(I originally wasn't gonna update this...ever, because I got this bad flame,
I cant even consider it a review...and it got me pretty mad. But then I
thought of the 150 something other people who reviewed...and I couldn't do
that to you guys...I love my reviewers too much. And I'd like to thank you
all, because without you I wouldn't have continued this story.)
Disclaimer: I own nothing...
Dedication: Jennifer, Lily (for all of your reviews ), and to all of my reviewers who left (good) reviews. Thank you all sooo much! Ehh...more detailed messages at the end...
In Your Arms Ch 7: The proposal
"Are you ready yet?" Came the voice of an impatient Speedy.
Raven opened the door, and stepped out.
Speedy smiled when he saw Raven. She was without makeup, and she was beautiful. She was wearing a fancy black frilly shirt, with a black knee length skirt, and tall black boots. "Yup...I should definitely pick out your clothes more often."
He had taken out clothes for her to wear earlier, so she decided to humor him by putting them on. Unfortunately for him, it was only for humor. She turned to go back into her room so she could change.
"Where are you going?" Speedy grabbed Raven's hand, and pulled her towards him. "You look fine." He said getting closer to her. "You don't need to change."
Raven began to blush, then quickly stepped away from him. She saw him smiling at her, and became annoyed. "What's so funny?"
"No makeup...I can see you blushing." He replied grabbing her hand. "Let's go." Normally when some one grabbed Raven's hand, she would hit and/or kill the person, but in Robin's case her heart would skip a beat, then continue rapidly. This was different; she didn't really feel the urge to hit Speedy. However, he still didn't quite have the effect that Robin's touch had on her.
Speedy was either brave, or incredibly stupid. He dragged Raven out of the house, and on the way Starfire and Terra gave Raven a wry look. Raven looked back at then menacingly, and hurried out of the house.
Once the got out of the house Speedy let go of Raven's hand, and they began to walk down the street.
"You don't like them do you?" Speedy said, not looking at Raven.
"It's not that I don't like them..."she lied. "But Starfire is very...devious. She may look all cute and innocent on the outside, but you have yet to see the real Starfire...trust me."
Speedy frowned. "I don't think she can be as bad as you say she is. Come on now, were talking about Starfire here."
"Fine, don't believe me, but you can see for yourself." Raven shrugged wondering why Speedy cared so much about Starfire in the first place. She wasn't jealous or anything, just curious. "Do you like Starfire?" Raven suddenly says.
"WHAT!?" Speedy stopped walking. "That was pretty random. Where did that come from?" He asked nervously trying to change the subject.
"I don't know, you've been talking about her as if you like her or something...just pondering." Raven said. "So do you?"
"Ehh...no." He lied.
"You're a terrible liar." Raven said plainly continuing to walk. "Don't worry though, I won't tell alien girl how you feel."
Speedy smiled. "Thank you."
"You should tell her how you feel. Trust me, keeping feelings bottled up isn't good." Raven said realizing this was her first time giving advice to anyone.
"Then why don't you tell Robin how you feel about him?" Speedy asked happily.
Raven stopped and glared at him.
"What? It's so obvious that you two are in love with each other." Speedy said.
"You think so?" Raven smiled a little, and began to blush. Quickly, she realized what she was doing, and tried to change the subject. "So where are we going first?"
"Wherever. I'm not really picky." Speedy looked up and down the street. There were several restaurants, lots of clothes stores, and a movie theater.
"Lets go see a movie." Raven said pointing to the theater, remembering she really wanted to see this new movie about "The Iliad", which was one of her favorite books. The thought of turning your back on everything, even the will of an entire country to be with the one you love. She knew it was really idealistic, and for the most part false, but for some reason it really appealed to her.
"I have a better idea, why don't we go shopping for you!" Speedy said grinning from ear to ear.
"How about...no." Raven said starting cross the street to get to the movie theater, when she saw Beast Boy and Terra walking and laughing together towards them. Raven grabbed Speedy by the hand, and they ran into a nearby clothing store called FabuLUST.
Speedy looked out the window from inside the store at the smiling couple. Apparently, they didn't see them. "What was that about?" Raven hushed him, when she saw they were coming into the store. She pushed him into a back dressing room, and closed the door behind her.
