I Want You to Want Me

Chapter 16: Wait a Minute

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There is right and wrong, Robin once said. He said, more or less, that there is supposed to be a clear line between the two. It's supposed to be easy to differentiate between the two. It's supposed to be simple. But its not.

Things are supposed to just fall into to place. There's an epiphany and a problem and fate is supposed to take care of the rest. Fate. You put all your trust in it and things are just supposed to work out. But for some reason, they haven't been.

Right is supposed to be the winner. The good side. The light. Wrong or bad is supposed to be the darkness, trying constantly to cast a shadow over the innocent, but the light defeats it. The light, which brings the end of pain and sorrow. It's supposed to be there. It's supposed to be that simple. But it isn't.

Nothing is that simple anymore. You're told that right and wrong are as different as night and day and that all things happen for a reason. But right now they just melted into each other. Light part of the dark and dark part of the light.

They say that no matter how bad things get they can always get worse. Yet somehow things didn't look like they could get much worse. Not right now. Right now, right and wrong were one in the same, beliefs and hopes were thrown out the window, and everything was chaos.

Life in Titans tower was backwards, upside down, just plain wrong. Nothing was right. Robin was lost right now. He had never been the loser. He wasn't used to seeing Starfire angry with him. Everything was wrong.

Starfire and Speedy were an item now. Starfire didn't really feel bad for Robin at first, but now she felt guilty. Now she wanted to take everything back. Yet somehow she couldn't. She didn't want to be the weak one. He had caused her so much pain. But now, the pain, the stinging, the butterflies, the excitement, it was all gone. Thanks to Speedy. It was all easy. Easier. Everything was right. Or was it?

It was around 2 am when the alarm went off. Robin slowly opened his eyes, groggy, dreading the fight ahead. He felt like he was paralyzed. He couldn't move. He was lying face down on his bed breathing slowly, trying to will himself up, regardless of what had happened. It wasn't working.

But somehow he got up and went to his closet. Dressed himself and looked at his sad reflection, saying to himself, "Well. Here we go."

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?" Summer shouted to the alarm as she shot up in the guest bed, wearing her pajamas and a sleeping mask. "What's going on? Are we under attack? Robin, babe, is everything all right? HELLO?"

Finally, after realizing that she hadn't gone blind, but she was wearing a mask, she removed it and looked over at the clock on her night table, before getting out of bed and opening her bedroom door and shouting into the hallway, "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU FREAKS? IT'S TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING! SOME OF US WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME SLEEP…TONIGHT!" When no one answered her she just stomped her foot on the ground and said under breath while rolling her eyes and going back in her room, "…freaks."

Raven woke up to the alarm first only to find that Beastboy was sleeping her lap, drooling. 'Eww.'

"Beastboy, wake up."

Nothing.

"Beastboy? BEASTBOY!"

"What? I'm up! I'm up. I'm …" After she shook him a few times he finally opened his eyes and stood up and stretched.

"What… time is… it?" he asked in between yawns.

"Two in the morning, which is too early for teenagers to wake up in order for us to get the amount of sleep we need to function."

"Well, good morning to you too sunshine."

"Humph."

"Hey," he said after another stretch, "where's Cyborg?"

"How should I know? Do I look like his keeper?" And with that entered Cyborg.

"Yeah…Okay…Uh huh…I gotta go…Yeah…bye," he said when he entered the room talking on his built in phone. After removing the headpiece and allowing it to recoil into his arm he spotted his two friends and asked, "Where is everybody? I wanna go back to bed."

"Who was that?" Beastboy asked suspiciously.

"Who was who?"

"Who was that person on the phone?"

"Oh. That was a friend. Why?"

"No reason," Beastboy answered while circling Cyborg and eyeing him suspiciously, while suddenly wearing his detective costume, " Just my curiosity."

"If only curiosity could do to you what it did to the cat."

"Ha, Ha, Raven. Very funny."

"Hello friends. What is the situation at hand?" Ah, Starfire had arrived and with Speedy right behind her, finishing up with getting dressed. Beastboy took this moment to turn to his girlfriend and whisper, "Suspicious."

