A/n: This story was inspired by an episode of 'Who's the Boss?', so enjoy. This fic is rated because there is some adult content, drinking being a main one, there is some talk about sex, and swear words. Maybe more.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans, nor Who's the Boss, which influnced the plot thing. Flame if you must, but because of something other then pairings.
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Seventeen Today
It was that fateful day, seventeen years ago this day a bastard half-demon was born. Of course no one knew that, there was no songs of 'Happy Birthday' or cake and candles. Nothing. Why you may ask. It was her own fault really, she never told her friends when her birthdate was. Raven never had a real reason as to why she did this, she just never told them, in all truth it had slipped her mind. Yes, the dark girl didin't remember her own birthday half the time. She never needed to in her childhood, her birthday never held any importance, she learned to live without it. Even, now that she was with the Titans she still didn't remember it, and would tell them randomly she had aged. The date was different each year, and never once on her birthday. Everyone accepted it, and stopped bugging her after awhile. Raven never said they liked it, but they left her alone about it.
All but one..
That single person was Robin. He always insisted on knowing when her birthdate was, and he didn't believe her when she told him she didn't remeber. He then proceed to ask her how she knew that she was older if she didn't know when her own birthdate was. Raven still remebers the first time he brought that point up.
-Flashback-
"Hey Raven, when's your birthday?" Robin asked as they sat in the kitchen one morning. No one else was up.
She sighed in annoyance. "Robin, we've gone through this already and more then once."
"So, what's once more?"
She glared at him, and he didn't show any signs of backing down. "I told you, I don't remember!"
"Then how do you know?"
"I don't know, I just wake one morning, knowing that I missed my birthday.I have this feeling inside." She looked at Robin and shrugged. " I don't know how, I just know."
He looked like he was going to say something else, but closed his mouth and for a few moments there was silence.
"Raven?"
"Hmm?" She quirked her brow over her cup of tea.
"Promise me something.."
"What is it Robin?" She asked dryly, watching him.
"When you happen to remember when it is, will you tell me?"
"Will it get you off my back?"
Robin nodded.
"Fine then, the minute I remember I'll tell you."
"Promise me." He pressed.
"You have my word."
-End Flashback-
Her word was something she held true. This conversation happened when she first joined the Titans, five years earlier. Raven told him when her birthday was, when she was thirteen, but made him promise not to tell anyone else. Raven was content with things the way they were. That was also before she had opened up to any of them, before she realized they were her friends. He promised, and Raven knew he wouldn't break it. He held his word in just as high regard as she did. Each year though, he'd give her something for her birthday. Robin would pull her off to the side and wish her a simple 'Happy Birthday'. At first she just get mad at him, and told him to stop, but he still did it. Year after year, she learned to accepted. It was another secert held between the two of them, and Raven loved it.
But this year was different.
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Her eyes fluttered open from a dreamless sleep, grey light of predawn snaked it's way past her curtians. Raven yawned and streched, strangly cat-like in the way she moved. Slowly, she began to sit up, and leaned back against her headboard. It was then she realized something, her eyes grew wide.
"I'm seventeen today.."
She muttered to herself and she gave off a rare smile. Raven couldn't help the excitment she felt through out her body, it started in her chest and spread out until it reached her fingers and toes.The dark girl learned to go from dreading her birthdays to loving them, simply because of Robin. He was able to change this meaningless day into something great in the matter of four years. Her eyes shoot to her bookcase and amoung all her other black books, there was one Raven could pick out in a second. It was a collection of Edgar Allen Poe's work, her gift from Robin last year. She couldn't help but smile at the memory, as she did this, Raven let her eyes slip shut and slid her hands behind her head.
Raven had much more control over her powers then she did when she was younger, she could sit there and think about happy things, and nothing would blow up. Her black aura was under contorl and didn't effect anything around her, or any where else for that matter. Hell, she could even cry now, with out blowing things up, sure some things in her room would float in the air, just nothing too big. The last time she cried was when Robin had asked Star out, she had locked herself in her room for hours. Raven shook her head at the memory, the two had been going out for over a year now.. She sighed and pushed her violet covers off of her. Raven wouldn't let bad memories ruin her birthday, she smiled again, yes it ws her birthday.
And with that final thought she grabbed a clean towel and headed off to the bathroom.
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The lovely Goth girl stepped back into her room, her body still slick with water. The rose color of dawn was making it's way into her room, contrasting with all the dark things present. She still wore that grin as she walked over to her dresser. The Titans gave up on wearing the uniforms everyday a year or two back, though Robin still wore his mask. No one really minded, it just took some time to get used too. She dropped her towel, dried her hair and pulled on a long sleeve white shirt, and a pair of jeans. As an after thought she grabbed an black over shirt. Christmas gift from Cybrog, it read 'West Coast Coppers' on the back. She had taken a custom to helping Cybrog in the garage. Raven buttoned the middle buttons as she almost ran down the stairs. She would beat Robin.
It was an unspoken challenge between the two of them, who could make it to the kitchen first. It been going on for quite some time, Robin was the only one who got up just as early as she did. They spent the mornings together, just sat there and enjoyed the silence of the Tower. They talked in hushed tones about everything, and anything. It was sometimes as simple as the news, or as serious as their past, their fears. The two had grown close after all these years, they were best friends, and Raven couldn't help it, she always loved the time they spent together. And when Robin started to date Star, that time had become less and less. But the time they spent in the morning together would be theirs, and only theirs.
