This chapter has an explanation of how Raven's doing. The next chapter will be their reunion.

You'll be seeing more Rae/BB than you will Terra/BB and also a father and a daughter getting to know each other. BTW this talk was after Richard spoke with Garfield.

This chapter will introduce their kids.

Chapter 4

Raven was a wreck when she got back home after the "break up". She sobbed in her pillow till she was all cried out. She had stayed over Koriand'r's house for a little while, just to have somewhere to stay till she could find a place. Lucky for her Koriand'r had told Victor all about the situation and he volunteered to look for places online and fix it up a bit.

He was still looking so Raven was now in a spare room with her daughter Ruby, which was right next to the bathroom, which was next to Ricky's room, who was Kori's and Richard's son. And then there was Koriand'r's and Richard's room.

Raven's cute little two year old was now her main focus. She was planning on always being there for her. And seeing as her mother wasn't there and she hated it when her father was there it made her super protective and wary of others.

No one but her friends knew of Ruby. And she knew that if any villain knew of her baby they'd probably take her away as a hostage or for ransom. And all hell would break loose if anyone ever took her baby away from her.

Ruby was everything to her. She was Raven's reminder to keep on going. She was still heartbroken about Garfield, but every time she heard her baby giggle or call for her she would smile. Because she knew she had someone in this world who truly cared about her and needed her.

Raven altered Ruby's appearance so that she didn't stand out as much. She turned her unnaturally dark green eyes blue, she smoothed out her pointy ears, she changed her tinted gray skin to more of a peach color and she made her hair black instead of lavender. Whenever she was in their room with Ruby she changed her back to how she was when she was born. But whenever there were open windows (They didn't have curtains on all the windows) she didn't want to take the risk of having someone see her appearance. Definitely not while she was so defenseless and vulnerable.

Flashback-

In the hospital while giving birth the doctors thought something was wrong with Ruby. She wasn't getting any color and there was a red colored gem on her forehead. And while giving birth to Ruby and after while Ruby was crying, almost everything in the hospital room burst into black flames or exploded.

The immense pain too much for Raven to handle without unleashing her powers. Kori and Ricky were waiting in the waiting room. Hearing her friend's screams made her cringe and ache. She really wanted to help her so she ran in the room with baby Ricky in her arms and pushed through the doctors that crowded around Raven bed.

She pushed her way through and finally saw Raven. She looked horrible. She grabbed Raven's hand and squeezed. Raven felt it and squeezed back. Somehow knowing exactly who it was.

After giving birth and resting with her little baby in her arms for a little bit she wiped the doctors' memory and levitated out the room with Kori right behind her. Raven didn't teleport home though because her energy was at its all-time low. Levitating was a chore.

End of Flashback-

Raven was in the living room with Ruby in her lap. The TV was turned on but Ruby wasn't paying attention to it. She was too busy playing with her mother's hair. She was pulling on it and looking at her mother's face, as if to see her reaction. Ruby pulled harder on the piece of hair. Raven looked down at her. Ruby saw that her mother was looking at her and giggled.

Raven just couldn't help but smile. She knew her baby loved attention. Just like Garfield. Her eyes saddened a bit. They always did. Every time she thought about him.

She wasn't ready to move on. She knew that she'd never be ready to move on. She was too in love with him. And Ruby was her reminder every day. And she didn't really mind it.

Every time she looked into Ruby's bright blue eyes she always sees that light that sparked in Garfield's.

Raven's communicator rang. She pulled it out of her pocket. Looking down at it she opened it one-handed the other hand holding Ruby. She saw Richard face on the screen. She smiled. He had been incredibly supportive and helpful with the break up. He helped her take care of Ruby while taking care of Cole. He and Koriand'r were Ruby's godparents. They certainly proved that they could take care of her. Even when Richard had to go to work. Koriand'r was a stay at home mother. And she enjoyed it. To always be needed.

Raven stayed at home. She didn't want to leave Ruby. She knew she got fussy when she wasn't around to hold her or comfort her. But Koriand'r always took care of that. The only problem was that Koriand'r and Richard were paying for all her expenses. Raven did not like being waited on. She was a very independent person. And she very rarely accepted help from others.

