Hidden Secrets, Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans. If I did, Terra would suffer long and hard then die. And there would be a couple at the tower. Also, B.B. and Raven would be together.
When they finally came down, both Raven and Beastboy had sincere loving smiles on their faces. That was until they came into the living room. Raven's face suddenly turned neutral while Beastboy put on his goofy smile.
They came in with Raven ignoring another of Beastboy's jokes. "Come on, Rae. You have to admit that was funny."
"Yep, and I am an owl."
"Raven. That's not funny." She didn't answer him as he headed to her room. "What is wrong with friend Raven?" Starfire asked as Beastboy came over to join her and Robin in the kitchen.
"I dunno. She seems pretty normal to me," was all her muttered to her. Cyborg looked over at them and yelled, "Yo, Beastboy! Come try this new game." Beastboy smiled and his ears perked up. Quickly he ran over to the couch and grabbed the controller.
Raven flopped down on her bed with a book. A great sadness overcame her when Beastboy wasn't with her. She looked at the book she grabbed off her desk. It had a bat on it. Why was it in her room?
She sat up. Only one person in the tower had anything to do with a bat. Once again she stood up. This time she headed towards Beastboy's room when she heard footsteps coming toward her. As she turned she saw Starfire running towards her. "Friend Raven, may I speak with you?"
"I believe you already are, Starfire. What is it you want to talk about?" Starfire smiled and turned back into her normal happy self. "Uhh…well…you and friend Beastboy." Raven held her hand up to Starfire. "No." Then she turned away and walked down the hall.
Starfire's face suddenly fell. Slowly she flew away wondering what was going on. When she arrived in the kitchen, Cyborg, Beastboy, and Robin were sitting at the table eating vegetarian veggie soup. Quietly Starfire took a seat beside Robin. He smiled at her and handed her a bowl of soup, a spoon, and a roll.
"Are you okay, Star? You seem quiet," Robin stated. She shook her head and looked over at Robin. "I am worried about friend Raven. She refuses to talk about certain things when I ask her about them." Quickly she cast a glance over at Beastboy then looked back at Robin. He caught on and nodded his head.
Beastboy looked up from his empty bowl. "Where is Raven right now?"
The other titans looked over at him. "What?" he asked as they stared at him. "Do I have stuff growing on me or something?" Starfire shook her head and answered him. "Friend Raven was walking down the hall with a book." Beastboy nodded and grabbed a bowl of soup before heading to find Raven.
As soon as Starfire had disappeared from sight, Raven headed for Beastboy's room. Now she was sitting on his bed when he walked in. "I checked your room, the gym, and the roof before coming in here to look for you." Beastboy saw some of his stuff flying around the room, so he knew something was up. "Rae, what happen?"
Raven slowly looked up from the cover of the book that she was looking at. Slowly she held it out to him. He set down the bowl of soup as he came over to join Raven on the bed. Wondering what it was Beastboy took the held-out book. It had a bat on the cover. Robin. The word popped into his head as Raven started to speak for the first time since he entered the room.
"I found it on my dresser. It was in the place of my mirror. Someone was in my room," Raven told him, her words darkening on the last sentence. Beastboy recognized the hidden threat in those words. Instead of moving away he scooted closer and put his arms around Raven. She was shaking as he pulled her closer to him. Although she would rather just stay in his arms, Raven knew what she had to do. "Garf, I am going to the roof to go meditate. Do not come up there." Quickly Raven moved out of his arms and slipped into the wall.
Beastboy was about to grab her, but something held him back. Maybe it was Raven's words, or maybe it was that he felt she needed her solitude. Whatever it was it held him back front going to the roof also. Instead he decided to go to Raven's room and see if he could find out who had been in there or if her mirror was still there. He thought to leave the book on his dresser, but curiosity got the better of him.
Quietly he locked his door and sat down to read what this was all about. He opened it to the beginning page. On the inside of the first sheet it read:
To Robin
So he may never lie to himself
From the Bat
Beastboy wondered what Batman (the Bat) had meant by that little note and why he felt that Robin needed it. He turned three pages later to where Robin had started writing.
Robin's Journal:
"She is beautiful. Alfred says there is no chance I will win her heart, but that won't stop me. Her blond hair is like a halo around her head. Yet, I must atlas not tell her. For she is my teammate. That is all. Just my teammate. Right! Who am I kidding? Batgirl is the angel from the dark brought into the light fills my heart with glee."
