-Sigh- Last Chapters are always sad, ne? I had some fun writing this, though. I may revise it someday, but I don't know. That's all.
I don't own Teen Titans.
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Raven pulled back from Robin as she felt her emotions letting go. He smiled down at her, and she took the flowers from his hand. "Thank you Robin. You are forgiven."
"So..uh, Raven? Are we...you know, together?" He took her hand in his. "Because it's alright if we aren't." He added somewhat awkwardly.
Raven frowned. She hadn't though about that. It would take a great deal of sacrifice for them to get together, and she wasn't sure she--and the rest of the Titans--would be able to handle it. She was willing to, but...she just didn't know.
"Robin...." Raven folded her legs in midair and closed her eyes, trying to calm herself down. "I want this to work. Really, I do. But I don't think--"
He cut her off. "I understand about your feelings, Raven. But I think, if we really wanted to, we could last. Together. I'd be willing to give up everything I could for you."
"I know you would." She smiled sadly. "But Robin, you know how the last twenty-four hours has been for me. Everything is going so fast. And if it weren't for my emotions, I wouldn't even know if I liked you or not."
"Then we'll go as slow as possible." He whispered, and took her hand. Just---
Just took her hand.
"AWWWWW!!!!!"
Both of them blinked and turned around, just as a camera flash went off in their eyes. "What?"
Raven blinked once more, and found herself in front of BeastBoy, who was shaking a Polaroid picture. "This is SO going in my scrapbook!"
"BeastBoy!" Robin lunged at the photo, but BeastBoy transformed into a cat and darted away, the picture held in his teeth. Raven sighed and leaned against the wall.
"I guess what little secret we had is out then, huh?"
"I guess so."
Raven allowed a smile to grace her lips. "So maybe now, we don't have to go so slowly."
Robin grinned. "You mean it?"
"I always will." And she leaned foreword to kiss him again.
Mommy! Tell cousin Larry to stop cheating! He knows I tagged him first!" A four year old boy looked up at Raven with big purple eyes. Raven smiled slightly, but didn't look up from her book. "I refuse to referee you childish games, Speedy."
The little boy tilted his head to the side.
"What?"
"Go ask your father."
"Okay!"
"Raaavvveeennnn!"
Raven and looked up again. Across the Jump city National fountain, she saw Robin waving to her frantically. "Come sit with us!" She sighed and stood up slowly, stretching. Marking the page of her book, she teleported over to the benches where Robin, Starfire, and BeastBoy were sitting, plus a host of other people. She took a seat next to Robin, who put an arm around her just as the little boy reached him.
"Daddy! Tell cousin Larry to stop cheating!" Robin laughed.
"That's not my department. Ask uncle BeastBoy."
"Uncle BeastBoy! Tell cousin Larry to--HEY!" The little boy was cut off as Larry snuck up behind him and tapped him on the back. "Tag!"
Raven watched as the two boys sped away. Everyone else was listening to Blackfire tell about her and AquaLad's latest adventure, but her mind wasn't on that. It was on how far she had come. Just four years ago, she had difficulty controlling her emotions and feelings. Now she was sitting in the park, with the three other original titans and their spouses, and watching their kids play tag around the fountain. She had to admit, she was happy now. A lot happier than she had ever been in her life.
"Guess who's here!" The voice came from Cyborg, who was accompanied by Jinx, who was carrying a baby wrapped in light blue blankets. Everybody, minus Raven, got up to look at the tiny baby.
Raven smiled. Everyone else seemed a lot happier too. Their city was safe, and if there was ever and trouble, they were still as fit and agile as they were when they were teens.
"Mommy?"
Raven looked down to see Speedy attempting to hoist his small body up on the bench. Raven reached out and lifted him up to her lap with her arms draped around him, a rare sign of affection for her.
"Are you okay, Mommy?"
"I'm fine, Speedy."
"Mommy? Do you know what cousin Kaziorland'r told me?"
"What?"
"She said that a long time ago, you, and Daddy, and Uncle BeastBoy, and Uncle Cyborg, and Auntie Starfire lived in this gigantic house together, and you fought bad guys and stuff."
"And?"
"I wanna fight bad guys too. And even if I hate them, I wanna live with Kaziorland'r and Larry and Trammy in a big house too. Like you."
She smiled. "What about your new cousin Vinx?"
Speedy made a face. "Eww, not her. She's just a baby."
Raven laughed quietly and Speedy hugged her. She stood up and. "Come, Speedy. Let's go ask Cyborg if you can say hi to Vinx."
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-sniff- It's over. finally. Do I smell a sequel?"
And how many of you caught the nudge toward my "Ripples in The Water" story?