Home is where the heart is
By: Bree-2006
Disclaimer: (Ahhh! I forgot to put this in the last time!) I don't-in any way own Teen Titans!
AN: Hello readers! It's great to get so much feed back! Thanks for all the awesome reviews.
Also: to Titan StarFire 100, my last sentence which was:
--If the term 'Home is where the heart is' is true then my home would be in Jump City.
It merely means that even though Wayne Manor is where he grew up (Consider it his original home) his heart will always be in Jump City, therefore he considers Jump city to be his true home.
Hope I didn't confuse you with that-I think I confused myself.
Anyways, on with the story.
I quickly looked around the neatly decorated room. It hadn't changed much from how I had remembered it. I walked over and fingered a large hole in the wall that I had caused trying to perform one of my old Circus tricks when I was nine. I smiled, nine years later and the hole was still there.
"Master Dick."
I turned around abruptly, much like a child when caught stealing out of the cookie jar.
"Hello Alfred." My left hand once again found itself running through my hair. I smiled at my old butler.
"Long time no see, how's it hangin?" He only grinned sheepishly the slang not appealing to the old guy.
"Hungry?" He asked walking over to me. I nodded slightly.
"How does lobster sound?" I shook my head.
"Only if it's on top of a slice of pizza." He chuckled and walked me to the kitchen.
"I do believe that I could create such a profound delicacy." I laughed and placed my un-gloved hand on his back.
"No need to make…that's what Pizza Huts for." I picked up the phone in the dinning room and dialed information. I ordered enough pizza to feed an army forgetting that I might only be Alfred and I who would eat it. I sighed.
"Alfred is there any way I could plug in my cell, I've gotta call the Titans and my battery is dead." He nodded.
"Your room Master Richard." I smiled and thanked him, making my way to my room. It took me a good ten minutes to finally reach my destination, partly because I kept stopping to look around and partly because I had gotten lost. My hand touched the door knob and I twisted it to get inside.
I placed my things on the floor and walked over to the bedside table and quickly plugged my semi-new cell phone in—a gift from Cyborg for Christmas. I took off my jacket and threw it on the bed carelessly. I picked up the phone and dialed Titans Tower.
"Greetings friend, you have reached Starfire I am afraid that if you are particularly looking for our Leader Robin he is not as of now around." I smirked at how cute she had sounded answering the phone.
"Star-it's me." I could imagine the smile on her face as she spoke happily.
"Robin It's so good to hear from you…you have arrived safely?" I laughed.
"Yeah…"
"You were happily welcomed?"
"You could say that."
"You do not seem very excited."
"I am."
"You are a horrible liar."
She had seen right through me, which wasn't exactly a surprise. She was silent on the other side of the line, waiting for me to explain myself.
"Truthfully I don't want to be here." I stated simply.
"I am sorry, if it is any consolation I have rather you be here than there as well." I chuckled slightly.
"You miss me already." She laughed.
"Tremendously, Beast Boy and Cyborg have fought all morning. Raven has left due to the astonishing chaos they have caused."
"And, anything else new?"
"For once I am having the urge to throw them off of the roof." I smiled at her comment; she was not one for such things.
"I do hope I am not boring you."
"Course not."
"Then I best let you go, please call again soon, good bye Richard."
"Later Kori." I hung up my phone and placed it back on the charger. We had only talked briefly but it had already brightened my spirits. She had a way of doing that to me. I heard a low knock on the door and moved over to answer it. I sucked in a breath and plastered a semi-fake smile on my lips.
"You are wanted in the evidence room Master Dick." I sighed and nodded.
"I'm on my way."
I walked out the door and shut it gingerly behind me. Shaking my head I walked carelessly down the hallway towards the evidence room. I entered the room and saw Bruce sitting in his black leather chair. Sighing I opened the door.
"Hello Dick." My hand found itself running through my hair.
"Yeah hi." I grinned sheepishly as I walked forward into the dim lighting of the room.
"Any reason why I had to travel four hundred miles just so I can stand here?" Bruce stood up from his mounds of paperwork and made his way over to me. Motioning for a chair he spoke.
"Have a seat." I knew something was up. It was seldom that Bruce and I had a quiet little chat alone, even as a little kid. I held my breath and plopped myself down in the reclining leather seat next to the desk.
"So…" I started not knowing how to approach the conversation.
"What's up?" he only grinned as he once again sat down in the chair directly across from me. Something was wrong, I could tell. My palms began to sweat and suddenly the air felt thicker, almost suffocating.
"I wont lie to you Richard, what I've asked you here for is rather important." I just looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
"Well…what is it."
"I have a proposition for you." I leaned back and crossed my arms over my chest. My mind wandered slightly. Whatever it was didn't sound promising.
"And?" he swiveled his chair so that he was no longer facing me.
"The league and I have been talking and after going over all of your cases we've decided that it was time that you joined us."
I was speechless.
"Huh?"
"We have decided to let you join the justice league." Any one who was watching my reaction would have passed out from laughing so hard. My eyes bulged and my once empathic grin was now an opened mouth.
"You serious?" I choked out. He only twiddled his thumbs. He breathed in deeply and turned back around.
"Think it over, there's no rush." I nodded and stood.
"And If I agree, what will happen to my team?" he sighed.
"That is what you must think over." A slight knock interrupted us as Alfred walked in.
"Master Dick your pizza has arrived."
Suddenly I had lost my appetite
"I'm gonna go now." Slowly I slipped out of the room.
"Friend Robin you seem saddened, is there anything you would like to converse of?"
That was something I was waiting for, something I had come to expect every time I felt this way. Kori was always there when I was down, always wanting to make me feel better. Now, she was four hundred miles away and was the one person I dreaded telling the most about the situation.
Could I go through with it knowing that she and the others were so far away? Could I do it knowing that I wouldn't be able to fight by their sides again? Could I go through with it knowing that every day that I wake up she wouldn't be there to wish me a good morning?
I frowned sadly, the Justice league wanted me…could I really give up being a Titan—the leader?
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