"What 'gem'"? Robin asked turned to Jinx with look of irritation.
"You guys are my ace in the hole, the dark horse if you will." Jak boasted.
"What? I'm lost." Beast Boy admitted.
"Look at your track record, you have been bested what…once twice and that was preceded by a swift fight in which you win."
"So you are working with us because we have never been beaten?" Terra asked.
"No, I play statistics, I am good at it and they never fail." Jak said.
"So you're saying that we are going to win…" Beast Boy asked ears perking up.
"Statistically but with the same statistics it also says you guys should lose one every now and again, no one likes a hindered percent, its just depressing to go against." Jak was giggling a little as he spoke.
"What's so funny?" Starfire asked.
"Prone to fits of controlled insanity, I got to bounce, night." Jak was in the middle of saying with a bit of madness creeping in to his voice.
"What was that about?" Cyborg demanded.
"His mind is and psyche is surprisingly fragile, not in a dangerous way it's just…he loses touch with reality" Jinx explained with a worried tone.
"Like, how? Do the walls bleed?" Terra asked with a smirk.
"No, more like mumbling, and his train of thought comes off the rails…and he gets all depressing." Jinx continued, looking more worried by the second.
"Well captain we have cracked the case, can we take a day between problems to find our base line again?" Cyborg asked.
"A day, today…that's it. I want you ready to work tomorrow morning, all of you." Robin barked.
"Mall?" Starfire thought out loud.
"Sure why not, whose all coming?" Jinx asked.
"Shall you join me in the shopping of clothes?" Star asked both Terra and Raven.
Both girls mumbled a response or hesitant acceptance.
"I have to get some stuff for the car and I will see if I could meet up with Bee there, so count me in." Cyborg said which insured that Beast boy would be there by some unseen social code.
"Come on Raven…it'll be fun, promise." Jinx bargained.
"I'm not trying on clothes…"Raven spoke as if doing so would kill her.
"I think we should drag boy wonder with us, lord knows he needs it." Jinx said with a wicked grin.
"He can't say no to you Star, say you want to be all 'coupe-ly'; that should work." Cyborg planed.
"I got ten that he runs." Beast Boy bet.
"You're on." Jinx retorted as Starfire glided off to find the boy wonder.
"Jinx, can I talk to you for second?" Raven asked as she walked to a secluded spot in the room.
"Yeah, what do you need my lady?" Jinx purred just out of the other ear shot of the others.
"Well sense were all going to the mall, and we now know that Jak is the guy we are looking for…"The words almost drifted from Raven's mouth.
"You are going to keep that promise you made, right?" Jinx questioned, unsure of Ravens intentions.
"Yes I am going to tell them, it's just…I don't know, it's not easy." Raven said wanting, no needing, a hug.
"Turtles don't like peanut butter" Jinx whispered.
"What was that? Turtles don't like peanut butter?" Raven blustered out, confused.
"Don't think, just talk. See what comes out." Jinx whispered in to Ravens ear almost as if she was about to kiss it but thought better of it.
"It's not that easy." Raven pleaded.
"How do you think I felt that day at the coffee shop, did you think I knew it would end up this well? No I just thought about if you would taste like cinnamon and then kissed you and ran away." Jinx explained.
"Did I?" Raven asked, hoping to end the conversation on a good note.
"No, closer to tea and lilacs….much better than cinnamon." Jinx whispered in to Raven's ear as Beast Boy came to see what they were up to.
"Ready to go you two? We don't have all day." Beast boy half yelled, half whined.
"We're waiting for Star to get Rob, calm down man." Cyborg exclaimed.
"Oh Raven can I see your room, please?" Jinx asked with the cutest face she could muster.
"Yeah I guess, it will take Star a bit of time to talk Robin in to going, and worse comes to worse we could just not go." Raven said, guiding Jinx to the hall that lead to the rooms.
"Or you could use the creepy express and take us there." Jinx finished after she heard Cyborg groan.
As the doors slid shut the two begin walking, Raven giving a slight commentary, pointing to a door and explaining what was beyond it until Jinx stopped her.
With a smirk Jinx asked, "Was I good? I remember you saying if I was good there would be a reward of some kind."
Raven was taken back; not by Jinx's question, but by her own lack of response. Yes, Jinx had been good, and there wasn't anyone nearby. There was Jinx, the one person who had made Raven grin more time than she felt was necessary in what – a week? Possibly two. Raven looked into the pink eyes of her counterpart and saw loving warmth; not the teasing passion she had been expected.
It was Jinx who made the first move, with a kiss. Raven found her back against the wall, Jinx keeping her there, her mouth opening and Raven following suit, abet in a much clumsier fashion. Tongues intertwine and hands timidly roamed each other's bodies until they stop, needing oxygen.
Between laboured breaths Jinx spoke "Totally worth it."
"And here I thought you wanted to be good." Raven said, looking at the pink haired temptress.
With that Jinx said "Naw, just for you." before she kissed Raven once couldn't help but smile into the kiss, until she heard someone clear their throat.
"Care to explain what that was Rea?" Cyborg asked, more confused than anything.
"What are you doing here? I thought we were waiting for Star to get Robin to go?" Raven asked hoping that Cyborg hadn't seen the public display of affection.
