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I do not own the Teen Titans

I woke up to the sound of something crashing in my kitchen. I jumped out of my sleeping bag and ran into the kitchen. Raven was standing in a puddle of tea with the remains of a glass scattered around. She looked up and saw me in the doorway.

"Um, sorry, I got a little angry at the tea. It was cooperating," Raven sheepishly explained.

Raven had spent the night at my house so many times it didn't shock me that she was already up and trying to make tea. As to what she was trying to say, I knew it had something to do with her powers.

"Oh," Raven started as she remembered something, "Your parents are out looking for Kamie. They left early this morning. Oh, and I'm sorry about this mess. I'll try to clean it up. Hold on. Azarath, Metrion, and, um, Zinthos."

Her black energy surrounded the tea and pieces of glass and flew over to the open trash can.

"Wow, I didn't think it would work," she admitted.

I walked over to the pantry and grabbed a bagel.

"Are you ready to go shopping?" I said in between bites.

The look on her face made it clear that she didn't think I would remember that she offered to go shopping. She sighed.

"I guess I don't have a choice."

"Nope!" I cheerfully said.

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The mall was very crowded, as usual. Raven immediately started to go to her normal gothic store, but I wanted her to try something different.

"Where are you going?" I asked, even though I knew where she was going.

"To the only store I shop at," Raven answered sarcastically.

"How about you come to my favorite store and try it out?" I offered.

"Do you have a problem with the place I shop, Kori?"

"Um, no,"

"Why don't you come with me then? It's not that bad of a place," Raven said.

I reluctantly followed her. At first, I was really afraid. The people were all punk-ish and looked like they were going to bite me, but then I looked at the clothes and found some things that I liked.

"Raven," I said as I walked over to show her my new stuff, "Look at this cute outfit I have found!"

I held it up to show her. It was a purple tank top with matching skirt and boots.

"That's nice," She said without looking up from a selection of blue shirts, "Why don't you try it on?"

Of course, I did go and try it on. Raven looked at me in shock when I came out.

"What?" I asked.

"Let's see, how can I put this nicely? Kori, you look like a whore!" Raven answered, not very nicely in my opinion.

"Well, I know the skirt is a little short (it hit about mid-thigh), but the boots completely make up for it!" I argued.

"No, it's the shirt! I don't even know if you could call that a shirt!" Raven said.

"Oh, that," I mumbled.

Sure, I could see the shirt issue. It was a sleeveless tank-top that went down to just below my rib cage.

"I guess it shows a little stomach, but I bet I'll get some attention from Richard if I wear this!" I said.

Raven looked a little annoyed.

"Richard is not the only one who will give you attention in that outfit."

I looked around and noticed that a lot of guys were staring in my direction. I was never one to be in the spotlight, so I rushed to the changing room and put my old clothes back on. It felt good to be back in my jeans and T-shirt, but I was still going to buy the outfit.

"You are really going to buy that?" Raven asked when I walked up to the register.

"You did say Richard would give me attention in it, right?"

"Well, not exactly, but-"

"That's good enough for me," I cut her off; "You should get something, too."

"There's nothing here that I want," she said.

I picked up a nearby cape-type thing and held it up.

"I know you want this," I jokingly said.

Raven gave me her death stare.

"Come on Rae, it comes with matching shoes!"

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My parents were still not back when we arrived at my house. I had convinced Raven to buy the cape thing, but she said she would never wear it.

"So," I said when we walked in the house, "Let's try on our new stuff!"

"No," Raven said.

"Come on, Raven," I pleaded, "Why not?"

"Kori, it's a cape. I don't have anything to wear under it."

Oh, I hadn't thought about that. Then I thought about something I had in my closet and ran to get it.

"Raven, look what I have!" I said as I brought it back to her.

I had brought back a leotard type thing. It was black and had long sleeves. It still fit me, so I guess it would fit her.

"What is that?" she asked.

"It's a leotard! I used to take dance," I explained.

"I'm not putting that on," Raven simply stated.

"Please? You know you want to!"

"No, I don't."

"Well, I'm going to go put on my new stuff, and when I get back, you'd better have that on, or else," With that last 'or else' I made an effort to make my eyes glow. Threatening is the only way to get Raven to do anything.

And of course, when I came back, Raven was standing in my room with the leotard under her new cape. She even had the shoes on! I had changed into my purple outfit, and I thought I looked pretty hot.

"I look ridiculous," Raven said.

"No, you just need to spice it up a bit!" I said, "I need to spice my outfit up, too."

Raven followed me into my room to see what I was going to get. I picked up a box in my closet and opened it. It had all of my Tamaranean garments in it. I put on the neck piece, followed by the arm band and gloves.

"What are those?" Raven asked.

"These are articles of Tamaranean clothing that my parents gave me," I said.

Then I walked over and picked up Raven's stones.

"These would look good right on your hands, like mine."

I showed her how the gloves on my arms each had a stone on the top of the hand. Raven took her stones from me and put them on her hands. She looked at them for a second and then waved her hands around, trying to get them off.

"Kori, they won't come off!" she complained, "They're like skin magnets!"

At that moment, her cell phone started to ring. She sighed, knowing she wasn't going to be able to get the jewels off her hand (they must have been connected to her by some black magic something or other), and grabbed her cell phone.

"Hello?" she answered, "Oh, hey."

"Who is it?" I asked her. She ignored me and started to walk away, but I followed her.

"Really?" she continued, "Oh sure…That'd be cool…See you shortly." And then she hung up.

"That was Gar," she said turning toward me, "He wanted to know if we could have pizza together."

"Sounds fun!" I said, "Count me in!"

"Um, well, he kind of wanted it to be just me and him, as a date."

I smiled. I didn't care that I wasn't getting pizza. This was very exciting.

"Go," I told her, "And have fun!"

Raven smiled and hurried out the door. I guess she was so excited, she forgot to change. They were going to be an interesting sight, a gothic girl in a cape and a green boy; people would pay to see that!

I walked back into my room and sat down on my bed. I heard a familiar music and realized that my cell phone was ringing.

"Hello?" I said as I grabbed it.

"Kori, it's Richard." My heart swelled with joy. I slowly left my bed and floated above it.

"Hey," I said as nonchalantly as I could.

"Look, we need to talk about something. Could you meet me at my house as soon as possible?"

I hope you liked it!

Happy Summer, Starfirre