A/N: I apologize for having all those mistakes in the last chapter. Unfortunately it will probably be awhile till the following chapters come out. I don't mean to send stories with a lot of mistakes in them. I just want to say thank you Martenzo for bringing them to my attention especially the Dr. Fate thing, and the misspelling of rough. And to Arella's question, yes Robin is really dead, but a teen titan character will be making an appearance in a future chapter. I love positive reviews, so thanks Arella. This chapter will be going a little on the actual chapter and more a 'Raven's Birthday' day celebration. I don't really care if her birthday was said in Teen Titans, or the comics, I am doing my own take on it. That also applies to this chapter, because it was an Aqualad based episode and this is a Raven centered story. Sorry and without further ado, let the story begin.

Raven's Justice

Chapter 12: Downtime

Raven's P.O.V.

I woke up suddenly.

My eyes were still closed but I slowly became aware of my surroundings. The room I'm sleeping wasn't my own, but then I realized it was Superboy's room. It was cool, but comfortable. Due to both of skin durability's we tend to have an affinity to the cold and the heat, but I like cold rather than hot personally. The covers were resting around my waist, which leaves my arms in the cold because I was only wearing my tank-top and some PJ shorts. But my legs were nice and toasty because they were currently tangled around Superboy's legs. Who knew that Superboy liked to cuddle?

I started to recover my bearings and realized my head was resting on his chest so I could feel each breath he took, but then I noticed that his breaths were inconsistent. Which meant he was awake.

I opened my eyes to see his black t-shirt and glow of various lights from various chargers and etc. I stretched my arms and legs to let him know that I was awake as well. He then says "Good Morning".

I respond with a yawn and a "Morning… How long were you awake?"

"Not long, but I wanted you to get some rest. You seemed really tired last night."

Then everything came back to me, especially what he said last night. "I love you".

I know that we've been dating for a while now, and I was expecting this sometime soon-ish. This whole deal just hit me by surprise. Did he say that phrase as he was falling asleep, or was he saying something else? Either way this is something that can't really be pressured or rushed without repercussions. So until he says it fully conscious and with me fully realizing him saying it and I might just say it in return. I don't want to be the first one to say it because of my recent… well what happened to my Robin. If I'm speaking truthfully I have to admit that I am terrified of this new level of this relationship. I think I love him but I don't want this to be a rebound relationship. It's not—

"What do you think about pancakes?" I was called out of my thoughts with the sound of Superboy talking.

"Huh,… what?" Ugh, I was thinking about all of that stuff while he was asking about breakfast. Oops.

"Still waking up there? … Well I'm going to take this awkward silence as a yes." He quickly jumped out of bed letting me fall onto the mattress, slightly disoriented. He then turned on the turned on all the lights. I groaned as the light burned my corneas.

"Well, well, well. Look who's not a morning person. I'll be back in a bit, just stay there." And with that he gave me a quick kiss and left me to my own devices.

So I sat up, and I ran my hands through my long purple hair. Currently it's a rat's nest. I quickly tried to finger brush my hair and put it into a braid. It's a lot harder than you think. I have knots from top to bottom, and somehow they developed overnight. I put my hair into a single French braid, and once I put the rubber band on I saw that Superboy came back in.

He had an adorable little girly apron on, flour on his face, and a tray full of random breakfast things on a tray. But the most distinguished part of his whole image was the smile that graced his face. He looked so proud about the meal he just made. I was excited to taste it but I'm also kind of worried about the state of the kitchen. I love him to death but he's no Chef Ramsay.

But all of this treatment has me a little worried.

"This looks great! But what caused all this? Did I miss an anniversary of something?" I ask out of honest curiosity and slight confusion. I'm racking my mind on what happens today but my mind goes blank.

His face turned puzzled and he said in a slow voice "Its August 27, your birthday, Right?"

Holy Azerath! I can't believe I forgot my own birthday. I feel like my face just dropped. I guess I've been too busy with everything to remember it. During my time with the titans they would always do something for me, but before I never expected anything to be done now. After I accepted that I forgot the one thing most 4 year olds knew, so I just ended up muttering "Wow! I can't believe I forgot my own birthday."

