For all you KF/Jinx fans, here comes...well, I'll just let you read.

I know, I know. RobStar...its only being hinted at here. Before you pelt me with inanimate, or animate, objects -dodges a feeble old man that was thrown at her- I just want to let you know I'm working my way up to it!

I made the titans seem like such jerks in this chapter, but it gets explained in further ones, promise.

Malchior is in this...but only for a short while. He's gonna come back, sorry for all those that don't like him. I know bringing him in is so cliche, but...it all turns out.

I think this chapter went kind of well. Its based over a period of a week or something.

Raven's amethyst eyes narrowed suspiciously. She didn't trust this girl; she never did. She was too happy, too carefree, too…something. It wasn't right in her mind. She had seemingly appeared from no where. One day she just sat down at their table, introduced herself, and became fast friends with them. Even faster then Raven had.

Kori and Gar especially took a liking to her. The girl, whose name was Terra, had a stomach as huge as Vic's, and would eat anything given to her. Even Kori's fungi-infected foods and Gar's tofu.

And worse, she was a flirt. She'd smile and toss her hair around when she saw any of the guys looking her way; Gar in particular.

Vic liked her too, just not as much as Kori or Gar. Rich was somewhat suspicious, like Raven, but he didn't show it.

Art – 6th period, Ms. Clyde

"Alright, my sunshines! Our next project is a collage on what you view life as. Use anything you'd like; magazines, newspapers, pictures! The world is your canvas, paint it your own!" Ms. Clyde, or Willow, exclaimed. Raven half expected a field of daisies to appear and clouds shaped like bunnies or other cute little animals to suddenly fill the sky.

"It is due next week, so don't put it off until the last minute!" She sang, but her voice drowned out by the ringing bell.

As Raven sat in the middle of the floor, sprawled inside a circle of cluttered papers and cut out pictures, working on her art project, she stole a glance at a picture sitting on her nightstand. It was of a younger Raven, maybe ten or eleven. She was at Disney land, hugging some guy in a Pluto suit. It was the last time she remembered being truly happy.

As anniversary of Raven's first year with Azar, she had taken her to Disney land. Azar was not in the picture, for she was the one taking it. It was the first time she had seen Azar smile.

Azar…Oh, Azar where are you?

Thoughts swirled in Raven's head as she cupped her face in her hands. Peeking through her fingers, she eyed a pair of scissors sitting on top of a magazine. Her eyes twitched with tears as she slowly reached for them.

Her hands were shaky. A beam of light shimmered off the scissors blade as she turned it over in her hands. Taking long, steady breaths, she began to cut it into the skin of her arm.

The next morning, Raven was sweaty and hot. Her arms were cracked with dried blood, and for a moment she couldn't remember why. And then she remembered.

She was a cutter. Raven had always had her problems, but she'd bottled it inside for so many years. And, in one moment of tension and fear, she had begun to let it out. But not in the way she should be.

Glancing over to the clock—which read 6:08—she pulled herself out of the bed and made her way towards the shower. Her scratches burned at the feel of water but at the same time felt strangely good.

"…Raven!" Karen was knocking on the door hard. Raven quickly turned off the shower and pulled on a black bathrobe, tugging on the sleeves to make sure they hid her arms.

She swung the door open to reveal a very pissed off looking Karen. "Finally! I've been knocking for like twenty minutes! You've been in there for almost an hour. Are you okay?"

Raven winced. She had been hearing that a lot, lately. An hour? It hadn't seemed that long. "Sorry," She mumbled, pushing past her roommate.

Social Studies – 1st period, Mr. Gavin

Raven had walked to the main building by herself. She hadn't waited for Karen, she'd just put on her uniform and wrapped her sliced arms with a gauze tape. Karen would probably be worried, but she didn't care anymore. Karen was the only person who hadn't completely tuned out Raven when Terra was around, but the way she was being ignored and replaced had changed Raven back to the shy, insecure, scared girl she was when she'd first arrived at JCA.

She had been at JCA for nearly two months now, and had just begun to feel like she finally belonged when she had butt in. She'd quickly grabbed Gar's affection, Kori and Vic's friendship, and was slowly gaining Rich's trust. Karen liked Terra, but she hadn't yet abandoned Raven.