She heard the laughter coming into the store.
"Hey Terra! How would I look in one of these?" Came Beast Boy's voice. Speedy looked through the cracks of the dressing room, and saw Beast Boy hold up a transparent pink dress in front of him.
Speedy started to snicker, and Raven glared wickedly at him to be quiet. Speedy was turning red holding in his laughter.
"Hey BB, look at this!" Came Terra's voice. "Do I look like Raven or what?"
Speedy's smile faded as Raven pushed him aside and looked through the crack in the door. Terra was trying on a hideous black dress that looked like a cut up black bed sheet. Raven raised her fist and anger burned in her eyes. Speedy snickered at her, and she elbowed him in the ribs. "Who the hell does she think she is?" Raven said getting ready to expose herself from hiding and give them a piece of her mind.
Speedy grabbed her hands before she could open the door to give away their position. "Wait, they're leaving anyway." He whispered to her.
"Fine!" Raven said leaning against the back wall of the stall. The dressing room was small, and could barely fit a third person. "Are they gone yet?" Raven asked irritated after a few moments.
"Oh, yeah, they left a while ago." He replied smiling.
"Then why are we still in here, Mr. Intelligence?" Raven asked grimly.
"I just enjoy staying locked in a dressing room stall with you, that's all." He said grinning.
Raven rolled her eyes, and opened the door. An older woman watched as they both exited the same room. She gave that "I know what you guys were up to, I did that a lot in my day..." smile. Raven looked from the woman to Speedy, and then back at her. "I guarantee you it's not what it looks like." The woman smiled a "whatever you say, sweetheart" Smile and nodded.
Raven growled, and headed for the exit.
"I thought we were going to do some shopping?" Speedy asked standing in her way.
"This isn't my type of store." She said and pushed him out of the way.
"I could find something you'd like. Just give me a second." He replied grabbing her and pushing her back towards the clothes.
Minutes later Raven emerged from the dressing room in a strapless black mini dress. "You're an idiot." She said to Speedy.
"I like it. You kinda look like Posh from the Spice Girls." He said holding up a set of a hot pink leather tube top, and miniskirt.
"Yup, we're definitely working with some idiot material here." She looked at him and shook her head.
He tossed them aside. "You look good, honestly." He smiled. "How about I buy the dress for you?"
"And where would I be wearing this?" Raven questioned.
"On your date with Robin of course." He replied plainly.
Raven's eyes widened, and had to try hard not to hit Speedy. However, for some odd reason being with him was nice. She didn't have to pretend with him...she could be...real...with him. So instead she smiled and said sure.
Moments later they left the store. Raven refused to carry the bag that contained her dress, so Speedy was forced to carry the black plastic bag with bright pink letters that said "FabuLUST".
"Can you do me a BIG favor, Raven?" Speedy asked kindly.
"No, I'm not carrying the bags." Raven replied immediately.
"Not that, I was wondering...what store does Starfire go to?" He asked nervously.
Raven tried to hold back laughter, but wasn't successful. "You...want me...to help you...buy something...for...Starfire?" She said between bursts of laughter. Then she suddenly got serious realizing Speedy wasn't laughing. She sighed, and nodded.
"Really? Thank you, Raven. I owe you!" He beamed as they walked to a store called "Over the rainbow".
"So this is the kind of stuff Starfire likes?" Speedy said staring at the bright colored outfits.
Raven nodded remembering the last time they went shopping together. Starfire had tried to put a wristband on her neck, and had a hard time removing it. Raven smiled at the memory and realized she may have just been doing it for the attention, after all Robin was with them...and somehow she only wanted his help in removing it.
"How does this look?" Speedy held up a frilly pink dress with fur lining the bottom.
"Bright." Raven said squinting.
"They have it in lime green, yellow, and peach."
"Take the lime green." Raven said softly.
"What was that?"
"The peach one."
"Alright. Thanks a lot, Raven...I really appreciate it." Raven shrugged and waited at the door until he paid for it. Speedy walked happily with Raven the rest of the way back with a goofy grin on his face.
