Authors Note: To all my readers: I know that it has been a while since I last updated. I owe you all an explanation for the delay. The truth is, now that I'm back in school, I do not have as much time as I had in the summer. On top of my military (boarding school) duties I am taking eight classes, which means no lunch and lots of homework. Please, bear with me. I was able to update quickly over the summer, but I am afraid that the time between updates will be longer now that I am back in school. Thank you all for reading. I will update as soon as I can. I love you all! Thank you very much.
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Raven opened her eyes and heard the telephone ringing. She groaned and picked it up.
"Hello?" She groaned, knowing she sounded exactly how she felt.
"Rea," a voice said, "Hey, its Nick. You sound terrible, are you all right?"
"What time is it?" She asked.
"Just after eight. I was just calling to see how you are doing."
"Better," Raven answered, now that she was more awake. "Well, as good as I can be."
"Getting a stage dropped on you will do that." Nick replied.
"Yeah," Raven said, "The good thing was I'm not all that banged up."
"I should hope your not knocked up," Nick replied with a snicker. "I haven't been around long enough to do so." Raven did not laugh.
"You know I'm engaged?" she said. "It's not funny when you accuse me of sleeping around."
"Whatever Rea," Nick said, "Just trying to be…wait, what did you say?"
"I…am…en…gaged." She said it very slowly and clearly. "Now, I have to go call my friends and get a wedding together. I'll call you back when work starts."
"Wait, Rea, when did this happen?" Nick asked, hurt under his voice.
"Last night," Raven replied, "It wasn't really planned."
"Rea," Nick asked, "I thought we had something?"
"We have a friendship Nick," Raven said, "We never had anything more or anything less. We both knew that. I can't help what you wanted and I never led you on."
"I know, I'm sorry for coming on to you like that," Nick said, "Good-bye Rea."
"Bye Nick," Raven said, hanging up the phone and sighed. Nick was a good guy, and girl who got him would be lucky, he just was not for Raven. She got out of bed and into the shower, braiding her hair. Her normal mellow feeling returning. It was not that she wasn't happy, she was ecstatic, but the hyperness from last night was finally wearing off. (Yea, Raven is back, the Raven we all know and love!)
"Hey," Demeter said as Raven walked in the kitchen, "I thought you'd never get up."
"Oh be quiet," Raven said, "Is the tea hot?"
"Ready and waiting," she replied. Raven poured herself some tea and picked up the phone, dialing Jinx and Cyborg.
"Hello," Jinx asked, sounding very tired.
"Hey," Raven said, "It's Raven."
"Hey, Rea," she said, "What's up?"
"Just calling to let you know I'm getting married in December," Raven said, pretending as if she were just talking about getting a cat. "Just wanted to let you know. I'll talk…"
"WHAT!" Jinx screamed into the pone. Raven could hear Cyborg jump and fall of the bed in the background.
"What's happening?" He asked, his voice muffled by distance.
"Raven just told me she's engaged," Jinx said, Cyborg had a very similar reaction as Jinx did.
"Hold on, I'm going to switch over to speaker phone," Raven heard the line click over and Cyborg talking excitedly in the background, far to fast to fully understand anything he was saying. It was rather comical, he sounded like Speedy on sugar (shudder).
"So," Jinx said, "Beastboy finally proposed?"
"Yup," Raven answered, "Star's coming over around ten, or at least that's what she said on the message. I'm guessing Cy and Robin are going to want to talk to Beastboy?"
"Yeah, probably," Jinx said, "I'll get dressed and come over. Weddings aren't planned in a day."
"Sure," Raven said, "I'll be ready. See you later."
"Laters," Jinx said, hanging up the phone with a still hyper Cyborg. She clicked the receiver and dialed Star's number.
"Hello?" Robin asked.
"Hey," Raven said, "Is Star still coming over?"
"Yeah," Robin answered, "She's just getting up now. So, Beastboy proposed last night?"
"Yes," Raven answered, "I'm a little mad he didn't wait till the restaurant, which is what I think he was planning. I had the perfect dress."
"We guys have bad timing," Robin answered.
"Just let her know that Jinx is coming too," Raven said.
"I will," Robin said, the former leader of the Titans said his farewells and hung up the phone. Raven sighed and sipped her tea, just sitting with Demeter.
"Two weddings within four months," Raven said, "I don't know how we're going to pull it off."
"It'll be small," Demeter said, "Neither of us have any family, I know Mike will want to get a hold of his sister, but they have not spoken in nearly a decade. We're just going to have to take it one step at a time." Raven sipped her tea.
"Come on," she said, "Let's get ready for Star and Jinx." They cleaned up the apartment and sat down on the couch with design equipment and coffee when the buzzer rang. Raven let Jinx and Star up and they both exploded.
"Raven you getting married!" Jinx exclaimed. "Oh, we've got to do something about your skin, we'll have to work with so many shades of white."
