Disclaimer: -sighs- I've told you before and I'll tell you now… I don't own them!

This story will be quite different… coz it's my version and I don't want any flames or whatever saying who should be with whom, coz that's just pure pathetic… so without further adieu, read ahead and enjoy. Btw, this story will be mainly from Raven and Robin (Richard's) POV.


Seductive Stranger

Chapter 1

The café's door jingled, signalling a customer, the assistant at the front desk looked up and her breath was caught in her throat.

Now Raven wasn't a person to be shocked easily, but the guy that walked in had the entire ladies heads turning towards him, even some who were already taken, which made jealousy flash in the men's eyes.

He had the appearance of a bad boy, with his tight blue denim jacket over his black t-shirt which said 'born wild', that clung to his upper body showing off his abs, with black jeans and combat boots completing the look. Well that certainly got the attention of the young woman behind the counter of the 'Daily Grind' as well as others in the process.

Raven was a 22 year old young woman with a height of 5"6, she had the appearance and body of a top fashion model, and all the boys would put themselves at her feet and women burn with envy, but her witty attitude made her all the hard to get. Adding to her features, soft ebony hair with violet highlights, heart shape face and the most intriguing were her amethyst eyes that instantly caught every guy's attention.

(AN: Just so you know, Raven's skin colour is not grey, but the normal creamy/fair colour)

She was helping out at 'The Daily Grind', though she didn't need to work, seeing that she was the daughter of one of the wealthiest man in Gotham; she just helped out there, as her friend's parents were the owners of the popular café.

At the entrance of the hot stud, even Raven found herself being attracted to the guy, giving him a once over, she definitely sensed the bad boy aura which sparked from him. She knew she shouldn't get involved with this guy, ever since her last incident with her ex-boyfriend, but just like other girls in the café she couldn't help but stare; the way he sat casually without his denim jacket, which gave a clear view of his muscles, which were not too buff but enough to catch attention as if unaware of the attraction he had caused, just rooted her to her spot.

Before she could get carried away with whatever she was thinking, she was jerked from her thoughts when she heard her friend let out a low wolf whistle that only she could hear.

"Wow, what a hunk… watcha think Rav?" asked Tara,

"…en, its Rav-en," she said, then continued, "He's alright, not all that." Lying through her teeth.

"Yeah that's why you couldn't stop staring ever since he walked through those doors," Tara chuckled, to which she received a light, but hard punch to the arm. "Ow… hey!" she protested.

Raven smirked, "I'm helping you out here for free, so shut up and appreciate my help." Making Tara grumble in response, but before she could open her mouth to say anything, Raven continued, "And anyway, I don't want to get involved with a guy like that, after… well you know." Looking down at ground suddenly feeling uncomfortable.

Tara was a 21 year old, 5"5 young woman, with blonde hair with added streaks of dirty blond colour, her eye colour was a mixture of sky blue and dark blue. She also had a body that guys lusted after, but didn't heed them much attention.

Tara looked at her friend sympathetically, and then smiling softly saying, "That was two and a half years ago, you should get out more often, this touch-me-and-suffer-the-consequences attitude you have has kept all the hotties from approaching you."

This made Raven smile, raising an eyebrow she replied, "What did you think this attitude was for?"

Tara shook her head at her friend but still smiled none-the-less, Raven although she looked like the Ice Queen, she also had a soft side to her that none other than Tara and her and Raven's family knew off. She was glad that at least she was able to view this side of her, even though they have their little banters; these two had become close friends ever since they met in university and have been friends since.

Raven tend to help Tara and her family around the café, but she also had her own job, she managed her father's company, well kind of, although she had a brother who was the head of 'Roth Enterprises' she still helped him out whenever he needed.

(AN: Yes, she has a brother in the fic… but like I dunno what to call him! Let me know please)

She balanced the two 'jobs' well, Tara was grateful to her but sometimes she just wished she would liven up, not that she wasn't a good mate, she was great, but after this whole incident that happened two and a half years ago, Tara knew that Raven was drop-dead gorgeous, as some put it, hell she was popular even in university for her looks. But this strong, fast and witty character of hers made her a hard catch, but many guys still never stopped trying.

Tara was brought out of her thoughts when Raven said something which made her snap her head to a shocking scene that played before them.

"Looks like Jinx is making her mark on the 'hunk' as you put it," said Raven with a light scowl on her face, which went unnoticed by her friend.

Jinx was Raven's cousin, her real name was Jennifer Costello (Don't blame me, I couldn't come up with a better name), she was better known as Jinx, which was the nickname given to her by Raven and Tara, but it stuck to her because of her devilisous charms, to trick anyone whether boys or her own parents. Although, she and Raven were cousins, they acted more like friends, they weren't too close but not too distant either.

Jinx, like Tara and Raven had a hot body, which also attracted the men's attention, but unlike the other two; she would flirt with all the hot guys but then leave them to lust after her.

Tara, Jinx and Raven always hung out together; they were three great friends, always supported, cared and helped each other. Jinx and Raven would have banters a slight more than that with Tara, but they still were good friends. Amongst the people who knew them, they were referred to as the 'Charm Sisters', result of their behaviour amongst each other, and the way they attitudes and characters were quite similar to each other.

Jinx also helped around the Daily Grind, but not so much as she flirted with good looking guys. It seems that she also had her eyes set on the good looking hottie, just like others; but she was the first to dare to take a chance.

Raven, even if she was scowling at Jinx for making the first move, she couldn't help but return the smirk that Jinx gave her and Tara as she walked passed them.

The two girls at the counter turned to each other and shared an evil smile as they knew that the guy wouldn't take Jinx into consideration.

"Well, it looks like your chance with him just went bust!" concluded Tara.

Raven raised an eyebrow, "Who said I was actually going to take a chance with the guy?" she asked, 'Even though the guy is 5"8, with green eyes and six pack and strong muscles.' Her mind added, to which she scowled at herself mentally.

Tara slowly turned to stare at her, with both eyebrows raised suspiciously. Raven shrugged nonchalantly, to which Tara shook her head slightly while sighing internally.

The two watched as Jinx and the guy talked, although they couldn't hear what they were talking about, both of them were curious to hear the conversation. But after a while, they both got bored and went back to serving the customers and talking to each other.

"You got some work to do tomorrow?" asked Tara.

"No, why?" said Raven.

Tara shrugged and answered, "I was wondering whether you wanna hang out?"

"Safe, I'll see… but I can't promise about that girl there," Raven nodded towards Jinx.

Both of them then did a double take, as they saw that Jinx and her 'guy-friend' getting quite comfortable. Tara turned to Raven and saw the glimpse of worry in her eyes. "Hey, why you so uncomfortable all of a sudden?"

Raven snapped her attention to her friend and replied, "Nothing…" looking at her friend's face, she sighed before saying, "I hope his interior isn't exactly what his exterior portrays." Tara laughed softly, "Don't worry, Jinx is a big girl now, and she's just reached 22."

Raven bit her lower lip before gazing down whilst answering, "I don't want her hurt by a guy whose character shows all bad boy and I'm also in charge of her while she is staying away from her parents with me." Tara observed Jinx before saying, "Are you kidding? Look at the girl, man, no guy can handle her like we do, she'd hurt them before they even get a chance."

Raven let her gaze linger back to Jinx, then turned to look at Tara with a evil grin, which was returned, "You're right… well, let's just see what happens."


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