Chapter 5

The next morning Raven made her way to the kitchen. She sat next to Robin, where a cup of tea sat in front of her. "You ok?" asked Robin curiously. Raven looked over at him confused. "Yeah why?" she asked monotoned. "You were moaning and talkin' in your sleep again." He replied. Raven recalled the night before. She had another dream about Red X's childhood torture.

"Having naughty dreams?" asked BB entering the room. He went over to Terra, who was already up, and gave her a kiss. Rea shot him a dirty look. "Probably bout' her new boyfriend," Cyborge added. "We're just friends!" she yelled. They both giggled. "Ya'll leave her alone." Bumble Bee said as she kissed Cyborge's cheek. "It's just a little fun," BB said defensively. "So what was the dream about?" asked Speedy who sat directly across from her. "I don't remember much. All I remember is a young boy and a scream." She lied "Raping little boy's?" BB said continuing to annoy her.

She opened her mouth to, most likely, curse him out, but just then there was knock on the door. Speedy, answered it. It was Jason. "Come in," Speedy offered. Raven looked at him with a surprised expression on her face. "You snagged this on the back of my motorcycle." He held up a bracelet with a sapphire gem on the end of it. Raven almost jumped up immediately to retrieve what was rightfully hers.

As she reached for it he snatched it back. "Give me it!" she yelled. "Ah, ah, ah, what do you say?" he said while just keeping it out of reach of her hands. The others watched with amazement. They had never seen Raven act such a way before. "Please," she replied in an almost begging voice. Jason face immediately turned from playful to confused at the sight of this. He was expecting more of a challenge. He lowered his arm and she snatched it from him. "Ass!" she screeched at him. His face only got more confused as she retreated to her room. As Jason went to go after Robin jumped in front of him. "I don't think that's such a good idea." Jason clench his fist but soon unclenched them realizing he couldn't hit him without having the whole team on his back. He could not defeat them all without his belt. He simply walked passed him. "I'm just gonna see what's wrong," Red X said with a cocky tone knowing Robin could not stop him. Robin clenched his fist and jaw but let it go. If he tried anything Raven would have his ass.

Jason knocked on her door softly. "Raven…" his soft tone rang trough her ears. " I just came to say sorry. I didn't mean to up set you." She still did not reply. "I didn't know that was so important to you." A few moments past before he got some sort of response out of her. She opened her door slightly with her mind but wide enough for him to fit through. He walked through and sat next to her on her bed. She sat, legs crossed, staring at the bracelet he had once possessed. "It was a gift from my mother," she began looking as if she were about to cry. "Sorry that I snapped at you but it's all I have left of her." He was speechless at this. They sat in silence for a few moments, never making eye contact. "What happened to her?" he asked finally after countless minutes. "She has to guard the gates of Azarath from my…father." Her voice became shakier with every word. Soon tears began to stain her face. "Raven don't…"he began softly, "please don't." She clinged to his shirt as the tears flowed. He held her close.

They stayed like that, him softly running his fingers through her hair, her becoming more relaxed with each brush of his hand, until she could cry no more. "You wanna get some lunch?" he asked softly. She nodded into his chest.

After she washed her face they made their way to the living room. All the Titans and Titans East were watching t.v. "Do you want them to come?" he asked, whispering into her ear. "If you don't mind." she whispered back. "It's just I haven't talk to them in days." He gave her an 'I understand' look and looked over to the crowd behind her. "Hey you want to come to the mall with us?"

They all practically jumped up and raced to the cars and R-cycle in their normal close, not their costumes. Starfire was on the bike with Robin and everyone else was piled in the car accept Raven and Jason who took his bike.

On the way there Red X and Robin had caught the red light while the T-car and TE-car made it past. Robin glanced at Jason, eyed his bike, and revved his R-cycle after looking back at Raven. Jason revved his bike as well to show his acceptance of Robin's challenge of a race.

The light turned green and they sped off. Nose to nose was how the race began, both bikes hitting over a 100 m.p.h. Raven held on tight while Starfire was loose and enjoying the speed at which her hair was blowing. "Is that all you've got?" Robin yelled over to Jason and then sped up. Red X smirked and sped up as well. They quickly passed the cars and all of the team was startled. The light ahead of them began to turn yellow.

"Are you a risk taker?" Red X yelled back to Raven. "I went to the movies with you didn't I?" He laughed at her comment. "Why?" she asked. He just laughed again. "Jason?" she called nervously. She looked over his side to see traffic starting up and the light turning red. "Jason don't!" she yelled. But it was too late. She squeezed her eyes shut. Robin stopped in time but X kept going. The whole team was wide eyed. He hit the traffic in just the right time and spot.

He zoomed through the speedy cars. He stopped fast and skidded a few yards before being able to pull over to the side. The Titans could see Raven jump off the bike along with Jason. Jason walked over to her and she playfully pushed him but had a serious look on her face. He just started to laugh and grabbed her by her waist and must have said something soothing or funny to her because she began to laugh. This made Robin cringe. She never laughed with him like that. What made this guy so different and special?

The light turned green again and the team rode up next to them to make sure they were all right. "You are one crazy guy." Cyborge said out the window of his car. Everyone, but Robin, just laughed. They hopped back on his bike and continued to make their way to the mall.

At the Mall

They all entered and made their way to the food court. After lunch, they decided to split up. Robin, Starfire, and Speedy were going to go to the music store. BumbleBee, Cyborge, BB, and Terra were going to the arcade, even though the girls didn't want to. Mas y Menos (A/N: Mas y Menos are normal in this story so are 5 foot 7 each and can speck Spanish and English) were going to just walk around looking for girls along with Aqualad. Raven was going to go off to the book store with Jason tagging along.

They entered the book store and Raven made her way to the poetry section. Red X walked to the comic section. Raven heard his heart warming laugh and a smile crept onto her face. He soon went to the back next to Raven. He picked up some books about poetry and examined them. "What do you see in this stuff?" he asked Raven as she still looked at books. "I don't know. I guess it's sort of just nice to read certain poems that project exactly how I feel." She said picking up one of Shakespeare's best. He looked at her seductively and began to move toward her. She backed away from him until her back was against the wall. "And what are you feeling right know?" he asked in a soothing tone, now only inches from her face. "Confused." she replied, looking away as if embarrassed of her own word. She walked around him and headed for the exit of the store. X sighed and followed quietly.

On the way home Raven sat on the bike, in silents, as if in deep thought. Jason was smart enough to know when not to talk to Raven. Even when they arrived at the tower she was quite while the others conversated and played games. The truth was she was fighting within herself as to weather or not she should open up to Red X or not. It wasn't like he was a bad person, but the others thought he was, at least as Red X. As Jason they just thought he was crazy. But could she really let him in?