Sorry about the wait. My Beta reader and I are both sick... I will be away for a while. In and out of Docters Offices. Wish I had Raven's healing power.
As soon as the giant bird's wings unfolded in disappeared, Raven was alone in the room…alone in the house until Mr. and Mrs. Whit were called at work to be alerted of Raven's delinquent behavior.
She lit her candles—she would need to make more soon—and began to meditate. She didn't know how ling she had been inside her mind but she was wrenched out by the scream of her four-year-old foster brother.
She phased through the door at a run and found the little boy in a rather grim spot. It took her a split-second to act and another second to figure out the situation. The kid was tumbling over the banister and, in a Brady bunch turn of event, the statue below was not only jagged but falling as well. Raven caught both…the parents came in then.
Mr. whit was a mechanical engineer and a small real estate management business in jump. Mrs. Whit was a Registered Nurse at the local hospital. They had been in an intense argument about Raven and seeing his son in her black energy was the last straw for the dad. He assumed the worse, of course, and having only heard his son scream and Raven 'attacking' him, he assumed the worse.
The next morning the Whit's requested Raven be transferred out of their house. The official transfer couldn't be made for three days. Every one in that house ignored every one else, especially Raven. She didn't mind much; it was leaving Jump that bothered her.
She was, predictably, grounded. Banished to her room unless at school. And of coarse forbidden to have any contact with the "delinquent ruffians in that tower." On the second day of her confinement she snuck out. It wasn't hard… no one ever checked on her.
At the tower
The familiar black swirling portal opened up in the living room… and scared Beastboy out of his pants…literally. With out exercising his limited mastery of thought he ran to the wall and presses the alarm button that read "not to be used unless there is a real emergency" with a note taped to the bottom "that means you Beastboy." He pressed it anyway.
Raven was greeted with a blaring alarm and the team in combat positions. Starfire was the only one to attack.
"Friend Raven you are back! You are certainly a picture to make eyes sore!" She enveloped Raven in a rib crushing bear hug. The others were confused; Raven hadn't been to see them for a week. And she never teleported. Plus Star was specking that not quite English again. "You are still in your strange garb." Her costumes were still in her old room; Starfire was referring to her Baby tee and low riders.
"And you are still remarkably strong… star, I need to breath." Raven chocked out. Starfire blushed and backed away.
"We haven't seen you for a while." Robin stated indifferently.
"Busy getting expelled. I'm here to tell you," she paused. "Goodbye."
The rest of the group looked ready to faint. "Goodbye? But you only live in town! You'll still see us right? Is it something I did!" Beastboy raddled, evidently he's competing with Star for a babble award.
"For once Beastboy, this isn't your fault…" she thought for a moment. " I might blame you though."
"Hold up—what are you talking about Rea?" Cyborg tried to bring a little order to every one asking everything at once.
"I was expelled form school." Raven said calmly.
"What?" the whole team was finally in agreement with something.
"Is this expelled a good thing?" star asked hopefully.
"No Starfire, it's not. It means that I can't go back." Raven explained.
"But that doesn't mean good bye right? You can find another school!" BB insisted.
"How'd you get expelled anyway, you never do any thing wrong." Cyborg added.
"I cursed a teacher, but that's pointless now… the fact is, I was expelled and my foster family requested an immediate transfer. I leave for Coast City to tomorrow." There was a touch of sadness in her voice, and that meant more to the titans than if she had broken down in tears. "I'm not supposed to be here so I have to make this fast…"
Robin was the first to step forward, the others stood around her in a semi-circle. Raven swallowed hard and Robin stuck out his hand for a shake, then feeling the fool embraced her. Her face reddened.
"Good bye Raven come bye as soon as you can." He said. But he didn't cry.
"I'm going to keep my communicator." She tried to make the situation less hopeless.
Starfire was cry, all out bawling. She grabbed Raven in a hug and the amethyst haired girl thought she might have heard her ribs crack. "Oh, goodbye friend Raven. I hope that I shall be seeing you again!"
"Good bye star," she winced. "I'll miss you."
"This isn't good bye." Cyborg informed her. "This is just a see y'all later." He too enveloped her in a bone-crushing hug.
"Bye Cy, you're like the big brother I never had. She whispered in his ear.
"Raven," Beastboy fell on his knees and begged. " You can't go! Who's gonna ignore me?" there was a show of three hands.
This time Raven initiated the hug. She drew him close and in a voice only for him said, "Garfield Logan, there are some things in this life that are not pointless." She drew back again only a few inches… and lightly brushed her lips across his cheek.
To the group, and in a louder voice, "I have to get going.. Goodbye."