RavenInBlack90: I'm glad that you liked the chapter. Now you'll see who she chooses.
VandaGirl519: Of course she would be back. We all know that she wouldn't be able to leave Robin no matter what.
SpyroTheTitan06: You wanted her choice? You got it.
DIWaRrIa: LOL. We all know that Raven deserved that slap. Everyone needs one every now and then when they can't see what they're doing.
Crazie Al: I'm glad that you really like this story. I had a lot of fun writing it (with a lot of help from Blackshield.) You reviewers give me the energy to write.
CrypticGoddess: Shh! If you know, don't tell. We don't want to give it away when we're so close to finding out.
Starfire893: Thank you. It means a lot to me. I love it when people tell me that they like my stories. You reviewers have the power to make or break us writers. Anyway, me personally I can only read R/S, C/R, and BB/T but I'm glad that you don't mind any of them. You may get your wish on Rae going back to Cy, but you may not. Oh, Star became so cold when she felt her only love with someone else. Her whole world crashed before her very eyes, but it wised her up in the process. So she didn't become cold, just more mature.
TeenTitansGirl14: As always, it's a joy and a major privilege to get a review from you. I'm glad that you loved the romance in it, and to think it's not over. LOL, didn't I say that you overrate Robin, but it's all good. He'll survive that punch, Cy wasn't trying to kill him until after it. I'm just going by "Divide and Conquer when he didn't hold his tongue then either.
Shortyst1: LOL. Here comes more for you to be amazed at.
Like I said before. Thank you so much for the amazing reviews, and I mean that from the heart. I am really glad that you enjoyed this chapter, I wanted to make this one a good one. Anyway, here's the finale to "Would You Wait For Me."
Song Used: Brian McKnight - One Last Cry
Raven stood up and took a deep breath."It's time to face the music." She said as she began to walk out of her apartment.
My shattered dreams and broken heart
Are mending on the shelf
I saw you holding hands
Standing close to someone else
As she walked down the steps, she saw Robin walking up them. He looked up and saw her standing one floor above him.
"I came back because we need to talk, and I don't care if you don't want to." He said as he continued walking.
"You're right, we do need to talk."
She waited for him, then joined him as they walked back. Not one word was said as they headed to her apartment. Robin couldn't look at her, nor could Raven look at him.
He headed to her couch and sighed as he plopped down on it.
"I wanna know where we stand Raven. I love you, but I have to know. Do you love me too?"
"Yes, I love you. You were there for me when I needed someone the most. Yes Robin, I love you-" She said while Robin smiled. "But my heart belongs to Cyborg."
Now I sit all alone
Wishing all my feelings was gone
I gave my best to you
Nothing for me to do
But have one last cry
Robin went wide-eyed. He couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"How?! I thought that you hated him!"
"I thought I did, but I know now that I was wrong. He had the right to call me whatever he wanted to. I realize now that the reason I fell in love with you was because of him. When he was in his coma, I needed him the most and he wasn't there. But when you came along and we would talk about him, the things that you two had in common, and what me and him had in common I fell in love with how much we all were alike and my love for him molded and I fell in love with you. I'm not trying to say that if it wasn't for him that I wouldn't love you. If things were different, and we had a chance I would take it, but I belong with him."
Robin stood there with his head down the whole time while she spoke her heart out. Her words were rolling over in his brain as he tried to understand her.
One last cry
Before I leave it all behind
I gotta put you out of my mind this time
Stop living a lie
I guess I'm down to my last cry
"I-I don't know what to say."
Cry.....
"I know. Another thing is that me and him never broke up. We never had any closure and that would be wrong on my part to be with someone else while he's thinking that we're still together."
"But don't you want to think about you and what you want."
"I am. This is what I want. Everyone needs to think about what they want, and they deserve it, but when it comes at the cost of hurting someone else, and someone special, then it's wrong. He was there for me in the beginning, the one who understood me the most, the one who never gave up on me, but I gave up on him, and for that I don't deserve him."
"Well if you think that way, then why not tell him that. And what if he doesn't want you back?"
"Robin, you have to understand that me and you can never be together. Besides, you never ended your relationship with Starfire."
"But she ended it with me."
I was here
You were there
Guess we never could agree
While the sun shines on you
I need some love to rain on me
"No she didn't. She hated you and me for what we did, but she never left you. She stayed and watched over you all of this time. I also know that when Cyborg told you that, you began to think about her. You still love her and she still loves you. These past few days I know that you've been thinking about her. I could see it in your eyes."
Robin knew that she was right. He was thinking about Starfire day and night. There were even times when he thought about her before Cyborg came back. Reality was finally setting in for Robin. His relationship with Raven was over and he had to move on. But to where, he didn't know.
Still I sit all alone
Wishing all my feelings was gone
Gotta get over you
Nothing for me to do
But have one last cry
"You're right. I have been thinking about her. So, I guess this is it. Well, how are you going to tell Cyborg?"
"I want to know how he feels before I see him. That's why I need your help."
"Okay, what do you need me for?"
"I want you to talk to him. I'll be there, but out of sight. I wanna know if he still wants me back, but if he doesn't; then I start all over."
"I understand. Spare yourself the pain just in case, but if he doesn't want to be with you anymore, then that means that we can be together right?"
Raven shook her head. "No. Because you remind me too much of him. You two are too similar, so it would do more harm than good."
"Okay. So when do you want to do this?"
"The sooner the better."
Robin nodded and walked out with Raven. They got n his car since he traded in his bike for it, and headed to Titans tower. On the way there, there was a lighter conversation. Each one was actually showing a small smile. It was an elated feeling to have it all out in the open and not have to hide their feelings from each other or anyone.
