Chapter 3

A/N: Chapter 3 is here! Yupperoo!

Disclaimer: I no own it. I pwomise.

Starfire was up, tossing and turning in her bed. She knew that now that Raven and Beast Boy had their room together back they would be enjoying their privacy. She sighed. Her and Robin had been – involved – for over a year now, and still he hadn't made a move. She was tired of his lack of action. Of course, looking through teen magazines she found that apparently most guys were oblivious, shy, and afraid of rejection. She sighed. Why is it that they can be "friends with benefits" as a magazine called it, but he was scared to be more with her? Well, she was tired of waiting for him. She was going to make a move herself.

She got out of her bed and went into the hall. She was still wearing her pajamas – a pair of purple boy shorts and a white wife beater. She floated down the hall and came to Robin's room. She stood right in front of the door. Well, now what? She stood in front of the door, probably looking like a fool. She hadn't thought this far ahead yet. She put her fist up to knock, and then dropped her hand to her side again. Wouldn't it be odd that she was knocking on his door in the middle of the night? It was almost midnight, so he had probably been asleep for over an hour. Well, it was now or... well, later, but she was sick of waiting. She rapped on the door, immediately sorry afterwards and about to stick her foot in her mouth from frustration. A minute or so later Robin came to the door, dressed only in his boxers, though he was too tired to see Starfire blush. "What's wrong, Starfire?" He asked sleepily.

"Umm... nothing is wrong, really, I just thought we needed to talk." Her English had gotten much better over the past year or so. Lessons with Robin were not exactly painful. "Talk about the... feelings... between us." Robin appeared to wake up a little more. He opened his door all the way and beckoned her in. She sat down on his unmade bed, and he sat beside her.

"What did you want to talk about?" He asked, looking at Starfire with eyes still glazed over with sleep.

"I wanted to talk about... well, we have been close for a while, and I was just wondering where it was going. I like you, Robin, and I don't want to hide anymore." She looked down, playing with her hand in her lap. Robin suddenly grasped her hands in his. She looked up, looking him in the face. He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Then we won't hide. I thought that you wanted to keep it a secret. I want to let it out just as much as you. Tomorrow we will stop hiding. But now you should go to bed. Who knows what homicidal maniac is gonna show up tomorrow in the city, and you'll need your sleep."

"Could I sleep in your room?" She asked, and Robin's jaw dropped. Seeing his gaping stare, she started. "No, no, not like that. I can't get sleep in my room. I just wanted to sleep in here, that's all." He kept staring. "Well, I can go back if you wish me to."

"No, it's okay, you can... stay. Where are you sleeping?" He didn't know whether he was disappointed or relieved that Starfire was only sleeping in his room. She motioned towards the bed with a questioning look. He nodded. Okay, maybe he was a little too tongue-tied for anything other than sleeping. She crawled to the other side of the bed and wiggled under the covers. She laid her head on his extra pillow and snuggled in, closing her eyes. Robin got back in bed, too. While Starfire was obviously asleep within ten minutes of lying down, Robin stayed awake, alternately staring at Star and the ceiling, a mantra running through his head. There's a girl in my bed. There's a girl in my bed. There's a girl in my bed. There's a girl in my bed. There's a girl in my bed. It was a few hours before he was able to calm down enough and snuggle under his sheets, drowsiness overtaking him.

Robin woke up later than usual, probably due to lack of sleep the night before. When he awoke he was acutely obvious that there was an arm draped over his waist and a hand on his bare stomach that wasn't his. Then he felt Star's body up against his, cuddled close for warmth. His heart started racing, realizing that neither of them was extremely well clothed and her bare skin was touching his. He turned his head over and looked at Star. She moaned quietly and opened her eyes, looking right into his. "Good morning," she whispered.

"Good morning," he whispered back. He threw back his sheets to get out of bed and instead of getting up he yelled, making Star jump, too.

"Good morning," Cyborg said with a small smile on his lips, "Am I the only one in this tower not getting any?"

Beast Boy was standing right next to him. "Well, considering the metal, it might be difficult, especially deciding upon which parts are metal and which are human." Cyborg frowned at him, and made a move to hit him, but Beast Boy slunk off to Star's end of the bed. "So, whatcha do last night?" He asked slyly, raising his eyebrows at her.