She stepped into a the kitchen excepting to see a fully dressed Robin sitting at the table, already drinking his tea and waiting for her. Raven had gotten him hooked on tea, Robin now understood why she drunk it, it was calming. But today there was no Robin at the kitchen table, she looked at the digital clock on the stove. Her jaw almost dropped, she was late! It was already five after six. She was usually there no later then six, and Robin was there before her, always. Raven was worried, Robin was never late.. Well there was this once, and that was the time him and Star.. Raven couldn't bring herself to think about it.. it was the first time they had sex. Raven only knew that because, Robin told her, because she demaned to know why Robin wasn't there. He told her, and she regretted it will all her heart, but he didn't go into detail. Which she was thankful for, he just calmly told her, that him and Star had moved to the next level. She wasn't spared for much longer, because later on Star had stopped by her room, and told her all about it.
Raven shuddered at the thought as she stepped towards the stove to put the kettle on, a small scowl set in on her features. She put the stove top on high, and turned to get a cup and some tea bags from the cabinet. She stopped, and just stared at the tea boxs with a sole thought running through her mind 'Today's your birthday, do something special.' Her mouth twitched into a smile, that supressed the one she had on earlier. With in a moment she had her cup on the counter, the stove was turned off and she clicked on the coffee marker. Today, she'd have coffee, and a bowl of ceral. The latter of the two was so unlike Raven, she always bothered the boy about eating it. But today would be different. The goth girl got a bowl down from the high self, a spoon, the box of 'Apple Jacks', milk and sugar.
Fifteen mintues later, Raven was placing her empty bowl in the sink, and putting everything else away. She was also on her second cup pf coffee. The girl did like caffeine, and with two more sips she was getting ready to be on her third. Her foot tapped out a beat in her mind as she mixed her coffee, two sugars, and some flavored milk. Now that, that was all done she looked at the clock and sighed. It was just about six thirty, and there was still no sign of Robin. She ran her hair through lavender locks and headed over to a couch. Where she plopped down, and grabbed a book and her cush pillow. Settling down in a lotus postion with the pillow in her lap, she cracked open her book and began to read where she left off. It didn't take long for pale beauty to finish her coffee and was soon absorbed in her book.
When she stumbled on a low point, and there was nothing to hold her attention, she shut the book and placed in on the table. She soon fell back onto the couch and shoved the pillow under her head. Given it was a Saturday, BB wouldn't be up till ten or so, but Cybrog should have been up by now, as well as Star. But since Raven hadn't taken notice of the time (which was nearing nine o'clock), she wasn't alarmed by any of this, so she just slipped a hand under her pilliow and rested the other acrossed her stomache. Her eyes slowly slipped shut. No she wasn't going to sleep, she was just going to let her mind wander.
An hour later Raven plumented to the ground, landing with a rather large 'THUD'. Groaning she held her head before she sat up, wondering what had happened. Then her dream/nightmare, which was really a memory long since supressed, came flooding back to her. Her dream entailed Robin, and Starfire, she shuddered again and did her best to push those images from her mind. But it was to no avail, she watched in horror as the memory played back in her mind.
-Dream/Flashback-
She was coming home from grocery shopping one day, and planned on coming through the garage door. But that didn't prove to be such a good idea, apond walking in she heard giggling. Which she picked out to be Starfire right away, she had turned to go when she heard another voice, a male voice. She couldn't make out what he was saying, but she knew it was Robin, his voice sounded slightly different, and she just assumed it was because he was becoming.. excited .. Raven was frozen in her spot, she felt grief grip her heart, knowing that she'd never be able to make Robin sound like that. She swallowed hard, and hearing Starfire moan knocked her out of her trace as she began to return the way she came. The Goth girl reached the door and pulled it open just in time to hear Star call out
"R-r-r.." The door shut, blocking the rest of it. "o-o-o-y-" Star finished without Raven knowing.
-End Dream/Flashback-
Raven muffled a groan, seeing as the pillow was pressed to her face. She hated the fact that she had walked in on them, and that wasn't the only time either. There was one time in the training room, and another time in the bathroom in the middle of the night, in the shower none the less, and the living room, again at night. And she couldn't forget that time on the roof, which after that she didn't talk to either of them for a week. The roof was her sanctuary! Raven did her best to push all unwanted thoughts of the two love birds from her mind. She didn't need this right now, and not on her birthday. This was the last thing she wanted as well, Star might have been able to take her best friend away but Raven wouldn't let her have her birthdate.
Though little did Raven know that a few of those times Robin was tucked away safe in his bed.
With a groan she pushed herself up so she was now standing, and her pilliow was flung across the room. Raven yawned and streched, again with the cat-like manner, grabbed her cup and started back to the kitchen. Walking towards the sink the clock crossed her vision, and she stopped dead in her tracks. It was passed eleven in the afternoon and there was not a single noise. No one was up, the Tower was still as quiet when she first woke up, this wasn't normal. This wasn't good.
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A/n: Well I re-write the first Chapter, it's much longer, and I like this one alot better.I fixed the spelling errors, all the ones I caught, and hopefully grammer errors as well. And for those of you who don't know who Roy is he's Speedy. I'm not sure if that's his real name, but I think it is, and if it's not well oh well. Raven's dream/memory was a major hint.
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