Ok so this is just something that came to me today when I was really sad since I'm having a lot of guy issues at the moment…although it's not the same situation 'cause it's different. It's just real complicated so I needed to vent into something and this was the result. A possible story or a mere one – shot.

Disclaimer: I do now own the Titans.

Life Just Isn't a Fairytale

There Raven was at her knees on the roof, her head bent down. She had come here to try and clear her mind from everything; everything that had happened in the past few days. But everything was still fresh in her mind like the intoxicating scent of this morning's herbal tea.

Flashback, 3 days ago

Raven bravely approached her leaders door, hoping that she could finally get some time to talk to him. She needed to confess her feelings to him. That he meant more to her then a mere friend. She had been playing how the scene would go in her mind, and the two would end up in a tight embrace, telling the other how much they loved one another. Or maybe he would even kiss her.

Suddenly his door opened and Raven gasped and stepped back in surprise. Robin stared at her, wondering what she was doing.

"Hello Raven." He said. She nodded in reply and tried to find her voice.

"Hi, um, I was wondering if I could…"

Just as she was about to ask him to talk, Starfire came up from behind her and began jumping up for joy.

"Oh dear friends I have just received wondrous news! Please friend Robin I must share such exciting news to you!" she declared as she whisked the Boy Wonder away and down the hall. He turned around and gave Raven a shrug before going off with Star. Raven sighed.

End Flashback

Raven gritted her teeth in frustration. Just thinking about the alien princess made her infuriated after what had happened earlier that day…

Flashback, 2 hours ago

Raven was reading a book in the main room as usual, her herbal tea in front of her on the table. She sighed with contentment at the peace that filled the usually noisy room.

Suddenly the door hissed open and Raven turned her head around to see that it was Robin. She smiled at him and he returned it, going into the kitchen and getting a soda with a bag of chips. Raven thought this was the perfect opportunity to tell him her secret she'd been keeping.

"Robin?" she asked him. He looked up from a kitchen cabinet and over to her.

"Yeah?"

"I…I've been meaning to tell you this for a while…I lo-"

"ROBIN!!" Starfire's voice echoed throughout the Tower. Raven and him winced at the high - pitched screech and turned when they saw the girl flying at top speed. Raven gasped when she ran into Robin and fell on top of him on the ground. She looked over the top of the couch and saw her crying on his chest as he looked at her, wondering what was going on.

"Starfire, what is it? Why are you crying?" he asked her, worried.

"I have been meaning to ask you if you would like to do the dating with me, but friend Beast Boy said you never would because you would never date somebody like me! Oh I am so sad and confused as to why you do not wish to do the going out with me!" she cried.

Raven's mouth hung open when she heard all this. What was happening? This wasn't supposed to happen! And what even surprised her more was when Robin sat up and cradled her in his arms and kissed her on the cheek.

"Why would you listen to Beast Boy? Of course I love you Star..."

By this time, Raven had fled out of the room through the floor, her heart shattered.

End Flashback

She had been sitting up here for a while now, trying to sort her thoughts, but she just couldn't. All she could think about was Robin and Starfire together. The thought made her chest tighten up till it hurt enough to just crawl into a ball and sob. She had lost him, and she had never even had him.

If only she had been faster at asking him. How could she have waited so long? Then perhaps it could be them together…holding hands, cuddling on the couch during movies or whispering sweet nothings in the each other's ear. She sighed and bit her lip, unable to keep the tears from spilling down her cheeks any longer.

Just then it began to rain and the dark clouds boomed with thunder above her. It blended with her tears, making them unnoticeable as she became soaked through her uniform. She lifted her face up to the sky and simply kneeled there. She closed her eyes and dreamed that this had all been a nightmare.

But she wasn't about to wake up by true loves kiss by her prince. The night in shining armor was not going to whisk her up from the ground and take her up on his horse, riding them both to a castle and a happily ever after. She knew this now. Pure true love was something for the movies, and just simply something not meant for reality. The real world was cruel and she couldn't change that or anything anybody else decided.

For life just isn't a fairytale.

The End?

Wow…that was real sad compared to all my other happy stories I've written in the past…that was kind of depressing…

Well anyway tell me what you think please. I was thinking this could be just a sad one – shot, but tell me your input. That stuff is always appreciated and I'd like to know whether or not to keep it as it is.

-darkgirlravengrayson14