A/N: Hey, it's Dawn, again! Another dose of S&D Temptations ;) Sorry for taking so long, I was on vacation... and sorry if the back story is a little... odd. Well, read, review, and enjoy!
~Dawn
.:Dawn:.
"Dawn, come on Dawn. Wake up."
A desperate voice reached inside of me, bringing me back to reality. My eyes flutter, once, then twice. Finally, I flicked them open.
"Ouch," I said, reaching my hand to cover my eyes from the blinding light. Dots twinkled in front of me as I tried to shield my face. Beside me, somebody sighed and did a half hearted laugh.
"Of course, state the obvious. 'Ouch.' The first thing you say." By now I knew the voice belonged to Sparrow.
"Well what did you want me to say, 'Oh hey, is there anymore pizza left?' "I said annoyed. I struggled to sit up but I was restrained by wires and straps.
"What is all this?" I asked picking up a blue wire, and letting it drop.
"Well she's back to her normal self," a voice said. Raven emerged from the corner her hands glowing black.
"She's healing you," Cyborg said from behind me by some monitors.
"It's one of her abilities," another voice said, Robin, leaning against the door frame. Everybody was here, BB in the chair, Starfire floating at the end of the bed. But the exact question was, where exactly was here?
As if Robin could hear my thoughts he smiled slightly and said, "Welcome to the Titan's Tower."
"The Teen Titan's tower…" I said unconvinced.
"Well, the infirmly part of it!" Beast Boy said from the chair, his legs swung across the side, smiling at me widely.
"You really gave me a scare Dawn. I thought you were behind me, and when we defeated Terra, I looked over and you were passed out on the ground," Sparrow said clutching my hand.
I swung my legs over the bed and hastily stood up, flinging off the wires and straps that had once restrained me. My head throbbed and I remembered the distance voice of the mysterious, annoying stranger. Shrugging it off and pulling my hand away from Sparrow's, making sure my golden tattoos were in order.
"Thanks guys, I really appreciate you…looking out for me, but we really should get going." I glanced at Sparrow to make a point, but she pouted at me and looked towards Robin.
Robin, Robin, Robin, what else is on her mind?
"Why leaving so soon?" Raven asked from her dark corner.
"Please friend, stay longer! I would love to show you our home!" Starfire said floating over and grabbing my hands, her eyes pleading into mine. She looked like a puppy that was kicked around too much. It hurt my soul. Blinking my eyes a couple times I tried to get my head straight. Darn, she got me all messed up…
"Yeah you have to stay! " Beast boy said sliding in between me and Starfire so he was right in my face.
"Pleaasseee," he begged. I stumbled back a bit and bumped into Cyborg.
"You know you want to," Cyborg teased. They did it, they cornered me. Congrats to the Teen Titans. I was officially in a rut. I thought for a moment, blinked some more, and finally decided.
"Ten. That's all: ten minutes."
"Yippee!" Starfire rejoiced. Then, before I could say anything else, I was whisked out of the room into a hallway.
~Sparrow~
Sighing I set my head in my hands and glanced out the window to the blue sky. Dawn was just whisked away with Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy, leaving Robin (yay) and Raven here with me. I stole a sideways glance at Robin, and saw he was intensely staring back at me, causing me (to my great embarrassment) to blush and quickly look away.
All my life I had dreamed about being with the Teen Titans; now that I was here, well it felt amazing yet still so very awkward.
"I think I'm going to go check on Dawn, make sure they haven't done anything to her yet." Raven said swiftly, leaving the room. I looked up quickly, what would they be doing to her?
"She's joking; a very rare moment for her, so she's not the best at it," Robin said walking over to sit in front of me.
"Right," I said feeling stupid. I glanced down at my hands and started twisting them together, which I do when I was nervous. My white blonde hair fell in front of my face, but I left it there not bothering to fix it.
"So," Robin started, "penny for your thoughts? Or should we start from the beginning?"
I smiled a real genuine smile at him and looked up
"My thoughts are worth more than a penny."
"Then how much will it cost me?" Robin said grinning. Sighing, once again, I sat back in the chair and started from the begging.
