Chapter 11: Illumination
A/N** Awww man. one more chapter to go and then I'm done... But I do really
hope you like this chapter. I had fun writing this and thanks for your
reviews! ^_^
Robin looked at Raven, not just shocked, but more than pleased. Raven stayed outside, snow drifting in her silky smooth hair. Noticing that the door was being the divider for both of them, Robin stepped closer.
"I lo-" Robin began.
"Robin! You must come with us and dance and enjoy the festivities of Christmas! It's only 45 minutes from midnight of Christmas!" Starfire squealed in joy. Robin nodded and went arm in arm with her. Raven watched them. She really didn't think that she should've joined this team. Why again? Oh yeah, to defeat her father. They already did that; they didn't have to affiliate with her anymore. Raven felt left out. She followed them with head bowed down to her chest, watching the floor zoom past and legs shuffle fast. When she walked in the room, everyone was dressed up, even Robin, Raven was the only one not in fancy clothes. They stared at her and made some comments.
"Yo, Raven, how come you're not wearing any dresses?" Beastboy began the questions.
"And how come you're all wet and stuff?" Cyborg added.
"Where've you been?" Starfire stated next. She didn't even realize that Raven was just behind Robin when she went to fetch him. She clenched her teeth together and tears welled up in her eye. Was she that oblivious to the group? Were they? If they felt that way about her, maybe she shouldn't be spending time with the team, not even Christmas.
Raven lead herself to her room and looked at the pure white dress that she bought if maybe, just maybe Robin liked her and they could choose to be with each other. It didn't happen so she put on that dress in stead for Christmas; she wanted to see their expressions for when they opened their gifts from her.
She heard, 'oo's' and 'ahhhhh's' when she was drifting down the stairs in her new dress after she took a shower.
"Where'd you get that dress?" Cyborg smirked.
"When did you go shopping?! That dress is beautiful!!" Starfire gasped. It didn't glimmer but it was very eye-catching with the present of each and every curve bellowing out.
"Yeah, when did you go shopping?" Beastboy added last. She only smirked at them then shook her head. She walked past them all playing board games with Robin, Robin face darkened with the color of scarlet and looked down. As she headed into the kitchen, she noticed everything was cleaned this time with food for dinner. She ran out to them in her white dress, high heels and red accessories and asked them why there were so many food laid out on the table.
"Oh! We're having a party!" Starfire shrieked. Just then, the door bell rang and Beastboy came to greet the guests. Raven and Robin stood side to side, watching hundreds of people flood in ten minutes before midnight. Raven watched them as Robin surveyed her face. He looked at her eyes, and their gaze met each others. He cleared his throat to mention that a few people around them were watching. She looked down at his feet then turned her attention to her bare toes wiggling in nervousment at what he might say next.
"How-are. you?" Robin began. Raven looked up at him, meeting his eye then looked past it.
"My day is going fine," Raven noticed people kissing each other under the missile toes and ignored them, staring at Robin in between his eyes, at the bridge of his nose.
"About earlier-" they began in unison. The boy who Raven met at the club while Blackfire was here tapped her on the shoulders. She whirled around and plastered a smile on her face. Robin's eyes burned with jealousy and he just watched them talk.
"You haven't talked to me in a few months," he told Raven.
"Sorry, although we hadn't, I still consider us as friends," Raven apologized. Apparently this boy liked Raven, even if Raven knew; she'd play along, pretending that he didn't. He grabbed Raven by the hand; Robin quietly followed them until they reached the remaining missile toe. "What do you think you're doing?" Raven pleaded as the boy held tight to her waist. She tried to let go but didn't want to hurt him physically. His face was now just an inch apart, his hands at her neck to keep her from restraining her head away. His breath brushed against her check and she could scent the hint of alcohol on his tongue. She almost pried loose as she didn't want his arm to be broken; she tried flying away but the boy just grabbed her leg and pulled her down. Robin knew it was his turn to 'save' her.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" Robin cried out, trying to stop him from harassing Raven.
"I'll do whatever I'll want!" he slurred. He was growing drunker as he took a beer can and slurped it all down. He threw the can at Robin who dodged and pushed Raven against the wall. Raven kicked him in the chin, as he fell over back wards. Robin pulled her closer to him. He held onto her shoulders. She jerked away as if he were a contagious germ. He was bewildered.
"I don't like to be touched," Raven whispered to him, her head down in embarrassment that someone did touch her and she didn't do anything about it. Robin gritted his teeth in anger. He had tried to save her and now she was acting like this? Raven looked up at him. "But, you are my friend and that is different." Raven smiled then teleported to the kitchen to grab some food before he could say anything.
