Chapter Three :: Awkwardness

For the next week Robin tried to keep himself busier than before, anything to keep himself away from his teammates. They didn't notice though. BB was too busy complaining about his boredom, Cy had bought new parts for the T-mobile and taken to the garage to install them and then re-wax and shine the car he affectionately had named "Baby". Star was on a cleaning spree. She had washed every window, scrubbed the kitchen and cleaned every room in the tower other than Robin and Raven's bedrooms (since they were the only two to ask that she not go in them). Raven on the other hand, had locked herself in her bedroom. She would come out for occasional bathroom breaks, or to get something to eat, or some tea. She would take her showers later at night after everyone had gone to bed.

Friday night, during her shower, she found herself doing something she had never done before. She was borrowing Star's bath products. Normally she used her unscented bar of soap. Star had always said she could borrow her body wash, and body spray, and pretty much every product that had the word "body" in the name, or had a floral fragrance to it. Tonight however she was soaping up with the lavender body wash she had given to Star in a gift basket for Christmas. She figured if she had to smell Star, then it may as well be a scent she enjoyed. She stepped out of the shower and tied her hair up into a towel and rubbed some lavender lotion across her chest, down her tiny belly, down her long legs, over her arms, and finally she put a thin layer on her face. She felt very pretty for once in her life. 'Hmm... No wonder Star likes this fruity shit.. It makes you feel pretty' she thought to herself. She looked into the mirror to see herself blushing lightly. She combed out her hair and pulled her night clothes on. She stepped into her slippers and walked out of the bathroom.

"Ouch!"

She felt herself bump into someone and felt them grab on to her hand, preventing her from falling to the ground. She looked up to see Robin looking into her eyes, a combined look of concern and fear on his face.

"Sorry. I-I...Sorry." He blurted out, letting go of her hand and running off towards the kitchen, leaving her alone, speechless, in the hallway. She walked off to the kitchen. She had had enough. She couldn't handle it anymore. She had to know what was going on between them.

She walked off towards the kitchen. She just couldn't wait any longer to know what was going on. The butterflies she had been getting in her stomach since the kiss they shared were getting steadily worse. She was certain they would be shooting out of her navel soon, they seemed to want to escape so badly. She couldn't sleep, and her meditation wasn't easy. She kept breaking things and falling out of her trances 5 feet off the ground, causing her hips to have quite a few bruises on them. She couldn't get him out of her mind. His eyes mesmerized her, his voice made her legs turn into Jell-O. The mere sight of him made her heart skip a beat.

The door leading to the kitchen hissed open. Robin stood still as a statue next to the counter, soda in hand. He held his breath, he knew exactly who was standing behind him, looking at the back of his head, searching her mind for the words she wanted to say. He knew that tonight he would have to explain the kiss. But he didn't want to. He wasn't ready to tell the purple-haired girl standing behind him that he was in love with her. He didn't know what he should do.

"Robin?"

"Yes Raven?"

"Err...about the other day... movie night...erm..."

"I'm sorry"

She looked up at the back of his head. She wished he would turn around. She wanted to see the expression on his face, the emotions running through his eyes so badly.

"You're... Sorry?"

"Yes. I feel absolutely awful. I mean what I did... It was inexcusable. What's worse, I never gave you an explanation for it. I'm sorry. I really shouldn't have done that. I lost control in the moment. I shouldn't have let it happen. I'm sorry." And with that, he walked out of the kitchen up towards his bedroom.

Raven was staring at the floor, speechless, emotions welling up in her chest. She went back to her bedroom, laid down on her bed, and for the first time in a very long time, she cried.