And now, Raven was alone again. It wouldn't be long, she kept telling herself. Karen would become Terra's best friend, and she would be forever forgotten. Raven who?

She'd been so into her thoughts that she hadn't noticed a rapidly approaching boy. She knocked in to him, and her books had been sent flying. The boy bent down to gather her books and she'd gotten a good look at him. He was strikingly handsome, with long, pale blonde hair and electrifying blue eyes. His hair was slicked back into a ponytail, and a concerned, somewhat cocky grin was plastered on his face.

"Many apologies, Miss." His voice was British; a lovely, hypnotizing sound.

Her face flustered and she tucked her hair behind her ears. Damn those nervous habits.

She mumbled something she herself hadn't really understood, and hurried to her first period.

At the end of class, Mr. Gavin had called Raven and Terra to his desk. "Listen, Raven, I know I never really assigned you a group, so I'll be excusing you from this project," He said, referring to the project that they had been working on for the past two months. It was due next month, and worth two thirds of their grades. How could she be excused from something so important?

"But Terra here has insisted she take part in the report. So I've paired her with Gar, Vic, Rich, and Kori. You don't mind, do you? I know you were kind of working with them."

Terra smiled slyly for a split moment but then shifted her features to one that showed sincerity. Raven bit back the tears, digging her teeth into her lips until blood began to draw.

"Of course not," She finally said. Her voice startled Terra and their teacher a little; it was eerily cold and unfeeling. It scared Raven too, for she hadn't talked like that since she had come to JCA.

At lunch, Raven had sat away from her 'friends', who hadn't even noticed she was gone. For a split second, she thought she saw Gar look her way, but when she blinked, he was laughing at a joke Terra had told. Rich was hugging Kori and nibbling on her ear; it seemed Raven had missed a lot. Rich had apparently asked Kori out, Vic was dating some public high school girl who went to Wally's school, and Gar and Terra were becoming very close.

Karen settled herself across from Raven. Both had nothing in front of them; Raven was reading (She hadn't had much of an appetite in a while), and Karen intended to eat off campus.

"Hey," She said softly, pulling Raven's book away from her. Raven looked up and blinked hard.

"Hello, Karen," Raven replied, her voice sounded hurt and bitter.

"Whoa, what's up with you?"

Raven's face hardened defensively. "Nothing, why do you ask?"

Karen held up her hands in defeat. "Uhh…I didn't mean anything. I was just wondering if you wanted to eat off campus with me. A new burger joint opened up downtown."

Raven thought it over in her head. She didn't really want to, but she couldn't stand to hear her friends and Terra laughing. It burned her ears.

Finally, she nodded.

They had been about to order when a skinny, red-haired boy dashed into the restaurant and slid in next to Karen. He was panting, but smiling nonetheless.

Karen held up a hand at their waitress, a middle aged woman who had too much makeup on, as if to say: 'Not yet, come back later'

The boy waved at Raven and picked up a menu. "Sorry I'm late, Karen. I missed my bus and—"

Karen cut him off, "Wally?"

"Yeah?"

"Shut up."

"Okay."

Wally just now noticed the dark-looking girl staring at them strangely. "Hey, Raven! Remember me? I was at Rich's party." Raven nodded; she remembered quite well. He was a well rounded, athletic boy who was the star of Murakami School track team. He and Karen had hit it off, but not in that way. Karen was dating Mal, a freshman at Jump City University and Wally's eyes were always wandering.

Raven cocked an eyebrow at her friend, who smiled sheepishly. "Guess I forgot to mention he was coming…" Karen's voice trailed off as Raven nodded her head, cutting off her apologies.

Karen smiled and leaned back in her seat, stealing a glance at the ever curious Wally. It had been strange how they'd become friends, but then again, that seemed to be the way with all of her friends lately.

Karen had been birthday present shopping for her sister's birthday, which was next week, and had run into Wally —literally— at the mall. The mall was closing in a little less then an hour, and she would never have the time to come back again. She didn't know what he was doing there, but it didn't really matter now.

She'd walked right into him and nearly knocked him out cold. She at first hadn't recognized him, but as she got a better glance at him, she realized who it was. It's kind of hard to mess up someone with hair like that.

Well, needless to say, Wally had helped her make her rounds and the two became closer then before. Unbeknownst to Raven, Karen had been leaving campus frequently for lunches with Mal and Wally. Mal had been suspicious at first, but he realized Wally had no intentions further then friendship, and had sort of bonded with him.