"I'm checking it out on the computer right now." And with that Cyborg began typing away on the keyboard.

"Has anyone seen our fearless leader," Raven asked.

"Nope."

"No."

"Not recently. No." As Starfire said this she looked at Speedy, who was standing next to her. He was still buttoning his shirt. He had come to her around midnight, knocking on her door after hearing her crying; he'd come to make sure she was okay.

At first, when the knock on the door first resonated, she could only hope that her prayers had been answered, that she had been forgiven for her earlier treatment of Robin. That he was standing at her door to give her his apologies and to receive her apologies as well. She had been angry when they argued earlier. There was no doubt about that. She had hated him. Loathed him. But as few things do, it didn't last. She had gone to bed angry. With an appetite for revenge. Wanting him to be angry too. Wanting to hurt him. Longing for him to feel what she had felt. But as she slumbered, her brain painted pictures of the consequences she would see for her earlier behavior.

So as the knock on the door came, she rose quickly and raced to her bedroom door, while fixing her hair. After two tugs on her pajama pants she breathed in and opened the door. It was Speedy.

"Oh, hello Roy," she said while trying to wipe away her tears.

"Hey. I, uh, heard you crying."

"I was not crying," she said while tearing up again.

"Of course you weren't," he said while bringing his hand to her face and wiping away the moisture on her face, "How could I be so silly?" She smiled at this.

"Yes, well, thank you for your concern, nonetheless." He smiled at her. She sniffed and adverted her gaze to the interesting color of her toenails.

"It was nothing." He wouldn't stop smiling at her. Looking at her. She knew that it was supposed to be nice and comforting, but it wasn't. It was uncomfortable. It was awkward.

"So…"

"So, everything's alright?"

"Yes. It is. Now, I'm going to go back to bed. Some of us need beauty sleep."

"You don't need beauty sleep. Your always beautiful." She couldn't help but blush.

"Yes, well, thank you." He took his chance now. He leaned into her and kissed her gently. His lips just brushed against hers and ever so lightly.

"Your welcome."

"Um, it's late. So…"

"Your sure that you'll be okay?"

"Yes. I will be fine," and as she began to close the door, she could feel the tears welling up again.

"Well," she said to catch his attention since he had turned and began to walk down the hall, "perhaps I could use some company. If it is not too troublesome."

"Not at all," he said. She turned around and walked into the room while Speedy, behind her, was smiling wide and saying to himself, 'I Rock.'

"So…"

"So…" The rest of the early morning was a blur. There was some conversation. There was some hugging. A few kisses. The kisses grew more heated and she told him she was tired. She asked him to stop once before. He didn't. He smiled into that kiss and continued, so pretending she was tired was the only idea she had left. It worked. He stopped. He slept on her lounge chair. And moments after drifting back into dreamland the alarm went off. And here they were.

"Sorry I took so long," Robin said.

"There's a robbery down town. 34th and Lennox. Lennox Jewelers."

"Alright. TITANS GO!"

She had half expected him to be pathetic. She had expected him to be distracted. Bad throws or small foul ups. But there was no such thing. He had truly become a master of disguising his emotions. The Dark Knight had taught him well.

He did his normal witty banter when they encountered the Amazing Mumbo. He yelled Titans Go. He fought valiantly. Even helped Speedy when he fell into trouble. Asked Starfire if she was okay. He was in crime fighter mode. He had switched his brain to hero and put it in autopilot. As far as he was concerned during their ten-minute battle and the twenty-five minutes there and back again, there was no Starfire or Summer or Speedy. Just crime.

Raven could see that Starfire and Speedy were in awe as well, so were Beastboy and Cyborg. When he hadn't shown up immediately they all expected that he was either still really upset and didn't want to see them or that Summer was trying to "comfort" him. But he walked in that living room and proved to everyone that he wasn't a wimp. He showed Speedy that it wasn't over yet. That it takes a lot more than one argument to throw him off. That he was more of a man than Speedy could ever be. Raven knew that that was the point he was trying to get across. That everyone had gotten that point when he walked in. She could see it in every single person's face that they were shocked and impressed. They all were thinking the same thing, 'How can he do that? I couldn't.' And they could if they wanted to. They just wouldn't.

