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TWO WEEKS LATTER
TITANS TOWER
Robin was watching TV, he frowned, it was another bit on how the city was wasting its money on the Titans because of the recent actions of Robin. Despite the jeering, insults, and death threats Robin received, the last two weeks had actually gone surprisingly well.
The first four days had given rise to Robin's already terrible feelings of isolation and loneliness. Cyborg had worked him as usual, a bit colder than usual, Star had continued totarget him durring training and she rarely acknowledged his existance, Beast Boy and Raven left each day exhausted by the work out. On the fifth day, Cyborg, almost hesitantly gave Robin a compliment and there brief conversation lead to a friendly argument on who would win the upcoming University of Jump City and Gotham City University football game. Cy then did something Robin never thought possible, he shortened the training time. The next day him and Cy actually played a videogame together and were actually hanging out, Cyborg had finally losened up and was returning back to normal. The best part was, Robin had recently been helping Cyborg on the T-Car at night, and Cyborg's rigorous training program had been greatly cut back. (It seems Cyborg thought about what Raven been saying to him)
With Raven and Beast Boy, Robin's relationship had gotten healthier after breaking the ice with Cyborg and the reduced training schedule, they had recently been going to lunch together and having dinner together. Robin would visit there house, with Beast Boy escorting of course, and they had very interesting conversations. They were developing a happy friendship.Through it all, most of the Titans had seemingly gotten over Robin's mistake and were recovering at good pace.
However, although life was getting better, two things still bothered Robin. Why does Starfire still hate me? She sits through the dinners and lunches only talking to the other Titans, rarely talking to me. All she does is hit me whenever she has a chance in training and she just leaves for several hours a day and comes back looking more miserable than ever before. Then Robin frowned at his next thought, what has happened to Christine? She hasn't been in the newspaper at all, and I haven't been able to find her using the Titan's main computer. I hope she is okay. This thought had been haunting Robin's nights, he was filled with guilt that he had ruined her life and she would have no future because the two of them had made a stupid mistake.
Then on the day his suspension was over, as Robin sat there watching TV, somebody entered the Titan's grounds, the alarm went off, Robin jumped on his feet. He had been trusted to stay home alone as Starfire was out doing what ever she did and Cyborg was out discussing the new training schedule with Beast Boy and Raven. The three of them would come to have dinner as a team. Robin, had his hand on the priority alarm that would alert the other Titans if he needed back up, however, he first wanted to make sure it was a problem that required the whole team, if it wasn't he would deal with it. His heartbeat rose as he left to the front door but he stopped dead in his tracks when he turned the corner, in front of him stood Christine. Her clothes looked worn out, her hair was a mess, and her face told Robin she had been crying a lot recently. "Christine, is that you?" Robin asked cautiously
"Yes Robin, its me…" she said quietly
"What happened? I have been looking for you, what happened?" Robin asked with concern and shock as he walked towards her
"No one gets hurt, that's what we said wasn't it, no one gets hurt," Christine said with a sad chuckle, sounding distant, and seemingly ignoring Robin's concern, then she burst into tears and collapsed in Robin's arms sobbing
"We said nobody gets hurt, but they do Robin, they do," she said in her sad voice as she held on to Robin
"Tell me, what happened," Robin said in a soothing voice, speaking in a whisper as he held the weeping girl in his arms
"First at school, I was basically forced out, no one accepted me, I was ridiculed, then I lost my job for indecent behaviour, then, then my parents kicked me out," she cried even more after summing up her life up to that point
Robin was filled with so much guilt as he held her, kicked out of school, losing a job, losing your parents! I ruined everything because I just wanted to look good for a little bit, just because I hated being alone, why am I so damn selfish…" Robin's guilt had taken over
"Why did your parents force you out of your house, you told me they love you?" Robin asked, when they had been at the café, she went on and on about how great her parents and family was, why have they abandoned her? He thought with some fear rising in him as he did the math
"They found out something terrible…"
"What did they find out?" Robin continued, he had to know, fear rose by the second
"I-I have our child in me Robin," she said as she cried into his arms even more, Robin just held her in shock, absorbing the news in silence
SEVERAL HOURS LATTER
Cyborg, Raven, and Beast Boy came home and were very surprised at the scene that greeted them. They recognized the girl from the photo with Robin, she was very down and had a lot of worn tissues next to her as she sat on the couch. The Titans turned to see Robin walking into the room with two cups of a hot drink and he looked surprised to see the other Titans at the door way.
