This is a slow paced chapter, and a bit off the plot...sorry :/
I just hope it's not too bad ;)
CHAPTER 9 – HONORARY FAMILY
Raven woke up at 5 am, met by the sight of the lump in her quilted sheets.
She wasn't fully awake and wasn't quite with it. She reached under the purple duvet and felt for the object.
Maybe it was a book or something...
But Raven was met with the sensation of her own touch.
Reality reterned.
Her hand smoothed over her stomach again and again, her fingers lingering. She was three months into her pregnancy and the stomach bulging was growing firm.
But this wasn't just a tummy bulge, this was going to lead to a baby...
Raven sighed, wishing it had all been a dream. Wishing that it had just been a book lying on her stomach.
Why was this happening, why her?
She pushed back the covers and climbed groggily out of bed, something that was becoming a growing habit. Suddenly her chest and abdomen started to heave, she ran to her bathroom as quickly as she could and craned her head over the toilet. When she was finished, she turned the tap on her sink and cupped her hands under the water. The icy liquid shook in her palms and she flung it directly into her face. She rubbed the water using her fingertips, focusing on her bags, which she had gained from sleep deprivation, and running a little across her hairline.
Her violet eyes were shut tight as she went through the routine, it was something she always did after vomiting.
She wasn't quite sure why she did it, but she she didn't really care.
Visions flashed across her closed eyelids as she began to think about the infant again.
Robin wasn't the father, she knew that much. Cyborg and Speedy were out of the running as well.
She turned her attention to the Titans East. The members that still remained a possibility.
"Kid Flash" Raven shuddered a little, eyebrows furrowed "I can only imagine what his offspring would be like"
But it could be even worse, it could be Mas or Menos.
"There under age. I could go to jail for sexual assault"
Of course she knew if one of twins was the father the teams would try there best to keep it quiet. It would be hard however, it wouldn't be a secret they could keep forever.
And then there was Aqualad, she shrugged her shoulders. "That would be too bad I guess..."
She pondered the possibility of sending the child to Atlantis, if it was born with gills. She then remembered the reason why Aqualad had been sent exiled in the first place...
The bad luck charm,
the bad omen
The purple eyes.
If the baby was his, both it's parents eyes would be purple.
"Maybe it would get lucky, maybe it would get Trigon's red eyes, or the eyes of one of Aqaulad's parents"
She inhaled deeply, then slowly exhaled.
She opened the cabinet above her sink and found her mouthwash.
It wasn't just the morning sickness that annoyed her, but also the cravings. For the fist time in over four years, Raven was regularly eating breakfast. Mainly toast.
It wasn't just at breakfast, she was eating toast non-stop throughout the day.
Nothing on in at all, just toast.
She hated the craving with an undying passion. It made her feel so out of character, like she wasn't really herself.
Along with the cravings came the mood swings, which were not only violent, but potentially deadly. She would suddenly be furious for no apparent reason and the food in the oven would explode. Flying from the oven and onto the wall, taking the oven door with it.
If you upset her personally it was a self-imposed death wish.
Cyborg's batteries had fully charged several minutes ago and he was now stood outside Raven's door. Listening to the moans and groans of her misery.
He couldn't bear it.
Now that he knew he wasn't the father, he felt free to think of her as his little sister.
The way he had thought of her every since she had helped fix up the T-Car.
He tapped on the door with his titanium knuckle.
He heard Raven cease her groans.
"Who is it?" she asked, her voice croaked and her throat sore.
Every part of him saddened.
She didn't sound sound like Raven.
Not at all.
Raven waited, no response.
She grew impatient.
"WHO IS IT?" she repeating, getting as close to a shout as she possibly could.
"It's me!" reply Cyborg, he was suddenly concerned "Don't strain your voice!"
Raven stood still for a moment, then made her way towards the door. She opened it and Cyborg was met by her sickened appearance. Her violet bob-cut was sticking out in all directions and her pale grey skin was even paler. Her nightclothes hung loosely on her body except on her stomach, were they clung a little in all the wrong places. She had large bags under her eyes and her face was dripping wet.
She noticed him staring and was a little bit peeved by it "Stop staring. I'm pregnant Cyborg, not ill. Just because you may look the same in two situations doesn't mean there the same thing. Don't be ignorant"
Cyborg hung his head and rubbed the back on his neck. "Sorry Raven...I didn't mean to upset you"
Raven sighed a little "You didn't, I'm just being a jerk...I haven't slept a lot lately..."
Cyborg found it almost comical. He seriously doubt the normal Raven would ever refer to herself as a 'jerk' or whine to him about being tired
She's having mood swings, that's for sure...
Cyborg suppressed his amusement and continued to speak. He knew she was down about the pregnancy and he really wanted to be there for her.
"Can I come in?"
Raven shrugged her shoulders
"If you want" she said, her voice beginning to strengthen back into it's usual monotone.
Raven floated over and sat on the edge of her bed. Cyborg sat beside her, the mattress dipping a little under his weight. He placed his hand over Raven's in a loving, caring fashion. He looked at her at saw the pain trapped in her eyes.
She could say what she wanted, she could act brave, but that didn't change the fact this pregnancy was killing her...
He spoke softly and calmly "Are you OK? Do you want to talk?"
Raven violet eyes were staring into space. She felt the cold metal hand on hers and she squeezed it affectionately. She was acting like a frightened child, it was a side of her that Cyborg had never seen and it scared him a little. It made him worry.
He returned Raven's squeeze, smiling gently. She looked away from the empty place and she turned her eyes to the man sitting beside her. He was older than her by about two years, she in her very late years of her teens and he in the first year of his twenties. They looked at each over and as it always did, there relationship felt like sister and brother, but another feeling occurred as well.
It was not based on friendship and not on romance though it wasn't the same feel as a brother and sister.
Cyborg looked deep into her eyes, his own eye alight with emotion. A tear welled up and he pulled her into a soft embrace. She rested her chin on his broad shoulder, finding comfort and peace within his touch.
For just that moment, Cyborg was like the loving parent she had never had ,and at the same time, she still felt like he was her sibling. They had no blood relation, but they had a closer bond than any a real family could hope to have.
He was her family and she was his.
They were each overs honorary family.
OK not much happened in this chappie I no, but I just wanted 2 do a bit about Rae's relationship with Cy :) It's so sweet!
Incredibly sappy and not all that good.
Feel free to criticize. I probably deserve it xD
By fer now!