A Story Retold Ch. 1

Disclaimer – I do not own or intend to profit from the creation of the Teen Titans. I simply wrote this story for my own enjoyment.

Author's Note - All characters, especially R and R, may be extremely OOC due to this story being based on a true story. So please no reviews saying, "Raven would never say that

Raven's POV

Robin leapt away from Plasmus' attacking hand, but still ended up covered in goop.

"Ugh, Titans! Come on! This has been going on for half an hour! Why can't we defeat him?" he yelled angrily, chucking a freeze disc at Plasmus.

Beast Boy rammed into the gunk monster as a rhino and, changing back, replied. "Because we're having a bad day?"

Robin exhaled sharply, obviously dissatisfied with the Titan's teamwork over such a measly monster.

I took initiative and blasted Plasmus with my powerful dark energy. Momentarily, he blew up into pieces, unfortunately, rejoining himself just as quickly.

"So close, Raven," Robin commented, smiling at me for trying.

"Eeep!" Starfire had been smothered with purple goo. Cyborg shot his loaded sonic cannon at the blob, causing a large, gaping hole to appear in its center. When it closed up seconds later, Cyborg swore.

"Shit man! I've gotten tired of that!"

Starfire emerged from the pile of goo, shaking her arms furiously.

"This is most unpleasant!" she complained, but resumed throwing a flurry of starbolts at Plasmus.

"It looks like you guys could use some help!"

Robin turned around to see a familiar face run up and send a multitude of light purple hexes towards the monster.

"Hah!" Jinx yelled as she triple kicked Plasmus' face but her foot got stuck.

"Aaaah! Let me go!" She blasted Plasmus apart with the huge energy wave, her most powerful attack.

Plasmus lay unconscious on the ground, snoring away in his human form.

The Titans stared in disbelief at the witch. One Titan in particular looked at her in awe.

"How did you do that when we couldn't? That was amazing!" Robin shouted out.

"Hmm, that's normally something Beast Boy would say," I commented, mostly to myself.

"Have you even fought Plasmus before?' he asked, interested in her power.

"I've probably seen you guys fight him, but no, that's my first time actually battling him," she said, proud of her feat.

"That was truly great work, Jinx! Maybe when we need backup, we'll call you first!" Robin was having a good time with this Honorary Titan who had proved herself loyal to the right cause.

"Haha, I'll be there! But right now, I gotta go!" She jumped up and cart wheeled away. Robin watched her go.

"Well let's go home. We've done quite a lot today," he announced.

"Sure," I replied for the rest of us.

We drove back to the Tower in the T-Car. Robin seemed pretty happy about the result, although previously disappointed with our teamwork.

Once back at the Tower, I headed straight to my dark room. The aura of isolation just felt so good. I breathed it in, absorbing it. For no particular reason, I felt the urge to go to my closet. I pulled out the white robe that I had worn when I cleansed the world of my evil father. I felt the soft fabric of my cloak. It was cool to the touch. I remembered how happy I felt when it seemed that Robin cared the most for my life. It seemed so perfect when he saved me.

I stopped. Was I…attracted to Robin? Interested in him? Or was it only because I thought he liked me? We just connected so well that day. I couldn't help myself from pondering that. I knew I was never going to forget that connection, that feeling of care, love, and hope his soul emitted.

I needed to know. But was it too soon? To make this assumption that Robin might like me and to go straight to him and ask? No. I'd have to wait a day or two to get my mind straight and crystal clear.

I slept soundly that night, figuring out how I was going to ask my leader, my best friend, Robin, if he liked me and had feelings for me or not. I figured that the best way was just to go out to him and saying it. It just had to be done.

However, the next morning, I couldn't bring myself to. Technically, I didn't get a chance to. He was constantly following up on a lead. Slade had reappeared since leaving us in our fight with my demon father. Everyone knew that once he had locked himself in his office, he wouldn't come out for a few days. Respecting him, I didn't ask.

But soon enough, the day had come. He leapt out of his office and burst into the main room, crashing down on the couch with a big smile.

"Who wants to play some video games?" he asked cheerily.

"Oh yeah, man! You're going down!' The green changeling eyed the masked hero and they began playing games.

I poured myself a cup of chamomile tea and watched them from the kitchen counter. Compared to before, Robin seemed so happy kicking Beast Boy's butt at the racing game. It was fun to watch him cheer and whoop, not to mention Beast Boy pouting like a sore loser.

"Hah, yes! New high score! Take that Beast Boy!" The boy jumped up and down, his black and yellow cape fluttered around.

"Meep," Beast Boy moped on the couch.

"Well I'm going back to my room. See you later" Robin told the saddened shape shifter. Robin's mood seemed to calm a bit. He moved away from the couch and headed for the doorway.

I quickly put my cup down on the counter, my mind extremely alert.

This was it.

I rushed over to him, although not too quickly, and asked him if I could talk to him for a quick second.

"Sure, Raven, what's up?" he cheerily asked.

"Actually, hold that thought. I need to talk to you alone," I requested, looking back at Beast Boy who had started playing again against a high level CPU.

We ventured further into the hallway before I spoke again.

"You know how last year you saved me from Trigon?"

He nodded.

"Well," I started, "I felt an extremely deep connection between us. Something I hadn't felt before. I was just wondering, do you like me? Like, are you romantically interested in me?"

He seemed confused, but responded promptly.

"Raven, I think you're an amazing girl, full of wonder and mystery, so interesting. But right now I kind of have feelings for Jinx. Wait, do you like me? Is that why you asked?"

"Actually no. Right now, I don't."

"Oh okay. Well you're pretty close to Jinx, right? he asked.

"Yeah, we're friends. Quite close friends, actually, for me."

"That's great! Um, what I mean to ask is, do you want to be my wingman?"

"You mean like try and help you get with her?" I asked, following his train of thought.

"Yeah, that type of thing. So would you?"

"Sure, I'll talk to her and I'll see if she'd be interested in you. I'll try to get you guys together."

"Thanks, Rae. You're the best girl friend I've ever had. Like you actually understand me," he thanked gratefully. He walked past me, but looked back and gave me a quick hug. It was a good hug, warm and tight, as all hugs should be. Warmth filled my stomach and it traveled up to my face. I felt a small smile creep up my face but before it could fully form, he was gone.