Sorry folks. Lost my internet connection for a while. Glad eveyone seems to be enjoying the story.


To reviewer: Spelt defenitely "defiantly?" I'll check and edit when I have time, but thanks for pointing that out! I already found some mistakes myself in previous chapters and plan to get to them...sooner or later.


Four days later.

Warmth. She was very warm now. The sensation was so overwhelming it almost brought tears to her eyes. Their were no images she could make out. Only colors that mirrored her feelings. Vivid white-orange. Like sunlight caught in honey. Her eyes were closed, she knew. Something familiar and yet not so familiar was pressing against her form. She knew it, and yet, had never felt it before. Like finding new markings on a long cherished item she thought she had seen all sides of.

She embraced this mysterious form and it held onto her as well. A sweet scent greeted her strongest senses. It reminded her of rain. She sighed and then felt lips press against hers. She didn't want to open her eyes. She savored the feelings trying to burn them all to memory. When her own lips parted slightly, her mouth was invaded by something that made her heart ring like a bell. In nothing but a long shirt and undergarments she felt her bare legs entwined with "hers." No longer able to take it, she opened her eyes and found Raven's, but then the dream slowly fled like the night fled from the sun.

Vision gave her the sight of a large white pillow. Upon further inspection she realized she was clutching it as if it were a person. Jinx frowned.

"Thanks for the offer Mr. Pillow but you're not nearly as sexy as she is," Jinx said, tossing it from her bed with one hand.

Jinx had made a decision. The most monumental decision she had made in her life. If she could not have Raven, she would still be a Titan. She had never made such a commitment in her sixteen and nine months alive before this moment. In a show of faith, and to pay Robin back for all the times he had helped her out when she was down, Jinx took to the training course for a couple hours a day in a serious effort to iron out her weaknesses. She also challenged her greatest fault which meant dragging random Titan's to the training course with her. She was going to learn to be a team player.

Another area she knew she should look into was actually becoming a Titan. Yes, she was on a team of super powered youngsters calling themselves Titans, but she had never become a Titan. She was the whimsical bad-girl who scoffed at the mission and was more interested in getting into a scrap than saving a cat in a tree.

Trying to meet this challenge, Jinx looked online for an hour before getting an inspiration from an ad that featured convicts doing community service.

The Tower was dead silent when she crept out of bed that mourning. She went into the kitchen to get the keys when he startled her.

"Morning," Robin's voice broke the silence like a bat meeting a glass window at sixty miles per hour. Jinx was so jolted she looked like she had been struck by lighting and stood stock still for a nanosecond. She dropped the keys to the jeep in the process. Where the hell did he come from?

"Boss!" Jinx exclaimed, trying to sound as if she were really looking for him all along.

"Where you going?" Robin asked her point blank.

"Um..." Jinx said.

"The truth please. It's early," Robin said.

"Ok..." Jinx said, looking around to make sure no other Titans were going to appear through walls. "If I tell you, will you promise you won't tell the others?"

Robin quirked a brow, "Why?"

"Promise! Please Robin?" Jinx begged, grabbing his arm. There. She said it. She almost never said please. Or Robin for that matter. That meant he had to agree or karma would cause him to trip over the cord of a cell phone or something. And no, cell phones didn't have cords, but karma was pretty powerful stuff!

"All right..." Robin gave in and she told him.

Jinx assumed reading to kids in the library would be hell. She assumed it would be an experience that would make her want relapse back into her cozy criminal ways rather than see the merit of upholding justice. She was right!

Hour later.

Raven awoke that morning without an inclination to do a damn thing. Controlling her powers was so easy she could balance herself by simply closing her eyes. It was surprising, at times, how strong she had become, but it had to happen eventually she rationed. Her last date with Charlie hadn't given her anything particularly interesting to dwell on. It had been dull. She wasn't surprised or even very disappointed. She only agreed to see him mostly out of curiosity. Charlie hung out at some of the places Raven would visit and subscribed to the "goth" subculture. Other than a few similar tastes she couldn't find much to like about him.

