Chapter 1

Raven looked at her camera. Silently, she held up the developed film, and grinned slightly. "I am done!"

"You are?" Victor squealed manly. "Oh yeah, finally. So, can we go out to eat lunch?"

Raven's face hardened. "No, we still have the model to entertain. Why do you think she hasn't left?"

"Probably because of you making her so pissed?" he smirked. "Who knows? You always like to piss people off."

She frowned at this comment. "It's just her who couldn't work properly. Why should I get blamed? Anyway, I shall go out and eat lunch first. "

"You aren't going to wait for me?" he pouted, then gave up after observing the cold expression from his employer. "Fine. Wait for me at the same restaurant though. I don't want to eat alone."

Raven ignored Victor and got her backpack. She tied up her long lavender hair and changed out of the dark clothes she was wearing. For a photographer, she had realised, when working with female models, she must look visually unattractive to let the confidence of the model boost.

Not that she was pretty from the start.

Raven walked out of the studio. Her footsteps were light and happy as she stepped onto the stone pavement. The studio was located in an old area, which also meant that there were a lot of red brick houses around. Moreover, good restaurants were always there.

She entered one of the restaurants and sat at her favourite window-side place. Rain splattered onto the window, producing a jingling sound. Raven smiled lightly at that. Her fingers tapped along instinctively.

"Miss Raven, what would you like?" the waiter asked.

Raven snapped out of her trance and opened the menu. "A cream-based spaghetti, and a Hawaiian pizza."

"Would you like a drink?"

"Hot chocolate please."

"Thank you for your order, miss. Your dishes will be ready in a moment." The waiter smiled politely and left.

The dim lights had set the atmosphere in the restaurant to be a really cozy and warm place. It was authentically Italian, filled with smells of cooked pasta and baked pizza. The red bricks accentuated the restaurant's feeling for familiarity and friends.

Raven chuckled inwardly. She still remembered the time when her high school friends would all huddle together in a room, and watch Teen Titans. God, she loved that show. Kori, Victor and Gar would guffaw in that room, while she would just sit there and smile at them.

"What are you thinking, girl?" Victor said cheerfully and sat down on the seat opposite hers. "You are nuts to leave me to deal with that girl."

"Whatever. Just order and eat."

Robin opened his droopy eyes. He glanced at the naked woman sleeping on his arm, and shook her off before wiping his eyes. The woman woke up and looked at him sleepily. She smiled mischievously, and hugged him so that he could not get up.

"Stay here. Don't go, Robin," she said seductively. "Do it again. Have sex with me again."

Robin ignored her and got up. He staggered towards the fridge to pour a cold glass of water. After feeling refreshed, he returned to the bed with two glasses of wine, and offered one to his lover.

The blonde gave him a supposedly-sexy gaze, and took the glass from him. "Robin, would you like to…"

"Um, no. I have stuff to do this afternoon. How about you go back home first?" he excused himself, knowing what she was going to ask. "I am really busy."

The woman giggled. "I know. You are always busy, and this is not going to be a serious affair. Truthfully, I had heard about you everywhere."

Robin raised his eyebrows in curiosity. "Then why?"

She chuckled. "Because I would like to know, and advise you that, one day, someone will come into your face, and when she smiles at you, you will be in love with her."

"Trust me, I will never…"

The woman put her finger to his lips, and kissed him lightly. "Last kiss. Anyway, good luck for finding that special someone."

"Look at this. It doesn't make sense," Victor whined. "I mean, how can YOU go shooting for a movie poster? Look at you, you are a freaking magazine photographer."

Raven neglected him, and continued watching TV. "That's not your business. I really want to go there."

"For what?"

"You look at the location. It's at Hokkaido. And it's winter. I want to see whether there's really Diamond Snow in that area," she replied him. "Or else, I wouldn't even bother going there."

"Yea, you are one of the laziest people I have ever met, Rae."

She glared at him. "I could easily sack you right now."

Victor grinned apologetically and shrugged in dismay. "You know I am working because of my university fees. I'm a major in programming, remember?"

"True. But you really make me pissed with you," she hissed.

Raven liked the colour purple.

She gazed at the little pendant that her mom had given to her before she died. It was an arrow, encrusted with tiny amethysts. Her mom had also given her another, a heart of the same pattern, in turn to be given to her future husband.

Or something along those lines. Victor had said that the purple looked really creepy. And it made Raven smack him until he had a black eye.

She twirled the two chains around her finger. She was single, and lonely, as said by Gar and Victor, who were both attached with Terra and Bumblebee respectively.

She just didn't want to get married that early. Her career as a photographer had been really smooth-sailing for her, considering that she was famous in the world of photographers. Her photos had been featured in almost every magazine. She had worked with many different people of different characters.

In short, her life was satisfactory. Not happy, but at least satisfying. And she would make sure it would remain like that.

Robin sat down on his sofa, and thought of the woman's words again.

"I will never fall in love," he muttered to himself. He had fallen in love once, but after a year of dating, they broke up.

"Stupid bitch. Look where I am right now. Who do you think you are?" he growled. He had never forgotten her. She was beautiful, your typical cheerleader. She was his classmate; they sat together and became friends, and lovers.

And she dumped him.

"Gah." He ruffled his hair and stood up. "I must really suck."

"Raven, later, you have a schedule with Richard Grayson. Or Robin Grayson. Or whatever he wants me to call him."

"Really?" Raven replied absently while working on the previous shoot's films. "Oh god, it's another tiring day for me."

Victor went into his gossiping mode. "I heard that he turns up late, every single shoot. And he charms every girl that's in his sight. I also heard him dating a photographer. Be careful."

She chuckled. "No one will date me, Vic. Now, what are you doing instead of being in the dark room?"

"Sorry, miss," Victor shrunk and went back into the dark room.

Raven shook her head in amusement. Serious? These types of guys were always recurring. Yea, they were known to seduce everyone. However, the moment she was in their sight, they immediately recoiled. That was how guys were scared of her.

She sighed in dismay.

A sudden knock on the door snapped her out of her trance. "Excuse me, is there Raven Roth in here?"

Raven immediately rushed towards the door. "Yes?"

The guy at the door grimaced slightly. "Um, I mean, Richard will be slightly late for the shoot. I am so sorry."

She smiled at him. "No problem. Just tell him to get his butt here by 3."

Ok. First chapter is boring. Kinda. HAHAHHAHA. I would really update this:D Please review, guys!