She didn't want to admit it, but she too was impressed. If that had occurred with her and Beastboy and another woman, if Beastboy had humiliated her like that, would she get up at 2 am to stop a robbery that Beastboy and his girlfriend were also trying to stop? She honestly couldn't say. Part of her said she would. She could. No problem. She could handle her emotions just as well as Robin. That's what made them so similar.

But then she remembered that her powers rely on her emotions to be under control and that would certainly throw them off a bit. But Robin had no powers. And if he did they certainly didn't rely on emotions. But Robin had emotions. He just didn't show them to anyone. But when he did show them to others, it was a slow process. A slow building of trust. He had trust issues. Well, he just had issues. Regardless, letting someone in was difficult.

To the untrained eye it would seem that everything just said about Robin is a lie. After all he had Summer. Girlfriend of a week. And in the past, there were the heads of the Robin fan clubs of Ohio and Florida and New York. The list went on. Not to mention the girls he and Cyborg and Beastboy would pick up while club hopping. Oh, yes, how could one forget the many a pretty face at Bruce Wayne functions and Commissioner Gordon and the Gotham police community charity balls? They couldn't. So it would be easy to mistake his womanizing for love or trust.

But Raven knew there was no trust in any of those relationships. It was hormones. It was a good time. It was his thirst and longing remaining unfulfilled. The only people he'd truly and deeply ever trusted with any and everything were his parents. Bruce. Alfred. Starfire. Herself, sometimes.

It was a short list. But each person on it meant something to him. Yes, he trusted his team, but there were some things he could never trust Beastboy and Cyborg with. And sometimes, even Raven couldn't be trusted. But he trusted Starfire. He opened up to her more than he had to anyone else on the team. He'd told her things. Showed her things. Things that no one else knew or saw. And she had taken that trust and destroyed it.

Raven knew that he knew he had been a jerk. He had betrayed Starfire's trust. He had hurt her. Ignored her. And he was sorry. But he only did it to protect himself from her imaginary boyfriend. He didn't want to be lonely or look dumb. So he hurt her. And he knew that now. He was sorry. And now, it was too late. She not only told him it was too late, but broke him down into nothing, by telling him she didn't trust him, right before everyone's eyes. And it hurt him. Raven knew it. It was obvious to everyone that it hurt him. But it hurt him in a way that no one would be able to understand. So here he was now, the old normal strong leader that they were used to, seemingly unaffected by the events from earlier. But the reality was that those events had changed him. He was putting his shield back up to protect himself. He didn't want to be hurt again. He pretended to not care. Like everything was the same as it had been, but Raven knew otherwise.

They walked into the tower with yawns after a swift capture of Mumbo. Beastboy and Raven walking with each other, whispering to one another and smiling at each other affectionately. Cyborg was on his phone again; talking to another "friend" with laughs and whispers. Speedy walked in with Starfire on his arm, tending to any of his wounds, smiling at him. And Robin. He walked in alone. No one was asking him if he was okay. No one was tending to his wounds or whispering sweet nothings in his ear. And it really pissed him off. So as everyone at 2:45 in the morning coupled up in the entrance hall of the T tower Robin pushed through them and stalked away towards the elevator door.

"Robin," Raven started, causing everyone to look up, "is…everything as it should be?"

He looked around and shrugged before saying, "of course. Why wouldn't it be?"

He turned and walked into the elevator. Raven turned to her boyfriend looking a little upset.

"Rae, he's fine."

"No. He's not."

"Well," Speedy said loudly while stretching, "I guess we should go to bed. Star, I'll walk you to your room."

"Okay." And with that Speedy and Starfire disappeared.

"Rae, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I'm just concerned for Robin is all."