Raven rose from her bed still feeling no desire to do the things she normally did almost any and every day she wasn't fighting some evil forces. The books on her shelf looked bland. A trip to purchase new ones didn't catch her fancy. This left her with few options and she had to declare herself officially bored; a strange and rare occasion. She was sure most viewed her hobbies as boring anyway but it was not often that she did herself.

Later, after a belated breakfast devoid of company, she sat on the couch staring into nothing and doing nothing. The other Titans found this strange. Raven always did something, even if it didn't look particularly exciting.

"Uh...Raven. What's up?" Beast Boy, of course, was the first one to draw attention to this.

"Nothing. Why?" she asked him flatly.

"You're sitting here and ...not doing anything. I'd understand if the TV was at least on or something…" Beast Boy said.

"I'm sorry. Would you like me to dance?" Raven said, her voice descending into sarcasm.

Beast Boy seriously considered her question until she growled at him.

'Now where is Jinx?' Raven wondered, but didn't ask aloud. She hadn't seen much of her since... 'Since I started dating Charlie.' Raven considered. Coincidence? She couldn't think of a logical reason how these events might be connected, but people and their motives was probably the most complicated thing in all the universe. She hopped this wasn't a sign of anything negative to come. Come to think of it, Jinx was almost her shadow until Charlie showed up. Damn. 'What's going on with that girl now?' Raven worried.

Maybe that was what she wanted to do today: To just "hang out" with Jinx.

'Ugh. She'd have a ball with me if she knew I just thought that.' Raven knew.

"Where's Jinx?" she finally asked Robin thirty minutes later. He was dusting the living room.

Robin smirked to himself. Who would have ever thought it would happen? Raven actually missed Jinx. It was sweet that the team's darkest heroine had finally developed a fondness for another teammate. Of course, this didn't mean Raven would love Jinx the way the girl would probably wish, but it was something.

"Classified information Raven. I am not able to disclose," Robin informed her, and continued to dust. Raven hadn't expected such an answer and quirked a brow. Now her curiosity was eating at her. Yet another rare experience. Thanks a lot Jinx.

"Not even upon threat of death?" Raven asked. Obviously, she wasn't serious, but her dry tone would fool anyone who didn't know her as well as Robin did.

"Not even upon the threat of death," Robin said simply, giving some attention to a picture frame with his duster.

'Fine.' Raven thought. She could wait.

At two o'clock the living room doors were kicked open and in strolled Jinx with a single piece of paper in one hand.

"Lucy! I'm home!" she announced. Raven had to beat back the joy that spouted inside her. It wasn't much and nothing serious; with her new strength it wasn't even a danger for her to give into her emotions more often. Subconsciously, it was her reputation she was protecting.

"Hey Jinx!" Cyborg called from kitchen. He was making dinner tonight and needed to make sure they had everything he needed.

"You return to us at last! Have you many great tales to share?" Starfire asked.

"Nah," Jinx said, tilting her head to one side and waving the Tamaranion off, "Nothing interesting."

"But where've you been?" Beast Boy asked as they all watched her march into the kitchen. Did Beast Boy need to know everything? Raven wondered. Was the word 'privacy' becoming an oxymoron? Though, she'd be outright lying if she said she wasn't interested in the answer to the green one's question.

Jinx just hummed to herself happily as she used the magnets to keep a picture on the fridge in place. It was obviously done by a child. A character that suspiciously resembled Jinx herself was walking along cream-colored grass and holding hands with children under a purple and pink sky.

"Don't take this the wrong way, but I think you could use some art lessons," Beast Boy said.

"Listen here green!" Jinx said, grabbing her teammate by the collar and pulling until their noses touched, "If this here isn't the damn greatest picture you've ever seen in your life I'll make sure you won't be seeing out of either eye for a week! Got it?" she was joking of course.

