Raven sulked on her bed tired and weary

Raven sulked on her bed tired and weary. If she saw any more pick she was going to throw up. How had things been since she was forced to join the 'I want to be popular' group?

Absolutely great! NOT!

It was absolute hell. She had to wear pink every single day or she would be in trouble by the rest of the pack, she wore lipstick for once and puked, she tried to push away the coloured contacts got pinned to the ground the someone out of the huge group placed them in and Raven had red eyes for a week, at least once a week Titans Tower was invaded by a group of girls with one mission to get Raven and drag her to the shopping mall, Raven was convinced that the only thing the Titans couldn't defeat were the 'I want to be popular group'. They even broke down her door of her bedroom with buckets of different shades of pink and before Raven knew it her room looked like Starfire had gone on mustard high and decided the tower needed refurbishment. Raven loathed school now. Just when she was beginning to enjoy not having to fight bad guys all day and taking on the simple pleasures of high school the 'I want to be popular' group steps in and ruins everything.

And then it got even worse that it could be.

Robin.

How could she get her first kiss just like that? She didn't even know it was her first kiss until it was spoiled a few days latter by the 'I want to be popular' group. She must have embarrassed him so much. She could never look at Robin again. It was too embarrassing. Not to mention it was probably his first kiss as well.

You silly girl Raven. You stole his first kiss probably and your own as well!

Raven sunk her face into one of her pillows. Why were things happening like this? What had she done wrong?

You placed a bet with a cheat that's what you did wrong!

Raven sulked some more. Everything was terrible. Here she was in love heart pyjamas crying into her pillow becoming more and more emo as time went by. Raven lifted her head up and hugged the pillow instead. Pull yourself together Raven you are not emo! Now get up and change into your normal clothes! Raven forced herself off the bed and towards her drawer. She smiled when she saw the sight of her normal outfit. She couldn't remember the last time she wore it. The weather was cool so she got changed quickly and then lay back down on her bed. She felt a little bit better now. In her normal suit and just doing nothing but relaxing.

"Raven? Can we come in?" said a voice from outside the door. Raven answered a yes and the rest of the Titans entered the room. Starfire ran towards Raven and hugged her.

"I missed you friend Raven" said Starfire. Raven made a bit of a smile. She missed her friends too.

"Thanks Star" she answered softly so just Starfire could hear her. "I really needed a hug". Raven looked back at her other friends with a curious face.

"So what are you guys doing here?" she asked with wonder. The boys revealed a few cans of black and dark purple paint and two boxes of pizza.

"You haven't eaten anything for ages Raven" started Beastboy. The others nodded in agreement.

"And we know that you hate the pink room" said Robin (Raven tried not to make eye contact).

"So we decided we should help you Raven" said Cyborg. Raven nearly screamed as Starfire hugged her again but this time the hug was more like she was trying to crush her ribs.

"And we miss you sooo much Raven" finished Starfire. Raven smiled. She had friends. Real friends that don't force you to do things. Anyway Raven wouldn't call the 'I want to be popular group' her 'friends'. Raven stood up from her bed and gave all the boys a warm hug and then continued to give Starfire another hug as well.

"Thankyou guys. Thank you so much" she said. Raven was sure she had the best friends in the world.

Raven accepted a slice of pizza and ate hungrily. Since the 'I want to be popular' group came she was made to eat nothing but celery and pickled onions. She tasted the melted cheese and she was almost positive that she had died and gone to heaven. Pizza was definitely a favourite food for her. Earth food was quite interesting to be exact. Everything that was tasty was either fattening or was high in calories and then everything healthy was not filling enough or tasted like Starfire's cooking. Raven began to wonder if healthy food was Starfire's cooking. Raven started to use her powers to colour her room. She didn't want any patterns because they made her dizzy so she made up her mind that she'll have some sides of the walls fully covered in the black and the remaining sides coloured in the dark purple. She enjoyed being able to use her powers once more. It was hell not being able to use them in front of the 'I want to be popular' group. She hadn't even read a book or meditated for so long! Raven was on her third slice of pizza when the room was all done and they were just waiting for it to dry while eating pizza. They all sat on the floor in a circle around the pizza boxes eating and talking to each other. Raven looked around the room. It looked pretty good.

