Ok, those of you who read the first chapter might be a little confused as to why Robin actually started to cry but I'm gonna explain that in this chapter. Thanks to all 3 of you who reviewed.
Chapter Two: The Message
Twas many days before Christmas
And all through the Tower
Not one thing was clean
Except for one towel
As Robin sat in his room he quickly wiped away the tears that had laid to rest on his cheeks.
Dammit, he thought, after so many years, you'd think I'd have gotten over it!
He went over to the CD player and inserted one of the discs. He waited until he found the right number to stop pushing the button and actually listen to the music.
The music had no lyrics to it and that was what Robin enjoyed particularly about this song. (AN: If anyone reading this fic has soon the movie Goodfellas, it's that song they start playing when they find the bodies in the pink car.)
It was soothing to say the least but it still reminded him of being sad.
Great plan, Boy Idiot!
As he shut off the music there was a knock at the door.
"Robin?"
It was definitely Starfire's voice. Robin knew that his friends would probably come check on him due to his unusual behavior. He guessed that they would send Starfire because everyone (which consisted of Beast Boy and Cyborg) thought they would make a great couple.
"Robin?" she said again in her angelic voice. "Forgive me if I am interrupting you but may we come in?"
The leader of the Teen Titans sighed.
Might as well get it over with anyway.
He cleared his throat so it wouldn't sound choky and said, "Yes."
The door to his room hissed open.
Robin sat up on the edge of his bed. Starfire gracefully flew in and sat next to him. Beast Boy took up a place on the floor while Raven and Cyborg just stood and observed their friend.
"Robin," began Starfire, "I wish to know what is upsetting you so that perhaps we can relieve you of your bad tidings?"
"Yea, dude," agreed Beast Boy. "Geez, you cried harder than I did after I saw Titanic."
Raven raised an eyebrow. "You cried after seeing Titanic?"
The green teenager just realized that he had said too much.
"Uh- I had something in my...I stubbed my toe and...SHUT UP!"
"It's nothing," said Robin sadly as he wiped away the last tear he had missed.
"I don't know man," disagreed Cyborg. "I've seen you take a lot of pain but Linus? Damn, good thing we never came up against him."
"It was back when I was in second grade," explained Robin. "We-uh, were doing Charlie Brown Christmas for our school pageant. Oddly enough I had to be Linus."
"No kidding, oddly enough," said Beast Boy. "You look way more like Pigpen."
"Anyway...I had to do that big number that you guys saw. Well after the show, my dad came up to me and said that was the proudest moment he ever had of me. And when he died...I could never handle that scene on TV without crying." He looked around and saw the sympathetic looks on his friends' faces.
"I'm sorry," he said with a small laugh. "You must think I'm a complete fool."
"You had a small emotional breakdown," said Raven. "Everybody has them. Except me."
"Yea," said Robin brushing the subject off. "Let's get back to the TV. Charlie Brown is over and MAD TV is gonna be on in two hours."
Beast Boy exited the room before anyone had a chance to react. When the other's retreated Robin's room they found he had turned into a beagle and had begun dancing like Snoopy. All but Raven laughed though she did raise another eyebrow, though not in criticism.
At 10:30 there was a beeping from Robin's utility belt. He pulled out a small paging device and sighed.
"I got a page coming in. I'll be back. Just gonna read it in my room."
"Gotta be another fan-mail," guessed Beast Boy. "I get tons of 'em everyday."
"I never knew restraining orders counted as fan-mail," said Raven as she observed a commercial for the Clapper, claiming the product was new.
Robin gasped at the piece of paper. Just when things couldn't get any worse, they did. He raced out of his room with the paper in hand, ready to tell his friends the dreaded news when he stopped. This was going to be his problem to deal with. He wasn't gonna stress his friends out with more weird news from him. Before he went to the garbage and ripped it in two, he read it again.
He is coming.
Merry Christmas
DG
Robin sighed and put the two pieces of paper in the garbage.
Wow, I can't believe I wrote so much after such a short ass chapter before this one. Ok, well I hope that clears things up. Yea my explanation to the crying may be dumb or even f*&*in' stupid, but hey! What am I supposed to do? THIS IS MY STORY!!! Sorry about that...holiday stress.
