Chapter 2. Broken friendships and glass

"WHAT?" Robin screamed.

Zack laughed, "Now you'll be sorry for your little sore punk ass!"

Robin left a stern blank yet disappointed face, Zack laughed and pointed once more, then slammed the door, making the paint chips fall off the wall, and the lamp knocked over. Robin didn't flinch to set it back up. He sat there, in the middle of his room, in the middle of his rugged up mattress. He sat criss cross, arms slouched on his knees, head hung. He sighed and wiped a tear. Well you did it Boy Wonder, you wished you wanted to go somewhere far off and beyond. But now you have to leave your friends, and… Raven.

He looked up out the window at the middle star in the sky. I never meant it that way to leave; I wanted to stay WITH my friends too. Robin lipped his screams, but never let it escape his teeth. I WANTED TO STAY WITH MY FRIENDS! He raised his fists and slammed them on his knees. Good Bye to all, to Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg, please get well.

Robin stood up and stumbled a bit from tiredness, eyes dozed from fighting rage and anger as they are now narrowed. He walked on his toes and swung a bit in the air to his damp cold broken window. He felt the shards underneath it, piece by piece. He traced his finger up around the window frame to the other broken glass that sticks out. He traced his finger against it. He pulled his two fingers away, and then viciously punched more out! He heard the shards fall. He raised one foot onto the frame and climbed out. He walked on the edge and let the moon shine into his jet black perfect spiked hair.

He looked up at his star he wished upon. How it shined brightly into his masked eyes. He seemed like he was hypnotized by its light. He sat on the edge of the roof, by the moon above; it must have been midnight now. Time passes by when you seem like you're in a trance. But Robin could still hear Zack drunk like, laughing his behind butt and pointing at the comedy hit on the TV. And Julie was still crying and wailing in the kitchen. The whole world was quiet, but his foster parent's voices echoed through his mind as he starred at the star.

Soon Robin felt drowsier; he started to swing, sideways then forward.

Raven gasped and woke up, "No!" Her scream now echoed through her mind. She sank through her bed and house into the Earth. At the speed of light she morphed into a black Raven and glided to Robin's yard. A white light formed around the fallen broken Robin then his skin faded to a dark black, smoke black. But Raven accidentally shook the house as she arose out of the ground. A glass shard, a big one fell off the window frame and fell into Raven's wrist.

"ACK!" She grabbed her wrist letting go of Robin, but she quickly dove into the ground on her knees, ripping her knees and finding more glass in the ground... She caught Robin. Blood trickled from her cuts.

Robin awoke on his mattress; he had a bit of a headache, but passed away in five minutes. He crawled towards his closet and opened it. He grabbed a clean fresh white shirt, with blue rims. He dragged his black baggy pants as he walked around his room, hopping a bit with a toothbrush in his mouth. He hopped on one foot then another, he buttoned and zipped. He took his wallet, unzipped his pocket on the back, and tucked it down. He pulled his shirt over the back of his pants again. He grabbed a black hoodie, with a MCR logo written on it very small like in the red, but he left the hood down. He walked slowly out. He slid down the stair rail, at the end, he lifted his behind, he put a hand on the end of the rail and grabbed his feet in a pose, spun around, then flipped off. Robin made his way into the kitchen were Zack was mumbling reading a newspaper, then laughing manically. Julie's head was rested on her hand and it stood up on the table. She sighed slouched over a bit. She had a small fork in her hand picking at her soggy egg in front of her. She had black bags under her lids.

Robin glanced at them over his shoulder through the corner of his mask. He grabbed the handle of the fridge and looked in disgusted. Green moss was forming on the walls. Robin grabbed the milk carton, but noticed it was empty. He moaned and threw it away, with other empty cartons and cleaned out spoiled food. It seemed like he was the only one respectful around here, of course... Think about it, his mother was a mope and his father was a maniac. They even still wore their alcohol stained clothes for three days, but now the blood was dry on Julie's head, and her new stained apron still stank.

Robin reached for the orange juice and got a cup, his father the pig, eats the whole fridge everyday anyway. That's probably why he seems so over weight, and Julie so skinny.

"Well, son, are you ready?" Zack raised an eye over his newspaper at Robin.

Don't call me son, I am not your son, you never wanted me to be your son, I may claim you and call you dad sometimes, but I don't mean it. "NO…" Robin smacked up his tone, as he swallowed the last.

His father raised a brow in anger, but surprisingly calmed himself.

