Ha! Bet y'all weren't expecting THREE chapters in one go!

This chapter is also rated M for Mature.

It also has a subtitle...

Rose's Guide to Messing with Raven, Part 2


"How about this?"

"No."

"Friend Raven, you must try these on!"

"No."

"Oh, look at this one! It's-"

"Hell no!"

"Oh come on!" Rose huffed. "There's got to be something here you'll try on!"

"Nope."

"Why?!"

"Because there's nothing wrong with what I have now!" Raven snapped. "I don't need to primp up and dress like some sort of prostitute to draw Gar's attention!"

Rose visibly bristled. "Prostitute?! Are you stupid? There's a difference between being sexy and dressing like a whore! I'm not telling you to prance around in public in your underwear, you nitwit, they're just for you and BB!"

"Friend Raven." Starfire interrupted gently.

Raven rounded on her, ready to lay into the other girl as well. She felt a bit betrayed that Star would side with Rose on this and was going to make sure she knew it!

"Wait." Star held up her hand and Raven did hesitate for just a moment. "I believe we are having a misunderstanding."

Raven raised an eyebrow. "I'm pretty sure you both understand what no means."

Starfire shook her head. "That is not what I speak of. I am referring to yours and Rose's disagreements on attractiveness."

Raven's eyebrow rose higher, so she continued.

"I once read in one of the Cosmopolitan magazines that 'sexy' is more than just a physical appearance. It is also a state of mind where a person feels they are most attractive to their partner." Star hesitated. "Do you remember when you went on the one outing with Garfield were you were concerned about your appearance? To use Rose's terms, you were trying to look sexy for him."

Raven's brow furrowed as she thought about this. She knew exactly when Starfire was referring to, but she didn't understand how then and now were the same situation. She sent a questioning glance at Rose, who shrugged.

"Personally I wouldn't trust a Cosmo as far as I could throw it, but it's kinda on the mark. Its not just about him looking at you, its about you feeling…attractive." Rose frowned. "I really don't know how to explain it, Raven. Its just…it's a whole different thing from wearing just the regular stuff. His eyes will latch onto you and he won't be able to look away even if the building is on fire. Its just more intimate and erotic than the normal stuff, ya know?"

"No, Rose, I don't know." Raven huffed. "Garfield and I haven't done anything and we won't until I say so. I don't know why you keep insinuating that we do things."

"Cause we're teenagers with rampant hormones and you had a huge hickey on your neck yesterday that's mysteriously gone today?"

"Some of us have a thing called control." Raven snapped. "And I healed that because it would be too visible with this shirt on. Now for the last time, we didn't do anything."

A certain voice in the back of Raven's head spoke up. Except see Garfield's pe-

THWACK

For Azar's sake, stay down! One of Raven's other emotions shouted.

"Raven." Rose said. "Lets compromise. Try two on that we pick out. If you genuinely don't like them, I swear on my brother's grave that I'll never pester you about this kind of thing again. If you do like them, get them and just wait to wear them. Deal?"

Raven's eyebrow now rose so high that the air force did a flyby to see if it was a threat to national security. "Let me get this straight: if I try these on and hate them then you will never ask about my intimate life again? Just like that? Did I just die and go to heaven?"

"Hardy har har." Rose rolled her eyes. "Yes, I will never pester you again about it. Deal?"

"Why does any of this even matter to you?" Raven asked, more intrigued than annoyed at this moment.

It was Rose's turn to hesitate. "Ah…well…"

Both Starfire and Raven stared at her expectantly until she got fidgety and looked away.

"Okay, the truth about that is…years ago I was worse than you when it comes to this stuff, Raven. I just didn't give a damn about my appearance other than being clean and in shape." She admitted as she fiddled with a small stack of lingerie before her. She couldn't look the other girls in the eye, mostly because she had never told anyone this before and it was really weird. "But then I met Eddie and I began to feel the need to look attractive for him, to make sure his eyes were on me and only me. The more I I wore this stuff the more I believed I really was attractive. It gave me a lot more confidence in myself. I know it doesn't work for everyone, but I don't think it would hurt to try either."

