Aloha my readers! I would like to say something before I start this chapter. Thank you to everyone who reviewed my story, and, to those of you who read and don't review, shame on you. I am working very hard on this story to make sure that I'm not making this story completely horrible. The only way to do that is by reading the reviews to find out what people do and don't like. Chica De Los Ojos Cafe, HermioneGranger22491, LaughingRanna, and all of the anonymous reviewers: thank you so very, very much. I really appreciate all the positive responses. Oh yeah, and someone told me not to let Raven admit she loves Robin early on in the story. Do not worry. I had no intention of doing so. I want to… Well, you'll see. Um, I think that's it. Oh yeah, I think this is my longest chapter yet!
Disclaimer: Oh my God! I do NOT own the Teen Titans! I own the plot, Robyn, and that's it! I see no reason for me putting this in here again and again. It only serves to depress me. I think we have all realized by now that I don't own them!
Raven sat watching The Notebook. Robyn had picked it out, and Raven was beginning to wonder if it wouldn't just be a good idea to let Robin show all of them the picture. She dismissed the thought immediately. No matter how bad this got, letting the photograph be revealed to the likes of Beast Boy would be worse. The night's events were only temporary, but if he saw the picture, then she would never live it down. He would taunt her about it for the rest of his natural-born life. If he does make fun of me for it, that might not be a very long life, she thought evilly. Maybe I could sneak of and take the picture out of his room… No, I don't know if he has anymore copies of it. The picture itself would do me no good if he just showed the copies to them. What am I going to do? The movie ended and Cyborg popped his movie into the television. It was science-fiction movie that Raven remembered seeing in the movies with him a few months before. She sighed. This was going to be a very long night.
An hour and a half later, his movie ended and Starfire stood up.
"Friends, may we now watch the movie I have chosen?"
"Sure, Star," Aqualad said with a smile. Starfire blushed instantly and put the movie in. Raven's eyes opened in horror. It was a Care Bears season one video. Oh god, oh god, oh god… Raven thought nervously. Fifteen minutes into the movie, Robin looked at Raven and noticed that she looked pretty green. He was going to ask her what was wrong, when she suddenly stood up and rushed from the room. He took off after her, chasing her through the halls until he found himself outside one of the bathrooms in the tower. He stepped in and found Raven throwing up into the toilet. I guess she doesn't like Care Bears… he thought with amusement. He sat down next to her and held her hair away from her face. When she finished, she looked at him gratefully, but as she noticed who it was the smile turned into a scowl.
"This was your fault, you know," she said with a hoarse voice.
"I know, and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have made you watch her movie," he whispered to her.
"Thank you," she said stiffly. Suddenly a black portal opened in the wall, and Raven reached in and pulled out her toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste. He leaned back against the wall and waited for her to finish. After she returned the toothbrush and paste via her magic, the pair set off down the hall back to the living room.
"Raven, you don't have to watch that if you don't want to. I'll stay out here with you until it's over," he said.
"Are you offering out of respect for me or because you don't like those damned bears either?" she asked blatantly.
"Well, both, I guess. I wouldn't have said anything if I didn't care, but if I wanted to watch the movie I probably wouldn't have said anything then either," he informed her with a shrug.
"Alright, let's stay out here for a while. What do you want to do?"
Robin grinned at her. "Well… I guess we could always… No, you wouldn't do that. Never mind, I can't think of anything."
"Robin, you know I'm going to ask, so spit it out already."
"We could go train. I could teach you a better stance, faster ways to throw punches, that kind of thing. If you want to, that is. But you said earlier that you wouldn't so you don't have to."
"You'd be surprised what boredom will do to a person. Come on."
With a sigh from Raven and a smirk from Robin, they were walking down the hall on their way to the training room.
After an hour, they decided that they had better head back to the living room. The timing was perfect and they walked in just as Star's movie ended.
"Where were you? When you didn't come back we started to get worried," Cyborg told them.
