Hello folks! Mlz back with another chapter of "How Do You Love?"… Not a lot of people have reviewed so far, so I figured maybe I'd update and draw a few more readers in. Hope you're enjoying it all so far:)
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Chapter 2"Hello, Jump City Journal. Anastasia speaking, how may I help you?"
"Hi. I'd like to place a wanted ad in your newspaper for an artist. It's for a book I'm writing."
"And what would your name be?"
"Rachel Roth. My phone number is 555-2978."
"Alright Miss Roth. We'll have the cost added to your newspaper bill; your ad should be in the paper by tomorrow. Have a nice day!"
"You too. Bye," the woman muttered dryly while hanging up the phone.
"There. That's done." Rachel said as she turned to face her laptop that sat on top of the coffee table in her small apartment.
She quickly exited out of the small children's chapter book she had been just finished, and opened another file, entitled "Biography: The Life of a Raven". Re-reading the last paragraph she wrote to refresh her memory, she sighed and stared at a picture she had placed on the edge of the table. It was of her old group of friends, and the group was odd, to say the least. She took a sip of her tea and picked it up.
A half-robot, an alien princess, a kung-fu master/leader, a green changeling and herself, all each doing their own unique poses… definitely what most people would classify odd, not to mention that 4/5's of them were wearing spandex.
She smirked at the sight of the teen with violet hair. She was glaring at the camera, like she did in every picture that was taken of her, with her arms crossed and a slightly irritated look played across her face. Her name was Raven, and Raven's current name was Rachel Roth.
When she left the Titans she couldn't feel emotion. That's the way it still was and always would be. Though it became easier to let more feelings show as her powers became more and more dormant, she still wouldn't dare laugh. There was, still, the occasional slip of control, but she would regain composure immediately, thus resulting in nothing being destroyed.
Looking back to the green boy who stood beside her in the photo, holding bunny ears over her head, she shuddered letting her lips slip down into a frown.
Beast Boy
The name rang through her mind like a foghorn piercing a foggy night on a rugged sea. But although he was a painful part of her past, she still let her mind slide back to the cool night all the horror happened.
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Ambulance sirens broke the silence of the midsummer night skies. Raven looked around desperately trying to find some form of comfort for her aching mind which beat away relentlessly like a drum. This couldn't be happening, not to her, not to him, not to anyone.
But no matter how hard she tried to tell herself it wasn't happening there still a little boy with a white blanket over his head being loaded onto the ambulance that she was facing. His mother lay crying her heart out into the father's arms, who was looking longingly at the cot where his dead son lay. The grief and sorrow being reflected in the couple's eyes was something Raven had never seen before. And now that she had, she knew she never wanted to see it ever again.
"Rae?" a loving voice called from behind her, interrupting her thoughts.
Raven spun around keeping her face as solemn as possible, trying not to show the hurt in her eyes. "What do you want?" she snapped at the sight of Beast Boy.
"Are you all right?" he asked softly ignoring her rude comment and putting his arm around her, trying to offer a bit of reassurance.
She gave him a quick shove and she stepped back. "I'll be fine." she mumbled, while turning away from his caring gaze.
"You don't look all right to me," he replied, coming up beside her.
"Neither does he," She snarled, gesturing towards the ambulance that was now fading away into the distance.
"That wasn't your fault. If it was anyone's faul-"
"IT WASN'T MY FAULT!" she screeched spinning to face him, "IF IT WEREN'T FOR ME, THAT BOY WOULD STILL BE HERE IN THIS PARK WATCHING THE FIREWORKS! IF IT WEREN'T FOR ME NONE OF THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING! IF THIS WASN'T MY-" she stopped, at the sight of a garbage can to her right being enveloped in by a black aura, hey eyes grew wide as she bit her lip. "Nevermind. We both know it was my fault."
Beast Boy looked shamefully away knowing she was telling the truth to some extent "Well… I played a part as well. I made your emotions go nuts. I should have known better."
"Yeah. You should have," she muttered cruelly crossing her arms and turning away from him yet again, "You know, it's going to be all over the press tomorrow," she whispered, staring out into the dark horizon.
"Yeah. I know," he replied as he approached her and put his arm around her slender shoulders once more. This time, she didn't resist. He then leaned over so close she could feel his breath almost tickling her pale skin as he spoke gently into her ear, "But nothing, nothing will ever tear us or the team apart. 'Kay?"
Raven nodded and felt herself give way into his arms. Though she knew crying would cause nothing but world chaos, his touch was reassuring enough for her. She felt him lightly kiss the top of her head and give her a comforting squeeze.
"Nothing."
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Rachel looked sorrowfully at the picture, and opened a drawer in the coffee table, thrusting the picture inside. She let a sigh, that picture was the last thing she wanted to look at right now. Turning back to the light of the screen of her laptop, she gave a quick look back down at the closed drawer.
"If he only knew how wrong he was," she sighed sadly, as she resumed her typing.
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And there it is… Chapter 2… the plot is really starting to kick in… anyone have any predictions as to what may happen next? Anyone? Well, if you do… submit a review! And if you don't… Submit a review!
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-MlzMissa xoxox 3