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Chapter 6: I'm Here To Hold Your Hand

The party was over. The lights were up again, the music was gone, and where there is no party, there are no guests. Superhero teens from all over were filing out of the T-tower. Hugs and goodbyes, thanks for inviting me, such a great party, keep in touch, I'll see you tomorrow, and other phrases used over again, to thank the Titans for the exciting party. Though smiling and nodding, the eyes behind the mask glowered at a certain couple, much of his reasons unknown to himself.

"I had a great time tonight, Raven." Aqualad gave her a dazzling grin and wrapped his arms around her. She awkwardly returned the hug and withdrew from his embrace.

"I…I had fun, too. I guess." He smiled softly at her hesitant expression, and had enough respect to give her some space. Waving, he slowly walked backwards for a few steps, then winked and dove into the water behind him. Although she didn't notice, a rare smile crept up onto her face, and for once her heart was at peace.

"Bye…"

The Titans were walking back into the common room and began to clean up. Only two weren't speaking.

"Hey Rae! You were looking pretty hot out there on the dance floor! How come you never told us you could dance?" Cyborg teased his younger "sister" as soon as they were finished. She shrugged emotionlessly and blew a misbehaving strand of hair out of her eyes.

"I didn't know either." He laughed and yawned.

"Well, Rae, I'm gonna hit the hay. See you tomorrow?" She nodded and watched as he trotted off to recharge himself. Sighing she walked slowly towards her room. Then she gasped and bit her lip. Ants. And they were pretty big. A long line of them, tracing back to pretty close to her door. Curious she squatted down, and noticed the smeared blood in a trail.

Oh shit. The cuts must have…

She scowled and in a short fifteen minutes the blood, and the ants, were gotten rid of. For once she was thankful of her powers. She used it to lift all the ants from the floor and threw them all out into the ocean, where they would drown, and with a quick and graceful flurry of her fingers there were napkins with warm water cleansing the carpet of the crimson red liquid.

Oh no. What if I got it on someone at the party?

She ran into her room and tore the arm warmer off, which caused her to flinch slightly. It was dry.

It must've dried while I was just sitting around, before the dance.

Relaxing a bit, she unwrapped the bandage. She threw it away and reached for a new piece of cloth before the newly scabbed wounds reopened.

"Tok tok!" The sound of the tapping made her jump with surprise and the bandage was forgotten. It came from her large window, and she cautiously pushed the curtains back to reveal…

Nothing. There was nothing there. She frowned and looked around, up, down, left, right. Still nothing. Then she opened the window and a soft breeze played with her hair, which tickled her ear. She did another good look over the surroundings of her window, but there was nothing. Sighing she turned around.

"BOO!" She let out a startled scream and a lamp in the background exploded. One arm grabbed her by the shoulder and she jumped around, putting herself into a fighting stance. The attacker was about a head taller than her, straight black hair a little further than the shoulder, and was dripping wet.

"Aqualad?" She was confused and she steadily let her arms drop to her sides. He smiled weakly.

"Sorry, did I scare you?" Glaring at him she crossed her arms.

"What, the scream and the exploding lamp didn't give you a clue?" He laughed and sat down onto her bed. Suspiciously she stared at him.

"What exactly are you doing in my room?" He fidgeted nervously and looked up at her.

"I…uh…well…" Exasperated she tapped her foot on the floor.

"Oh really? How fascinating." Her cynicism made him chuckle again and he stood up.

"Happy Valentine's Day, Raven." From behind his back he held out a box of chocolate and herbal tea. But what made her eyes go wide were the four roses he held out to her. They were beautiful and she marveled at the colors, red, blue, white, and black.

"Oh wow." She wasn't one to be so impressed, but this was the first Valentine gift, and it was quite a big one. Her usually dull eyes sparkled at him with thanks, and although she said nothing he knew what she was saying. He pulled her into a hug and stroked the back of neck, so pale and graceful. When they stepped away he stepped out the window, where a tower of swirling waters awaited him. Before he turned away something caught his eye. He jerked his head back towards her and she felt apprehensive.

"What?" She asked defensively. He snatched the roses from her hands and fingered the two red roses. One was a smooth as silk, the other left his hand red and the rose white with red smears. He slowly lifted his head to face her. She had her hood up and he could only see her nose and dark lips. His gaze went further down and settled on her left arm, which was bare. If you didn't count all the blood running over it. Stepping over the windowsill again, he silently forced her to sit down on her bed, and found the opened bandages. He tore a long piece from the roll and reached for her arm. When he touched it she visibly flinched and he himself cringed when he saw the inner side of the forearm. Rows and rows of 'X'es and several random designs. Gently he wrapped the clean cloth around her arm. He finished and instinctively he grabbed the other arm and pulled the arm warmer off, revealing another canvas work of art, the painter one who used only red. Again he diligently wrapped a bandage around her arm. Then they sat together in silence on her bed. She felt like her heart was about to burst. Would he be afraid of her now? Why was he just sitting there? Was he going to run away?

"Why?" The deeply angered voice cut the air like a knife. He turned to glare at her with rage obvious in his eyes.

"Why, Raven?" She looked away. He grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her.

"Tell me why." She jerked away and her hood fell away, revealing her sorrowful face. It quickly changed to hate.

"You want to know why?" Her voice was filled with malice and the room was chillingly quiet.

"Because of who I am. Is it so easy to forget me? I suppose it is, isn't it?" She growled and turned to face him.

"I'm the nobody of this team! And I have nobody! Robin has Starfire, Starfire has Robin, and any of the other boys in this whole town would gladly be her boyfriend! Beast Boy has his precious Terra and she has him for support! Cyborg has Bumblebee, and who do I have to be there for me? Nobody! You don't know what it's like to be like me! You have no idea what it's like to watch yourself become nothing even within your so-called friends! Well you know what? I'm sick! I'm sick of being nobody! I'm sick of knowing nobody! And do you know what I'm really sick of? I'm sick of having nobody! I hate it! I hate this team, I hate everyone, I hate you, and I hate me!" She was screaming and she couldn't stop. Her lungs were pleading for air and the possessions around her were begging for mercy as her rage and power tore them to pieces. Turning around, she raised her fists and was about to slam it against her wall mirror, but someone grasped both of them and spun her around. Jet black eyes that matched pitch black hair gazed into her amethyst eyes and he cupped his muscular hands around her slender ones.

"Raven…" Tears stained with black eyeliner and mascara, she looked into his eyes.

"You do have somebody." He smiled his handsome smile and leaned over, lips touching her soft, wet cheeks. He pulled back and gave her hands a reassuring squeeze.

"You have me."

Alright, everyone repeat after me. Awwwwww! Haha. Eww. Anyways, I hope you guys like this one. Who knows if I'm gonna make it Aqua/Rae or Rob/Rae. We'll see how it turns out.

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Thanks you guys. I'm not sure when the next update is going to be, I usually update the next day, since finals are coming up. Maybe like, either over the weekend or Wednesday next week, which is the end of school. We'll see. But don't stop checking up and reviewing! I promise, I will be back! I want to see how my story ends, too! )

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