CHAPTER 10 PEOPLE! AND I HAVE OVER 100 REVIEWS – THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU!
In this chapter Robin and Raven are just exploring France while carrying on with their mission... there is more than just THAT but you'll have to read to find out :)
Disclaimer: Don't own them.
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Raven woke up to see Robin's sleeping face only centimetres away from her own. She was about to sit up when she found that this was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see him so calm and relaxed – not uptight and stressing over missions like usual. She'd been watching him for several minutes when he began to mumble stuff in his sleep.
"No! Don't go! ...Don't go…. Hey, get away from her! ...She's – no! …Why?!..."
"What the hell…?" Raven muttered, watching his smooth forehead crease as his dream turned into a nightmare. He began to wriggle around around as if he was fighting, but Raven grabbed his flailing arms in her own and shouted,
"Robin! Wake up!"
He didn't hear her and still thrashed around, caught up in his nightmare that was causing him to hit anything within his reach. Raven used her power to stop his body from moving and began to shout again.
"Wake up Robin! It'll be over as soon as you wake up!"
This time, he heard her and he sat straight up, his eyes wide and full of panic. It took a minute for his breathing to go back to normal, and when it did, he realized that Raven had her arms wrapped around him gently in an embrace. It was restraining yet also comforting and gentle, so he relaxed into her arms and wrapped his own arms around her.
They stayed like that for another minute or so when Raven pulled out of the hug and whispered,
"Robin, last night I heard you say something to Starfire on your communicator –"
"What did you hear?"
"That… you liked someone…"
"Oh" Robin blushed.
"Well… who is this unknown girl? Or boy… you aren't gay are you?" Raven pulled a face at the thought.
"What?! No of course not! It is a girl but… I can't tell you who."
"Why? I can keep a secret" Raven pleaded with Robin, curious to find out whom it was that he liked.
"No, I'll tell you some other time."
"Please?"
"You aren't gonna give up are you" Robin sighed. Raven shook her head with a playful smile. Robin groaned but then Raven spoke again.
"Fine, if you won't tell me who she is, then at least give me a clue."
"Okay. Well, she's the most beautiful girl that I've ever laid my eyes on" Robin replied.
"…That doesn't help" Raven glared at him.
"Fine, she's a member of the Teen Titans."
"Thank you, that narrows it down."
"You're going to be trying to figure out all day now aren't ya?"
"Of course" Raven smirked. Robin shook his head and then threw the covers off them both, causing Raven to protest with the sudden coolness making contact with her body. Robin laughed and went into the bathroom, closing the door behind him.
'Who could it be…?' Raven wondered, staring into space. She put her thoughts aside as she stood up and made the bed. As she smoothed over the silky sheets with her palm, Robin came out of the bathroom and sat down on the edge of the newly made bed and reached for his communicator. He ignored Raven fuming in the background for him messing up the bed and continued with his call.
"Hi Bumblebee" Robin said into the screen as an African-American girl came into view. She smiled and responded with,
"Hey Robin, hey Raven. How are you guys doin'?"
"We're fine thanks – " Robin started.
"I'm not" Raven said monotonously.
"What's wrong Rae?" Bumblebee asked her.
"He wont tell me who he likes and expects me to figure it out! I mean, how many girls does he know? Billions!" Raven death glared at Robin. Bumblebee giggled as Robin rolled his eyes.
"Isn't it obvious though Rae?" Bee said, but then held her tongue as Robin gave a her a pleading look, silently telling her that she couldn't say anything about that to Raven.
"What's obvious? Who he likes?"
"Uh, yeah."
"Well who is it then if it's so obvious?" Raven folded her arms.
"It's, uh, ya know that girl" Bee felt beads of sweat forming on her forehead as Robin continued to give her that pleading stare.
"Which girl…?"
"Um," Bumblebee gulped before saying the first name that came to her. "Jinx."
"Huh?" Raven asked, raising an eyebrow. Robin's pleading face turned into a disappointed one as he shook his head in disbelief.
"Yeah, Jinx" Bumblebee smiled, glad that she'd saved Robin for the day.
"But, she's not even a titan. He said the girl he liked was a titan."
"Oh, he did?" Bumblebee's face faltered. Raven nodded. Robin looked away, not wanting to be involved anymore.
"Well, Jinx did turn good… so I guess she's a titan now, right?" Bumblebee helped.
"Yeah, I guess" sighed Raven, not believing that Jinx really was the girl that Robin had a crush on. Bumblebee saw Raven's face sadden when she knew Robin's apparent crush. Bumblebee almost screamed when she saw this, because she knew that Robin and Raven felt more than friendship for each other but were too blind to notice and she felt like banging their heads together.
"Man, you're so blind…" the dark skinned girl mumbled. Robin and Raven both snapped their heads towards Bumblebee's face.
"What did you say?" Robin questioned.
"Oh, nothing, nothing."
"Sure?" Raven pushed.
"Yes, of course I'm sure, now I better be going, bye!"
Bumblebee ended the call without another word and left the two birds in silence. Raven cleared her throat, saying that she was going to get dressed. Robin closed his communicator and then said,
"You're quiet all of a sudden."