"Obviously you weren't worried enough to come looking for us," Raven said monotonously. Raven saw his quick glance at their Tamaranean comrade and knew that none of them had wanted to risk hurting her feelings.
"We knew that y'all could take care of yourselves," he replied.
"DUDE! My turn!" Beast Boy screamed.
"Actually, Beast Boy, I only came back because it was my turn," Raven lied to him. She heard a few scattered snickers around the room. She almost felt like laughing too at the look on the changeling's face. Quickly, she pushed past him and turned on her movie. They all sat down to watch whatever fright-filled show she had in store for them.
"I do not wish to watch anything like that ever again!" Starfire informed everyone after the movie ended.
Most of the titans nodded in agreement. Robin just shrugged.
"It's not like she picked one that was too scary. You should probably be thanking her for not picking something worse and for making us watch it before BB's movie. It'll put you in a better mood," he said.
"'Worse'?" Robyn repeated. "How would it get any worse?" Raven leaned over to whisper in her ear. A moment later Robyn looked at her and said, "You know what? I think I am glad you didn't pick something else."
The others in the room shuddered at the thought of what Raven could have picked that would have been worse.
"My turn?" Beast Boy asked in a sulking tone.
"Yes, it's your turn," Raven said in a voice even more dejected than his.
"YEA!" He rushed over to start his movie. Raven spent the next hour and forty-five minutes trying to ignore the movie. It became increasingly difficult when her friends kept bursting out in laughter every few minutes. Both Robin and Speedy picked the same action movie, one where there was a blonde who kept almost getting killed and a brunette who kept pulling a gun on the hero. When the movies ended, Raven gave a grateful sigh and stood to leave the room.
"Hey, does anyone want to play truth or dare?" asked Aqualad.
"Oh, that would be wondrous!" Star exclaimed.
"Dude, count me in!" Beast Boy spoke up.
"You realize that it's like… 3:30 in the morning? Whatever, I'll play," Cyborg consented.
"Don't even think about leaving me out," came Speedy's reply.
"If he plays, then I guess I don't want to miss this chance," Robyn said with a smile.
"That just leaves me and Raven? I think we'll play," Robin answered for them both.
"You're answering for me?" Raven asked him incredulously.
"We had a deal," he informed her smugly.
"But… I… but…," she objected weakly.
"But nothing. You were the one who got cute. That means you get to be the one to pay for it," he said nonchalantly. With a loud grumble, Raven seated herself back on the couch with her friends.
"Hey, I've got an idea," Beast Boy said in a sly voice with a sneaky look at Raven, "How about we play strip truth or dare. Come on, It'll be fun!"
Robin looked like he was about to explode if he didn't laugh and Raven look like she was just plain going to explode. She looked at Robin pleadingly, but he just shook his head. She growled dangerously in her throat, determined to make the green shape-shifter pay for what he had just done.
"I guess that settles it," Speedy said with a glance around the room, "Who wants to go first? Aqualad, you suggested the game in the first place."
"Sure, I'll go. Uh… Star, truth or dare?"
"Oh, I most definitely chose truth, Friend Aqualad!"
"Ok, um… What's the worst thing that you've ever done?"
"I once put my sister's florpnar, I think you would say 'dolly', down a theldrum, which I believe would be the equivalent to your garbage disposal," she said after some thought, "Or maybe it was Blackfire who did that to me. I do not remember. Is it my turn?"
"Uh, yeah Star, it's your turn," Robin informed her.
"Joyous. Speedy, truth or dare?"
"Dare," he said confidently.
"Hmm… I dare you to…" she paused trying to think of something for him to do. Suddenly her eyes lit up. "I dare you to sing the theme song for the Bears of Care!" she finished elatedly.
"Sorry, Star, but I'm going to pass on that one," he said before removing his shirt. Raven saw Robyn let her eyes roam over his chest before glancing up to Raven and grinning. Raven rolled her own eyes and looked around the room. Suddenly a terrifying thought made her stand up.
