Hehehehe, you are gonna enjoy this chapter. Don't kill me for making the couple of parts short. It's already five pages….enjoy, especially since I am loosing valuable sleeping time…it's 12:47 a.m. and I gotta get up in about five hours, so enjoy it, at least one of us will….

Chapter 5: The Wren and the Blue Jay

Raven sighed as she sat down at the small outdoor table. It had a large umbrella for shade, and she sipped her soda lazily. She was now eight months pregnant, and she felt it. Her stomach had grown, and she needed help to put on her shoes now because she couldn't see her own feet. Teresa had been a wonderful example of what an expecting grandmother would be, and Raven had learned to see the generous woman as family.

"So then," Teresa said coming to sit down across from the very pregnant Raven, two hotdogs in hand. "Have you picked out names yet?" she said handing an unusually topped hot dog to Raven.

Raven had gotten unusual cravings recently, and the current consisted of peanut butter and ketchup on her hot dog. Teresa was obviously disgusted in the mixture but didn't say anything as they ate in silence for a few moments. "I don't really know." Raven stated as she was lost in thought. "I was considering naming the girl Ren. I was also thinking about Jay for the boy, but I don't know. I've never been a mother before. I've never even known my own." She sighed. The two of them had been preparing the nursery for the past four weeks, making one side lavender, and the other blue. It was a weird mix, but what else could they do.

"I think those are perfect names." Teresa said smiling reassuringly.

"I hope so. Only one more month until we no longer have any time alone." Raven said with a sigh.

"We?" Teresa asked jokingly.

"Well, you don't honestly think that you'll have a decent night's sleep when there's one me and two of them?" Raven asked raising an eyebrow.

"You're right about that." Teresa said, and they both started laughing.

Raven had truly opened up in the time that she had been living with Teresa, which was about six or seven months now. She had become a 'brighter' person, and she had also learned what was going to happen when the 'stork' dropped off the two bundles of 'joy'.

"Oh well, all we have left to do is go get that lamp for Jay's side of the room." Raven said with a heavy sigh when she felt Jay, the more rambunctious of the two, kick. "He's going to be a handful." Raven stated as she stood and put a hand on her stomach, Teresa standing as well.

"Boys always are." She said with a smile and the two went off to do their last minute baby shopping.

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Another month passed, and Raven finally went into labor. After four hours and twenty three minutes she gave birth to Jay and Ren.

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It had been a month since Teresa and Raven had brought the two, perfectly healthy babies home. Ren's side of the room was a soft lavender color, and Jay's side was a soft baby blue. The room was divided pretty evenly, with the cribs facing eachother, and a small table and lamp next to each. There was a rocking chair in the corner, that Teresa had insisted upon buying, and each had a pile of stuffed animals as well.

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"Hey, I'm home!" Teresa called as she walked through the door, balancing several bags of groceries. She could hear Raven in the nursery trying to calm the crying one month old Ren, who had a good pair of lungs in her.

"I'll be right there!" Raven called as she burped the little girl who she had just finished feeding. "As soon as I can get some quiet." She said in a quieter tone to herself.

Ren had no intention of quieting down on the other hand, and continued to bawl. The little baby was wearing a light pink one piece outfit, while her brother had a matching blue one.

"As long as Jay doesn't…Wonderful!" Raven began to say, but stopped for a moment when Jay began to scream his head off. "This hell will never end. I know a million places I'd rather be instead of listening to this, one of them would be 'home'." She muttered as she shifted Ren to one arm, and then picked up Jay with her other hand and began to rock them gently.

"Here, let me take one." Teresa said coming in. Raven handed her Ren with a look of utter gratefulness written across her face. They finally calmed and quieted the bawling twins and put them to sleep.

"Thank you." Raven said as the two walked out into the living room where Raven dropped onto the couch dramatically. Teresa smiled and went to go put the food away in the kitchen.

"I talked to a friend of mine down at the Pizza Shack. She's willing to give you a job." Teresa said as she put a gallon of milk in the fridge and walked back out into the living room to plop down on the couch next to Raven.

"Sure, but what'll I do with pain and suffering in there?" she asked moving her head in the direction of the babies room.

"Well, Kerry, the owner, has a back room. She lets her kids play in there. She's got a one and two year old." Teresa said taking a piece of chocolate from the box on the table near her.

"That'll be good." Raven said with a sigh. "When can I start?"

"I'll give her a call tomorrow, and you can probably start the day after." Teresa said standing and folding a blanket on the couch.

"Alright. Thanks Teresa." Raven said with a tired sigh and went to her room, to get in a few hours sleep before pain and suffering would wake up again.

