Angela nodded again at her daughter's request, and took an alternate route home.
Raven looked out of the window at the rain blanketed streets of Jump City. Countless houses and businesses flew by for what seemed again like hours on end until she noticed something… Him again! She saw the boy with the brown hair, in the same gym that her father worked at. Her mother noticed staring at something out the window, but thought nothing of it. She's probably just questioning her father… thought Angela.
"Can we go home now?" Asked Raven, a few minutes later.
"Sure. Just go straight to your room if he's still there, or, if we happen to see him on the road, put your hood up and don't look at him."
"Why don't you just leave him mom?" Raven asked, facing her amethyst towards her mother.
Angela sighed. "It's not that easy, hon."
They finally arrived at their house, after more silence, and Raven made a beeline for her room when she noticed her father's car in the driveway. When she closed the door, she felt her phone suddenly vibrate and pulled it out of her pocket. "Meet me in the cafeteria after school," a text said. The number was unrecognizable. Who could have possibly sent this? She thought to herself. Could it have been…him?
A/N: Please review! ^^ Chapter 2 coming soon.