"Thank you Robin. For understanding how I feel and what I want."
"You're welcome Raven. I love you, I want is for you to be happy. If that isn't with me; I'm okay with it."
"Yeah. Either way, this is my last visit to the tower."
"Oh. But wait-If he accepts you back, then what about your stuff and your apartment?"
"If he does, then I'm sure that you'll drop off my stuff. And about the apartment, you can have it if you want to."
"Thanks. I might need it since I haven't been back to the mansion, and I don't know how they would react to me returning. Especially after Starfire coming, going, then returning again."
The conversation lightened as they rode on. Raven looked at the evening sky as she rested her head on the seat. The orange sun was slowly setting from the upper, yellow sky into the lower, dark purple sky as if it was being pulled under. It was an easy sight to see. One that she had gone without for so long. She knew that things were going to be okay. The storm was over for her.
One last cry
Before I leave it all behind
I gotta put you out of my mind
For the very last time
Been living a lie
Over the past few days after Raven left, Cyborg didn't do much. Each night he went to the same spot on the roof where he shared so many lovely nights with her. He knew he was torturing himself, but he didn't care. The world was over for him. The tower was his only home, but it was too painful to live in. Every time he went to that spot, he wanted to jump off, but couldn't bring himself to it. He wasn't going to go out like that. Only cowards kill themselves.
As he stood in that spot. Tears started to roll down his cheek. He had cried so much that he swore that his cybernetic one shed tears also. His pain slowly turned to anger as he saw Robin's car driving up.
"What the hell does he want?" Cyborg fumed as he stormed inside to wait for Robin to enter.
"Cy? Cyborg! Where are you?" Robin called out to his former best friend.
"Here." He said as he walked out of the elevator. "What do you want? Because if it's a fight, I'll be more than happy to give you one."
"I didn't come her to fight. I came here to talk."
"Then spill it and go." Cyborg said as he walked over to a window and leaned on it with his back turned towards Robin, but quickly turned around when he heard Robin step forward. "I thought that you were going to stab me in the back again."
"That's low Cy; but I deserved it." Robin said as he looked at the floor.
Unknown to Cyborg or Robin, Raven walked in and hid in the shadows like she said she would. Her heart was on her shoulders while she listened.
"What did you come here to talk to me about? Come to tell me that you and Raven are getting married? Well I won't be coming to the wedding."
"Neither will I."
"Excuse me?" Cyborg asked as he cocked his head to the side.
"Raven and I won't be getting married. We aren't together anymore."
"What happened, you find another girl? Or did she find another guy?"
Raven grabbed her chest. That hurt to hear him say that. She sniffed as she had to hold her emotions inside of her.
"No. She's still in love with you."
"Tcch. She sure has a nice way of showing it."
"Believe me or not she does. We talked today about everything. She never stopped loving you and still wants to be with you."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Because she still wants to be with you, and because I only wants to make her happy. Being with you has always made her happy, and she needs that. Don't you still care about her? Don't you still want to be with her?"
"Of course I do! You don't think that I don't?! I come out of a coma and I see her with someone else! How do you think I feel?! The only woman I loved wasn't there! Yes I want her back." He exclaimed hysterically.
"Then all you have to do is tell her." Robin said as he walked over and placed his hands on his shoulders while looking Cyborg in the eyes.
"You're right."
Cyborg walked over to the phone to call her, but Robin stopped him.
"Just say it. She'll hear you."
Cy looked at Robin with a confused look, but trusting his instincts, he called to her.
"Rae. I need you. I love you. I can't be without you. You opened my heart to the world when no one else was there, and I can't bear to be without you. Please come back to me." He cried as he fell to his knees.
He stayed there crying until he felt a hand on his shoulder. Thinking it was Robin, he lightly moved it away. The hand was placed on his shoulder again and he looked up to see Raven kneeling in front of him. She too was crying, but she was smiling too.
"Rae." Was all he could say before they hugged each other.
Both of them began to weep away all of their pain. Knowing that his job was done, Robin slowly started to walk out as quietly as he could. He walked to his car and got in. He began to start it, but he placed his forearms on the steering wheel and his head on his forearms while he sobbed.
I guess I'm down, I guess I'm down
I guess I'm down...
I guess I'm down...
To my last cry...
The next morning wasn't too different from the night before. Cyborg and Raven help each other that night as they slept. They cried themselves to sleep. As they woke up they needed to talk to each other.
"You really want me back?" Cyborg asked. "After all I've done to you?"
"I can't be with anyone but you. You were my first love. The first one I dated, the first I kissed, the first to be intimate with, and I want you to be my last. We've been through way too much to let it end. I don't care what happens as long as I'm with you."
"Yeah. I never thought that I would be with anyone again after my accident, but you showed me that I could love again. I only want to love you Raven. So, will you marry me?"
"Yes."
At Raven's former apartment, Robin didn't get any sleep. Instead he just stood looking at the sky. He knew he had to move on, but didn't want to. Later on in the day, he received a call from Raven asking him to bring her stuff. He agreed like he promised and began packing. Every now and then, he would see a picture of him with her and smile, but he would see pictures of her with Cyborg too.
"Take care of her Cy. You deserve her as much as she deserves you." He said as a tear rolled down his cheek. "Okay Robin, you've had your last cry. Now you have to move on."
After he finished, he took her bags to her. They didn't say anything when he arrived. There wasn't anything to say. He handed her all of her belongings; except for the things that belonged to him and her. Cyborg shook his hand before he left.
"You take care of yourself Rob. Until the very end, you will be my best friend because if I died, I wouldn't want Raven to be with anyone else but you."
Robin smiled and hugged his best friend before getting in his car and driving away.
End Of Would You Wait For Me.