Raventhedarkgoddess: Okay, don't kill me. It's just a story, people! Okay, here's chapter eleven. Also, once this one is done, I had a strange idea for a sequal, still Raven/Robin. I'm wondering if anyone would read it, though. Okay, here's chapter eleven.
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Chapter Eleven: Do You Mean It?
Robin sighed. Dawn's pale light streamed into his room and he looked around. Raven...He tried to clear his head, and then last night's events came to him clearly. Slade and Terra were dead, Lecita was downstairs, and Raven was in the hospital. Robin, scolding himself for sleeping so long, ran down the stairs. Starfire, looking like she'd done a good deal of crying, was heating breakfast.
"Robin, you have awakened," she said gentley, and hugged him. Robin looked at Cyborg over her shoulder, and he was giving Robin a look of pity. Lecita and Anna were sitting at the table quietly, and Beast Boy wasn't talking much. I shouldn't have killed Terra, he thought. But then, he told himself, she would have killed everyone. Beast Boy doesn't blame me, he added, but he wasn't sure about the truth behind that.
"Robin," Lecita said softly, "I'm so sorry. I should have driven you guys away. I let you stay, and...Raven suffered to help me. I am so sorry. Anna and I...we're leaving later."
"Ya'll aren't leaving now, are ya?" Cyborg fixed her with a riviting stare. "How are we gonna explain to Raven where you went? We still need you here!"
Anna spoke up this time in her small voice. "Lecita, I'm not going to leave. Raven still needs us, and so do the other titans. I hate to seperate us, but if that's how this is gonna be..." Her voice trailed off.
Lecita sighed. I can't leave her, she thought. The others don't hold me responible, so why am I trying to run away from them? She wrapped her arm around her younger sister. "I'm not leaving. I need to stay here, and I'm sorry I doubted you guys. I was so afraid that you would hold me responsible." She felt her eyes fill with tears. Stupid, she thought, don't cry.
"Rave wouldn't want you to feel that way. She won't and neither will we. I'm headed to the hospital. I don't care what you guys do." Robin turned to leave without eating, and everyone else exchanged glances and followed.
Cyborg finally convinced him to get in the car. Man, he thought to himself, Beast Boy and Starfire are losing someone they love, too. Beast Boy lost Terra, Starfire is going to lose Robin...and we all might lose Raven.
"Are you going to stop or what?" Anna said. Cyborg almost passed up an open parking space and they jerked hard agenst their seats. Everyone muttered something and headed inside.
Robin stopped the first nurse he saw. "Excuse me, ma'am. Could you tell me where I could find Miss Raven...?" Robin trailed off. He had forgotten her last name.
"I'm sorry, sir. I need a last name. Many fans have, dressed as the Titans, tried to get into her room. If you don't know her name, then I'll have to send you away." Her expression was critical, and even more doubtful when she saw Anna and Lecita.
"Her last name is Roth. Raven Roth. Can we get in, or do you need her eye color, too?" This was the first time Beast Boy had directly spoken to someone since Terra died. His eyes were trained on the nurse, and Robin felt a horrible surge of guilt. She would have killed you, he tried to remind himself.
"Miss Roth...Miss Roth is in terrible conditon. She's a fighter, though. I will allow five minutes, but do not be shocked at what you see. She can hardly open her eyes." The nurse led them down the hall. Kids these days, she thought, are so rude...
The group made their way in, and Robin saw Raven laying on a bed. She had an IV dripping into her veins and one hand, clenched, lay on top of her blankets. Many other machines whirled around her bed. She looked peaceful in a haunting sort of way, and the room was silent. "Five minutes," the nurse repeted, and left, her high heels clicking on the worn tile.
Starfire moved to Raven's bedside and placed her hand on Raven's. "Get well, friend." She flee the room, unable to stand the sight of Raven anymore. She burst into sobs and chased away the curious people in the waiting room. "Have you never seen a young girl cry?" She asked them, and they hurried on, embarressed to be caught staring.
Beast Boy muttered something, standing at her side, and left without a word to anyone. Cyborg sighed as he took her hand. "Raven, if you don't pull through...I might not. Star and Beast Boy....Lecita, Anna, Robin...We need you, ya know?" He dropped her hand and left. He muttered something to Robin about waiting in the car.
The sisters went to her side together. "If you die because of me...I don't know what I'm gonna do. Get better, Raven. For our sake," Lecita said in a low voice. Anna started to cry and the two of them left to go out to Starfire and Beast Boy.
