REBECCA

CHAPTER 4

"Thought you'd lost me, huh?" Rebecca said, smirking.

"Ha ha. Very funny," Robin scoffed, trying to sound irritated, but not succeeding.

"Yo, Robin! Are you gonna get in, or what?" yelled Cyborg. He and the other Titans were in the water. Except for Raven, of course; she was lying back on a beach towel, reading.

"In a minute," Robin called back. He sat with his knees drawn to his chest, a few yards away from Raven; Rebecca was coming up behind him. She had just woken up and joined them outside (they had left her in the house alone; with a note saying 'At the beach, join us if you so wish'; testing her, again, as to see if she would make a break for it. Obviously, she didn't).

"Something wrong?" Rebecca asked, sitting down next to Robin, staring at him with intense blue/white eyes.

"Not really," Robin answered, not returning her gaze, but instead watching the others in the ocean.

"Really, what is it?" she asked again, her voice strangely sincere.

Robin glanced at Rebecca quickly, then turned back. He opened his mouth as if to speak, but decided against it and quickly shut it.

Not so fast, Robin. You can't trust her yet. Not yet, anyway…

Rebecca rolled her eyes. "Fine. I'll probably find out anyway. I have a way with that, in case you didn't notice." Her lips spread into the same closed-mouth smile.

Robin inhaled deeply. "I just have this feeling, sort of. It's like a-"

"A premonition," Rebecca finished, more a statement than a question.

"Yeah…" How is she able to know this? Robin thought, still resisting looking at her.

"Well, sitting around all day's just giving you more opportunities to brood about it."

"What?"

She sighed impatiently. "Go on," she nodded toward the Titans. "Have some fun, already. Don't worry about whatever your little 'feeling' is." She smiled again. "After all, it is your vacation."

She stood up, brushing the sand off her bathing suit: a thick-strapped halter bikini; and a sarong tied around her waist, everything dark blue with powder blue outline. Rebecca held her hand out to Robin. He hesitated before taking it. In front of them, Cyborg and Starfire stood up to their waists in the water, watching Beast Boy sneak up on a sun-bathing Raven; she screamed as he dumped a bucket of water on her, and chased him back into the ocean; soon, both of them disappeared under the water, coming up for air every once and a while.

Rebecca laughed, drawing Robin's attention from his friends.

Again, she held out her hand to him. "Come on, you know you want to."

Smiling, Robin took her hand, pulled himself up, and headed toward the others.

(Later…)

The six of them, the Titans and Rebecca, slowly trudged up the walk to the beach house. Cyborg unlocked the door and each of them headed into their separate rooms.

"Hey," Robin stopped Rebecca in the hall. She turned to face him.

"Yeah?" She was smiling, which, for some reason, was kind of intimidating.

"Um," Robin started, suddenly at a loss for words. "I just… I… I wanted to thank you. For…"

Rebecca stood there, waiting for an answer. Robin broke eye-contact with her; he could feel his face burning red.

"For-"

"You're welcome."

He looked up at her again. She had stepped closer to him, still smiling seductively. Robin could feel his blush deepen with her every breath.

"Good night." She turned and headed for her room, her long hair brushing his face as she turned.

Robin inhaled sharply, then started for his own room.

KK, I know that's short, but I'm low on ideas; and sorry it's been so long since I last posted a chapter, I've been kinda depressed lately. I'm better now!  Yay! Anyway, any ideas? R&R, give me suggestions!