There were hundreds of people they didn't know, and only a few to name. Raven walked through the dancing people and looked at the kitchen in disgust. She bumped into Starfire who greeted her and then danced again with Cyborg, with Beastboy trying to practice his moves on another girl who was blond. The blond just smiled at him and started to dance with Cyborg. Beastboy and Starfire began dancing. Raven's eyebrows lifted in surprise and she left them alone and then teleported to the roof where she found Robin.
"Hi," Robin greeted, he was watching the city as usual, and the lights flickered off one by one as the other parties ended but this one continued. They stood side by side. It stopped snowing and the skies were cleared as the stars ventured out and decorated the sky. Raven watched in approval as Robin continued to stare at her face like all those other times. They could hear and feel the music of a slow song. The words were clear and Raven began humming along with the tune to pass the time. Even if he didn't really realize it, her voice was soft and light, beautiful. When she was speaking though, it was dark and somewhat eerie but the team paid no attention to it. Her eyes seemed sad as she sang the last words. He remembered that Starfire would get all the attention after they were done fighting and Raven was left in the dust. All the male members of the team noticed how much Raven envied Starfire.
Raven felt his stare and it warmed her on this cold winter night. She didn't stare back hoping that he wouldn't take his eyes off of her.
"There is something we need to discuss," Raven interrupted his memories.
"Like what?" Robin asked.
"Our friendship," Raven said in a monotone voice. Robin just looked back at the water. A ferry they ordered was tied to the dock after it dropped the last load of people off.
"Well, we're just friends," Robin truthfully told. Raven sighed, knowing he didn't lie. She wanted them to be more than that.
"Then that's what we are, friends," Raven completed their little discussion. "I suppose, then, that you'd be better off talking with Starfire up here rather than me, correct?" Robin frowned and shook his head.
"Why are you like that?" Robin grabbed her arm before she ran back downstairs.
"Like what?" Raven innocently asked. She barely knew what was going on in his head, or her head to say the least.
"You're always running away from us. You never ever show your emotions and you always shut us out! Aren't you tired of doing that? Not becoming that good of friends with us?" Robin yelled at her. Raven pulled her arm away. Of course, she never noticed that she shut out people so they wouldn't hurt her or she wouldn't hurt them, but it was habit formed since she was little.
"I never noticed," Raven plainly mentioned. "Sorry," she apologized. Robin took a deep breathe in. She headed towards the door but Robin stopped her again. Her favorite slow song was playing downstairs as they were using the stereo system that Raven got for Beastboy. The volume was turned up to the max and with the stars dancing along to the song; it was like a winter paradise.
"Wait, Raven! I was wondering. Erm- do you- er- wanna dance with- me?" Robin was hot from embarrassment and he was scratching the back of his neck with his hands and rubbed his feet together.
"Sure, I suppose," Raven smiled. She blushed as he put his hands on her waist. Her arms wrapped around his neck. The ever lasting tune carried out its duty to bring the two teen titans together. A few other songs played by Fate had organized Raven's head to lie on Robin's shoulders. As hours passed, and sunset crept up, Raven and Robin sat at the edge of the Tower's roof, looking out to the east. Some people left, others stayed and spent the night. The whole C.D. was repeated but the two on the roof didn't mind.
"It's pretty," Raven complimented the orange, purple and pink rays. Robin nodded. Raven started to grow tired, after all she spent the whole day thinking, shopping and dancing yesterday. Her eye lids started to drop down little by little.
"Yeah, it is," Robin added. 'But it's not beautiful, like you.' He thought. "Have you ever wondered what would happen if we didn't meet?"
"The whole team?" Raven whispered a question. He shook his head.
"No, just us. What would you be doing? Would you be the one on the team and me the one being Batman's sidekick forever? Or would you be out in school, hiding your powers? Would we have different friends?!" Robin stopped with the questions to think, but continued on in a whisper, "What happened if we never saw each other? Would I be so desperate to meet someone like you? What would you have done?" He took a small breathe and continued, "Raven, I don't want us to be separated- ever. I won't let anything come between us; I want to stay with you. If anything happens to you-Don't change, please. I want to stay by your side."
"Hmmm." was the first thing that escaped from Raven's lip. She had fallen asleep. Her head plopped down on Robin's shoulders and stayed there. Her soft breathing glided through the air as he said one more word to her
". Forever..."