"Me? Or the communicator? Bumblebee ended the call, that's why she's gone 'quiet'" Raven told him.
"You. Anything you want to talk about?"
"It can wait."
"Okay" Robin sighed.
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At the Justice League Watch Tower, everyone besides Flash and Superman were sat around a lunch table discussing the preparations for Flash's birthday tomorrow. He was going to be twenty-six, and they knew he couldn't wait until his birthday as last years hadn't gone so well, due to Circe turning all the guests into animals of all shapes and sizes, ruining his party.
"I was thinking a theme of red – " Green Lantern was cut off by Wonder Woman.
"He wears red, and we don't want the birthday boy to blend in with the décor."
Batman fought a smile at her comment as he remarked,
"She has a point there. How about black and yellow."
The other Justice League team mates pondered this and then eventually agreed, and then J'onn, also known as the Martian Manhunter spoke;
"I think that the contrast of a dark colour with a bright colour is a wise idea, and I'm up for letting the decorations be these colours."
"So am I. Although, where are we going to get black balloons?" Hawk Girl asked.
"Halloween shop?" Green Lantern suggested.
"Or a party shop" Batman said.
"Or even a shop that sells balloons of every kind" Hawk Girl put in, stating the obvious. Everyone shared a look of embarrassment.
"Alright, Green Lantern and Hawk Girl, you two are in charge of getting the decorations. J'onn, you are in charge of the food. And Bruce, us two are getting the entertainment and some presents" Wonder Woman addressed everyone. They all went off to do their jobs and as soon as they were out of ear-shot, Wonder Woman said to Batman,
"Bruce... we are not getting any strippers, so erase those thoughts now."
Batman smiled and replied in his deep voice,
"Where'd you get that idea?"
"Please, I know you. And I know your reputation. So, no nudity on Flash's birthday."
"Flash will be disappointed…"
"He can deal with it" Diana smirked, before making her way to the Watchtowers garage, where she and Batman were to hop into some sort of transport to bring them back down to Earth to book some entertainment.
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"What are we doing again?" Raven asked, bored out of her mind as she and Robin walked around the Champs-Elysées, one of the best shopping districts in Paris.
"Looking for a birthday present" Robin answered, his eyes scanning around the shopping centre, looking for a shop that didn't sell clothes. Raven yawned loudly beside him. He ignored her and began to walk towards a perfume shop.
"Where are you going? If you haven't noticed, Flash is a man not a woman" Raven followed him into the shop.
"I know."
"Then why – "
"I'm getting him cologne."
Raven rolled her eyes and walked up to the counter with him. He cleared his throat and the man behind the counter, turned around to look at him.
"Ah, bonjour!"
"Bonjour, vouz-avez du… cologne?" Robin inquired in his not so perfect French.
"Oui!" the man gave a wide smile and showed Robin a selection of male colognes on the shelf behind him. While Robin was deciding on which one to choose, Raven was trying hard to keep her eyes averted from the bright pink top that the man was wearing. He was obviously gay, and as she tried not to look at him (and failing) it occurred to her that the man was checking Robin out while the innocent teenager looked among the colognes.
Raven coughed loudly, hoping he would get the message, but Robin wasn't listening, and so he carried on looking at the shelf. The gay man's eyes were on Robin's lower body and Raven began to feel uncomfortable.
"Robin, have you chosen one yet?" she asked her leader under her breath. He looked at her and his eyebrows rose when he saw the frown she was wearing on her face.
"What's wrong?"
"That guy is gay… and he's well… checking you out" Raven mumbled, even though the French man had no idea what she was saying.
"Oh" Robin blushed, his face turning a deep red and he pointed to a random cologne with neon green packaging. The man nodded and began brought it to the till, before saying to Robin,
"€23.00 perfavor."
Robin paid and as soon as the present was in a plastic bag, Robin grabbed it and took hold of Raven's shoulder and steered her out of the shop quickly. When they were about 100 yards away from the shop, Robin sat Raven down on a bench and said,
"Raven, thanks for saving me from going on a date with that guy."
"No problem?"
"No, seriously… I'm not used to that and he was looking at my - "
"Too much information" Raven covered her ears. Robin chuckled and gently removed her hands from her ears. She looked at him puzzled. They stared at each other for a moment or two when a little French boy tapped Raven on the shoulder. She turned around to look at him and saw him crying his eyes out. He looked about 3 years old, and he had light brown hair and big blue eyes.
"Quel est le problème?" she asked him.
"J'ai perdu ma mere" he replied, tears streaming down his rosy cheeks.
"He's lost his mom?" Robin asked her. Raven nodded and then said to the little boy,
"Quand avez-vous voir son dernier?"
The little boy didn't reply and instead stretched out his arms to Raven, wanting to hug her because he was scared. She hugged him and said to Robin,
"I don't think he knows when he last saw her, but I'll try to find out what she looks like."
Raven concentrated and soon enough, she was exploring the little boys mind, trying hard to find any images of his mother. Memories of toys and people he knew invaded her mind when she saw them. She finally found who she thought was the mother… or the person he was with when she found a memory of a woman around thirty years old turning around and looking through a clothes rack in one of the shops. When her back was turned, the person whose eyes she was looking through turned around and began to run out of the shop, seeing a toy shop nearby.
