What She Had to Do
Chapter 3
Disclaimer: I do not own legal rights to the Teen Titans. I asked for them for Christmas, but I didn't get them.
A/N: This chapter is dedicated to zaknafein because he/she (sorry, it's early and I can't tell) submitted the best review I've ever gotten. I loved it so much I decided to write another chapter sooner.
"Wow, that's great that you won't have to get married. Assuming you want to go through with this, but, well, do you?" Robin asked.
"Yes, of course. I love you too much to go down without a fight Robin. But the question is, do you want to go through with this?" Raven asked.
"If it means you don't have to marry Prince whatever his name is of course I do." Robin replied.
"Then it's settled, in a matter of a few days, we will have our own child. Then we can get married ourselves." Raven said.
"But, how are you going to manage to have the baby? We've got six days, a baby needs nine months." Robin questioned.
"Well first of all an for me, pregnancy only lasts for one month, thank god nine would be brutal, and my Aunt Kairi and I are going to perform a complex spell that will speed it up even more." Raven replied.
"Wow, why is it that you look the same as humans but almost everything you do is different?" He asked.
"Because we come from a different planet, it has a different effect on our bodies." Raven replied simply.
"Oh, well, your Highness, when do you suppose 'step one' should commence?" Robin asked, trying not to sound pushy, but he just was so glad that they could prevent this forced marriage.
"As soon as you would like," Raven answered.
"One question before we start, how are we going to make sure we're not interrupted." He asked.
"I'm now Queen; everybody does everything I want them to." Raven answered. Then to prove that, she ordered one of the maids to clear out her bedroom and only put two guards at the end of the hall way before that to make sure nobody came in.
"Wow, everybody listens to you for once." Robin joked and they had closed the door in her bedroom, making Raven blush.
"Well, are you ready to do this then?" She asked.
"If you are," He replied.
So it was done. Later that evening at dinner after Raven was sure, she gave the news to Kairi.
"Kairi, step one is complete, we can either do the spell tonight or tomorrow night." Raven said.
"We will have to do it tonight because Prince Hadrian would like to meet you tonight." Kairi said.
"I actually have to meet with him. How grand," Raven replied dryly.
"Yes, he would like to propose to you properly, even though you do not have a choice to say yes or no, but you probably shouldn't anger him, so when he does, just say yes." Kairi informed her.
After dinner was done, before Raven left to go change into the dress Kairi said she should probably wear; Raven went to talk with Robin real quick to explain things.
"Robin, I've got to go meet the man who thinks he's going to be married to me." Raven said quietly so no one else would over hear their conversation.
"Alright, just don't fall in love with him; I'll see you tomorrow morning if you don't come back soon." Robin replied trying to humor his girlfriend.
"I promise I won't, but do you want to come upstairs with me? I have to get changed into a dress because Prince Hadrian expects me to dress properly." Raven informed him.
"Of course I would like to." Robin said. So he followed her up to her room.
Raven's dress was something she would never again wear in her entire life. It was a black halter top dress that went about to her knees and if she sat down, halfway up her upper thigh.
"Wow Raven, if you didn't look so uncomfortable wearing that dress I would ask you to wear it more often." Robin commented.
"I'm glad you care. But could you help me with this zipper?" Raven asked.
"Sure, hold on," Robin said getting up from his spot on the bed and zipping up the zipper.
A knock come at the door and then Kairi walked in.
"Oh sorry, was I interrupting anything?" She asked.
"No, Robin was just helping me get the zipper up." Raven replied.
"Oh, well Prince Hadrian is waiting for you at the end of the hall. The guards wouldn't let him by." Kairi said.
"Good, that's the way it should be. But I guess I'll have to meet him eventually. Robin, do you want to stay in here? I wouldn't mind if you were here when I got back." Raven said smiling.
"Sure, I'll wait here for you, but don't take long or else my jealousy will start to take over me." Robin joked, and then he hugged Raven and gave her a soft kiss to send her off.
Raven left her room then walked down the short hallway then walked out through those doors where she saw him, Prince Hadrian.
"You must be Raven, I'm glad to meet you." Hadrian said kissing the top of Raven's hand. Immediately Raven knew she was going to hate this guy.
"Yes, and you must be Hadrian." Raven replied, putting on her best fake smile then curtsying.
"Why don't you come with me, we can go out into the courtyard and get to know each other a little better." Hadrian suggested.
