College Life

By Jackalobe

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans

Dedication: Not a reviewer- but a friend! Moo-lah! Molly dearest, I hope she is having a blast in Ireland, meeting all the fun Irish people with the Irish brogues! (I probably spelled that wrong...) Have fun my friendly friend, may you frolic and make merry in the fields/gardens/roads of Ireland! Hooray!

Mmm, in the depths of night, I get another inspiration… -cheers- This will also be posted before I leave for vacation!

Chapter Ten: You Thought It Would Save Her…

Raven awoke, sitting up abruptly. A splitting head ache pounded into her head and she rubbed her forehead, looking wildly around her. She hadn't slept well, and her eyes were wide and alert.

She gazed around her, looking for Faith. She glanced at a clock, "3:42 …" she murmured, looking confused. "Fay?" she whispered.

There was no answer- she wasn't in the room. Scowling, she crawled out of bed, and walked out of the room, over to Terra and Bee's dorm room. She knocked loudly and clearly, and in mere seconds groans were heard.

"…Go away…" Terra's sleepy voice commanded, and a loud thump was heard, and Bee's sleepy giggles reached Raven's ears.

"Terra, it's me," Raven said, and the sound of a shifting bed was heard. Terra walked over, and opened the door as Bee rubbed her eyes groggily.

"What is it?" She asked not even trying to cover her annoyance.

"It's… it's Faith, I need to talk to her, but she's still on the roof,"

Bee and Terra exchanged glances. Raven looked at them pleadingly, "Please you guys, don't make me beg,"

Terra gazed at her, "So you want us to help you get on the roof?" she asked. "At…" she checked her digital clock, "3: 45 in the morning,"

Raven nodded, moving towards the window. Bee groaned, muttering something about suicide, and Terra stayed behind. "If it's okay with you guy's, I'm taking the stairs,"

Bee and Raven froze, turning to look at her. "There's stairs?"

Terra turned, "Yeah, duh, didn't you know?"

Raven shoved her lightly, "No, why didn't you tell us?"

"I can't believe you just pulled a major dumbass move," Bee giggled, shaking her head.

Raven walked out the door, and turned to look at them, "You don't need to come with me- if there's stairs, you know,"

Bee groaned, "So when there's a safe way to do something- you want us to stay, am I right?"

Raven smirked, and then nodded, "Yeah, pretty much."

Terra rolled her eyes, walking down the long hall, "Fat chance, I'm going, I've always wanted to be on the roof at night!"

Raven shrugged, as Terra led them across the hall to a white door that read: 'NO ENTRANCE'

Raven stared at her, "How did you find this, exactly?"

The blond smiled, "I was curious!" She opened it easily, walking up the long staircase. Just before she reached the door, Bee stopped her.

"Wait! What if Robin and her are… er… sharing a moment? They're always up there, ya'know,"

Raven gazed at her, "Oh my god, you think they're having sex, don't you?"

Bee's face flashed with indignation, and then nodded, rubbing the back of her neck sheepishly, "Yeah, a little,"

Terra laughed, "Only one way to find out! She flung the door open, and walked out into the roof, calling, "YOO-HOO! FAITH! FAY! ROBIN! ANYONE HERE?"

Bee stared at Raven, "What is it you need to talk to Fay about anyways?"

Before Raven could answer, they heard Terra shriek, "GET OVER HERE, YOU GUYS!"

Raven and Bee sprinted, a look of concern placed on their face. Terra was huddled on the ground, holding Faith's clammy hands. The closer they got, the more they saw. Her red hair was damp and lank, and her face was pale. Swear and tears ran down her face, and she murmured, "Robin…" over and over again.

Raven pushed her hair out of her face, "It's okay Faith, it's us, Raven, Bee, and Terra,"

Bee smiled, taking Faith's shaking hand, "We're here Faith, don't worry,"

Faith blinked, her cloudy green eyes focusing on them. She smiled and squeezed Bee's hand, "Friends,"

Raven smiled at her, and Terra spoke, "Come on, let's get her out of here, at least to her bed," Bee and Raven nodded, and Terra and Bee both picked Faith up easily, since she was such a light weight, and Raven gripped her hand desperately.

