Author's note: thanks everyone for waiting. although i would have rather stretched this out a bit more into two chapters (with more detail) i decided to squish it all together. so, even though it may be a little lacking on the details, i hope you guys enjoy. .

best wishes

-sam

Chapter 20

"Aw yeah Man- A white Christmas!" Cyborg sang. Our wake up call had rung and when the second one followed- courtesy of Beast Boy- it was quite unwanted. "Dude, Presents! That big one in the middle's mine!"

"No way slime ball. It has my name written all over it."

Their bitter argument wasn't the best start to a well welcomed Christmas, but it would do for me. With a grin, I dashed into the main room; still dressed in cotton P.J's a bit too small for me so that the ends of the pants hung three-quarters of the way down my leg and the shirt sleeves rested at my elbows. Thankfully none of my stomach was revealed. Hey, it fit and it was a hand-me-down. Why let it to waste?

Beast Boy greeted me by morphing into a cat and purring against my leg. I giggled and tenderly wrapped my hands around his furry cat belly, picking him up to cuddle close to my cheek. In return he purred. Out of curiosity, I released my hair from a Christmas ribbon and tied it around the green cat's neck. Proudly I displayed my new invention to Cyborg. "He looks like a girl." Cyborg joked.

"Such a Merry Christmas, is it not?" I started as Raven floated in, eyes sealed shut and annoyed that sleep had been interrupted from Beast Boy and Cyborg of all people. "Can someone turn up the heat?" She groaned, pulling her cloak tighter across her thin, shivering body. "Someone wake up on the wrong side of the bed?" Beast Boy pushed, leaping out of my hands and dashing over to Raven. She glared at the green cat as he jumped up into her arms. In return she dropped him flat. "Just because it's Christmas doesn't mean I'm going to like you more."

"Like me more?" Beast Boy started, "Does that mean that you like me in the first place? Cause you have to like me in the first place to like me even-"

"Don't push it." She growled.

"Morning'" Robin yawned, plopping down on the couch. "More like good night. It's Four and we should all be in bed." Raven grumbled.

Robin ignored her, "Where's Krystal?"

"Your girlfriend will sleep through anything. There's no way she's awake." Robin glared at Cyborg's remark.

"Dude, I'll go wake her!" Beast Boy slyly grinned, sliding to the door as a plan formulated through his head. Instantly there was a universal "NO!" which caused Beast Boy to shrink away to my side in fear, grumbling in defeat. We all sighed in relief.

"The last thing she needs is to wake up drenched in water. I'll go wake her." Robin volunteered, hopping off the couch and rubbing his tiered eyes.

"Well hurry then, I wanna open presents!" Beast Boy exclaimed impatiently. Cross-legged on the floor, I stretched out my arms and began a conversation: "How does this "clause" you were informing me about earlier get around to all the children in the world. Last time I researched, the population is vast, correct?" Beast Boy replied with a sign. It had taken nearly an hour for him to explain the odd holiday of Christmas to me. I had repeatedly interrupted with questions pertaining to the strange customs. When Krystal emerged from the door with Robin, Beast Boy and Cyborg both perked up.

"Oh look! They're back!" Finally we can open presents!" Cyborg rubbed his hands together and eyed the presents eagerly. Beast Boy on the other hand nose-dived into the pile and swam over to the middle where the "glory" was resting.

"Grass stain, that present's not yours." Cyborg argued. "'Course it is!" Beast Boy stuck out his tongue and started opening it.

"Maybe if you found it fit to read the tag, you would know whose present it was." Robin suggested. Grumbling, Beast Boy snatched the tag and then lowered his eyes in defeat. "It says "Raven"." He spat. Raven looked around the room with surprise. "It was from me!" I exclaimed, not able to contain the excitement. A small smile crept on her face.

"That wasn't necessary, but thanks."

"Oh, please do not thank me. After all you guys have done I thought it would be only best to give what presents I could get with my money-"

"You didn't!" Cyborg cut me off.

"You used your savings?!" Beast Boy groaned.

"Um…" I shuffled my feet, "I did not spend that much-"

"I can't accept this." Raven patted the present.

"Oh no please! You must! I worked especially hard in hope that you would appreciate it!" I begged. My "puppy-dog pout" crept on my face. With huge watery eyes and a big lip I pouted at Raven. She covered her eyes over her head to avoid the "look" (which for some reason always made them weak) but couldn't help but peek when she thought I was done. "Is that necessary?" She mumbled, sighing with defeat. "Alright- I'll accept the present." I jumped up with joy. A smile erased my pout.

