A/N: so. here you go. i wub my readers!

Disclaimer: Think about it. If I owned the Teen Titans, would I be here right now?

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Raven flew through her window and sat herself precariously on her bed, tears beginning to cloud her vision. She didn't even know why she was crying, now. All she knew was that, somehow, in some form, things had gotten screwed up and out of hand. How could she let it get this way? How could she let Gar slip through her fingers, and the next best thing, too?

She couldn't handle this. Everything was getting too crazy for her, and she needed to get away, just for a little while. Get away from everything, from it all.

She reached for the phone on her bedside table. She flipped open and dialed the number she knew by heart. It rang once, twice, three times, before he picked up and sleepily answered. "'Ello?"

"Hey Keith," she responded softly, curling herself into a ball and trying to keep her voice from cracking. He was all she could turn to at the moment to get away from her own life. He was providing the escape she needed so badly.

"Rache, what's up?" he started, trying to keep from sounding so tired.

"Keith...can I come over? Please?" she asked. "I need...I need someone right now."

"Oh, Rache," he began softly, his voice beginning to fill with emotion. "Of course, come on over. You know I always have room here for you if you ever need something."

"O-Ok," she stuttered, her voice faltering as she let out a little sniffle.

"What's wrong, babe?" he asked gently.

"I-I just need to get out of the house right now. I'm having problems and...look, I'll see you in twenty minutes, ok?" she told him, cradling the phone in her hands. He consented and easily she flipped it closed and slipped it into the pocket in her sweatpants. Quickly she threw on a light sweatshirt and slipped on a pair of sandals. She grabbed a change of clothes, her communicator, and the keys to the emergency back-up car that all of the Titans were required to have in their room "just in case".

Slowly she walked up to the living room, trying to piece together in her mind what she would say. Raven tried to calm herself down, to no avail, before entering the living room. She wiped away her tears, before briskly entering. Everyone in the room looked up at her. Robin and Starfire were home, and Cyborg was fixing himself a snack.

"Raven, what's going on?" Cyborg asked, seeing all the things in her arms.

"I have to get out of here for a while," she told them, and they all looked at her as if she had three heads. "I'm sorry, it's just things are getting too crazy here and I...I just need to get out. I'm taking the emergency car, Cy."

"Raven!" Starfire gasped. "Where will you go?"

"I'm going to stay with a friend. I'll be back in a few days, maybe even tomorrow if I'm ready. I just can't take all that's been happening," she finished hoarsely. She looked away and then swiftly exited the room, leaving her friends staring after her in shock.

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Raven was on the road in minutes, fiddling with the radio on a back road that would lead her to Park Avenue, where Keith lived. Be My Escape by Relient K came over the radio, and she couldn't help but laugh sardonically at how well it portrayed her mood at the moment.

She turned it up a few notches and knew she would wake a family or two with her blasting music at this time of night. She began to sing along to the song she knew all so well, and took a sharp turn onto the main road that would lead her to his apartment. She wondered how Keith would react when she told him she needed to stay with him a few days. Would he be ok with it?

She was sure he would. I mean, if he really cared about her, he wouldn't mind having her with him, right?

She swerved into the parking lot next to his apartment and parked the car. She didn't bother to grab the extra change of clothes or her communicator, but left the car locked with only her cell-phone and the keys in her pocket. Before she forgot, she slipped the ring onto her finger. Raven then crossed her arms over her chest, shivering slightly from the cold that enveloped her. She should've dressed more appropriately for Winter.

Quietly, she knocked on his front door, trying to make herself as small as possible to warm herself up. There was a racket inside and soon enough the door swung open, blowing a gust of warm air towards her. Keith stood there in haphazardly pulled-on sweatpants over boxers, and nothing else. Raven could see the healing scar on his stomach from a couple of days before.

"Rachel?" he asked sleepily. You could tell he had fallen back asleep after she had called.

"Keith," she breathed, and she rushed in to give him a hug. He seemed taken aback but then squeezed her back, just as tight. He pulled back and kissed her forehead, before hugging her close to him again. "Thank you so much for letting me come over."

"Anytime, Rache. C'mon, come in," he ushered her inside and swiftly closed the door. It was very warm inside, which was the first thing Raven noticed. She pulled off her sweater and hung it on the coat rack by the door, revealing the tank top she had been wearing underneath. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked.

She nodded slightly, her arms curled around her again. He put his hand on the small of her back, sending chills up her spine, and led her to his living room. "Take a seat," he told her. "I have some hot chocolate on the stove in the kitchen, I'll just go grab it."

Raven fell into a comfortable leather couch seat and curled herself into a ball. Keith came back a few moments later with two steaming mugs in hand. He handed one to Raven, who took a dainty sip before setting it on the coffee table. Keith didn't sip his, but set it next to Raven's. "What's going on, babe?" he asked gently, brushing away a stray lock of her currently onyx hair.

"It's just things at...home...have been getting pretty bad. Everyone there is getting on my nerves and ever since my best friend died, I told you about him, things at home have been getting less bearable and I just can't take it. I had to get out." She picked up her mug and took another deep sip. She set it down quietly, before leaning into him and resting her chin on his shoulder, her arms coming up to circle his neck. "I'm begging you to be my escape," she murmured, her voice rough and throaty.

"Anytime, babe," he whispered back, before pulling her into a gentle kiss.

"Thank you," she whispered against his lips. He smiled, and even though her eyes were half-lidded, she could feel it

"No problem," he mumbled. "Come on, let's get to bed."

"What? Do you have work in the morning?" she asked playfully, pulling away to look at him through her sleepy eyes.

"In fact, I do," he replied with a small smile. "So you'll be alone for a few hours. Can you handle that?"

"I think I can manage."

Keith smirked, taking her hand and intertwining their fingers, leading her to his bedroom. He flicked on the light to reveal the immaculately clean room, the beige carpet soft under her feet. It was decorated beautifully in hues of greens and blues, which Raven really never took the time to realize before.

Keith had traveled to the window. "Hey look, it's snowing," he commented softly.

Raven smiled distantly, pulling off her sweatpants to reveal shorts underneath. It was too warm in his apartment for sweatpants. She laid them across the back of his nearby beige armchair, before climbing into his amazingly comfortable bed. She could get used to this bed better than her own.

Keith joined her a few moments later after turning off the light, and she curled up next to his warm body, letting him wrap his arms around her. She snuggled into his collarbone as he kissed her hair. "I love you, Rae," he whispered.

She only smiled into the darkness, feeling loved for the first time in a long while.

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