Chapter 3

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After what seemed like forever to Raven, Robin got off her, picked up his clothes and put them on. He walked back over to Raven and took her chin in his hand. Raven looked up at him. The only emotion in her violet eyes was fear. "I know you enjoyed it. Don't try and tell me that you didn't," Robin whispered then left without a second glance at Raven who lay naked and trembling on the, now bloody, ground.

Raven slowly and painfully sat up, shaking, unbelieving and full of fear she gingerly stood up and collected her discarded items of clothing as fast as she could. She didn't want Robin to come back.

The clothes that she was able to find and weren't ripped too much were hastily pulled on and she ran as fast as she could, despite the pain that it caused. It had begun to rain so she teleported herself back to her room.

There she removed her ripped and dirty clothing and hid them. She would never tell a soul about this. She staggered into her bathroom and turned on her shower. The water was as hot as she could stand it as she sat in the tub with her knees drawn up to her chest.

She wondered why Robin would do that to her. She trusted him . . . well she had trusted him. She sensed the others walk in. Part of her wanted to run down there now and scream and cry. She wanted no . . . needed to ask Robin why he hurt her like that. Instead she buried her face in her knees and silently sobbed, deaf to the small explosions caused by her wild and hurt emotions. Really, she didn't know how she was going to face him. She gasped as she thought of something. She could be pregnant!

If she was, she wasn't about to stay here and try to explain to the other Titans what happened. They'd never believe that Robin would do anything like that, unless he admitted to it and she knew he wasn't about to. Even if she wasn't pregnant, she couldn't stay here . . . not when he was here, not when she'd have to see him every day, and put up with the sly smirks that he'd throw her way when no one was looking, just so she'd remember, like she'd be able to forget it anyway.

It was finalized. She was going to leave. Leave Jump. Leave them. Leave her life. Leave,him.

She shakily stood up and turned off her shower then stepped out of the tub and dried herself off. She put the clothes that she was wearing in the bathtub and set them on fire using one of the scented candles lit in her room. She watched them catch fire with grim satisfaction and once they'd burnt completely, she picked up the ashes, using her powers, and threw them out the window, watching as they blew away in the window.

She walked over to her closet and pulled out a large black bookbag. She walked over to her book case and took her favorites off the shelves and put them in. She reached for her favorite book but stopped. Robin had givin her that book. She didn't want anything that she would remember him by. She'd buy another copy of it when she got where she was going.

She grabbed some casual clothes and two uniforms and threw them in to. If she decided to keep up crime fighting, she'd change her uniform a bit and make sure that no girl would have to be touched by the scum like she'd been attacked by. The last thing she put in her bag was her laptop and meditation mirror. She was about to put in a picture of the Titans when she saw that she was standing beside Robin and he had his arm looped around her shoulders.

Was he planning what he was going to do when that picture was taken? Raven asked herself as she looked at the picture. Disgusted, she threw the picture at the wall, watching as the glass broke beyond repair. The pictures screwed. Just like my life she thought bitterly as she grabbed her bag and teleported off the island to the bridge. This was just the beginning of getting away from . . . him. By now she couldn't even bring herself to say his name.

She decided she'd go to Gotham. She knew some people there. Maybe she'd be able to start her new life off by staying with them.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos," Raven breathed and she was instantly teleported to the outskirts of Gotham City. She walked into the more populated part of the town. She had a little bit or money with her so she walked into the first drug store that she saw. She walked through the aisles, looking for the one thing that could change her future, more then it already was, forever. She grabbed a pregnancy test off the shelf and walked to the checkout.

"Is that all you . . . " the woman behind the check out counter looked at Raven's purchase then stared at Raven in disgust. "What is it with girls these days, having babies before they even finish school?" the woman glared at Raven, who glared back.

"If you don't mind, I'd like my purchase now," she said coldly and waited as the lady scanned in the test. After paying for it she snatched it from the woman's outstretched hands and walked out the door, carefully being sure to knock some stuff off the shelves in the back of the store with her powers.

Walking quickly, Raven tried to remember where her friend, Rachel, lived. After a few minutes of racking her brain for the address, she walked up to the first phone booth that she saw and looked up her name in the phone book. The address was '308 Mahogany Drive'. "Now where the hell is that?" Raven muttered. She looked around and saw a taxi. She figured that she had enough money to get a cab there so she hailed it.

"308 Mahogany Drive," she breathed as she clambered into the back seat. The driver merely nodded and started to drive. Surprisingly, it wasn't too far from where Raven had originally been.

"That'll be $13.50 Miss," the driver said. Raven dug through her wallet and pulled out a ten and a five.

"Keep the change," she said then jumped out of the car and walked up to the house. She subconsciously smoothed her hair and rang the doorbell.

"Whadda-" Rachel stopped when she saw Raven. "Rae! What the hell are you doing here" she asked hugging Raven.

"It's kinda a long story. Can I stay here for a while, a few days, weeks, months maybe years?" Raven muttered, looking at the ground.

"What happened?" Rachel asked then cut herself off. "Of course you can stay here Rae and I don't have anywhere to go today so you'd better start talking," she smiled as Raven hugged her.

"Thank you," Raven whispered. And followed Rachel I to her 'house'.