Robin stood alone by Raven. He looked at her and started to cry. He couldn't remember crying more than once or twice in his life, and now he was crying over Raven for the second time in twenty-four hours. Why? Why are you acting like an idiot? You're supposed to be calm, he snapped at himself. "Raven..." He choked on his words. "I don't know if you can hear me, but..."
Raven stired slightly. I can hear you, she thought. I can...I need to hear your voice. She tried to tell him to stay, but she couldn't even open her eyes. Her whole chest felt like it was on fire, and the stitches in the knife wound were driving her crazy. She was holding out for her friends, and Robin was here now.
"Raven, if you can hear me, I need you to listen. I don't know how long you're going to keep fighting, but please make it so that you hear me out." Robin looked at her with pleading eyes.
Raven tried again, but couldn't bring herself to look at him. She let out a small groan, which was really the best she could do. She racked her brain for a way to reach him.
"Raven, you and I have never been really close. You hung out with everyone else, and so did I...We just never mixed. I'm sorry about that now." He took her hand, and she could feel his warm skin agenst hers.
Robin longed to draw back. She was so cold, almost dead-feeling. "Raven, there is no way to beat around this. I don't know if you can hear me...But I really love you. Not Starfire, like I thought. You. I thought Starfire and I were made for each other, but then you got kidnapped, then hurt. I've killed for you, and althought it weighs on my mind, I don't regret it."
Raven felt her eyes snap open. "Robin..." She moved her hand so that it layed on top of hers, and he helped her prop her body agenst the pillow. She looked at him. "This is really hard to explain..."
Robin felt his hope going away from him. Did she hate him? Was she about to tell him she didn't like him? "Just tell me, Rave." He hoped she didn't take offense at him using Cyborg's pet name for her.
She almost fell forward. "I can't really show you how much I love you, but I do. It's going to have to stay hidden, though. I'm hiding it, but I love you. Someday, I'll learn the perfect way to tell you. But for now...Are the words 'I love you' enough?" She fell forward, and Robin caught her and held her close to him.
"Do you mean it?" He held her head agenst his chest. She looked at him and nodded.
"Robin..."She leaned forward and her lips brushed Robin's. Robin grinned and kissed back, gently. Just then, the nurse entered with Starfire and the others. Starfire's eyes got large in her head.
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Raventhedarkgoddess: Okay, there's chapter eleven. One more problem to solve, and that would be Starfire. Please reveiw and I'll get back to this.
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Chapter Eleven: Do You Mean It?
Robin sighed. Dawn's pale light streamed into his room and he looked around. Raven...He tried to clear his head, and then last night's events came to him clearly. Slade and Terra were dead, Lecita was downstairs, and Raven was in the hospital. Robin, scolding himself for sleeping so long, ran down the stairs. Starfire, looking like she'd done a good deal of crying, was heating breakfast.
"Robin, you have awakened," she said gentley, and hugged him. Robin looked at Cyborg over her shoulder, and he was giving Robin a look of pity. Lecita and Anna were sitting at the table quietly, and Beast Boy wasn't talking much. I shouldn't have killed Terra, he thought. But then, he told himself, she would have killed everyone. Beast Boy doesn't blame me, he added, but he wasn't sure about the truth behind that.
"Robin," Lecita said softly, "I'm so sorry. I should have driven you guys away. I let you stay, and...Raven suffered to help me. I am so sorry. Anna and I...we're leaving later."
"Ya'll aren't leaving now, are ya?" Cyborg fixed her with a riviting stare. "How are we gonna explain to Raven where you went? We still need you here!"
Anna spoke up this time in her small voice. "Lecita, I'm not going to leave. Raven still needs us, and so do the other titans. I hate to seperate us, but if that's how this is gonna be..." Her voice trailed off.
Lecita sighed. I can't leave her, she thought. The others don't hold me responible, so why am I trying to run away from them? She wrapped her arm around her younger sister. "I'm not leaving. I need to stay here, and I'm sorry I doubted you guys. I was so afraid that you would hold me responsible." She felt her eyes fill with tears. Stupid, she thought, don't cry.
"Rave wouldn't want you to feel that way. She won't and neither will we. I'm headed to the hospital. I don't care what you guys do." Robin turned to leave without eating, and everyone else exchanged glances and followed.
Cyborg finally convinced him to get in the car. Man, he thought to himself, Beast Boy and Starfire are losing someone they love, too. Beast Boy lost Terra, Starfire is going to lose Robin...and we all might lose Raven.