She was planning on getting a job. Just not so soon. It was just really bothering her that she couldn't pay for herself when she went out to eat. And when she first went to the house Koriand'r insisted they go to the mall to find her some clothes, seeing that she left everything at the old apartment and didn't have the guts to go back and get it and interrupt Terra and Garfield's make out session.

"Hey Raven." Richard said, offering her a smile which she returned.

"Hi Richard."

"How's little Ruby doing?"

"She's fine. Hasn't gone a day without smiling with those two front teeth of hers."

"She's trying to show them off again?" Richard laughed, remembering when Ricky and Ruby were trying to prove that one of them had the most teeth. Ricky won, but Ruby never gave up.

"Always." She smiled wider.

"Still giggling?" Raven chuckled.

"Yeah, still giggling." She said.

"Glad to know she got Gar's humor." Raven's smile turned into a grimace after hearing that. Richard, realizing his mistake, quickly dropped his smile. He knew that talking about Garfield hit a soft spot in her heart. She loved him. He knew how much it hurt. If he even thought about Kori breaking up with him he felt like a knife was stabbing his heart repeatedly. He couldn't even imagine how it would feel if she cheated on him in the same day.

"Rae," he sighed. Raven looked at him and then Ruby who was looking up at her with wonder in her eyes, "How are you?"

"I'm…" she didn't know. She felt so happy with Ruby in her arms. She felt complete. But at the same time she felt like someone was missing. Someone who haunted her dreams. Someone she couldn't have. Someone she wanted. Needed.

And she knew she would see that someone soon. And she was scared.

"Terrified."

"You? Terrified?" Raven nodded.

"Im-possible." He said, smiling playfully.

"I'm serious, Dick." She looked down at Ruby.

"I don't know how I'll act when I see him. Or how he'll act when he sees me. And Ruby."

"Listen Raven. You don't have to tell him immediately." He said understandingly.

"I… I just want him to… I don't know. He just… is always on my mind. And now I'm going to see him again. I want him to meet his daughter. And I want her to know her father. But what if he doesn't accept her. That would be the worst day of my life." She looked up at him teary eyed.

"Rae. You'd still love her-"

"It would be worse than the day my father used me as the portal." A tear slipped down her face.

"Rae-"

"It would be worse than when he broke my heart." A second tear fell, her lips quivering.

"Rae?"

"And Ruby won't get to know her father. She'll grow up without her fath-" She suddenly broke into sobs. Tears were pouring now. A lamp exploded. The TV cracked. Ruby looked at her distressed mother confused. Not bothering to wipe the tears, seeing as one hand was holding the communicator while the other was holding Ruby.

"Raven? I know you still love him. And I know you want him to love and accept both you and Ruby. But you don't have to worry. When I talked to him he looked quite miserable."

"Oh." She wasn't sure if she should be happy about that or sad. Ever since she had gotten into contact with her emotions and made a deal with them that they help her control her powers and not make her powers go out of control, they get to be shown more. Figuring out whether or not she should be happy or sad about Garfield's not being happy was difficult for her to think about. She was happy that without her he wasn't happy. It was either that or being with Terra made him miserable. And then she was sad that he was sad. She didn't like seeing him sad.

"Raven… I honestly don't know exactly what to say to you. But you know that if you don't go you'll regret it." Richard looked to his right before looking back at Raven tearstained face. "You also know that not going will not be the end of the world. It's your decision. We're meeting tomorrow at six at the tower. Come if you want. I have to go. I'm going to give the others the time and see if they're coming." Richard smiled, "And tell Ruby to keep smiling."

Raven chuckled at the last part. "I will."

Raven closed the communicator and looked over to the pieces of lamp and TV. Then she looked at Ruby who was smiling widely at her.

Raven smiled back. "Guess I'm going to have to clean that up, huh?"

Ruby just nodded. Not even knowing what in the world her mother was talking about.

"Can you say, 'explosion'?" Raven said in a baby voice.

"Eh-eh," Ruby tried.

"Ex-plose-ion."

"Esplotion."

"Close enough, Rubes." Raven sighed. "I really am going to have to clean this up though."

"Oh, and before I forget," she leaned down and kissed Ruby's forehead, "Keep smiling."

Next chapter will come out soon. No specific date. Terra will be obnoxious in next chapter so beware.