Author's notes: I began to read my story from the beginning and I realised I've forgotten to include the fun carefree lives of the titans.. so I've tried to bring that back this chapter..
Okay.. You guys are gona read this going "what's raven's deal!?" but I PROMISE you that you will have answers before this story has ended. I have plans, my pretties.. and these answers will come all in good time.. MWAHAHH! But keep an eye on the background characters.. I haven't forgotten about them completely! Red X will be making an appearance in coming chapters.. Robin's halfway thru his 6weeks.. keep in mind, anyone who cant move one leg will be going CRAZY by now! Red X will make an appearance in later chapters, so will Slade. Somewhere in there I plan on bringing back the Titans East.. but for now. READ ON! Don't forget to review!

Ch12: Mending my broken pride

Robin sat on the couch, yet again, watching TV in the Titans' living room. He was all alone, except for the fact that Raven was meditating over by the window on the far side of the room. Robin couldn't help but look at her every now and then. That spot where she levitated from, looking out the floor-to-roof glass windows into the harbour, was one of Raven's favourite spots to meditate.

It had been a few days since Robin pissed Raven off. Since then there'd been an onslaught of crime that the Titans (minus Robin) had been attending to, without Robin. He'd spent most of his time doing some serious couch-time and it was making him bored and antsy coz the others were out most of the time. He also hadn't had the time to even talk to Raven to tell her how bad he felt about making her angry.

Now was his chance. Cyborg was in the garage building Robin a new motorised wheelchair, and Starfire and Beastboy were out.. somewhere.. He was alone with Raven. He wondered if she could sense him staring at her. He couldn't stop thinking about her, and he wished for nothing more than to just be with her, in a healthy romantic relationship. But life threw so many curveballs at him that he didn't know what he'd done to deserve such karma. Robin placed the TV remote next to him on the couch and he reached for his crutches. As he stood up, he looked over at Raven, just to make sure she was still in the same spot she was in a second ago. Yep, she was still there. He made his way over to her as quietly as he could, as he felt that letting her know that he was walking towards her might scare her away. Robin hobbled up the couple of steps that stood in his way. He stopped heading towards her when he was standing next to her.

He stared at the back of her cape. She had her hood on and her cape covered most of her body. Robin knew she was a secretive person, but now that he knew what she really looked like underneath all that dark clothing, he wished she wouldn't hide herself so much. Then again, wearing a skin-tight leotard didn't hide very much. Robin reached up and pulled Raven's hood off her head. She had her eyes clothes and was still meditating.

Robin smiled sheepishly when he saw her crack one eye open to look over at him. "What?" She asked bluntly.

"What's it going to take for me to make things up to you?" Robin said. He figured he might as well get straight to the point, instead of dancing around the subject.

This time Raven opened both eyes and looked over at him, still in her levitated state with her legs crossed. "I'm not mad at you."

"Then why do I feel like I'm not allowed near you?" Robin replied.

He was being totally honest, but whatever he'd said had caught Raven's attention. She lowered herself to the ground and turned to face Robin. "What do you want from me, Robin?" Raven asked, crossing her arms.

Robin laughed. He couldn't believe she was actually asking him this. Hadn't he made it obvious? Maybe he was better off just saying it to her instead of beating around the bush. "I want to be with you, Raven." He saw Raven react to his words. He wasn't sure yet if the reaction was shock, hurt, excitement, or what.. "I want to be your boyfriend. Haven't I made it obvious?"

Raven started to blush. She looked to the right, as if something on the floor next to them was more interesting. He could tell that for some unknown reason, she couldn't look at him. "We can't, Robin," She said softly. Robin's first instinct was to ask her 'why not?' but he remained silent. Raven looked like something was really bothering her. She looked like she was suffering from some serious inner-turmoil. "Not now.." She said before teleporting herself away.

Robin wondered what was bothering Raven so much that she couldn't even look at him. There was the having sex with him while under the influence of a drug, becoming pregnant and having Robin and Red X and Aqualad all showing interest in her all at the same time.. Robin realised that she must be going through a lot right now. He couldn't help the fact they slept together. And he already told her he'd support her through the pregnancy. All he needed to do now was prove to Raven that he was the guy for her.

Robin smiled to himself. He was going to win Raven over. He could see it in her eyes as he told her he wants to be her boyfriend. She loved him too , but something was holding her back.

--

Robin looked at the calendar he had hanging on the wall next to his bedroom door. He had circled the day he broke his leg, along with the day he was due to have his cast removed. He was told that he needed the cast on for 6 weeks and looking at the calendar, Robin realised he was just over half-way through this 6-week period. It had been 3 weeks and two days since he had the annoyingly white cast placed on his leg. It had been 3 weeks of bathing on the tub side with a sponge, 3 weeks of getting a sore right knee because he was using it overtime, and 3 weeks without practicing his martial arts.

Robin was getting antsy because he couldn't work out. He felt like he was losing his ninja skills because he was sitting around all day every day. It was Tuesday morning and that was the morning when the Titans all worked out in the gym together. Robin knew he pretty much couldn't do anything, and it pissed him off. But he went down to the gym anyway, feeling that maybe if he were there, he might actually be able to do something.