"Nothing! We only slept together!" He shook his head. "No, not slept together, she slept with me, er, in my bed, not with me, next to me." Beast Boy, Cyborg, and even Starfire were staring at him strangely. "You know what, forget it. I'm getting breakfast." He got up and walked down the stairs, and Cyborg and Beast Boy followed him, jeering a half-asleep Robin all the way down to the kitchen. Starfire shook her head and flopped back into Robin's bed. She was not ready to get up and face the inquisition. However, Raven came into the room, still in the leotard she slept in, and sat down on the bed next to Star. Star made a move to explain herself, but Raven shook her head.

"Don't bother, I could hear the guys all the way from downstairs." Star blushed. "I'm sorry I wasn't able to repay your favor and cover for you. If I had known... as it was, I was a little busy." Star smiled and shook her head.

"We were going to let you all know anyway. Just as well that they found out sooner than later," Star said, twisting the sheet in her hands. Raven put her hand on Star's shoulder.

"Did you do it?" She asked.

"No, like Robin said, I only slept in his bed. We did nothing!" She cried. Such dirty minds!

"I believe you, Star, don't worry. Come on, let's get breakfast." The two girls went downstairs in their pajamas. The others were still in their pajamas, too... well, boxers.

"Looks like a slumber party," Cyborg commented offhand. Of course, I was the only one who wasn't invited." Starfire shrieked!

"A sleepover, a sleepover! Let's have a sleepover!" The others looked at each other incredulously.

"Aren't we a little old for sleepovers?" Raven asked with a raised eyebrow.

"You are never too old for a sleepover!" Starfire proclaimed, gathering them all in a big group hug. "We shall eat popcorn and watch movies and do all the things we used to!"

"Mommy!" A faint voice cried from upstairs,

"Jalen," Raven said, going back upstairs.

"He can come, too! We will have one big Titan sleepover!" She called after Raven, who was going up the stairs to check on her toddler. Robin shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm okay with it."

"You would be," Cyborg mumbled. Robin gave him a look. "But I'm in, too. Scary movies?"

"No, they'll scare Jalen." Beast Boy said.

"I know! Finding Nemo!" Starfire said happily, causing all three of the guys to look at her with a look of "you've got to be kidding me".

"Nemo! Nemo! I want Nemo!" Jalen called from his mother's arms. She set him down and he ran over to Beast Boy, hugging his leg. "Morning, Daddy!" Beast Boy smiled and bent down to pick him up.

"Okay, Nemo it is. We'll have a night of Nemo, Toy Story, and Monsters Inc. Sound good?" Jalen laughed and nodded. "Good. Who wants to go to the movie store?" Beast Boy asked the others. Starfire and Raven ended up volunteering.

"We'll be back in a few minutes. You guys make breakfast!" Before the guys could argue, the two girls had already flown out the door, leaving Cyborg, Robin, Beast Boy, and Jalen staring at the door. Beast Boy looked at Cyborg and winked. They already knew who was making breakfast.

"Nose call!" They all put their fingers on their noses (even Jalen), but Robin, who wasn't expecting it, was the last one to put it there. "Well, Robin," Beast Boy said, "It looks like you're making breakfast. Have fun. We'll be on the gamestation." Beast Boy carried Jalen to the couch, and Cyborg followed.

"I HATE NOSE CALLS!" Robin yelled after them, but they merely laughed. "I always lose..."

That night the six titans settled down in the living room, the blankets from all the rooms strewn about on the floor. Raven had even taken the mattresses out of the rooms telekinetically. Even Jalen, following his mother, took the pillows out of the rooms, a faint white halo of light emanating from them as they floated in front of the toddler. All the titans laughed and clapped as he brought them down the stairs. He looked very proud of himself as he plopped one pillow after another on top of the mattresses.

"He looks like you when he's cocky," Raven whispered in Beast Boy's ear. He tickled her side and she shrieked and jumped on a mattress.

"Nemo!" Jalen said happily. Robin went over to the bag of movies from the rental store and took out Finding Nemo, inserting it into the DVD player. Jalen was instantly mesmerized, his eyes glued to the screen. However, the others were not so easily captivated.

Cyborg was asleep in a matter of minutes – apparently Finding Nemo wasn't his thing. Of course, as soon as he was snoring Beast Boy looked over at him and grinned maliciously. "Hey Rae, Cyborg's asleep."