She stared at Faith, wondering, Faith was sick and delirious, it seemed as though she would be the one who needed Raven… but even in sickness, she seemed to be looking in concern at Raven. Raven needed that, she needed her concern, she needed her comfort.

"Are you… alright?" Faith asked slowly, cocking her head a little.

Raven smiled, "I'm fine, how about you?"

Faith smiled, "I'm happy… but where is Robin?"

"What?" Raven looked at her, startled. "What do you mean?"

Faith frowned, "He must have left… he was fighting, I think. Some one-eyed man. I did not like him very much,"

Terra and Bee chuckled, "It was a dream, Fay, just relax,"

Faith sighed, "Perhaps it was, it seemed very real,"

Raven stopped abruptly dropping Faith's hand instantly. Out of the blue stood Gar, heavy lidded and wearing just sweat pants, he stared at her directly. Gar without a shirt made her flush with embarrassment, but also gave her chills. "What's with all the bloody noise?" he demanded sleepily.

Raven lowered her gaze, and Gar turned his attention to Faith, "Hey, is she drunk or something?"

Terra giggled, and Bee shook her head, her mouth pressed into a tight line. "No, she isn't drunk! She's sick, we found her on the roof,"

Gar raised his eye brows, "That's really weird,"

Raven snapped, "Why is that weird? She's always up there; she just fell asleep up there and got sick from being in the rain," It had just burst out of her, her angry words frantic to be heard.

Gar glared back at her, "I meant, it was strange because Robin just came down to bed. He wouldn't leave her there, even is she wasn't sick,"

Faith whimper slightly, and whispered, "I want it to rain again… let me dance, please,"

Raven took her hand again, "Oh god, she's freezing," Gar was beside her in a second, feeling the pale red head's forehead. Raven's eyes widened at the closeness of him, feeling awkward and scared.

Terra and Bee set Faith down gently, and placed Faith's head on the ground. "Raven, give us your sweater," Bee ordered, and Raven unzipped it, and froze, halfway from taking it off and slipped it back on. Gar's eyes widened as he saw a red scar on her upper arm, and leaned in to touch it gently. Raven moved away quickly, not daring to look at him, setting Faith's head in her lap. "She can just lie on my lap; it'll have more support anyway,"

Bee got up, and opened the door to the boy's dorm. "Get up, you lazy asses, now!" Raven, Terra, and Gar could all hear Victor groaned loudly, and a loud thump.

"Bee, what time is it?" He groaned from on the floor, and Robin sat up, alert. "What's wrong, Bee?"

She sighed, "It's Fay, get out here, she needs to go to the hospital,"

Although he promised to stay away from her, Robin practically flew out of the room, and was by Faith's side in a second. She shuddered and he grabbed a blanket out of Victor's hands, wrapping it around her. Bee, Victor, and Terra exchanged glances of amusement, and Raven and Gar stared at him oddly.

"Weren't you on the roof-," Gar began, but Robin cut him off hastily.

"Can we take your car, Victor?" he asked, scooping Faith into his arms. He remembered Slade's warning, and moved over to dump her into Gar's arms, but stopped when he felt Faith wrap her arms around Robin tightly, snuggled into his chest and blanket.

He smiled, in spite of himself. Gar exchanged a glance at Raven, who avoided his eye contact, moving to stand by Robin. He looked a little sad, but covered it with a scowl. Victor nodded, "Of course were taking my baby, let's go,"

To make things even more confusing, the door behind them opened and Kitten, Mary Ann, and Jinx all stood there, confused and sleepy.

Kitten recognized Robin immediately, "Oh my gosh! Robin, hello! What brings you here this early… and what the hell are you carrying?" She moved in front of him as he tried to walk away.

"No, no, no Robin! Answer me!" She whined, smiling sickly.

