Chap. 8

Morning

Raven lifter the now boiling water off the stove. She turned to fill the cup sitting on the counter across from her. She then saw someone enter the room from the right. She turned to see Robin yawning and rubbing his eye. He glanced at her and then made his way into the kitchen.

"Couldn't sleep?" he asked from behind her while reaching for a bowl from the cabinet. She turned and gave him a soft nod. He smirked. "Me neither. Was it another nightmare?" he asked worriedly. "No. Just have a lot on my mind," she began, "And what about you." she said as she took a sip of her tea. "BB and Terra squeaking their bed all night long." Raven spit up her tea, back into her cup. Robin started laughing. "That's too much information." she said setting her cup on the counter. "Yea. But when I went up there to see if they could a…quite down, it turned out they where just having a contest to see who could jump on the bed the longest with out getting tired."

They laughed there for moments when Robin finally stopped and looked at Raven in a peculiar way. As if trying to calculate something. "What?" she asked plainly. He didn't reply just continued to study her features. He finally looked up to face her. "Since when did you wear shorts and a white T?"

She looked down at herself. She was still in what she wore to bed. She looked up in a blush. "What the hell is wrong with that?" she asked defensively. "Nothing. Just never saw you in anything other than pants or your leotard." He replied. She rolled her eyes. He gave her that cocky smile that made her want to just slap it off his face.

She was about to walked out the room when something hit her. "Oh Robin." She said turning abruptly. He looked up from his cereal bowl to look her in the face. "Yesterday you wanted to tell me something?" His face flushed crimson red. "Well…a…I…um." He was stumbling over his own words. She gave him a look of confusion. "Come out with it boy wonder."

He took a deep breath and then came out with it. "Well Raven…I've always…sort of-" he was cut off, once again, by the door sliding open. A shriek of joy could be heard and as a figure made its way swiftly passed Raven and to Robin. It was Star, and she gave Robin a bone crushing hug.

Raven chuckled as she saw him turn blue. "Well I see you're busy, so you can tell me later." She said well turning to leave. He was about to say something, but was cut off by Star putting her mouth on his.

They had been going out for six months but he still didn't feel a spark when they kissed. He asked her out as a friend and she took it the wrong way and now their together. He's regretted it all this time. He couldn't break up with her because she had a fragile heart.

He watch as Raven exited the room. He realized now he could never tell her. Not with Starfire all over him.

The rest of the day Robin avoided Raven as much as possible. When ever she walked into the room he would leave. Soon it drew night and Robin hadn't talked to Raven once since this morning.

Raven made her way to her room. She hadn't heard from Jason all day and that worried her. And to top it all off Robin was acting strange. Every time she entered a room he was in he left for no apparent reason. She plopped stomach down on her bed. She was about to fall asleep when she heard a knock on her window.

She got up, annoyed, and opened it. Jason was sitting on outer window sill, back against the side. "I was startin' to get worried." she said jumping up on the window sill as well and smiling. He didn't say a word just smiled. "How'd you get up here?" she asked looking over the horizon. "It was easy." he said lifting up his shirt to show his belt.

They sat in silence for a while before Red X finally spoke. "Get dressed." he said in a cocky tone with a cocky smile. "I don't take kind to demands." she declared. "That's too bad cause you're gonna have to." He climbed into her room and walked over to her closet.

He opened it and threw a few outfits on her bed. She walked up to him. "What are you doing?" "I'm helpin' you pick out some outfits." She scowled at him. "For what?" she asked. "Enough with the questions. Just for once let loose, relax, and go along with the ride. Now get dressed." He handed her something from the closet and she snatched it. He smirked and turned to let her get dressed.