Raven opened her eyes and looked at Robin worriedly. He looked concerned as he asked,
"What is it?"
"He ran away because he saw a shop full of toys… the mother was looking at clothes when he ran away."
"Oh… lets go and find her. It would be far quicker if you could find where she is telepathically so we'd know where to go" Robin said, a plan forming in his mind.
"Yeah, okay…" Raven trailed off, as she tried to find his mother by tracking her thoughts. It took a while at first, seeing as she'd never met the woman and she wasn't very familiar with her, but after a moment or two, the gothic girl found her, panicking and worried near a jewelers.
"C'mon, she's near the jewelry shops" Raven told Robin as she stood up and took the little boys hand. Robin walked on the other side of the little boy, defending him from any possible dangers around him. The former sidekick jumped slightly when he felt a small, warm hand clutch his own, and he looked down to see the little boy holding both his and Raven's hands in both hands.
The trio walked around the shopping centre, heading for the jewelry department for five minutes when the little boy let go of their hands and stopped, causing the two teens to look at him in question. He stretched his arms up in the air towards Robin and he had an innocent look on his face.
"I think he wants you to carry him…" Raven offered, trying to hide a smile. Robin bent down and picked him up, and they continued on their miniature expedition. Robin couldn't help but blush as passers by looked from the toddler to Robin and Raven and tutting. He knew they assumed that the child was his and Raven's and they were only teenagers so it looked as though Raven had had a teenage pregnancy.
"This is humiliating… I wish they'd stop staring" Raven growled so that only Robin could hear her.
"Well they are judging us by what they see. Two teens and kid; what else would you think they were? - We were?" he corrected himself.
"Two babysitters looking after a child…?"
"A boyfriend and girlfriend looking after his little brother" Robin grinned. Raven rolled her eyes.
"You would think that wouldn't you?"
"Maybe…"
"Robin, c'mon, we have to find his mom because I'm hungry and it's almost noon" Raven said in all seriousness. They spent another few minutes searching for the little boy's mother. All the while the toddler kept his small arms wrapped around Robin tightly, still frightened because he wasn't with his mother.
"Is that her over there?" Robin pointed to a woman who had the same colored hair as the child, and had a tired look on her face as her eyes darted around the place, as if she was looking for something – or someone.
"Yeah, it is – " Raven was interrupted when the little boy yelled out,
"MÉRE!"
Robin let him down and he began to run towards his mother. The woman turned around in response to the call. Her face lit up in joy when she saw her son running over to her. She hugged him and kissed his forehead, happy that she'd been reunited with her child. She then turned her attention to Robin and Raven who smiled and began to walk off. The woman ran up to them and stopped them, saying,
"Merci!"
"Zero probléme" Robin returned, before he and Raven made their way over to a nearby café. Once they'd ordered their food and drinks, they sat down at a table for two in comfy red chairs. They sat in silence for a minute or two before Raven began her interrogation again.
"So who is it?"
Robin raised an eyebrow as he drank his coffee. Raven smiled and asked again.
"What's her name? The girl you like."
Not expecting that question to be asked at a time like this caused Robin to spit out his coffee in surprise. He cleaned his mouth with his sleeve and looked up at Raven with a glare.
"I'm not telling you."
"Please! For the love of Azar, tell me and I'll leave you alone!"
"One word. No."
"Robin, you know what I'm like when I get angry…" Raven smirked evilly. Robin's eyes grew wide. Knowing what Raven was capable of, he said to her quietly,
"You wouldn't do that in public. Plus, we're undercover."
"How do you know what I would and wouldn't do?" she quizzed.
"Because I know you."
"Correction; you think you know me… but you don't."
"I do know you. You're Raven. The girl I – "
At that second his communicator rang, interrupting what he was saying. Raven hated it when the communicators went off because they always interrupted practically everything. As she was planning on how to get rid of these clever devices, she heard Robin exclaim,
"Oh hey Bat – uh - Bruce!"
"Hi, have you and Raven found a present for Flash yet? If you have, send it to me right away, because we need to get everything ready" Batman's voice replied through the communicator.
"Yeah, we'll send it up after we've eaten."
"Where are you?"
"In a café."
"Oh alright… have fun."
"Um, okay?"
Raven heard Batman chuckle and mumble something that caused Robin to blush before the Boy Wonder ended the call. Raven looked into Robin's eyes and asked,
"Why have you gone red?"
"Gee, it is hot in here isn't it?" Robin began to fan himself with his hand.
"You were fine a minute ago."
"Well a minute ago I wasn't hot" Robin smiled uncertainly, knowing that lying wasn't going to get him that far with Raven.
'Yes you were. You were always hot… oh my gosh! Why am I thinking this?!' Raven thought. She cleared her head and focused.
"Of course…" Raven told him.
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Alright, this is shorter than usual, I know, but I've got tons of homework to do, so I don't get much time on the computer. I haven't updated for ages and I didn't want to wait any longer so I figured that I should just update now ;)
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