Wisdom comes from the most unexpected places :) This kind of scrambled in my brain so I hope I got the whole thing out and written in a coherent manner and that you enjoy this chapter as we move closer to the conclusion.

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A storm was breaking just off the horizon. Somewhere in the back of her mind she smirked at the thought.

"There is a storm breaking here," She sighed. "And I really don't know who will be left standing when this is over."

As the clouds moved in pregnant with the rain that was soon to fall and lightening flashed off in the distance her thoughts turned inward. Wrapping her cloak tightly around her against the blowing wind she closed her eyes and pictured the face behind her problems.

Robin…The almighty Boy Wonder had once again sent her spiraling into territory where she was lost and afraid of what she might find.

"Love is nothing but trouble." She muttered to herself as the first drops of rain fell and the wind picked up in intensity.

Raven couldn't ignore the fact that she did, in fact, love him. That didn't make her decision any easier; because she wasn't sure she wanted to love him. "Stupid bird brain, you are bound and determined to make my life a mess."

The fact that she was standing alone on the roof of their tower in a late summer storm and talking to herself didn't help her mood at all. "Sure screw up Raven's emotions, good idea."

"Talking to yourself is one of the signs of insanity, I'm pretty sure." The rumbling baritone surprised her, as she hadn't heard Cyborg come out onto the roof.

"If it's the only sign I show then we are all lucky." She murmured with the appropriate dryness, turning her head so she could look at him as he moved up to stand beside her. "You're getting wet."

"I'll dry," He shrugged meeting her gaze he saw the slight shadows beneath her eyes and despite his conversation with Beastboy a few days ago, he too had noticed the tension that had cropped up between Raven and Robin. "Tell me dark girl, what has you not sleeping now?"

"It's nothing," Raven wanted to shrug off his concern, but she knew that she had to talk to someone…other than herself, since that was only running her around in circles. "What do you know about love?" She was careful to keep all emotion out of her voice.

If Cyborg was surprised by her question he didn't show it, he only gazed off into the pouring rain and pondered the question and his answer for a few moments before he spoke. "I'm not sure I know a whole lot about it really, I used to think I did." He paused as memories flashed in his mind. "I thought that it was what made life easy, something that made you better, ya know?"

"I think so." Raven replied when he paused, "What made you change your mind?"

He gave a mirthless chuckle, "The same thing that changed everything in my life, the accident and what happened after." He forced the image of a pretty, tearful face from his mind and continued. "I was in love before it happened and I thought that she loved me. She may have, and we may have been those high school sweethearts that everyone is always mooning over in those chick flicks that Star watches, but the accident changed me and it changed her. We became strangers and I realized that love might make life better, but it sure as hell didn't make it easier." He shook himself and smiled down at Raven. "I didn't really answer your question though did I? Let me think, what do I know about love?" He gave another laugh, this time with humor behind it. "I love the Titans, all of you. You've become my family and through you all I have discovered myself and become more than I thought possible."

"I just don't understand it," She blew a breath out and turned from him to gaze out at the city lights. "Do you choose love or does it choose you? Why is it all so confusing?"

"You can think it to death little sister and you still won't understand it all." He thought a moment. "Does love choose you? I don't know, maybe…I have found myself in love with someone that I shouldn't have even given a second look. Love is a tricky emotion Raven, it hides behind, under and around so many other emotions that it's hard to pick out sometimes, but you shouldn't close yourself off from it."

"He's an idiot, how am I supposed to know what to do with him Cyborg?" Desperation and fear crept into her voice and she struggled to snuff it out.

"He loves you Raven," Cyborg smiled at her startled look. "Hey, I would have to be blind, deaf and dumb not to notice the tension between you and gel-head. I like to think I am a little better than Beastboy."

"Anyone is better than Beastboy Cyborg, that isn't saying much." She smirked at him, starting to feel a little more at ease in their conversation. "Robin wants me to tell him I love him, I don't know if I can."

"Then don't," Cyborg shrugged a shoulder, "He isn't going to make you say something or do something you aren't ready for. If he tries, he'll find out how many ways I can fold a multi-colored hero in half."

"I can't leave him waiting on me forever."

"Just tell him the truth Raven," He sighed and ran a hand over his face to wipe off some of the water. "Maybe he is just as confused and afraid of this as you are, did you ever think about that?"

"He doesn't act confused," She replied sharply, "He acts like he knows everything that is going on with his emotions."

"Robin is almost as good as you are at hiding how he feels." Cyborg raised a hand to stop her comment. "That doesn't mean he doesn't love you, that doesn't mean he is lying to you. It just means that this might not be any easier on him than it is on you. Worse yet for him is the fact that he doesn't know your answer. Every day that you leave him waiting probably terrifies him. If I know Robin, and I happen to know him pretty well, he is probably thinking that not only has he lost any chance at your love, but your friendship as well."

"Great, make this even easier on me." Raven grumbled feeling her emotions hit a razor's edge at the thought of losing Robin completely.

"Like I said, love isn't easy. If it was meant to be easy it wouldn't be so important, if you didn't have to work so hard on it what would be the point dark girl?" He laid an arm around her shoulder and turned her towards the door. "Let's get out of the rain before we get sick."

"Rain doesn't make you sick." She protested, but allowed him to lead her into the tower.

"You never do anything haphazardly Raven, you never take a risk you haven't calculated from every angle." He shook his head to clear off a little bit more water. "Try taking a leap of faith, we both know Robin won't hurt you if he can help it."

"I'm not sure I have the kind of faith this kind of leap needs." She pushed the hood back from her cloak and shrugged slightly.

"Trust me; it'll hurt more if you don't try."

"When did you become so wise?" She raised a brow at him.

"Ha…I fumbled through most of this on my own." He smirked at her, "Not so much wisdom as living, ya know what I mean?"

"Yeah, I think so," She turned to head towards her room and a dry uniform before a thought struck her and she glanced at him over her shoulder. "Does that mean you think I haven't been living?"

His face serious he gave a quick nod, "You're afraid of living Rae, we all are in our own way I guess, but you tend to hide from life." He shook his head when she opened her mouth to say something. "I know that you have to maintain a certain control over your emotions, but that doesn't mean you can't have them."

They turned from each other and headed their separate directions, Cyborg in search of a certain gel-headed leader and Raven off in search of warm, dry clothes, mulling over her conversation with Cyborg.

She hadn't thought she could be more confused, she'd been wrong.