Superboy just set down the tray on the bed, and sat next to me with a gentle look on his face. "Hey, it's okay. You've been busy, but the good thing is that you realized now, instead of… say Wally finding out."

"Yeah, your right. Thank you so much for all of this, it looks amazing." I gave him a peck on the lips before moving the tray and motioning for him to join me on the bed. I couldn't just have him sitting there staring at me while I eat, that would just be weird. "Here share this with me."

He starts to back up with his arms put up defensively "No, I can't. It's your birthday breakfast."

"But I want to share it with you, and thankfully you made a portion that could feed a giant. So you better help me finish I am positive that I can't eat this all by myself." I say flirtatiously.

"Well if you insist." That was all the encouragement he needed.

We sat hip to hip, laughing and eating syrup covered pancakes and sharing a large glass of orange juice. Surprisingly the pancakes were perfect and then Superboy let me in on a little secret.

"I looked up how to make pancakes on YouTube."

I almost missed him saying this, but I just kissed him and said back "It doesn't matter where you learned how to make the pancakes. They still came out perfectly."

Once we finished our breakfast, he moved the tray to his bedside table. "I love you, Raven. Happy Birthday." I felt the biggest smile on my face and I … I might have tackled with series of excited kisses. Once we came up for air I said "I love you too Superboy—" He then put a finger on my lips stopping me from completing the statement and said quietly "Connor."

I leaned back and then gave him a positively curious look, "What was that?"

He gave me tentative smile and said a bit louder "I chose a name. Connor Kent. What do you think?"

I kissed him and told him with more emotion than I thought I could convey "I love you Connor Kent."

Best Birthday Ever.

[_[-]_]

"We should probably go out there." I say, our duties of being the only people in the cave were starting. As in we were hosting out own little get together with the team.

"No, let's just stay a little longer." Connor whined.

But before we could continue our flirtatious banter we hear distantly "Recognized: Kid Flash-"

"We have to move now." I say quickly. Connor nods, and we jump into action. Thankfully that only meant readjusting clothing and cleaning up my breakfast. I grab my tray, and he bolts out to the living room. I was able to rush into the kitchen with the left over dishes and Connor jumped onto the couch when Kid strolled in. He had this smirk on his face which made me extremely worried.

I know that everyone knows about Super—no Connor and my relationship but they don't know the extent of our relationship. Because honestly they were all still kids, and some more than others. While Connor is only like a year old, but he is mentally and physically 17-19 years old. This is roughly the same age that I am.

Now back to the present.

Wally walks in and wittingly says "So, what's going on here?" It was like he could sense something new between us. But more likely he was just hoping that he walked into an awkward situation since it was just us and him.

"Ah… Nothing. We're just hanging out right now. Just waiting. Uh…waiting for you guys, of course. "I say, curse my overthinking mind. Why can't I keep a steady voice, I've never had this issue. What is wrong with me?

"Well that's not weird at all. Is it a PMS thing, cause—"He only manages to get that far because I was able to through a book that was on the kitchen counter at his head. Which he of course ducked. Stupid super-speed.

"It's not a PMS thing, you asshole. When are Robin and Artemis coming over?" I say this trying to change the subject. Which worked; sometimes this is way too easy.

"Why would they be coming together, are they…you know, you know?" He asks in a drastically different voice. Hook, line, and sinker. I have known for a while that Wally has some sort of interest in Artemis. So I played his insecurities about his 'relationship' with her to get him off the topic of Connor and I. I let Connor know I was playing with Wally's mind by winking at him, this only made Connor smile. He, and most of the other members of the team, has gotten annoyed by Wally's antics one time or another.

Revenge is so sweet.

"You didn't hear? Wow, I really thought you knew the ins and outs of this entire team. I guess I was wrong." I say this in an obviously sarcastic voice, tempting him to figure it out.

"That's not true. I do know everything that goes on in this team. Did you know that Kaldur was going back to Atlantis during our little break? Or that Artemis is hiding something?" Wally says as if he was proving that he does know everything about the team.

"What? Artemis is hiding something? Well, I never." Which Connor says in a southern accent, well at least that last part. Which about does it for me.