"Who is that?" Cyborg asked coolly, the girl got tensed up and she walked over to Robin.
"This is Christine, she is the girl I-" sighing Robin continued, "We made a mistake together and it has cost us dearly. More so her than me," Robin added
"What do you mean more than you?" Raven asked
"She has been rejected by school, work, and family, she has no place to stay," Robin explained
"There are homes for young teens to live in, in new neighborhoods, towns, where they can start a new life," Cyborg said
"I cant leave her, or let her go to the world alone, it is too dangerous," Robin responded
"Dude, calm down, what is wrong, don't you want her to start a new life, I mean you two can get over the mistakes you made," Beast Boy said slightly irritated
"Because…" Robin said nervously, even Christine looked very nervous
"Because," Raven said expecting a reason for keeping this girl in the tower
"Because she is pregnant with my child!" Robin yelled out to the stunned team, they looked at Christine who started crying again in shame.
"Pregnant," Cyborg said slightly stunned at hearing this news
"Yes, she is carrying my child, and I love her too much to have her sent off far away where I might not see her again," Robin continued, confessing his fear about not being there for his future child
"I am sorry Robin, we cant afford another scandal like this, we could all get kicked out," Cyborg said weary of another explosive scandal that could finally destroy the Titans
"What do you mean scandal? She has our child?" Robin said angry
"That is the scandal man," Cyborg retorted
"Dude, since when did we care what the city or press thought?" Beast Boy said iratated, the issue had never been a problem before but now it was
"Since the mayor told me there is a debate on whether the city should still support us financially," Cyborg admitted
"How long have you known?" Beast Boy asked a little ticked that the other Titans hadn't been informed
"Since the incident began," Cyborg admitted
"I don't like your methods or reasons but I have to agree she shouldn't stay, it could be dangerous too, this Tower isnt a hundred pecent safe" Beast Boy said. Robin looked despaired, he was not only against his leader but now the majority was voting against him, but his fortunes would soon change
"We have to take care of the girl and the child," Raven said suddenly, in a quiet voice. Robin felt relieved that Raven was on his side while Cyborg and Beast Boy stared confused at what was going on with Raven.
"Why do we have to take care of the girl and the child?" Beast Boy asked, mostly out of curiosity
"If we abandon them, send them away, then we will do what my mother almost did to me. If I had been sent off with my mother, who knows where I would be, I certainty wouldn't be here with you guys…who knows," Raven said softly, reflecting on her dark past
"What do you mean almost did to you?" Cyborg asked also curious, Raven hadn't really confessed much of the circumstances of her birth
"Like Christine, my mother got pregnant at the wrong time, impregnated by the demon Trigon, and like her she lost everything, and she was sent away. She couldn't take it anymore and tried to kill the baby, who she knew was the child of a monster but before she could do it two Azarathians came by a portal and stopped my mother. The Azarathians took me in and my mother in, dispite how scandalous and dangerous it was. You see on Azarath, if you get pregnant at a young age and aren't physically ready or married, it is a very big problem, and you could get shunned from society. However, those Azarathians defied the council and took care of my mother, an outcast, an alien, the mother of Trigon's daughter. If we let Christine go, if we send her off, if she does something to the baby, it would be like, it would be like killing me," Raven concluded her story, there were some tears in her eyes
After a few tense moments of complete silence, Beast Boy spoke up,"I change my vote," he was stunned by the story he had just heard. He walked up and held Raven who had began crying after she recalled her painful past, and her mother's suffering
"You guys don't realize how hard it will be to keep her here, or even keep her safe…" Cyborg said quietly, he was slowly relenting
"Cy, we can take care of her," Beast Boy said
"She can stay, but she cant be alone in the Tower with Robin at anytime, they simply cant be trusted to stay at home alone," Cyborg said explaining the ground rules to Christine and Robin
"All right," Robin said, not really bothered
"Raven, do you think you can get them married or something? It would help our case a little," Cyborg asked Raven, Cy really didn't want the city to come after him
"No, it is impossible, such a wedding would be scandoulous. Pregnant before a marriage is unacceptable, being pregnant before seventeen is also scandoulous," Raven added
"All right, when Star comes we can ask if they can get married on Tamaran," Cyborg said
"Why do you want us to get married so badly?" Robin asked iratated that neither he nor Christine was involved in the conversation regarding their future
"When the child is born, he or she must be kept safe," Raven said eying Christine's belly, ignoring Robin's coment
"Lets wait until that happens," Robin said, not wanting to think too far ahead.
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