Not to worry! I haz knot 4gotten mah storiez! I hate bad spelling. If you ever see any in my stories, PLEASE tell me. I will give you a virtual cookie :) As for me, over the past week, I have driven 18 hours mostly in snow to get back to college. Woot! I'm still alive! But who cares? On with the story!

Clarification note for BerryDrops and anyone else wondering: This story is being written as if Trouble in Tokyo didn't or hasn't happened yet, as well as Things Change just to be safe. I also want to thank her for pointing out how Starfire was speaking, because I hadn't even noticed I was doing it. Please let me know if anything in my story (not ships) is wrong or off. I will most likely fix it, or keep it in mind, because not only does it make the story better, but more enjoyable to read.

Guess I lied when I said on with the story... hehe. I do not own the Teen Titans. Only the ones in my head. *grins evilly* So without further ado, it's Chapter Two!

It was early in the morning, and Robin found himself looking out one of the windows to the main room. The sky was still cloudy and grey, and a fine mist sprinkled down, forcing the Boy Wonder to stray from his usual spot on the roof. The waters surrounding the tower were calm, but grey, and as he looked out to the horizon, he could see a grey and yellow blob in the drizzle that resembled what stood as Jump City. The door behind him gave out a hiss as it parted, and he turned to find a very groggy Cyborg entering the room.

"Morning Cyborg."

"You're up already?" Cy muttered, trudging his way over to the couch, rubbing his head with a groan.

"Always am" the masked teen let out. He turned to continue staring out the window "It's my favorite part of the day."

"To each his own I guess…" Cyborg looked out over the boys shoulder at the gloomy weather outside, seemingly lost in his own thoughts.

Suddenly, Robin became curious. It wasn't like Cy to be so out of it in the mornings. "You look tired. Did you not sleep well last night?"

"Something like that" the metal teen muttered, looking down at his arm. "There must've been a power outage last night cuz my battery isn't fully charged."

Robin looked around the room and noticed he hadn't seen the electronics all blinking 12:00. "I see. Do you think you'll be ready in time for training?"

Cy gave out a yawn and stretched. "Yeah, no problem. But first I think it's time for a breakfast feast. I'm starvin" he grabbed for his stomach as it let out a loud growl.

Robin smiled. "Yeah, I could go for one too." The two made their way to the refrigerator and began scrounging for food.

"And guess what? Since Beast Boy isn't up yet, I get to make the real deal!" Cy, excited the vegan wasn't there to complain, pushed over a box of tofu to pull out a massive chunk of ham.

The two began their cooking, and after a while, the smells of a breakfast fit for a king began filling the room, slowly wafting out and making their way to the rest of the tower. Suddenly, the doors to the room swooshed open, and in rushed Starfire with a very worried look on her face.

"Friends! I am sorry, for I believe to have overslept." she looked surprised to see her two teammates in the kitchen, and not outside running the course. "I hope that I am not late for the training?"

Robin confused by what Star was saying, looked up to meet her face with a raised eyebrow. "Uh… Star? Training isn't for another two hours."

"But, my alarm clock says that it is twelve. That is the time, is it not? Training was to be at eleven, correct?." Star was utterly confused. Did they change the time of training without telling her? Or was her clock lying to her?

Hearing this, Cy smiled at Robin before turning to Star to explain for him. "Starfire, the power went out last night, which means all of the clocks are gonna say it's 12:00 until we reset them"

Starfire brought a finger to her chin, taking this in, and after a moment of thought, let out a simple "Oh." Her body visibly relaxed now that she had time to spare.

"So, anyone seen BB or Rae?" Cy asked, turning his attention back to the food he was preparing.

"I bet Beast Boy's still asleep." Robin answered. "He didn't want to go to bed last night, so he probably stayed up late reading comics or something."

"I think I heard some noise coming from Raven's room on my way here" Starfire added.

Cy chuckled. "You can always count on those two to be the slow risers."