A recount of the trouble Jinx went through to get the picture soon followed for all who would listen. And that was every one, even Robin who seemed to always show up at the right time. Jinx had shown up for her community service and soon learned why her teachers in high school use to dress so boring. The children were completely distracted by her attire and spent a great deal of time dissing it. Except Timothy Doug Lewis Jr. His only complaint was her skirt, which he tried to look up on several occasions. Didn't matter to him that she was wearing shorts under it. The children wouldn't sit still for the story, became anti-artistic when it was time to draw, had her running around the library and getting into all kinds of trouble and flooded both restrooms. One could say it was a learning experience for both Jinx and the kids. Or they could tell the truth and say it was a disaster. She received the picture at the end of the day from little Samantha Tee Winter after parents had picked up all the other children. The little blond told Jinx the picture was hers to keep only if she promised to stop crying. Her teammates were in hysterics.

"And for the record, I wasn't actually crying!" Jinx defended herself. She watched, but this seemed to cool their amusement none. She shrugged and headed for her room. It was all pretty funny now that she thought about it and the picture did make her feel a lot better. Her hard earned reward.

"Aaaaa, what are you looking at?" Jinx spouted, her head held high as she passed a bemused looking Raven.


Following evening.

The scene was a drive-in-theater. The T-car was about forty feet from the large screen that was showing a comedy about teenagers. Cyborg and Beast Boy rested their stomachs against the roof of the car that Starfire and Robin were perched on a blanket in front of. This left Raven and Jinx in the back seat.

"Don't really seem like there's a one ton man-robot on the roof," Jinx commented looking at the ceiling of car. Raven went into a long, wordy and detailed explanation about the car's shock absorber system. She had helped Cyborg rebuild the auto from nothing once. Jinx was taken off guard by this.

"Cars, Ravy?" Jinx was looking at her as if they were meeting for the first time.

"What?" Raven asked in a near innocent manner.

"You're just full of surprises," Jinx said, turning her head to look at the movie. "Are you enjoying the cinema?" she asked.

"No." Raven replied. Jinx snickered.

"But you're enjoying the company you're keeping?" Jinx asked coyly.

"Don't start that again," Raven grumbled crossing her arms and looking at the movie. Grinning, Jinx obliged and grabbed her soda to take a zip then started on her popcorn. She offered Raven some but wasn't surprised when the other female politely refused. They hadn't seen much of each other lately. Jinx was usually training when Raven wasn't out with Charile. By outward appearance Jinx showed little interest in Raven's boyfriend. She did tease Raven about him, but only to keep the sorceress's keen suspicions at bay.

The reality of it was that it hurt Jinx as it would hurt anyone in the same situation, gender aside. Of course this was no one's fault, save maybe her own. Robin insisted she come clean but she just didn't have the courage.

"Why don't you eat more junk food Raven?" Jinx asked, "Afraid you're gonna get fat?"

"It does worse than that," Raven said.

"As super-heroines I think it's probably impossible to put on any real weight. I'll bet the government will make anyone of us that doesn't look like a future Lara Croft disappear if we don't fit the mold," Jinx proclaimed.

Raven shook her head and didn't reply. This made Jinx smile.

They sat in silence for a while. Jinx found her attention wondering away from the movie and into a pool of her own thoughts. The girl sitting with her now made her happy. Happier than she had could ever remember. Even when Raven wanted to kill her, Jinx had been so drunk on love that she might have let her just for the attention. Macabre thoughts, yes, but if she didn't have them she wouldn't be Jinx now would she? Well, she was sure Raven would at least think it was funny.

"Dammit," Raven cursed, dragging Jinx from her dream world.

"What?" Jinx asked.

"You called me Ravy again and I didn't even catch it," Raven confessed. Jinx thought it over and realized she was right. As a result she exploded with laughter.

"Super," Raven said flatly.

"Somebody likes their pet name!" Jinx hollered.

"You're missing you're movie," Raven tried to change the subject. Jinx looked at the movie just as the scene was changing.

"Why's it have to be my movie?" Jinx was feeling silly and wild as she always did after too much exposure to Raven. "I wouldn't have picked another damn teen movie!"

"Fine. You're missing a damn movie!" Raven reacted with more emotion then the situation called for. Had to be the fact that she was dealing with Jinx. "Now sit down."