"He's fine Raven," Cyborg cut in. "Did you not see him at the robbery? He kicked major butt. Didn't miss a beat. He's fine. Nothing to worry about."

"It might seem that way, but I know it's not."

Regardless of their problems and thoughts the titans all went to bed.

"Wake up, pumpkin."

"…"

"Come on babe, time to wake up."

"Ten more minutes."

"I SAID WAKE UP!"

"Ten more mi…"

"ROBIN DADDY'S COMING!"

"That's nice."

"That is it. ROBIN, SLADE IS IN THE TOWER!"

"TITANS GO!" He woke up expecting Slade hovering over him, ready to kill, but no, he woke to the delightful face of Summer.

"Oh, it's you."

"Of course it's me babe. I was just trying to wake you up."

"Why?"

"Um, because."

"Because why, Summer?"

"Because…um, it is such a beautiful Monday morning, I couldn't just let you sleep through it. And besides, I have to go the mall and find an outfit for your little friend's surprise party."

"Right. But we aren't going to her party."

"Oh," she said as he rose out of bed and went to his mirror to comb his hair. She couldn't help but smile at how good she was at pretending to be innocent.

"Why aren't we going?"

"Because."

"Because why, babe?"

"Because we aren't friends anymore. Okay?"

"Oh. Well, that's just…too bad."

"Yeah."

"Yeah. So how have things been with that new hot, I mean, interesting hero guy with the arrows?"

"I don't wanna talk about it."

"Oh."

"Yeah. Look, I'm gonna take a shower, you…do whatever it is that you do."

"Okay, babe. Enjoy your shower. I'll be right back."

"Whatever." And with that Robin was heading towards the bathroom and Summer was alone with nothing but her evil little smile.

"Yes! He's finally hating that little freak of nature! Oh, I am a freaking genius! My plan was perfect. Now, to see where that hot guy is."

"So to jump you push this button. If you wanna fire your mega cannon then you push this one, but you have to hold down an arrow so it fires in the right direction."

"Why are you telling me these things, Beastboy?"

"Because," he started while trying to make her hold the controls in her hands, "You're my girlfriend and I figure we should teach each other things and the first thing I'm gonna teach you is this. I mean, you know how much I value education Raven. Besides it could be a lot of fun… for both of us. "

"Nice try. Why are you really doing this?"

"Because there's no one to play with."

"You have Cyborg."

"That's the thing. Cyborg went out to see a friend down town. They're gonna have breakfast or something," he said while whipping out his super glue to glue the controls to her hands, "I'll tell you one thing, whoever his friend is they're weird. Who meets for breakfast at eight am? Haven't they heard of sleep?"

"Haven't you heard of lying?"

"What do you mean," he asks while trying to struggle out of the glue he accidentally squirted all over himself.

"I mean Cyborg lied. He went to meet a girl."

"Cyborg and I are best bros, we wouldn't lie to each other, especially about some girl."

"Oh really?"

"Okay, so you were an exception. But he wouldn't."

"Right. So what you're saying is Cyborg got up early this morning after talking on his phone all night to meet with the friend he was talking to at a restaurant down town to have breakfast early in the morning when he hates waking up early and he could have invited his 'friend' to hang with us at the tower?"

"Um…yes."

"Oh yeah. I believe him too."

"Cyborg! That sneaky little super computer! I should have known. How could I let him trick me with his mind games? How did he get pass me without hesitation? How could he blatantly lie to my face? And most importantly, HOW COULD HE PASS UP THE CHANCE TO PLAY MEGA CUSTARD CANNONS 5!"

"It's all beyond me."

"That's okay Raven, you're mind isn't use to thinking at this capacity. Mine is. Perhaps with training your mind could reach the level I have achieved without conditioning."

"Whoopee. There's hope for me yet."

"Yes, well, we need to get down town immediately. Let me get my-"

"-Morning Losers."

"And the morning just keeps getting better."

"You know it dork."

"Summer, while I would normally love to call you names and make fun of that thing you call a face, I'm tired. Maybe tomorrow."