Raven stared at Rose, pondering what she had said and reading the girls' emotions. She was telling the truth, at least, though she was obviously holding information back. But something else she had said bugged Raven.

She mentioned dating someone named Eddie before, didn't she? He was a metahuman too… Knowledge murmured. I wonder if it was Kid Devil...

Eh? What makes you think that? Brave asked.

Kid Devil's name is Eddie and he's a metahuman. Knowledge reminded her sister emotion.

I think we need a bit more than that before we make assumptions. Rude snorted.

Well, she did say he disappeared a couple of years ago…which is around the same time Kid Devil mysteriously died…and he did say he dated a girl named Rose earlier…

Raven was now considering having Rose and Eddie 'accidentally' meet to see if they knew each other.

If they did, great! Now Rose won't bother her again.

If not, then hey, they might hit it off and leave Raven alone anyways!

Nice thinking, Happy. Someone chuckled.

That's my job!

"So…what do you say, Raven?"

The girl in question silently looked around this store, filled will shelf upon shelf of frilly and lacey and silky and pretty things that most certainly did not belong on her. She had always been instructed that modesty was the best choice when it came to dress and stuff like this was most certainly not modest.

But then again, she was also supposed to die at sixteen.

Raven sighed and nodded. "One set each. And if I don't like it-"

"My lips are sealed." Rose promised.

"My lips shall also do the sealing." Starfire echoed. Unbeknownst to Raven, Starfire was thinking about how she could use Rose to help her get Raven to actually try on clothes during shopping trips instead of just refusing everything she saw. She loved Raven like a sister, but the girl could be as stubborn as frathnorkian glorcukle during migration season.

"Go on then." Raven waved them off. Both the girls darted away immediately and returned within minutes. Raven looked at what Starfire held out with a raised eyebrow, for it didn't look like anything but a small pile of blue rags.

"This is a camisole and matching bottom." Star said gently. Raven took them reluctantly and turned to Rose.

And groaned. "For Azar's sake! Really?!"

"What? Its just a light corset!"

"Yes, and its see through! So is the bottom!"

Rose looked down at the clothes in her hands, then back at Raven, obviously confused. "Yeah. So?"

Raven groaned again and snatched the clothes from her, then stomped into the changing room. She looked at herself in the mirror and noted how frumpy she looked. With yet another sigh and a why me? Thought, she stripped of her clothes and eyed herself again. She still hadn't gotten rid of that pudge on her stomach and it made her feel-

You are curvy in all the right ways. There are girls out there that would kill to look like you do.

Raven blushed a little as Garfield's words came echoing back to her. There had never been a point in her life where she had felt legitimately attractive before that incident (even with Malchior!) and it had been more than a little wonderful of a feeling.

There is no girl on this planet that is as unique as you are.

Her blush deepened a bit and she looked down at the clothes she was being forced to try on. If it kept Gar's eyes on her, it couldn't be that bad, right?

After a moments thought, she picked up the set Starfire had chosen and closed her eyes as she put them on. When she opened her eyes though, she was a little stunned.

I actually look…good? She thought as she turned this was and that. The top piece was rather short, stopping only a couple of inches below her breasts and leaving her belly exposed, and she showed more than a little cleavage as well. The bottom, on the other hand, hugged her butt and thighs tightly. It was almost like another pair of underwear.

Curvy, like Gar said. Knowledge told her. I think Star picked this out to accent these curves in addition to it being very light sleepwear for summer months.

There's a draft around my boobs… Brave mumbled. Its weird…

Raven looked down at her breasts, which looked a lot more defined in this camisole than in her uniform. She reached up and found that there was quite the gap between the the fabric and her skin, which was where the draft was coming from.

Oh well. She thought. It still hides more than the swimsuit. And the silk feels nice…

She took it off after a few more turns and looked down at Rose's suggestion. She grimaced and closed her eyes and she slipped it on too.