"Not around Jalen!" Raven said, looking at her son who was watching the screen. Starfire appeared to agree from her place on Robin's shoulder. However, Robin grinned back at Beast Boy.

"What is it this time?" He asked, a grin on his face. "Last time was the hand in warm water, the time before that drawing faces on his bionics with permanent marker..."

Beast Boy appeared in deep thought for a moment. He looked up at Robin with a mischievous sparkle in his eye. "I was thinking... makeup." Robin stifled a laugh, and even Raven and Starfire's attention was piqued. Robin looked at Starfire, who went upstairs and brought down a bag full of cosmetics. She passed eye shadow to Beast Boy, mascara to Raven, and lipstick to Robin. She held a compact of blush.

"Shall we make him up?" She asked, a slight smile on her lips. All for of them dove on Cyborg, being careful not to wake him up as they turned him into a pretty, pretty princess. By the time they were finished He looked more like a transsexual clown than anything else. The titans giggled and gave Starfire back her makeup. Well, there was a half an hour down the tubes. Jalen was still watching Finding Nemo, and they had a feeling he wasn't going to bed anytime soon. Soooo, now what?

"How about some sleepover snacks?" Raven asked them all. They nodded, and Raven got up to go get them from the kitchen. She pulled out a bag of popcorn and a few sodas. She threw the bag in the microwave and set it. The microwave hummed into motion, and Raven sat watching it, feeling kinda sleepy. The whir seemed to grow fainter and fainter, and her eyes got blurry. Suddenly, everything went black.

She wasn't anywhere, so where was she? It was dark, so dark that it stifled her breath and pressed on her chest as if daring her to keep breathing. Turning frantically around, she couldn't see anything in any direction. It was so quiet Raven could have been deaf and she wouldn't have known it. She could have been blind, too, for all she could see.

There was a movement in the air. It wasn't wind; it was like the beat of a drum echoing noiselessly through the darkness. It shook her body, and the beat grew faster and faster, as did the beat of her heart. Finally it was so fast it was like a continuous vibration numbing her through and through, and then there was nothing but pain.

It was in her gut, almost as if she had been stabbed. She felt her stomach to see what had hit her, but there was nothing there at all. Still the pain reverberated in her belly, waves of it beating on her from the inside out. It couldn't stop, and Raven went numb from shock. She fell on her back, the waves of hurt rushing over her, and time – if it still existed – went right on...

"Raven! Raven!" Beast Boy shook her awake. "Raven, oh, Raven, we have to get you to a hospital!" He lifted her in his arms, and she lay limp.

"No, no, no hospital. Take me upstairs. I'll tell you... everything."

"Raven, you were throwing up blood. It's all over the kitchen floor, and you were shaking! Geez. You were in here for over an hour! I thought-" He choked back his words. Raven lifted a weak arm and put her cold hand on his cheek.

"Please, just take me upstairs. I'm not going anywhere. It's a part of my life... call it a gift from my father. I'll explain it to you..." She looked around. "Where's Jalen?"

"Robin and Starfire took him upstairs. He doesn't know anything. Cyborg is washing off the makeup Are you sure you're, you're okay?" Raven nodded weakly. "Okay, but when we get upstairs you are telling me everything."

A/N and R/A's:

Well, hate to leave you on a cliffhanger now, but I'm off to California for a week, teehee! I'll be back next weekend! Thank you all for reading my story so far, and I hope you're enjoying it!

Raveninblack90 – I get a lot of my names from baby name sites online, and my friend has a baby name book (I'm surrounded by writers! Ahh!) Thanks

We3 – Thankees. Well, something is happening, is it horrible? I dunno yet... I'll try to fit in some boo ya's, teehee. About the pregnancy test thing... I saw the commercial for one on the TV when I was writing it... lmao, does that count?

Warprince2000 – Thank you! I'll try to update as soon as I get back from Cali!

Raven-Vegeta – Well, whenever you get it up just let me know Thanks!

SpydrgrlAna – No problem, you actually gave me the idea for where I'm going with my story! Thanks, I love Jalen Teehee.

Adactus Naturae – Hehe, a lil more suspense? Thanks, I'm glad you like Jalen, I was worried about whether he would be liked or not... Thank you, and I hope you enjoy the cliffhanger! Muahahaha!

I love you all, my reviewers! I'll try to get Chapter 4 up ASAP! I hope you enjoyed Chapter 3!