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Christmas Wishes
Chapter 1
Raven let out a content sigh as her tea slid down her throat, but it only temporarily warmed her chilled body. She sat there sipping her tea and watching the snowfall over a surprisingly silent Jump City. It was one week before Christmas and the usual Christmas hustle and bustle had not yet began, as it was only six o'clock in the morning. She lifted her blue penguin mug a small gift from Beastboy last year. She smiled at the memory of her first Christmas when she could feel the joy of it all for herself. As an empath she had always tapped into her friend's emotions, and felt through them on such happy occasions.
She lifted her mug to take another sip only to find she had emptied it in the process of reminicing. She shivered without her source of heat. As she sat there in her black tank and flanel pajamas, she looked around for a blanket and found none, and not wanting to go in the basement by herself she found a large, deep green zip up hoodie and shrugged it on. She snuggled into it, wrapping it around herself and held it there, knowing by the warm feeling that wrapped around her it was definitely Beastboy's. She continues to watch the snowfall over the city as the lights died down and the sun rose.
Slowly but surely the Titan Tower came alive, with the other titans waking up and doing their morning routines. Robin was the first to come downstairs, immediately starting a pot of coffee and getting the newspaper from the stoop. He took the first sip of his coffee and then greeted her with "g'mornin." Raven chuckled at his rumpled flannel pajamas and tousled spikes going every which way. Cyborg and Starfire entered at the same time but through separate doors. Cyborg had changed in the past few years, perfecting a machine that shrunk his metal components and put them inside of faux human-like skin. Now to anyone else he appeared to be a normal well muscled, six foot ten African American. Okay maybe not normal but close enough to satisfy Cyborg. He had come up from the garage, meaning he had probably stayed at Titans East all night with Jinx. "Hey y'all! How's your morning? Want some waffles?" He boomed. Raven chuckled same ole loud Cy, and judging by his good mood he had definitely stayed all night. Starfire, who walked over to Raven carefully making sure she was not meditating before speaking, brought Raven out of her thoughts.
"Friend Raven, I was wondering if you would like to journey to the mall of shopping. You know to do the shopping for this great holiday season!" Starfire said this last part so loud that Raven just about fell over off the raised edge by the window. Starfire blushed a deep pink, very noticeable against her deep skin. "I am sorry friend Raven, you are not upset with me are you?" Raven surprised everyone including herself when she chuckled and stood up, "let me go put some pants on." "Oh glorious! I am most excited about the day of shopping that is upon us!" "Umm…Okay." Raven looked at her only female companion and shook her head in amusement at the aliens excitement.
Raven got up and walked over to the door she turned to Star, "I'll be down in five," The doors slid open and someone bumped into Raven almost knocking her flat on her back but two very strong, green arms caught her. "Whoa! Sorry bout that Rae I probably shouldn't have bolted through the door like tha…Hey my green sweater!" Raven rolled her eyes to hide her amusement at Beastboy's obvious case of ADD. "Yeah, you must have left it down here last night, I was cold and I couldn't find any blankets so I just grabbed it." The whole time she was speaking she was beginning to take off the sweatshirt. When Beastboy saw this he immediately jumped in, "Hey no don't worry about it, you can wear it." "Are you sure?" "Yeah go ahead Rae, I have fur I'm not going to get that cold." He said the last part with a chuckle then smiled at Raven and walked around her before he could be corrected on the use of her nickname. The two acted like this was an everyday occurrence, but their change in behavior towards each other had not gone unnoticed by the other titans.
Raven entered her room quickly going over to her dresser and pulling out a pair of dark bellbottoms and a green and black studded belt. She went to take off Beastboy's sweatshirt but quickly realized she didn't really want to. She went over to her closet and got in the bottom of her shoe collection pulling out her checkered Vans. This was the great part of less crime, no more leotards. This thought made her smile. She quickly ran to the bathroom and brushed her hair then unzipped Beastboy's sweater showing the slightest bit of cleavage. Then she ran back over to her dresser grabbed her wallet and went back downstairs. As she came back in the door Cy looked up and grinned, "two minutes thirty eight seconds." "Nice, and why were you timing how long it takes me to get dressed?" "Umm…I need money so we bet on how long it would take you. Thanks for the fifty Rob." With that said Cyborg retreated to his garage with a smile on his face.
Raven rolled her eyes and turned towards the others, "Okay Star, ready to go?" "Oh yes I am ready!" Suddenly, noticing Beastboys sideways glances at their friend an idea popped into Starfire's head, "I must say friend you look rather nice. Doesn't she friend Beastboy." Beastboy stuttered for a second, but he quickly corrected himself and without skipping another beat replied, "Yeah she looks pretty hot. If you promise to wear that shirt under there every time you can keep the sweatshirt." Though he was trying to sound suave a blush soon appeared on his cheeks and he walked out of the common room. Raven had nothing to say to this so she opted for turning and walking out of the tower silently.
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