"Oh…"

It was all she could say, for the corset set looked far different on her than she thought. For starters, only parts of it were see through. Her breasts, while exposing quite a bit of cleavage, were covered where it counted and actually had a nice flower- covered vine pattern stitched on. Racing down each side to the bottom hem was a similar pattern, though between each side (her lower back and belly) lay a fine and thin see through mesh that Raven had mistaken to be the entirety of the corset. There was a large V made of ribbons descending from each beast and stopping on her belly button on said mesh, with more crisscrossing ribbons going between them. The bottoms weren't see through at all, though they were tight on her. The corset itself also felt rather tight around the chest area, which led Raven to realize that Rose had simply gotten her the wrong size.

"You look like you're going to pop out of those."

Raven quite nearly jumped out of her skin before she whirled around to glare at Rose, who was hanging over the door. How she had gotten up there without Raven noticing was beyond her.

"They're too small." Raven huffed. Rose gave her a surprised look and disappeared back over the door. A heartbeat later she barged in uninvited.

She completely and totally ignored Raven's protests and she grabbed up her clothes and checked the labels before snatching up her bra and taking off back out the door.

"Rose! What the hell!" Raven all but shouted.

Starfire poked her head up over the door. "I believe she is getting the appropriate sizes you wear, Raven."

Raven sighed (She's been doing that a lot today) and waited. Lo and behold, Rose did indeed return some minutes later, though what she had had slightly changed.

"They had the top in your size, but no more bottoms like that, so I had to improvise." Rose said as she tossed Raven's bra onto her other clothes. She presented the new clothes to Raven, who eyeballed the bottoms immediately.

"And these are…?"

"The panties for that set are bikini, these are boyshorts, this is a tanga, and this one is a thong." Rose said as she held up each one. "They should fit, mostly cause they stretch."

"Uh…huh…" Raven said with no amount of hidden skepticism. Rose merely shrugged and walked out.

Raven shooed Starfire back over the door and set about changing once more. The new corset piece fit just fine, almost like a new layer of skin like her uniform (Albeit with ample cleavage). She actually smiled as she checked herself out, then realized that this feeling was what Rose had been trying to tell her about.

She might have as many communication problems as I do. She mused as she slipped on the boyshorts. She turned this way and that. The pattern is a little different, but Azar knows I'd be lying if I said I didn't like them. Considering how much Gar stares at me when I wear his shorts, he might like these too. I could wear them with that shirt on...

She slipped them off a moment later and put the so-called tanga on, which showed off a lot more butt than she was used to. Still, they had a similar feeling to the bottom of her uniform. After a couple more turns, she decided that she would be okay wearing these too.

She slipped them off and looked to the last item and stared at it. It was little more than two pieces of ribbon strung together, the bottom one a bit wider than the other in the back. She grimaced and slipped it on over her underwear like she had all the others.

Might as well not wear anything! She thought as she pulled the thong off half a minute later. She tossed it to the side and put her own clothes back on before sorting what she would and wouldn't keep. Then she mentally prepared herself for what was to come.

"So?" Rose asked as she stepped back out. Raven didn't deign to answer, which made both Rose and Starfire grin. "You liked them!"

"They're okay." Raven corrected her, not wanting to listen to the other girl gloat. "But you can put that thong-thing back."

"Lost it in those thunder thighs and ghetto booty huh?" Rose laughed. Raven shot her a death glare but it only made her laugh harder. "Hey, don't blame me, I'm not the one with thick thighs and a big butt!"

Raven scowled at her. "Are you insinuating that-"

"Do not worry, friend Raven." Starfire interrupted her. "You are not overweight in any area, Rose is just jealous that her breasts aren't as large as yours."

Rose looked like she'd been slapped and Raven actually laughed out loud. Starfire smirked victoriously.


The remainder of their time in Victoria's Secret was relatively uneventful, aside from Rose insisting on Raven getting a pair of lace underwear that she claimed would (also) look great with her BJU shirt.

"Underwear isn't much different than a swim wear, so it won't break any of your rules if you wear just wear it and the shirt." She had said. Raven could tell she wasn't quite telling the truth, but couldn't figure out what about specifically. She wound up buy the camisole set, corset set, and the lacy underwear while Starfire bought a handful of things that Raven didn't pay much attention to. Rose didn't buy anything, which was odd considering how pushy she was about Raven buying stuff. Raven had pointed this out and Rose provided her with a very reasonable answer.