And when she saw Raven, more depressed then usual, guilt hit like a speeding train.

Eventually, their annoyed waitress came back and they ordered. As they finished, Raven stole a glance at the diner clock. Shit.

It was way past lunch, and they were already into sixth period.

Karen shrugged as she noticed Raven eying the clock. "Screw it, Raven. So many kids in our school, they probably won't even notice we're gone."

Raven winced. She knew some people that definitely would not notice she was gone.

And so began their ritual. Raven, Karen—sometimes even Mal—and Wally would head over to the diner and have lunch off campus. They were sure to be more careful about how much time they spent, though.

One evening, after Raven had showered for the second time that day, to wash off more freshly produced blood, Karen had stumbled across Raven's secret.

"Holy shit," She'd whispered. There was a miniature puddle of blood on the floor and a gleaming razor on the counter next to it. Raven was in the shower and hadn't heard Karen come in.

She'd pulled back the curtain. They were both girls; they didn't care if the other saw each other naked. Well, Raven did, and we all know why. Raven's arms were scabbed and cut.

"Raven, what the hell?" Karen screamed.

It turned out that Karen was such a motivational speaker; she could even knock some sense into a psychopath killer if she wanted to. Karen was at first angry but had softened when Raven broke down and had spilled out Azar's disappearance and all the fears that had been bundled up for so long.

She'd made Raven agree to a rehab center her cousin's friend had gone too for the same problem, but only under the condition that she would tell no one other then Wally, who already knew. Karen had called him the first second she saw the blood because he was good at handling scary situations.

"Hello, everyone. Today, we have a new special person joining us. Say hello, Raven," Diane, their instructor, introduced. She was a perky, plain-looking, brown-haired girl that reminded Raven of a mixture of Karen and Kori.

Raven gave a microscopic wave. Raven had tuned out Diane's voice the entire time during the session, and was only snapped back into reality as she paired the class into twos.

"I want you to share with your partner your problem, and give them advice on what you think could help them. You will be with this partner until you are released. Try spending extra time with your partner, if you can. Become their friend, learn about them," She had instructed as she pointed to Raven and the girl sitting next to her.

Raven surveyed her new partner for the next week or two. She was slender, with dyed pink hair. Her eyes were a near coal-black. She flipped her hair over her shoulder, extending out a hand. "Names Jen."

Raven scratched the back of her neck, ignoring the hand gesture. "I'm Raven."

She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I know. So what you in for?" She asked, fiddling with her pink strands of hair.

"Cutting," Raven admitted, blushing somewhat.

Jen nodded seriously.

"And you?"

Jen waved her fingers. "I'm a kleptomaniac. You know, five finger discount. After serving my time in juvie', they signed me up for some classes on how to get over my 'problem'."

Diane seemingly appeared from nowhere and placed a hand on each of the girls' shoulders. She beamed. "Well, you two are certainly hitting it off. Why don't you try getting together sometime this weekend so you can get to know each other better?"

Raven twitched as the overly-happy woman skipped away to another couple. Jen snorted and rolled her eyes.

They shared their stories a little longer, each leaving out certain things until Diane interrupted once again, ringing a small bell.

"Alrighty! We'll all see you tomorrow at four!" She waved as people pushed by her to get to the door.

Raven and Jen walked to the end of the street together before parting. "I'm meeting my friends tomorrow at Bubbas Diner at twelve for lunch," She said. "You…can come, if you want."

Jen blinked in surprise, taken back by Raven's sudden boldness. "Uh…sure," She breathed. She hadn't been invited anywhere in years.

"Okay," Raven turned around the corner. "See you tomorrow."

Hah! I bet you know who Jen is! Klepto...hah. Okay, so...

This chapter was pretty serious. I hope you guys all like it.

And I'm sorry to say that I've found my helper...Rainbow-Jess. She was the first to contact me, and in all fairness, I picked her. I'm sorry...but you're still welcome to send me your ideas or critique!

Kind of long, and I know, I know, the titans are so very jerk-ish. But seriously, it will all be explained!

More of Terra, Malchior, Jinx/Jen, Wally/KF, Karen and more coming soon! DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW!

-foams at the mouth and falls over-