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Chapter 2

Layla smiled to herself as she looked around her small little apartment things were going to change and it was about time that they did.

"Well Rachel, how was that?" Richard asked as he slumped down onto her lounge.

"He remembered me for a second." Rachel whispered as she sat down next to him.

Richard looked at the once mysterious gothic girl that he could never quite get; he put his hand on her hand and gave it a squeeze.

"How long were you two dating anyway, you never told us." Richard asked.

"We were going on eleven months, he wanted us to be open about our relationship but I just didn't feel comfortable yet." Rachel answered as she stared at the floor. "He thought I was embarrassed to be with him."

"Were you?"

"No!"

"Then…?"

"I wanted it just to be us, without the teasing I knew we would get from you lot." Rachel grumbled as she brushed through her hair with her fingers.

Richard sighed and shook his head, he wanted to tell her that they wouldn't have done that but he knew better then that. A loud ring began as Richard jumped up off the lounge in search of his phone, Rachel rolled her eyes as she picked it up off the coffee table and handed it to him; receiving a sheepish grin in return.

"Richard Grayson." Richard answered in a formal voice.

"Oo aren't we Mr Business." Rachel mocked.

"Argh I'll be right in just don't do anything else!" Richard hung up the phone and looked at Rachel

"Is there a problem?" Rachel asked looking up at him.

"Yeah work related. Hey come over to mine to stay for a bit, I'll be done around ten and you can crash there for a bit."

"What's wrong with my place?" Rachel huffed as she folded her arms.

"Trust me?" Richard smiled as he handed her a piece of paper with his address on it.

Rachel snatched it with protest as Richard just smiled and made his own exit, Rachel watched as he left then just as the door clicked closed she let out a long sigh; she glanced down at the paper.

"That's in the rich district?" Rachel questioned only to herself.

She placed the small piece of paper onto the small wooden coffee table in front of the lounge, she got undress and threw on a purple mid drift tank top and shorts, she plonked herself back onto the lounge before lying down; she looked up at the ceiling as her mind began to wonder.


Raven sat on the big, cream titan lounge as she read one of her large books, the rain fell heavy outside and she could hear it bang against the roof and windows, she enjoyed the sound and smell of rain, the others had gone out to get movie and a pizza so she was surprised when she heard to doors to the main room swish open.

"Hey Rae..." A small peep of a sound came from the green changeling.

"Beastboy? What are you still doing here?" Raven asked in a slightly shocked voice.

"I didn't want to go with the others you know?" Beastboy laugh nervously as he stood in the door way.

"Right... Is there something you want?" Raven asked in a monotone after him just standing there.

Beastboy hesitated but made his way over to the lounge, he plopped down next to Raven as she slowly put her book mark into her book, closed it and placed it beside her. If it had been anyone else she would have ignored them but it was Beastboy.

"I have something to say…" Beastboy squeaked out as he stared out one of the big windows.

Raven watched him for a moment then followed his gaze out the window and into the city, blanketed by the gray clouds and heavy rain. There was a long silence and both began to feel uncomfortable.

"What is it Beastboy." Raven asked trying to sound annoyed.

Beastboy took a deep breath and then turned to face the dark beauty, she looked back at him trying hard not to show any emotion towards him.

"Look Raven I'm over hiding it. You can tease and torment me about this all you like but I love you! I've been in love with you for two years now and I'm done hiding it, I need to know if you love me too." Beastboy stared back out the window and held his breath.

"Beastboy…" Raven said quietly as she continued to look at the green boy.

"Shit I knew it. God dam it I'm an idiot!" Beastboy said angrily as he stood up and began to leave.

"Beastboy…" Raven said again as she grabbed a hold of his hand to stop him from leaving.

Beastboy froze at her touch, his heart was pounding one hundred miles an hour now and he couldn't move, she tugged slightly on his hand and in the movement he was sitting down beside her once more.

"Why?" Raven asked quietly as she let go of his rough green hand.

"Just do." He replied simply with a shrug of his shoulders.

