"Okay" said Cyborg the next day, "your permanent room. He grinned and punched at the key pad. The automatic door sliding open slowly. Like a curtain revealing the set of the amazing play your about to see. Only instead of gathered red velvet Virtue held her breathe as the slick metal door opened to her new room. Her new home.
In was a bare white room. Eerily white like a hospital room. There was a closet and a simple bed in one corner. Virtue nodded and began to drag her bags in.
"I know it's not much" said Cyborg, you couldn't tell with his dark skin but he was blushing a bit, "But you'll be able to fix it up however you want." He glanced around and saw that the sheets on the bed were threadbare. "I'll go try to find some blankets and stuff, otherwise you'll freeze." He turned to go and search. Virtue dropped her bags on the bed roughly,
"Thanks Cy" she called. A grin on her face. She was going to have a home again. She opened her bag and stared at the content. As nice as it was going to be to not be living out of a suitcase, she didn't feel like unpacking. Instead she went to her other bag. A canvas guitar case. She unzipped it eagerly and slid her guitar out. It was a shiny teal guitar, the same color as her uniform. She plugged it into her amp that Cy had carried for her and strummed and few times. She smiled reaching into her musical memory for something right for the occasion…Unable to find one she starts to belt out one of her favorites…..
"
It's just a stupid little love song
It's just a stupid little
It's
just a stupid little love song
Here we go
Put em' up
Put em' up, put em' up
Your
grandpa fought in world war two
Your cousin landed on the
moon
Your mother is a diplomat, the senator of Connecticut
Your
sister's got 4 point O
Your father's got his own talk show
Your
bother is the scientist, who found the cure for morning breath
I
came here by taxi
You came by limousine
And all I have to offer
you is this
Just
a stupid little love song
(3 chords and a microphone)
Just a
stupid little love song
(hip hop and rock n' roll)
So sit
right down I'll sing this song to you
Put
em' up
Put em' up, put em' up
The
captain of the football team
The cheerleader's recurring dream
You're on the road to Harvard Law
I'm on the bus to Arkansas
I
stand in your doorway
Your world looks so enchanting
And all I
have to offer you is this
Just
a stupid little love song
(3 chords and a microphone)
Just a
stupid little love song
(hip hop and rock n' roll)
So sit
right down I'll sing this song to you
Put em' up
Put em' up, put em' up
And
the moon comes in the window like a spotlight
(this is love cause
this is real)
Sit you down and I being to gently rock your
night
('cause I'm trying to tell you what I feel)
And we're
truly approaching a moment
And then you lean over, and saaaay,
what's my name, what's my name, what's my name?
ooooohhhhhhhhh"
Hearing something she looks up to see Cyborg standing in the door with a bundle of quilts and such.
"Cy, thanks!" she stands up and come to him with her guitar hanging on her shoulder. "Wow, you really didn't need to go to all this trouble Cyborg." She smiled her snaggletoothed smile, "thanks"
Cyborg grinned, "No problem Virtue." He set the quilts down on the bed and smiled, "What were you playing? It sounded really good…." Virtue blushed lightly.
"Stupid Little Love Song by Fefe Dobson"
"You've got a really great voice" said Cy, causing Virtue to blush tomato red. Cyborg laughed lightly and went to leave, "see ya later"
"Bye!" called Virtue as she turned to her bag and started to unpack.
-
It was nearly an hour later when Virtue stopped to look around. The bed was made in the homey patchwork quilts Cyborg had found her. Her guitar was on its stand by her amp and her stereo system was up and running, pumping her tunes into the room. That Girl by Lindsey Lohan blaring and shaking the Tower's wood work. She sighed,
"well that's done. Now time for the clothes" She turned to the last suitcase. The one that looked ready to burst at the seems. Holding her breathe she unzipped the suitcase and stared at the first item in the pile. The one she'd thrown in as an after thought….
"Now what am I to do about this….?"
In later weeks when Virtue was unpacked her room became sort of a hang out. She'd bought red velvet curtains from the old theater's auction and hung them in her room along with some throw pillows she'd bought. The place looked like a funky Arabian princess's room. Virtue always kept her door open and played her guitar for everyone so it was new common place for the titans to chill in her room as opposed to the living room.
Raven however never chose to indulge. Mainly in kept Robin from giving her questioning looks whenever he felt Virtue was being suspicious. The boy wonder was getting paranoid.
That night Raven was lying on her bed reading. Her feet in the air swinging back and forth the way they do when most girls talk on the phone. It was near 1 in the morning when there was a quick, sharp knock on her door.
"Raven? Are you awake?" Came Virtue's soft but squeaky voice on the other side. She sounded scared and tiny. Raven quirked an eyebrow. Feeling somewhat curious she stood up and stepped over to her door opening in a tiny crack.
"Can I help you?"
"I'm sorry did I wake you up?" Virtue looked nervous and she was holding a small, locked wooden chest tightly to her stomach.
"No, I was reading. What is it?" Virtue gave a relived sigh and gave a small smile.
"Well you know how everyone's been hanging out in my room and everything?" Raven just stared back. She'd have to be blind, deaf and dumb not to notice the new hangout. She'd even gone in once herself. What was this all about? Was Virtue about to interrogate her about her anti-social tendencies or something? "Well I've got a few private things that, you know, I don't exactly want the world to see. And I was wondering if you could hold onto them for me….I mean since no one ever goes in your room…." Virtue hugged her box tighter as if it was trying to run away…
Raven was caught of guard, "Well…I suppose…Are you sure….ummm..." Raven groaned and shook her head, trying to clear her sluggish thoughts, "Yeah, sure Virtue I can keep in for you." She opened her crossed arms and nudged the door open enough for Virtue to give her the box. Virtue gave a wide snaggletoothed grin.
"Thank you," She placed the chest in Raven's arms. It was surprisingly light. "I mean it's nothing bad or anything. It's just…. Well…. Private. You know?" Raven nodded slowly and there was a silence. Virtue shifted uncomfortably, "Well I guess I'll be going to bed then…." She turned and started down the hall. She was halfway gone into the darkness when Raven called,
"Virtue!" The new girl turned to face her, "Why me?"
Virtue stopped and thought a moment. Then smiled.
"I suppose because I just feel like I can trust you not to look."
A/N: yeah for chapter...4? anyways I really love my Raven/Virtue scene...I hope you all like it... not to worry and fluff and mystery and drama begin soon...Reveiws? anyone?
yinxyang: ah hahahaha! you just have to wait and seeee! and won't you be surprised! Thanks for reading! you the the only one and I heart you!
Peace Out,
NK
