Chapter Thirteen: Discussions, Pillow Fights, and Teams
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Arella was seated on the sofa and given a cup of tea while the others sipped hot coco either sitting on the sofa or on the floor
"So let me make sure I've got this straight." Gear said scratching his head (he has his face shield thing off) "You're Raven's mom from another dimension and Raven thought you were dead but you really weren't and you came to Earth to find her? Oh man now I'm really confused." Raven smiled from her position on the floor
"The point is that she's here." she stated sipping her coco. Arella looked down at her daughter like she'd been for the past half hour
"Why can you express emotions like this? The monks taught you to never show anything." Raven sighed and set down her mug
"Trigorn did come to Earth. But my friends helped me defeat him. Since he is cleansed from my mind I am free to express my emotions."
"But your powers…" Raven shrugged lightly
"I still have to meditate and exercise some control but they're not rebelling. My emotions are happy with the freedom I let them have." Arella sighed then smiled weakly
"You have changed so much since I last saw you. How long was that?" Raven looked down at the floor
"Five years."
"But you haven't been a Titan that long." Robin put in. Raven swirled her coco then levitated it into the sink
"Because of my powers and Trigorn," she hissed the name "no one in Azarath was allowed to do anything that might make me show emotion. My mother was rarely allowed to see me and never allowed to touch me." she sighed heavily "Anger, hate, love, joy, any emotion was exploitable by Trigorn." Arella looked down at her daughter
"Why do you not refer to him as your father?" Raven stiffened
"He was not a father. Fathers are supposed to protect you, they are supposed to love and raise you. Did Trigorn do either? I was protected by the people of Azarath and I was raised by my friends. He is not my father in that aspect." Beast Boy patted the girl on the shoulder
"Chill Rae. He's gone and you're free to live however you want." the others nodded slowly. Raven smiled
"Well how about we eat some lunch then we can fix up a room for Arella-." Robin said starting to get up
"Oh that really isn't necessary." the woman interrupted softly. Beast Boy smiled and helped Raven to her feet
"Sure it is. You're Rae's mom. Besides where else would you stay? We've got plenty of room too."
"Yes and you will be present for the Christmas of Earth! How glorious!" Starfire said twirling in a small circle in the air.
Static and Terra fixed lunch making some sort of casserole that Static's sister often made at home. After that everyone headed upstairs to clear out a room for Arella
"You really don't have to do this. I would be fine sleeping on the floor." she protested in her soft sweet voice
"It's okay. We were going to clean out this room anyway we just never got around to it." Beast Boy said turning into a gorilla and carrying out several boxes. Raven came up the stars lugging several jugs of paint
"Okay who knows where the paint brushes are?" Robin asked inspecting the different colors. Beast Boy came back in brandishing several brushes off different sizes and lengths
"Alright, do you have a color you would like Arella?" Terra asked politely. The woman looked over the paints slowly then stopped at a light sky blue color
"This one would be nice if it's not too much trouble." she whispered
"Sky blue coming up!" Beast Boy said. Soon the whole team (minus Starfire who had taken Arella on a tour of the Tower since she kept flicking paint on Robin) was painting the walls happily
"Your mom seems kinda timid." Gear commented. Raven brushed a lock of purple hair behind her ear then sat down for a moment when dull pains came through her back
"She's always been that way. Her parents didn't really pay much attention to her so she ran away. I doubt they even cared or even know that I exist."
"I think she's kinda nice. But she does act like your Timid side." Cyborg put in "Hey salad head, watch what you're doing over there!" Beast Boy glared at him then dipped his brush in the paint once more.
Soon the whole room (ceiling and all) was painted a light blue color. Everyone's faces had paint splotches and their clothes all had paint on them as well
"Okay guys let's let this dry then we can put some furniture in here." everyone piled back into the main room where the boxes (filled with Christmas decorations) had been placed around the room. Starfire was moving them to better positions and Arella was sitting on the couch with her eyes closed
"Mom?" the word came out of Raven's mouth before she could stop it. It felt strange on her tongue
"Yes Raven?" Arella asked opening her eyes. Before Raven could say anything a pillow flew past her head. She whirled around and glared at the boys who were having a pillow fight
"Who threw that?" she demanded picking up the black pillow. They all gulped and pushed Beast Boy out in front of them
"It was your boyfriend." they all said together. Raven smirked then chucked the pillow at Gear's head. It hit lightly but he pretended to go down
"I'm hit!" he yelled before flopping to the ground behind the couch. Static and Terra glanced at each other before laughing
"Hey guys I have an idea!" Beast Boy exclaimed
"Stop the presses! The little grass stain had an idea!" Cyborg joked. Beast Boy responded by pouncing on him. They rolled around on the ground for awhile with the others watching. Finally Raven tore them apart
"Enough already. What's your idea?"
"Let's go have a snowball fight!" Beast Boy yelled jumping into the air. The boys all looked at Raven nervously
"Err would result in us being hurt by very large snowballs?"
"No." Raven said crossing her arms and rolling her eyes. Terra laughed and pulled a coin out of one of her many belt pockets
"Okay Raven you're a captain and Robin's one. Call it." she flipped the coin in the air then caught it and slapped it onto her arm
"Heads!" Robin yelled. Terra lifted her hand. The coin was facing heads up. Robin grinned happily
"Yes. Alright I pick Starfire." the alien girl giggled and clapped her hands
"Alright I get BB." Raven said in her monotone
"Cyborg."
"Terra."
"Gear."
"Static." Raven finished. Arella smiled slightly as everyone rushed off to change into winter coats and gloves.