Chapter Three: Introductions

Meanwhile, back inside the Tower, the rest of the Titans were mystified by Robin's strange behavior, due to the fact that he had run out of there as fast as his legs could carry him for no apparent reason. "Gee, wonder what's with him," Beast Boy said. "I haven't ever seen him run out of here that fast before."

"Except when he chases Slade," Starfire pointed out. "Do you think he sees Slade now?"

"I don't think so, he would have told us that," Cyborg commented. "I wonder what-"

"Hi everyone, I'm back," Robin said as he entered the room. The Titans all turned and stared at him, except for Cyborg, who was staring at the person that followed him into the room. He was the only one who noticed she had followed him into the Tower. The fact that a girl had followed him into the Tower was interesting enough.

He felt an almost instant attraction to her. She had red hair and blue eyes, and reminded him, in a way, of Starfire; just a little bit. He was curious about her and wondered why she followed Robin into the Tower. What also mystified him was the fact that she was in a wheelchair, and that she was the girl he'd seen earlier getting thrown into a wall by Gizmo.

"Robin, who's this with you?" he asked, acknowledging his companion. All the Titans turned to look at her. Beast Boy raised an eyebrow. Star looked curious and Raven's face was unreadable.

"Titans, I would like you to meet Barbara Gordon. She's...an old friend of mine from a long time ago."

"You can call me Babs," she smiled, but Raven noticed, because she was an empath, that it was a sad smile and not a happy one. She was sad for some reason, and she sensed it had to do with Robin in some way.

"Babs, this is Cyborg, Starfire, Beast Boy and Raven." She wheeled over and shook all of their hands in turn.

"So you are a friend of Robin's?" Starfire asked.

"You could say that," Barbara replied.

"So how did you end up in-" Beast Boy began to ask, Cyborg and Raven cut him off.

"You shouldn't ask her those kinds of questions, Beast Boy," Raven snapped, irritated that he would try to pry into their visitor's personal life so quickly.

"Yeah, you just met her man, give her a break!" Cyborg said. Beast Boy flushed.

"Sorry," he appologized, his face was red. Barbara looked at him quietly, people always had a lot of questions, especially if they were friends of Robin. They don't know about us. They don't know anything about me, or who I was before this. She thought, what they don't know won't hurt them.

"Don't worry about it," Barbara replied. "People ask me all the time."

"Do you want me to show you around?" Robin asked, trying to get off that imparticular subject. Any mention of it might lead to more questions, and he didn't exactly want to tell Starfire just yet what kind of relationship he'd had with her. Barbara didn't want to talk about it either, any time it came up, the hurt came too, and she didn't want to deal with it right now, since she figured out on her own that Starfire had feelings for Robin.

"Sure, I'd like that. You guys don't mind if I stay for a night?" she was a little hesitant, although Robin had invited her in and told her she could stay, it was different when there were four other people who had no idea who she was letting her stay with them.

"No, I don't mind. We usually don't get to meet any of Robin's friends," Beast Boy said.

"Why's that?" Barbara asked.

"He never talks about them," he replied.

"I see."

"So, Babs, how do you know firend Robin?" Starfire asked.

"We..." she tried to give them a satifying answer without giving too much away bout her past, "...Went to school together." Which was the truth, of course, she just left out that they had been a couple back then. And that she'd been a superhero who could walk.

"Oh, we didn't know that," Cyborg said. "I'm surprised he never told us about you. He usually tells us everything."

"Come on, let me show you around," Robin smiled quietly and he gave her the tour. A short time later, two of the Titans, Cyborg and Raven were sitting with her in a guest room where she was to stay for the night.

"Babs, remember when we told you that Robin told us everything, that we thought we knew everything about him-"

"Well, not everything," Raven said quietly, "we don't even know what his eyes look like without his mask."

"Tell me what is his real name?" Babs asked, surely they knew what Robin's real name was.

"He's real name is Robin, isn't it?" Cyborg asked, puzzled by a question that seemed to him, very, very stupid.

Babs was shocked! They've never seen him without it?! I thought these people were his frineds! It showed on her face and Cyborg and Raven were mystified by it. "Why are you so surprised by this?" Raven askeed.

She could only stare numbly at the wall. She couldn't believe it, these people were his friends and he'd hardly opened up to them at all. Not like what he'd done when she'd known him. They don't even know his real name! And he's their firend! Cyborg sighed, confused. Raven sensed this girl knew stuff about Robin, more stuff than she let on.

"He's changed so much..." her voice trailed off.

"How?" Cyborg asked.

"He was so open, and trusting...now he hides himself from his friends." She began to wheel around the room. Going to a corner, she just sat there, staring blankly at the wall.

"What do you mean, 'hides himself'?" Cyborg asked. Raven thought she knew what she meant. She'd seen into Robin's mind and there was a lot that she didn't understand.

"Blue..." she muttered under her breath, "Sky blue..."

"Huh?" Cyborg asked.

"The color of his eyes....when he took off his mask...they were sky blue."

"How do you know that?" Raven asked, both she and Cyborg were astonished at this because they'd never seen Robin without his mask. What else did she know?

"I know this because...Robin was my boyfriend...a long time ago."

The silence was numbing. This revelation was totally unexpected. Cyborg and Raven could only wait for an explanation...of why Robin never told them who she was to him.

Author's Note: Thank you so much for all the reviews! For all those who were wondering what the song that I used for the last chapter was, it was 12 Stones' "Photograph" off their new album Potter's Field. Until next time, God bless! Updates are coming soon for To Ask and be Answered, Beneath tbe Bat's Wings I Stand in Your Shadow, and The Haunting of the Logans!!! So keep in touch and keep watching for me!