Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans (DUH!). Also "The Corner" is not mine as well, but RavensDespair allowed me to use it (Yay girl! You rock!).
Chapter 5: First chance.
That night, Xavier went to a poetry café called "The Corner". Not very fancy, but it was a quiet place, where anyone could cleanse their minds of any problems and other stuff. Xavier sat on a tall chair and ordered a cup of tea (he still wore the Red X suit, but took out the mask). The bartender walked close and gave him his tea.
"You okay? You kinda look blue." He asked Xavier as he sipped his tea.
"I just had a bad…no, disastrous day." He replied.
"Anything you wanna talk about?"
At that same moment, Raven walked inside, but she did not notice Xavier's presence. He, on the other hand, looked at her for a while, then turned and faced the bartender again.
"I'll pass." He sighed after answering.
"You know, there's gonna be a poem contest pretty soon. Maybe you can take that out in it." Xavier's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this.
"TAKE WHAT OUT?" He tried to seem upset…but it didn't work.
"Please, have you seen the puppy face you make when she's around?" He smiled as he spoke.
"Whatever."
Xavier placed his cup on the counter and walked close to Raven.
"…(Okay, here goes nothing) Hi!" His voice reflected his nerviousness.
"What do you want?" Raven asked with her monotone voice (DUH!).
"You mind?" Xavier pointed at the chair directly in front of Raven.
She simply turned her head and looked at the dark blue sky outside.
"You don't believe it, do you? That I'm with Slade?"
"What makes you think I don't?" She was still looking at the outside sky.
"Well, you seem pretty careless, and if you did believe that you would've called Rob already…I think."
Raven rolled her eyes and remained silent. Xavier finally sat on down and placed a small paper on the table. He noticed that she was upset and thought of this as his big chance! He was startled by a huge rucus from outside, but then took a deep breath and all the courage he could gather along with it.
"What's wrong? You don't look so good." His knees began to shake and his hands began to sweat. Xavier quickly hid his hands under the table.
"Why don't you just go steal something? I wanna be alone." Her voice became rough and showed a bit of anger.
"You sure you don't wanna talk? Besides, it's not like I'm a fire-breathing dragon or anything."
Raven gave Xavier a "dagger look" and pierced through his eyes and into his mind (not litteraly). His small smile vanished along with his hopes and enthusiasm. Again, Xavier placed his hands on the table and looked down in dissapointment. Then his voice filled the air in a sad tone.
"You still haven't gotten over it, have you?" He asked.
"Gotten over what?"
In her mind, Raven asked herself who the heck was he? After all, they have never even talked before.
"That thing with Malchior. B told me a few days ago back at the arcade." His answer didn't seem to be of Raven's interest. She wanted to know something else.
"Who are you? And why are you so sticky tonight?"
Just when things were starting to get a little interesting for Xavier, Raven's T-comm started "ringing". She flipped it open and saw Robin's face. On the background was Cinderblock mashing the other Titans like potatoes.
"Raven, we need your help, NOW!" He spoke desperately.
"Where are you?"
Just after she asked, Cyborg was knocked into the place. Xavier quickly activated a cloaking device in his suit, so that Cy wouldn't notice his presence.
"'Bout time you appeared." Cyborg said as he stood up.
Raven stood up from the chair and noticed a piece of paper on the table (the one Xavier placed there) while doing so. She picked it up and found something writen on it.
It said: May 9, 1988, Boston. Give it a look, ok?
She put the paper inside one of her boots and went outside. Once outside, she saw Cinderblock stuck on the floor and covered with a red colored gooey material and everyone but Robin (who wasn't there at all) was taking a rest.
Robin, on the other hand, was chasing the "new Red X" on a set of buildings until they stopped on one.
"What do you want with me?!" Red X asked with anger.
"I'm here to take you to jail!" Robin threw a freeze disk as he spoke, but X dodged it.
"Listen! I'm with the good guys now, so why don't you give it a rest?!"
Robin answered by jumping onto the air and kicking X on his chest. Then took out his Bo. X got on his feet and again, tried to make his way out of "that lunatic's range". They kept on jumping from one building to another until X disappeared into thin air.
End of Chapter 5