Like she was going to stop him. Robin plowed through her easily, knocking her to the ground. "Get out of the way," he snarled, walking quickly towards the stairs. A muffled, "You bitch," was added slightly quieter, but Kitten heard it all the same, gasping in shock, her eyes hard with rage.

Victor, Bee, and Terra followed, and, Raven and Gar all hung back, staring at the three. Jinx hurried to help Kitten up, and she growled at her, storming back into the room. Mary Ann smiled shyly at Gar, and winked evilly at Raven when Gar had looked down in embarrassment.

Raven rolled her eyes, turning back around to catch up with Bee and Terra. "Raven, wait!" Gar called, snatching her arm. She flinched horribly in pain, as his nails dug into her skin, where her cuts were.

"Let me go," she ordered, shaking violently. Gar held on tightly.

Mary Ann murmured, "Let her go…" She was in control now, Raven realized, wishing desperately that she could disappear.

Gar dropped her arm and Raven burst into a sprint, running as fast as she could. Gar followed her, matching her speed easily. "Talk to me," he demanded, scowling.

She bit back tears, moving towards the opposite wall. With a scowl, he grabbed her wrists and forced her to look at him. "Raven- what is wrong with you?" he growled, and her beautiful violet eyes stared at him.

They were pleading, they were full of fear. "Please don't hurt me," she begged, tugging at her wrists.

He let her go, backing away, hurt shining in his eyes. "I don't want to hurt you, Rae,"

Tears leaked from her eyes, and she looked so weak and scared, he couldn't bear to look at her. She sniffed loudly and cast her eyes downward. She stepped away from him, murmuring "You aren't a freak,"

Gar turned to walk away, muttering, "Yeah I am. I'm sorry I pushed you,"

She looked at him, confused. Her wrists felt sore and cold, she rubbed them absentmindedly. She watched him head back into his room, and with a deep breath turned to follow Victor, Terra, and Bee. 'He's not like dad, he said he was sorry'

'Yes he is, he wants to kill you. He's no different from your father,'

'Shut up, he is not, he's my friend! He always has been…'

Walking faster to his room, gazing at the floor, Gar ran straight into Mary Ann. A strong look of anger and superiority crossed her face, and he felt confused. "Mary Ann, you okay?"

She shook herself, "I'm fine… is your… erm… friend okay?"

He shrugged, "I was… I am about to go to find out… want to come with?"

Out of nowhere, Raven suddenly appeared right next to him. Her eyes were full of ferocity, staring hard at Mary Ann. The brunette took a step back, intimidated by the pale, petite girl. Raven spoke sharply, "I don't think that's such a good idea, you see, she isn't Faith's friend, therefore she shouldn't have to miss so much sleep just to visit a perfect stranger in the hospital," She mimicked Mary Ann's smile, adding more false cheeriness.

Mary Ann narrowed her eyes, "Oh silly girl, I haven't gone to bed yet- it is no big deal. Besides, Gar's my friend, so that makes it okay,"

Raven flicked her long violet hair behind her, "It does not, why don't you go ahead and go to bed? Gar and I need to go visit our friend,"

Gar watched them like a tennis match, his eyes bouncing from girl to girl. 'I thought Raven was mad at me…?'

Mary Ann let out a lofty laugh, "Oh no, I will be coming along as well, I used to always volunteer at hospitals, it would be a nice familiar feeling,"

Raven smirked, "Oh did you really? Somehow I just can't help feeling that the closest you ever came to visiting a hospital was to flirt with the doctors. Honestly, you are such a fake,"

Mary Ann scowled, "I was only trying to be nice-,"

"You weren't. I don't care if you fooled him," She pointed at Gar, "You don't fool me at all. Watch your back, bitch, if you're not careful, you'll find one of your tacky false nails stuck into it,"

Gar raised his eye brows at her, but felt a strong pang of guilt. He wasn't a moron, he saw the haughty gazes Mary Ann gave Raven, and felt a strong sense of distrust towards the brunette. 'Oh god, what if Raven's right?' he thought with a sinking feeling. 'You know she is,' spoke a voice in his head.