It turned out that Rachel lived in a two-story house with five bedrooms.

"Ok girl, now you'd better start talking. Do you want some ice cream? That and chocolate are the best things when your feeling down or havin' guy problems," Rachel asked and dug a gallon of chocolate chip cookie dough out of the freezer when Raven nodded. "Now what's the problem hon?" Rachel asked sitting down. She listened patiently as Raven told her about Robin.

"...And now I'm afraid that I might be pregnant," Raven finished half a gallon later. "Rach, I don't know what to do, but I'm not going back."

"You're staying here. Did you buy a test?" Rachel asked.

"Ya."

"Well we're gonna check it and if you're pregnant then you and the kid are gonna stay here under one condition," Rachel said. "The kid calls me Aunt Rachel and I'm its godmother," she finished after a confused look thrown at her by Raven. Raven laughed and hugged Rachel who did the same.

"No prob," she said. "Thanks so much Rach."

"That's what friends are for, am I right," Rachel said smirking. "Now come on we've got a test to check."

Raven hesitantly followed Rachel to her bathroom. Rachel stopped by the door while Raven walked the bathroom and closed the door.

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Around this time, Robin woke up with a splitting headache.

"Why the hell does my head hurt so much?" he asked himself as he got up and stumbled to his bathroom. He walked over to the sink and let the cold water run for a moment before he splashed it on his face. Stripping down, he jumped in the shower and let the cold water beat down on his aching head, dulling the throbbing ache.

After five minutes of this he quickly cleaned himself and stepped out of the shower, towel drying himself as he walked into his room and grabbed a clean uniform.

Slipping into it, he walked over to the mirror that hung on his wall. He grabbed his tube of hair gel and, squirting a large pile unto his hand, spiked his hair. Looking at the mirror, he sighed as he looked at his hazel eyes. He sighed again as he picked up his mask and put it on, concealing his eyes from the world once again.

He walked to the living room and looked around. Beast Boy and Cyborg were playing yet another one of their video games and Starfire was cooking who-knows-what in the kitchen. Robin filched thinking that he would probably be the one to try it out. It was a typical scene for the tower but something, rather someone, was missing.

"Does anyone know where Raven is?" he asked looking around.

"No," Cyborg said, pausing the game(much to Beast Boy's dismay) and turning around. "I haven't since the party last night. We figured she came home early and probably had some tea this morning before anyone woke up," he finished, and turned back to the game.

"That makes sense," Robin muttered. He turned around and walked to Raven's room.

Once he was standing out side Raven's room he knocked. "Yo Rae, come out its time for breakfast," he called. When he received no answer, not even a 'go away' he grew worried. "Rae," he called a bit louder, knocking again. When he still got no answer, he became really worried.

"RAVEN, GET YOUR SORRY ASS OUT HERE NOW!" he yelled, pounding on her door. Still hearing no answer he punched in his over ride code and walked in as her door slid open.

Raven's room was quite clean, except for some shards of glass that littered the floor around the wall closest to the door. He bent down to take a closer look. The glass belonged to a frame. Picking up the frame he saw that it was a picture of the Titans, actually, it was his favorite one. Raven had a soft smile on her face and his arm was looped over her shoulders. He dropped the picture and stood up. Upon closer inspection of her room he found her favorite book, the one he gave her thrown on the floor. Looking in the bookcase, he saw that most of her other favorite books were missing, as well as some of her casual clothes and personal things including her mind mirror.

There was no denying it . . . Raven was gone.

"Where are you Rae?" he whispered then shot out of her room. "TITANS," he yelled at the top of his lungs as he entered the living room.

"Yo Rob . . . What's the matter? Where's Rae?" Cyborg asked looking at his gasping friend in concern.

"Rae . . . gone . . . not in . . . room," Robin panted, trying to catch his breath.

"Dude, what do ya mean Rae's gone?" Beast Boy whined.

"What I mean is she's not in her room and some of her things are gone," Robin replied coldly, glaring at Beast Boy who backed away nervously.

"How do you know some of her things are gone? Did you go in her room?" Cyborg asked looking at Robin accusingly. Robin nodded and Cyborg exploded.

Or at least he would have if Starfire hadn't walked in.

"What do you mean Friend Raven is gone?" she asked, her bottom lip trembling.

"What I mean is she's gone, disappeared, ran away, however you want to say it she's gone," Robin snapped at Starfire who recoiled in tears.

"Dude leave her alone!" Beast Boy yelled, pulling the sobbing alien girl closer to him.

"What's missing from Rae's room?" Cyborg asked, ignoring the drama going on over to his right.

"Her favorite books, mind mirror, personal things and some casual clothes," Robin counted off on his fingers.

"That does sound like the stuff she'd take if she was leaving," Cyborg murmured, more to himself then the others around him. "Don't worry Rob, we'll find her," he added when he saw Robin pale.

"I hope so," Robin whispered, looking out the window at the waves beating against the rocks of the island.

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"So Rae . . . what's it say?" Rachel asked Raven when she walked out of the bathroom.

"It's positive," Rave whispered paling.

A/N: here's Chappy 3. I hope you liked it. Send back any comments that you have. R&R.

Nikki