Realizing he had nothing better to do, and knowing Cy wouldn't leave him to cook, Robin headed for the door. "I'll go get them."

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Knowing fully well that Beast Boy was a heavy sleeper, Robin came to the changeling's door, and knocked rather loudly. "Beast Boy, wake up."

After receiving a grumble, he opened the door and entered the room. He found the green teen on the top bunk, half his body hanging over the side. "Wake up sleepy head."

Beast Boy slowly opened his eyes, and groaned. "Whaaaaaaat" he whined.

Robin couldn't help but smile at how childish his teammate could be. "Wake up" he repeated. "Breakfast is almost ready, and I thought you'd want to eat before training."

"Duuuuude" Beast Boy sat up, rubbing his eyes and scratching the back of his head. "Why so early? It's only….." he looked at his clock. "…twelve?" Slowly he remembered the power outage from the night before. "Wait, what time is it?"

"A little past nine" Robin turned to leave.

"Awww maaan!" Beast Boy grumbled, hopping off the bunk and onto the floor.

"Listen, I'm not telling you to come, just letting you know."

"Fine" the changeling muttered, and started searching his dresser for something to wear.

"I'll see you in the main room then." Robin said, as he closed the door, and headed for another door down the hall.

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Reaching the door, he began to knock, but hesitated when he heard noises coming from the other side. Realizing she wasn't coming out anytime soon, he gave a soft knock on the door.

"Hey Rae, you up?" his question was answered with a loud grumble. Knowing all too well what would happen if he dared to enter the room without her permission, he just stared at her name on the door.

"Uh… you OK Rae?" he asked.

"Go away." He heard her voice through the door. Clearly, she wasn't just tired. Something was up.

"Raven?"

"What?!" her voice cut right through him as the door flew open to showcase a disheveled teen with a frazzled poofy purple mane framing her face. She clearly was not in the mood.

"Uhh…" he backed away from the doorway, rubbing the back of his head. You could almost see the spikes of his hair go limp from the sight in front of him.

"Well…." she seethed. The aggravation in her glare bored straight into his soul. It had only been three hours since she came back from her mirror, and when she had tried to sleep, all she could do was toss and turn. Realizing how the scene must look, Raven wished she had just stayed quiet and never opened the door in the first place.

"Breakfast…" Robin began rather quietly, but was cut short, very, very fast.

"Not hungry." she slammed the door in his face before she even finished.

Robin knew now was not the time to go messing with her, but he couldn't leave the doorway. Instead, he reached out and placed his hand on the door, and asked in a soft, but worried tone "Is everything alright?" The answer to his question was obvious, but he didn't want to provoke Raven any more than he already had, and he wasn't about to make things worse until he had her permission to talk about it.

"Peachy." she deadpanned through the door. "I just need a shower and tea."

Robin, reading straight through her lie, was now extremely worried about his teammate. Any time Raven cut herself off from the others, it usually meant something bad was going on, and she was doing exactly that. He wanted to help, but felt hopeless knowing he couldn't do anything about it. He would die if he tried going into her room, and if he was going to bring it up, she would probably just ignore him or glare daggers at him until he left her alone. 'Face it.' he said to himself. 'When she doesn't want to talk, she knows exactly how to make people terrified to even ask.' And with that, he made his way down the hall, hoping the ensuing breakfast could help brighten up his already dreary day.

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She knew why she had done it. She wanted to be alone to go over it herself. But rather than letting out the truth, she covered it with sarcasm and a weak lie. Robin, of all people would know it, and keep pushing till he got his answer. It was just his nature to do so. She stood with her back to her bed, and let herself collapse onto it. Holding her hands over her eyes, and pressing them into her cheeks, she let out a tired sigh.