"Raven, just drop it," he mumbled, turning away to walk towards his Wrangler Jeep. Mary Ann followed, skipping slightly, flicking off Raven as Gar had his back turned. Both mouthed insults back and fourth as they climbed into his care and drove off towards the hospital. Raven watched with triumph as Mary Ann lost the battle of the insults, scowling as she couldn't think of any more. The violet haired girl turned to look out the window, thinking to herself, 'Why did I do that? Why didn't I just leave Mary Ann alone?

You hate her…You want Gar to know that you're right…

But… but I-

You're still scared he'll push you. That he'll hit you, that he'll rape y-

SHUT UP! He is NOT like that!

…but what if he is?'

Raven stopped battling with herself as the jeep slowed down. Not bothering to wait until the car stopped, she jumped out the car door and ran into the hospital. She burst through the doors, rushing up to the reception desk. "I want to see my friend, she just came in! Her name is Faith-,"

"Andrews, yes she's over across the hall, room 4," the chunky receptionist answered, her bouncy blond curls waggling as she looked up at Raven.

Raven nodded, running towards the direction but the receptionist shouted, "WAIT! SHE CAN'T SEE ANY MORE VISITORS!" Raven ignored her.

Gar and Mary Ann both walked in, and Gar looked at Raven curiously. She ran all the way to room four, and opened the door. "Fay?" she murmured, and smiled as the red head opened her eyes and beamed.

"Oh Raven! Thank X'hal, I want to talk to you,"

Robin was right next to her, gripping her hand tightly, glaring at the floor. Victor was sitting on an arm chair, and Bee on his lap, with Terra half asleep on her lap, looking as though she was about to drool from exhaustion.

Raven walked over, looking concerned, "You are okay, right?"

Faith nodded, "I just received a cold, that is all,"

Robin's eyes twitched in anger, "No it is not, you nearly caught phenomena, Faith!" His fist was clenched very tightly around her hand, but she let him leave it there, looking a little confused.

Bee shook Terra as the tired blonde's eyes began to droop. "I think we'll head back to catch a couple Z's, do you mind Fay?"

Faith looked up, "Oh, not at all, catch as many… Z's as you can," Victor stood with them, smiling.

"I'll go too; I'm a little tired also,"

Faith smiled, waving goodbye as Bee jumped into Victor's arms, and Terra onto his back, mumbling goodbye.

Gar walked in, smirking at Victor as he carried the two girls back to his car. Mary Ann followed, sinking into the arm chair, rubbing her temples.

Raven felt a strong sense of vengeance as she watched Mary Ann massage her forehead. She resisted the temptation to laugh. Instead she heard Gar speak sharply and angrily, "So Robin, nice of you to leave Fay out in the cold, see what it did to her?"

Raven, Mary Ann, and Faith looked up in interest and confusion, watching as Robin turned his glare from the floor to up at Gar. He looked so… frighteningly angry. Faith flinched visibly as Robin's hand gripped her's so tightly, she whimpered softly. "Shut it, Gar, I wasn't even on the roof,"

Gar snorted, "Oh sure, and you just crawled in through the window from another window above us, then?" His voice dripped with sarcasm.

Robin stood up, dropping Faith's hand, "Don't you dare blame this on me!"

Raven walked over to Faith, sitting down on the hospital bed. She was watching Robin uncertainly, looking very upset.

Gar wasn't intimidated, "You came in an hour before Raven, Terra, and Bee found Faith. Faith almost caught pneumonia, which takes at least a good couple of hours to set in- therefore, you would have realized she was sick as you walked back down to go to sleep."

(A/N: I don't know if that's true or not, making this up as I go along…)

Raven gaped in amazement. He certainly knew his… area in sickness. Robin's face drained from color, but he still held a steady glare.

"I care about her, Gar, why would I leave her?" he growled.

