I'm back—well, for a chapter or two at least.

All disclaimers apply.

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Raven rolled onto her back, and groaned, clutching at the fabric near her slow-healing cut on her arm. It may have been a few days since the event, but it still hurt a little. To make matters worse, she was starting to get a little suspicious of her boyfriend, Garrett, and her enemy, Red X. What was with Red X? Who did he think he was to come up to her as if he were Garrett?

She sighed, burying her head in her pillow. Garrett…Garrett Blackmann. The name didn't seem familiar past him being her boyfriend. She'd never heard of him being in anything bad—in fact, she'd never heard anything about him at all.

What did he do for a living? Did he have parents, and if so, were they alive? In jail? About to be in jail? Raven put her hand across her face, frustrated with her decision of not getting to know Garrett before meeting him. But then again, if she hadn't been so quick to meet him, she would've never grown to like him so much. She smiled. At least one good thing had come from this internal discussion. She rolled back onto her side, deciding to ponder the happenings of Red X tomorrow night. She closed her eyes, drifting to the ever-familiar land of dreams. She'd ask Garrett about himself tomorrow.

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The annoying blare of an alarm clock awoke Raven moments before she groggily shut it off with a quick flick of the wrist. She sat up, yawning and stretching all the way. She went through her internal calendar before remembering her date with Garrett. 'He's quite the charmer when he wants to be.' She thought as she slid out from underneath her bed sheets.

She lazily walked over to her closet, opening the doors with her powers before she reached them. She pushed her many uniforms aside, and grabbed the jeans and long-sleeved shirt that Garrett had bought for her. As she went about gathering the rest of her clothes, she briefly paused to think about the Titans.

The Titans had become like a family to her. They were the best friends she'd ever had. Though they had their individual quirks, they were still there for her when she needed them. Well, most of the time.

Beastboy and Cyborg were always on that ridiculous gaming platform that they seemed to think was one of the best things to ever exist. They were on it whenever they weren't training or out on a mission with the others. Beastboy was always the wannabe comedian of the tower, and Cyborg was the all-knowing big brother. They weren't exactly Raven's kind of people to hang out with, but they'd do. They always brought light to a gloomy day whenever Starfire was gone or out shopping.

Starfire…she was always the happy one around the tower—besides Beastboy anyway. Though she may be an alien princess, she was adapting rather well to life on Earth. Her home customs were rather strange, as well as the meals. Though she was naïve at times, she had smarts where it mattered most. Raven shook her head as she thought about how obvious it was that she liked Robin a few years ago. She was always floating around or next to him whenever she had time to. But she'd recently developed a thing for Speedy, the Boy Wonder "copy".

That brought her to the last of her teammates, her leader. He was dark and mysterious at times, but he was perfectly happy at others. Being raised as the child prodigy to Batman, he was very skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and in solving mysteries. He'd never been very open about discussing what happened to his parents, but Raven figured that he'd talk when he was ready.

As Raven stepped into the shower, she began to think about what Robin was trying to do when he pinned her down in the gym. She knew that he wasn't trying to keep the fight going—anyone could've seen that they were both satisfied with the outcome of the duel. It wasn't likely that he'd been trying to win her over, but the subtle signs of him liking Starfire had disappeared. Besides, he knew that she was with Garrett. He'd respect those boundaries wouldn't he? 'But he has been a bit hostile towards Garrett whenever he came to the tower with me,' Raven thought to herself as she finished rinsing the last of the shampoo out of her hair.

She stepped out of the shower to get dressed, and began brushing her hair soon after. When she was finished, she grabbed the book she was reading off her bed, and headed down to the lobby.

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Raven walked through the elevator doors and into the lobby. She almost dropped her book when she got into the room though. Roses and lilies were littered everywhere. They were draped across the couch, the counter, the table, and just about anywhere you could place a vase to hold more of the plants. In the middle of it all stood Robin, holding a bouquet of tulips, and a card. 'It almost seems like something Garrett would've done for the date,' Raven thought as she observed Robin's clothes.

"What's all this for?" Raven inquired as she continued looking at all the flowers, and then pointed at Robin's clothing. "And why are you all dressed up, hmm?"

Robin shrugged, feigning innocence. He'd dressed up to impress her, gotten all the flowers to impress her; he even got the sappy card to impress her. He had to go to the very depths of his closet to find his "date" clothes. He figured a red turtleneck and khaki cargo pants with his white tennis shoes would work.

He boldly stepped forward, closing the distance between them to a mere six inches before handing her the bouquet and card. "I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for upsetting you, and for being a jerk. I should've realized how I was coming off sooner," he apologized. He hugged her gently before backing away to his previous spot, and continuing, "Therefore, I'm going to make it up to you by treating you to whichever restaurant you want tonight." He smiled and looked down at her with a hopeful look in his eyes.

Raven smiled apologetically and shook her head. "Sorry Robin. I appreciate everything that you've done—I really do—but, I've got plans with Garrett tonight and it would be wrong for me to just cancel to go out with someone else. Especially, someone—"

Robin's head drooped. He fingered the knot in his bandages used to keep the wrappings on his side in place, and finished quietly, "—someone who's not your boyfriend."

"Hey," Raven said, feeling guilty. "Why don't we do something tomorrow night? Just the two of us?"

Robin perked up a bit and nodded before breaking out into a full grin. "Yeah, that'd be great!" He exclaimed.

Raven nodded and turned around to put her things in her room. Suddenly, Beastboy and Cyborg fell on top of the now collapsed door that they were previously eavesdropping behind. Raven suppressed a chuckle and continued walking past them, pushing the door back up with her powers.

When Raven had left the room, Beastboy blurted, "Dude! Did I just hear what I think I just heard?"

Cyborg arched a curious eyebrow and suggested, "Rob, are you seriously goin' on a date with Raven?"

Beastboy grinned and punched Robin in the shoulder playfully. "Dude, you player! I knew you'd dropped your thing for Star, but I never would've guessed that you'd go for Raven!"

Cyborg kept a serious face and pointed out, "Robin, you better have intentions to go as "just friends" with Raven on that date. You know she's going to because she's already got a boyfriend, Garrett."

Beastboy's face slowly grew serious as well as he took in Cyborg's statement. "What are you gonna do now Lover Boy? You can't date her, and she won't be won over when she's already hooked with Garrett."

Robin, now in a foul mood after finding out that his teammates had been spying on him and Raven, pushed past them and ground out, "I'll think of something."

When Robin exited the lobby, Beastboy joked sympathetically, "Man, he's got it bad. It's a good thing that Star hooked up with Speedy; otherwise she'd be pretty downed about this. Think we should tell Raven what Robin's really up to?"

Cyborg shook his head. "No. They'll have to figure this out on their own." He sighed. "I just hope Raven makes the right choice."