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OMG, I'M SOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY THAT I HAVEN'T UPDATED IT A WHILE. It's been so crazy... I LOVE YOU, MY AMERICAN FRIENDS! THAT SCRAPBOOK WAS THE NICEST THING ANYONE HAS EVER DONE FOR ME!
Note: I am writing 3 stories at once, so I might be a bit slow on updating. Thank you for understanding (my other story is Codename: Kids Next Door, The Chosen and my new one, another Teen Titans one, New Beginnings)
Talking- "."
Thinking- (.)
Christmas
12:00, Titans Tower
'Stupid, stupid, STUPID!' Raven thought. She was still crying, all though she was trying to control it. 'Get a grip, Raven! STOP this! You didn't feel for 15 years! You shouldn't start now! STOP!' But it was out of her hands. All the training she'd had on Azarath had disappeared. For 15 years she hadn't felt a single thing. But then she met the Titans, and everything had crumbled away. How could she have let it slip so far? She had managed for 15 years! Her training should have made her impervious of getting close to anyone. The Titans had affected her in a way she never would have expected. Her mother would be ashamed.
Raven sat down on her bed. This was it. She couldn't stay here, not with Gar making her feelings going crazy very other second. She was willing to give up her emotions for the world. Her happiness was not as important as humanity. She would not destroy the world because of adolescent feelings. There was no way.
Raven got up, and packed herself a suitcase. She would go. 'Where?' asked a voice. Raven paused.
'It doesn't matter,' she thought. 'Away from here.'
Raven brought her clothes, her mirror, bathroom essentials. After looking at it for a moment, she also brought her favorite picture. It was of her and the rest of the Titans. Kori was hugging Richard with a happy smile, Richard was blushing. Vic was flashing the camera a giant smile and a peace sign (or a V for Victory sign). Gar was next to Raven, smiling his big goofy smile. Raven herself was scowling, but underneath it was a smile. Raven felt a tear go down her cheek. She rushed it away with impatience. She had no time for this. They would be here soon.
Raven picked up her suitcase. Something was missing. She thought for a moment, then picked up a pen and a piece of paper. She jotted down a note, then looked around the room. With a moment's hesitation, she brought out her old blue cloak and put it on. 'I am not Raven,' thought Raven. 'I am Angela Roth.' And with that, she disappeared into her black vortex.
12:30, Titans Tower
Gar hurried up into the tower.
"Raven?" he asked into the darkness. "Raven! RAVEN! WHERE ARE YOU?" he yelled, then ran around the house. He looked everywhere except her room. He looked there last. He was afraid, afraid of seeing certain things missing, like her mirror, some clothes. He was afraid that she had done what he would never be able to handle. Finally, after looking around the Tower once more, he headed for her room, and slowly, very slowly, opened the door. Then he saw something worse than any of that.
A white piece of paper, folded in half, was on her bed. Walking slowly, not looking anywhere else, he slowly picked it up. He looked at it for a moment, noticing the sheer whiteness of the paper. Slowly, ever so slowly, he opened the paper. First he just admired her handwriting, smooth and lean and curly. He breathed in the scent of the paper, the faint smell of lilacs. He then read the words written on the paper.
Titans,
I am so sorry, but I cannot stay here any longer. As hard as I try, my feelings keep coming back and haunting me. I cannot let what happened that day happen again. I am not risking the sake of humanity for my foolish feelings. For as much as I love you all, I will not risk the same thing happening. Never again will my father come loose. Never again. I love you.
Raven
She had never said it, not once. Never out loud. Gar had never even heard the word love come out of her mouth. But she had loved them. And even though it ever said it in the note, he knew that she had left because of that love. Because of the love she felt for them, but most of all, because of the love she had felt for him.
Gar stood up, clutching the note. He would not let it end like this. No way.
Distantly he heard the other Titans calling his name. He did not respond. As if in a daze, he walked downstairs. They were all there, looking at him.
"Gar? Are you okay?" asked Vic. Gar looked at him, still in the daze. He didn't understand. None of them did. He silently handed over the note, then grabbed his coat.
"What? What is this? Gar, where are you going?" asked Richard.
"I'm going to find her," said Gar. He grabbed his wallet, then a hat.
"Gar, please, stop, think," begged Kori.
"I'm sorry," said Gar. "But thinking is something I have done too much."
And with that, Gar left the Tower. None of the others followed.
Victor looked from Richard to Kori. Then he looked down at the note in his hand and read it. Silently, he handed it over to Kori and Richard. They read it as silently as Victor. When they were done, Richard looked up gravely.
"What does this mean?" asked Kori fearfully. Victor looked at Richard fearfully, dreading the worst.
"This means," answered Richard, his voice graver than his face, "the end of the Titans." The other Titans hug their heads. Then Richard slowly ripped the note up and opened his hand. Small pieces of white paper fell on the floor. Then, silently and sadly, Richard walked out of the Tower, Kori following him. After a moment, Victor followed them. At the door, his hand hovering over the light switch, Victor turned back to the now empty Tower.
"Goodbye," he said sadly, and turned off the lights for the whole Tower.
Wow. I SO did not expect that! I was all ready for the happy ending, then all the sudden my fingers typed something completely different! So I guess there must be a sequel, then! Look out for it!
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