Chapter One.
Everyone in Titans Tower froze as the alarm went off. Immediately, they all rushed to the Main Room, where they discovered Beast Boy and Cyborg standing over some boxes.
"What's the problem?" asked Robin instantly, using his leader voice.
"All the lights are broken!" exclaimed Cyborg, holding up the Christmas lights.
"Yeah, and look! All the mini reindeer are gone!" Beast Boy told Robin, showing him the broken decorations.
It was Christmas time, and as the Titans Tradition stated, all the Titans were gathered in Titans Tower for the holiday. Robin assigned everyone to different jobs, whether it was cooking Christmas dinner, or vacuuming the carpets. Robin was usually pretty stressed out around this time, trying to get everything to work out, and right now, he focused the famous BatClan glare onto the two guys.
Beast Boy chuckled nervously as he set the reindeer down. "Dude, we need unbroken decorations," he told his leader.
Robin rolled his eyes under his mask and glanced over the crowd of Titans. "Fine, Argent, Bumblebee, you two are assigned to…"
"Can't," interrupted Bumblebee. "I was assigned to the Christmas dinner, remember?"
"I can't either, I have to get the Christmas tree," Argent said.
"Okay, then Speedy, Aqualad, you two…"
"I can't either," said Aqualad. "I'm cleaning the Main Room, remember?"
Robin was losing his patience. "Speedy, Raven, you two replace the Christmas decorations." He paused, waiting for one of the two to say something, but neither did. He let his breath out. "Good, now everyone, get back to work. And Beast Boy? Don't press the alarm again or else you'll get twenty hours of extra training."
The Main Room was nearly empty within seconds, leaving only Cyborg in it to deal with the broken remains of Christmas's past.
xxxxx
Speedy and Raven headed down to the garage together, only stopping to get coats and shoes. The Titans East had a car that was similar to the T-Car, the only difference was the color, which was black instead of white and blue. Speedy plopped down into the driver's seat, while Raven slipped into the passengers seat.
They had been driving for nearly ten minutes before Speedy glanced at the violet-haired girl sitting silently next to him. "So," he said, trying to start up a conversation. "What do you want for Christmas?"
Raven threw him an incredulous glance. "I don't know," she deadpanned.
"Well, then, what should I get you?"
"I don't know."
"Do you like action movies?"
"I don't know."
"Have you ever seen one?"
"I don't know."
"Do you like sports?"
"I don't know." Speedy stared at her. "The light's green," she added.
Speedy hit the gas pedal, and the car started moving again. "C'mon Raven, tell me a little bit about yourself," he pleaded. "This car is too damn quiet. Say something other then 'I don't know'."
Raven glared at him, but he didn't seem at all affected by the ice-cold look. "Fine, my favorite color is blue."
"That's hard to figure out," muttered Speedy.
"What?"
"I said you made that kind of obvious, you're entire costume is blue, and you're wearing blue pants, a blue coat, and blue gloves," Speedy pointed out as he pulled into a parking space. "C'mon, let's get shopping."
xxxxx
For the next three hours, Speedy and Raven wandered around Jump City buying Christmas decorations, and debating on what they should get Robin for Christmas. Perhaps it was the Christmas feeling in the air, or the fact the Speedy was a complete crack-up, but Raven was actually having a good time.
"So that's why you filmed Robin on the roof? Because you were mad at him?"
"Oh, I wasn't mad at him, I was furious!" Speedy replied. They were talking about the famous video Speedy had made. He had dubbed it Robin and Starfire on the roof. He had made it two years ago, when the alien and the leader were still dating. It was a complete make-out session between the two while they were on the roof, together, alone. He had shown it on the big-screen TV in Titans Tower to all the Titans. Bumblebee decided to leave early that day, so she could return to Steel City with her entire team, because Robin looked like an erupting volcano.
"How long have you known Robin?" asked Raven, as she sipped her coffee. The two were sitting in a park, enjoying hot drinks.
Speedy shrugged. "We met when we were twelve, but as civilians, we didn't really meet until we were sucked into that dimension with the Master of Games."
"Mmm."
They sat in silence for a few moments before Speedy spoke up again. "Has Beast Boy actually made you eat his tofu stuff?"
"He tries to. I usually throw him out a window."
Speedy snorted. "Remind me to stay away from windows when you're angry at me."
"Then I'll just send you to another dimension."
"Remind me to stand near a window when you're angry at me."
Raven smiled into her cup. "I will."
xxxxx
At six o' clock that night, Speedy and Raven finally returned to Titans Tower. Raven deposited their purchases into the garage, while Speedy put the keys away, and took his coat off.
"Well, that was fun," he laughed. "We should have Christmas decorations broken more often."
"Don't even think about it," Raven replied, closing the garage door behind her.
Speedy grinned but didn't reply. They reached the Main Room shortly afterwards and opened the door, discovering all the Titans eating dinner. "We're home," shouted Speedy into the din.
"Good, did you get everything?" asked Robin, as he nearly fell over Beast Boy.
"Pretty sure we did," Speedy replied. "Don't you think you should tell Hot Spot to power down?"
"What?" Robin spun around, and fell over Beast Boy again.
"I'm joking Robin! Lighten up, you're no fun when you're stressed."
Robin glared at him but as he opened his mouth to make a retort, Cyborg's voice boomed out over the noise, "Video Game Tournament!"
"Catch ya later!" Speedy said, racing towards the couch to grab a controller.
Robin shook his head and glanced at the silent sorceress. "Did you survive?" he asked.
"I, surprisingly enough, actually had a fairly good time," she said, before turning and leaving for her room. She had a faint smile on her face as she shut the door and repeated, "A fairly good time."