"Sometimes I wonder if she can take over the world with that persuasive method." Beast Boy joked, "She could make someone do anything!" He pointed out, finally settling down in his pile of presents in the corner. Viciously, he started opening each one and carelessly tossing the wrapping paper.

I giggled at his remark and watched happily as everyone started fishing through the pile of presents for theirs. "I wonder what we'll get in the mail." Krystal smirked, imagining the piles of mail probably stacked out the door.

"Yeah," Beast Boy exclaimed, "Last year was stacked all the way up the door! We couldn't get out of the tower there were so many Christmas cards and presents!" He laughed at the thought.

"Everyone must really appreciate your dedicated work." I piped in.

"I guess." Cyborg shrugged, holding up his new present gloriously. "Wonder what could be in here…" he mumbled to himself, poking and prying at the wrapped gift before shrugging it off and tearing into the paper.

"Where do you store all the Christmas cards?" I questioned, "Do you have a room full of them?"

Krystal let out a hoarse laugh, "you really think we keep those things?" She shook her head in a know-it-all way and continued to open her presents.

"Well, why not?" I suggested.

"Because…" Krystal trailed off, unsure of the answer, "well, just because we don't feel like it. Why don't you go shove them all in a closet? That can be your new job." She stuck her tongue out at me.

I nodded once and glanced hopefully at the stack of presents. After not seeing any with my name on it, I quickly turned away and scrutinized at the couch, finding my cheeks turning bright red. "Why did I think that I would get presents anyways?" I thought to myself, hoping no one had seen me eagerly eye the gifts, looking for mine. "It's not like they should get presents for me anyways. Stop being so selfish Kory Anders!" I scolded quietly to myself. With that in mind, for the rest of the time I sat quietly on the floor as everyone fascinated over there presents. There was an occasional "Thank you" but besides that, everyone was absorbed in everything else.

"Thanks for the bookshelf Kory. But you really didn't have to." Raven patted my old bookshelf proudly. I shouldn't have been so selfish and spent as little money as I could, because the bookshelf was from my house that I had never seen fit to use. Since it was in perfect condition, I had bought black and white paint. I coated it entirely with black and then carefully sprayed little drops of sparkling white with a paint brush to resemble stars. "It was my pleasure! I had the most fun with your present! Painting it was… a new subject for me!" I giggled, remembering how messy I had ended up when I was finished.

"Yeah- thanks!" Beast Boy grinned, holding up his new x-box game. "Same!" Cyborg waved. I smiled, happy that they all enjoyed their presents. Krystal, although I didn't expect her to thank me, had also found it fit to dangle the new make up kit I had hunted for in the store and give me a weak smile and a quick aside 'thanks'. Robin was the last to thank me, but I was quite happy when he did. To tell the truth, it was probably the weirdest of all presents, but I had hoped he enjoyed it.

"A snow globe was a clever idea Kory. I really appreciate it." I beamed in his showering appreciation as he continued, "I like how you put the picture of the two of us in it." He chuckled to himself. Once on the roof top in the snow, Robin had whipped out his camera and snapped a picture of us. The next time we met on the roof, he gave me the picture from which I treasured always. What would be a better thing to help keep our memories of the time on the roof then a snow globe?

Krystal muttered harsh words under her breath and rolled her eyes, "Those break." She warned. "And it's not going to be winter anymore. It'll be so outdated in the spring."

Even though Krystal was being a bit mean, I continued to smile brightly, covering up the fact that I sort of wanted this to end. Sure, Christmas was nice and everyone seemed to be a tad bit nicer to each other but… I felt so left out. Not that I shouldn't have felt that. I mean, what did I expect? I was just a guest in their house. It wasn't like I was an actual Teen Titan or something!

"Kory," Robin snapped me out of my thoughts, "you going to open your present?" He cocked his head to the side and eyed me wearily.

"What present…" I trailed off. Beast Boy leaped into the pile of wrapping paper and scooped out a square box. He ran over to me and plopped it beside me, sitting down as well.

"It's right here!" He beamed, begging me to open the present. I guess I had missed it. "And it's from all of us to you!" His grin was wide as I carefully untied the ribbon. I got a present!