Eventually they made their way back to the Tower, and found Beast Boy and Terra had returned earlier. When Raven and Speedy walked in, Aqua Lad, Cyborg, and Beast Boy were fighting about which Iron Chef was the best. Naturally Aqua Lad said Iron Chef China, but Beast Boy was convinced Italy was the best. Cyborg on the other hand was rooting for the challenger.
Starfire and Terra were lying around watching them all argue, and talking to one another. They both sat up as they saw Raven walk in with Speedy.
Speedy smiled at Starfire, and she looked at him suspiciously. Raven glared at Terra, then she looked over at Beast Boy and saw Terra blush.
Raven took her bag from Speedy, and watched him sit next to Starfire. She went up to Robin's room to put her stuff away. It was hard getting used to going to his room every night. She opened the door, and Robin was on the bed wide-awake starring up at the ceiling.
Raven cleared to throat to notify him of her presence. He looked up quickly, and smiled. "I was waiting for you to come back." He said sitting up. "You remember when we said we would start over?" He looked at Raven and saw her nod. "Well, I was thinking...and I think we should...ehh...would you like to go out for dinner with me tonight?"
(Review Reply's:
Starfires- I suppose it may turn out that way
Lily- Thank you for your excessive reviewing, without you I might have not updated this at all...So thank you, ma'am.
Athena884-I just couldn't resist mate, that was my favorite part
TJ:I suppose we all feel that way about Starfire...most of us at least...
MartinPettit- Thank ye luvvie!
Guest- Yeah, I'll finish it soon...
Nubia- Bewitching? That's a good thing right?
Byebyebb18- is it that appearant?
Goldfire- Thankies, luv!
ArisuArisugawa: see? I updated.
Kat-Reusaki- Nice ideas ::takes notes::
Raven-Vegeta- I've heard that before
MystikIce: You don't sound rude! I promise to update sooner next time
Kpxiceboi: So many questions! I hope I've answered most of them...
Shorty: I love you sister!
Captain Ms Farquar Bloom: I love ye Jenni Jen!
Dark Weezing: FUNNY!
Ytroneshoes- I honestly don't think it's that serious...lol...well I hope your happy...potty mouth! I don't think I've ever had so many bad words in a good review...
Everyone else: THANK YOU!)
Disclaimer: I own nothing...
Dedication: Jennifer, Lily (for all of your reviews ), and to all of my reviewers who left (good) reviews. Thank you all sooo much! Ehh...more detailed messages at the end...
In Your Arms Ch 7: The proposal
"Are you ready yet?" Came the voice of an impatient Speedy.
Raven opened the door, and stepped out.
Speedy smiled when he saw Raven. She was without makeup, and she was beautiful. She was wearing a fancy black frilly shirt, with a black knee length skirt, and tall black boots. "Yup...I should definitely pick out your clothes more often."
He had taken out clothes for her to wear earlier, so she decided to humor him by putting them on. Unfortunately for him, it was only for humor. She turned to go back into her room so she could change.
"Where are you going?" Speedy grabbed Raven's hand, and pulled her towards him. "You look fine." He said getting closer to her. "You don't need to change."
Raven began to blush, then quickly stepped away from him. She saw him smiling at her, and became annoyed. "What's so funny?"
"No makeup...I can see you blushing." He replied grabbing her hand. "Let's go." Normally when some one grabbed Raven's hand, she would hit and/or kill the person, but in Robin's case her heart would skip a beat, then continue rapidly. This was different; she didn't really feel the urge to hit Speedy. However, he still didn't quite have the effect that Robin's touch had on her.
Speedy was either brave, or incredibly stupid. He dragged Raven out of the house, and on the way Starfire and Terra gave Raven a wry look. Raven looked back at then menacingly, and hurried out of the house.
Once the got out of the house Speedy let go of Raven's hand, and they began to walk down the street.
"You don't like them do you?" Speedy said, not looking at Raven.
"It's not that I don't like them..."she lied. "But Starfire is very...devious. She may look all cute and innocent on the outside, but you have yet to see the real Starfire...trust me."
Speedy frowned. "I don't think she can be as bad as you say she is. Come on now, were talking about Starfire here."
