PLEASE READ THIS IF YOU DON'T READ THE THINGS UP HERE!!!!!!!!!!

Hi again. I think the last couple episodes were not very serious, and not too... blah. Not anything like life and death, much more joking around. But I assume the reader expected something lie life and death, so I'm gonna go back to the drama, occasional joke, etc., but mostly drama. I think. I hope that paragraph last time cleared up who Tomb is, I'll try to make a picture of him. I missed out on making a little romance between Tomb/Raven, as someone suggested.

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I was asleep. The documentary on doorknobs was only a quarter through, and I was already stupider than I had ever been. I decided to go to the dining room with Raven.

"I'm never touching another doorknob as long as I live." I said. She did not answer.

"Tea?" She offered me a cup.

"Sure. Thank you."

We sat down across from each other, sipping the tea, listening to the moans of boredom from the living room.

"Have we ever done this Raven?"

"Done what?"

"You know... Just sat down together and... talked?"

"No. We've always been avoiding the rest of the team or something."

"Should we start now?"

"Nothing's stopping us."

"We've always talked about things bothering us. I don't think we're being bothered too much right now. How about things that don't bother us?"

"Like...?"

"I...don't know. I remember some things though. Like that battle 6 months ago."

"Wow. That was some day. I still remember it. Like it was yesterday."

"You know, sometimes I stay awake at night thinking about that, and thinking what if we weren't so lucky to save you. Sometimes I have nightmares about it, and I wake up screaming."

"Should I be thanking you for your concern? Thanks."

I just sat there.

"Why do you scream and say awake?"

"I already told you. I care about you. You matter more than anything to me. I don't know why."

"Wow... I'm flattered."

We sat there for an unknown time, similar to the time in the hospital.

"I haven't said this for six months. I guess I kind of buried it deep down."

"Said what?"

"I. L-l-l-o-uh-o-v-v-v-e-e y-yo-u. I love you. And I will never leave you."

I looked into her eyes for the first real time in quite a while.

"I love you too."

We held hands and leaned across the table. We stared at each other in a trance that was abruptly broken with a deadly silence.

"The movie's over."

Beast Boy charged in.

"We're making dinner! What do you want-Hey! What have you been doing for almost an hour?"

"Bonding."

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That was a really irrelevant chapter, but don't worry. I make a lot of references to it later. BTW, just because something doesn't have a link doesn't mean you can't access it. For example, this is chapter 5. Tomorrow morning, go to the URL bar and type in 6 instead of 5 where it says chapter=5. Bye! Please R+R!!!!