'Maybe it wasn't a total lie' she told herself. 'I do need a shower, and some tea will relax my nerves'. She wiped her hands across her face, and let her arms come to a rest at her sides. She stared at the ceiling, too tired to get up, yet too awake to fall asleep. 'I really should get up' she told herself, but remained motionless, letting her body heat sink into the sheets a little more. She wasn't about to go anywhere.

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"Well?" Cyborg turned as he heard the doors open, momentarily pausing his delicate carving of the ham he had cooked.

"Beast Boy's coming." Robin walked over to help Star set the table.

"And what of Raven?" Star asked, seeing disappointment on his face.

"She…" he paused to choose his words wisely. "said she would take her time, and to start without her."

Cy smiled. "I would've started whether she wanted me to or not."

"Who? Raven?" came a voice from the door.

"Beast Boy! You are awake!" Star shouted, and scooped him up into a friendly hug, which didn't go unnoticed by the Boy Wonder.

"Yeah, and as good as all this smells, I betcha Cyborg over here started it without me in mind." He looked at the table laid out buffet style with all sorts of meats, eggs, and dairy products. "Is any of this stuff edible for me?"

"It's all edible BB, you just don't wanna eat it." Cy laughed.

Starfire interjected. "Beast Boy, I could always cook up some of my homemade zinthplor if you wish not to eat the foods containing products of animals." The room went silent as everyone cringed at the mention of Starfire's cooking.

"Actually, Beast Boy," Robin pointed to a particular plate on the table. "this plate of doughnuts and waffles I snuck past Cy and made with soy milk. And there's a plate of your tofu bacon in the microwave waiting for you to heat up." If there was one thing he knew, it was how annoying Beast Boy could be if his eating habits were ignored.

"Um. Thanks?" Beast Boy's look was priceless. He almost always had to fight to get things made special for him, and here, Robin had gone ahead and pretty much made him his own special breakfast. Without him asking. Before he even woke up. 'WhoWhatWhenWhereWhyHow...' The comeback king was at a loss for words.

"You're welcome" Robin simply stated, and reached up into a cabinet he usually paid no attention to. From it, he found a mug he thought he saw most often, and a teabag. Setting it on the counter near the stove with a kettle full of water, he left it, and made his way to the others to begin piling a plate full of "breakfasty goodness" as Cyborg put it.

Beast Boy had set the microwave, and began retrieving some soymilk from the fridge. "So… I take it Raven didn't feel like breakfast this morning?" he asked.

"Sounds like she's still a bit tired, right Robin?" Cy looked to Robin as he sat down and began shoveling down mouthfuls of food.

"Something like that" the Boy Wonder answered, taking his seat next to Star who was daintily cutting up her ham, waffles, and, oddly, doughnuts as well.

Taking a seat with his back to the stove, BB gave Star's plate an odd look, then turned to Robin whose expression read 'no clue'.

Looking over to her clock, Raven realized she had been laying for at least twenty minutes or so. She slowly sat up, and stretched.

'Well, if I'm not gonna sleep, I might as well do something' she said to herself.

Getting up and heading for her bathroom, she removed her cloak and threw it on the bed. After closing the door, and disrobing, she stepped into a steamy shower, and allowed herself to relax. She let the water beat away at her skin, and warm up her body, shedding away the cold of the night before. Thoroughly enjoying the warmth, a smirk made its way across her face as she remembered why she was the only one granted a personal bathroom connected to her room.

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She had woken up very early one winter morning, and couldn't find it in her to fall back asleep. Getting up and throwing the warm cocoon of covers off of her, Raven decided it was time for a shower, and grabbed a towel out of her closet. Still tired and cold from leaving the warmth of her bed, she thought about the long, freezing walk to the other side of the tower to get to the bathroom. Overcome with laziness, she readied herself to teleport there. 'It's too early for anyone to be up yet' she subconsciously thought, and phased through her floor. Big mistake.

The moment she materialized in the bathroom, she came face to face with a bright red Boy Wonder.

"AH!" she yelled, throwing her arms up to cover her eyes.

"AH!" he almost fainted.

