Four Discovery

"The computer is cross-referencing all known samples with the writing on the note." Bruce said. Robin stood behind him, looking over notes, and Raven was wandering through the Batcave.

"Okay, Bru…Mr. Wayne…Batman..." She called. "You have to explain the giant penny."

"That is from one of my earliest cases." Bruce replied, distracted. "Nothing that is very noteworthy."

"Oh." Raven said. Other things in the cave she recognized: the Freeze Gun, one of the Penguin's umbrellas, a staff shaped like a question mark, and others mostly from the biggest names in crime. Now I see where Robin got the idea to collect so much junk.

"Richard, I'm going to go check on Jasper." Raven said. Robin nodded, and smiled briefly in acknowledgement.

As soon as Raven was gone, Bruce leaned back in his seat. "Have you told her?"

Robin grinned nervously. "Neither of us has come out and said anything solid, but I think she knows, Bruce."

The older man smirked. "What are you waiting for? Go make sure she knows."

Robin smiled, and started up the walk to the mansion. Bruce called after him. "If I become a grandfather too early, I'll make sure you regret it."

Robin would have laughed, but he knew full well that Bruce wasn't kidding. He never kidded. Ever.

Ever.

Robin caught up with Raven, and lightly took her hand. Raven spun around.

"Robin?" She asked.

Cupping her face, Robin smiled, and kissed her.

"I love you, Raven." He said softly.

Cyborg had given up trying to control the younger teens he had been stuck with. He had not realized just how immature Beast Boy and Speedy could both be. Why me? He asked silently, staring at the mess in the lounge.

Starfire hovered over the floor. "What is this?' She asked, looking down at a red gelatinous mess.

"I don't know." Cyborg walked out of the room. "Let's find the Terrible Two."

Starfire floated after him. "This would not happen if Robin was here."

"He'd have already strangled them both." Cyborg agreed. "Too bad we have no clue as to where they are."

"Tell me, friend Cyborg, why would Robin take friend Raven to see Batman?" Starfire asked.

Cyborg his suspicions, but he wasn't going to share them with his excitable (and possessive) companion. At the very moment, half a continent away, that two young people were cementing their relationship, Cyborg shivered, and looked around.

I sense a disturbance. He thought. Something weird just happened.

"He's asleep." Raven said, standing in the nursery's doorway. Several days had passed since they both finally came clean, and while things had not changed greatly, there was a peaceful atmosphere that hadn't been present before.

Robin wrapped his arms around Raven, holding her close. Both of them watched the sleeping Jasper.

"He's…he's beautiful, huh?" Robin asked. "What if we never find his real parents?"

"I don't want to let Jasper go into foster care." Raven announced. "Not knowing whether he has a real home for the rest of his life…I don't want that for him."

"Me either." Robin said. "What if we adopted him?"

Raven smiled. "I can't think of any reason we shouldn't. We're young, but that never stopped any other couple."

"Mommy." Robin smiled. "I would love to hear him call you that."

"How about Daddy?" Raven asked softly.

Robin laughed softly. "I'd like to hear that, too." He rested his head on Raven's shoulder. "His first steps."

"His childhood." Raven continued.

"First girlfriend, graduation, everything." Robin smiled. "What do you think?"

Alfred coughed gently, hating to ruin the moment. (He would never admit it, but he was a sap for romance.) "Dick, Ms. Roth, supper is ready."

"They finally fall asleep?' Bruce asked as Alfred brought his dinner down to the cave.

"Indeed." Alfred took a small dust broom from his jacket pocket, and began swiping at the batsuit. "You will have to tell them, sir."

Bruce watched his screen intently. "I know. But who am I to tell them the baby's mother killed herself?"

"A prospective grandfather." Alfred replied calmly.

Bruce nodded slightly at that. "So they've made up their minds to adopt him if necessary?"

"I would believe so." Alfred poked a finger through a bullet hole in the cape Bruce had worn that night. "Do you think that unwise?"

"It isn't my decision." Bruce sighed. "But you are correct, Alfred. I need to tell them."

Alfred smiled to himself, thinking of the busy years that lay ahead.

Beast Boy yawned, smacking his lips as he walked into the lounge. Barely awake, all he wanted was cool drink of water.

He stopped, and looked around. What that noise? He heard it again: footsteps.

He walked down the hall, moving as quietly as possible. He peered around the corner and saw boxes stacked outside of Raven's room. Boxes? Who the hell is packing?

Robin stepped out of the room, a box in his arms. Raven appeared in the doorway, holding the baby…uh…Jasper, in her arms.

Beast Boy wanted to say something, but his juicy secret radar was off the chart. His eyes widened when Robin stole a kiss from Raven on his way back into her room.

Beast Boy grinned, laughing maniacally in his head as he trotted to Cyborg's room. It was time to plan the greatest prank ever, one so good it could change everything.

The End.

Seriously, this is the end. A cliffhanger makes it so your imagination works, doesn't it?

Don't worry, though. This is just the first story about Jasper Grayson.