"Fine," Jinx said, seating herself and looking at the screen. A new scene. A couple of boys were circling two girls. The girls were bragging that they'd kiss each other for a fee. This gave Jinx a start. She went still and watched the screen very cautiously. Raven didn't seem to detect her growing anxiety. Jinx watched Raven in the corner of her eyes when the girls finally did lock lips. Raven had no reaction at all.

Jinx snorted at the sight in an attempt to strike up a discussion. "Stupid boys," she hissed.

"Very," Raven agreed.

"They should have had the guys kiss. That would have been hot!" Jinx commented wryly. Anything to get the information she needed without appearing serious.

"Right," Raven muttered with out looking at her.

"What?" Jinx asked, curious enough to probe, but still fearful to find out Raven's real opinion on homosexuality all together, "Is that disagreement I sense?"

"They are all hormone driven morons and b+ches to peer pressure. Then they'll find out they should have been themselves all along if they wanted to be poplular or something," Raven said. "I hate these movies."

"Oh..." Jinx said. "But if they were actually gay...If that was who they really where, that would be different?"

"It would still be a stupid comedy, but of course," Raven said simply, "Homosexuality is probably as old as human life itself. There had to have been a period of experimentation between adults before children resulted."

"You sure are graphic," Jinx went wide-eyed, unwillingly becoming plagued with images to go along with Raven's explanation.

"Some of us call it maturity," Raven said.

Maturity? Jinx took this as her cue to shut up. It was hard though! She had her answer. This sounded so promising! Of course her sweet Raven was miles ahead of most people Jinx realized. Of course Raven was open-minded. Of course she thought people should live with whomever they wanted to regardless of gender. Now if only she knew if Raven herself would ever consider caring so deeply for another female. Preferably Jinx herself.


Next evening.

'Access granted,' Jinx thought as she peered into Raven's room from the doorframe. The telepath that owned it stood right behind her. Jinx almost looked hesitant. She strolled into the room slowly and took in the sights as Raven closed the door behind them.

"It's very... Raven." Jinx said, looking at all the objects that made up Raven's rooms. Books resting on a shelf, gothic paintings hung on the walls, navy blue carpet under everything and the feet of two stone gargoyles guarding the end of Raven's bed.

"Yeah..." Raven's voice trailed as she tried to share her next thought, "Reminds me of home."

What was home to Raven, Jinx wondered, but didn't think she'd ask now.

"So what do I owe the honor of this...um...forget how that lines goes."

"Pleasure," Raven finished for her. Jinx's heart flip-flopped at the chosen word.

'Get your mind out of the gutter dammit!' Jinx chastised herself.

"Well I thought we could just...hang out," Raven said, moving to sit on her bed.

Jinx watched her and felt her knees turn to jelly. 'I can do this. I can do this!' she told herself. 'Were just going to hang out like we usually do. Ignore the bed. Ignore the bed.' Another thought struck her. 'Or...'

"Make way!" Jinx said diving at Raven. Though surprised, Raven managed to dart out of the way allowing Jinx to tackle only a pillow and fall off the other side of the bed. Raven lost sight of her until she popped up with the pillow and rested her head on it. Raven began to question her sanity. She had invited this into her room? All the power she had lately must have displaced her senses.

"Chicken," Jinx teased her.

"Sometimes its better to be a live bird of any type, as opposed to a dead one," Raven smirked.

"You can talk all that smart stuff but, will it help you if I ransom this pillow back to you?" Jinx said, grinning, "I want three unmarked bags of marshmallows!" The pillow was enveloped in black energy and freed itself from Jinx's grasp. It floated towards Raven and landed behind her as she lay down on her bed.

"A chicken and a cheater, huh?"

"All is fair in-"

"Enough! You're driving me crazy." Jinx said, crawling up onto the bed, sitting and crossing her legs. She swallowed when she realized she was exactly where she didn't want to be: on the damn bed with Raven. Her gaze trailed over Raven's relaxed from. The smooth, bare legs, flat stomach, slender curves...Jinx mentally slapped herself as hard as she could.