"Friend Raven it has been a while coming," Star said at the same time. "Robin and Cyborg will handle Beastboy and we will take care of you." Suddenly they noticed the diamond of Demeter's hand.
"Is Demeter engaged too?" Jinx asked. Demeter nodded. "Do you have a sister?" Demeter shook her head. "We'll help you out to then. Wow, two weddings in four months, this will be interesting." They came up with a few designs between the four of them, then decided that it was too chaotic.
"All right," Starfire said, "This is not organized. Let us focus on the dresses." She pulled out their hundreds of pictures and sketches. "I think this one would be good for Raven." Starfire may have grown up, but she still loved pink and frills. The three others sweat dropped and Starfire smiled, she had actually pulled a joke. They all laughed and Jinx pulled out a sketch she had done up with Star.
"I think this one would be nice for Demeter," she said. Demeter looked at it and smiled.
"Definite possible," she said. The dress was beautiful; it would be perfect for her. It was strapless satin with a tight bodice and a princess skirt that fanned out and had a small train. The veil was designed to go down to the waist in the front and longer in the back. The diagram of the hair showed it up with white roses in each pinned up curl. There was also a small sheer fabric with a scallop ego over the satin skirt. Demeter smiled. "I actually think that's it." Demeter smiled and set the paper aside.
"Well," Raven said, "I think we should call Guinness for the fastest decision in a wedding, ever." Demeter smiled and laughed.
"Oh shut up," she said. "Now we're on to your dress." They began shifting through the pile of papers devoted to Raven. Every single sketch had been designed to go with the veil Beastboy had already given her. Suddenly, after about thirty minutes of discussing, one at the bottom of the pile caught her eye.
"This one," Raven said. The dress was beautiful. The dress was snow white and off the shoulder, white lace that matched the veil was around the bodice and arms. The bodice itself was white satin until the medieval waist where a pale blue sash wrapped the hips and created a small sheer train in the back over the white skirt. The skirt did not fan as much at Demeter's, but still fanned slightly and would accent her slim form and gracious chest. There was also a sketch of the hair. It would be curled so that it was wavy and was held in place by pins with white orchids for decoration. They would be expensive to get and keep until December, but Jinx could put a spell on them to make them last longer.
"Wow," Starfire said, "Beastboy might not last through the ceremony before falling down, you will stun him."
"I give it ten feet," Jinx said.
"Ten feet?" Demeter asked, confused.
"I say Beastboy will only makes it ten feet in the door before he rips that thing off you." Jinx replied, an evil glint in her eye. Raven blushed scarlet.
"If that is what we're talking about I give it five," Demeter said. Raven, defying the laws of nature, blushed a deeper red; she knew they had some close to doing each other last night. She averted her gaze and found her knee very interesting.
"What!" Jinx asked at Raven's modesty, "I never would have guessed that the daughter of pure evil would be a blushing flower. Hey, if it makes you feel any better, Cyborg barely made it inside the honeymoon suite. Another good thing is that both of these do not have any buttons."
"Truly," Starfire said, "When Robin showed me the house he bought we barely got into the door before my dress was off. Demeter, you will be thankful for the strapless feature on the dress." The four kept on discussing throughout the day and talking dirty. They had figured out the dresses, hair, and bouquets. Demeter and Raven decided to be mean and make the bridesmaid dresses without the help of their friends. After that, which took all day, the two others went home and Raven got a call from Beastboy.
"Hey," he said, "How was your day?" Raven smiled, just just hearing his voice warmed her heart. She loved him so much.
"Great," Raven said, "I found my dress."
"Really?" Beastboy asked, "Well, the tux is easy. What does it look like?"
"Well, you know it's bad luck to tell you what it looks like," Raven said playfully, "But Jinx gave it ten feet, which is pretty good."
"Feet?" Beastboy asked, confused.
"You get ten feet into the room before you rip it off," Raven said, hardly believing she had just repeated the words.
"If that's the case I give it a three," Beastboy said, "And that is in inches my love."
"While you are worried about your three," Raven said, lying down on her bed, "I will have already got you down and I'll be on you by at most, two."
"Is this a challenge?" Beastboy asked, she could almost see his playful smile.
"Maybe," Raven said, kicking her feet like a teen. "I don't know, I guess we'll have to find out."
"I guess we will," Beastboy said, "And I know I'll keep up my end of this bet."
"Are we going for bets here?" Raven asked. "I just may want to let you win."
"I don't know," Beastboy said, "What happens if I win?" Raven did not say anything, she just smiled her little evil smile. "I'm sensing the evil smile, and I'm deciding that this is a good thing."
"Oh yes," Raven said, "It will be." They talked, both dirty and non-dirty, for a few hours before Raven had to hand the phone over to Demeter so she could call Mike. Then her sewing machine whirled as she altered the costume to fit her. She was humming all the way through, just thinking that maybe this time next year she would be sewing a baby blanket for Demeter.
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