So Susceptible

By: Holly Rose E

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: Me no own, you no sue, otay?

Author's Note: I'm still experimenting with their personalities, so I apologize profusely about this chapter.

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Chapter One: Covet

You own everything in your sight in your sight now

Possess that special feature

That everything you say and do is right

~Jack Off Jill

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She supposed, only silently and to herself for what would others think of her if they were to be aware, that she should have known better than to do what she had done. She blamed it, mostly, on Terra because she didn't believe in guilt.

Such feelings were for the weak, and if she were to openly welcome it and let it invade her she knew damn well she'd never let herself live it down. She had enough to deal with than to let herself be taken over, run down, and suffocated within such an emotion.

She preferred to hold grudges on others, and blame them.

However, considering it was Terra who was under her knife this time, she was going to try and see how long it was take her to make the blonde crumble.

She found, without much surprise, that from the first moment of meeting the geological manipulator

_[so chary how she fit in so easily, flawless, seamlessly. everyone loved her, even you did for a time raven, if only for a second]_

she had had her suspicions. How was it that she had made them all love her so easily, even Robin and Cyborg, who tended to be rather on their own from time to time. Robin could be a hard-head, but once his trust was earned, good-golly-miss-Molly, there had better be proof of a homicide before that could be broken.

She stared at her door, wondering how she could go about getting Beast Boy alone to make her embarrassing apologetics; Terra would most likely want to give her a mental rug-burn while doing so. As such, she was trying to mentally defer where each and all of them were.

Sighing internally, Raven opened her door and stepped out, suddenly hit with a barrage of noise. The TV was blaring much too loudly and if they weren't stranded on their own little island, god only knew how long it would have taken for the cop sirens to be blaring. Her teammates were yelling as Robin and Cyborg battled it out on one of the newest games

_[don't they get enough of the violence out during out battles? why hide all that pent up anger? why not...]_

Raven shushed the voice quickly, scolding it vehemently.

Almost like a stalker, an invader within her own house, she crept up from behind and watched their antics, an amused eyebrow arched and a glint glowering in her eyes.

"Take... THAT, wonder-boy!" Cyborg cried, ending the battle with a flare. He got up and did a small victory dance, "Boo-yah."

"Alright, Cyborg! Way to go!" Terra ran over to him, high-five-ing enthusiastically. She turned around and smirked at Robin whose face was pure rage, and it sent her over the edge. Laughing, she held out a hand on behalf of Cyborg, "Good game, man, but you're still no match." She sat next to him and put an arm around his shoulder. "Don't feel bad," she said, before whispering, "I have a feeling he might've put in a code or two," she ended, giggling behind one gloved hand.

Robin smirked, the anger dissipating, and turned to Starefire who was rambling any and all of the congratulatory sayings she had picked up, with the few occasions of some slips into her own native language. She was smiling brightly, her emerald eyes sparkling and Robin couldn't help but smiling back.

Raven frowned, she'd heard Terra and her eyes flashed black for a moment before she berated herself harshly and was under control once more.

'Beast Boy,' she called mentally.

He stopped what he was doing: bragging to the boy-wonder and boasting that he could take on Cyborg any day, and looked at her quizzically. "Huh? Yeah, Rae?"

Raven fought down the blush and the urge to fidget as they all turned to look at her; very rarely did she ever call for one's sole attention. 'I need to talk to you, please.'

Beast Boy grinned like he found out that the entire world population were becoming vegetarians, and ran over. Terra, predictably, slinked behind and talked before Beast Boy did.

"Hey girl, what's up?" She asked with her normal tone and that crap- eating smile blaring from her face. Raven winced, thinking how anyone could be _that_ happy all the time.

"I need to talk to him. Alone," she glowered.

Terra rose an eyebrow, "Alright Miss-Solitude, don't mind me." She turned to leave, but Raven was sure she saw

_[rocks flying at uncontrollable speeds]_

_[beast boy screaming]_

a glare being thrown her way.

"Let's go to the roof," she said simply once she felt sure that Terra was out of hearing range.

"The roof, eh?" Beast Boy wriggled his eyebrows, "So, finally coming to amends with your feelings, huh?"

Raven scowled and shook her head, almost pityingly. Beast Boy followed her as she floated out, stealing one last look at Terra--who was dancing around with Starfire at the moment--and smiled at the sight.

-End Chapter One-

Hopefully the next chapter will be a LOT longer. *frowns* I just wanted to get another one asap, so...

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-Holly