"Well, I can't tomorrow. I'm not coming to the little party for Starfreak. Robin and I have…other things to do."

"Like what," Beastboy chimed in.

"Like…like…I'll think of something."

"Right."

"Yeah. Well like I was saying Robin and I won't be coming. We have mutually agreed to not go tomorrow due to previous engagements."

"Well, sorry to break it to you Summer, but the party's been moved."

"What? You're Lying. It can't be moved because I'm part of the party planning team and we said Tuesday. Tomorrow. So nice try."

"Well, actually we had a meeting without you and your suggestions and we mutually decided that due to a bit of bad luck, we're moving the party to Friday. So looks like you guys can make it."

"No we can't. I forgot to mention that I hate that little tramp and now Robin does too. So they hate each other and we aren't going."

"That's why we moved it. And don't worry, Robin and Starfire can't stay mad at each other long, so see you Friday, and you better have a present."

"Oh I'll give her a present alright." At that moment in walked Speedy.

"Oh, there's that hot new guy. What's his name again?"

"His name is Roy."

"Well Roy looks good…and single. I think I found something to do today."

"Gross."

"Hello Roy. Remember me?"

"Yeah, you're…"

"Summer. Pleased to meet you…again."

"Same here."

"Roy? Are you in here? Oh, good morning friends…Summer."

"Stardork."

"That's Starfire."

"Right."

"Hey Star," and with that Speedy walked up to Star and kissed her full on the lips.

"Huh? I mean, I know I call her a tramp all the time, but I didn't actually think she was one. I mean, moving from Robin to that stud in a matter of days. What a whore!"

"Dude shut up!"

"Star wanna work in the gym today?"

"Sure." And with that Speedy and Star left the room.

"He is so hot. I mean, he looks just like Robin, but not. Its weird."

"Yup. And he's Starfire's new boyfriend."

"What? How does she get like every hot guy?"

"Well I thought you would be happy Summer. Now you have Robin all to yourself."

"I just wanted her to be slightly distracted, not happy. Not with a hunk! Oh! I hate that little slut!"

"She's not a slut Summer. You are."

"What are you saying Raven? Are you saying I'm a slut?"

"No. I'm just saying that if you looked up the word 'slut' in the dictionary there would be a picture of your unfortunate face."

"Why I oughta…"

"Oughta what!" And with that Summer lunged at Raven who was ready to kick Summer's ass, thoroughly. But at that moment Cyborg walked in and broke the two apart.

"Whoa! Hold on you two little ladies, no fighting!"

"No Cy! Let 'em go man! Let 'em go," said Beastboy with popcorn and a soda.

"Urgh! You are so lucky, you sorry excuse for lady Cleo! Robin's shower's probably over and I need to tell him what I've learned. I'll kick your can later."

"Looking forward to it." And so Summer left the room.

"What was that about BB?"

"…"

"Hello? Earth to BB."

"He's not talking to you."

"Why?"

"Because you lied to me and tricked me and…and…and you lied to me. That's why."

"What?"

"Don't deny it. I know who your 'friend' is."

"You do?"

"Yup."

"Well I didn't think it was necessary for me to tell you I was meeting her. I mean I even thought y'all might laugh."

"Dude, you should know we'd support all your relationships, even if it's with an ugly girl."

"Ugly girl? You calling my momma ugly?"

"Well-what? Your mom?"

"Yeah that's who I had breakfast with. Why?"

"Oh. I, well, um, ya see, you gotta understand that…RAVEN!"

"I gotta shower, later guys. Tell your mom I said hi Cy!" And Raven disappeared.

The day went by uneventful. No crime. No other arguments. No screams. Just relaxation. Cyborg and Beastboy playing Mega Custard Cannons 5, Raven reading a novel, later BB and Raven making out, Cyborg on the phone, Robin going with Summer to the mall after she begged him to attend Starfire's new party on Friday since she "planned so hard" to look for a new dress while being attacked by his teenage fans, Star and Speedy talking, watching TV, and exercising. Clearly uneventful since I was able to tell you everything that happened in a paragraph.