"How's Charlie?" Jinx jumped on the next thought that came to mind.

"Um..." Raven started, sounding as if they were talking about a lawn. One without grass. "I don't really know. His expressions are actually hard to read, but I'm sure he'll live."

"What do ya mean?" Jinx was confused.

"Well...I dumped him," Raven said, still barley interested. This floored Jinx and she hopped it didn't show.

"Really Raven?" Jinx asked. It sounded too good to be true. It was just like Robin said.

"Yeah. I was just..."

"Testing the waters?" Jinx asked with uncommon seriousness. Raven became instantly suspicious. For some reason she got the feeling that these words were not Jinx's but someone else's. Like the pink haired girl was parroting someone else's observation. It was a strange feeling. Like a premonition. Something wasn't right.

"Yeah, testing the waters," Raven said, "Why'd you go read to those kids in the library?"

"Um, uh..." Jinx was completely flustered by this question., "Why do you wanna know?"

"I'm curious," Raven said, not even looking at her. Her eyes gingerly looked towards the ceiling.

"Well...I was a rotten kid," Jinx began, and started to feel more comfortable. She had already told Raven most of this already, "And I'm supposed to be a Titan now so I thought I'd try to act like one and so...I thought I'd get a real good look at what were suppose to be fighting for. They're not so bad I guess."

"Hmmm..." Raven pondered. She felt like Jinx was leaving something out. Something very important. But what? And why? What could she do about it?

'Trust her,' Raven concluded. 'Like she said, most everyone has secrets. I'm not scared of hers. I'll wait and if she doesn't want to tell me that's on her.'

"So what's home like Ravy?" Jinx asked, rocking in place.

"My home looks like what you see around you," Raven said sitting up. Their faces were now only inches apart now. Jinx stopped rocking. "It's dark. It's quiet..." Raven smiled thinking of it. Jinx lost her breath in response to the rare sight. She had seen it quite a few times but would never tire of it.

"You should do that more often," Jinx said.

"What?"

"Smile. It's really pretty," Jinx blurted out. Raven raised a brow.

'I can't do this! I can't do this! I don't trust my body anymore.' Jinx thought, 'Screw it. I'll press this one. It's just an innocent complement. Hah! Like anything about me is innocent!'

"It is Ravy!" Jinx began to sing. She then made a ridiculously big smile, "Wanna practice some? I'll be your mentor."

"Spare me," Raven said, standing up, grabbing the covers and pulling them with all her strength. This sent Jinx tumbling to the floor for the second time that night. As Jinx lifted herself from the ground her ears were filled with Raven's laughter. She just stared at the other girl in amazement. She had made Raven laugh. Well, technically, Raven kind of made herself laugh, but Jinx had helped!

"I think...I broke her..." Jinx said nodding.

"What?" Raven said, unable to stop herself from grinning.

"Your brain. Yeah. You've definitely lost it sister and I take full responsibility," Jinx said.

"How kind," Raven said, her face almost returning to default. Blank.

"But you attacked me and of course you know...this means war!" Jinx said, diving at Raven. To her utter surprise she caught the mistress of the dark. Jinx pressed her advantage mostly due to instinct and pinned Raven's arms to the floor. Jinx forced herself the ignore the effects the contact had on her. Raven's thin writs were between her figures. If Raven were any normal girl she would be at Jinx's mercy. This excited her.

Raven disappeared in a puff of black energy, leaving Jinx alone for only a second. She reappeared in a flash of dark light and tackled her opponent. Jinx was the now the one pinned to the floor. Raven's face was close enough that she could taste her cool breath, her chest pressed against her own. Jinx was painfully aware of every part of Raven that touched her. Raven smiled into Jinx's surprised features.

"I really didn't bring you in here to knock you around," Raven confessed. It was so unlike her to be roughhousing for the hell of it. Was it the effect of sharing herself?