I burst out laughing with Connor following shortly after. I ended up with my stomach aching and I was leaning up against the counter. Connor was laughing so hard that he fell off the couch. Once we settled down, I walked over to where Connor was on the floor and gave him a hand up. I wiped a happy tear from my face as I sat on the couch next to him. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder, and I leaned back into his chest relaxing at his touch. Today was a day to relax, and Connor and I will most definitely take advantage of break.

"What is wrong with the both of you?" Wally says. I looked back at him and see him in the same spot as he was five minutes ago. He looked mildly shocked and really confused. You know how when you get tired sometimes you get deliriously happy, well that's the stage of exhaustion Connor and I were in. Even though we had a full nights rest, sometimes missions are more wearing than others.

"I'm pulling your leg Wally. Artemis and Robin live in the same city, so they usually arrive around the same time, kind of like carpooling. That's why I asked." I say, cutting the act short.

"Well thanks a lot. You almost gave me a heart attack." Wally says this as he walks to the couch. He then picks up a remote and puts on the science channel. Wally may act goofy from time to time but he's actually quite smart. He has a passion for science that rivaled Cyborg's love for mechanics. I got slightly down for a moment, but with a slight squeeze of the hand by Connor I was brought back to reality. Wally thankfully found that there was a Mythbuster's marathon. That's where we stayed for a very long time, and sometime in the midst I fell asleep cuddled up against my lovely beau.

I was woken up with a gentle shake. I looked up at Connor whose hair was adorably disheveled and whispered into my ear "Artemis is here" and with a quick kiss on the temple we both sat up. Since I was closer to Wally I kicked him to alert him of Artemis's presence. "Wha. What." I gestured towards the entrance to where she was standing and made a 'oh' sound and sat up and fixed his hair quickly. Artemis's cheeks were flushed, and she was holding a watermelon and a beach bag. "Sorry I'm late. You have no idea how hard it was to fins a watermelon in Gotham."

I was feeling kind of bored anyways so I jumped at the chance to actually do something, even if it is just cutting up a watermelon. "Hey, hand it over. I'll get started on it. You look exhausted, sit down. We're watching Mythbusters, it's one of the duct tape episodes."

"Sure thing. Here you go. Ooh I love Mythbusters, who else is here?"

"Just you, me, Superboy, Wally and Robin should be here any second."

"Wait you like Mythbusters. It's my favorite show."

We all looked at Wally who went from excited to shocked, and then back to silently watching the show. I smiled, he did like her. Connor looked at me like I was crazy and I mouthed 'later' and he nodded. I levitated the watermelon to a cutting board I set on the counter that had a clear view of the television. I then cut the watermelon into triangle pieces and then put them in the fridge for when we got to the beach in a little bit.

[_[-]_]

Robin's P.O.V.

I'm so late.

Homework has been a bitch, and I lost track of time. Going to Gotham Academy is not just some walk in the park. I'm in all advanced classes and then juggling my 'extracurricular activities' makes my free time rather short.

But today I had to make time. It's Raven's Birthday today and I'm one of the only people who knew about this.

[_[-]_]

FLASH BACK

"Raaaven please tell me." I begged while we were alone on the beach. The others were doing various things in and out of the water.

"No."

"Please, I won't tell Wally. I just want to know for future notice." I keep pleading, I know everyone's birthday. It's kind of a hobby of mine, and when I say 'everyone' I mean the entire league and our own team. Now that we have new people on the team I had to find out.

We were all there when Superboy was born, which is really weird to say about a guy who physically looks older than I do. The guy who could also very physically beat me up if I did mention how he's the equivalent of an infant in age.

"It's August 27, since you really needed to know."

She seemed oddly defensive. What was it about birthdays, especially her own birthday that gets her to be that defensive? "Is there something wrong about your birthday? You seem rather defensive."

Raven just gave me this uncomfortable look. Not uncomfortable for me but uncomfortable for her. As if she really rather not say this.

"I promise not to tell anyone, I swear. You can trust me."