Night finally came and Speedy and Star were back from there exercising.

"So, I guess I am going to watch the TV and then go to bed."

"So early?"

"Yes, I am, yawn, very tired."

"Well let me tuck you in."

"Well, I do not-"she never got to finish speaking since Speedy's tongue was logged half way down her throat. After coughing a few times, which caused him to stop she attributed his behavior to nerves and invited him in to show no hard feelings.

"Sorry about that again."

"It is okay. Really. Um, want to watch the TV with me? They are going to be doing a special on the DaVinci Code on the History Channel."

"Um," he began while thinking, 'why would anyone want to do that when we could make out or have sex.' Yet he continued to play her game. He would get what he wanted sooner or later. "Definitely, I was going to watch it in my room, but this is way better."

"Great." So they sat on her bed and watched. He did the old yawn and put your arm around the girl trick. Smooth. And then he looked at Starfire. She was engulfed in the show. It was so interesting for her and she was soaking up all of the information, concentrating. She looked gorgeous and he thought so. So he moved slowly.

"Oh! Um, Roy, in case you did not, oh, um, realize you are kissing my neck and, oh, um no longer watching the show."

"I know," he said huskily while sucking on her skin.

"Yes, well, um perhaps you wish to, ouch, watch the show."

"Maybe another time."

"What? Then what will we do instead?"

"I have a few ideas." And with that he pushed her down on the bed and began to trail kisses down her neck.

Starfire tried to go along with it. She really did. I mean, at first it was even enjoyable. A cute guy, in her room, kissing her slowly in the dark. Good times.

But then it was getting a little sloppy and slobbery and rough and the kissing was becoming really bad. And he was working his hand slowly up her skirt. So she said, "Hey, um could we stop for a second?"

No answer. Just a grunt.

"Um, Ro-" cut off by another kiss.

"This is really nice but, OH MY GOODNESS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!"

"Helping you take these off," he said while tugging at her underwear.

"Well, I do not need help taking them off because they are staying on."

"Keeping them on? That's new, but I can work with that," he said before his lips came crashing down on her collarbone. And hard too.

"Roy, um, Roy?"

A moan this time.

"Roy, please, you are a bad kisser."

"Bad? That was funny." And he just continued. Starfire was done now. The pleasure was all gone. He was licking her neck like a big slobbery dog and she didn't like it. It was gross. And he wouldn't stop. The only times he paused were to smile at her or to sit up and look at his reflection to make sure his hair was okay.

And so Monday night began. Raven, Beastboy, Cyborg, and Robin all waiting to enjoy their dinner, a cheese pizza, while wondering where Starfire and Speedy were, although everyone had a few ideas; Speedy kissing Starfire quickly and hard and with lots of saliva and moans. But only his own moans because Starfire was not enjoying this. Starfire was a little afraid. She didn't know what to do. She didn't want to ruin her relationship with Roy, especially since she had no chance with Robin any more. No. But she had to do something. Anything. So she yelled out while pushing Speedy off her with some of her strength, which she had finally regained after a moment of shock, "WAIT A MINUTE!"

Hey everybody! I know I said no more long waits, but I lied. School has been taking over my life so I decided to sit down and write multiple chapters at once so you don't have to wait long periods anymore. I know this was a long wait, but now I can update once a week for a while, so it was worth it.

So how was the chapter? Likey? No Likey? Well tell me, and please tell me why also. Also, if you have something you'd like to see happen tell me what that is and I'll see if it will work into the story. Anyways, thank you very much everyone who keeps reading and especially those who review. I've said it before and I'll say it again, YOU GUYS ROCK!

Also, as said before, each chapter's title is a line or title of a song. A great idea for you is if you can, listen to the song that the title is from over and over in the background reading. I know I listen to the songs while I write. It's good! (By the way this title's song is "wait a minute" by Ray J, Brandy's brother.)

Anyway, next Chappie coming up! And it will be called, "I Need You to Need Me." Later!

Lovin' It,

LILY