"Fine, don't believe me, but you can see for yourself." Raven shrugged wondering why Speedy cared so much about Starfire in the first place. She wasn't jealous or anything, just curious. "Do you like Starfire?" Raven suddenly says.
"WHAT!?" Speedy stopped walking. "That was pretty random. Where did that come from?" He asked nervously trying to change the subject.
"I don't know, you've been talking about her as if you like her or something...just pondering." Raven said. "So do you?"
"Ehh...no." He lied.
"You're a terrible liar." Raven said plainly continuing to walk. "Don't worry though, I won't tell alien girl how you feel."
Speedy smiled. "Thank you."
"You should tell her how you feel. Trust me, keeping feelings bottled up isn't good." Raven said realizing this was her first time giving advice to anyone.
"Then why don't you tell Robin how you feel about him?" Speedy asked happily.
Raven stopped and glared at him.
"What? It's so obvious that you two are in love with each other." Speedy said.
"You think so?" Raven smiled a little, and began to blush. Quickly, she realized what she was doing, and tried to change the subject. "So where are we going first?"
"Wherever. I'm not really picky." Speedy looked up and down the street. There were several restaurants, lots of clothes stores, and a movie theater.
"Lets go see a movie." Raven said pointing to the theater, remembering she really wanted to see this new movie about "The Iliad", which was one of her favorite books. The thought of turning your back on everything, even the will of an entire country to be with the one you love. She knew it was really idealistic, and for the most part false, but for some reason it really appealed to her.
"I have a better idea, why don't we go shopping for you!" Speedy said grinning from ear to ear.
"How about...no." Raven said starting cross the street to get to the movie theater, when she saw Beast Boy and Terra walking and laughing together towards them. Raven grabbed Speedy by the hand, and they ran into a nearby clothing store called FabuLUST.
Speedy looked out the window from inside the store at the smiling couple. Apparently, they didn't see them. "What was that about?" Raven hushed him, when she saw they were coming into the store. She pushed him into a back dressing room, and closed the door behind her.
She heard the laughter coming into the store.
"Hey Terra! How would I look in one of these?" Came Beast Boy's voice. Speedy looked through the cracks of the dressing room, and saw Beast Boy hold up a transparent pink dress in front of him.
Speedy started to snicker, and Raven glared wickedly at him to be quiet. Speedy was turning red holding in his laughter.
"Hey BB, look at this!" Came Terra's voice. "Do I look like Raven or what?"
Speedy's smile faded as Raven pushed him aside and looked through the crack in the door. Terra was trying on a hideous black dress that looked like a cut up black bed sheet. Raven raised her fist and anger burned in her eyes. Speedy snickered at her, and she elbowed him in the ribs. "Who the hell does she think she is?" Raven said getting ready to expose herself from hiding and give them a piece of her mind.
Speedy grabbed her hands before she could open the door to give away their position. "Wait, they're leaving anyway." He whispered to her.
"Fine!" Raven said leaning against the back wall of the stall. The dressing room was small, and could barely fit a third person. "Are they gone yet?" Raven asked irritated after a few moments.
"Oh, yeah, they left a while ago." He replied smiling.
"Then why are we still in here, Mr. Intelligence?" Raven asked grimly.
"I just enjoy staying locked in a dressing room stall with you, that's all." He said grinning.
Raven rolled her eyes, and opened the door. An older woman watched as they both exited the same room. She gave that "I know what you guys were up to, I did that a lot in my day..." smile. Raven looked from the woman to Speedy, and then back at her. "I guarantee you it's not what it looks like." The woman smiled a "whatever you say, sweetheart" Smile and nodded.
Raven growled, and headed for the exit.
"I thought we were going to do some shopping?" Speedy asked standing in her way.
"This isn't my type of store." She said and pushed him out of the way.
"I could find something you'd like. Just give me a second." He replied grabbing her and pushing her back towards the clothes.
Minutes later Raven emerged from the dressing room in a strapless black mini dress. "You're an idiot." She said to Speedy.
"I like it. You kinda look like Posh from the Spice Girls." He said holding up a set of a hot pink leather tube top, and miniskirt.
