-1Last Prophets- Last Train home is not mine!
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Chapter 5: Raven's voice
They tramped back into T-tower, exhausted and dirty.
"Im gonna take a shower," Raven sighed, looking at her cut knee.
"Aha! You loose! You a turkey!" BeastBoy yelled, dancing around.
"Lose what?" Robin asked.
"The no talking contest!" BeastBoy replied. Robin knew instantly that Raven had only agreed to it to shut him up. He grinned at her. Raven shook her head and walked out of the room. She headed for the top floor shower. No one ever used it apart from her, so she didn't bother locking the door, only closing it. She turned the dial on the shower to hot and got undressed. She hung her cloak and other garments over the towel rail and stepped under the steamy water. She closed her eyes and let the warm water wash over her. She loved to shower, her hygiene was important to her, and she took pride in being clean, she also loved the privacy she had in the shower. No one ever came into even this corridor, so she was guaranteed not to be disturbed. She reached out for the shampoo and began to sing. She liked to sing, but she hated any one hearing her, as she was convinced she was rubbish and couldn't bear to be made fun of for something else. She massaged the foamy lavender scented shampoo into her scalp, lifting her voice higher.
"but there's still tomorrow, forget the sorrow, I can't be on the last train home…." she sang as she rinsed her hair, glad that no one was here. No one except BeastBoy. He had been on his way to the roof to get something Robin had sent him for. He had wandered up that corridor, until he heard her. He had no clue it was Raven, he only heard a beautiful voice floating out from behind the door to the bathroom. He put his hand over his mouth to muffle his breathing and stood behind the door, listening intently. He could hear water, so whoever it was, was using the shower. He felt like knocking on the door, but that would mean the singer would stop… He felt it was too nice to interrupt so he kept listening. Raven was finished washing and was looking for a towel. He hand groped the rail, but her cloths fell down.
"Darn…" she muttered. BeastBoy frowned he knew THAT voice, it was Raven. The voice was her! He gasped in surprised, but he gave his game away. Raven stopped dead. She had heard the gasp and she called out
"Who's there?" She found the towel and wrapped it around herself. BeastBoy heard her walking to the door and in a panic, he transformed into a spider. He climbed up the wall and sat in a corner just as Raven popped her head out and looked up and down the corridor.
"I heard you gasp whoever you are. If I find out who you are, I WILL rip your head off!" She raged, carrying her cloths back to her room. BeastBoy waited until he heard he going into her room a floor down before crawling onto the floor and changing back into himself.
"Wow that was close, any closer and I could have been dead!" He thought, walking up the stairs to the roof. He glanced around. Robin's staff was propped up against a skylight. Since when did Robin leave his staff up here? BeastBoy thought, lifting it and taking it back down stairs. He slowed down as he passed Raven's room. He wondered if she was singing again. He held his ear up to the door, but she wasn't he could only hear her chanting in meditation. He was very surprised at himself when he felt his stomach sink a little. He walked down the stairs and into the common room. He swore to himself never to tell anyone about Raven singing. He felt that if she wasn't singing in public then she must not want any one to know that she sang, so it would only be like a friend to keep her secret. He gave Robin his staff back.
"Robin, why did you leave it up there in the first place?" He asked, his eyebrow raised.
"Erm, I was training up there with it," He replied, taking it off BeastBoy and touching a button so that it shrank to the size of a pencil, before putting it back in his belt.
"Oh… that's.. cool." BeastBoy trailed off.
"Hey BB wanna another round?" Cyborg called over to him, brandishing the control pad of the games console.
"Do I ever?" BeastBoy answered, grinning and jumping over the back of the couch and plonking down beside Cyborg. Robin smiled slightly and went into the kitchen. Starfire was there, cutting up and apple.
"Hey Star," He said, opening the fridge.
"Hello friend Robin!" she replied, throwing her arms around him and hugging him close. . He blushed slightly, and hugged her back.