"Are you going to stop or what?" Anna said. Cyborg almost passed up an open parking space and they jerked hard agenst their seats. Everyone muttered something and headed inside.
Robin stopped the first nurse he saw. "Excuse me, ma'am. Could you tell me where I could find Miss Raven...?" Robin trailed off. He had forgotten her last name.
"I'm sorry, sir. I need a last name. Many fans have, dressed as the Titans, tried to get into her room. If you don't know her name, then I'll have to send you away." Her expression was critical, and even more doubtful when she saw Anna and Lecita.
"Her last name is Roth. Raven Roth. Can we get in, or do you need her eye color, too?" This was the first time Beast Boy had directly spoken to someone since Terra died. His eyes were trained on the nurse, and Robin felt a horrible surge of guilt. She would have killed you, he tried to remind himself.
"Miss Roth...Miss Roth is in terrible conditon. She's a fighter, though. I will allow five minutes, but do not be shocked at what you see. She can hardly open her eyes." The nurse led them down the hall. Kids these days, she thought, are so rude...
The group made their way in, and Robin saw Raven laying on a bed. She had an IV dripping into her veins and one hand, clenched, lay on top of her blankets. Many other machines whirled around her bed. She looked peaceful in a haunting sort of way, and the room was silent. "Five minutes," the nurse repeted, and left, her high heels clicking on the worn tile.
Starfire moved to Raven's bedside and placed her hand on Raven's. "Get well, friend." She flee the room, unable to stand the sight of Raven anymore. She burst into sobs and chased away the curious people in the waiting room. "Have you never seen a young girl cry?" She asked them, and they hurried on, embarressed to be caught staring.
Beast Boy muttered something, standing at her side, and left without a word to anyone. Cyborg sighed as he took her hand. "Raven, if you don't pull through...I might not. Star and Beast Boy....Lecita, Anna, Robin...We need you, ya know?" He dropped her hand and left. He muttered something to Robin about waiting in the car.
The sisters went to her side together. "If you die because of me...I don't know what I'm gonna do. Get better, Raven. For our sake," Lecita said in a low voice. Anna started to cry and the two of them left to go out to Starfire and Beast Boy.
Robin stood alone by Raven. He looked at her and started to cry. He couldn't remember crying more than once or twice in his life, and now he was crying over Raven for the second time in twenty-four hours. Why? Why are you acting like an idiot? You're supposed to be calm, he snapped at himself. "Raven..." He choked on his words. "I don't know if you can hear me, but..."
Raven stired slightly. I can hear you, she thought. I can...I need to hear your voice. She tried to tell him to stay, but she couldn't even open her eyes. Her whole chest felt like it was on fire, and the stitches in the knife wound were driving her crazy. She was holding out for her friends, and Robin was here now.
"Raven, if you can hear me, I need you to listen. I don't know how long you're going to keep fighting, but please make it so that you hear me out." Robin looked at her with pleading eyes.
Raven tried again, but couldn't bring herself to look at him. She let out a small groan, which was really the best she could do. She racked her brain for a way to reach him.
"Raven, you and I have never been really close. You hung out with everyone else, and so did I...We just never mixed. I'm sorry about that now." He took her hand, and she could feel his warm skin agenst hers.
Robin longed to draw back. She was so cold, almost dead-feeling. "Raven, there is no way to beat around this. I don't know if you can hear me...But I really love you. Not Starfire, like I thought. You. I thought Starfire and I were made for each other, but then you got kidnapped, then hurt. I've killed for you, and althought it weighs on my mind, I don't regret it."
Raven felt her eyes snap open. "Robin..." She moved her hand so that it layed on top of hers, and he helped her prop her body agenst the pillow. She looked at him. "This is really hard to explain..."
Robin felt his hope going away from him. Did she hate him? Was she about to tell him she didn't like him? "Just tell me, Rave." He hoped she didn't take offense at him using Cyborg's pet name for her.
She almost fell forward. "I can't really show you how much I love you, but I do. It's going to have to stay hidden, though. I'm hiding it, but I love you. Someday, I'll learn the perfect way to tell you. But for now...Are the words 'I love you' enough?" She fell forward, and Robin caught her and held her close to him.
"Do you mean it?" He held her head agenst his chest. She looked at him and nodded.
"Robin..."She leaned forward and her lips brushed Robin's. Robin grinned and kissed back, gently. Just then, the nurse entered with Starfire and the others. Starfire's eyes got large in her head.
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Raventhedarkgoddess: Okay, there's chapter eleven. One more problem to solve, and that would be Starfire. Please reveiw and I'll get back to this.