"I have a bunch at home, but no one to wear it for."

Raven felt a little guilty about that, but it would soon fade as they moved on to a salon. As it would turn out, a pedicure is where someone massages your feet and legs, exfoliates them, scrub the bottom of your feet, trims nails, and moisturizes your legs/feet. A manicure, on the other hand (A/N: huehuehue), was a similar treatment; her hands were massaged and treated with various pleasant smelling lotions and her nails were trimmed. She declined getting artificial nails (they were so gawdy and unrealistically disproportional) but that didn't seem to phase the salon girls the slightest. They were quite happy to be working with the two Titans.

Unfortunately, Starfire's skin and nails were too tough for the clippers and wound up breaking them, much to Rose's amusement. The alien princess apologized profusely, but the salon girls waved her off claiming that they knew how tough she was. Raven suspected their nonchalant attitude was because more than a few people had 'wandered' into the shop, thus giving them more customers and more money.

In addition to this, they all got their hair trimmed. It was the first time Raven had let someone near her hair with scissors that wasn't Azar, so it was slightly unnerving at first. The girl just chatted away as she cut, not that Raven paid much attention to her. She was, in fact, marveling at how girly she was being today and how unusual a feeling it was.

This feeling didn't fade as they left the salon and made their way to the food court for lunch. Raven had no idea that so much time had passed since they got there, but the growl of her stomach was unmistakable. The girls scattered to various vendors and Raven found herself at Five Guys Burgers and Fries once again. She got the same burger as last night but a small fry this time.

The meal itself was quiet between the girls, at least until Rose got bored.

"So Starfire…"

"Yes?"

"Do you and Rob use protection?"

Raven choked on her drink as Starfire gave the other girl a confused look. "Protection? What do you mean?"

"You know, no glove no love? Wrap it in foil before he checks your oil? Shielding his pocket rocket? A weenie beanie? Banana burka? Mushroom suit? Skeet wrap? Any of these making sense to you?"

Starfire shook her head and Rose inhaled deeply. She was gonna have to spell this out-

"Contraceptives, Star." Raven interrupted. "Anti-pregnancy measures."

"Oh!" Starfire said before shaking her head. "No, my people have never had such a thing, nor would we believe in it."

Rose raised an eyebrow. "Why's that?"

"Because there have been times in the past few hundred triikel, Tamaranean years, that our numbers have dwindled to six digits." Star said sadly.

The eyebrow rose higher. "Woah. Really? From what?"

"Slavery to a group that was known as the Citadel. My people are very resilient and adaptable, so it made us prized slaves and servants in their eyes."

Rose's eyes widened. That was most certainly not the answer she was expecting! She glanced at Raven, who mouthed next topic!

"So what if you get pregnant?" Rose asked hurriedly, hoping this was enough to get away from such a dreary topic.

Starfire gave her a little smile. "I would be very happy. At this age my people are wed to their beloved and have several bumgorfs. I have one who did not come from me that I love, but I would also love to have one the natural way."

"Uh…huh…" Rose said slowly before she glanced at Raven.

"Don't." Raven snapped. "I've already told you nothing is happening."

Rose rolled her eyes. "Riiiiight."

Raven merely snorted and returned to her drink.

"Guess I need to find me a boyfriend." Rose sighed. "Its been a long time since I had one and I could use a good fu-"

That caught Raven's attention and she looked at her 'friend' (companion? Associate? She didn't know what to call the girl). "What are you talking about? You just had one."

Rose looked at her with slight confusion. "I did? Who?"

"Beast Boy!"

"What are you talking about? I was never in a relationship with Beast Boy!" Rose exclaimed.

Now Raven was the one confused. "But you went on dates with him…"

"Just because you go on a date with someone doesn't mean you're in a relationship with them. I did go on dates with him, yeah, but we were never in a relationship. I could have sworn one of us told you." Rose rolled her eyes. "Besides, I'm not gonna date a guy who won't sleep with me. That's half the fun in a relationship!"

