-ONE YEAR EARLIER-
The wedding had been fun; even Raven had a good time. She had cut out early due to the fact that in her joy she had busted nearly 20 wine glasses, but even that couldn't ruin the day.
Starfire, the first girl who hadn't run from Raven, the first girl who hadn't cowered in fear when Raven turned their way, had gotten married that day. With Raven as her Maid of Honor.
During the reception Robin looked especially ecstatic; the group had never seen the Boy Wonder walking around with such a goofy smile on his face for so long. His hand and arm constantly around Starfire made sure she never left his side.
Beast Boy was busy scoping out the ladies (and the food) while Cyborg and Nicole were attached to each other in the corner discussing their own wedding planed for later that fall. Raven was used to being alone, she didn't mind at all.
Thinking, meditating softly to herself, and taking in the events of the day, kept her content for the time. The only mishap had come when everyone had started to dance; Beast Boy had come up behind her and grabbed her hand. In the shock she had simply allowed too much happiness and excitement to escape and the wine glasses had broke. No one said a thing, and she wondered if in the confusion the guests had just thought she bumped into the table.
Beast Boy had rubbed her back slightly expressing his understanding of the situation, and whispered a slight "sorry for scaring you there Rae", and helped her clean up the broken glass along with a few others.
Thankful that no unneeded attention was brought upon her, she figured it was a good time for her to duck out, and after congratulating the groom and bride (who had her engulfed in a bear hug) again, she silently slipped out of the ballroom hosting the reception, and flew herself back to the Tower.
She felt uncomfortable back at home, if anything she was used to it being the other way around. 'No need to play dumb,' she thought sighing 'I'll only be fooling myself.' She knew what it was; Starfire was starting a new life, a different life, a life that now permanently included the Boy Wonder.
Raven wondered if she was losing her best friend. True, she and the Tamaranian had never expressed their friendship to the full, but they both knew it was there and they both knew the depth it ran in each other's hearts.
And as happy as she was for Starfire and Robin, she knew that she was once again the solitary girl who had left her home and joined up with the Teen Titans so many years ago.
She sat back on the couch; a wedding day was something she had never seen, never envisioned for herself. What guy could possibly love a woman who had the power to destroy him if she lost control of herself? What guy could love a girl who had so much evil running through her veins? A girl who seemed emotionally incompetent?
And yet, she smiled inwardly when she thought of Beast Boy holding her hand to dance.
"Raven! Hey Rae!"
She shot to her feet and turned around quick, eyes glowing bright white and black aura surrounding her small frame.
She was surprised to see a very pale-green Beast Boy, now in the shape of a small dog, eyes wide, tail between its legs, cowering in front of her.
He backed a few paces and quickly became the pointy eared changeling she was used to seeing. "Dude, sorry I freaked you out" he muttered.
Her eyes, now back to their normal dark color, darted to his.
"I wasn't scared." She said flatly "you just startled me."
"I noticed you left the party, I thought I'd come keep you company."
Her heart started to pound loudly in her ears, she knew what she was feeling... any one would. But she kept it repressed, kept it hidden, just like she was taught.
"No need" she stated and walked off to her room.
A solitary Raven.
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A/N: I will update again soon. Ideas are bubbling popping up, I just can't always express them in the way I'd like :)
The wedding had been fun; even Raven had a good time. She had cut out early due to the fact that in her joy she had busted nearly 20 wine glasses, but even that couldn't ruin the day.
Starfire, the first girl who hadn't run from Raven, the first girl who hadn't cowered in fear when Raven turned their way, had gotten married that day. With Raven as her Maid of Honor.
During the reception Robin looked especially ecstatic; the group had never seen the Boy Wonder walking around with such a goofy smile on his face for so long. His hand and arm constantly around Starfire made sure she never left his side.
Beast Boy was busy scoping out the ladies (and the food) while Cyborg and Nicole were attached to each other in the corner discussing their own wedding planed for later that fall. Raven was used to being alone, she didn't mind at all.
Thinking, meditating softly to herself, and taking in the events of the day, kept her content for the time. The only mishap had come when everyone had started to dance; Beast Boy had come up behind her and grabbed her hand. In the shock she had simply allowed too much happiness and excitement to escape and the wine glasses had broke. No one said a thing, and she wondered if in the confusion the guests had just thought she bumped into the table.
Beast Boy had rubbed her back slightly expressing his understanding of the situation, and whispered a slight "sorry for scaring you there Rae", and helped her clean up the broken glass along with a few others.
Thankful that no unneeded attention was brought upon her, she figured it was a good time for her to duck out, and after congratulating the groom and bride (who had her engulfed in a bear hug) again, she silently slipped out of the ballroom hosting the reception, and flew herself back to the Tower.
She felt uncomfortable back at home, if anything she was used to it being the other way around. 'No need to play dumb,' she thought sighing 'I'll only be fooling myself.' She knew what it was; Starfire was starting a new life, a different life, a life that now permanently included the Boy Wonder.
Raven wondered if she was losing her best friend. True, she and the Tamaranian had never expressed their friendship to the full, but they both knew it was there and they both knew the depth it ran in each other's hearts.
And as happy as she was for Starfire and Robin, she knew that she was once again the solitary girl who had left her home and joined up with the Teen Titans so many years ago.
She sat back on the couch; a wedding day was something she had never seen, never envisioned for herself. What guy could possibly love a woman who had the power to destroy him if she lost control of herself? What guy could love a girl who had so much evil running through her veins? A girl who seemed emotionally incompetent?
And yet, she smiled inwardly when she thought of Beast Boy holding her hand to dance.
"Raven! Hey Rae!"
She shot to her feet and turned around quick, eyes glowing bright white and black aura surrounding her small frame.
She was surprised to see a very pale-green Beast Boy, now in the shape of a small dog, eyes wide, tail between its legs, cowering in front of her.
He backed a few paces and quickly became the pointy eared changeling she was used to seeing. "Dude, sorry I freaked you out" he muttered.
Her eyes, now back to their normal dark color, darted to his.
"I wasn't scared." She said flatly "you just startled me."
"I noticed you left the party, I thought I'd come keep you company."
Her heart started to pound loudly in her ears, she knew what she was feeling... any one would. But she kept it repressed, kept it hidden, just like she was taught.
"No need" she stated and walked off to her room.
A solitary Raven.
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A/N: I will update again soon. Ideas are bubbling popping up, I just can't always express them in the way I'd like :)
