Helloooooo, everyone. Welcome to chapter eight.

Steve-racer- Haha, I like the crazy fangirl thing. I also like your idea of Cyborg knocking some sense into him, and I've got a plan brewing in my head for that one (cackles).

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This chapter might get published faster than the other ones because I'm home sick with the Chicken Pox. AIYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! They be itchy.

Raven's POV

"Ughhh…Gar?"

My eyes flickered open for a moment. Nobody was there. I was alone again. Well, not for long, anyway.

"Hey Raven," said a soft voice. I looked over to the door and saw Vic and Jen walk in, along with, of course, Maggie. "Hello," I said casually, pressing a button on a remote that was connected to the hospital bed, propping up my head (Man, those remote things are fun, are they not?). "You feeling any better?" asked Vic asked with concern. "Oh yes! In fact, I think that my sudden health will allow me to go back to work tomorrow and dance my heart out in front of tons of screaming people!" I squealed sarcastically. "Really?" Vic asked in amazement, totally oblivious to my sarcasm. "Vic, honey, she was being sarcastic," Jen said to her husband, grinning slightly. Vic's face flushed with embarrassment. "I KNEW THAT!" he shouted. "Daddy, you did not know dat," Maggie told her father, sticking her thumb in her mouth.

Raven grinned inwardly. "Don't worry, I do feel better. Just…not well enough to dance my heart out." Then something hit me. "Uh, does anyone know where Gar is?"

Jen and Vic exchanged glances. "Uhhhh…"

"He went to New Jersey," said Dick, walking into the room hand in hand with Kori. "New where?" I yelled, her eyes wide. "New Jersey," Dick repeated. "But he…I…huh?" I stammered. "Does anyone else know about this?" All of the adults began whistling. Maggie just sat on the floor and looked at her parents. "Alright," I growled. "I want someone in this room, sans Maggie, to tell me what is going on."

Kori started. "Well, Raven, he apparently got a call from his agent-" "Lenny!" Maggie finished. Kori nodded. "And he said that he needed Gar to come back to New Jersey and do some movie. He told us to tell you that he loves you." "AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW," Dick and Vic (whoa…it rhymes!) said rather loudly, clasping their hands together Starfire style. Jen, Kori, and Maggie giggled. "Thanks, Kori," I said gratefully. I turned to the guys. "Your comment was not needed, but thank you for enlightening us." "All in a day's work!" Vic saluted us.

Soon, Dr. Samuels stepped into the room. "Miss Roth, I believe you are well enough to go home now."

"THANK YOU!" I shouted to the sky.

"…But you'd better take off work for a couple of weeks…"

My face fell. I had to go to work. How else was I going to pay for the apartment? Rrrrr…its times like these that I really wish that I was filthy stinking rich like a friend of mine.

I got up slowly and trudged into the bathroom that was connected to the hospital room and changed into my regular clothes. I folded up the hospital gown that I was wearing and set it on my bed.

"Do you have anyone to take you home?" asked Kori as I headed out the door. I stopped and thought for a moment. I didn't have the patience (of the strength, for that matter) to tell my teammate where I lived. I could only think of one person…

"YOU WERE WHERE?" shrieked Rissa, her fingernails grinding into the steering wheel. "I told you," I said in an annoyed tone. "I was in the hospital. Don't go all wacko on me." "Ooh, I have all the reason to go wacko on you," she muttered. "YOU COULD HAVE DIED!" "I realize that," I said, irritated. "But I'm sort of better now." "Key words 'sort of,'" Rissa growled. "Yeah, it was pretty boring there." "I could imagine." "Uh huh. But then, I had a very…interesting moment…" Raven grinned dreamily and sighed. "What?" asked Rissa. Raven sighed again. "Oh, it's nothing, really," she murmured. "Ooh, yes it is! You've struck my interests. You have to tell me now!"

Raven muttered something under her breath that Rissa could here, but she could have sworn she heard Gar's name. "Rae? Can you speak up? Couldn't hear you."

Raven muttered yet another undeterminable sentence.

"WHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?" Rissa screeched. "I STIIIIIIIILL CANNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAR YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!"

"GAR KISSED ME, HAPPY NOW?"

"HE WHAT?"

Rissa slammed on the brakes. "Dude!" she said and grinned. "Yeah, I know," Raven said calmly. She smiled widely. Her expression fell. "But…uh…you might want to get back on the road now?"

Rissa turned around to see at least six other cars behind her, all of the drivers beeping their horns at her. "YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW!" Rissa screeched, leaning out of her window and shaking her fist at the people.

"Personally, I can't blame them," Raven shrugged. Rissa gave her a look. "Thank you for being do supportive, dear co-worker." Raven smiled. "Welcome!"

