My Stranger:
Hey again! I updated my story to chapter four! This chapter will totally be a shocker. It will keep you reading. The questions you're probably asking by now are like how is Robin going to react to Raven's outing? Just read and find out! This chapter is the longest chapter I've written sofar.If you have any questions e-mail me! I'll be waiting!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans, okay. There I said it! (Phew!)
Chapter Four: Special Delivery!
In the main room:
It was dark when Raven came back to the tower. There was no lights on and no sounds or creaks anywhere. Raven felt a little weary stepping in the tower. She knew the titans were worried about her. She knew they might have stayed up until she had come back. She also knew that Robin would be furious to find out their efforts to find her were of no reason. She just got mad thinking about Stranger keeping her at that café till midnight. Raven sat down on the sofa and covered her face with her hands. She was disappointed to find out if her friends were angry at her. She needed some time to think. That's when the lights came on.
"Raven?" said a voice from the corridor. The shadow was at the entrance of the main room looking towards Raven.
Raven pulled her hands back and placed them on her lap. She looked up to see who it was at this time of hour.
The shadow was no other than Robin. He looked concerned and a little aggravated. He walked closer to the sofa and sat down with her. "Where have you been all day?"
Raven almost died once she heard that question. She knew he would ask her that. "What do you mean?"
That was the only thing that came out of Raven's mouth at that moment.
Robin froze. "You weren't in your room."
Raven saw the face Robin gave her. "I…"
She lost her voice trying to speak to her leader. It was hard for her to explain.
"Raven…I know you want to be left alone but it would be nice to know where you are now and then." Robin sternly said.
Raven glanced at Robin. Her eyes shimmered in the dark as Robin stared back at her.
"Robin…I was out in the city." Raven dryly said. "But I'm okay."
"The city?" Robin asked. "Why?"
"I just needed time on my own to think of some things." Raven explained.
"Think of things? What things?" Robin asked.
Raven gently stroked her hand. "Things I shouldn't be discussing about."
Robin looked confused. "Is this something to do with what Beastboy said about you earlier?"
Raven became a bit twitchy. She started to twist her hair. "Somewhat of that."
Robin glanced at Raven twisting her hair. He knew she was nervous cause she barely does that. So he grabbed her hand and Raven looked up at him. "Rae…if there's anything you need to tell me…tell me. I really care about you."
Raven blushed. "I know, Robin."
Robin shook his head. "I was really worried, Rae. I thought something happened to you."
"It's okay. I'm fine." Raven said. She smiled back at him but her smile quickly erased.
Robin still looked worried. He rubbed Raven's palms and said in a low tone. "Promise me, Raven, that you won't leave the tower without anyone knowing."
A promise? Raven thought.
She nodded her head. "I promise."
Robin smiled and showed his gratitude.
"So you're sure you're okay." Robin asked with a nervous smile.
"Yes." Raven shook her head.
Robin gleamed with pride and forgot about Raven leaving. "Good. Now get some sleep."
Raven smiled at Robin and settled out back in her bedroom. She felt happy that she got to talk to Robin for a while and that he didn't get angry at her. She looked through her room, found her book of Azar, and placed it in her drawer. Her mirror to bring her to her emotions was in the drawer too. The titan jumped on her bed and covered herself with her violet blanket. As she shut her eyes, she thought of Stranger and then she fell asleep.
The Next Morning:
"Wake up! Wake up!" BB yelled to everyone's room.
He held a bell and rang it to wake up the titans. "Breakfast is ready!"
Cyborg immediately came out of his room and ran to the kitchen. Then Starfire came, while hugging BB, and followed Cyborg. Robin came out third and slowly walked to the kitchen. Raven didn't come out of her room.
In the kitchen, the titans were grabbing a plate of breakfast. Starfire ate her Tamaranian food, Cyborg ate eggs, bacon, and sausage. (Anything dealing with meat), Robin ate ham, biscuits, and eggs, and Beastboy ate tofu with coffee. Beastboy was the one who had cooked breakfast and had left Raven her breakfast on the counter.
He wanted her to have a great breakfast so he made her something special to say that he was sorry about what he had said to her that day. He made her herbal tea (of course!), waffles with a cute little smiley face made out of eggs and bacon, cinnamon rolls with a cute little smiley face made out of frosting from the roll, and a small pancake saying he was sorry.
Beastboy was depressed to find out that Raven wasn't coming to eat breakfast. (Who wouldn't be depressed when you worked SO hard to make breakfast for her)
As the titans ate their food, Beastboy brought up the question. "Is Raven feeling okay?"
He played with his fork as he ate his tofu.
"Yeah, Beastboy." Robin replied as he stuffed his biscuit in his mouth.
Cyborg motioned to say something but he realized that there was meat in his throat. Starfire gently chewed her food and gazed at BB.
"The reason why Raven was gone yesterday was to get some things cleared up." Robin continued.
"What things?" BB asked. He probably knew what things she wanted to keep away like what he had said about her yesterday.
"She didn't say. But she's okay." Robin said with a grin.
Beastboy's pointy ears drooped and he started to play with his food. "Oh…"
Finally, the meat from Cyborg's throat was swallowed and the robot was able to speak. "BB, you sure worry about Raven a lot."
