"AH-AH-AAAAHHHHH CHOOO!!!!"

The whole tower shook and three of the five titans fell off the couch because of it.

"What was that?" Cyborg asked looking worried.

"It sounded like a sneeze." Robin said looking puzzled.

"It sounded like friend Raven."

"Raven's ill? That can't be good." Cyborg broke off as Bumblebee fuzzed into focus on the screen. "Hey Bee, what's up?"

"We need some help over here in Steel City. Something really weird has been going on here and we can't figure out what it is."

"How bad is it?"

"Well, whatever it is, is making Aqualad and Speedy get on with each other. In fact they're acting like their best friends."

Normally that would never happen; the pair of them hadn't been able to agree since the day they first met.

"Maybe they decided to grow up?" Robin said doubtfully.

"I don't think so. It happened suddenly too, after we got rid of a criminal. They started being civil to each other and nice. It's not normal. That's another thing; the crooks have been getting worse recently. It's too much for us to handle."

"Well, it's pretty non-eventful here. We've had no fighting for at least a week." Robin looked fed up; fighting a bad guy made his day and Jump City was void of evildoers. It was starting to grate on his nerves.

"AH- AH-AH--- CHOOOOOOO!!!!"

"What the hell was that?"

"We think it's Raven."

Beast Boy fell through the doors. "Oh it's Raven alright, she's got the flu." He said getting up and rubbing his bottom where he fell on it.

"Right." Robin took charge of the situation, as per usual. "BB you stay here and look after Raven and the city while we go and sort Steel City out."

"What? Raven'll kill me. She hates me!"

"No she doesn't. You just rub her up the wrong way. This'll be a good opportunity to heal the breach. While you nurse her, she might start to appreciate you." Robin didn't sound very hopeful.

"AH-AH-AH- CHOOO!!! God damn it!"

The doors opened and Raven drifted unsteadily in.

"Hey Raveney ifi'gfg." Bumblebee said tentatively.

"Are you feeling okay?" Cyborg asked just as tentatively.

"Course I am. Why wouldn't I be?" Raven sounded very bunged up. Her monotone voice came out very nasally

"You don't sound alright?" Robin's face was full of concern for her.

She tried to glare but it came out more funny than threatening since her nose was bright red and her eyes were all puffy. She looked a real state and Beast Boy took one look at her and felt so sorry for her.

He rushed over to her and pushed her towards the couch. "You, stay." He ordered her like a dog. "Star, go get some blankets and a pillow. Raven you are staying here. I'm gonna take care of you. Rob, put the kettle on. Cy, bring me a box of tissues and a bin. We'll get you better."

"So does that mean you're gonna stay and nurse her while we go help Titans East?" Robin said from the kitchen.

"You bet your ass I'll stay here." BB said vehemently.

Robin grinned and looked up at Bumblebee who looked touched by his devotion. "We'll come soon. Once we know BB has everything he needs."

BB and Robin left the room and Raven who had watched them all in a bemused sort of way looked up at the screen. "Do you think they give a damn about what I think?"

Bumblebee laughed. "Probably not."

"Great. That just great."

"Wanna hear something that'll cheer you up?"

"Always. Tell me."

Bumblebee sniggered. "I actually know what's wrong with Speedy and Aqualad. They got a little drunk on Speedy's birthday."

"No! Please don't say what I think you're gonna say!"

"Uh- huh. They…fooled around a little bit. And now they seem to be trying and failing to hide it. It's really funny."

"I knew it would happen someday." Raven started laughing.

"Sweetie, you sound like a donkey."

Slowly her face fell. "I do?"

"You're really sick sweetheart. What brought on this cold or flu, or whatever it is?"

"You remember what I said during that game of Truth? About BB? Well, I've had to do some extra meditating recently and I got caught in a snowstorm while my body was on the roof meditating and my mind was consulting my emotions in Nevermore."

"Oh dear. And you didn't realise?"

"Not until Knowledge pointed it out."

"Well get some rest. Just let Beast Boy mother you for a bit. He really wants you to get better, and so do we all. We're all coming over for Christmas Day, right?"

"Yeah, and all my effort that day will go into making sure Starfire doesn't cook the traditional Tameranean Christmas lunch, or whatever they call Christmas there."

"I'll come over a few days early to help if you want."

"That might be necessary." As Raven tried to say necessary she had a coughing fit.

Bumblebee looked at her sympathetically. "Just concentrate on getting better. And try not to kill BB. I know he's a prat, but we'd like to keep him alive, for as long as possible. We'll check up on you tomorrow. See you later sweetie." She fazed out.

Robin came back in. "Try not to talk too much. Your voice sounds terrible."

"Yeah. Bee said I sounded like a donkey when she made me laugh."

"And I'm leaving you with another donkey, I'm afraid."

"BB's not that bad."

"He's mixing an African medicine for you."

"Oh god!" she croaked. "Is he trying to poison me?"

"Not intentionally."

"Are you sure leaving him to nurse me is a good idea? Wouldn't Star be better suited to it? God, even Jinx would be better than him."

"I can't leave Star, sometimes she figures stuff out before I do."

"And the fact that you're completely in love with her has nothing to do with the fact that it's a very long journey to Steel City and you get to spend some time away with her? Right?"

"Three words for you. Big Fluffy Chicken!"

"You swore you'd never tell? Anyway how do you know?"

"We have a connection, remember?" Robin smirked at her.

"This is something Slade would do. With the blackmail and everything."

The vein twitched on his forehead. His eye began to twitch. "You really are Daddy's little Girl aren't you?"

Her eyebrow quirked upwards and he sniggered. "Okay, I left BB a list of foods you can eat with your throat like that and a list of medicines and whatnot that he'll need to give you. We'll check in on you all the time. I think you should stay out here, your rooms so dark it doesn't exactly inspire health. The lounge is warm and it'll be easier for you to keep an eye on BB while he prepares to blow up the tower."

"You mean when he tries to cook?"

"Yup. Try not to let him blow it up."

"I'll try, if I'm not doing it myself every time I sneeze." Raven rolled her eyes.

"You'll get better quickly, unless he does poison you with this 'remedy'."

"God I hope he doesn't!"

"Me too."

"Have fun sorting out the Poofter Brothers."

"Are they some kind of strange villain?"

Donkey laugh again.