Raven was so very, very confused now. Not sleep with her? But she had said…

"You lied to me about sleeping with him?" Raven asked in a low and very clearly angry tone. "Did you do that just to piss me off?!"

"No?"

"Yes you did!" Raven spat. "When you made Gar apologize about not contacting after we almost died and I confronted you about it you said-"

"I said I accepted his apology, Raven! I didn't get the one I wanted!" Rose yelled over her. Around them, people started to stare.

"Friends, please calm down!" Starfire said, banging her fist on the table and leaving a rather sizable dent. The action had a bit of a dampening effect on the other girls tempers.

"Look, Raven, we weren't dating but we weren't seeing other people either, okay? Yeah, I was hurt. It wasn't the first time someone I cared about had just up and vanished from my life and I'll be damned if I let someone else do that without making it up to me. So yes, I tried to have sex with him, to take what we had up a notch to friends with benefits. I've been stressed way the hell out lately and need some relief. It probably would led to is having an actual relationship too cause I tend to get attached. But…" Rose trailed off and looked away. "He said no. He refused to have sex with me. Didn't even give me a reason why, he just kept saying no over and over. I mean seriously, I was wearing my sexiest panties and bra and he wouldn't even look at me! What kind of guy does that to a girl trying to hook up with him? I threw his ass out in the end."

Raven could feel the resentment and anger rolling off of Rose like waves from the ocean. Garfield had genuinely hurt Rose by denying her and Raven had no idea how to respond to that.

"I…I didn't know." Raven admitted. "I just-"

"Got pissy cause you thought someone had their hands on what was yours." Rose finished for her. "I know the feeling, so just…forget about it."

Raven struggled to find something, anything, to say but fails miserably. Rose, other the other hand, sat back and looked up at the ceiling.

"I still don't even know why I got mad." She said softly. "I knew from the start that he was head over heels for you. Guess that's why it never phased me to push you in his direction."

Raven could only stare at the girl before, her mind reeling.

Everything makes so much more sense now! Knowledge murmured.

Yeah, but the question is…why did she do it? Rude asked. None of the other emotions had an answer, which prompted Raven to ask. "Why? Why did you do it?"

Rose didn't answer at first, but when she did she looked Raven in the eye, a grin on her face. "Two reasons. One, there was a huge betting pool going on about if you two would hook up. I got some pretty good stuff outta it."

Raven scowled. "Money? Big surprise. And the other?"

The grin turned sly in a way that sent a shiver down Raven's spine. "I thought if I helped you two out that you might let me in on the fun some time."

Raven cast an uneasy glance at Starfire, who shrugged. She then looked back at Rose. "Fun? What, exactly, are you referring to?"

The grin widened and she winked as she leaned towards the empath. "Truth is, Rae-Rae, I'm into girls just as much as I am guys. I'm a bit of a dom when it comes to that, but it all feels good in the end."

Raven leaned waaaaaaaaay back in her chair, away from Rose, her eyes wide. That was not the answer she was expecting and it was most certainly not something she wanted to hear!

"Are you saying that you wish to have the sex with friends Beast Boy and Raven?" Starfire asked, her own eyes wide and jaw dropped.

"Mhm." Rose nodded, her grin never fading. "BB is a hot guy in great shape and Raven has a bangin' body too. I could teach them a lot, though I would take my time with Raven."

Raven couldn't tell if Rose was messing with her or not and it was extremely disturbing.

"Does this mean you have had relations with a girl before?" Starfire slowly inquired as she too tried to wrap her mind around this situation.

Rose nodded again. "Yeah. Remember that little Asian girl that Speedy is dating? I met her at, uh, an academy and we fooled around for a while before she hooked up with him for keeps."

Whatever Rose said afterward was lost on Raven, who was going through an internal struggle.

That little trollop thinks she can get her hands on Gar field through me! Jealousy snarled in Raven's mind. I told you we should have gotten rid of her!

It's not too late to take her head off and mount it on a pike outside the tower. Rage said darkly.