Beastboy turned red as he heard this. He stopped playing with his food and gave Cyborg a look. "What do you mean I worry about her too much?"
Starfire shook her head. "Well…Cyborg is right. You do always bring up Raven sometimes."
"What?" Beastboy choked. "That doesn't mean anything!"
Robin began to laugh at how much Beastboy was reacting.
"Well, BB, you didn't have to get all offended by it. I was just saying."
Cyborg said. "I'm just guessing that you guys must be "real" good friends."
"Shut-up, Cyborg!" Beastboy yelled. "I don't have any feelings for her."
"You sure made her a great breakfast." Robin said with a chuckle. He loved this argument.
"That's because I wanted to tell her I'm sorry." Beastboy exclaimed. "Besides, I'm with Terra, remember?"
The titans became quiet. They knew Beastboy still had feelings for Terra. Although Terra was gone, Beastboy still cared about her. He was coaxing with the loss of his first love.
"So, did Raven tell you where she went?" Cyborg asked Robin, trying to change the subject.
Beastboy smiled and wiped the sweat from his forehead. That was too close.
"Raven went where?" A dark shadow casted upon the four titans.
All was quiet when Raven came into the kitchen. Did she hear what they were talking about? She couldn't….or could she?
"Raven…nice to see you're joining us for breakfast." Robin smiled as he grabbed his ham.
"Thanks." Raven said as she flew to the counter. She noticed her breakfast was there considering all the smileys.
"I didn't know I ordered a happy meal." Raven looked down at her plate.
"Beastboy made it." Cyborg pointed. "He wanted to say he was sorry."
"Can tell. Says it on the pancake." Raven gave a disgusted look as she picked up the cake from the counter.
"I…I….I…" Beastboy stuttered. He didn't know what to say. Could he say those lines he thought up in his head yesterday? No way! They were stupid. Raven would go berserk if she heard at least one of them.
"Friend, Beastboy has worked so to….tally hard on that so called breakfast. Please sit and eat!" Starfire pushed.
"I'll eat, Starfire. Just minus the happy faces." Raven grinned. Her grin faded away shortly.
Raven grabbed her breakfast and sat down by Robin. She drank her herbal tea and closed her eyes. It looked like she was thinking of something. Something that hit her just at that moment.
"So…." Robin started up.
The titans looked up from the table and gazed at Robin. (All except Raven)
"We need to investigate the case that we left off." Robin said.
"The one with that magician, Mumbo." Cyborg asked as he slurped his orange juice.
"Yeah. Looks likes he has some tricks up his sleeves." Robin stated.
"Dude…Mumbo, again?" Beastboy sighed. Does he ever stop with his stupid magic acts!
"Yes, Beastboy." Robin responded. "He's been involved in a bunch of bank robberies these couple of days."
"Ugh…can we just take a break today. Mumbo can wait." Beastboy stammered.
"No he can't! Mumbo must be stopped." Robin pounded the table.
Raven stopped from her wonderings and glared at Robin from the corner of her eye.
Beastboy laid his head on the table and sighed heavily. He didn't like fighting all the time.
"If we don't stop Mumbo, he might get away!" Robin argued. He stood up halfway from his seat.
The kitchen was quiet for a minute until the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong!
Everyone's ear plopped up and began to wonder who was at the door. Cyborg hoped it wasn't Bumblebee wanting another car to be built, Starfire hoped it wasn't Kitten wanting to steal Robin away from her, Robin hoped it wasn't Kitten either, and Beastboy hoped it wouldn't be his old manager, Bob, from Meaty Meat.
All four of the titans wondered who it was but then Raven did the impossible. She got up and answered it.
"Hello, are you a titan?" The tall man standing at the door said.
Raven stood there and shook her head. "Yeah."
The tall man smiled brightly. "This must be your lucky day."
Rae gave him a puzzled look. Who the hell? Do I know you?
The tall man grabbed a big brown box and shoved it in Raven's hands. Then, he passed her a clipboard and gave her a pen. "Sign here."
He pointed at the bottom of the slip. Raven examined it and then signed. Her signature was placed on the dotted line and she closed the door.
The titans all gazed at the big box Raven was holding in her palms. It nearly covered Raven's face.
She laid the box on the floor of the main room and wondered what it would be.
"Raven, what's that?" Robin asked. He stared at the brown box lying on the floor of the main room.
"It's just a box." Raven said as she checked the person who had sent it.
"Dude! Is it for me?" Beastboy had to ask.
Raven glared at him. "No."
"Is it from my home planet?" Starfire immediately questioned.
"No!" Raven yelled.
"Then is it for me?" Cyborg asked nervously.
"NO!" Raven angrily said. Steam dwelled from her head, as she grew furious.
The titans began to twitch from their positions wanting to know who it was for. They wondered who would send them something. Consistently, they barely get mail. That's why it was so weird for them. They had to know.
So Robin did what any normal leader would do….ask.
"Then who's it for?" Robin said with a little tone.
Raven eyed him with a shocked look. "It's…for me."
That wraps up Chapter Four of My Stranger! I truly hoped you liked it. I want to say thanks to all myfans who read my story. Please review! I need reviews to tell me if I should keep going with this story. Thanx to people who do review! Stay tuned for Chapter Five! It will be much funnier! See-ya there!