"I feel the same." Raven whispered so quietly that she wasn't sure if he heard her.

"PIZZA TIME!" Cyborg yelled as he burst through the door.

Beastboy just stared at Raven, a small blush ran across her face for just a second, long enough for him to see. Starfire and Robin came in behind Cyborg with big grins on their faces, Raven muttered 'idiots' just loud enough for them to hear as she got up off the lounge and move towards them, giving Beastboy the smallest smile.


"Argh! Go away memories!" Rachel yelled out loud just before feeling like an idiot.

She took a deep breath before pushing herself up into a sitting position, she cupped her hands over her face and sat in silence; she had been having these memories for some time now, they felt so real that it was more like torture then anything positive.

"Why do this to yourself Raven?" Rachel began talking to herself before realising and lightly slapping herself.

There was a small knock on the door, Rachel jumped at the sound before thinking Richard had forgotten something and swiftly moving towards the door and whipping it open. Rachel gasped as she looked at the person standing in front of her.

"Starfire?" Rachel whispered as she looked at the once alien princess.

"Raven…" Starfire spoke softy with a smile.

"What? Raven? Do… Do you remember me?" Rachel asked confused.

"Can I come in, friend?" Starfire smiled once again.

Rachel stepped aside as Starfire glided in and looked around the tiny apartment, it was quite cosy and very Raven, Starfire smiled at this.

"Do you remember me?" Rachel asked again, letting out a breath as if she had been holding it.

"I didn't for a long time." Starfire replied as she sat down on the small lounge.

Rachel didn't speak she just shut the door slowly then made her way towards the lounge, was this really Starfire? She was in a business outfit with stockings and high heels, her hair was up in a bun and her face was done up.

"Seven years it's been correct? Well everything just flooded back to me when I saw you and…" Starfire stopped and looked towards the carpet floor.

"Richard?" Rachel finished for her.

"Yes… Richard, it was so odd that I couldn't remember anything from my life before that day seven years ago, then I see you and Robin, or should I say Layla and Nightwing?" Starfire seemed to spit out the names as she wrinkled her nose.

"We couldn't take our old names, we we're lost after we lost you three." Rachel retorted defensively but deep down she hated herself for giving up.

"Oh Raven I have missed you!" Starfire let out a cry as she pulled Rachel into a hug.

Rachel groaned and hugged the girl back; she had missed her so much even though she refused to show it.

"Why now? Why remember now?" Rachel whispered as they both let go of each other.

"I was watching you… and Robin on the television and when it showed a close up of your faces I just… I don't know how to explain." Starfire replied as she sighed.

"Star… What happened?" Rachel whispered as she looked into the alien princess' eyes.

"I don't remember much about that day just that after you had saved Robin there was a bright light; I remember Cyborg and Beastboy standing in front of me to protect me… Then nothing." Starfire clenched her fists for a second before calming.

"I'm heading over to Richards now… Please Star… come back to us." Rachel whispered the last part as if too afraid to ask her to dump her new life.

Starfire smiled up at Rachel who was looking hopefully back at her, she jumped up and hugged her giggling as she did.

"I was hoping you would ask that! How is Robin? Does he still talk about me…?" Starfire stopped hugging at that point and then looked up at Rachel with tears.

"What?" Rachel asked with a frown.

"Does he still love me…?" Starfire asked as a tear slowly slid down her soft cheeks.

"He hasn't stopped thinking about you Star." Rachel replied with a tiny smile.

Rachel and Starfire talked for a few hours before leaving for Richard's place, Starfire had made quite a life for herself while the years passed, Rachel was impressed and smiled at the woman she had grown into, Rachel also talk about what she had been doing and confessed to Starfire about the romance Beastboy and herself were hiding from everyone before the accident; This caused Starfire to squeal very loudly and a bone crushing hug. After they had finished their talk Rachel packed a small bag, grabbed the piece of paper on the table and made her way out the door with Starfire not far behind.

"This can't be it." Rachel said in a monotone as she stared at the mansion in front of her.

"It is the right address." Starfire replied with an excited tone to her voice.