This is indeed quite the revelation. Knowledge admitted. But considering how freely she was sharing his attention with us, we should have expected something like this. Well, not this, but still...

I'm not into girls. Period. Desire said firmly.

We should make that known to Rose. Knowledge interjected before anyone else could voice their opinion.

"Um, Rose?" Raven cleared her throat, grabbing the other girls attention. "While I do appreciate you helping us get together in your own highly unusual and rather morally questionable sort of way, I have no intention on sharing Garfield with anyone."

Rose's smile turned teasing. "Ah, want me all to yourself? I can manage that, I've got a strap-"

"I am not into girls." Raven said firmly.

"But Raven, its not gay if it's in a three-way." Rose said in a singsongy voice.

"Don't make me repeat myself." Raven snarled, unable to keep her demonic eyes closed and her rage out of her voice. Rage was begging to be let out, as was Jealousy.

Rose threw her hands up in a gesture of surrender. "Alright, fine, fine! It'll stay a standing offer, I just won't bring it up again."

Raven snorted at her and closed her eyes, inhaling deeply. Her exhale came in the form of her mantra, softly spoken as she tried to calm herself down from the absurdity of this conversation.

"Azarath-" Its absolutely appalling that Rose would even suggest such a thing-"Metrion-"What in the nine hells made Rose think that I would share what belongs to me-"Zinthos-" stupid trollop.

Azarath Metrion Zinthos

When she had finally calmed down, she opened her eyes to find the other two girls looking at her expectantly.

"What else did we have planned for today?" Raven asked as she contemplated making this the last girls day out she ever participated in.

"Just going to the spa and the park for a lazy afternoon." Rose shrugged.

Raven nodded and telekinetically picked up all the food trays and trash, depositing them in the appropriate places. She went to the rest room and washed her hands after that, and the other followed suit.

That definitely threw her off. Rose thought to herself with a chuckle. That makes my cover a bit more concrete now. Though it IS too bad that I won't get to find out her hair color…


"Starfire, haven't you been here before?" Raven asked as she looked at the store before them.

Said alien girl shook her head. "No, actually. I have seen it but it never occurred to me to enter."

"If it makes you feel better, I've never gotten a massage either." Rose piped up.

Raven's eyebrow rose in skepticism. "You've never been to a place like this either? Then why did you suggest coming here?"

Rose shrugged. "Seen it on t.v. a few times that chicks get massages during girls days out."

Raven sighed in exasperation and waved her to lead on. Rose chuckled to herself and did so, leading the other girls into the parlor. Inside the were greeted by an elderly oriental woman at a plain white desk. There were a number of nice looking chairs line up against pale blue walls and the occasional potted plant was scattered about.

"How may I help you today?" The woman asked with a smile, her accent heavy and hard to understand. She obviously wasn't from the United States. Rose looked up at the sign above her head, which listed different types of treatments and other whatnot that Raven was clueless about.

"Do you have any openings for three Swedish massages?" She asked.

The woman opened a drawer and retrieved a notebook and flipped through it. She reached a page and stopped for a moment before she turned to an open door to the side and called a name out. Within moments a much younger oriental girl came out and they began to speak.

"What are they saying?" Starfire whispered.

"No clue." Raven whispered back, though she got a feeling that Rose was listening to the employees conversation.

After a moment, the younger girl left and the elderly woman turned back to them. "My apologies, there was a cancellation that my granddaughter did not tell me about. We can take all of you now, if you like?"

Rode nodded. "Yes ma'am."

The woman nodded and grabbed a pen. "What are your names?"

Rose gestured to herself, then the other girls. "Rose Wilson, Starfire and Raven."

The woman wrote Rose's name down, then hesitated and looked up squinting. "Starfire? What kind of name is that? What's your last name?"

"My true name is Koriand'r, but Starfire is the translation into Earthen terminology. My people do not have last names either, we are simply called by the name we are given."

"Hmm…" the woman said before scribbling something down. Then she looked at Raven. "Your full name?"

Raven hesitated. "I…don't have a last name."

