Chapter Thirteen :: The Waiting Room

Robin tried to clear his head, he needed to be able to tell them everything. He knew that they would be upset because they had kept it a secret from them, and he didn't want to make them feel like they didn't trust the rest of their team. He put his hand to his chin and thought things out to himself for a few moments.

"Ok." He took a deep breath and began to talk very slowly, in a quiet voice. He didn't want everyone in the hospital to know what had been going on. When you're a bunch of crime fighters in costumes, people tend to notice you, he didn't want to bring in any more attention than he already had.

"I... Raven and...Raven and I have been...dating.. for the past two months." He paused. It felt good to get it out into the open. The team sat there, their faces emotionless, waiting for him to speak again.

"A few months ago, I found myself falling for Raven. I didn't want to admit it to myself at first, and I was certain that it was just a fleeting feeling. But no matter what I tried, it grew stronger as each day past. So, one night while you guys were out, I kissed her. Afterwards I told her it was a mistake because I didn't think that she felt the same. We spent a week or so not talking to each other. Then remember the night you guys went to that movie marathon? Well, that night I couldn't take it anymore and I made her a dinner as an apology and then...I kissed her again. Before the night was over we were telling each other we loved one another and meaning it. We also began to have sex that night. It was the only night we didn't use protection."

He stopped for a few moments and sighed. This wasn't easy. His true love was laying there in a coma and he had to talk about her and how he fell into a relationship with her in a different room.

"We began to meet in secret, having talks, spending time together, getting acquainted. We chose to keep it secret from you guys. We weren't sure how you would react to the whole prospect of us being a couple and we just didn't want to find out at the time. Then, this morning, she told me. She told me she was pregnant...and well... I just didn't take it well. I acted like an ass and basically told her that if she had the baby I didn't want to have anything to do with its life... which was what was with the screaming this morning. Things were great until I did that. I feel just terrible about it. I shouldn't have acted that way." he stopped. Tears were streaming down his face quickly now, and he was having trouble speaking without sobbing.

"So why did you tell her you didn't want the baby?" Cyborg asked him gently.

"I guess I was just...in shock. I couldn't believe that she was pregnant and the thought of being responsible for a child just, terrified me. So I...I guess I just looked for a way out. I never expected her to abort the baby, and I wouldn't have asked her to. I just couldn't see myself as a father." Robin replied.

The team sat there in silence. Cyborg decided to offer some advice.

"Rob. Do you love her?"

"Yeah Cyborg, I do, more than anything."

"Then you need to tell her. And then you need to straighten up and accept this baby. It's yours, and you cannot walk out on something that you created. That would just be wrong Rob."

Robin knew Cyborg was right. Now it was just a matter of Raven waking up so he could tell her.

They sat in silence for another half hour. Robin was dying inside. He wanted so badly to see Raven, and the doctors wouldn't let any of them anywhere near her.

Finally, they got the news they had been hoping for.

"Teen Titans." Dr. Robinson poked himself into the waiting room. "Raven is awake. You can see her if you wish.

The team decided that Robin needed to go in and see her first, alone. So Robin followed the doctor to her room. He was left alone inside.

Raven looked so small and helpless. She had wires and tubes coming off of her in more places than he could count. She looked like she was in a lot of pain.

He walked up to her bed and looked down at her. Her eyes were closed and she seemed to be peacefully sleeping.

"Raven?" He said in a voice that could just barely be heard.

She opened her eyes and looked up at him. Tears were streaming down his face. She tried to reach a hand out to him, but didn't have the strength and had to set her hand back down at her side.

"Richard."