"We were fighting over who would give you this present, so we just made it from all of us." Robin added. I ripped off the rapping paper eagerly and found myself staring at a box. I giggled and opened the box, revealing a bright yellow circular communications device. It was outlined in black and the 'T' logo shimmered in the light.

'Does this mean…' I thought to myself.

"I know it took a while, but we wanted you to officially be apart of our team. I know we said this before, but: Welcome to the team Kory." Cyborg exclaimed, patting me on the back. I proudly lifted up the communicator and flipped it open.

"You guys didn't have to do that!" I exclaimed.

"We wanted you to officially be part of our team. Not just a stand in or something." Beast Boy joked.

"You like it?" Robin asked eagerly. I nodded in reply.

"Well!" Beast Boy yawned. "I opened all my presents. Can we have hot coco?" He asked. Everyone advanced to the kitchen happily awaiting the hot beverage. Quietly I giggled and sighed with joy. "I guess I got a present after all. And it turned out to be the best one ever…" I trailed off, walking to my room. Carefully the new communicator was laid down on my dresser and found itself a new home in between my nicely folded uniform.

Before we knew it, the day had started to sink below the mountains and six drenched figures collapsed on the snowy ground outside of the tower. All day we had been outside in the snow. Our assortment of activities ranging from a snowman building contest to a heated pool of water (courtesy of my energy bolts) had all ended when Beast Boy declared war.

The snow ball fight had been fun, and both Robin and I were invincible. Usually I was used to just playing the game with Robin and I had to admit it was chaos but with six of us (yes, Raven joined in after countless pouts and begging sessions)? It might have been the apocalypse. I think not one of us survived the fight as we all just laid there frozen, thankful for the blanket of snow surrounding us. We were all panting.

"That was fun, was it not?" I exclaimed in between gasps.

"Yeah…" Beast Boy agreed, nearly passing out.

"I haven't had that much fun in a long time." Cyborg admitted, nodding in approval.

"What about you Rae?" Beast Boy nudged her.

"That was… fun…" She trailed off, trying to rid her hood of snow.

"Kory pegged me in the face." Krystal whined, stating clearly that she had not had any fun what-so-ever although we all knew that she was just mad that Beast Boy and Cyborg had teamed up against her. In the end though: all of us had to admit that we had a pretty awesome Christmas.

Raven suggested, "Let's go inside. It's getting dark."

Everyone else agreed and painfully rose up, caressing aching joints and plodding over to the door. Once inside, everyone separated to their private rooms to change. Seeing that I needed not change because my uniform was far from soaked and I was neither cold (although Robin complained countless times that I could get sick going out in my revealing uniform. I had argued that since I was from another planet, I could withstand harsher conditions), I found myself out on the roof, admiring the fresh snow twirling from the gray sky. The fresh layer crunched under my feet as I made my way to the edge of the tower.

"It's such a Beautiful night." I spoke to no one in particular. Thinking back, I knew that Christmas could have never been better for me. It was even more than I had wished for.

"Yeah, it's a perfect Christmas, isn't it?" Robin chuckled, emerging from the roof door. "It's quite a cold one too. Suppose to freeze tonight I heard." He announced, kicking the snow. I nodded and smiled, still staring up at the vast sky.

"You sure you're not cold?" He asked.

"I'm sure Robin." I giggled.

"Well, I'm going to go get a coat on. I'll be back." He mumbled some words like "she's crazy" under his breath before heading towards the door.

"I'll be waiting for you!" I called after as he disappeared down the steps.

Once more I was left alone to ponder at the sky. My hands reached over to the communicator clasped to my side. Gingerly I ran a finger over the sleep metal and sighed in joy. "I can't believe I'm a titan." I cheered to myself. I flipped open the communicator and stared at the blank screen. Continually I shut the communicator, and then re-opened it once more, apparently fascinated at the wonderful object. That was, until a slightly unexpected and all too familiar voice rang in my ears.

"Merry Christmas," He cooed, startling me. I jumped from my spot and swirled around, finding myself face to face with… no one? "You haven't changed a bit cutie." He snaked his arms around me from behind. My feet lifted off the ground and I was twirled around.

Xavier plopped me down after a bit and fell back into the snow, arms behind his head. I stared at him in shock and fell onto the ground as well, cross-legged.

"Xavier! What are you doing here?!" I asked, a bit crossed. In reality, I was happy to see him, but he was a criminal on the run.