"I'll be right back guys. I have to check on something," she said quickly.
"Like what?" Robin queried.
"You wouldn't understand. It has to do with Nevermore," she lied.
"And you're coming right back?"
"Are you and idiot or haven't you been listening?"
"Fine then, but don't be too long."
Raven practically ran from the room and stopped only when she was safe in her own room. She rummaged through her closet and managed to find a black tank top and a worn blue t-shirt. A little more searching yielded a pair of dark blue jeans. She slid them on over her leotard and pulled her cloak back on. She made her was into the living room once more just in time to see Aqualad pull off his shirt. She paused in the doorway. He looked at her and grinned cockily. She rolled her eyes and pushed him backwards of the couch with her powers.
"Ok, Raven, you're about to get your just rewards. Truth or dare?" he asked her once they both sat back down on the couch.
"Dare," she said lazily.
He glared at her for her obvious lack of concern. Then a perfectly evil idea occurred to him.
"I dare you to… kiss Robin," he said with a smirk. Everyone wondered what she would do. They all knew that Raven was not on pleasant terms with the masked wonder at the moment. They all knew that Raven was notorious for her dislike of public display of affections. They all knew that Raven would rather die than take off her clothes in front of them. What they didn't yet know was that Raven had had donned more clothing in the event of something like this.
She shrugged and stood up for a moment. She looked at their faces. They all thought she was going to walk over to the leaser of the Teen Titans and kiss him. She wished she had a camera so she could laugh at the looks on their faces for ever. That wish departed momentarily when she realized that that was exactly what he was hanging over her head. Instead of approaching Robin, she simply shed her cloak and sat back down.
"Oh man," Beast Boy said with obvious disappointment, "You weren't supposed to change."
Terra elbowed him, not too hard but hard enough to get his attention.
"What? Tell me you didn't want to see if she would do it, if only for curiosity," he whined to his girl friend.
"No one ever said we couldn't change," Raven stated simply. She flashed a look at Robin, as if daring him to change the rules again for what she had done.
Don't worry. I'm not going to make you do anything else. I only wanted to make you play the game. I didn't know it was going to be strip-style. I am NOT going to force you to take off your clothes in front of us, despite what you seem to think, he informed her telepathically when she probed his mind. Good. After you see what I'm going to do to Beast Boy, I guarantee that you will be glad that you didn't piss me off any further, she responded. Just don't hurt him so bad that he can't go on missions, ok? he requested. Don't worry. I'm more into the humiliation type of revenge. If I have anything to do with it, he'll regret that little 'suggestion' of his, she told him. She didn't miss the smirk on his face. They both knew he deserved it.
"Oh, Beast Boy," she said in a mock sing-song voice. They all stared at her. They knew it would be bad if Raven was sounding cheerful. "Do you want truth or dare?" she finished.
Nervously, he looked to Terra with a please-get-me-out-of-this look. She returned it with a you-brought-this-on-yourself-you-know look. He groaned and looked back at Raven. Then he cheered up. If it was too bad, he could always just take of his shirt.
"Truth," he said confidently.
"Ok, then. How many, and I want exact numbers, mind you, how many girls have you dated other than Terra? I mean, you always go on and on about all the girls you've had, how they were all just so crazy about you. I would like to know how many girls you've had fall all over themselves to be with you," she said. "Or you can just chicken out and take something off. But I would like it if you spared me the sight. And you don't want to make it look like you lied, do you?" She knew she had him. He hadn't gone out with nearly as many girls as he made it out to be. He could admit it flat out or let them figure it out when he wouldn't answer. Either way, she wasn't finished with him. She would continue to have her fun throughout the game.
"Dude, this is completely unfair! What if I lost count?" he asked.
"You lost count of one girl?" Raven asked him incredulously.
"Raven! I can't believe you just said that!" he exclaimed.
"You would've told them eventually," she said.
"Whatever. She's right. I get to keep all my clothes on. It's my turn," he said in a huff.