"AH!" she quickly turned, but the magazine covering his lap caught her attention.

"Is that… one of Starfire's magazines?" she asked.

Robins eyes went so wide, his mask looked like it was about to rip trying to conceal them. "N-n-no."

"Then who else in this tower would get a Victoria's Sec-..." realization set in. "Oh my god." She quickly phased through the door and into the hallway, her face beet red despite all of the blood draining from her body. She had just walked in on her team leader mast-… no. She couldn't even bring herself to think it; she was in so much shock.

Knees weak, she fell to the floor, and scolded herself for not teleporting outside the bathroom and knocking first. 'You idiot! You should know better than that! And look what happened as a result! You'll never be able to look at him the same!"

A month later, after many meditations to rid her mind of the mental images, some awkward conversations, and dealing with Cyborg in her room, Raven had her own bathroom attached to her bedroom, and the two swore to never mention the incident again.

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She had to admit, the end result was very enjoyable, yet despite not really seeing anything in particular, she found herself definitely not wanting to be in that sort of situation ever again. She remembered how he had come out after her, trying to cover for himself, saying 'It's not what you think!', though clearly she wasn't buying it. Once he realized that it wasn't working, he actually got down on his knees and begged her to never say anything to anybody. Robin. Begging. Of all the people you would expect, he certainly wasn't the begging type. Even though the last thing she wanted to do at that moment was to look at him, that was a sight she would never, ever forget. And of course, he was willing to do anything in his power to 'fix' it, if that was even possible, so she simply asked for her own bathroom, and got her wish. There were some complaints from the others, and a few questions as well, but between her and Robin, they could get what they wanted without revealing much of anything. Cyborg was the only 'lucky' one ever allowed to work on the project since it involved someone having to go in her room, but she put up with it, and had some fun in the meantime scaring the shit out of Cy whenever she could.

Feeling clean and refreshed, she turned the water off, took a step out of the tub, and reached for her towel to dry off. When she finished drying herself off, she wrapped the towel around herself, and opened the door, allowing the steam to come billowing out into her room. She made her way to her closet, and got dressed, but the moment she turned to leave, she caught a glimpse of her mirror laid out on a shelf, and her mind, which had become nice and relaxed, suddenly brought itself back to the chaotic state of the night before.

"Ugh, and I was feeling so much better" she moaned, realizing that today was going to be a very long day.

"Alright y'all, time for 'ol Cy to charge up so he can kick ass on the course today" came a voice from the main room as Raven neared it, and opened the door. Cyborg was just a few feet in front of her.

"Well well," he said, looking down at the cloaked teen who was still eyeing the floor. "If it isn't my favorite little dark queen." She couldn't help but cheer up at the comment, knowing he meant no harm. "D'ja wake up on the sunny side of the bed this mornin'?" he laughed. At this, she realized what he was getting at, and she raised her eyes to meet Robin's. He shrugged, and his eyes seemingly tried to tell her that he was forced to say something to the team.

"I didn't get much sleep last night if that's what you mean," she replied to Cy, and pulled her hood over her head to signal she didn't feel like talking about it.

"Awww, poor Ravey wavey afraid of the nasty old lightning?" came a very exaggerated remark from Beast Boy. Robin and Starfire stopped eating, and Cy visibly cringed as the room fell silent, awaiting the changeling to go flying in some way or another. Surprisingly, Raven just stood there, face masked by her cloak.

Taking a moment or two to reel in her emotions, she continued her glare at the boy, and let out a growl. "You, of all people, should know I'm not afraid of lightning."

Realizing his comment wasn't said at a good time, he sunk in his chair with his hands waving in front of him. "Whoa, chill out Rae, it was just a joke." The rest just gave him a 'you're lucky she didn't kill you' look.

"So, uh Rae, there isn't a whole lot left to eat," Cy said, gesturing to the practically clean table that had once been piled with food. "Is there anything you want me to whip up real quick for ya?" She walked over to the refrigerator, and pulled out an apple.