The green haired man snorted, casting him a scornful look, "You tell me,"

Robin opened his mouth to retort angrily, but caught something in the reflection of the metal bars of the bed. An orange and black mask… his head snapped to look towards the window so fast, it was a blur. There was no one there, but all the same- it was a warning.

"I need to go,"

By this time, even Mary Ann was looking at him strangely, "Huh?" she asked, as he walked out of the room abruptly. "Did… he just leave?"

Gar and Raven exchanged bewildered looks, but Faith ripped off the blankets of her hospital bed, in only a hospital gown and jeans.

"I'll be back in just a moment," she said, walking out the door, leaving Raven, Gar, and Mary Ann all alone together.

Faith ignored the shouts from the receptionist as she walked out of the hospital, looking around for Robin. She saw him disappear around a street corner and burst into a sprint after him. "Robin!" she called, as she turned the street corner, holding her arms close to her, as the cold autumn breeze blew hard.

She saw him turn and gaze at her in surprise. He looked around him wildly, as though checking for someone. She ignored the action and ran to him. "My Robin, what is going on?"

My Robin… The words made his insides freeze. He remembered his mother's last words, 'My Robin'.

His body was rigid as she hugged him. Her face was flushed and pale, she was still sick.

Robin pushed her away not very gently, "Go back to the hospital, Star,"

She looked hurt, "But Robin… are you alright? You have been acting so… strangely since we…" She didn't finish.

He sighed, "I can't explain, I'm sorry, just go back to the hospital, please!"

She glared at him, shaking her head. "I will not, until you tell me what is going on, I will not move a muscle! I'll stand out here all night- and die of my cold, and would you like to have that on your conscious? I think not! Talk to me,"

His lips twitched at how adorable she looked with her mouth pulled into a pout and her eyes flashing. He shifted his eyes to behind her, and gazed at Slade. He was clothed in full uniform, with orange and black mask, the eye in the mask glaring back at him, warning him.

Get away from the girl

He gasped his eyes huge and scared. Faith yanked her head to behind her, trying to see what he was seeing. There was no one there, not anymore. "Robin- what is it-," she was suddenly shoved back hard.

"GO BACK TO THE DAMN HOSPITAL!" He yelled, his eyes full of anger and slight fear.

Tears sprang to her eyes, "Robin- won't you-,"

He glared at her, "Don't call me that, my name is Richard,"

A tear ran down her cheek, but she maintained a glare. "Why did you kiss me?"

Running out of time and his fear growing large by the second, he burst out, "Faith! It didn't mean anything- don't you get it? It was just a one-time thing! I don't care about you in that way! I don't care about you at all! Just leave me alone, don't ever talk to me again! Stay away from me!" He hissed the last sentence pleadingly.

She watched him shove his hands in his pockets, and walk away. As soon as he had turned, tears leaked from his eyes and down his face. 'I didn't mean any of it… please don't cry over me… please don't hate me… I like you too much, Star, I care for you,'

He heard her sob loudly and quickened his pace. He dared to glance back. She was staring at him, tears pouring down her face, shaking. She met his gaze, and turned around and ran. Sprinted as fast as she could, away from him. Her bare feet grew sore as they hit the pavement hard. Her hair wiped her face as the wind picked up speed. She felt weak and couldn't remember the last time she hurt so much. 'When Galfore died…'

As soon as soon as she was sure he couldn't hear, or see her, she sank to the ground, leaning against the wall of a building, inside an alleyway. She longed to have Terra stroke her hair comfortingly, or Bee rant and rave and swear, or for Raven to mutter death plans. But most of all, she wished for Robin to come running up to her, to kiss her again, to apologize, and to explain how he… could never mean those things.

She brushed her red hair away from her face, and hugged her arms around her. She shifted into a protective position, hugging her knees to her tightly.

From within the alleyway… she heard a drunken snicker… two, no three…

Standing up, her eyes wide, she left the alleyway, running away. She couldn't run very fast, feeling a bit faint and the old affects of her sickness. She stumbled as fast as she could, hearing the laughs from not too far behind her. She tried to sprint, but turned to gaze behind her.