"What do you mean?" He chuckled, the way he always used to do when he was talking to me. It was a kind of teasing tone, yet brought forth great ease that made me feel comforted.

I tugged once on his red-x costume, "You're on the run!" I exclaimed wildly.

"Hold up cutie, do you see me being chased by anyone? Everyone think's I've left the country or something. No worries." He held up his hands in defense. I knew he was probably smirking under that skull mask of his. I eased up a bit as he persuaded me that I was in no danger.

"How have you been?" I asked concerned.

"I've been fine. Been cuttin' back on the stealing." He announced proudly. I giggled, rolling my eyes at him. "You never change." I mumbled.

"But you have," He remarked, "I mean, look at you: an honorary Titan!" I blushed a bit and placed away my communicator that I had been playing with.

"Thanks." I mumbled. He sighed and ripped of his mask. I was surprised to witness such a face that had seemed to age a bit. He was no longer the striking young man that I had befriended; he was but a tiered kid that had grown up too fast and too soon- let out into the harsh world alone. Against my better judgment of reasonable senses, I brushed my hand against a scar that had bitten into his flesh. He shuttered once and jerked his head away. "You seem to have seen better days?" I questioned concerned.

"I've been having some run-ins with people I thought I had gotten rid of. For some reason they just keep finding me… I don't know how. I mean, I'm usually quite good with disappearing…" He trailed off; running a gloved hand through his messy brown hair that looked like it hadn't seen scissors in a while. It was a bit longer than before and much dirtier. Still scruffy though!

"Xavier- you can't live on like this. Come live with us!" I invited.

The only response was a loud laugh. "Live with you guys? Robin would kill me before I set foot in his tower." He rolled his eyes as he mention the boy wonder. "Besides, I can't get involved with you and Bird Boy."

"What?" I asked.

"Don't worry Kory; it's not a secret or anything: you guys are totally meant for each other. At first I couldn't believe it but now… I understand it and have come to accept it. I guess I've learned to move on."

"Xavier: Robin and I are best friends. If that makes you upset-"

"Kory… forget I said that. Not to sound rude, but when it comes to you two: you can be so dense." He laughed hoarsely.

"Xavier… you can't stay here long. Robin's going to be back soon. He just went to go get a jacket-"

"I stalled him for a bit; left him a bit of some info on the Shadow Gang. He doesn't know how he got it, but I'm sure he's glad about the breakthrough. It'll keep him busy for a while."

"Well then: you know you can't stay here forever. You have to get out of here while you still can. If you get captured again, the percent chance of escaping again is quite slim."

"Don't worry- I can take care of myself."

I sighed once more, "Don't worry? Xavier! That's all I am hearing. Don't you understand that you are putting your life at risk? Please- you have to get out of here! I am worried about you!" I pleaded.

"I promise I'll leave the city okay? I just came to say good-bye first."

I shut my mouth and muttered a quiet, "Oh…"

"And I came to give you this:" Out of his pocket he withdrew a shimmering silver bracelet. The chains clasped dangling purple stars. Although it was pretty, the first thing that popped into my head was emitted from my mouth: "Did you-"

"No, I didn't steal it. I bought it with my own money (which wasn't stolen either) and I want you to have it." He dropped it into my hands and stood up.

"Robin's probably coming up by now. I have to go." He smashed his mask back on his head and took a few steps towards the edge.

"Wait!" I called before he left. He turned back around. "I don't know how to thank you. You were my first best friend and will always be my friend." I thought I saw him cringe when I said "friend" but I continued: "I hope you understand that I like you a lot. You showed me kindness when others laughed at me because I had lost my memory. Even though I remember everything now, I still don't forget when we first met. It meant a lot to me and…"

"Thanks cutie. I'll see yah around?" I nodded in response. A tear trickled down my cheek as he disappeared and was gone from my sight. Robin had then entered and saw the familiar snow prints.

"Where is he?" He spat, but seeing my eyes watery, he softened his tone. I guess he decided to forget about it and move on."Did he give you that?" He pointed to my bracelet. I nodded. "Let me help you with that then." He gingerly clasped the bracelet to my wrist and then grabbed my hand. "Come on, I have an important announcement to make."

As I exited the tower I remembered what he had whispered. It was faint; like the steady wind humming softly in my ears: "I'll always love you."

