OHHHH this is the penulpulate (sp?) chapter...next one is the last one. then my new story will go out...new project

sorry i havent been posting...sats are next week :'( anyway, thank you all my reviewers! love yall! on with the story.

Chapter 23: Value every second…

Raven had been unconscious for a week, Robin not leaving her side once as she lay in the darkness of her mind. Starfire had only been unconscious for a few days as something in her alien blood had killed off the gasses which had been emitted from Trigon's lair. Raven's body was completely shut down however. It had been put through so much strain over the past few months that it had completely shut down after the battle and defeat of Trigon.

One evening however….

The titans, except Robin, were down in the main room. Cyborg and Beast Boy were fighting over the dinner menu while Bumblebee and Starfire sat watching them and talking to each other. "Friends shall one of us not go and fetch friend Robin. I believe he has not eaten properly for a week now." Starfire said, breaking the heated argument between Cyborg and Beast Boy.

"Yea, I'll go Star. Just make sure Santa's little elf over here doesn't make all the dinner from Tofu crap!" Cyborg said.

He took off his apron and went up to the medical bay. He knocked on the door and entered to see Robin still clutching his hand to Raven's. "Hey Rob dude. Dinner's almost ready so…" Cyborg said rubbing his head.

"I'm fine. Thanks but I'll just stay here." Robin said not taking his eyes off of Raven.

"Rob, you haven't eaten properly in over a week." Cyborg said.

"I'm not hungry."

"Don't make me force you to come. It's not healthy!" Cyborg said.

"Cyborg…"

Cyborg however had walked over to Robin and lifted him off his chair. "She'll be fine. If there's any change in her condition then it will come up on my alert system." Cyborg said.

Robin looked back at Raven before walking to the door. Before they could set foot outside though, a faint moan of pain could be heard behind them. Robin and Cyborg whisked around to see an aching Raven rubbing her head. Robin ran over to her and pulled her into a tight hug. "Ow. Robin. Can't breath." Raven said.

"Sorry." Robin said pulling away slightly with a weak grin on his face.

Cyborg walked over and checked her pulse. Everything was working fine. "We'll go get you some food Rae…and you bird boy." Cyborg said.

"I'm staying here." Robin said.

"Go, its okay Robin. You look like you need some food desperately." Raven said weakly.

Robin nodded, gave her a quick peck on the cheek before telling Cyborg that they had to be quick.

Raven turned her body around so that her legs were hanging off the side of the bed. She stood up and steadied herself. She was still in her uniform only it was a clean one. She walked over to the door and walked along the hallway until she came to the roof stairs. She climbed up them and opened the roof door to be greeted with a cool night breeze. She closed the door and walked forward to stand and feel the breeze gently caress her face. She shut her eyes and admired and took in every second.

Robin walked back to the med lab and saw Raven was gone. He began to panic. "RAVEN!" He called out countless times, running up and down the corridor. He shuddered as he felt a cool gentle breeze touch his face. The Roof, he thought.

He hurried up the stairs to see the roof door slightly open. He pushed it open and saw Raven standing in the middle of the roof, her eyes shut and a look of pure relaxation on her face. He walked up behind her and put his cloak around her. She smiled. "It's so nice." She said.

"Yes. Tonight is nice." Robin answered.

"Well yes." She said turning to face him, "what I meant was that it's nice to be free."

He looked down at her to see to massive orbs of violet staring up at him. She walked up close to him and put her arms around him. He put his around her too. "For all my life I've been trapped, trapped within myself." She said, resting her head on Robin's chest. "None of my emotions have been able to be fulfilled to their best extent without the risk of destruction taking place. Now they can. Since I defeated my father, with the help of Star, I've been feeling kind of…" She trailed off.

"Happy." Robin finished for her. She smiled up at him.

"If you weren't here for me Robin, I would have given up and lost ages ago."

"I did nothing but support you. You were the one who pulled it off in the end." Robin said. He lent down so that their faces were inches apart (yes I know Robin isn't that much taller than Raven but she's still half a head or so shorter than him.) and said in a murmur, "you're the one that saved the world…and yourself Raven." He then closed the space between them and pressed his lips against hers.

She pulled away slightly, creating a gap between them. She smiled and put a finger on her bottom lip, feeling where they had just been in contact with Robin's. Her mesmerising eyes looked up into his masked ones. She smiled at him before she heard him utter those 4 words that made her value everything about him, "I love you Raven." She kissed him hard on the lips then pulled away and saying slightly breathless from the passion in it, "I love you too Robin." They were about to lean in again but were interrupted by Starfire bolting through the door and rugby-tackling Raven to the floor with one of her hugs. "Friend Raven! I have missed you so much in this past week and have been most worried about your health." Starfire said.

"Thanks Star…for everything." Raven said.

Starfire knew that she was referring to the battle with Trigon as well and smiled down at her. "Forever" Starfire said.

"Forever." Raven said.

They got up. "Can we please go and eat now!" Beast Boy whined.

They all went down to the main room and sat around the table eating and laughing and talking. Raven sat next to Robin looking at everyone enjoying their lives and all. "You okay?" Robin asked her.

"I'm fine. I'm just valuing every moment I have." She said smiling at him.

After dinner, Raven left the table and went straight to her room, not in the mood for the celebrations as she was still tired from waking up and everything. Robin followed her and knocked on the door before entering it. She was lying on her bed staring at her ceiling. He walked to the end of the bed and crawled up over her.

He held himself up over her staring down at her. He saw small tears silently dropping from her eyes. He wiped them away. "Raven, what's wrong?"

"When I was down there, with my father, my whole life flashed before me. It was pointless my life before. I was moody, anti-social. You all hated me because I avoided you." She said turning her face to the side.

He moved it back to face him, forcing her to look up at him. "It was not pointless and it was not your fault you had to be like that." He said.

"I still could have tried to be nicer." She said.

"Well, if you think your life was so pointless before, then lets make it worth living now." He said smiling down at her. She smiled weakly as he kissed her softly but passionately, his hands roaming her soft curves while her hands messed around with his hair.

"Thank you." Raven said, pulling away for a second.

"Your welcome." He said before leaning back down and kissing her deeply and passionately with all the love inside of him which felt for her.

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