"I'll be fine" she said in a monotonous voice as she held it up, and closed the door.

"Suit yourself" Cy shrugged, and headed off to go recharge. Raven walked over to the stove to fill up the kettle, and fix herself some tea. She picked up the kettle, to find it full, and realized her favorite mug had a teabag in it sitting next to her. She paused for a second, then turned the stove on to heat the water. She understood what was going on. This was Robin's way of telling her he wasn't finished, and still wanted to talk, without actually telling her.

She knew he cared for her like family, and appreciated the gesture, but… she looked over to him as he gave a slight nod and smile. Was it more? Memories of the night before began flooding her head again, causing a slight headache. She looked down to find a small ripple of black energy crawl its way down her arm before sparking into nothing at the end of her fingertip. 'I really need to meditate' she told herself, as she caught a glimpse of Beast Boy turning in his chair to take a look at her. Starfire got up to clean her plates off.

"So Raven…" BB was still a little cautious after his last comment. "you ready to take on the training course? You'll have to be on top of your game if you wanna beat my time" he puffed out his chest, and poked it with his thumb. Being on top of her game wasn't going to happen today, but it wasn't like she needed to be.

"I could beat your time blindfolded with an arm tied behind my back" she let out in her usual tone. The others let out a giggle.

"I do believe Raven is right" Starfire said, "you have never beaten her time."

"Yeah, well, I've been working out lately" he reached up and flexed his scrawny arm for effect.

"Working out your thumbs playing stupid videogames?" Raven said as she raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah Beast Boy," Robin cut in before the jokester could give a response. "I haven't seen you in the rec room lately. That is where all the workout equipment is, you know…"

The changeling gave him an angry look. "You don't need equipment to work out either."

"It certainly helps" Robin stated dryly.

"So what… You've been doing sit-ups on the couch while none of us were looking?" Raven took a bite of her apple, and turned the stove off before pouring the hot water into her mug.

"Something like that…" Beast Boy grumbled, feeling defeated by all his teammates, he crossed his arms. "…you'll see."

Eleven o'clock came around faster than Raven had hoped. When she had finished her apple and tea, she took her place in front of a window, and took a look out at the cloudy sky and mud covered area they were going to be on in a while. It had stopped raining, but things would still be a wet mess out there. Brushing the thought aside, she crossed her legs, closed her eyes, and levitated in place. She tried meditating, but as hard as she concentrated, it wasn't enough. Part of it was a slight headache, but it was mostly because she could feel the stares of both the Boy Wonder and Beast Boy pricking at her back. Her mind was a mess, and though she tried to clear it, she didn't get very far at all.

"C'mon guys, time for training" Robin called as he headed for the door. "I'll get Cy, and meet you guys down there." She could hear a chair move as Beast Boy got up from his seat.

"You sure you still wanna train? I mean, it's still wet out there." The changeling never liked training, and always tried to find a way out.

"Doesn't matter Beast Boy. Villains aren't going to stop wreaking havoc just because there's a little rain. Neither should you." Robin ended with a fist in his hand. For drama of course.

"Worth a shot" he shrugged as he piled his plates in the sink. Raven had made it to the door where Starfire was waiting for him to join them.

"Afraid you won't beat me because of a little mud?" Raven allowed a small smile on her face.

"You wish" he responded, and quickly flew over to her as a hummingbird, landing on her shoulder.

"Get off…" she started, but was too late. A ripple of black energy had made its way to her shoulder, and knocked the teen off before she had even realized it.

"Fine." he rubbed his head. "You don't have to be so pushy ya know." He shifted, and hopped up into Starfire's hands as a cat. She giggled as he purred when she stroked him. Raven just shrugged it off, and followed the two down to the front door of the tower.

'Let's just hope that after this, I can go back to my room and meditate' she mumbled in her mind.

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