A/N** Awww man. one more chapter to go and then I'm done... But I do really
hope you like this chapter. I had fun writing this and thanks for your
reviews! ^_^
Robin looked at Raven, not just shocked, but more than pleased. Raven stayed outside, snow drifting in her silky smooth hair. Noticing that the door was being the divider for both of them, Robin stepped closer.
"I lo-" Robin began.
"Robin! You must come with us and dance and enjoy the festivities of Christmas! It's only 45 minutes from midnight of Christmas!" Starfire squealed in joy. Robin nodded and went arm in arm with her. Raven watched them. She really didn't think that she should've joined this team. Why again? Oh yeah, to defeat her father. They already did that; they didn't have to affiliate with her anymore. Raven felt left out. She followed them with head bowed down to her chest, watching the floor zoom past and legs shuffle fast. When she walked in the room, everyone was dressed up, even Robin, Raven was the only one not in fancy clothes. They stared at her and made some comments.
"Yo, Raven, how come you're not wearing any dresses?" Beastboy began the questions.
"And how come you're all wet and stuff?" Cyborg added.
"Where've you been?" Starfire stated next. She didn't even realize that Raven was just behind Robin when she went to fetch him. She clenched her teeth together and tears welled up in her eye. Was she that oblivious to the group? Were they? If they felt that way about her, maybe she shouldn't be spending time with the team, not even Christmas.
Raven lead herself to her room and looked at the pure white dress that she bought if maybe, just maybe Robin liked her and they could choose to be with each other. It didn't happen so she put on that dress in stead for Christmas; she wanted to see their expressions for when they opened their gifts from her.
She heard, 'oo's' and 'ahhhhh's' when she was drifting down the stairs in her new dress after she took a shower.
"Where'd you get that dress?" Cyborg smirked.
"When did you go shopping?! That dress is beautiful!!" Starfire gasped. It didn't glimmer but it was very eye-catching with the present of each and every curve bellowing out.
"Yeah, when did you go shopping?" Beastboy added last. She only smirked at them then shook her head. She walked past them all playing board games with Robin, Robin face darkened with the color of scarlet and looked down. As she headed into the kitchen, she noticed everything was cleaned this time with food for dinner. She ran out to them in her white dress, high heels and red accessories and asked them why there were so many food laid out on the table.
"Oh! We're having a party!" Starfire shrieked. Just then, the door bell rang and Beastboy came to greet the guests. Raven and Robin stood side to side, watching hundreds of people flood in ten minutes before midnight. Raven watched them as Robin surveyed her face. He looked at her eyes, and their gaze met each others. He cleared his throat to mention that a few people around them were watching. She looked down at his feet then turned her attention to her bare toes wiggling in nervousment at what he might say next.
"How-are. you?" Robin began. Raven looked up at him, meeting his eye then looked past it.
"My day is going fine," Raven noticed people kissing each other under the missile toes and ignored them, staring at Robin in between his eyes, at the bridge of his nose.
"About earlier-" they began in unison. The boy who Raven met at the club while Blackfire was here tapped her on the shoulders. She whirled around and plastered a smile on her face. Robin's eyes burned with jealousy and he just watched them talk.
"You haven't talked to me in a few months," he told Raven.
"Sorry, although we hadn't, I still consider us as friends," Raven apologized. Apparently this boy liked Raven, even if Raven knew; she'd play along, pretending that he didn't. He grabbed Raven by the hand; Robin quietly followed them until they reached the remaining missile toe. "What do you think you're doing?" Raven pleaded as the boy held tight to her waist. She tried to let go but didn't want to hurt him physically. His face was now just an inch apart, his hands at her neck to keep her from restraining her head away. His breath brushed against her check and she could scent the hint of alcohol on his tongue. She almost pried loose as she didn't want his arm to be broken; she tried flying away but the boy just grabbed her leg and pulled her down. Robin knew it was his turn to 'save' her.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" Robin cried out, trying to stop him from harassing Raven.
"I'll do whatever I'll want!" he slurred. He was growing drunker as he took a beer can and slurped it all down. He threw the can at Robin who dodged and pushed Raven against the wall. Raven kicked him in the chin, as he fell over back wards. Robin pulled her closer to him. He held onto her shoulders. She jerked away as if he were a contagious germ. He was bewildered.
"I don't like to be touched," Raven whispered to him, her head down in embarrassment that someone did touch her and she didn't do anything about it. Robin gritted his teeth in anger. He had tried to save her and now she was acting like this? Raven looked up at him. "But, you are my friend and that is different." Raven smiled then teleported to the kitchen to grab some food before he could say anything.