The same thugs from the first night Raven, Bee, Terra, and her all spent together. The same guys who tried to kidnap them… rape them.

Reality set in, and she tried to scream as loud as she could. It came out as a tiny squeak at first, but grew louder, until she gasped as one of them yanked her back by the roots of her hair. "Hey pretty girl," he cooed, grinning at her with his disgusting yellow teeth.

She tried to kick him in the shin, but another caught her foot. "Feisty little thing…" he muttered. She counted quickly, there were seven of them. One against seven… and in her weak state… it seemed impossible.

But she yanked her elbow back, hitting the guy holding her hair in the stomach and he cursed loudly, "BITCH!"

She broke out of their grasp and tried to run away she tripped and fell to the ground. Crawling away, she whimpered in pain as a tall lanky man took out his switch blade and cut the back of her calves deeply, disabling her. She moaned as she tried to drag herself away, but another simple laughed loudly, walking right next to her, a long pipe in his hand.

"This outta-," he swung it sharply, as it hit the back of her head, "-knock her out," he finished, scooping her into his arms. "Damn, she's a sexy thing,"

The tall man with the switch blade smirked, "Not with the bloody hospital shirt," he cut it off her easily in a single swipe, and nodded, "Now she's sexy,"

The leader of the gang, tall with longish raven-colored hair and shifty dark brown eyes, walked up. He gazed at her hungrily, his eyes alight with lust. She was dangerously pale and shivering, in only jeans and a black soft cup bra. "Let me carry her," he ordered, and the man with the pipe handed her over, avoiding eye contact with their leader.

He gave a demented smile, and watched as a dented black car sped up to them, a bullet hole on the driver's window. He opened the trunk, dumping her inside. He slammed it shut, though it was broken and didn't close all the way. He hopped into the driver's seat, and glared at the other six men, all standing exchanging shifty glances.

"Well get in, you dumb-asses," he snapped, turning the engine on. They all scrambled in, four in the back and two in the front. The leader drove off, taking his cell phone out and dialed a number fast. "Hey… yeah, we got her… yes, it was her… red head, tall-… when do you want her? …Yeah, we can keep her until then, I'm sure she'll be very entertaining… we won't kill her… Ahh, alright… Until then,"

He turned his phone off, smirking. "Here's the rules, no killing her, no raping her- but feel free to play with her, and don't talk to her, unless it's frightening her."

The lanky man next to him fiddled with his switch blade, "So I can't… decorate her?"

The leader snickered, "Why would you want to ruin a pretty face like that? No, you can't. I'm under strict orders here,"

A man with chipped, yellow teeth mumbled, "Are you allowed to-…"

The leader smiled, running his black hair through his fingers. "I have special permission,"

They passed the hospital as Raven, Mary Ann, and Gar all walked out gazing at the car. Mary Ann winked at the guy driving, frowning as she got no wolf whistle, and Raven rolled her eyes, walking to the Jeep. "Can we pick up the pace?"

Gar shrugged, "Think we should look for Rob and Fay?" he asked.

Raven looked undecided, but Mary Ann groaned, "No, they are probably fine and don't want to be disturbed. Let's just go,"

Raven glared at her, but Gar merely shrugged, too tired to care. "I just need sleep, let's go," They climbed into the car, driving in the opposite direction of Faith.

Meanwhile, Robin crawled into his bed, and fell asleep almost instantly. He regretted being so cruel to Faith, but it felt damn good knowing she was safe, probably back at the hospital, surrounded by doctors and nurses… she'd be fine.

But her fate was concealed with a much, much worse fate than he imagined… either way- he couldn't help her. None of them could.

Ahh, dark…

By the way, fear for Faith, I know I do. I'm feeling very cruel and evil after recent events; I doubt her outlook will be very… positive.

Anyways, I'll see you all in a week or so! Thanks for being supportive and sending me kick ass reviews, I love them all!

Well, maybe not Seethet's, but it can't all be happy!

Much Fluffy Love

-Rose, Jackalobe