written on the same night as chapters 8 and 9. once i started working on this story again i just couldn't stop. as burnt out on the teen titans as i am i think my brain just threw the rest of this one up to be rid of it once part 4 of the quintet was finally written-sorry for that visual but its very late at night for me as i'm typing this. i want to go to bed but my brain won't shut down and go nitey nite-without copious amounts of OTC sleep aides that will leave me a walking zombie for the next 3 days-unless i finish it now. this would be early the next morning in terms of the story. most likely on a sunday since the bookstore wouldn't be open that day and most no one is out and about in town which would mean they are mostly all at one church or another-trust me like i said i grew up in the type of setting i'm writing about here.

Raven's Nest-chapter 10

Robin gets up early the next morning. He decides to leave town but not before he's talked to Raven first. On the way to her apartment he spots her sitting in the diner. Its quiet this morning. No one else is inside yet except for Pete and Doris. He waits until they both go into the back to get ready for the lunch rush before he goes inside.

Raven looks up as she's approached by the cocky guy. She had hoped to have a nice quiet peaceful morning after Otis spent much of the night potty training his son to not only use the toilet but flush after himself.

"Mind if I join you? There was something I wanted to talk to you about last night but you weren't in the best mood."

She motions for him to take a seat. "Sorry about that-it happens a lot lately."

Robin slides into the other side of the booth. "No need to apologize..." He slips on a pair of sunglasses in lieu of his mask as he talks. "...in fact I should be apologizing to you...Raven."

She looks up at him startled at the use of her real name to only now realize who she's talking to when she sees him with his eyes covered. "Robin?"

"Don't get mad. Please just listen to what I have to say then I'll go."

"What are you doing here?"

"Looking for you. Hoping to get you to come back. I would even swear to leave Red X alone if that's what it took. Everyone is worried about you...especially him."

"I don't want to go back. I like it here. No one knows who I am. The babies will be safe here and they wouldn't be back in Jump City once the bad guys figure out I have them. Maybe I could hide it for awhile but someone would find out eventually."

"I wish you would come back but you're right about that." He slides her communicator across the table. "Just do me a favor and keep it-just in case you ever need us. If nothing else then use it to keep in touch with us from time to time."

"Thank you." She wipes away the tears that come to her eyes.

Robin gets up as slides into the booth next to her and places his arm around her. "No need to cry."

"Mood swings remember?"

"I should get going while most people are in church to spare you anymore of the Dick and Kevin debates."

"You're such an ass sometimes. You knew it was me the whole time and you let that go on."

"They don't call me Dick for nothing."

Raven laughs at that as she dries her eyes. "If you see X will please explain why I can't come back? I can't imagine what he must be thinking."

"He came storming into the tower demanding to know what I did with you and was prepared to beat it out me if he had to. Luckily we found that note in your room. He really cares about you."

"I was just so scared he wouldn't want me anymore."

"You wouldn't turn him away if he showed up here would you?"

"Not if I knew what he looked like. I can't even sense who people are in disguise that I've for years now-obviously. I think my powers are being dampened by the pregnancy hormones somehow so they aren't affected by the mood swings and wreak havoc."

"All the more reason I would feel better if you would come back to the tower. You do need someone-as hard as it is for me to say it-even if that someone is Red X."

"I never wanted to know what he looked like so you couldn't force me to turn him in if we came face to face. I don't even know his name."

"Maybe you do and just don't realize it."

"Huh?"

"Someone else here knows who you are. Someone that's maybe not such a bad guy after all." He hugs her again before he gets up. "You take good care of yourself and the babies."

As Robin leaves Raven is left wondering who else here could possibly know who she is.

i said in the end notes to the last chapter i cut the cat's potty humor scene out but i couldn't resist giving it a passing mention here cause its late for me as i work on this and its odd and funny and late at night i'm apt to put stupid stuff like that in just for the heck of it. i'm not so sure if cats using the potty would be any better of a situation for a pregnant woman than a litter box. i just know that pregnant women aren't supposed to empty them or be around them.

also i got a killer bbXrae multi-chapter story that i'm not gonna write first person to PM me and express interest in taking on that project gets it. but if you commit to it you gotta stick to the plot i wrote and give me the credit for the idea. and it comes with a bookcover already made.

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