Robin went up to his room, packing his clothes, for about an hour, he threw them all in a big black trash bag. Hopefully I won't have to wear ridiculous school uniforms.

He dragged the bag down the stairs; Julie was honking the car outside. Robin stuck his head out the front door and held up one finger and ran back inside. He ran to the phone in the kitchen, and called up Raven and Beast Boy to meet him at the rest stop up past the mountains by the ocean. Zack and Julie always stop by there for a drink, a walk, a rest, a toilet, and some food.

He hung up and ran up to the car, he noticed the windshield was broken, but he didn't want to ask, he already had an idea. He climbed into the car and buckled up. He couldn't stop starring at the broken windshield. OH MY GOD! Now it comes! Zack and Julie probably wanted to go for a drive somewhere, Zack was drinking and driving. He must have been speeding and in a cross lane, when Cyborg was driving through, he must have T-Boned him! That explains the spilt beer on her apron, and glass must have cut her head! Oh…. Cyborg… It was Zack anyway, but the police never found it out yet!

Robin swallowed his spit. He sweated a bit.

Julie looked up in the mirror at him, "Robin? Is something wrong? Is it that black heavy sweater? I already told you black makes people to hot, it attracts the sun more. I knew that Beast Boy kid was wronged to give you that for Christmas!"

Robin narrowed his eyes and smiled a bit, "No mother- err…. Julie… It's- "

"I KNEW IT! It was us Zack! He hates us! Robin why must you put so much pressure on us, when we put so much love for you? For all that we did to you, for you!" She cried again.

Well, somebody didn't have their medications AGAIN. Robin scowled then sighed, "But Jul- mother, I do love you. I never put any pressure on you, I would never hurt you. Why do you say such harsh things that are not true?"

"SHUT UP! You've always hurt me and your father, like last night!" She wailed.

"BUT I DO LOVE YOU, MOTHER!"

She sighed with Robin; they both turned their heads and mumbled, "Whatever forget it…"

They pulled up past the mountains and rested at a stop. Robin climbed out of the car and made his way to a tree, he leaned in its shade against its trunk. Beast Boy flew by Robin and morphed into a human. "Hey dude…" He sighed.

"Where's-?" Robin asked.

"Hey", Raven went right through Robin from the shadows. I've been here the whole time.

"Sorry." Robin stepped forward to her. He noticed bandages on her wrist. She grabbed it and turned away. Today she wore a two piece swim suit, her top was leather strapped tight on her, and laced. Two straps hung on her hips, but she wore dark, dark, blue baggy pants over her bottom piece, it sagged below her hips. She had tied her hair up into a pony tail with a black ribbon. She turned towards him again; she opened her hands to Robin. A white feather flew out of her bandages and tucked it self into Robin's hoodie pocket. Robin pulled it out and felt its softness. She hugged him, but he did not back, he was too shocked by her outfit. Raven could sense this.

She let go, "It's OK, it's just a disguise."

"For what?"

"If you're "parents" spot me, they probably won't recognize me, they might think that I am just a random person at the beach. You know how much they disliked all of us hanging out together, being friends." She walked over off the edge off the grass to a towel on the sand. There was an umbrella and a bag. She pulled out a book, and a big one. She lay down and started to read, Robin walked over to her. Raven handed him the big book, "For good time's sake." It was a photo album of their fun, through out their summers, for all these years of friendship." Robin looked down at her with a narrowed mask. A tear rolled down her cheek but she pulled her book closer to her face.

"Raven-" Robin held out a hand.

"Go…"

"What?"

"Robin, you must go now, I feel the presence of your parents coming out of the bar."

"But-"

"GO!"

So much power from her emotions pushed him to the tree were Beast Boy was standing. Robin stumbled out of her powers to the tree. Beast Boy held out a hand, Robin grabbed it. Beast Boy pulled Robin in for a little hug and a pat on the back, "See ya dude. It's been a good deal, and good gold for our friendship. Pure Gold." Beast Boy pointed to his hoodie, "And you better keep it."

Robin walked off, in the corner of his eye, he saw Beast Boy run to Raven in the sand, "I will."

As he buckled himself in the car, he saw his parents walking to the car. They slammed their doors and started the engine.

Robin put a hand to the window looking at his friends. Raven, tell Cyborg I'll miss him, sorry, and good bye.

Raven gripped her book tight, as Beast Boy patted her back. Two tears traveled their way down her pale cheeks, "I will."