Raventhedarkgoddess: Pushing onward because I have way too much fun writing...Here's chapter four.
Chapter Four: Thought It Was Simple
Robin leaned his head into the cool glass of the window of his room, staring out over the city and wishing he hadn't told Raven to go to bed. She'd be willing to talk to me if I needed it...Robin sighed, his brain feeling squeezed dry by all of the thoughts that had crossed his mind. Raven was the only comforting one. She was willing to tell me I'd be fine even if I had killed them, he thought, remembering sitting with her on the window seat two months before. Robin wished she was next to him now.
He moved over to the bed and lay back agenst the pillow, trying very hard to sleep. Looking up at the celing, he thought about Slade. He tried to kill Raven, he thought. He deserves to die. When we see him, I'll make sure he pays.... Staring at the ceiling over his head and thinking of both twisted hatred mingled with love, he fell into a sleep broken only by his own fear coming to haunt him in his dreams.
The next morning he was the one to sleep late. Raven entered his room and took his shoulder, gently shaking him awake. "Robin, come on. Get up. Starfire is throwing her hands around and I'm afraid she's going to him someone or something." Robin opened his eyes and stared at her, sitting up and relising he was still fully dressed. Raven gave him a grateful look and, at the top of her voice so that she would be heard over Starfire's paniced shreiks and muttering, yelled, "He's fine!"
Raven rolled her eyes at the celing as a shout that sounded like 'glorious!' was heard. Robin gave a little laugh. "Feeling like yourself?" Robin smiled. Typical Raven, he thought. "Well, I guess I slept a little long..." His eye caught his bedside alarm as Raven smirked at him. "Errrrrrr..........Three o' clock isn't that late..." Robin said, embarressed. He blushed slightly as Raven gave a rare laugh and the two of them headed down the stairs, Robin trying to get Raven to quit teasing him by giving her playful shoves. She ended that by sending him the whole way down.
Robin's head landed at Lecita's feet. She had one arm around Anna and both of them were laughing. Robin got up and started yelling, furious that Raven had tripped him. Beast Boy saw that she was flat-out laughing. I could never make her laugh like that, he thought, almost sadly. Raven stuck her tounge out and Starfire, as if she felt the same way with Robin laughing so close at hand, put her arm around him and leaned agenst his shoulder. "You drunk or what, man?" Cyborg tried to make light of everything going on. Everyone has someone, he thought, and his eyes did the familer flicker in Lecita's direction.
Something was different this time, though. Lecita was looking right at him, and their eyes locked breifly. He studied hers, the misty dark brown color that was studing his, and then she broke away, blushing slightly. She fingered her long hair again, and Cyborg couldn't help himself. He looked over at her, and she looked back over. The two of them finally broke away as Anna said something about lunch. Robin downed the sandwitches the girls had made with a raconous hunger, causing Raven to keep using her powers to sheild herself from flying crumbs. "Chew with your damn mouths open, why don't you?" She said in a low voice that had a light edge.
"He couldn't do that anymore." Beast Boy, unlike Raven, had no sheild to congure at will and was getting sprayed with half-chewed cheese. Robin laughed and sprayed Beast Boy again. "That is so gross." Raven left the kitchen and could be seen on the edge of the couch, reading a large book of poetry that Cyborg could tell was her Edgar Allen Poe book. It took him a few minutes to relise that Lecita was talking to him.
"Cyborg, could we go somewhere? I mean, you and me." She had this odd look on her face that Cyborg couldn't quite place. Too stunned to do anything else, he nodded. She beconed for him to follow her into the garage. He noticed that Raven gave Lecita the faintest smile and looked up from her book as she passed and Cyborg wondered if Raven was in on this somehow.
Lecita suggested the local pizza joint and Cyborg agreed. The two of them drove along, talking and laughing. This isn't the hard part, Lecita told herself. The hard part is going to be telling him...Raven told you it wouldn't be easy. She remembered the previous night. She had asked Raven if it was okay to fall in love while having so many other problems. Raven had been honset. "You're crushing on Cy, right?" She hadn't wasted time, so Lecita nodded. "Take him somewhere and tell him," she'd said. Raven hadn't said 'If he doesn't like you.' She'd said, "See you and Cy later."
