Hey, thank you so much for all the reviews. I'll admit I didn't think I would get that much within a couple days. In appreciation for the reviewers I will personally thank all of you and I have written a brand new chapter!THANKS AGAIN!
Reviewer thanks:
Scaredbyshallowness: First of all I love the s/n and yes I absolutely love the rob/rae category, thanks for reviewing!
Cherry Jade: I thought that it would bring out the fact that something was wrong with Raven better, I'm glad you liked it!
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Serious Fan: I must admit, I have noticed that Robin doesn't seem to get hurt that often, I'll try to rough him up a bit more in future chapters!
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Chapter 2: Cloudy Confrontation
The full moon was high above the earth. The sun had retired and Jump City now had the darkness to watch over it. The moon had created a luminous shadow over the bay where Titan's Tower stood. It was late at night, every normal person would be asleep. There was one, however, whowasn't.
Raven, the only one who would like this time of night was perched high above the ground, on the roof of the titan's home. She was meditating to the serenity of sweet silence.
Suppressing her emotions became routine for her. Once in a while she would slip up and her friends would she her shameful weakness, but she would quickly recuperate and pretend it never happened. Accept what happened recently with Robin. 'I don't think I can ever forget that.' She thought with a look of disappointment. Robin had truly gotten inside her mind, and no matter how much darkness he saw, he never left her. He never walked away and gave up.
'In a way, he's like me,' she pondered, gazing at the calmly shifting waters below. 'I have to go through so much on a daily basis just to keep my powers under control. I refuse to give up my arduous battle, just like Robin refused to give up on me.' She smiled at the thought of them being similar, but soon shook the thought out of her head and commenced meditating.
Only minutes later a door to the lower floors of the tower swished open. Raven didn't even have to turn to see who it was. She knew it was Robin with a masked look of concern plastered on his face. 'Maybe he actually does care about me?' Raven questioned herself. Her heart leapt to her throat at the thought,but she hurriedly swallowed it back down.
"Raven." Robin began, shattering her cherished silence. "Are you all right?"
Despite the fact that Raven had still been depressed, more than usual, about the fact that she had fled to earth to escape the wrath of her father, he had still found her, through Slade. He was to only one who had ever made her so weak that she was only inches away from reverting into the thing, the monster, she was constantly running from. At times she wished that she wasn't her father's daughter, that she wasn't even born. That way she wouldn't have to run from her destiny, she wouldn't even have one.
"Raven?" Robin repeated, walking towards the edge of the roof, where Raven was seated.
"I'm fine." She lied, still in her lotus position.
Robin titled his head to try to see her face, but her hood was up, and with the caliginous night, it provided her with an excellent cover.
"Why do you do that?" He replied, anger vaguely tinting his voice at Raven's obvious fib.
"Do what?" Raven asked, sounding as innocent as possible, though she knew exactly what he meant. She retired from her cross-legged pose and turned to look at him.
"You say that you're okay when you're not?" Robin said, rephrasing his question.
"I-I don't know what you're talking about." Raven stammered, turning to the shimmering waters below.
"Raven, I know something's wrong, why won't you tell me? Why won't you let me in?" Robin asked sincerely.
Raven suddenly became defensive, "You wouldn't care." She blurted out without even thinking, throwing Robin's sincerity back in his face.
"Raven, where would you get an idea like that?" Robin said gently, not forfeiting until he got an answer from the dark enchantress.
She gazed up to the open sky, clouds were beginning to roll in and thunder could be heard rumbling in the distance. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she blinked them back, quickly, thanking the gods that she had her hood up. "Because no one else does." She said finally, holding her breath to keep from breaking down.
"Raven, you're my friend and I care about you!" Robin stated firmly, starring straight into her amethyst eyes. He knew deep within them contained a world of pain and sorrow, yet somehow he was determined to right this problem.
"Robin, after what went down with Slade you should know that I really don't want to talk about it. Just give me some time and space and I'll work through my own problems." Raven said, with a hint of anger lingering in her voice. In reality, she was desperate to poor her heart out to the Boy Wonder, he was the only one who ever came close to understanding what she went through.
"Fine, I'll give you some space, but I'll always be here if you want to talk." Robin said, hoping Raven would want to share her thoughts some time soon. He then left the dark titan to resume her meditation on the rooftop. Raven did anything but, she was still dwelling on whether to tell Robin the truth. That the second phase of her destiny was about to take place.
She glanced at the sky, now smothered with dark storm clouds. One clash of lightning and the booming sound of thunder brought cold beads of rain dispersing over the city. Raven phased through the floor and through the ceiling of her room just in time to avoid the worst of the storm.
Okay, I think I like that chappie better than the first, but it's not up to me is it? It's up to you! PLEASE REVIEW AND I'LL HAVE ANOTHER CHAPTER UP BY FRIDAY 5/13!