"Yeah, had to get the copper density of the damaged wires from T-car because they were cut last week…so what did I just see?" The local Tin man asked, face askew with confusion.
"Raven I think you should just tell him now." Jinx quietly suggested as she grabbed Ravens hand for reassurance.
"Cy, you're like a brother, and…well, um..." Raven stumbled.
"What is it? Come one." Cyborg pleaded.
"We're dating." Raven half yelled, her outburst leaving him speechless.
"So you're…" Cyborg seemed to run out of words.
"I don't know what I am, all I know is that Jinx makes me happy, I smile Cy. Not a 'oh haha, that was funny' smile; a legitimate smile. She makes it all worth it and I don't even get how it works but I'm happy." Raven explained, almost bringing a tear to Jinx's eye.
"Well apparently she makes you happy Rea, all I want to know is when are you going to tell the others? I don't think they would care, in fact this no longer makes you the only single titan!" Cyborg happily explained.
"He's taking this a lot better than my team did, luckily" Jinx joked.
"I don't really see Gizmo understanding…"Cyborg thought out loud.
"No, Giz wasn't that bad, just didn't understand 'how the parts fix', swear it's like he's three sometimes. No, Mammoth was the one making it weird; thought that me liking chicks was why I didn't 'want his hot bod' and became 'suddenly' interested with my love life." Jinx ranted.
"Back on topic, mental pictures people!" Cyborg pleaded.
"So yes, keep it on the DL until she tells the others." Jinx said, speaking for Raven due to the mild blush she was trying to hide.
"All right, good to see you finely trying to be happy for once, oh yea…try not to do that in the hallway where anyone could see you. Just sayin'." Cyborg said as he walked away, both girl almost able to see his smirk even with his back turned.
And almost as if on cue the communicators rang, each spouting the phrase, "you win, randave in food court in fifteen, we go separately as to not attract attention." from Robin before they shut off.
With that Cyborg turned around, and with a grin spoke "Need a ride? Terra and BB can take the flying Rock express, and star can fly." Cyborg said as he continued walking away.
"What do you say sweetness?" Jinx asked.
"Sweetness? Really?" Raven just gave a look to accompany her words.
"Awww, is that your sad face?" Jinx questioned, rising the cuteness up a notch or two.
Raven gave up on logic "Car?"
"Wonderful" Jinx emphasized her words with a quick peck on the lips.
"So when are you leaving Cy?" Raven asked with a bit of a blush.
"Now-ish would be cool, but I can wait." Cyborg said hoping that leaving now would be possible.
"Let's bounce, tin man!" Jinx shouted running passed him, Raven's hand in Jinx's.
They ran until Cyborg muttered, "Does she know where the garage is?" the words slowing Jinx down.
"You don't, do you?" Raven said trying her hardest to look surprised at the find.
"Don't look so smug, makes me want to kidnap you." Jinx teased.
"You got your prize." Raven shot back, walking her to the elevator, hands still intertwined.
"Aww, come on. That's not fair" Jinx half wined trying to get Raven's pity.
"So sorry, anything I can do to make it better?" It came out more teasing than anything, much to Ravens dismay.
"No not a thing, killjoy." Jinx's words were dipped in sarcasm.
As they reached the elevator both stepped inside and as the doors slid shut Jinx let out a sigh.
With that Raven found a way to keep Jinx silent. As Raven pined Jinx to the wall with another kiss, until they both needed air, somewhat reluctant to part. As they took in laboured breaths for the second time that day the elevator door opened showing the T-car in all its car based glory.
"You do know you now surpassed sliced bread on the awesome scale." Jinx joked.
"I didn't even know we were on same level, to think I finely surpassed sliced bread!" Raven kidded back, not breaking the eye contact with her pink eye companion.
"Psh, you taste so much better, like a good candy but without the toothache." Jinx spoke with a hint of nastlsha resting her head on Raven's shoulder as they walked in the garage.
"Oh yea, how do you get cars to and from, when you live on an island?" Jinx asked, only just realizing the impossibility.
"Tunnels, between super villains trying to sneak in here and Terra we have a massive basement that is almost as big as the tower itself." Raven spoke swaying in small circles with Jinx's head on her shoulder.
"You guys have an issue with PDA don't you, not two seconds and you are back at it again." Cyborg joked having found the two once again in a compromising position.
"We get the back seat?" Jinx asked switching from Raven to Cyborg.
"I don't care as long as I don't have to hear you two going at it." Was all the man had to say as he got in the car.
"Backseat it is then." Raven said as she and Jinx got in the car and continued just basking in each other's presence.
"You smell like a freshly opened book and lilacs, have I told you that before?" Jinx said, her head not leaving the empath's shoulder.
"And you smell like cotton candy and summer rain, a surprising mix that I have grown to love." Raven returned, somehow unembarrassed at her admission.
A/N well I got another one, tell how it works .I thought you guy were with me for ten chapters so hey why not get it a bit steamy , well…to be honest I felt it sucks mighty hard, feel free to lie to me and tell me something else, oh and to the ZERO reviews I have been getting lately, I just say that you find nothing to complain about and continue on. Talley ho then, talley ho