Chapter 7: What's for Lunch?

"You did NOT just pass me…! Don't gimme that look! What the- Give me that! Wh- You're cheating! No way you just- What? How the- WHAT THE MOTHER-"

"Cyborg, you'll wake the neighbors. And the rest of the city for that matter…"

"Cram it, Rob."

"Yeah, cram it, Rob," the dark girl said. Everyone turned as Raven and Beast Boy finally walked into the living room that morning. Or rather, that afternoon; half past one.

Cyborg and Terra looked up from their video game (A/N: yeah, dude's like 21 n' still plays video games. Welcome to the deep south), and Robin looked over from where he was leaning against the wall by the TV.

"Nice of you to grace us with your presence, Raven," he said sarcastically; he looked over at Beast Boy. "What were you two doing, making out?"

This caused an eruption of laughter around the room.

Yeah. Right. And the Earth is flat!, Terra thought. For a moment, though, the thought that it could be true passed through her mind. She'd been gone a long time. God knows what she missed…

You have no idea, Raven thought, hearing her thought. She and Beast Boy had laughed too, more at the fact that Robin didn't know how true that statement was than anything.

"Hey, Rae. Do you think we should just… tell them?"

"It's up to you. I don't care either way, but…"

"What? Seriously, I won't if you don't want to."

"No, it's not that… But what about Terra?"

"Oh, yeah… Well, maybe not her, then. Just the others. Not Starfire, either, probably. She'll spill it."

"Yeah. Robin and Cyborg, then. They can deal with it."

"Right."

(A/N: Doesn't having mental conversations rock?)

"Please, what is this 'making out?'" Starfire asked as she entered the room from one of the hallways by the TV. Robin was about to answer when Raven spoke.

"You know. It's what you do with Robin; it's the part after you lock yourselves in his room, and before he takes your clothes off."

"WHAT!" Robin's face was deep, deep red, and he seemed not to be breathing. Again everyone, or most everyone, laughed. Starfire just stood there looking confused and blushing slightly.

"But how did you know tha-" she started to ask, but Robin ran up to her and quickly clamped his hand over her mouth.

"Heh heh. Uh, Star? Never mind." She looked at him questioningly, but stayed silent as he let go of her.

"That was classic! I'm writing that down."

Raven snickered. "Be my guest. Be sure to include the look on his face afterward."

"Kay."

"So, what's for lunch?" Robin asked, changing the subject. His face was still burning. "We've been waiting for you two since twelve," he gestured towards Raven and Beast Boy.

"Uh…" Everyone turned to look at Beast Boy. "… I, uh, thought we could… go out to eat…?" he suggested. To his surprise, he didn't get pummeled for 'sleeping in' and not preparing anything. (A/N: ;D)

Robin looked over at Terra for approval. "That sounds good," she said, nodding. "Where to?"

"Who picked last time?" Cyborg asked.

"Oh, no…" Robin muttered. "Beast Boy picked last time." (A/N: And we're going in order; at the end of the theme song, the '1, 2, 3, 4, go!' thing. Heh heh.)

Everyone turned to look at Raven, who was smirking humorously.

"Don't worry. I'm willing to spare you the nightmares since it's Terra's first day back." Everyone in the room sighed, relieved. "But I am going to pick someplace that I go to." Her friends exchanged worried glances. "Get changed. We'll meet in the garage." With that, Raven turned and left the room.

"So… are we dead?" Terra asked, breaking the silence.

"Possibly."

"Ah. Just making sure."

Raven was the last to join them in the garage.

"Finally. What took you so long? Holy…" Robin couldn't even finish his sentence. Raven stood at the front of the garage, hand on her hip. She wore dark blue bell-bottom jeans with sapphire and diamond studs going up the sides; a black halter-top, very low cut, again with the blue and crystal gems around the outline of the shirt; stiletto black boots with pointed toes to finish it off. Her hair was down to just past her shoulders with thick, black, ropey extensions longer than her hair. A black leather purse hanging over her shoulder to complete the look.

"Oh my God… RUN! IT'S THE APOCALYPSE!"

"Beast Boy, calm down. I told you guys to change clothes; I assumed you'd know that meant I'd be changing too."

"Clothes, yes. Entire appearance? Not quite."

"Chill, Beast Boy. You look great, Raven," Terra said, smiling. She was wearing a faded denim mini-skirt with roughly cut edges, and a short-sleeved, powder blue tee-shirt made of some thin, soft material, with white writing of it that said 'MAKE A WISH' (A/N: I have that shirt! American Eagle, or something… And no, not the make a wish foundation. :$) Straw, painted white, platform sandals that wrapped around the ankles, and a few white and blue beaded bracelets.

Raven smiled back at her. "Thanks."

"Okay, now that the fashion show's over, can we freakin' go now!" Cyborg asked impatiently. He wore black jeans and a short-sleeved black shirt (he was using the holographic rings or whatever to make him look like 'Stone' again, from DECEPTION EPISODE 1 SEASON 3).

"Yeah, let's go." They got in the car, which seats seven now; driver's seat, passenger's, two captain's seats, and three in the very back.

"So… do you still hate her?" Beast Boy asked (mentally) from the back seat. Raven was sitting in the captain's seat in front of him.

"Not really. I just don't completely trust her."

"I understand. But remember, she did leave off on a good note last time we saw her. I mean, before she…"

"I know. She was desperate. I doubt she's make the same choice again. With Slade, I mean."

"Like she even could if she wanted to, after you kicked his ass!"

Raven laughed. "Good point."

"Hey, Raven. You never told us exactly where we're going, so… Where are we going?" Robin asked from in front of Raven (passenger's seat, duh).

"You'll see." A vague reply that wasn't exactly comforting, coming from Raven, anyway. "Head downtown. Look for a place called Precious Cargo."