"Is there something I can do for you ladies?" A voice came from behind them cause Starfire to jump.

"Umm we are friends of Ric…" Rachel turned around and as she did she saw the figure in front of her.

"Cybo-"

Rachel nudged Starfire hard causing her to squeal out in pain; Rachel looked at the half man half machine and thought how dare Richard not tell her about him.

"We are here for Richard Grayson." Rachel said formally as she pointed to the house. "This house, is it his?"

"Yes." Cyborg replied briefly.

"Can we go in then Mr…?"

"Stone." He replied not really looking at them.

"Right um, we'll just go in now Mr Stone." Starfire said slowly as Rachel pulled her towards the giant house.

"I'll inform Mr Grayson that two girls are here to see him."

"Just me… Rachel, please don't mention this girl… She's a surprise." Rachel said as Mr Stone just gave a nod.

The two girls walked through the big white gates and up the driveway, the house was huge and a stunner to look at, both girls couldn't help but gasp at the beauty of the gardens and statues that lay scattered throughout the garden. All of a sudden the large white front door opened.

"Ah Rache you're early for once…" Richard stopped dead in his tracks as he stared at Starfire.

"I found a stray…" Rachel made a small joke as she nudged Starfire a little closer.

"Does… Does she…"

"I do…" Starfire whispered as she gave him a small smile.

"Star…" Richard almost laughed out as he ran up to her and pulled her into his arms.

"She saw us on TV and remembered us… Why is Cyborg working here and you didn't tell me?" Rachel had remembered Cyborg half way through her sentence.

Richard didn't answer and he just held Starfire in his arms, it had almost been like the last seven years never happened, they just stared into each others eyes as Rachel sighed.

"I guess I'll leave you guys alone for a few hours." Rachel said as she turned around.

"Are you sure Rache?" Richard asked not taking his eyes of his sweetheart.

"You're making me sick anyway." Rachel replied in a monotone as she walked back down the driveway.

Rachel walked along the concrete footpath feeling a little bit jealous of Richard and Starfire, it wasn't until a traffic light blew up behind her that made her take a deep breath and calm down. She pulled off one of the elastics off from around her wrist and messily tied up her hair into a pony tail, she began to jog, jog off the anger she felt about what happened that day, jog off the jealousy she was feeling over Starfire and Richard, jog off all feelings before she blew up the whole city.

"Hey watch-"

Rachel had been too involved in her thoughts and keeping them calm that she hadn't realised the people that she was passing, nor had she realised how fast she had been running. She had tripped and fallen flat down, scrapping every part of her body that had been touched by the concrete.

"Shit, ouch. I'm sorry." Rachel groaned out as she couldn't move, she hadn't been battered like this for quite a while.

"No I'm sorry." The familiar voice replied as he bent down to her.

Rachel realised that she had crashed into the one and only Beastboy, she couldn't believe that this had happened, was this fate? She growled at the thought of 'fate' and looked up at him.

"Can I help you up?" He asked sweetly as a smile flashed across his face.

"Um I don't think I can move." Rachel hissed at the sign of weakness.

Beastboy laughed and carefully picked Rachel up off her stomach and onto her feet, Rachel let out a sharp hiss as he put her down, she had been running faster then she or he realised and was bleeding pretty heavily.

"Holy crap dude I have to take you to the hospital." Beastboy said franticly as he picked her up in his arms.

Rachel's mind went crazy as he touched her…


"You're such an idiot." Raven let out a small laugh as she watched Beastboy 'workout'

"That's why you find me so attractive." Beastboy replied cockily flexing his muscles.

"Come on then muscle man lets battle." Raven teased as she popped up her hood.

"Are you kidding? I'm not going to hurt you!" Beastboy protested.

"Oh come on it's not like we are fighting to the death." Raven smiled slightly as he sighed.

"Alright then."

Raven smirked as she levitated into the air; Beastboy morphed into a tiger as he slid into the shadows, Raven flew through the obstacle coarse keeping her eyes open for Beastboy. Beastboy growled as he leaped out of his hiding place and pounced at Raven, she had seen him just too late to get out of his way, Beastboy accidently used his claws all down the left side of her body, she fell to the ground as Beastboy's eyes widened.