Half an hour later, Raven was once more clad in only her leotard. At the end they had all realized that she and Robin were both still fully clothed and had decided to gang up on them. By the time that had happened, Raven had tormented Beast Boy down to nothing but his boxers, Speedy was in the same predicament (though both he and Robin had insisted that the masks be left on), Robyn was in her bra and a pair of shorts she wore under her jeans (part of her hero costume), Starfire, who had not yet grasped the full meaning of the game, was in her bra and panties, Aqualad had removed only his shirt, Terra had long since fallen asleep, and Cyborg was omitted from the undressing for obvious reasons. Now both the Boy Wonder and the gothic demoness were being assaulted with questions and dares that, for their own personal reasons, they refused to answer. Looking over at her leader, she noticed that even now, when two more refused dares would cause him the loss of his remaining clothing, he still managed to portray a look of confidence. Unlike her Robin, she was having trouble controlling her feelings of anger towards the people in the room that were trying so hard to make her refuse another dare.
"Well then, Miss Raven," Cyborg taunted her, "Do you want to pick truth or dare?"
"And to think I thought of you like a nice big brother," she said with a sigh.
"I can still be your brother. The nice part just happens to be on vacation," he told her laughingly.
Raven sighed again and responded, "I guess I'll go with truth."
"Ok, what were you yelling at Robin about in the hall earlier? All we could get him to tell us was that he had something that you wanted. And I think Beast Boy might be taking that the wrong way, so it would probably be in your best interests to clear that up for us," he said in a self-satisfied manner. Raven turned to Robin, anger etched on to her face.
"What did you tell them?" she growled.
"Nothing, just that I had something you wanted, that we had a deal, and that you screwed it up so we had to change it, and that that's what you were mad about," he told her in fear for is life.
"It better be all," she whispered. Turning back to everyone else, she said, "Robin has a picture of me. That's it. He's blackmailing me into playing this stupid game, and, Beast Boy, you better hope that you wake up tomorrow morning because I can't guarantee that you will. Now I think that it's my turn, but I'm going to go to the kitchen for a glass of water. I'll be right back."
Everyone looked at Robin as she made her way out of the living room.
"Um, Rob, What if she doesn't come back?" Cyborg asked him. He hadn't needed to say anything, though, because Robin was already across the room after her. As he stepped into the kitchen he was greeted with the sight of Raven bending over to pick up the glass that she had obviously dropped. He raised his eyebrows in appreciation.
"Thanks for the view, Rae, but I'm sorry to say I only came in here to make sure you didn't run off," he informed a now blushing Raven.
"Hate to disappoint you, but I didn't bend over for your enjoyment," she said as she turned around and began filling her glass with water from the tap. He grinned. She ought to know by now not to turn her back on me, he thought with amusement. He slid up behind her and grabbed her around the waist. He wanted to see if she would use all the training they had just gone through or not. And he wanted to see her reaction in general.
"Robin, let go," she whispered as she tensed up.
"What are you supposed to do if someone grabs you from behind?" he asked her.
"I don't care. If you don't let go, you're not going to have arms to touch me with. Got that?" she growled at him.
"I got under your skin again, didn't I?" Robin teased as he released her from his grip.
"Of course you didn't. I just don't want to be the one to have put you in the hospital if we have to fight Slade again," she said in an airy tone.
"Sure, I bet that's it. It probably has nothing to do with the fact that you actually want me to touch you," he retaliated. She just gaped at him.
"You're joking right?" she asked when she regained her sense of speech.
"Not a bit. Come on, we have to go back and play with the others now." He walked back into the living room. Raven followed him after refilling her glass. She set it down on the coffee table and looked up.
"It's my turn, right? Ok… Uh, Aqualad, truth or dare?" she questioned.
"Dare," he replied confidently.
Raven looked around the room as she tried to come up with something. Her eyes alighted on her glass of water then flickered over to Robin. Looking up at Aqualad, she slid her glass across the table to him and then stood to whisper in his ear so that no one would hear what she said. He looked up at her with a grin and then glanced at Robin.