Maybe I had heard wrong that day or maybe he had never said anything at all but I knew that there was a special connection between the both of us. I guess if things had ended up differently, maybe we could have been together and lived happily ever after. Maybe…

"I'll see yah around?" I never actually saw him again. It was not until years later that I would find myself sprinkling flowers over his grave in the back of a lonely church in the mud covered snow under the sad gray sky. It was never known how he died. His bodily remains floated in the water near the tower one Christmas morning. No one cared how he died either; they just were relieved that he had left the earth I guess. I think I was the only one that ever visited his grave. I guess that he had no family- like me. Another guess was that the people trying to kill him- had actually found him. However it happened though, I had a vague feeling that he had been on his way to the tower. He had promised, after all, that he would leave Jump City. So why would he end up floating in the water? No matter how much I cried, I knew that pain was never the comfort and tears only brought on more tears. It took me a while to get over it, but he was my friend and I… loved him…

I could remember quite distinctly his infamous smirk whether or not his mask was pulled over his face. I could always remember that chuckle- whether or not he had the voice scrambler on. And I would never forget the times we had spent together. They were priceless- whether or not we were happy. "I'll see yah around Xavier…"

TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

"Titans, we've got a lockdown on the Shadow Gang's hideout. Our suspicions were correct: their base is located under Jump City High. Just recently Cyborg discovered some files on the school while double checking the database. Surprisingly he has discovered that the school was once a factory in the late 1800's. Underneath the factory was an international drug company that was booming in business for over 200 years. In the mid 1900's they were shut down for illegal drug usage and petty crimes that circled around them. Once the hideout under the factory was discovered, it was collapsed along with the factory itself.

At that point, I could help not but wander. My eyes studied the lazy clouds out the windows. Since daydreaming was like my second consciousness, I free fully released the flooding events that had plagued my mind.

I could have said life was going great (because it was) but there were a few issues still attacking me. One was Xavier. I had hoped that he would keep his promise and leave, but it still upset me that he had chosen a life like that in the first place; that he was forced to go into hiding because pretty much everybody wanted his head. Another was Krystal. She was always so rude and nasty to me! Not that the situation was more important than Xavier's but her joy was in tormenting me to no end. I learned to ignore her since it was a daily activity, but for some reason she never failed to address the subject of Richard- I mean- Robin and I. What I failed to understand was: what was the subject between us? Xavier had mentioned the same thing on the roof, but it couldn't be possible! Sure, we were friends, and great ones at that. Also, we were partners in crime fighting. What did Krystal and Xavier think 'we' were: in a relationship?

The thought hit me slow and painful- I guess I was really dense- my hand that was supporting my head slipped and I startled everyone, shaking the whole couch by accident and spilling onto the floor. I could not help but blush and mumble harsh Tamaranian words under my breath. Picking myself up, I gave a weak smile to Robin.

"Are you alright?" he was able to muster before chuckling a bit. After that, Beast Boy joined in, but in a more teasing tone. "I am fine. Please forgive me." The laughing ceased and we continued. There was no way that Robin and I would ever be in a relationship. I mean, I didn't… okay, I did have feelings for him, but they couldn't possibly be for love. I mean…

"I have contacted the government. They have appointed us to go check out the hideout. We'll be supplied with an S.W.A.T. team force later on. Beforehand we must go undercover. For some time we've been guessing that the hideout was directly under the school, but just now the location of an old passageway under the school has remained there for quite a bit of time- undiscovered. As you can see on the map, the hidden door is located in the abandoned greenhouse cement floor. Once inside, the passage actually directs away from the school and resides somewhere deep under the patch of woods near the football stadium." Robin paused the briefing, waiting for us- beast boy- to comprehend.

"I guess Xavier did really get the information to him…" I thought to myself, sighing once more at the thought of Xavier. I raised my hand, "How does this international crime organization become tucked away for ages when all this time they have been under our noses?"

Beast Boy sunk back on the couch in the main room, totally uninterested in the announcement. Thanks to the breakthrough, he was missing a Christmas special.

"Good question Kory. A large criminal organization is bound to have backstabbers and people who would double-cross them for money. And throughout the years, they were quite good at keeping everything a secret. That's what makes it such a good gang: they can remain undiscovered for so long. Due to the new information received, we can catch them finally and bring down the Shadow Gang. Tonight we are going to break in and catch all the villains."

"IT'S CHRISTMAS THOUGH! ARE YOU INSANE?" Beast Boy exclaimed

"One problem Robin," Raven started, "we're talking about a fairly large group of criminals here. The chance of all of them being at the hideout at exactly the same time isn't very likely. Some are bound to escape."