"Yup, we're definitely working with some idiot material here." She looked at him and shook her head.
He tossed them aside. "You look good, honestly." He smiled. "How about I buy the dress for you?"
"And where would I be wearing this?" Raven questioned.
"On your date with Robin of course." He replied plainly.
Raven's eyes widened, and had to try hard not to hit Speedy. However, for some odd reason being with him was nice. She didn't have to pretend with him...she could be...real...with him. So instead she smiled and said sure.
Moments later they left the store. Raven refused to carry the bag that contained her dress, so Speedy was forced to carry the black plastic bag with bright pink letters that said "FabuLUST".
"Can you do me a BIG favor, Raven?" Speedy asked kindly.
"No, I'm not carrying the bags." Raven replied immediately.
"Not that, I was wondering...what store does Starfire go to?" He asked nervously.
Raven tried to hold back laughter, but wasn't successful. "You...want me...to help you...buy something...for...Starfire?" She said between bursts of laughter. Then she suddenly got serious realizing Speedy wasn't laughing. She sighed, and nodded.
"Really? Thank you, Raven. I owe you!" He beamed as they walked to a store called "Over the rainbow".
"So this is the kind of stuff Starfire likes?" Speedy said staring at the bright colored outfits.
Raven nodded remembering the last time they went shopping together. Starfire had tried to put a wristband on her neck, and had a hard time removing it. Raven smiled at the memory and realized she may have just been doing it for the attention, after all Robin was with them...and somehow she only wanted his help in removing it.
"How does this look?" Speedy held up a frilly pink dress with fur lining the bottom.
"Bright." Raven said squinting.
"They have it in lime green, yellow, and peach."
"Take the lime green." Raven said softly.
"What was that?"
"The peach one."
"Alright. Thanks a lot, Raven...I really appreciate it." Raven shrugged and waited at the door until he paid for it. Speedy walked happily with Raven the rest of the way back with a goofy grin on his face.
Eventually they made their way back to the Tower, and found Beast Boy and Terra had returned earlier. When Raven and Speedy walked in, Aqua Lad, Cyborg, and Beast Boy were fighting about which Iron Chef was the best. Naturally Aqua Lad said Iron Chef China, but Beast Boy was convinced Italy was the best. Cyborg on the other hand was rooting for the challenger.
Starfire and Terra were lying around watching them all argue, and talking to one another. They both sat up as they saw Raven walk in with Speedy.
Speedy smiled at Starfire, and she looked at him suspiciously. Raven glared at Terra, then she looked over at Beast Boy and saw Terra blush.
Raven took her bag from Speedy, and watched him sit next to Starfire. She went up to Robin's room to put her stuff away. It was hard getting used to going to his room every night. She opened the door, and Robin was on the bed wide-awake starring up at the ceiling.
Raven cleared to throat to notify him of her presence. He looked up quickly, and smiled. "I was waiting for you to come back." He said sitting up. "You remember when we said we would start over?" He looked at Raven and saw her nod. "Well, I was thinking...and I think we should...ehh...would you like to go out for dinner with me tonight?"
(Review Reply's:
Starfires- I suppose it may turn out that way
Lily- Thank you for your excessive reviewing, without you I might have not updated this at all...So thank you, ma'am.
Athena884-I just couldn't resist mate, that was my favorite part
TJ:I suppose we all feel that way about Starfire...most of us at least...
MartinPettit- Thank ye luvvie!
Guest- Yeah, I'll finish it soon...
Nubia- Bewitching? That's a good thing right?
Byebyebb18- is it that appearant?
Goldfire- Thankies, luv!
ArisuArisugawa: see? I updated.
Kat-Reusaki- Nice ideas ::takes notes::
Raven-Vegeta- I've heard that before
MystikIce: You don't sound rude! I promise to update sooner next time
Kpxiceboi: So many questions! I hope I've answered most of them...
Shorty: I love you sister!
Captain Ms Farquar Bloom: I love ye Jenni Jen!
Dark Weezing: FUNNY!
Ytroneshoes- I honestly don't think it's that serious...lol...well I hope your happy...potty mouth! I don't think I've ever had so many bad words in a good review...
Everyone else: THANK YOU!)