There were hundreds of people they didn't know, and only a few to name. Raven walked through the dancing people and looked at the kitchen in disgust. She bumped into Starfire who greeted her and then danced again with Cyborg, with Beastboy trying to practice his moves on another girl who was blond. The blond just smiled at him and started to dance with Cyborg. Beastboy and Starfire began dancing. Raven's eyebrows lifted in surprise and she left them alone and then teleported to the roof where she found Robin.
"Hi," Robin greeted, he was watching the city as usual, and the lights flickered off one by one as the other parties ended but this one continued. They stood side by side. It stopped snowing and the skies were cleared as the stars ventured out and decorated the sky. Raven watched in approval as Robin continued to stare at her face like all those other times. They could hear and feel the music of a slow song. The words were clear and Raven began humming along with the tune to pass the time. Even if he didn't really realize it, her voice was soft and light, beautiful. When she was speaking though, it was dark and somewhat eerie but the team paid no attention to it. Her eyes seemed sad as she sang the last words. He remembered that Starfire would get all the attention after they were done fighting and Raven was left in the dust. All the male members of the team noticed how much Raven envied Starfire.
Raven felt his stare and it warmed her on this cold winter night. She didn't stare back hoping that he wouldn't take his eyes off of her.
"There is something we need to discuss," Raven interrupted his memories.
"Like what?" Robin asked.
"Our friendship," Raven said in a monotone voice. Robin just looked back at the water. A ferry they ordered was tied to the dock after it dropped the last load of people off.
"Well, we're just friends," Robin truthfully told. Raven sighed, knowing he didn't lie. She wanted them to be more than that.
"Then that's what we are, friends," Raven completed their little discussion. "I suppose, then, that you'd be better off talking with Starfire up here rather than me, correct?" Robin frowned and shook his head.
"Why are you like that?" Robin grabbed her arm before she ran back downstairs.
"Like what?" Raven innocently asked. She barely knew what was going on in his head, or her head to say the least.
"You're always running away from us. You never ever show your emotions and you always shut us out! Aren't you tired of doing that? Not becoming that good of friends with us?" Robin yelled at her. Raven pulled her arm away. Of course, she never noticed that she shut out people so they wouldn't hurt her or she wouldn't hurt them, but it was habit formed since she was little.
"I never noticed," Raven plainly mentioned. "Sorry," she apologized. Robin took a deep breathe in. She headed towards the door but Robin stopped her again. Her favorite slow song was playing downstairs as they were using the stereo system that Raven got for Beastboy. The volume was turned up to the max and with the stars dancing along to the song; it was like a winter paradise.
"Wait, Raven! I was wondering. Erm- do you- er- wanna dance with- me?" Robin was hot from embarrassment and he was scratching the back of his neck with his hands and rubbed his feet together.
"Sure, I suppose," Raven smiled. She blushed as he put his hands on her waist. Her arms wrapped around his neck. The ever lasting tune carried out its duty to bring the two teen titans together. A few other songs played by Fate had organized Raven's head to lie on Robin's shoulders. As hours passed, and sunset crept up, Raven and Robin sat at the edge of the Tower's roof, looking out to the east. Some people left, others stayed and spent the night. The whole C.D. was repeated but the two on the roof didn't mind.
"It's pretty," Raven complimented the orange, purple and pink rays. Robin nodded. Raven started to grow tired, after all she spent the whole day thinking, shopping and dancing yesterday. Her eye lids started to drop down little by little.
"Yeah, it is," Robin added. 'But it's not beautiful, like you.' He thought. "Have you ever wondered what would happen if we didn't meet?"
"The whole team?" Raven whispered a question. He shook his head.
"No, just us. What would you be doing? Would you be the one on the team and me the one being Batman's sidekick forever? Or would you be out in school, hiding your powers? Would we have different friends?!" Robin stopped with the questions to think, but continued on in a whisper, "What happened if we never saw each other? Would I be so desperate to meet someone like you? What would you have done?" He took a small breathe and continued, "Raven, I don't want us to be separated- ever. I won't let anything come between us; I want to stay with you. If anything happens to you-Don't change, please. I want to stay by your side."
"Hmmm." was the first thing that escaped from Raven's lip. She had fallen asleep. Her head plopped down on Robin's shoulders and stayed there. Her soft breathing glided through the air as he said one more word to her
". Forever..."