Chapter 8
Her room. She looked out over the cityscape.
Cyborg and Robin with her help and Beast Boy's created Titan's Tower.
Raven looked at the calendar in her room.
"One week, puh, one week until it is here." She sighed falling on to her bed.
She began to meditate.
Should I tell them? she wondered to herself.
A knock came from the door.
She opened her door a crack.
"Yeah?" she asked seeing her visitor.
Red X was not wearing his skull mask, but she could see the concern in his eyes even though the mask covered them.
"Raven, awhile ago, you seemed to want to talk about something, something important, I was just coming to ask what that was."
He waited.
She just stared at him.
He felt she was struggling inside. And fear. Fear of something, he was not sure what.
After an eternity Red X said, "When your ready, I will be here."
He turned to go.
"Wait." She called to him.
She opened the door all the way, turned then walked inside.
Red X stopped at the threshold.
She looked back.
He put a hand to the back of his neck, rubbing it absently.
"Um, remember when we laid down the ground rules, and the only thing you asked was no one go into your room, well..."
"Its okay, I give you permission." she turned away, a grin formed on her face.
"Okay, here it is, I come from a place called Azrath..."
The door closed behind Red X.
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"Raven-- I--, your the--," he stammered for a bit.
Silence fell between them. She looked away, ashamed, and sad.
Tears were quietly falling from her face as she sat on her bed.
Red X knelt down in front of her.
"You are my friend Raven, my first friend in a long time, I will always be your friend no matter what."
She was about to say something when an alert rang out.
"Trouble."