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here's chapter 3 ;)
"Are you sure about this?"
"Yes Richard, I really want to do this"
"Really, Rae? A party at your apartment?"
"It's not a party, it's a reunion. I contacted them and we've got the chance to be together again, at least for one night. It's not a common thing that we can all be available on the same night".
"Whatever you like, Rae."
"You don't sound very convinced about it"
"I don't want you to stress out, your powers are a bit off lately and—
"Shit"
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing" Raven lied, masking her voice with her usual monotone, trying to grab all the bags that had "accidentally" fallen from the shelves and keep her cell phone to her ear at the same time. "And there's nothing wrong with my powers…."
Raven trailed off as she saw a woman staring at her with a confused look "There's nothing wrong with my powers of deduction, Richard. Can I call you back later?" the woman left, pushing her trolley down the aisle.
She sighed. That was why she hated coming to the supermarket. The stares were really annoying. She was glad she had dyed her hair black; if she had had her natural colour they would have recognized her easily. She looked down at her trolley already full with sodas, chips and frozen pizza, and ice cream, of course.
She went to the line and waited patiently as the cashier beeped and checked her things. She pushed the fully loaded trolley through the parking lot towards her car.
Raven stepped out of the shower and wrapped herself up with a white fluffy towel. She was almost done; the table was set, she had already cleaned up the flat and the muffling sound spell she had worked so hard on was already up. They didn't want any eavesdroppers or curious fans around. She looked down at the outfit that was lying on her bed, a deep blue summer dress that went down to her feet. She began to change, and when she was about to throw her dress on she felt a rather well-known presence behind her.
"Hey beautiful" a husky voice she knew too well saluted her. Raven didn't dare to turn around in her current state. She was just in her underwear, black panties and a dark blue lacy bra. She shivered as a pair of arms embraced her waist from behind.
"I'm almost done… I just need to put my dress on and—" she gasped as he began to trail sweet kisses down her neck. Colour flooded her face as he span her around to face him. He leaned down to kiss her but she frowned at him and stepped away. "Just for the record, my powers are fine. You can be so annoying sometimes you make me lose focus"
"Oh, how so?" he said as he approached her and placed his hands on her hips tentatively, pushing her against him. A few items were surrounded by black energy.
"Richard I really need to get dressed before—" she was once more interrupted by his lips on hers. The kiss was shy at first but it turned passionate in a matter of seconds. They hadn't seen each other for a few days now and he was a bit on edge. Raven finally found the strength to break the kiss. "I really need to change; they'll be here in a few minutes".
She moved away from him and was finally able to change. He stared at her thoughtfully, his eyes never leaving her.
"I've missed you Rae, I haven't seen you for a week. I—I wanted to ask you something and…"
Raven raised an eyebrow in surprise as she was putting her sandals on, it was already summer and it was hot enough to wear them.
"Rae—I… would you…" he stumbled on his words but finally said it "Would you be my girlfriend?"
"I thought after dating for almost six months I was already your girlfriend boy blunder" she deadpanned as she stood up and walked towards him.
"Yes, of course. But, I want to make it officially official" he explained as he grabbed her hand softly and slid something on her finger, her eyes widened. She looked down at the silver ring that now rested on her ring finger and back up at him. Before she could respond the doorbell rang.
"We'll talk about this later, we can't tell them yet, ok?" she said before heading towards the door as he followed close behind her.
Starfire, Beast Boy (now Changeling) and Cyborg stood on the hallway as she opened the door, she quickly brought a finger to her lips, ordering to remain silent and let them in. As soon as she closed the door, Starfire crashed her in one of her trademark hugs.
"Oh friend Raven, I'm so glad to see you again! I've missed you like the crazy"
"Me too Star" she managed to say "I need to—breathe"
"Oh sorry friend" she apologized letting Raven go as she spotted her ex leader and squealed "Robin!"
"Look at you, come on, give your big brother a hug" Cyborg exclaimed, opening his arms towards the empath.
"Hey Rae-Rae, no hugs for me?" Changeling said wiggling his eyebrows at her.
"Don't call me that Beast Boy" she said giving him a quick hug. He was way taller than her now, and he was physically not a boy anymore.
"It's Changeling actually. I'm a grown man now" he said as he brought his hands to his hips.
"Yeah sure" she said rolling her eyes.
After everyone greeted each other, they sat at the table and, just like the old times, ate pizza. Everyone gave a quick update about their current situation. Starfire was ruling Tamaran faithfully; Changeling was kicking butts with the Ravagers and constantly travelling back to Jump City to meet with Terra; Cyborg was dating Karen, formerly Bumble Bee, and working on new technologies. Nightwing gave them a brief summary of his new identity and his new city. It was now Raven's turn.
"Nothing interesting, I have been studying all year long, hopefully I have a few weeks of summer vacations" She stated as she was scooping some ice cream for Starfire.
"Boring! You didn't do anything but Med School Raven?"
"Yes Beast Boy, I've slept. Studied and slept" she said, knowing that calling him Beast Boy annoyed him.
"Really? I think you're seeing someone and you aren't telling us about him" he stated, leaning back on his chair and wiggling his eyebrows again, Raven snorted in response.
"Really Garfield? Why would you say that?"
"Um, well, you've got a ring on your ring finger! Duh? I'm not so stupid" her eyes widened and she unconsciously looked at her hand.
"What? And you weren't going to tell your big brother about this?" Cyborg inquired.
"Oh it's glorious Raven! You are in the engagement process, are you not?" Starfire chimed forgetting about the ice cream. Raven blushed deeply; she could feel her face burning. She cursed herself for not being able to hide her emotions.
"Who is he? Now you can't deny it, just tell me, I won't harm him... much" Cyborg insisted.
"It's Speedy! Isn't he? You two were so sneaky that time we had that Halloween party at Tower East, I even saw you coming out of his room and—" Changeling's confession was cut off by a flying stool encased in black energy that would have landed on his head if he had not morphed into a rat just in time to dodge it. Raven felt Richard's gaze on her. His eyes were burning with jealousy and he suddenly stood up, grabbing the edges of the table angrily. The dark haired girl froze as she feared for the worst.
"I'm not seeing anyone!" she growled
"I am" the masked hero mumbled. Everyone suddenly hushed. The green hero morphed back to his human self.
"What?" Changeling blurted out.
"I am her boyfriend."
there it is, I'm posting quite late (it's 12.30 here) and I haven't double checked this, but I wanted to update ASAP.
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