Somewhere with Vic and Jen

"Jen, did you see the look on her face?" Vic asked his wife. Jen sat intently by the fireplace with Maggie in her lap. She looked up for a moment. "You saw it too?" she mused. Vic nodded. "Yeah, Kori and Dick probably saw it as well." Jen pushed a strand of bubblegum-pink hair out of her face. "Well, she did only see him for a couple of hours. Then he runs off to do his movie and just…leaves her. I mean…he didn't even say goodbye (or did he?)!"

Vic nodded. "That's not like Gar. It must have been a really special movie for him to run off like that." There was a moment of silence.

"Hey Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenny?" Vic asked, letting his wife's name drag. "Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees?" Jen responded. "Can me and Mags go to the arcade tomorrow?"

Jen snorted. "No way. You'd probably be teaching her methods to all of the M rated games." Vic got down on his knees. "But PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE? I'll be real good!" Jen couldn't help but laugh. Her own husband, Cyborg, from the Teen Titans was practically begging her to let him take their own daughter to the arcade. I'm sorry, but that is really sad.

"Fine," Jen said between giggles. "You're lucky you're cute, because otherwise there would be no arcade." "AW, THANK YOU JEN!" Vic jumped up and kissed her cheek, and then was back down on the floor, bowing to his wife and repeating the phrase 'I am not worthy' over and over again.

The Next Day- Cyborg's POV

"Whoa."

Maggie and I were both in awe at all of the flashing lights and different kinds of video games. There was the DDR machine in the corner of the arcade, almost it had a sanctuary totally to itself. There was air hockey, skee ball, pinball machines, wheel of fortune, a batting cage game, virtual reality, shooting games, skateboarding, water skiing, racing, and even more to count. It was everything imaginable for an arcade.

Suddenly, someone caught my eye. She looked familiar- wavy red hair and brown eyes...kind of like the girl who gave Raven a ride home yesterday. She stood behind the counter with a bored expression on her face. I walked up to the counter to ask her a few questions, but she was faster.

"Hey, you look like the guy who was visiting Rhea weren't you? You were with the woman with the pink hair?" I gave her a weird look. Who the heck was 'Rhea?' The girl noticed my look and immediately corrected herself. "Raven. You're the guy who was visiting Raven. Sorry, I forgot that not all of her friends know her as Rhea."

"She renamed herself?" I asked in confusion. The girl shrugged. "Appears so. Oh, and by the way, my name's Rissa." Rissa stuck her hand out to shake. I shook her hand and introduced myself, and asked her how she knew Raven. "Uh, Vic?" she said in a hushed tone. "Everyone around here knows her as Rhea, so…" "Oh…right," I murmured. "Okay, so how do you know Rhea?"

Rissa leaned back. "She and I work together. She's taking the day off to recuperate from her tragic incident." "So you've heard already?" I asked. "Word travels fast around here. You'd be surprised. One thing that I've noticed in Rhea is that she is very…morbid since her hospital visit. I called her this morning and she spoke to me in this icy, emotionless tone that was really un-Rhea."

I smirked. "Yep, that's the Raven we all used to know. Kind of creepy, but we still love her (don't take that the wrong way). It's probably because Gar took off for New Jersey to do something with his acting and its got her all depressed. But, you know, who can blame her?" "Yeah!" Rissa agreed. "After Gar kissed her and all, and-" "GAR KISSED RAE?" I shrieked. Suddenly, all was silent and I felt everyone's eyes on me. Rissa slunk down beneath the counter so no one could see her. I finally realized that I had shouted out that little bit of information, and mentally slapped myself. After a good five minutes of staring, everyone went back to their own business, but I still felt their eyes on me. After a few more moments, Rissa reappeared from her 'hiding spot' and folded her arms. "You shouldn't have said that," she said calmly. I nodded grimly. "And yet, I already did."

I looked down to Maggie who looked like she was pretty much bored to death. "Sorry Mags," I said, and sat her on my shoulders. "It's okay daddy," she said softly. "Can we play games now?" I grinned. "NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' 'BOUT!" I shouted, Mags and I went off to play the video games.

Well, that's it till next time. Please review.

BUT READ THIS FIRST!

Are you a Star/Rob shipper? Do you want their relationship to be more and MORE obvious? Well, if you haven't heard, one of the new episodes that hasn't aired around here (or has it?) is called 'Stranded' and it features the Star/Rob relationship. Want proof of this amazing phenomenon? Go to 'Google' (or any search engine) and type in 'Teen Titans,' and when the results come in, go to World's Finest: Teen Titans. Click on 'reviews' and go to Season four, and click on 'Stranded.' There's a lot of Star/Robin clips and sometimes a sound clip if you're lucky. Trust me, it's better than it sounds.