"When I was born I lived in this like bubble reality called Azerath, I could go into more detail but I rather not get into it. My mother's name is Arella, a human who became a priestess of Azerath. My father is the demon Trigon, destroyer of worlds and many other horrible deeds. Then my father, the demon that he is, gave my mother no choice in the matter of my birth. There was a lot of chaos and evil that went along with my birthing process. Then once I was born there was a prophecy told about me. That I was destined to be used as a portal for my father to come into the world I was residing in and destroy that world. This was supposedly supposed to happen on my 16th birthday and so I was trained by the followers of Azerath so that I would be ready. My emotions are strongly tied to my powers and so I was trained from a very young age to show no emotions. Then the worst had happened and my home was destroyed. Through the chaos I somehow made it to the world I was at earlier. I never told anyone about the prophecy and when my sweet 16 arrived I almost didn't make it. But the titans were able to defeat my father, and all was right in the world again. Even though I had no permanent damage, there were some lasting side effects. I can't age, but my hair still grows normally. So now more than ever I really don't care for or even like my birthdays. Between the three worlds I have resided in and the time jumps I honestly have no idea how old I am. How sad is that? I don't even know my age, that's why I avoid anything associated with age really. That's also why I don't have an issue dating Superboy who like me, is timeless. That's why I have issues with my birthday."

Not to sound cliché but that honestly explained everything.

[_[-]_]

I was juggling a birthday cake, candles, ice cream, and her present when I arrived at the cave. But surprisingly I tripped when I came in and everything went flying. The cake went all over me. Icing got in my hair and completely covered my sunglasses which I'm always supposed to wear. My shirt is covered in mashed cake and icing and to make it better I fell flat on my face. I just sat up in the cake and took off my sunglasses to contemplate my humiliation and I only paused when I heard something.

I looked up to see Raven, Superboy, Wally, and Artemis who were all in different states of laughing.

"Hey, how's it going? Happy Birthday Raven." I say to try to divert the attention from my little 'accident' and thankfully it works.

"It's your birthday?" Artemis said almost immediately.

"Wait, what? Birthday? I'm so confused." Wally said this almost at the same time as her.

I was able to get up and start to wipe off a good portion of the icing off my glasses and my shirt. I left the rest of my stuff where it landed and I went to go grab some new clothes. When we first moved to the cave I made sure to have some clothes for after missions and stuff like that. But all I had was an old black t-shirt and some gray sweats. Superboy just gave me a nod, and I quickly left the growing conversation. Superboy and I had a good nonverbal relationship. We had this mutual respect that didn't need too much talking.

When I came back to place of the accident everything was cleaned up and my stuff was gone. So I just walked back to the living room to see everyone on the couch. I catch only a couple words but come to the conclusion that she's going over the whole birthday story thingy. I decided to just to go grab a glass of lemonade to give her time to finish her story. While I was minding my own business I heard a Wally holler "Dude?".

I feel like I had a deer in head lights look, but I came into the living room expecting some kind of confrontation. Wally never liked to be left in the dark, and since I was his best friend I should have told him. But Raven gave me a lot of trust by letting me know this, and I know not to get on her bad side. She freakin terrifying when she's angry.

But I digress.

The first thing that Wally said once we were off to the side was "Dude you knew her birthday?"

I really do hate lying to him but it's time to face the music. "Well, yeah."

Wally just looked dumb founded and asked "How?" I'm thankful that he totally looked past the fact that I didn't tell him about it.

"I asked her. It's not that hard." I said simply. I'm trying to say this in a calm way, but to also say this in a way to confuse him.

"Really. And that worked?"

"Yep."

"Well it makes sense with your whole birthday thing. You know that can be creepy right?"

I just shrugged in response as I sat down on the couch. Somehow we all managed to fit on the couch comfortably as we watched the Mythbuster marathon progress.

Today is most definitely a lazy day.

[_[-]_]

Raven's P.O.V.

So we ended up not going to the beach. This was fine by me, while I did love the beach I didn't really feel like going today. Some people would say that dong nothing on your birthday was a waste of time, but for people like me days like this are rarer than vacation days. Because usually when we have a 'vacation' we usually get interrupted by some force of evil. You know how it goes.

The entire team (minus Aqualad who was still in Atlantis) was all sitting on the couch, still watching t.v. We were on episode 4 of the marathon. Artemis was apparently so tired that she fell asleep. The funny thing about this situation was that in her sleep she not only accepted being in contact with Wally she somehow allowed Wally's legs to be draped over her lap.