"You seem to be doing a good job of it though," Jinx said, with a little bit of rasp in her voice. Distraction was in her large pink eyes. Her body was over heating and her heart was hammering in her ribcage. All this contact was burning her restraint like string. She wanted to re-enact one of her daydreams. She couldn't stop looking at Raven's thin lips and imaging their taste. She wondered if it would remind her of rain. What texture was that silky looking blue hair?

'No! Focus!' Jinx warned herself. 'Just her friend. That's it! For now! I just need a little more time.'

"Are you alright? You don't look so good," Raven said, crawling off her. Jinx's mind cried with both relief and disappointment as Raven's body was removed. How was such a thing possible? Life was a real b+ch sometimes.

Jinx sat up and forced a cough. A ploy she hopped would make Raven suspect anything but the truth.

"I'm good," Jinx said, and coughed again. 'I've got to get the hell out of here!' Jinx looked at Raven's and remembered why she was here. She had been invited. As far as she knew, she was among very few to chance upon such an offer. Maybe the only one! Raven specifically said she wanted to "hang out." Raven had said this! She couldn't ditch her friend just because she couldn't control her hormones. She had to stay. Staying was a serious risk but so was living altogether.

"Are you sure?" Raven asked her.

"Hell yeah! Let's read or something," Jinx said burying her own desires, "We could get a TV stand and put a book on it. Take turns turning pages."

"Your insanity taxes my ability to describe," Raven said.

"I know you love it," Jinx said grinning. Raven walked off to fetch a book.

'That's taking one for the team. I pass up the chance to make my move to keep her happy,' Jinx thought. 'It's worth it though! Just a little more time and I swear I'll tell you.'


Morning after.

'Confession. Cause she's going to find out anyway. Confession. Because it's good for the soul. Confession. Because the longer you hold off, the longer you're a liability to the team. Confession. Because if you keep all this pent up inside you your head will shoot off like the top of a soda bottle!' Jinx thought as she drummed on the table with her fingers. Each finger rose one after the other then fell. Today was the day. There wasn't anything special about it save for the fact that all the other Titans were out.

She didn't sleep much after her little party with Raven. She spent most of the night staring at the ceiling trying to imagine Raven's reaction. The problem was she couldn't. Jinx looked down at her lap and at the bouquet of navy blue roses. A gift for the girl of her dreams.

'I'm such a classy chick!' she smiled to herself. Her eyes sought the clock. It was noon. It would be another late morning for the girl she was waiting for. Fine. More time to think.

The sound of a door opening made Jinx's stomach feel as light as air. Without thinking she dashed for the couch and shoved the bouquet under it. She then sat down and waited. Soon Raven appeared and Jinx felt her courage melt.

"M-morning Raven," Jinx stammered.

"Good morning," Raven said, walking into the kitchen. She detected something in the room with her. It almost made up a presence all its own. It was anxiety and a lot of it. Great. Now what's going on Raven wondered, "Where is everybody?"

"Here and there," Jinx said, which meant she wasn't even sure herself. Her eyes grew distant as she tried figure out how to approach her problem.

"What's wrong?" Raven's voice called to her. Her back was to Jinx. It was in a demanding tone.

"What?" Jinx asked.

"Don't lie," Raven said, still giving her gaze only to the tea she was preparing.

Jinx was on the spot. Should she lie or go for it? Under these circumstances? Some random morning without even having breakfast? A last meal? Jinx quickly grew sick of all the questions she was asking herself with. This wasn't the way she used to do things. She needed to jump right in with a devil may care vigilance. Taking a deep breath she grabbed her bouquet and marched right up to Raven and waited for the other female to turn around.

"These are for you," Jinx said, once Raven was looking at her. Jinx's fear carved a smile on her face that could easily be mistaken by confidence. Both of Raven's brows rose as she accepted the roses. She then looked to Jinx for further explanation.

"I have something to tell you," Jinx said staring right into Raven's eyes. She waited for her courage to bubble to the surface as much as it would and then let it out, "I-I...have...feeling for you Raven. I'm in love with you."