"Like all good fairy tales, I'll start from the beginning. Once upon a time there lived a girl. She grew up in Florida by the space station because her parents were astronauts. The girl begged and begged for them to take her into space with them on their upcoming expedition. Finally worn out, the parents agreed and let the girl go. Once in space the girl and her parents landed on the new planet and started to create samples. The planet was wild and exotic; the girl loved it very much. While exploring it, the girl found a beautiful flower, touched it, and became ill. The girl almost died from the alien disease. The parents were desperate and when she finally touched back to earth she suddenly got well again. Real well. The girl showed exceeding ability in strength and stamina. Finally, the girl developed a teleportation power. When her parents found out, they wanted to show her to the people at NASA, and do tests on her. The girl was very frightened and angry with her parents, so she ran away. While on her journey the girl met another girl with the power to create things, and electricity, or lightning bolts, her name was Dawn. They became best friends and lived all over the country together using their powers for good. The end." I finally took a breath and watched Robin's face.
"Did the girl ever see her parents again?" Robin finally asked, quietly.
"No," I said my gut twisting "she didn't, and she never cared either."
Robin nodded and looked out the window to the blue sky.
"What about her friend? What's her story?"
The thought stopped me cold. I never thought about it. Dawn never talked about her past life, never.
"I don't know" I admitted "She is very closed off, protected. If you ever get the chance, you should ask her."
Instead of saying anything Robin continued to look out the window, in deep thought. I stood up awkwardly, un-sure what to do. Seeing my shadow on the wall, Robin turned around and stood up to.
"Do you really want to leave?" He asked me.
"I'm not sure," I said shrugging.
"What if I showed you around town tonight, help decide you?" He said reaching down and taking my hand. I glanced down at it, seeing our hands wrapped together and looked back up.
"I'd like that. I'd like that very much."
.:Dawn:.
"You're what?" I said looking at Sparrow astonished.
"Chill out, he's just showing me around town," Sparrow said rolling her eyes.
"Yeah, this means you're going out on a date with the Robin!" Despite being annoyed with her, I couldn't help but grin.
"Shut up. I am not." Sparrow said shoving me slightly. We were sitting on the rooftop of the Titans tower watching the sun set slowly across the blue and pink speckled sky, the sun sticking out like a gold globe. The beauty was breath taking, and the salty ocean lay all around, filling my nose with the most pleasant smell of a lazy summer day.
"Whatever," I said nudging her shoulder. I couldn't believe that just this morning I was walking the streets with Sparrow, having no idea that evening I would be getting a grand tour of the Titan's Tower.
"So, how was the tour anyway?" Sparrow said, as if reading my thoughts.
"Long." I said, closing my eyes in meditation.
"But cool right? And that was really nice of them to do that." She said standing up and brushing her legs off.
I opened one eye and glanced at her.
"Yeah, they are really nice I guess. Starfire is a bit weird though, Beast boy can be funny, and Cyborg is loud but really fun."
Sparrow raised her eyebrows in my direction.
"Really? So it wasn't as bad as you lead it to be?"
I thought back to the many hallways, Beast Boy being like a tour guide Barbie, and Starfire nodding and saying, "Oh yes!" after everything he said, Cyborg just making fun of Beast Boy on the way. I couldn't deny that I laughed throughout the entire thing. So instead I just shrugged.
"It was fine, just like I said."
"Right. Well while I'm gone Dawn, please, I'm begging you, be friendly to them! Don't lock yourself up; we need a little social interaction. Sometimes it's like you have this wall built around you."
I closed my eyes again and stuck my tongue out at her. I don't like talking about my personal life.
Sighing, Sparrow walked towards the door and headed downstairs.
"Are you coming?"
I opened my eyes and turned around to look at Sparrow staring at me.
"Was that a question?" I asked innocently.
"No, it was me politely saying 'get your lazy butt down here right now'," she said eyeing me with her 'I'm going to kill you' look. Can't disobey a look like that. I slowly stood up and brushed myself off, following her down the steps.
Once back into the main living area, I plopped myself on the couch between Cyborg and Beast Boy who were playing a racing video game.
"Hey! There you guys are! Where you been?" Cyborg said racing his car, getting ahead and pushing Beast Boy's car out of the way. "BOO YA!"
"Awh, man! You can't do that!" Beast Boy said trying to fix his car again.
"I just did, and I'll do it again!"
I couldn't help but laugh a little as I watched them argue.
"Okay, well we're heading out," Robin said waving to us.
"Enjoy your date," Beast Boy and I said at the same time. We smiled at each other knowingly. Unfortunately, we both got smacks on the backside of the head. Once they were gone through the sliding doors, Starfire turned to me and said, "Please where are Robin and Sparrow going? And why do you and Beast Boy keep referring to it as a 'date'?"
I pondered for a reasonable answer.
