Chapter Three – An Odd Visit Alone

I left my room with Starfire. As we walked down the hall toward the living room she asked, "I believe you would call us a couple now?" I chuckled and nodded. She looked back toward the door leading into the living room and I slipped my hand through hers. She didn't seem to mind. Lucky me!

"Well, well, well. Look who decided to pay a visit!" chirruped Cyborg clapping me on the back. I saw Raven on the sofa and a twinge of guilt rose inside me again.

"Someone rang earlier. Quartz I think her name was. She wanted you to ring her back." I nodded absentmindedly.

Quartz.

Oh how that name haunted me.

Quartz.

The horrible memories that name brought.

Quartz.

"I'll ring her later." I said, and took a seat next to Raven.

"Err, hey Rae."

"Hello." She didn't even bother to look up from her book.

"Sorry about last night." I managed. "I was a jerk I know." She nodded. "So umm…are we cool?"
"Yeah I suppose." I grinned. All guilt now released! "You better ring that Quartz back," she told me. Okay, guilt gone, terror taken over me! "She sounded pretty urgent."

"Yeah I…okay." I left the room and walked down the hall toward my room. When I entered, I reached for my cell phone, and searched through my contacts. I can't believe I still have her number, but it's there. Quartz. I pushed the call button and pressed the phone to my ear, gulping. It rang, twice, and she answered. A cold, almost dead voice spoke through. "Yes Dick?" it growled.

"Err…hey Quartz you wanted to talk?" I stuttered. This was bad…real bad.

"Don't you DARE try to make everything seem alright! Don't even think it! I vowed revenge and that's what I'm gonna get!" oops. Never make Quartz mad. Never. Never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever (I could go on!).

"I wasn't! And you know that was an accident!"

"It was not! You don't murder someone by accident!"

"Have you seen Spiderman?"

"Excuse me?"

"Spiderman. He killed someone by accident!"

"Oh don't give me that!" she hung up on me. Well, glad that's over. Now, time to pay a visit to an old friend.

I walked down the hall and grabbed my coat. I pulled it round my shoulders and Starfire asked where I was going. Simple answer, out.

The same old place I visit every time I wander off. The graveyard. I stood in front of a familiar grave and sat down on the mud facing it. "Hey there old pal." I said to the atmosphere. I spoke to the grave like a long, lost friend. One of the few I have.