"You know if they see it like this they'll just paint it back to pink again" said Raven. She heard the others laugh. Raven didn't know why they laughed it wasn't really that funny. But the others were laughing out loud and Beast boy was choking on some pizza. Robin slapped him in the back and a part of pizza went flying onto Starfire who screamed with disgust.

"Don't worry Raven. We've taken care of that problem" said Cyborg. Raven looked at her friends with interest. How could they possibly stop a crazy group of girls smashing into her room? After all they had already done it once they could do it again.

"How are you going to do that?" she asked. They smiled slyly and all of them opened their mouths to answer but it was Starfire who spoke first.

"They're not getting in your room because of 'us'" Starfire said. Raven started to think. They weren't going to attack the group were they? Raven felt a slight tinge of anger. This was her battle she didn't want any help winning it. Robin saw what she was thinking somehow and explained.

"What Starfire meant is that when they come to get you and drag you'll we'll just come too" said Robin. Raven looked in wonder at her friends. Would they actually do that? They were that kind to her? The negative side took over Raven. But she had to defeat them on her own. She had to find her own way to get rid of them. It was her battle. Raven looked down.

"I really appreciate it guys but I think I have to do this on my own" she said quietly and then looked back at her friends whose faces had gone gloomy.

"We thought you might say that" said Cyborg. Raven held one of Starfire's and Beast boy's hands because they were closest to her in the circle (literally). She looked down sadly.

"I really like the offer but I just can't. This is my own battle. Besides you won't be able to stand it. Even I'm trying not to kill them" explained Raven. Starfire's face brightened up for a moment.

"But that's why we're here we're here to help you Raven. We're your friends, we want to help" said Starfire smiling at her. Raven tried to return back the smile.

"I know you just want to help and I would love your help but I think I really just need to do this by myself guys. And I don't want to drag any of you into this mess" said Raven. Starfire's face went gloomy again. There was a moment of silence in the room until Beast boy spoke up.

"Okay Raven if you really think so" he said softly. Raven nodded at her green friend and then smiled at all of them.

"Thanks guys. Thanks a lot" she said and the discussion was over. They ate the remaining slices of pizza in silence and then her friends started to leave, except Robin who just stood up. Raven stood up too and looked at him but he looked away so she did the same.

"Good night Robin" she said. He didn't return the comment but just stood there silently. Raven didn't look at Robin. She couldn't, he probably was still embarrassed about the fake date.

"How could you Raven" he mumbled softly but Raven caught the words. Anger bloomed in her. Raven glared at her friend. Robin looked at her in the eyes. He looked angry even angrier than she was a moment ago. Now Raven was scared.

"We're your friends! We're here to help and you just brush it all off!" he almost yelled. Raven looked at Robin with fear. She had never really experienced much fear before, but she knew it didn't feel good. She stared back at him in a stunned mime. Raven tried to talk back to him, to tell him and explain to him but she couldn't. She tried moving but it was as if something had frozen her or she had just been forced to go immobile. Raven opened her mouth a bit but nothing came out.

"Raven why won't you just accept our help!" Now he was shouted. Raven couldn't do anything but just look at him. She opened her mouth a bit wider.

"Robin- I-I" she started.

"You what!?" asked Robin. Raven felt herself regain control over her body.

"I'm sorry" she breathed out. Robin was still angry.

"Well yeah? You should be!" he said and then left the room. Raven watched as he went and then walked slowly to her bed and lay down. Robin had every right to be mad with her and she knew it. She had been the worst friend possible but they were being so kind to her and she just blew it. Raven shifted herself so she was looking at the ceiling. She knew she had to make it up to them now. She had been horrible, down right horrible. Raven put the thought away from her mind. I will make it up to them. But first I need to get rid of that group. She told herself. Once she did that everything would be back to normal again and she could have the happy relationship she had before with her friends. That was what she needed to do and everything would be better just like before they all started school. In her mind she started to plan what she was going to do. After all it was war.

Author's Note:

Sorry I haven't updated for a while. A bit negative and positive this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it! Please REVIEW NOW!