'Somebody loves me?' Interestingly enough was Raven's first thought before other thoughts rained on her young mind. This was Jinx! More pressingly, this was another girl. 'Stay calm,' Raven tried to tell herself. 'What the hell is going on!' it didn't seem to work.

"You're in love with me?" Raven said, part of her liking the sound of those words once they left her mouth while another part fought it. Fought it back hard! Jinx was a girl! Was this a prank? Raven found that Jinx's eyes didn't hold any silent mirth. This wasn't a joke. Damnation.

"Since I joined. You're the reason I joined!" Jinx explained hands gesturing helplessly as she tried to press her case.

"Me?" Raven was confused.

"Yes!" Jinx exasperated, "I just thought about you one day...things got carried away. Before I knew it I was a Titan and...you...I didn't know what you were really like but once I found out, I couldn't stop thinking about you. Ever." Jinx could hear her heart pounding in her ears. Raven silently took this information in. "I love you! I know I do! Everything about you. But if you're not that way...It's ok. I don't want to do anything that would be...bad for you..." Jinx said, backpedaling.

Raven's gaze lowered. So that was the missing piece to it all. It answered a number of small enigmas. All this time love had been the cause of this former criminal's career change. It was why she took the back seat when Charlie was the topic of discussion. It answered so many questions at once.

Jinx took Raven's silence as a sign of the worst.

'Time to throw in the towel Jinx,' the Pink haired girl thought sadly, 'This is just one of those things I'm going to have to live without,' Jinx encouraged herself. She had backed all the way out of the kitchen.

Maturity, Raven thought. Yeah, she thought she had all of major parts of life figured out. Or close to it and yet she had let herself be taken by surprise just because she managed to attract another female's interest. Well, not just any other female. Not nearly! Her best friend Jinx.

"I guess...You wanna think about it or something..." Jinx hesitantly. Raven kicked herself for leaving the other girl hanging. "And probably never speak to me again...yeah..." Jinx added nervously.

"I just did think about it," Raven said raising her head. Her hard blue eyes held Jin's pink ones. Jinx's heat stopped. She stood stock-still and waited. Raven began to close the distance between them. Her expression was unreadable. Jinx had never hated that attribute until now.

Raven looked the girl over. Lithe and formless in the upper torso. Jinx easily made up for this with her face. It was definitely a head turner even for those who didn't go for the dark look. Physical features had never mattered much too Raven anyway. This, she realized, meant being the same gender as a love interest was a very small barrier indeed. Love was love and someone was in love with her. "Everything" about her she had said?

"Ok," Raven said standing before Jinx. Her mind was finally clearing. "I really do like you Jinx..."

"But?" Jinx said lowering her head. Defeat. But at least Raven didn't freak on her!

"But...we'd have to spend sometime together to see if I love you," Raven said with a smirk. The unfamiliar words created a pool of warmth inside her. She wasn't entirely sure if she liked it.

Jinx's eyes bloomed with surprise and disbelief. "Y-you mean it?" Jinx asked her.

"Would I kid about something like this?" Raven countered. Raven thought about the reaction from the rest of the team. They'd probably annoy the hell out of her now on, but they'd get use to it. Beast Boy was probably going to be the worst. Robin, Raven realized with certainty, already knew all about this development., smart little bastard that he was. Though she had always been open-minded, Raven had never once really thought of dating someone of the same sex. She had always assumed her special someone would be male.

"I-I...uh," Jinx didn't even know what she wanted to say first. She was light headed. She thought she might float off into orbit at any minute.

"Thank you!" Jinx said, latching onto Raven. She pulled off just as quickly and put her hands behind her back. Her cheeks were beat red.

"For what?" Raven asked her.

"Um...for being born!" Jinx's wit returned.

"I'm going to put these in water. Thanks," Raven said, walking towards her room. Jinx rose a brow.

'This is weird,' Jinx thought. 'But good! But still weird. I'm going to date someone I'm living with. That means when we come back after our date we'll still be able to see each other. Aw, what the hell do I care! She's going to love me and want me around 24/7 anyway! Oh, yes you are Ravy! I've never been so determined.'

No. Not the end. See you next chapter!