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Garfield Logan

I could swear Richard's gloomy mood was contagious or something, because I, Garfield Logan, was never in a bad mood. Ever. And today I felt like I wanted to hurt someone and hurl at the same time.

The first week with him was almost irritating. He didn't talk, spent all of his time texting with somezombie back in Gotham, and hogged my videogames. That last part would annoy me the most.

But then the second week came by and he started opening up. Soon he was cracking jokes and talking more.

Sometimes I actually felt sorry for the guy. He seemed like the lonely rich kid type. He was pretty friendly, but then he spent the rest of his time in his room working on something top secret or up on the roof that only our floor had access to, since we were at the top floor. Nobody else really ever went up there.

There was something really weird about him, though. It was something I began to notice even though we had been living in the same dorm for a couple of weeks. every night he would sneak up to the roof until two o'clock in the morning. And then the weirdest part was that he came back in through the door panting, like he had been running the whole time, but he would never have any trace of sweat on his shirt. He was always carrying some kind of costume rolled up in a ball.

It was Sunday. That meant that school was going to start tomorrow. And that meant that my summer assignment was due tomorrow as well.

Write a biography about you and your family.

"What a stupid topic," I scoffed aloud to myself.

I stared at the topic sentence for ten minutes until I realized that I had no idea what to write.

What could I possibly say? That underneath my normal looking skin was really flesh the same color as my green hair? That I was bit by some mutant green as a kid and now could turn into any creature in the universe with just a single thought? That I was a freak?

Because everything I had just said was true. I never did use my "powers" for anything really. I felt fine keeping them a secret from the world. The sad thing was that nobody wanted some green freak saving them. The world only wanted people like Superman or Robin, the normal, good-looking ones. As long as I had the rings that Victor made for me, keeping my disguise was nothing to worry about.

I sighed. I always had problems with these kind of essay topics. If only there was someone who knew who could help me...

There were only two people who knew me as a changling.

There was Victor, but he was too busy making kissy faces with Bee, his girlfriend.

My eyes suddenly lit up when the face of the other person popped into my head. It was a face I always had trouble getting off my mind...

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"So why did you ask me to meet you here?" she asked in a monotonous tone.

"I, uh...missed you and wanted to say hi?" I teased her.

We were sitting in the student cafe. I had called her a few minutes ago. She sounded purely annoyed before she hung up the phone on me, but I knew she would come anyway. It was the kind of person she was.

"Yeah. I'm so sure," she said sarcastically.

I missed her sarcasm.

I looked at her, Raven Roth. She mystified me and she didn't even know it. There was a slight twinkle of joy in her amethyst eyes. Her black hair (I always tell her it's violet) and her pale skin were radiant. She was wearing a baggy black dress with her hair tied up into a messy ponytail.

Messy turned me on.

"Stop looking at me like that." The sound of her voice snapped me out of my gaze. "You're weirding me out."

"Right," I mumbled, embarassed. I scratched my head awkwardly.

"So?" She looked at me expectantly.

"Huh?" I slapped myself mentally for sounding so dumb.

"So why did you bring me here?" she hissed impatiently.

I loved her when she was angry.

I cleared my throat. "Rae, do you remember the summer assignment Mr. birch gave us?"

I saw her eyes soften the smallest bit. "Oh. That."

She knew my secret and what I could do with my abilities. She had seen them with her own eyes. And I had seen hers too. We had told each other last year about our abilities. We were friends, and only the best since our freshman year.

I waited for her answer.

"I'm not turning mine in," she said finally.

"Yeah. I guess I won't either."

We had another cup of coffee for the next hour until we finally stood up and walked outside in the center courtyard.

"I guess I'll see you?" I asked before we split.

"Yeah."

I turned around and started walking.

"Hey, Gar!"

I turned around again to see her fragile body facing me from a couple of yard away.

"Yeah?" I called out.

"Try not to sit by me tomorrow in AP Chem. Everybody knows what happened when we paired up last year."

Even from the distance I could see a small, joking smile on her face. Her smiles were rare, and I was usually the only one who saw them.

She went to her right for the Merainian Wing and I headed to my left for Galveston. Just before I reached the giant oak doors, I watched her slip into the building.

That night, I leaned against the terrace rail outside, staring across at the Merainian Building. It was a coincidence- Raven's room was on the fourth floor and she was standing on the balcony. I recognized the extra baggy black shirt she was wearing. She was talking to a redhead with green eyes that lit up the balcony. That must have been the princess she was rooming with. But I didn't pay too much attention to her.

I sneezed. I think I was lovesick. Victor would tease me to death if he knew who I was thinking of right now.

"Uh...Gar?"

All of a sudden I felt a tap on my shoulder. My train of thought completely crashed. I yelped, waved my arms wildly and turned around to find Richard with a funny look on his face. I reminded myself of one of those crazy fan girls.

My face must have looked completely ridiculous because he started cracking up.

"I'm gonna get you back, just watch," I said, half jokingly and half seriously.

After we calmed down, he rested on one of the sunbathing chairs. I went back to leaning against the

balcony and enjoying the sweet view.

Richard followed my gaze.

He whistled and punched my arm. "It looks like someone's crushing pretty hard."

I choked. Was I really that obvious?

"Pshh...no way," I blurted out a little bit too quickly. But after a moment, I couldn't shut up about it anymore.

"Yeah," I said. I gave up. I had been holding it in for too long. "Her name's Raven Roth. She's just so...wow, you now? I can't describe her." I sighed.

"I'll give you some time to think of some real adjectives," he said jokingly. He headed back inside.

It was getting late.

I stayed out some more. My eyes followed every move she made, and soon I was watching her disappear from my sight for the second time today.

I sighed again.

If only she knew how much I wanted her, how much I needed her.

After all, I was a selfish man.

A//N: Also, I'm so happy that most of you guys reviewed! A couple of you guys said that Raven may have been too powerful (which I think may be true), but I think my description did her character enough justice.

I promise that the next chapter will be longer than this one. It'll be about Kori and her encounter with Richard Grayson on her first day of school. They'll have strong feelings for each other...but not exactly in the way expected. Anyways, keep on reading, and you'll find out. I'll be posting the chapter up next week:

And also, read SuperJGirl5's stories! I would recommend --> "Finding Courage". It's a really cute story about Starfire and Nightwing.

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