"And that's exactly why we are going tonight. The chance that all of them are going to be there is greater because most will think that if there is going to be a meeting during Christmas- it must be important. Not to mention all gang members are loyal to their boss (and his daughter) and will come. At least, that is the plan. Not to mention, I borrowed this," Robin whipped out a pink cell phone encrusted with white gems.

"Is that Kitten's cell phone?" I questioned.

"Katherine Moth's father is- as we suspected- the head of the Shadow Gang. His daughter has access to everyone's cell phone numbers. Originally, the plan was to arrest each person individually, but due to the vast size, it would be impossible. So, I'm texting all of them for an important meeting at the hideout tonight; signed by Kitten."

I clapped with delight, "Joyous!"

"This plan just might work. It's a long shot though." Cyborg warned.

"Good, now everyone, we have to formulate a plan of action for tonight: Cyborg: you and Raven will guard the perimeter. Make sure no one suspects the set up. Be ready to fight as well. When I signal you on the communicator, which will be your signal, move to the green house entrance and through the trap door. Make sure you guard that door. No one must come out unless they are in hand cuffs. The police should follow you in when the signal is given. Our job is to surround them; block them off and then use any means necessary to restrain all the criminals. The S.W.A.T team will be set up less than a quarter of a mile from campus and they'll be waiting with trucks to haul off the bang members."

Both Cyborg and Raven nodded. "What about me?" Krystal whined. Robin's face dropped and he lowered his head shamefully, "You told me before you called the meeting that I could go undercover with you, right?" Her hopeful grin diminished. "Robin?" She slammed her teeth together.

Gulping, Robin replied uneasily, "I did say that, yes. But then after I changed the plans a bit and forgot to give you another job…" He cringed as Krystal shouted: "What?!"

"Don't worry." He assured, "you can go help Terra block off all the other entrances around the base-"

"But I wanted to do this special assignment with you!"

"I kind of decided that it would be better to take Kory-"

"That slut?! Why the hell are you taking her?" Krystal clenched her fists together and stormed out of the room.

"I don't mind working with friend Terra." I volunteered.

"No Kory, it is fine. I thought that with you working with me-"

"He could get some alone time with you! You sly dog Robin!" Beast boy cut in, with suddenly realization, only to have himself surrounded in a pool of black magic and rocketed towards the ceiling. Robin clenched his fists, fuming mad. All I could do was blush.

"BB does have a point you know. I think you're just doing this because-"

"Would you as well like to be hung upside down from the ceiling, Cyborg?" Raven raised her brow warningly. Cyborg shut his mouth and Robin continued, ready to get the briefing over and done with.

"Beast Boy will morph into a fly on Kory's shoulder. There he will stay until we are in the building. Kory: you and I will make our way to Moth's office and Beast Boy will break off to go search for any evidence of illegal substances and destroy any weapons found so no large revolt will come at us when it is time to capture everyone."

I grinned, feeling to finish off the plan: "and then we corner the Shadow gang and the villain Moth and send them to jail where they belong!" I exclaimed, quite fond of the plan of action.

"Then it's settled. We have to prepare though. Kory: I need you to put on other clothes besides your uniform. If anyone saw you in that black outfit, they would know we were there. I'm going to send out the text message to the shadow Gang for midnight. We will set out in 20 minutes. In the meantime Cyborg, prepare the T-care and my motorcycle please. We're going to have to park far from the school to avoid any suspicion. Raven, go over the plan once more and map out the region where you will be patrolling with Cyborg."

"What about me?" Beast Boy asked eagerly.

"Go make sure Krystal's okay."

"Eww man! She's your girlfriend!"

"I'll go." I volunteered. Maybe I could figure out why there was such a tension between the two of us and sort things out.

"No need." Krystal spat, storming into the room.

"Welcome back." Cyborg greeted with no enthusiasm.

"I'm just coming to tell everyone that I'm going to nap. Without one I could never last the night." With that she glided over to Robin and pulled him into a kiss. I couldn't bear to watch, so I turned away. I felt a pain in my chest as they broke away and Krystal exited. Was I jealous? "No." I assured myself. I just had no intention to see anyone draw lip contact…right? Raven, seeing my distress, rose up and patted a shocked Robin.

"You need another girlfriend."