"Um......Wanna get OUT of the car?" Cyborg brushed her hand lightly with his own and she jumped to get out of the car. The two of them took a seat at an outdoor table and Lecita tried to apper relaxed. She noticed, around the same time Cyborg did, that she was wearing a long blue skirt and a black tank-top and had accually brushed her hair so that it hung loosely down to the top of her shoes. "Man, you look good," he said slowly, before he could stop himself.
"Thanks." Crap, she thought, I wasn't supposed to get dressed up! She could almost hear Raven telling her what she shouldn't have done later. I thought this was simple, I really did. I mean, Starfire has Beast Boy and Raven and Robin are made for each other...Maybe I shouldn't have come back. This could ruin everything. I mean, if he doesn't like me...
Cyborg was too busy eating a pizza to notice Lecita's lag in converstaion. Typical male, but give him a break, she told herself. I mean, at least he listens when you talk. "Cyborg, can I ask you something?" Lecita knew she had to do it and took his hand vaugly, wondering if he could feel the sweat pouring from it. Her heart hammered her ribs with such force that she worried that Cyborg could both hear and see it.
"Sure." Cyborg set aside his pizza and looked over at her. What if she wants to ask me why I'm staring at her? What if she wants to ask me to quit? What if she wants to ask me why I like her? What if she wants to tell me that I need to quit staring. Maybe...Pull yourself together, he snapped at himself edgily. Too many maybes. Just roll with whatever she throws at you, and try not to act disapointed...
"I....." Lecita's words were drowned out by a loud cry in a familer voice. Raven came floating toward them hurriedly, her hair tangeled as she tried to brush it out of her eyes. She gave up as she unsnagged her hand. "You two, trouble!" Everyone else in the restaurant turned to look at them, and Lecita felt her previous courage and hope ebbing away into nothing. The two of them followed Raven. "Slade." She said it with anger lacing her usual monotone, and Lecita relised that they were in for a long haul of a battle.
Raventhedarkgoddess: Okay. That's the end of chapter four. Reveiw, please!
Chapter Four: Thought It Was Simple
Robin leaned his head into the cool glass of the window of his room, staring out over the city and wishing he hadn't told Raven to go to bed. She'd be willing to talk to me if I needed it...Robin sighed, his brain feeling squeezed dry by all of the thoughts that had crossed his mind. Raven was the only comforting one. She was willing to tell me I'd be fine even if I had killed them, he thought, remembering sitting with her on the window seat two months before. Robin wished she was next to him now.
He moved over to the bed and lay back agenst the pillow, trying very hard to sleep. Looking up at the celing, he thought about Slade. He tried to kill Raven, he thought. He deserves to die. When we see him, I'll make sure he pays.... Staring at the ceiling over his head and thinking of both twisted hatred mingled with love, he fell into a sleep broken only by his own fear coming to haunt him in his dreams.
The next morning he was the one to sleep late. Raven entered his room and took his shoulder, gently shaking him awake. "Robin, come on. Get up. Starfire is throwing her hands around and I'm afraid she's going to him someone or something." Robin opened his eyes and stared at her, sitting up and relising he was still fully dressed. Raven gave him a grateful look and, at the top of her voice so that she would be heard over Starfire's paniced shreiks and muttering, yelled, "He's fine!"
Raven rolled her eyes at the celing as a shout that sounded like 'glorious!' was heard. Robin gave a little laugh. "Feeling like yourself?" Robin smiled. Typical Raven, he thought. "Well, I guess I slept a little long..." His eye caught his bedside alarm as Raven smirked at him. "Errrrrrr..........Three o' clock isn't that late..." Robin said, embarressed. He blushed slightly as Raven gave a rare laugh and the two of them headed down the stairs, Robin trying to get Raven to quit teasing him by giving her playful shoves. She ended that by sending him the whole way down.
