Hello ever faithful readers! I give you now the latest installment of Follow the Leader. But before we get to that, I have a little issue I would like to discuss. It is thanking everyone who left a kind review for my story. So I would like to thank the following people: LaughingRanna, Ain't Never Touched This, hafewolfdemon, LCO100, Scarredbyshallowness, and last but not least Cherry Jade. And without further ado I give you Follow the Leader.
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Chapter Four
Blackmail
Later that night, Robin still couldn't sleep. He got up and wandered around his room. Suddenly he remembered that he had a box full of recently developed pictures. He had planned to look through them and divide them among his friends, but somehow he just hadn't gotten around to it. He figured now was as good a time as any. For over an hour he sat on the floor, looking through the pictures of them all at places like the beach or amusement parks, and putting each in one of six piles to be given to the titans (including himself). When the box appeared to be empty he sighed and picked it up to put it back in his closet. He had barely stood up when the box slipped out of his hands and landed face down on the floor. After he picked it up once more, he saw that there was a picture lying under it. Must have missed this one, he thought. Robin stooped down to pick it up, but the image being portrayed on the photograph was so shocking that he just sat there staring at it for what seemed like forever. He couldn't figure out when it was taken. Where had this been? Suddenly it came to him. It was at the park. Starfire had dropped the camera onto the table because she was so surprised at what she deemed "the light in the tiny box." That explained why it seemed to be at a strange angle. The person in the picture didn't seem to now that they were being photographed. Robin grinned mischievously. Well, Robin, can you say blackmail? He thought wickedly. He was going to have fun with this picture…
The next morning at breakfast, the table was quiet. Mostly. Starfire seemed to be the only one among them who was, without a doubt, a morning person. She babbled nonstop throughout the meal, oblivious to the glare of a certain green shape-shifter. When the food was done and Starfire was busily washing the dishes, Beast Boy and Terra headed to the corner to talk privately. Cyborg sat in front of the television, flipping from channel to channel. Robin and Raven went once again to sit in front of their separate computers. When Aqualad and Speedy arrived, all the Titans rose to greet them, with the exception of Raven. She simply nodded her head in acknowledgement. When Robyn arrived, Raven stood to leave the room, but Robyn shook her head and sat down next to Speedy on the couch. Raven sat back down to her computer, only to find an instant message from a certain masked titan.
Ruler-of-the-Night528: hey goth girl. guess you were rite. Those 2 look pretty cozy over there
darkgoddess97: dont remind me
darkgoddess97: i give them an hour max before they starting making out
Ruler-of-the-Night528: great
darkgoddess97: when they do im gonna leave the room. there is no way in hell im gonna watch that little spectacle
Ruler-of-the-Night528: mind if i follow u?
darkgoddess97: sure. dont know where ill go but anywhere away from that is fine w/me
Ruler-of-the-Night528: thats good cuz i got something i wanna show u
darkgoddess97: what?
Ruler-of-the-Night528: u'll see
darkgoddess97: LOOK! I TOLD U!
darkgoddess97: DO U SEE THEM! I am OUT of here! I REFUSE to watch that!
Ruler-of-the-Night528: ok. meet me on the roof in 10 minutes. got it?
darkgoddess97: whatever
Raven immediately shut down her computer and hurried from the room. Robin noticed that her face had been a little green. He chuckled silently to himself. If she thought that was bad, I can't wait to see her reaction to this. He grinned at his excellent opportunity. Suddenly a loud squeal erupted from the corner of the room, and everyone on the vicinity turned to look just in time to see Terra plant a kiss on the cheek of a very red Beast Boy. She dragged him over to the couch, and when it became clear that neither teen was going to explain Aqualad asked them what happened. Terra grinned widely before answering.
"He asked me out!" she bubbled.
Everyone smiled appreciatively. All but Robin went back to what they were previously doing, but he slid out of the room and headed for the roof. He saw Raven sitting on the edge and dangling her feet off.
"What did you want to show me?" she asked without averting her gaze from the azure sky. He ignored her question and instead proceeded to tell her about Terra's announcement.
"That's great. Now, are you going to show me whatever it is or not? Because I don't feel like forcing it out of you today, and if you don't show me I'm just going to go back to my room," she stated impatiently. Robin smirked, pulled out a copy of the picture, and held it up for her to see. Raven gasped audibly. It was a picture of her sitting at a picnic table. Her elbows were propped up on the table and her head was resting on her hands, and she was smiling at something Beast Boy said. She had thought she had gotten away with it. Apparently she didn't.
"Robin," Raven said through gritted teeth, "hand that to me."
"Sure thing," he replied and handed it to her. She eyed him suspiciously. He gave in way too easily, she thought to herself.
Grinning, Robin said, "Just so you know, that isn't the original picture. It's just a copy."
"Where's the real thing?" she growled.
"Testy, testy. Don't worry. You'll get it. Eventually."
"Robin," she said menacingly.
"Look," he continued, still smirking triumphantly at her, "I won't show anybody… if you agree to do everything I tell you to."
"That's not fair!" Raven objected.
"Then I'll just show everyone the picture and get it over with."
"No! I'll do what you say."
"Good," said Robin, "Later tonight, I want you to suggest that Speedy, Aqualad, and your friend Robyn all stay over tonight and that we do, I don't know, like, an all night movie watching thing or something like that."
That's all he wants me to do? Looks like I got off easy. I'll admit that I don't want them to stay, but it's not like I have to watch the movies. And it is better than having to give all the guys lap dances, Raven thought.
As if he was reading her mind, Robin chose that moment to say, "Did I mention that you have to stay for all of what we do? Or would you rather me buy you a pole and a string bikini for tonight?"
Raven turned crimson and told Robin to do something very inappropriate. He simply raised his eyebrows at her.
"I didn't know you used that kind of language, Raven. Just make sure that you remember that I'm the one with the picture for right now," he reminded her calmly. The tone of her voice would have sent anyone else running for the hills, but Robin knew that she would never really do something that would jeopardize the team.
"Fine. We'll do the movie thing," she said spitefully. With that she stood up and walked into the tower. This is going to be fun. I don't think she's even realized what Speedy and Robyn will be doing during the movies, Robin thought as he stood and followed her in.
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I have been inspired to write! The creativity fairy came to me in the form of Cartoon Network playing, like, five hours worth of Teen Titans a couple of days ago. I have the greater part of the next chapter done, and I'm even working on a new story called Salvation, what be thy name? I hope you like it as much as I do. Once again comes the time when I must get down on my hands and knees and beg for reviews. PLEASE REVIEW! I t always gives me this happy feeling when I see that I got more reviews. Please review for this story and then if you want you can go read my other one. Please? Anywho, I've decided that there is going to be some Rae/Rob action in the next chapter. So remember, the more you review the faster that chapter gets out.
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