A/N: Hi, readers! Sitting in a dark room reading fanfics all day, are we? Anyway, I hope you like this chappie! Thankies for the reviews! Oh, and sorry for all the cliffies at the end of chapters; it's just the way I write!

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Two Sides of Law

Chapter Nine

More Feelings

RED X

I sat on my bed next to a sleeping Raven. When I had kidnapped her, she'd hit her head and got knocked out. I took her back to my place and taken good care of the dark goddess like I'd told Blunder Wonder I would. Normally kidnappers would want to hurt their stolen person, but this was different. I had lied. I had no idea where Slade was. I wasn't going to keep Rae safe for her precious boyfriend. I was keeping her safe because I wanted her to be safe. I didn't care what Robin thought.

For some unknown reason, I thought I should tell the girl what was going on. I mean, really tell her. The whole story. My mother and Slade. Slade's old drinking problem. My thirteen year old life. That Night. I wanted to tell her everything. I couldn't understand why I wanted to. I believed it something stupid to do. Open up to your enemy, I mean. But she couldn't be a real enemy if she had healed me.

I had hung the Red X suit in a closet. Well, it wasn't really a closet. It was a secret closet cut behind a closet. Clothes concealed the makeshift door. It was stupid to take off the suit with Rae there, but I thought I should. My intuition must have a malfunction going on today. Instead, I sat in a baggy pair of faded jeans and a tight red t-shirt.

I had been sitting there for over an hour, pondering my actions while the girl slept. Finally, at seven thirty four, she stirred. I held my breath, wondering if she'd lash out at me. Suddenly, she sat bolt upright, eyes wide. She instantly spotted me and recoiled. Rae scooted toward the headboard to make more space between us. To my shock, sheer terror shown in her violet eyes. I lifted a hand to reach out and touch her face to console her. I didn't think of it at the time, but that could have scared her even more. I stroked her cheek gently. At the first touch, she tensed.

"It's okay, Rae." I assured her.

"Leave me alone." Raven said rather weakly. She pushed my hand away and stood up, backing toward the door. I grabbed her wrist and pulled her back to me. I felt a sharp sting against my bare face when she smacked me as hard as she could. "Let me go!" The girl cried.

"Listen to me." I said to her, standing up. I took both of her hands in mine. She stood, transfixed. I looked straight at her, smiling. "It's okay."

"No. Leave me alone!" She tried to pull away from my strong grasp, but I held fast. I wasn't going to let her get away. She brought her knee up towards what would have been a painful spot. I blocked it with my own knee. The fact that she wasn't using her powers surprised me. Perhaps she was so scared she couldn't use them.

"Listen to me!" I raised my voice.

"No! Let go! Leave me alone!"

"Rae, shut up!" I returned. I was loosing my patients fast.

"Get off me!" she yelled. She attempted to pull away yet again, and failed.

"Stop!" I told her.

"No! I'm not going to let you do this to me!" Her eyes filled with terrified tears.

"LISTEN!" I said, louder than I had planned on. I shook her slightly, pushing her towards the bed to sit her down.

"NO! GET OFF ME! LET ME GO! STOP!" Raven screamed, trying to free herself from my grasp. I pushed her down, hard. I landed on top of the screaming girl unintentionally, I swear. "No! Please…" She trailed off in sobs. She still tried to push me away. I stared at her.

"Raven, listen to me."

"Please don't do this. Please…Please, stop. I don't want this!" Raven continued sobbing, making several objects blew up around the room.

"Raven, stop. I just want to tell you what's going on. It's stupid, really…We're supposed to be enemies. But, I want to finish telling you the answer to one of your questions. I want to tell you why I want Slade put away." Raven's tense muscles loosened themselves. She stared at me in disbelief. After a minute, a slight blush fell over her cheeks. She swallowed, looking away. I stared at her, trying to decipher what she had thought-

"Oh!" I said, standing up. I rubbed the back of my neck. "I'm sorry, Raven. I didn't know…I thought you just wanted to get away from me…I…Did you think I was going to rape you?" I asked, just to be sure. Raven sat up and backed to the headboards again. She brought her knees to her chest and nodded ever so slightly.

"My mother…My mother was raped….I'm just…scared…" She trailed off. Her gaze avoided me. She was terrified of me. I felt a twinge of guilt shoot through me.

"Raven, I'm sorry. For everything. Insulting you, kidnapping you…and about your mother." I added. My voice was almost as shaky as Raven's.

"I wouldn't have been born." She told me. Her voice seemed slightly stronger.

"Well, even though it's still mean to your mother, I'm not sorry, then." I smiled, hoping she'd look at me, hoping she'd forgive me.

"Why did you bring me here?" Raven finally looked at me, but I wished she hadn't. Her scared eyes and terrified expression made me feel worse, if possible. I looked away. I didn't know the answer to her question. What was I supposed to say? "Oh, I just wanted Birdie Wonder to back off you." or "I wanted to tell you how I felt about you." or "I just saw your sexy body and wanted you to stay in my house for a while."?

"Please tell me." She said. I sighed and sat on the edge of the bed. I put my head in my hands. I really needed a therapist right then.

"Raven, I don't know." I said, completely serious. I heard her shift on the bed behind me.

"Tell me whatever you're thinking." She said. I found her sitting beside me. Her hands were folded in her lap, and her eyes read concerned.

"I think I'm a fucking idiot." I told her.

"What else?"

"I need a therapist and the men in the white suits to come and take me away."

"What about me?" Raven asked. I down at her in surprise. That question caught me off guard.

"What about you?" I said. I tried to keep my cool.

"I don't know." She looked at the carpet.

"I think…" I began. Her head snapped back up. "You're gorgeous." The princess before me sat awestruck. Her jaw dropped a bit in shock. "Drop-dead gorgeous. You're eyes are the most mesmerizing color of violet I've ever seen." Raven opened her mouth to speak, but I put a finger to her lips. "I might sound like I'm trying to convince you, but I mean it, Rae. You're gorgeous." I smiled and kissed her forehead. I held her there for a moment, but she pushed me away.

"I have a boyfriend. Like I care what you think." Raven said bitterly.

"Then why are you still here, hon?" I asked her jokingly. She scowled, surrounded herself in dark energy, and disappeared.

I lay back in bed, smiling from ear to ear. Sure, I'd been turned down, but kissing her (even if it was only on the forehead) confirmed it. I, Red X, Collin Sanders, am in love with a girl who is supposed to be my enemy. I am in love with Raven.

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