"Seriously?" he asked her. She nodded.
Robin had noticed that they kept looking at him and opened his mouth to speak. "Raven," he began, but that was as far as he got. Aqualad had dumped the contents of Raven's glass on him, soaking his pants.
"That isn't fair! Now I have to take off my pants!" he said amidst the uproarious laughter.
"That was the point, Boy Wonder. You would have refused anything we told you to do. This was the only sure-fire way to be certain you had to do whatever we dare you to now," Raven said cockily.
"Ok, it's my turn now," Aqualad said once the laughing fit had died down. Robin, clad now in only his boxers, glowered at him. "Uh, Cy, truth or dare?"
"Truth," the metallic man responded.
"Um… Who do you have a crush on at the moment?"
"Bumble Bee," he said without any hint of embarrassment. They were somewhat taken aback by his quick response. "What? I figured now that everyone else is going out with someone, I might as well ask her. I was planning on calling her tomorrow- well, today I guess it is now. My turn! Uh… Let's see, who to pick, who to pick," he said. Suddenly he looked at the titans one by one and grinned. "Well, Rae, you may have noticed that you have only one thing left on." She nodded warily. "Ok, then, truth or dare?"
"Dare," she replied after weighing her options.
"Well, I hope no one minds that I'm taking someone else's idea, but, Raven, I dare you to kiss Robin."
She looked at him in disbelief. She shook her head vehemently. "Oh no, no, no, no, no. That is not fair! I can't believe you're doing this to me! It's not right to make people do things involving other people," she objected. Seeing that he wasn't going to change his dare, Raven sighed. She had to do it if she didn't want to be tormented for the rest of her life. A moment they could forget. A picture could be looked at anytime. She stood and walked slowly over to Robin and sat down beside him. So far he had said nothing either for or against the dare. She leaned forward slightly and paused, uncertain of whether it was worth it. Robin interrupted her internal debate with by sighing and pushing her away. Then he stood up.
"This has gone far enough. It's getting out of hand. Let's all go get some sleep, ok?" he said to the room at large. There were some sighs and a couple of grumbled complaints, but soon there were only two people left in the room. Robin pulled something out of his pocket and handed it to Raven.
"Here's the picture," he said.
"Thank you," she whispered back.
"Well, we did have a deal," he reminded her.
"Not for this. For stopping the game. I want you to know that I appreciate it," she said almost as quietly as before.
"Oh, well, you're welcome." They shifted uncomfortably in their places before they too went to their rooms.
Finally, she thought in regards to the picture she had shredded into tiny pieces the instant she was in her room. Without changing out of her leotard, Raven crawled into bed. She knew that there would only be a couple of hours of sleep to be had, but she hardly ever slept much anyway. Her demon blood was somewhat useful in a sense. It helped her not need as much food or sleep as a normal human being. A few minutes later, she was fast asleep.
Hi! I'm sorry about the ending. I couldn't think of a good ending for this chapter. I hope everyone was satisfied. I'm not really. I was hoping to put in a little more Rae/Rob stuff but when I reread this chapter, I realized that it just screwed up the whole thing. So I'll put some in a later chapter. I think the next chapter will have a battle scene in it. I am not making any promises, and if I do then it probably won't be any good. Anyway, I think it is time to beg for reviews so here goes: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REVIEW! I need some help with this story. I still don't have a plan for where to take it. And I'm very depressed right now. My other story only has three chapters and it has more reviews than this one. Anyway, I was wondering about something. You see, I am a little obsessed with Teen Titans, and I went to Cartoon and joined the orbit thingy they have on there. It means I get to collect little sticker-like dealies and put them on this one place they give you so you can show them off. If anyone else has an orbit account tell me so I don't feel so much like an idiot for doing that. My name on there is Raven Kaio Rowen. Anyway, review if you hated it, review if you loved it, review if you think a hippo could write a better story than me. I don't care as long as you review! Later, peoples!
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