"Oh my god Raven!" Beastboy yelled as he ran to her side and picked her up in his arms.

"Argh good aim there BB." Raven said softly trying not to show the pain.

"I thought you were going to move outta the way!" Beastboy said franticly.

"Its okay I should have." Raven half smiled as the blood began to pour out of the deep wounds.

"I never want to hurt you!" Beastboy held her tightly in his arms.

"Get over it." Raven said in a joking tone, not seeming to care as much.


A traffic light blew up bringing Rachel back into reality, Beastboy quickly put her into his car before she could realise and object he was already driving her to the hospital.

"I really don't need to go to the hospital Bea… Argh." Rachel clenched onto her stomach as she bled.

"My name is Garfield and I'm going to get you there!" He persisted as he sped down the lane way.

Rachel stared at him with a small smile that is until the pain set in; she wasn't use to being thrown here and there or hurting herself this badly because her body had become softer with the less she used her powers. She couldn't heal because she hadn't done it for years, nor could she in front of him. She couldn't understand why there was so much blood; she started looking around her stomach not only did she realise she had opened one of her large scars from the time Beastboy had accidently attacked her but she had also fallen onto glass, one rather big piece in particular.

"Shit." Rachel moaned as she ran her hand over the large chunk.

"Holy shit!" Garfield yelled as he looked at her, making the car swerve.

"Where the hell did the glass come from?" Rachel hissed at her stupidness not to notice.

"Ah I was cleaning out my truck and some of my mates had been drinking, oh god I'm so sorry!" Garfield was now going 110 kilometres down a 60k road.

"I don't…"

Rachel began to feel all the energy in her body drain out of her; she could feel the blood leaving her body at a fast rate and began to feel faint. Had her body really gotten so unused to being battered and beaten?

"Hey! No dude! Stay awake!" Garfield yelled as he sped faster.

"Argh…" Rachel growled as she grabbed onto his arm.

Rachel felt her consciousness slip away as she focused all her energy on breathing, which felt rather painful at this time. Idiot! Was what her brain kept yelling, how could she be that stupid? She could barely hear what Garfield was yelling in the background, then…


"You sure you're okay?" Beastboy asked as he brushed back her short purple hair.

"You got me pretty good yes but, I am a healer you know." Raven gave a small smirk as she finished cleaning herself up.

"I'm just glad I didn't kill you" Beastboy joked rubbing the back of his head.

"You never could." Raven smiled.

"You can see the scars?" Beastboy asked as he ran his fingers gently across them.

"I'm not wonder woman." Raven joked as she kicked him playfully.

"You're my wonder woman." Beastboy grinned as he raised his eyebrows.

"Can you get any lamer?" Raven said in a monotone glaring at him.

"Aw come on Rae." Beastboy grinned just before he leaned down and kissed her side stomach scar.

Raven jumped in surprise as he kissed her lightly, he began to kiss all the way down her scars she breathed deeply as the lamp next to her bed blew up causing them both to jump.

"Spoil sport" Beastboy whispered smiling at her. "I love you Raven…"


"Rachel?!"

Rachel growled as her eyes flickered open, the first thing she saw was a white tiled ceiling then Richard's face which made her frowned then next to him was Starfire who had a smile from ear to ear.

"Rachel you have awoken!" Starfire squealed as she pulled her into a hug.

"ARGH!" Rachel yelled as Starfire quickly let her go.

"I'm sorry!" Starfire squeaked.

"You doin' alright there kid?" Richard teased as he smiled at her.

"What happened?" Rachel moaned as her stomach began to feel sharp again.

"You fell over landing on some bottles causing them to shatter and go into your body. You punctured you're lung too" Starfire replied quietly before adding "This young man rushed you too the hospital, Garfield I believe"

Rachel took a deep breath and looked to her left, there he was, sitting and waiting for her to wake up, and she made herself look like so much of a girly fool.