Rose raised an eyebrow. "Whaddaya mean you don't have a last name? Star's one thing, but your from the US, right?"

The empath shook her head. "No, I'm from another dimension called Azarath."

"They don't have last names there?"

"No, they do but…" Raven paused for a moment before giving a little shrug. "I was supposed to die and end the world when I turned sixteen, so no one bothered giving me a last name."

Rode stared at her like she'd sprouted another head and Starfire just frowned. Raven shifted uncomfortably, unsure of what to say. She had never found it unusual to have no last name, but now that she thought about it, it almost made her feel…incomplete. What an unusual feeling...

"Logan."

Both Raven and Rose jerked their heads toward Starfire, who was smiling at the old woman. She wrote it down as Raven gaped at her friend.

"Logan? That's Garfield's last name!" She said, drawing an amused look from both girls. Raven felt her face heating up at the implications of bearing Garfield's last name.

Raven Logan has a nice feel to it… Happy muttered.

It does, but its far too soon to be thinking about such things. Knowledge said. Lets consider it when we're in our twenties.

There was a chorus of agreements in her head and Raven gave both girls a terse nod. "Fine, but not a word to Gar."

Both girls exchanged smiles amd nodded.

"We have a special going on. Add a wax and get twenty percent off whole deal." The woman said, looking them.

"Basically they put hot, but not scalding, wax on your body to remove excess hair." Rose as Raven looked at her questioningly. "Its like shaving, but the wax cools and hardens around the hairs and pulls them out, root and all."

That doesn't sound bad. Raven thought as she scanned the board for prices. Sixty-five for the massage and thirty for the wax, so taking twenty percent off brought it to seventy six dollars. Not a bad deal, really.

Rose waited until she got a nod from both Starfire and Rave before she answered the receptionist.. "Sure."

"What kind?"

Rose scanned the board selection for a moment before her eyes settled on something that made her smile evilly. "Bikini waxes, please."

"Types?"

"I'll take the desert island." Rose said as she turned to the other girls. "You?"

"I will do the taking of the love heart!" Starfire exclaimed happily.

"Uh…." Raven had no idea what the different types entailed, so she was at a bit of a loss.

"How about the Hollywood, Rae?" Rose suggested. "Its pretty basic and easy to maintain afterwards."

"Sure?"

The elderly woman nodded and finished writing the stuff down before asking, "Cash or credit?"

Rose whipped out her card before either of the other girls could move. "I'll get it this time."

"Many thanks friend Rose!"

"That's…awfully kind of you…" Raven said slowly, wondering what the catch was.

"The next time we do this one of you can pay." The other girl laughed. Raven couldn't help but to give her a wry smile. That was a pretty fair catch, after all.

The woman took Rose's card and opened another drawer and ran it through a machine after punching stuff in, then handed it back and yelled (rather loudly) for someone. Within seconds the same girl from earlier appeared and conversed with her grandmother again.

"This way please." She said when they finished, leading the girls back. They went into a hallway with multiple doors, with one in the far back that read Employees Only. She stopped halfway down the hallway and gestured to three doors.

"Please enter and remove your clothes. Towels are provided to cover yourself if you wish. Afterwards, lay face down on the table with your head in the cradle. The masseuse's will be with you shortly." She said before walking towards the employee door. Rose and Starfire went through their door without hesitation, unlike Raven.

Azar guide me. She thought as she opened the door and stepped in. It was a bit larger than she anticipated, with a small shelf to her immediate right for her clothes, a table against the back wall that was covered in various oils and lotions. The table was more like one large cushion on a stand, with an 'O'clock shaped head piece. There were some towels on a shelf to the side.

Raven took a deep, calming breathe and closed the door. She stripped down to just her underwear and grabbed a towel. Climbing onto the table was slightly trickier than she anticipated (damn thing wobbles!), so she wound up just cheating and floating up onto it. She draped the towel over her butt and got set in. But there was one problem…

This is uncomfortable… She said as she tried adjusting to where she wasn't smushing her breasts. How the hell am I supposed to get comfortable like this?