R&R
Shadow Avenger
Chapter Two: The Message
Twas many days before Christmas
And all through the Tower
Not one thing was clean
Except for one towel
As Robin sat in his room he quickly wiped away the tears that had laid to rest on his cheeks.
Dammit, he thought, after so many years, you'd think I'd have gotten over it!
He went over to the CD player and inserted one of the discs. He waited until he found the right number to stop pushing the button and actually listen to the music.
The music had no lyrics to it and that was what Robin enjoyed particularly about this song. (AN: If anyone reading this fic has soon the movie Goodfellas, it's that song they start playing when they find the bodies in the pink car.)
It was soothing to say the least but it still reminded him of being sad.
Great plan, Boy Idiot!
As he shut off the music there was a knock at the door.
"Robin?"
It was definitely Starfire's voice. Robin knew that his friends would probably come check on him due to his unusual behavior. He guessed that they would send Starfire because everyone (which consisted of Beast Boy and Cyborg) thought they would make a great couple.
"Robin?" she said again in her angelic voice. "Forgive me if I am interrupting you but may we come in?"
The leader of the Teen Titans sighed.
Might as well get it over with anyway.
He cleared his throat so it wouldn't sound choky and said, "Yes."
The door to his room hissed open.
Robin sat up on the edge of his bed. Starfire gracefully flew in and sat next to him. Beast Boy took up a place on the floor while Raven and Cyborg just stood and observed their friend.
"Robin," began Starfire, "I wish to know what is upsetting you so that perhaps we can relieve you of your bad tidings?"
"Yea, dude," agreed Beast Boy. "Geez, you cried harder than I did after I saw Titanic."
Raven raised an eyebrow. "You cried after seeing Titanic?"
The green teenager just realized that he had said too much.
"Uh- I had something in my...I stubbed my toe and...SHUT UP!"
"It's nothing," said Robin sadly as he wiped away the last tear he had missed.
"I don't know man," disagreed Cyborg. "I've seen you take a lot of pain but Linus? Damn, good thing we never came up against him."
"It was back when I was in second grade," explained Robin. "We-uh, were doing Charlie Brown Christmas for our school pageant. Oddly enough I had to be Linus."
"No kidding, oddly enough," said Beast Boy. "You look way more like Pigpen."
"Anyway...I had to do that big number that you guys saw. Well after the show, my dad came up to me and said that was the proudest moment he ever had of me. And when he died...I could never handle that scene on TV without crying." He looked around and saw the sympathetic looks on his friends' faces.
"I'm sorry," he said with a small laugh. "You must think I'm a complete fool."
"You had a small emotional breakdown," said Raven. "Everybody has them. Except me."
"Yea," said Robin brushing the subject off. "Let's get back to the TV. Charlie Brown is over and MAD TV is gonna be on in two hours."
Beast Boy exited the room before anyone had a chance to react. When the other's retreated Robin's room they found he had turned into a beagle and had begun dancing like Snoopy. All but Raven laughed though she did raise another eyebrow, though not in criticism.
At 10:30 there was a beeping from Robin's utility belt. He pulled out a small paging device and sighed.
"I got a page coming in. I'll be back. Just gonna read it in my room."
"Gotta be another fan-mail," guessed Beast Boy. "I get tons of 'em everyday."
"I never knew restraining orders counted as fan-mail," said Raven as she observed a commercial for the Clapper, claiming the product was new.
Robin gasped at the piece of paper. Just when things couldn't get any worse, they did. He raced out of his room with the paper in hand, ready to tell his friends the dreaded news when he stopped. This was going to be his problem to deal with. He wasn't gonna stress his friends out with more weird news from him. Before he went to the garbage and ripped it in two, he read it again.
He is coming.
Merry Christmas
DG
Robin sighed and put the two pieces of paper in the garbage.
Wow, I can't believe I wrote so much after such a short ass chapter before this one. Ok, well I hope that clears things up. Yea my explanation to the crying may be dumb or even f*&*in' stupid, but hey! What am I supposed to do? THIS IS MY STORY!!! Sorry about that...holiday stress.
R&R
Shadow Avenger