"How are you feeling?" Garfield asked with concern in his voice.

"How is your car?" Rachel asked with a sigh.

"Bit bloody but nothing I can't clean" Garfield smiled softly at her.

"I'm sorry I ruined it…"

"Nah just glad I didn't kill you." He joked rubbing the back of his head.

"…You never could." Rachel whispered under her breath.

"Huh... Got a strange sense of déjà vu, anyway I just want to see if you were okay." Garfield rubbed the back of his head before looking up at Richard and Starfire.

"Hey Star lets go grab a coffee." Richard smirked at Rachel before dragging Star out of the room.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Garfield sighed as he looked up at her.

"Hey I'm fine, don't worry." Rachel said with a small smile.

"Hey can I have your number?" Garfield laughed uncomfortably.

"Mine?" Rachel asked regretting it as soon as she asked.

"Yeah I want to apologise with lunch or dinner sometime." Garfield replied with a slight laugh.

"It was my fault." Rachel stated simply.

"Well maybe I'd just like a date." Garfield flash a smile at her making her blush.

"Yeah fine." Rachel took his Iphone and entered her number.

"I'll call you." Garfield smiled as he walked out of the room.

"Oh god what am I doing." Rachel growled to herself.

Rachel pulled herself up off the bed growling and groaning every movement, she was finally standing when Richard and Starfire walked into the room.

"What are you doing?" Richard growled at her.

"God I don't need to be here I can heal at home." Rachel replied as she grabbed onto her stomach.

"Alright let's go." Richard sighed as he went over to Rachel and gently picked her up.

"Sorry I ruined you're reunion." Rachel muttered as Richard laughed and carried her out with Starfire following closely behind.

Richard had his staff get Rachel's guest room ready before they arrived so when Richard got them home he carried her right to bed as she protested the whole way. He carried her into the large guest room, it was so large it could fit Rachel's whole apartment in it and still have room. It was painted a light pink and the furniture was a dark wooden colour, there were large windows on the left side of the room and giant bookcases on the opposite side. The bed sat in the middle of the room and mounted on the wall in front of it was a flat screen plasma TV, he put Rachel on the bed and sat next to her.

"Gee Robin, I might never leave." Rachel smiled at him as she tried to glance over to the bookcases.

"Richard." Richard replied with a smirk.

"Would it be so bad to go back to Robin and Raven?" Rachel asked.

"For now, yes I think so." Richard replied as he pulled the covers over Rachel. "Rest."

Rachel went to protest but Richard put up his hand to silence her, she glared in return but he just waved goodbye and walked out of the room. Rachel sighed as she began to feel tired, then she slowly drifted off to sleep.


"Hey Rae, how are you feeling today?" Beastboy cooed as he walked into her room.

"Argh BB go away!" Raven hissed as she pulled the covers over her head.

"Awe come on Rae I'm just here because I care." Beastboy teased a little.

"Care a little less." Raven grumbled from under the blankets.

Beastboy slowly sat down on her soft silky bed and put his hand on her, he wanted her to be okay, she was rarely sick and it had been a week now.

"I'm worried about you is all Rae…" Beastboy whispered as he stroked what he thought was her head under all the blankets.

"I'm fine BB." Raven replied as she pulled down the blankets so he could see her face.

She was paler then normal and she had bags under her eyes, he felt her forehead and she was burning up, her hair was a mess and it was a strange and rare site.

"You're burning up baby." He said softly as he hopped up to fetch a wet cloth.

"Baby? Yeah I don't think so." Raven growled as she pulled the blankets back over her face.

Beastboy pulled down the blankets and place the cool wet cloth over her forehead then just smiled at her.

"I'll tell you what." Beastboy grinned.

"What?" Raven replied in a less amused voice.

"Yeah I want to apologise with lunch or dinner sometime."

"It's my fault I got sick…"

"Well maybe I'd just like a date."


Rachel jerked awake at the memory just before the pain hit her.

"Awe, God!" Rachel cursed as she fell back down. "… He has to remember…"