The door opened and the masseuse stepped in. Raven looked at her (another oriental woman, she noted) and found her dressed plainly in a black shirt and khaki pants. She also looked quite surprised.

"You're Raven of the Teen Titans!" She exclaimed.

Raven gave her a small smile. "That I am."

She smiled. "It is an honor to meet you today, Miss Raven. My name is Ping and I will be your masseuse and waxer today. What are you getting?"

"A Swedish massage and the Hollywood." Raven repeated what Rose had said. Ping gave her a bemused look.

"Is this your first time?"

"Yes ma'am." Raven responded with a bit of embarrassment.

"I'll make sure to take good care of you." Ping said as she shut the door and moved to the back of the room. Raven could hear her moving about as she tried to adjust her position to be more comfortable.

"Do you have any requests and areas you don't want to be massaged?" Ping asked as she lit a small candle.

"Just the general massage and not my breasts or buttocks." Raven said, feeling more awkward by the second.

"Sure thing." Ping replied. "Also…would you like another towel to prop up on?"

"Beg pardon?"

"Most young women have a problem laying face down on the table, that's why we have spare towels to adjust your torso."

"Oh."

Raven telekinetically grabbed towels and brought them to her until she had adjust enough to be comfortable. It was just after she settled in that she felt something wet drip onto her back.

"We will begin now, Miss Raven. I'll start with your back and move to your legs. Try to relax."


"Sweet Black freaking Sabbath, this feels so good!" Rose moaned as her own masseuse massaged out a particularly hard knot between her shoulders. They had been at this for a while now amd Rose was loving it.

"Miss Wilson, if you don't mind me saying, you…" Her masseuse started to say before Rose cut her off.

"Are covered in scars? Yeah, I know." Her hand came up with a fifty dollar bill that she had been holding on to since she stripped down. "And this is for you to never mention it to anyone. Understand?"

The bill disappeared from her hand within seconds. "Yes ma'am."

"Good." Rose sighed in contentment as the masseuse went back to work. This felt so good! Why didn't she think of getting a massage sooner? If she had known-

Rose?

Said girl nearly jumped out of her skin at the sound of Raven's voice. Ignoring her startled masseuse, she looked around for the empath.

I'm speaking to you tele-Azar! Raven's voice stopped for a moment. T-telepathically, I mean.

It took Rose a moment to wrap her mind around this because it wasn't in Raven's dossier, which meant that her father had no idea about it. Interesting.

Uh…okay? What's up? She 'thought' back. Which was weird.

This was a BRILLIANT idea and I want to thank you before we- Another pause. Before we go back to you aggravating me.

Rose couldn't help but to laugh at that as she felt Raven leave her mind. Her masseuse was starting to think she was crazy, but Rose didn't care.


Raven, on the other hand, was extremely embarrassed with the sound that had come out of her mouth a moment ago. It didn't help that Ping was amused.

"Sorry." Raven muttered loud enough for her to hear.

"It is quite alright." Ping replied smoothly. "It was getting a massage that got me into massaging to begin with, so I understand the feeling."

"Right." Raven mumbled, knowing that only once before had a similar sound come from her, though that had involved a certain green boy.

"Now, its time for you to flip over."

Raven grabbed a towel and covered herself as she floated up off the table and spun over. The other towels floated off to the side and folded themselves neatly into a pile below the shelf they originally came from. Ping watched her with wide eyes.

"Amazing." She said breathlessly.

"Thank you." Raven said as she settled in.

The frontal massage wasn't as good as the back massage, but Raven would be a damned liar if she said she didn't enjoy it too. By the time it was over she was toying with the idea of getting a massage book and making Garfield learn it.

"Alright Miss Raven, now I need you to remove your underwear."

Raven's head came up so fast she might have pulled something. "You what?!"

"I need you to remove your underwear."

"Why?!"

"For the bikini wax."

Raven could only stare at the woman as she explained what she had signed up for.


Rose?

Yeah?

I take back what I said.

Oh?

Yes. I'm going to kill you.


In her own booth enjoying herself, Starfire was wondering why she could hear Rose laughing.