Sometime during this episode I muttered to Connor "Hey Connor, what do you want to do for dinner?"

Connor who was rubbing his hand up and down my back soothingly said back to me, "Well it is your birthday, so what do you want?"

Wally who was still lying across one side of the couch with his legs draped over a sleeping Artemis's lap. "Wait, who's Connor?" As he said this rather loudly he sat up and woke up the sleeping Artemis, and it took her a second to realize the predicament she was in before she decided to push his legs off. Wally ended up falling on the floor, and while everyone was looking at Wally I was looking Artemis who was blushing at the whole situation.

Obviously it would probably be a good time to explain so I nudged Connor to speak and he told the group "I finally figured out a name. Connor Kent." He then gave everyone a look as to say, don't ask anymore questions.

But then Robin decided to say "Nice name, I think Superman would like it. Clark Kent and all." The tension I felt when he explained himself faded away with the compliment, while he would never ask for someone's approval he truly feels better when he receives it.

Wally then said as he was standing up rubbing his head which he hit on the floor when he fell "Ditto, good pick. Now on to more important things, FOOD. I vote pizza."

Artemis gave a disappointed look towards him and retorted "He didn't ask you, he asked Raven. But I have to agree with Robin and Wally, good choice in name. I think I speak for all of us when I say we all wish that we could have picked our names."

We all comically nodded and looked down glumly.

Connor broke the silence with "Uh, Raven we still have to pick your birthday dinner." And now everyone was staring at me.

I felt my cheeks blush, so I hid my face behind Connor's back and muttered "Ugh…Let's do Mexican."

Wally groaned but Artemis cheered as if she won a bet against him, which I wouldn't put past her. I chuckled at the two of them. Randomly I thought that they'll be the next couple of the group. We got all the orders situated and then found a good delivery Mexican place, which was a bizarre in a New England coast city. But we were able to call within a half hour of deciding on which food to order. They said that they would be there within a half hour.

The thing about living in a superhero compound was that we had pre-approved take out places. These places have had back rounds done, the food is consistently checked, and are allowed to deliver to the door of the cave.

Which they did at 5 o'clock on the dot. Having dinner with the team actually felt like a family dinner. For people like Connor and I who have never had a family, so times like this feel nice.

After dinner, we were back at the couch and were now watching the movie "The Pirates of the Caribbean". The main reason behind this choice movie was because it was one of my favorites, and since it was my birthday my say goes.

About a half-hour into the movie Artemis left and came back with a small cake with a candle in it.

She came back into the room singing:

"Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear Raven

Happy Birthday to you"

Wally then tried to continue with:

"And many more on channel Four—"

Thankfully Robin jumped in and was able to stop him "Stop, shh…"

I blew out the candle, and everyone did that awkward polite clap. Connor then leaned over and kissed my temple and asked "What did you wish for?"

"You know I can't tell you. It would jinx it."

But of course I did think of something, I mean come on who doesn't think of something when you blow out a candle. I wished that my life would stay this way that nothing bad would happen to me and my loved ones. But of course that couldn't happen, at least not in this line of work.

You can't blame a girl for being hopeful, right?

A/N: These chapters will be coming out in slower pace. I really didn't mean to send out mistake filled chapters. But I would like to thank Akirasatansoul, ArellaR, Brakelite, WolfassassinKing, Martenzo, FlopsyTheStingyDingo ,selen123,angelrey, VeeR,Boomer1125, Rose, Vee, MoonlightWolf16, BetaZackFan, wolf40k ,Yusuke Kurosaki , Insane bananas , ,Mizzimus,Nerdy Jiyu,Chromatic Love,chibi-no-baka,Harpy81,kreigspahn, M.I. '85, Rythomas12, , donnabella2k7, shadowhunt54,M19n98b0e, tigergirl1723, jumhalala, silly60, GennytheTigerWolf, MariashaAziza, B00kfan, Snow413, New Moon9889, D-MINI-Q, Mako27, dah1507, Insane Blood Prince, Wolfy-Queen, zeona last, FlopsyTheStingyDingo, Katr5432, Regin, TuTsXxX, and Alaska.