I would've updated sooner this week but I had All-Region to go to in Band. But then again, I did manage to get 14th out of 34. (It makes me utterly happy.)
Therefore, I have an extra, extra long chappie for you all today! Enjoy and review!
All Disclaimers apply.
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Garrett had a quizzical look plastered upon his face, as he looked the car's engine over with the black light emitting from Raven's hand being his light source. He sighed as he put the hood of the car back to its original position.
"Did you find out what was wrong?" Raven asked as she let her dark powers slip from sight.
Garrett shook his head and answered, "If there's anything wrong, it's not visible to the human eye."
Raven nodded and crossed her hands over her chest as she leaned back onto the hood of her car. Garrett stood where he was and smirked as an idea came to him.
"Well, seeing that you're ride-less now, I'll just have to take you back to the tower." Garrett said as he fished his keys out of his pocket.
Raven looked at him and pointed out, "I can teleport back you know. After all, I am capable of telekinesis."
Garrett's smile faded as he made sense of the matter. He smiled once more as he prompted, "For a first date's sake?"
The outer edges of Raven's lip turned upward as she found him to be quite persuasive. With a tad of sarcasm she added, "Now where have I heard that phrase before?"
Garrett grinned and replied, "When I gave you my jacket. C'mon, think of it as equal trade. I give you my jacket so you can keep warm, and you let me drive you home so I can be happy."
Raven laughed softly and agreed to let him drive her home.
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As they made their journey back across the parking lot, Raven began to have second thoughts. Garrett took his keys back out and pointed them towards a jet black motorcycle with a red X spread across the back side panel, that looked strangely like a certain thief's logo.
Raven shook her head as she stopped in front of the motorcycle along with Garrett. "There's no way I'm riding that back to the tower."
Garrett laughed and reasoned, "C'mon Raven, it'll be fun." He then placed his hand over his heart in a sort of mocking way and pledged, "I swear I won't go over the speed limits."
Raven looked at him grimly as he offered her the extra helmet. 'Curse his good looks and charm' Raven thought as she took the helmet and put it on. Garrett got on and patted the space behind him. Raven got on and put her hands on his shoulders. Garrett smiled as he revved the engine with crossed fingers…
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The bike swerved through evening traffic at high speeds as if on a video game. Raven's grip tightened as she switched positions from having her hands on his shoulders, to having them around his waist. Garrett glanced over his shoulder and laughed.
"I thought you said you weren't going to go over the speed limit!" Raven hollered over the roar of the air rushing past them and the engine's growl.
Garrett replied with equal volume, "How can I stay legal if there aren't any signs telling me how fast to go?"
Raven rolled her eyes as she went over the path they took to get on the highway. Not a single road had a sign on it that told you the speed limit.
Garrett continued to swerve through traffic until he suddenly changed lanes and turned off the road with many people honking their car horns at him. He slowed some but not much as he turned sharply onto the street that led to the tunnel in which the Titans had access to the city when going in a vehicle. He came to a stop and waited as Raven caught her breath and typed in the access code. Before hitting the enter key, she sternly looked at Garrett as if to say, 'You go over sixty mph, and I'll send you back to the city with a sore head.' Garrett rolled his eyes and revved the engine again.
With a tad of hesitation, Raven hit the enter key and the door began to open. Garrett slowly rolled in and continued at that speed for another meter before glancing back with a devilish look in his eyes. Raven was just about to hold the tires in place with her powers when the bike suddenly jolted forward as it sped away at 100 mph. Raven reestablished her grip and shut her eyes tightly as they began to reach 150.
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Garrett slowed considerably as they neared the end of the tunnel. He stopped once more as Raven entered the next security code. She looked at Garrett once again, this time he knew she was serious about her threat. He raised his hands as if surrendering as the gate lifted and they entered the garage. He pulled out of the open garage door, past the T-Car and Robin's R-Cycle, as his tires connected with the grass on the front of the island.
He put the kickstand down as he stopped the bike at the front door. He pulled off his helmet and helped Raven off the bike, even though she was just fine doing it by herself.
"So, did you have a good time tonight m'lady?" Garrett asked as he took the keys out of the ignition.
Raven took off her helmet and began to walk towards the door, ignoring him completely.
Garrett's bouncy attitude faded as he jogged to catch up with her and said, "Aw c'mon, it wasn't that bad was it?"
Raven sighed and stopped. 'I did have a good time with him.'
Reluctantly, she nodded. Garrett smiled and offered her his arm. She took it and continued to walk with him to the door. Once there, Garrett turned to face her and asked, "D'you think we could do this again sometime?"
Raven nodded, much to Garrett's surprise and thanked him for the evening. Garrett smiled and said, "I'll take that as a yes?"
Raven reached out to knock on the door and turned back toward Garrett to hand him the helmet as she nodded. He gently grasped her wrists in a fashion that told her that she was to keep the helmet as well. She shook her head and began to insist that he take the helmet since she'd already taken the jacket when Garrett suddenly stooped down and captured her lips with his, gingerly cupping the side of her face.
Raven was shocked when she didn't try to resist, but rather, leaned into him and let her free hand rest against his firm chest, while her hand with the helmet, remained within his grip. Her eyes closed and she began to relax. The two of them stayed in that position until they had to come up for air. Garrett smiled at Raven and pulled a blue rose from the outside pocket of his jacket that remained on Raven. She smiled and gratefully took it without trying to give it back. He slowly stepped away and waved at her as he started up his motorcycle again, and went back to the tunnel.
Raven was slightly startled when Cyborg opened the door. He looked down at he rose in her hand and smiled. He didn't even have to ask. Raven was thankful for his brotherly understanding and went inside the tower.
Cyborg asked, "So, Garrett wasn't a villain after all?"
Raven nodded while smiling. She could still smell his sweetly scented cologne.
"We're havin' pie, y'want any?" Cyborg said as he led her into the living room.
"No thanks, " she said as she walked towards her room.
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As she reached her door, Robin saw her and hurriedly said, "Raven! Wait up!"
Raven stopped, mid way into her room and stepped back out into the hall. Robin stopped in front of her and asked, "Where were you and why didn't you answer you communicator when the alarm sounded?"
Raven's mood became somewhat less happy as she replied, "I was at the café, like I told you I would be before I left, and I left my communicator here."
Robin gritted his teeth and thought, 'How could she take this so lightly? It's our jobs as the Teen Titans to protect the city, which means having our communicators with us at all times, so that we have some way to contact one another! "How could you just leave it here?" He seethed.
Raven was loosing her patience with her leader and retorted, "I didn't think I'd need it! We'd just beaten Red X yesterday and usually villains don't attack the next day! And besides, I do have a life outside of the tower!"
Robin was ready to take on Slade because he was so angry. "You should've taken it anyway! It's our job to protect the city! And we need to have some sort of communication if one of us is going to check up on new villains by themselves!"
"How do you know it was a villain? Maybe I just went to meet a friend! Why do you care so much about what I'm doing in my spare time?" She questioned.
"Why do you take your job so lightly?"
"Who said I did? I just went to meet someone at the café. I didn't think it would take very long!"
The two of them were yelling by now and had been brought to the attention of the resident big brother. "Cut it out you two! All this screaming is getting you nowhere. I'm sure Raven had good intentions for her little get together with her friend. You just need to chill Robin. I had tabs on her the whole time. That's why she didn't take her communicator. You need to get the facts before storming in on her and screaming your lungs out." Cyborg protested as he winked at Raven after saying that he had tabs on her.
Raven smiled inwardly and went into her room after mouthing the words "Thank you" to Cyborg as Robin stormed off in the other direction.
