G'day! As always, I dun own Teen Titans or any of the characters, but I do own Garrett and zeh plot. 'Tis all.
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Robin tore off his shirt and viciously threw it against the wall as he stomped into his room. He began to pace, raking his hands through his hair before collapsing on the side of his bed. He put his elbows on his knees and placed his hands over his face, trying to calm down.
Robin closed his eyes and mentally reminded himself, 'Breathe in…. breathe out. Breathe in…. breathe out.'
After finally calming down enough to think straight again, Robin reached across his bed for the radio he kept on his nightstand. He flicked the "On" switch and lay down on his back. A report concerning Raven and Garrett came on as the device buzzed to life. In a sudden fit of anger at the mention of Garrett, Robin snatched up his radio and raised his arm to throw it into the wall. After a few seconds of hesitation, Robin sighed. He turned the radio off, and gently put it back in its original place.
Robin drug his hands over his face and groaned. 'Raven…. what have you done to me? Even at the mention of your stupid boyfriend's name I completely lose control.'
Robin rolled over so that he was on his side, and frowned. 'What do you see in him anyway? What does he have that I don't?'
He snorted as his conscience taunted, 'the guts to ask her out, charm, class, cool…. an extra helmet.'
Robin's eyes narrowed; thinking back to the uneasy feeling he got in his gut when Garrett showed up. 'He's also got something he's not telling us.'
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Garrett yawned as he got up from his chair and stretched. He glanced over at the clock on his bedroom wall as he prepared for his shower.
'Man, talk about good timing. Another hour of napping and I would've been late for the date!'
As Garrett went about gathering the necessities for his shower, he briefly paused to look at a photo strip he'd managed to talk Raven into taking with him. It hadn't been easy to get her into that little 'ole photo booth, but he'd finally managed to convince her into taking it as a remembrance of one of their more recent dates. He smiled as he scanned over the tiny photos before frowning as he reached the final one.
It was a picture of him catching Raven by surprise by kissing her in front of the camera. She was blushing furiously, but at the same time, her eyes had a twinkle of pleasure showing through.
He sighed, turning away from the photo and towards his bathroom. With a pang of guilt, he chided himself, 'I need to tell her who I am and quit deceiving her.'
'But if you tell her that you're Red X—her enemy—one, you'll break her heart. Two, she'll probably never want to see you again. And three, you'll probably get thrown in jail by the oh-so-jealous "Boy Wonder".' His conscience warned.
Garrett pushed the thought aside for the moment and stepped into the bathroom. He turned the knob in the tub to get the water going, and started up the shower by pulling the trigger on top of the faucet. He quickly undressed and began showering.
Ten minutes later, he was jogging down the hall to his kitchen for dinner. Upon reaching said location, he bent over in front of the oven to see if the chicken he'd prepared earlier was ready yet. He grinned and snatched the oven mitts off the counter. He reached into the oven and carefully grabbed the cooked fowl. He placed it on the counter, shook off his mitts, and grabbed the box of tin foil. He wrapped up the meal and then carried it out the door to the car he'd rented for the night. He went back in to grab his keys, shoes, and jacket, went back out and started up the car. He pulled out of his parking space, and began the drive towards the tower.
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Sorry for this ridiculously short chapter, but I've run out of ideas as of late. If you've got any, I'll be happy to incorporate them into the next chapter when I get to writing it.