A/N: A warning for future chapters: There may be swearing and some violence in other chapters, that's why it's rated teen. Here is chapter 7, eat while it's hot.

Disclaimer: Does a specefic person own the Teen Titans? (Sigh) Well I don't own the Teen Titans. SO GET OFF MY BACK!

Chapter Seven: Late Night Tea
Raven felt severely hungry, but she didn't dare enter the main room with the others in it. She decided to sneak out to one of the café's she often visited, she knew she could get out without being noticed. She walked up to the roof and flew to the café. It was dark out, but she wasn't afraid she knew Jump City inside and out. Plus she has super powers so she wasn't worried about the many thugs and gangsters that roamed the city at night. She reached the café in a few seconds, flying has many perks considering there is no traffic or stop lights. Raven went to this café often, some nights when she couldn't sleep she would sneak out of the tower and go to this café, it was her little secret that none of the Titans knew about. Raven chose this café over the many others in Jump City because of its dark atmosphere and that it was open 24 hours a day. The city was nice at night and it had a quiet yet busy feeling about it that Raven relished.

The café was located in the darker corner of Jump City, it happened to be down an alley way which was not easy to find. Raven softly landed at the opening to the alley and walked over to the steel door. It was late at night and there were only five or six people in the café, not including the single employee. The café was a large room with dim lights and dark colored walls, there was a bar at one end of the room and a stage at the other. There were small tables with two or three chairs at each scattered around the room. Raven walked over to the bar where a solitary employee stood, he was a dark teenager with black hair, who wore a black apron. The boy looked at Raven, from behind the bar, as she approached him.

"Hey beautiful, what can I get you?" he said in a somewhat monotonous tone, clearly trying to act cool around the dark beauty.

"One herbal tea," Raven requested in her usual tone, not at all impressed by the boy.

"Okay," he turned around and picked up a coffee cup, holding it under a spout on a large machine. The hot liquid poured out of the spout and into the cup. He turned back around with the full cup and handed to Raven, who now sitting on one of the stools in front of the bar.

"How much do I owe you?" she asked taking the cup from the young man.

"Its on the house," he replied.

"Whatever," Raven answered obviously not charmed by the boy.

"So... why are you out at this hour?" he attempted to make small talk.

"Why do you care?" Raven shot down his attempt.

"Do you go to school?" he wasn't going to give up on her that easy.

"No," Raven stated bluntly.

"Oh, so do you work then?"

"I guess you could say that."

"What do you do?"

"That's none of your business."

"I recognize you from some where," he just now noticed her odd outfit.

"Yeah, I get that a lot."

"Hey, I know you. You're one of the Teen Titans. Raven, right?"

"Yeah."

"They call me River."

"Well River, thanks for the tea. I gotta get out of here, it's late."

"I get of in 5 minutes, do you want me to walk you home? It's a dangerous neighborhood around here."

"Thanks, but no thanks. I am more than capable of protecting myself."

"Please. If I can't protect you maybe you can protect me. That is your job, right?" Raven rolled her eyes. "Come on, I am a cool guy once you get to know me. Just give me a chance."

Man this guy is kind of pathetic, Raven sighed. "Fine, I will walk you home." She knew he wouldn't leave her alone until she said yes.

"Cool, let's go," he untied the apron and threw it behind him, then he walked around the bar towards Raven. He wasn't to bad, Raven had to admit he was a little bit attractive. He was about 2 or 3 inches taller than Raven and he was skinny with just the right amount of muscles, so that he didn't look like a creepy weightlifter, but wasn't tiny. His hair was black that wasn't long and not too short. Raven noticed he was wearing eye liner and his fingernails were painted black, but the was all the makeup he wore. He had a charcoal colored shirt and baggy black pants.

Raven wasn't very fond of guys wearing makeup, but he didn't overdo it. Then Raven realized she had been checking him out, she quickly looked away hoping he hadn't noticed. Luckily for her he hadn't noticed, in fact he had been doing the same to her. He realized he had been staring at her at the same moment she did, he reacted exactly the same way she did. They walked out of the café after a moment and walked out of the dark alley. It was nearly silent outside, except for the few cars that passed by on the empty streets. Neither of the two dark teens broke the silence for most of their walk until River spoke.

"So, what's it like to be a super hero?" Raven thought about a good reply for a while. She thought about all the good times with her friends and the fun and odd experiences that she had with her team. Next she thought of her past, her father, her destiny, her inability to show emotion, and all of the times she had completely lost hope. Raven then thought about Beast Boy and how if she hadn't joined the team she wouldn't have fallen in love with him.

"It has it's good times and bad."

"Yeah... When I was a kid I always dreamed about having super powers and saving people." Just then he stopped walking. "Well this is my home. Thanks for walking me, maybe we can go get some tea or something later," He said. Raven felt a bit relieved, the conversation became awkward for here.

"Yeah, see you around." As River walked up the steps to his front door Raven turned around and slowly lifted off the ground.

-Back at Titan's Tower-

She reached the tower in record time and tip-toed to her room trying not to wake the others. It was 3 A.M. and all the Titan's were sleeping, or so she thought. On her way to her room she had an unwanted confrontation with the Titan that she despised.

Terra had woken up in the middle of the night with the need to use the restroom. On her way back to her room she met up with a certain Titan she had been meaning to talk to.

A/N: Okay, that was sort of a filler chapter to get them in the right place at the right time, if you know what I mean. Well tomorrow there should be another chapter.

BunnyKitty4434: Man, you really want to have a camera part don't you. Lol. Well I will try to put that in just in a later chapter, I don't want them to find out yet. WO!

DancingPickle101: I hope it doesn't cause you to much pain, I don't want my favorite dancing pickle to die :)

ravenmasteroftele: Hey lets be genius buddies, are overwhelming smartness shall blind all the stupid people. Lol

FAINTbattleCRY: I was born ready, I don't know if that is possible, but I have a feeling it is true.

Monitor Supreme: Terra is extremely jealous because she thinks Raven is trying to steal Beast Boy from her, it will become apparent soon. I might have a bigger villain come into the picture sooner, but I am still not sure.

Gregthezombie: Yes Terra can talk now and she will talk a lot in the next chapter.

Anjeli: Do you plan on becoming a dictator in the future? I will update, I promise, just don't chop off my head.