Beastboy paused in his reading. There had been someone other than Starfire? He didn't remember Robin ever talking about what it was like working or living with "the Bat." Perhaps this is why. Beastboy flipped ahead.
Robin's Journal;
"No! Grief had taken over my heart. Today Batgirl wrecked her motorcycle. We were racing when she took a corner to sharp and ran into the side of the cliff. I tried to get to her before it happened, but I wasn't fast enough. The engine exploded before I got to her. Why? Oh, why couldn't I have been faster?"
(Who knew Robin could be so dramatic?)
Beastboy put the book down. No wonder Robin was so silent about his past. If something like that happened to Raven, I would go into solitude about it. Why didn't that happen to Robin? Being as he was caught up in the story, Beastboy went on reading, getting deeper into it. (Or Beastboy so understanding.)
Robin's Journal:
"I told the Bat that I am leaving. He knows it is hard on me, and says that it is my choice whether I leave or stay. Later, as I was putting my stuff on my cycle, he handed me my Robin outfit as a reminder of all the times teamwork was what helped to get the job done. 'Remember that teamwork will get the job done better in all ways' is what he said to me as he handed me my one and only true part of myself. One day perhaps I will be able to return the favor to him. Yet, I have not succeeded to do so, so far."
Beastboy put down the journal and leaned back in his pillows. Had Robin ever gone back? He flipped to another part of the journal.
Robin's Journal:
"What have I done? For so long I grieved for Batgirl's death. Now, suddenly, she is forgotten as I look at this enchanting fiery beauty who walked into my life. Or should I say floated? How could my feelings for Batgirl disappear as I meet this new girl with orange skin and red hair? Her jade eyes melt my heart like never before. Is this wrong? Or was Batgirl's death meant to bring us together? Her name explains what she is in my life, …"
Beastboy about fell out of bed as he was disturbed by a knock. Quickly he tucked the book under his pillow and went to the door. "What?" he asked as he finally got there.
"Yo, B.B. I need to talk to you." It was Cyborg. Beastboy opened the door for him.
"Okay. Come in."
"Actually, we need to talk in the living room."
"Just a minute." Beastboy looked at the clock, put on a different shirt, and followed Cyborg.
No one was around as Cyborg placed a plate of tofu in front of Beastboy while he grabbed a plate of meat lover's pizza. Beastboy looked over at Cyborg. This was definitely not like Cy to just make him food. "Okay, Cyborg, what is you want to talk about, dude? I was in the middle of a…book… and I want to finish reading it."
Cyborg raised his eyebrow at Beastboy. "B.B., I didn't know you read. Maybe our little Beastboy is learning to be something other than an animal."
He cracked a smile. "Yeah, well, maybe there is more to me than you know."
Cyborg shoved the pizza in his mouth and started for the game. "Play against ya." Cyborg let the conversation continue on about different things till he crossed the finish like first. ("Boys," Author rolls eyes, "always playing car or racing games.") "Booyah!" Beastboy, whose mind had wandered away, now looked at the screen. "Nice job, Cyborg."
"Dude, is something wrong with you?" Cyborg waved his hand back and forth in front of Beastboy's face. "I mean, you totally spaced out there."
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just going to meditate then go to my room." Cyborg watched Beastboy leave and tilted his head. "Beastboy, meditate?" he muttered out loud.
Raven watched as Starfire and Robin bounded over the rocks like a couple of lovesick puppies. Puppies, hmm. That made her think of Beastboy. "Garf, why did I tell you to stay away while I calmed down?" She leaned back and lay with her eyes closed. "Perhaps you felt it would be better to be by yourself and hide your feelings for a while," came a familiar voice from above her.
Without realizing it Raven let her powers go, and her hand flared with black light. Her eyes turned black as she looked at who was there. Quickly she recalled her powers as she saw the green figure above her. He knelt down beside where she lay. "Rae, did you meditate at all?" There was concern in his voice as he laid his hand carelessly on hers and squeezed.
She didn't answer him as she closed her eyes and moved her head on his lap. Instead she whispered, "Look at them." Waving her hand at Robin and Starfire, she continued, "No harm comes to them when they allow their emotions to get the better of them." Beastboy looked at the two. "Rae, are you wishing us to be like them?" Sadness was on the edge of his voice as he remembered what Robin's journal said.
"Raven, I'm going to go to my room now. I'll talk to you about…" Suddenly Beastboy was interrupted by the alarm. Both teens jumped up and ran inside.