Robin's head landed at Lecita's feet. She had one arm around Anna and both of them were laughing. Robin got up and started yelling, furious that Raven had tripped him. Beast Boy saw that she was flat-out laughing. I could never make her laugh like that, he thought, almost sadly. Raven stuck her tounge out and Starfire, as if she felt the same way with Robin laughing so close at hand, put her arm around him and leaned agenst his shoulder. "You drunk or what, man?" Cyborg tried to make light of everything going on. Everyone has someone, he thought, and his eyes did the familer flicker in Lecita's direction.
Something was different this time, though. Lecita was looking right at him, and their eyes locked breifly. He studied hers, the misty dark brown color that was studing his, and then she broke away, blushing slightly. She fingered her long hair again, and Cyborg couldn't help himself. He looked over at her, and she looked back over. The two of them finally broke away as Anna said something about lunch. Robin downed the sandwitches the girls had made with a raconous hunger, causing Raven to keep using her powers to sheild herself from flying crumbs. "Chew with your damn mouths open, why don't you?" She said in a low voice that had a light edge.
"He couldn't do that anymore." Beast Boy, unlike Raven, had no sheild to congure at will and was getting sprayed with half-chewed cheese. Robin laughed and sprayed Beast Boy again. "That is so gross." Raven left the kitchen and could be seen on the edge of the couch, reading a large book of poetry that Cyborg could tell was her Edgar Allen Poe book. It took him a few minutes to relise that Lecita was talking to him.
"Cyborg, could we go somewhere? I mean, you and me." She had this odd look on her face that Cyborg couldn't quite place. Too stunned to do anything else, he nodded. She beconed for him to follow her into the garage. He noticed that Raven gave Lecita the faintest smile and looked up from her book as she passed and Cyborg wondered if Raven was in on this somehow.
Lecita suggested the local pizza joint and Cyborg agreed. The two of them drove along, talking and laughing. This isn't the hard part, Lecita told herself. The hard part is going to be telling him...Raven told you it wouldn't be easy. She remembered the previous night. She had asked Raven if it was okay to fall in love while having so many other problems. Raven had been honset. "You're crushing on Cy, right?" She hadn't wasted time, so Lecita nodded. "Take him somewhere and tell him," she'd said. Raven hadn't said 'If he doesn't like you.' She'd said, "See you and Cy later."
"Um......Wanna get OUT of the car?" Cyborg brushed her hand lightly with his own and she jumped to get out of the car. The two of them took a seat at an outdoor table and Lecita tried to apper relaxed. She noticed, around the same time Cyborg did, that she was wearing a long blue skirt and a black tank-top and had accually brushed her hair so that it hung loosely down to the top of her shoes. "Man, you look good," he said slowly, before he could stop himself.
"Thanks." Crap, she thought, I wasn't supposed to get dressed up! She could almost hear Raven telling her what she shouldn't have done later. I thought this was simple, I really did. I mean, Starfire has Beast Boy and Raven and Robin are made for each other...Maybe I shouldn't have come back. This could ruin everything. I mean, if he doesn't like me...
Cyborg was too busy eating a pizza to notice Lecita's lag in converstaion. Typical male, but give him a break, she told herself. I mean, at least he listens when you talk. "Cyborg, can I ask you something?" Lecita knew she had to do it and took his hand vaugly, wondering if he could feel the sweat pouring from it. Her heart hammered her ribs with such force that she worried that Cyborg could both hear and see it.
"Sure." Cyborg set aside his pizza and looked over at her. What if she wants to ask me why I'm staring at her? What if she wants to ask me to quit? What if she wants to ask me why I like her? What if she wants to tell me that I need to quit staring. Maybe...Pull yourself together, he snapped at himself edgily. Too many maybes. Just roll with whatever she throws at you, and try not to act disapointed...
"I....." Lecita's words were drowned out by a loud cry in a familer voice. Raven came floating toward them hurriedly, her hair tangeled as she tried to brush it out of her eyes. She gave up as she unsnagged her hand. "You two, trouble!" Everyone else in the restaurant turned to look at them, and Lecita felt her previous courage and hope ebbing away into nothing. The two of them followed Raven. "Slade." She said it with anger lacing her usual monotone, and Lecita relised that they were in for a long haul of a battle.
Raventhedarkgoddess: Okay. That's the end of chapter four. Reveiw, please!