"Alright, lead the way." Raven instructed, and Hadrian took her hand and did so.
In the courtyard Raven and Hadrian were sitting on a little bench near the fountain.
"So, what did you do on that disgusting planet of earth before you came here?" Hadrian asked.
"First of all, Earth is a very beautiful planet and I fought crime with four of my friends. We were the Teen Titans, though we just became the Titans because we're all now between the ages of 20 and 22." Raven informed him.
"Oh, I see, well I've been the local leader for the larger cities on Azarath." Hadrian replied trying to impress her.
"That's special, what are some of you hobbies?" Raven asked trying to keep the conversation to small talk.
"Well, I like to come up with new laws and I also enjoy playing video games, what about yourself?" Hadrian said.
"I enjoy reading horror novels, hanging out with my friends, talking with Robin, and going to the mall with Starfire." Raven replied.
"I see, tell me more about your friends." Hadrian requested.
"Well, Starfire is from Tamaran, and she has just recently become accustomed to Earth customs. Before her favorite drink used to be mustard but now she's realized it's not actually a drink. She likes pink and was the complete opposite of me until I learned to control my powers so I can express myself more freely." Raven said.
"Ah, I see, tell me about the other two people you haven't mentioned yet, what are their names?" Hadrian asked.
"Beast boy and Cyborg. Beast boy is a changeling but he's green. He loves to play video games and he always tells horrible jokes that nobody laughs at. He's a vegetarian and every morning he and Cyborg fight over what breakfast is going to be; tofu or meat. Cyborg was the big brother I never had, he used to be human then something happened that he would prefer I wouldn't tell you about. So he's now half metal. But he makes the best stake I've ever had." Raven said.
"Well it sounds like they all love you very much, now tell me about Robin, why did you only bring him with you?" Hadrian asked.
"Robin is the greatest person in the universe. He used to be my boyfriend, but then I found out that I was engaged." Raven said bitterly, "He loves me enough to come with me so that I would not be lonely and I didn't think that my other friends would be able to handle this situation so well. They don't even know that I'm going to get married. They just think that I'm going to come back here because I had gained full control of my powers and that I wanted to." Raven said.
"I see, there is one last question I would like to ask you Raven, will you marry me?" Hadrian asked pulling out a simple diamond ring.
It took Raven a minute to control herself so she would not attack him then she gritted her teeth and said yes.
After accepting Hadrian as her husband, he was pleased so he led her back up to the doors before the hallway to her room.
"Good night Raven, I hope you sleep well." He said, then he kissed her, he tried to gain access to her mouth but Raven kept hers shut then she quickly escaped from his clutches then ran through the doors and quickly shut them so that Hadrian couldn't get in. Then she took a deep breath to regain her composure then she walked down the hallway and into her bed room where she found Robin sitting up waiting for her.
"So how horrible is he?" Robin asked.
"Robin, he just kissed me but before he could go any deeper I shut my mouth tightly, now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go brush my teeth real quick to get all his spit off of me." Raven said.
After brushing her teeth for five minutes she was ready to go back and talk with Robin again.
"So what did you guys do?" Robin asked.
"We just sat out in the courtyard on a bench and talked." Raven replied.
"What did you guys talk about?" Robin asked.
"Well first he asked me about what I did before I came here and then we talked about our hobbies. Then he asked me about all of you guys so I explained to him about how close we all were but he's too dumb to get the hint." Raven said, "The last thing he did before we came back up was proposed and since I didn't want anger him or risk him catching on I said yes, here's the ring." Raven said pulling it out of her pocket and putting it on the table.
"Well it sounds like you had a fun night." Robin joked, "Why don't you go to bed?"
"That's exactly what I'm going to do, and I hope that tomorrow I won't have to talk to him again." Raven replied.
"I doubt it, but hopefully it'll only be at night so you and I can spend the day together, but I think tomorrow you and your aunt are doing that spell, right?" Robin asked.
"Yeah, I think it would be better if we did it during the day and we'll just tell Hadrian that I've fallen ill." Raven replied.
"You're so devious." Robin replied.
"I hate him Robin, and I'm so glad you were willing to go through with this whole thing. Thanks for being there for me." Raven said.
"It's my pleasure Raven, just as long as you're here for me to talk to and love I will always be there for you." Robin replied.
"Good night Robin, I love you." Raven said.
"I love you too Raven. Good night." Robin replied before they both drifted off to sleep.