Friends

I sleep the longest I have ever slept in my life. I take a look at my communicator and realize it's 8 o'clock at night! We went to sleep around eleven…nine hours. I look at Daniel next to me. He's sleeping, but I can tell he's waking up as well, probably felt me shift.

"Hey…" he smiles at me, I have never seen Daniel smile at me before today, so this is totally amazing.

"Hey back." I say, and I actually smile and cuddle closer to him, wrapping my arms around him in an embrace. I had ditched the cape when I lay down, because the neckline was choking me a little. Now that I look down at myself, I feel a little exposed. I am wearing a leotard and tights. I blush slightly, and you know what he does now?

Oh, it was the best feeling ever…he kisses me, right there, in my most special get-away, he kisses ME! I am the most hopeless girl, half demon, half human...and without a purpose in this life. Now I actually feel like I have a purpose…I have a guy, my best friend, kissing me!

I feel my entire world spin around us as we kiss, it is as if we are dancing on clouds, and I never want this feeling to go away…but then he breaks the kiss for some air.

"Raven?"

"Yes?" I answer…I hope he is asking me what I think he's going to.

"Will you go out with my sometime?"

"I thought you would never ask." I sigh and wrap my arms around his neck, kissing him this time! Oh, I am a goth who hates the world…but right now…I am not so sure anymore, it is like it is slowly getting better…at least someone loves me!

Just as I part my lips a little, he slides his tongue inside my mouth. I can tell his tongue's pierced, so I am extra gentle. I let my tongue skim over his, touching the ring in there, then when I think I am in heaven, my communicator goes off. Oh, talk about horrible timing!

I answer the device and feel like I am going to scream, "What?" I snap at Robin who is right there.

"Where are you?" Robin asks harshly…oh yeah! I forgot I had disabled the tracking device in my communicator. I do that when I need time alone…then I turn it on again when I go back. I just use my powers, and a force is surrounding it so that the signal for the tracker cannot go off. Haha, I laugh at them…

"Why?"

"We've been worrying about you, Raven." Starfire says in the background. I see her looking over Robin's shoulder now, and I give them a look that says, 'I'm touched…' yeah right…as if!

"Oh, thanks, but you know, I am just fine." I say, then I hear Beastboy in the background saying,

"See, I told you guys! She's just fine, she's capable of taking care of herself! If she can take care of a Demon, she can take care of herself!" Beastboy sounds kind of angry…I wonder how he will feel when I tell him about Daniel…

"I'm with Daniel, I'm fine." I say.

"Oh, who is this Daniel." Starfire asks, and I see Beastboy now,

"Yeah! Who's DANIEL?" he asks obnoxiously.

"He's a friend…" I give them a little smile.

"JUST A FRIEND?" Beastboy curiously eyed me as if he could see right through me… "And when did you start smiling?"

"Since today" I said…sheesh, he gets so annoying sometimes.

Now Robin starts talking again, "When do you plan to come home?"

"I'm not sure if I want to come back…" I say, cause seriously…none of them can stand up for me with Beastboy, then why SHOULD I come back…they all side with HIM…they all hate me…they only like me for my powers.

"What are you talking about?" Robin shouts at me…uh, he is sooo over controlling.

"Hey Rae." Cyborg snatches the communicator away from Robin.

"Hey Cy, what's up?" I say all too calm.

"When are you coming home? We've gotta play some Stank Ball!"

"Um…count me out." I say…come on, I've got my limits, and quite frankly, I am sick of them…I need my break.

"Beastboy is threatening to go into your room if you don't come…" Cyborg says, and now he knows I have to come home. But instead, I act cool…

"Tell him to go ahead…there's a surprise waiting for anyone who goes inside." Now, there is NO 'surprise' but they know better then to go into my room…last time they did, they got caught in a portal into my mind…it wasn't too good. Anyways, I know that they've fallen into my trap.

"What kind of surprise?" Beastboy grabs the communicator and asks.

"Go in and see…you might like it…you might not…"

"You got a diary in there?"

"Go in and see…but I clue you, you won't get further than the door."

"Awe MAN!" Now they know they CAN'T go into my room, cause if they do, they think they're gonna get hurt…yeah right…

"Please come home Raven…" now Beastboy has this pleading voice and I can't refuse. It's serious and I love it when he looks all sad to see me leave.

"Okay, just give me a few." I say, then hang up.

"Raven?" Daniel looks at me…

"Yeah?"

"I can't date you…" he looks sad.

"What are you talki-."

He puts his finger to my lips, "You really love Beastboy…it's totally obvious…I can't take that away from you…I like you a lot Raven, but it would never work out. I was wrong to ask you to choose between us." He looks down, "But I can always be here as a friend, you know that."

"No, I like you." I say…I really do…, "I want to be with you, not Beastboy. I like Beastboy a lot as a friend and value his friendship."

"Then why didn't you tell them about us?"

"Oh…well, Robin would've thrown a fit, just trust me. I'll tell them when the time is right, okay?"

"Okay, I trust you."

"Thank you Dan." I say, then stand up, "Need a ride home?"

"Nah, think I'll walk. Just get us down from here?"

"Okay…oh, and I almost forgot." I pull out a yellow communicator, I swiped it before I left, then I handed it to him.

"What's this?"

"It's yours. If you ever need to talk, just search for my name, and then call me. Just…don't let Robin know…" I say, then I smile a little, "Or anyone else for that matter, just our secret, k?"

"Alright." He smiles now and we hug, "And just so you know, if you ever need to get away again, call me and we can meet. If you really need to get away, you can always come to my house for a little while…if you get REALLY sick of those kids. Just to know."

"Thanks, and right back at you. You can always stay at our place for a few days…if your parents get totally annoying." I smile. "I love you."

"I love you too." And he pulls me in and kisses me again. Then we hold hands and I transport him to the ground, and turn myself into a crow, and fly home. I love the guy, I really do, but I just know that one day, maybe, Beastboy will ask me out. But until then, I guess I'll be with Daniel, because I mean, I can really talk to the guy, without having that sensation like I'm gonna smash something. I really, really like Daniel, and I feel great when I'm around him. I really hope Beastboy doesn't ask me out anytime soon, cause I really don't want to have to choose between the two.