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Raven worked at the Pizza Shack for five years. She became the assistant manager, and Ren and Jay were enrolled in the local pre-school and daycare. She didn't face many villains, the simple robber here and there, but High City was practically clean of crime. Raven called Terra whenever she found the time, and read any article about Jump City she could find in the High City Post.

Ren was now a black haired, dark purple/blue eyed girl, who showed signs of having powers similar to her mother's. Jay had the same dark hair and mixed colored eyes that seemed to change upon the twin's moods. He also had similar powers, and both children had learned to hover, making their mother constantly reprimand them when they did it infront of strangers and customers when they were at the Pizza Shack.

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It had been five years since Raven had left the Titans, and every now and then the team was reminded of her, but for the most part they had tried to forget. Terra was the only one who really knew how she was doing. The Titans hadn't changed too much, Terra was with BeastBoy, and they were a normal couple, except Terra would constantly have to argue with him about all the tofu he ate. Cyborg was more in love with his car than ever, and whenever he'd take it to a car show, the girls would flock around him. Robin and StarFire had a semi-relationship. Star would constantly want to do things with Robin and cuddle up, but Robin would make excuses and sometimes even hide from her.

The Titans also had several new enemies. H.I.V.E had gotten new recruits, and several other villains had popped up, but nothing they couldn't handle. The only real threat, was a mysterious new villain who was obsessed with the Titans, and would constantly show up at crime scenes and 'play' with them. They never really got a chance to catch him, because every time they'd try, he'd simply disappear, leaving a cold silence after his maniacal laugh.

His name was AfterShock. He could control the elements, earth, water, fire, and wind. He also had tons of little gadgets that made even Robin's and Cyborg's jaws drop. None of the Titans knew what he wanted with them, but he had shown up three years after Raven had left, making him their stalker for over two years. He'd never really hurt any of them in a fight, just 'play' with them, and Robin was getting angrier every time he showed up.

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Robin walked into the newly remodeled living room of the Titans Tower as he flipped through the day' mail. The others were scattered throughout the room, BeastBoy and Cyborg playing a video game, while Terra and Star looked through magazines on the couch.

"Hey guys, we got a letter from the mayor of Jump City." Robin said as he put the pile of mail on the kitchen table, and took the letter from the mayor as he sat down on the couch. BeastBoy and Cyborg only mumbled a few words that sounded like whatever before they were completely focused on their game again.

"Friend Robin! You must open it and read the words upon it to us." StarFire said as she looked up from her fashion magazine, a thrilled look upon her face.

"Let's see…" Robin said as he opened it and pulled it from the envelope. Quickly reading it, Robin was a little surprised. "Hey guys, the mayor of Jump City is having a party with the mayor of High City, so that they can sign a document of some ort, letting both police forces work together. The mayor has invited us to the party which will be held in High City next week."

"Awesome!" BeastBoy shouted as he won the game.

"Does this mean that we get to go to a festival?" Star asked, slightly confused. Although the alien girl had been on earth for over seven years, she still didn't understand very much.

"Yes Star." Terra said, her mind whirling. They were going to High City. That's where Raven was. She's going to freak when she finds out. Then again, what were the possibilities of them seeing one girl out of a population of 200,000 people?

"So we game?" Cyborg asked grinning.

"Definitely." Robin said as he went to go call the mayor and accept the invitation.

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It was two days after the Titans received the invitation that they arrived in High City. They had decided that they'd get their clothes for the party, which was three days away, in High City instead of in Jump City.

The Titans arrived at the large, beautiful hotel and were escorted to their rooms. They were being paid for by both the mayors, as were their food and clothes that they had yet to buy as a show of good faith in the Titans. Each had their own, two roomed suite, complete with mini kitchen, large bathroom, living room, and bedroom. They had decided to go shopping after they had put most of their things away.

About two hours after their arrival, the Titans headed for the huge mall near the hotel, and began to separate. The guys going to find suits while Star and Terra went to find formal dresses.

"Hey Star, I'm going to go get a drink. Do you want anything?" Terra asked as she stood from her seat as she watched Star try on yet another of the dresses. The Tamaranian insisted on trying on every dress, in every store. So far, they had been only to one other store, and it had taken around four hours.

"No thank you friend Terra." Star said as she twirled infront of a mirror, wearing a mustard yellow dress.

"I'll be right back then." Terra said rolling her eyes and walking towards the food court. She did not expect to see that 1/200,000 chance person there, but she did.