When he got there his eyes almost popped out of his head! Cyborg was firing his sonic cannon at Raven, who had her black shield up. Robin panicked at the sight of his teammates in a random battle and tried to call out to them to stop. But Beast Boy jumped in front of Robin with his hands waving, "It's okay, Robin!" Beast Boy explained. Robin looked to his left and saw Starfire sitting on a bench-seat, and the empty spot next to her showed that she and BB had both been playing spectator. "Robin said she could beat Cyborg, even if he used his cannon," BB explained. "So they decided to test her theory."

Robin looked over BB's shoulder and saw that Cyborg and Raven seemed to be head-to-head. The white light from Cyborg's sonic cannon had almost engulfed Raven to the point that Robin could barely see her and her shield. He knew that Raven was just playing with Cyborg. She could easily throw him around with her powers, but she was remaining stationary with her shield up as he blasted at her.

"You're going to destroy the gym!" Robin called out. Cyborg stopped firing his cannon at Raven and in turn, Raven lowered her shield. They both turned to look over at Robin. "At least let's take this outside!" Robin commented with enthusiasm. He needed some social stimulation after sitting bored in the Tower for the last week and a half.

Cyborg put his hands to his hips and smiled. "Well alright!" He said in agreement. "Let's go!"

Beast Boy and Star were practically out the door and headed to the outside training area before Robin could turn around 180 degrees with his crutches. As Cyborg walked past, he gave Robin a pat on the back. Robin smiled at his friend, "See ya down there," Robin said enthusiastically.

In reality it was going to take him a good ten to fifteen minuted to hobble all the way downstairs and to the training arena outside. Robin sighed and turned around to face the door. He had almost forgotten that Raven was still in the room, standing somewhere behind him. "Need a hand?" Raven asked.

Robin looked over his shoulder and saw Raven standing a few feet behind him . "You offering to teleport me?" He asked, knowing full-well what she was asking.

Raven nodded. "I want to battle Cyborg already, and you'll keep us waiting if I don't help you," Raven explained in her low raspy voice. She had a slight smirk on her face.

"Okay," Robin said, turning to face Raven. "But only if you hold my hand as we go," Robin smiled cheekily at her.

He hadn't realised he'd caught Raven off-guard with his small negotiation. She looked down at his ungloved hand. Since breaking his leg, he hadn't worn his uniform. However, he was still wearing his mask.

Raven looked back up at Robin and smiled right back. "Only if I can see your face again.."

Robin's heart skipped a beat. Despite Raven being so hard to get the other day, he was going to take every opportunity that he could to show her that he loved her. He leaned his underarms into his crutches, to support himself, as he brought his hands up to his mask and removed it. He then looked back into Raven's eyes and watched her.

Raven seemed to be in her own world. He watched as she seemed to be studying every curve of his face; the crease of his lips, the slight stubble of his jaw, his bright blue eyes contrasting against his black eyebrows. Robin couldn't resist asking Raven, "What are you thinking?"

This seemed to snap Raven out of her little world of checking out Robin's handsome face. "Nothing important," She smirked. "Your hand please," She said jokingly as she held out her own hand for Robin to take. He held up his part of the bargain, now it was her turn. Robin placed his mask back on and took Raven's hand.

He wanted to take full advantage of his alone time with Raven while he could, and while she was in the sharing mood. "Wait!" Robin said quickly, knowing that Raven was about to teleport them.

"What is it?"

Before he could allow Raven to even object to his actions, Robin quickly leaned forward and pecked Raven on the lips. He wished he could have kissed her for a lot longer, and with more gentleness, but he knew her. He knew she might have stopped him. He needed to show her he loved her, and this was just the first step in his plan to win her over.

Raven looked at him, stunned, as Robin stood upright again and smiled, "Okay, let's go."

--

Robin sat at the control station on the far side of the training ground at the base of Titans tower. Raven and Cyborg had already battled one another and it was decided that Raven had won because her powers couldn't be penetrated using Cyborg's sonic cannon or his punches. Beast Boy and Starfire were now battling one another, and their fight had taken to the skies as Beast Boy transformed into a pterodactyl to fly after Starfire.

Robin looked over to his right, looking at Raven who was watching the fight before them. "They laugh too much," Raven commented, knowing that Robin was looking at her. "They don't concentrate on the fight."

She was right, Robin decided. Beast Boy and Starfire were giggling and laughing at each other as they attacked each other.

"They're just having fun," Cyborg replied. Robin leaned back in his chair to look over at Cyborg, who was sitting on the other side of Raven. "You should try it some time, Raven," Cyborg laughed as he punched Raven on the shoulder jokingly.

Robin laughed at the sight of Raven cringing as she was jokingly punched by Cyborg. "I do have fun," She growled. She always got defensive when the others challenged her 'fun' activities (reading, meditating and so on).

