Chapter 3

Aidan had insisted that she felt fine, and after about an hour, Robin let her out of the medical bay.

"Alright, fine," Robin said, "You can room with Terra or Starfire tonight."

"She can room with me," Raven chimed in.

Robin gave Raven a somewhat odd look. "Or you can room with Raven…" he hesitated. Raven nodded.

"You guys wanna chill in my room before we go to bed?" Terra asked the other three girls.

"So, Aidan," Terra began, "Where are you from?"

Aidan sighed, "You mean originally?"

"Yeah."

"I was born in Ireland, but I only stayed there until I was about seven. Now I just sort of move around a lot, and here I am," Aidan shrugged.

"You look Irish," Terra pointed out.

Aidan nodded, "That's because I am."

The four girls sat in Terra's room and chatted casually for a while, and they eventually got into the subject of boys.

"So, you and Robin went out?" Aidan asked Starfire.

Starfire sighed, "Yes, we did the dating for a while, but then broke up."

"Who broke up with who?" Aidan asked.

"It was mutual," Raven said, chiming in.

"I see. And you and Beast boy are going out?" Aidan said, turning to Terra.

Terra laughed. "No, I like him though."

"I can tell," Aidan said. Terra blushed slightly.

"What about you?" Terra asked after an awkward silence, "Do you have a guy?"

"No," Aidan said immediately, as though she had never even thought about it. Terra and Starfire giggled a little bit at her suddenness in answering, and even Raven grinned a little bit.

"Anyway," Aidan said. "What about you, Raven?"
"What about me?" Raven asked.

"You like anyone?"

Raven sat for a moment in deep thought. The first one that came to her mind was Robin. She thought about saying that she liked him for a bit, but realized she couldn't. No, she could never have him; it would hurt Starfire too much. Deep down, Raven knew that she liked him, and not just as a friend. Once she thought about it for that short amount of time, she knew that she truly loved him, but she could never have him.

"No," Raven responded, "There's no one." Aidan looked at her with her very large turquoise eyes. Raven looked back at her with her own violet eyes. Aidan knew that Raven was not being entirely truthful, she could see it. And Raven knew that she knew.

Raven led Aidan to her room after a few more minutes of chatting with Terra and Starfire.

"Well, here we are," Raven told her as she opened the door with her powers.

Aidan stepped inside the dark room and looked around. She smiled.

"This is sweet," she said quietly.

"Uh, thanks," Raven smiled back.

"Hey, Raven?"

"What?"
"I know you weren't telling the truth back there in Terra's room," Aidan started. "And I know you don't know me very well…but you can tell me. I mean, I know it'll help to talk to someone and get it out there. I won't tell anyone; you can trust me." Aidan finished the last part with a trusting smile.

Raven sighed. "Thanks, Aidan."

Aidan smiled, and Raven sat down on the floor. Aidan joined her.

"So," the red-head began.

"So," the purple-haired girl answered.

"Who's the guy?" Aidan said with a grin. Raven grinned, and actually giggled for about two seconds.

Aidan laughed, "He must be cute." Raven nodded.

She sighed, "Its Robin." She finally spit out.

"Ah," Aidan said, understanding, "and you can't be with him because Starfire went out with him and they broke up recently, and it would hurt Starfire too much to see you with him."

Raven nodded. "How did you know?"

Aidan shrugged, "I'm good at guessing." Raven nodded again.

"So what do I do?" Raven said helplessly.

Aidan sighed. "All you can do is talk to Starfire, talk to Robin. Well, first of all, does he know you like him?"

"I don't know, I think he might."

"Want me to talk to him?" Aidan offered.

Raven shook her head, "No, I can handle it."

"Ok," Aidan said. "Well, it was mutual right? Them breaking up?"

Raven nodded.

"Then just give them both some time to cool off before Robin jumps into another relationship," Aidan advised. "Starfire will get over him. She'll find another boy; it won't be hard for her."

Raven nodded again. "I hate to say it, but I really envy her sometimes."

Aidan sighed. "Yeah, I can see that. You have no reason to, though. You're both so pretty; I'm really jealous." Aidan told her truthfully. Raven looked down and turned slightly red.

"Thanks, Aidan," Raven said. "But I don't see why you're jealous, look at you."

"What?"

"You're pretty much perfect."

"Hah, far from it, m'dear."

"But…you're so skinny…you're worse than Terra."

Aidan looked down at her very tiny and almost frail looking body. She had barely a spec of fat anywhere on her. Her ribs and other bones were quite visible through her jeans and black tank top. Aidan was exactly 5', and probably weighed about 85 pounds.

Aidan sighed.

"Why?"

"What?" Aidan asked.

"Why are you so skinny?" Raven asked, sounding slightly concerned.

Aidan smiled. "I was anorexic from the time I was nine up until this year."

Well, there is chapter 3. Hopefully you enjoyed. This story is mostly about Raven and Aidan, so yeah. Sorry if this chapter was kinda short, I just got back from New York (I live in Pittsburgh) so I can't write much more. Read and review please, no flames. I'm trying as hard as I can! Tell me what you think of Aidan so far.

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Rena1987-Well, I tried to get into Raven's emotions a little bit more. Hopefully you enjoyed it, thanks so much for reviewing! Any suggestions would help me. Thanks again, buddy, you're the only person to review this chapter.