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Raven had decided to take her children to the mall. It was about three weeks until Christmas, and they had been driving her nuts to go see Santa Claus. Sighing in utter torment, Raven had agreed, and had decided to take them to the mall; else she'd never hear the end of it.

Raven sighed as she walked with the two five year olds, each holding onto one of her hands. She was passing the food court, and heading straight towards the center where the Santa Claus was, knowing how excited the two children were.

"Mommy, can we get something to eat when we're done?" Ren, the more mature of the two asked blinking up at her mother with the same purple eyes as Raven.

"No, I wanna go to the playground!" Jay whined like the more immature self he was. The two had completely different personalities.

"We'll go see Santa, and then we'll get something to eat. After that, I'll take you to the playground." Raven said in a defeated tone as both of their faces lighted up. She looked up from their grinning faces only to see Terra walking towards her. She stopped dead.

What the hell was Terra doing there? Why was she even in High City? Were the others there? So many questions ran in her mind, but she could say nothing as both of her children tugged on her hands and asked her what was wrong.

"Terra…?" Raven said, obviously confused.

"Raven, I'm glad I found you. I have to warn you." Terra said as she ushered the dark haired girl into a secluded coffee shop where both sat down, Ren and Jay also taking seats, Ren sitting on Raven's lap.

"What are you doing here?" Raven asked completely shocked.

"We were invited by the mayor to some party. The others are here. They're shopping for outfits." Terra said with a sigh. Suddenly noticing the two confused five year olds who kept looking back and forth between their mother to Terra, to eachother. "Are these them?" she asked smiling at the two.

"Oh, yes." Raven said snapping from her daze. "Ren, Jay, this is Terra. She's an old friend of Mommy's." Raven said moving Ren slightly so that she was more comfortable.

"It's nice to meet you." They said in unison.

"Charmed." Terra said. "They look so much like him." She said looking from one to the other.

"Yes, I know." Raven said as she ordered a coffee from the waitress and asked for some juice for Ren and Jay.

"Wait, what did you say about a party?" Raven asked shocked.

"We're invited to a party. It's in three days at the mayor's home." Terra said, wondering why she cared.

"Da…"Raven was about to curse when she realized her children were there. "Cover your ears." She told them, and both did as instructed, even though she had taught them to read lips. "DAMN!" she shouted, severely annoyed.

"Why? What's wrong?" Terra asked bewildered.

"Me and Teresa are going to that party!" Raven shouted again, her anger flaring.

"Oh dear…"Terra said wide eyed.

"I'll just wear a mask or something. I have to go though." Raven said with a long sigh. "If you see me, please, don't acknowledge me." She begged.

"I won't." Terra said with a sigh.

"Thanks. Anyways, we have to go, especially if Robin's here." Raven said picking Ren up and putting her on the ground as she stood.

"Alright, I better go too. Star's expecting me back. She's still trying on dress's I bet though." Terra said standing up.

Raven and Terra hugged briefly, Terra shocked at how much Raven had changed. Saying their goodbyes, Raven briefly told her children they'd come back the next day, and with that, Raven, Jay, and Ren went out the exit. While Terra went back into one of the clothing stores.

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(dark music) Hehehehe….yes, I'm evil, I know…I'm glad that some of you were able to figure out that Robin was the father in the last chappy….And yes, I finally remembered that it was an ultrasound, two hours later…heh…anyways, guarantee next chapter will be a doozy…wait, did I just say doozy? I must be loosing it…anyways, I hope you all enjoyed it, and don't worry, I will be continuing my little chats at the end

P.S. Sorry that I didn't write the birth and all longer, I was just kinda in a rush and I wanted to get the last part in, hope you all can forgive me…(begs forgiveness)

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Terra: Now wasn't that interesting?

Star: I do not understand what your meaning is.

Raven: Oh great….

BB: HAHAHAHAHAHA

Raven: Now what?

BB: (shuts up) uh…nothing…heh…uh….

Raven: (gives death glare)

BB: Honestly…

Terra: You honest? Don't make me barf! (Is laughing)

Raven: (rolls eyes and chases after two year old in diaper.)

Robin: Heh, I'll just be leaving..(tries to sneak out.)

Cyborg: (taps Raven on the shoulder and points at sneaking off Robin)

Raven: (is pissed) Oh no ya don't. You got me into this mess, and you'll stay in it.

Robin: (shrieks as is picked up by giant hand and strapped to chair)

Raven: Now, watch them…(walks outta the room.)

Robin: (looks at Ren and Jay.)

Ren & Jay: (grin evilly)

Robin: Oh shit….

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You know I'm evil….

-DHM-