Raven glared at Robin for laughing. "If you didn't have a broken leg, I would kick your butt out there," She challenged as she tipped her head towards the mock-battlefield. Starfire just squealed at being pounced on by Beast Boy in monkey-form. Robin smiled at Raven. He could see over her shoulder that Cyborg was listening, while pretending not to. "We all know I'd kick all your butts.. and have all at the same time," He replied, referring to the time when he was acting as Red X all those years ago. It wasn't a proud moment of Robin's life but he had already worked around the guilt from that day to finally be able to joke about it.

"Hey, that was different!" Cyborg yelled, making his presence in the conversation known. "You were using totally different weaponry when you were Red X! So that doesn't count!"

Robin laughed. "It does too count! Not my fault you're a sore loser!" Robin laughed as he yelled at Cyborg.

"Sore loser?!" Cyborg yelled back. "If you weren't crippled, I'd kick your big butt right here, right now!"

Robin argued and laughed with Cyborg about who could defeat who in a fight and under what conditions. All the while, he noticed Raven sitting back quietly, smiling at the argument that was happening around her. Robin knew she wasn't as reserved as she used to be before the saga when Trigon tried to use her as the portal. Since then, he'd noticed her slowly opening up without being so fearful of her powers.

Suddenly, Starfire squealed. Robin, Cyborg and Raven all stopped what they were doing and looked up. Beast Boy had flung Starfire towards the control station they were sitting behind and Starfire hadn't been able to stop herself as she flew towards them at high speeds.

"Watch out!" Cyborg squealed as he threw himself off to the side. Robin reached over and grabbed Raven's hand as he watched Starfire head towards them. He grabbed Raven in the hopes that she'd realise that he wanted her to bring up a shield around them. Oh Geeze! Star was about to crash into them. Robin, at this very moment hated his cast with an infuriating passion right now. He was left totally helpless and unable to dodge the pink-loving alien as she headed towards him and Raven. Thankfully, Raven brought up her shield at the last second, enveloping her and Robin. Poor Starfire was left like a bug on the windshield as she crashed into Raven's shield.

"I do have fun," Raven said stoically as she watched Starfire slide down off the shield with a goofy look on her alien face.

Robin looked over at Raven. She was trying to prove a point to Robin. She was messing with him by making him panic as she brought her shield up at the last second.

Beast Boy landed on the ground in front of them and resumed his human form. "Er... So is the game over?"

--

The titans were out fighting crime.. Again. This left Robin time to think and put his life into perspective. Right now, however, this wasn't possible because his knee was itchy and he couldn't get to it under the leg-length cast. Robin tried tapping the cast, hoping the vibrations would ease his itchiness. However, that didn't work. He needed to get his mind off how itchy he was as he banged his hand on the cast above his knee.

He needed to think about something else. Raven's pregnant. Okay, let's think about that. Robin said he'd love and support her through it and give her anything she needed. Robin thought about that for a moment. He realised that if his parents were alive, he'd ring them straight away to tell them the good news. But obviously, he couldn't do that. Bruce and Alfred were is family now. He knew why he hadn't called them yet. It was because he knew they'd react in the same way that his biological father would react; They'd be happy for him, but push for him to marry Raven because that's what gentlemen do. Sure, the circumstances weren't the normal 'boy knocks up girl' situation, but Robin couldn't help but wonder.

Why didn't he propose to Raven? He loved Raven. And she seemed to love him back. And now they were about to have a child together.

Feeling almost instantly like proposing was the thing to do, Robin got up off the couch. The itchiness had long gone from his mind as he began to plan. He obviously needed a ring. He wouldn't propose without one. His mother, if she were alive would tell Robin to make sure the situation was a romantic one, before actually proposing to her. With a broken leg, he couldn't get down on one knee either. That he couldn't help.

Robin smiled to himself. Could he do this? Propose to Raven? The idea of it just felt so.. right..

He began making his way over to the large double-doors of the living room when suddenly he heard a loud bang and the sounds of hurried voices in the hallway. The others were back, and it sounded like something was wrong. "Guys?" Robin called out as he opened the doors and headed into the hallway.

"Robin?" Beast Boy called out, hearing Robin's call.

"Yeah!" He replied, "What's happening?!" Robin couldn't see them yet because he was still making his way over to the corner or the corridor.

"Raven's hurt, dude," Beast Boy replied. Robin turned the corner and saw a worried Beast Boy waiting for him to catch up. "She took a hit to the gut.. and she just.. doubled over in pain.."

'The baby!' Robin thought to himself. "Where is she?!" He asked, trying to speed up his pace down the hallway. He caught up to BB and they were both now walking at a fast pace down the hallway.

"Cy carried her to the infirmary," BB replied. "The wierd thing is, I thought I saw her bleeding.."

This really had Robin worried. He didn't say anything because he was too anxious with what he'd see when he reached the infirmary.

Author's notes: okay that was A LOT shorter than I usually write, but since I have a lot to write, I've split what was intended to be one chapter, into 2 chapters. What I had planned and what my fingers typed were totally different! Now, keep in mind, this is what I had planned from the beginning! Onward thru the foggy cliffhanger and don't forget to review! My uni semester is almost over so Fingers Crossed I can have 2 more chapter up before I leave for Europe for a month!