Raven awoke to a quiet tapping on the door. It was Beast Boy, the Titan could feel it, she could also feel the confusion laced with sadness with in the green lad.
Raven spoke just loud enough to be herd as to not wake Jinx "What do you want?"
Beast Boy seemed to collect his thought before speaking "team meeting in an hour, just wanted to make sure you were there…and you know where Jinx is?"
Raven felt something was amiss "why would you need Jinx?"
"To… Talk and stuff. You know… I need advice. I think, but if she's not there don't worry about it" Beast Boy rushed his words.
Jinx was woken up by the conversation and use of her name; she turned to Raven whispering "what does he want?"
"Not a clue, he need advice on something but I don't have the foggiest on what. So are you here?" Raven whispered back
"Yea I guess I will talk to him…ugh. If it's something stupid I will kill him. You mind if I bring him in here?" Jinx asked, stretching a bit.
"Yea sure I guess, give me a second" Raven said, giving Jinx a bit more room to move.
"COME IN, what do you want?" Jinx yelled at the green Titan.
With that the door opened and his mouth was a bit agape. Turns out the blanket made the situation seem much more 'adult' than he expected.
"Are you guys wherein' clothes?" A shocked Best boy half yelled.
"Yes, calm the hell down; what do you want to talk about?" Jinx shouted in retaliation.
"Well, can we talk somewhere else? Not really something I want to share." The now nervous changeling asked.
"Fine, give me a minute here." Jinx said waiting for the green idiot to leave.
"As in shut the door." Raven explained.
As Jinx hurriedly put on some clothes and when out in the hall to see an almost bashful Beast Boy waiting.
"What was that all about?" the green nuisance asked.
"What was what?" Jinx shot back.
"You and Raven… In the same bed. It LOOKED like you were naked…" Beast boy stated with a knowing glance.
"What are you implying? That just because we slept in the same bed and the blanket coved most of us that we must have been bumping ulgies? Is that what 'what' is?" Jinx shot back, throwing Beast Boy off.
"Well no, it's not that. It's just…well you have been here for a while an-"Beast boy said before Jinx interrupted him
"MY HOUSE BURNED DOWN. I kinda don't have a house, so I have to crash here." Jinx explained, with enough arm flailing to bring the point home.
"We have guest rooms, did you know that?" Beast Boy pointed out
"Shut up, what was the point of this conversation other than to accuse me of sleeping with my girlfriend?" Jinx jokingly asked.
Beast boy's face grew saddened "oh yea, I am having a girl problem…care to help?" he asked.
"I don't really know what you're going through, I can try but I don't know." Jinx said threw a sad smile.
"Ok, well I don't know about Terra, I just can't touch her, I try and it's just 'did Slade do the same thing' and its, I just can't." Beast boy explained his face now a sad frown.
"What all did she do with Slade, if you don't mind telling?" Jinx asked, wondering how hurt the changeling is.
"everything…'IT', but I think I love her, I can't just leave her" Beast Boy spoke threw teary eyes.
"I don't know what to tell you man, you say you love her but does she deserve it then again does anyone disserve love?" Jinx pondered out loud.
"What would you do? I mean if Raven did something like that?" Beast Boy asked
"I don't know, me and Raven aren't really physical with each other, we made out, but nothing past that so I don't think she would go off and sleep with someone…no offence." Jinx said, hoping not to hurt a green titan's feelings.
"What? For reals? Me and Terra almost; what was the phrase you said; bumped uglies? Well we almost did a few times but something stopped us…why am I telling you this?" Beast Boy said with a shake of his head
"Why are you? Not the point, you and Terra. Does the 'not her first' thing bother you or what?" Jinx asked, trying to get a certain picture out of her head.
"It's not that, its…when we flirt I don't know if she did that for him or if I'm doing something and he did it to, sometimes I wonder if we together because she knows I will side with her no matter what." The green love sick Titan seemed to have said what he needed with that.
"I have no idea man, you are dealing with something I never have before, Flash tried to pull one of the "I love more than anyone ever could' card but ended up doing that to a few chicks. So I dumped him and then found out I cared more for Raven then I did for anyone." Jinx said with a bit of a heartfelt twinkle in her eye.
"Deep." Was all Beast Boy could say.
"Yup, what time is it?" Jinx asked, ending the heart felt moment.
"six-ish, I think, who knows" Beast Boy said as he walked off, already deep in thought.
With that Jinx went back to raven's room, hearing water running, guessing that Raven was in the shower laid down in the empty bed. Jinx found herself falling asleep so she then took off the still fresh clothes to once again go back to sleep.
Raven upon exiting the bathroom found a small pile of close by the bed and a sleeping Jinx wrapped up in the still warm comforter; her face was mostly hidden by the blanket. An impulse, the quick idea to do something that Raven has spent most of her years fighting and suppressing struck her. Today, at that vary second she did not think of the implication of the moment and just acted. The quick peck on the tip of Jinx's nose, on that was both an act of faith and what most would consider a step below love. Jinx stirred but did not wake as Raven left the room to talk to her team.
"Raven, we need to talk…" Robin let the statement fall from his mouth, she could tell he didn't want to say it.
"About what? Let me get my tea first." Raven said back, thinking of all the things that could be wrong and most of them begging with a "J".
"Well, it's about Jinx…" Robin spoke with sympathy; a tone reserved for Starfire and forced moves. Raven cringes at the use of her name.
"What's wrong?" Raven spoke with a dreaded sadness.
"Nothing yet, its simply precautionary." Robin let the words drift, as if he was expecting a fight.
"What are you doing?" Raven asked, feeling as if this was some negotiation and was losing.
"Well it was brought to my attention that Jinx's staying her is…well dangerous for you?" Robin said it as if he was remembering a sentence said long ago.
"Dangerous how?" Raven asked, hoping is wouldn't end with her unable to see Jinx.
"Your powers revolve around your emotional state and Jinx, well rumor has it has a negative effect with you in the field." Robin spoke with uncerinty.
"So you're saying what?" Raven asked, irrated at his use of the word 'rumor'.
"You and Jinx, no bunking together, that's it…you can still do whatever just don't bunk together." Robin said the words as if it wasn't that bad, but Raven knew how hipacritacle his words were.
"So, this was the team meeting?" Raven asked, knowing Robin has been tip toeing around this vary conversation all morning, if not all night.
"The jest of it, if you see Cy send him my way, thanks." Robin was right back to team leader in no time you get no extra sympathy from the 'son' of the bat.
"What do you need Cy for, he in trouble to?" Raven asked not bothering to hide the sarcasm.
"Yea, same thing, were all in the same boat now, no bunking with girlfriends, no matter how little or long she's here…it's the rule" Robin said, turning away from the empath.
"Will do Robin, so anything else?" Raven asked, getting two plates and filling then with food.
"No, that will be all until further notice, but stay on standby, I am due communication with Jak and it may change the game plan." Robin said, checking the time then walking off.
With that Raven got the plates, now full of food and went back to her room, finding a still sleeping Jinx, the comforter violently thrashed about as the pink haired lass tossed and turned. As Raven put the plates lightly on a night stand she leaned over Jinx, placing her hands on jinx's face, holding her still as she peppered her face with light kisses, a preemptive apology for the bad news she would soon get.
"Morning, what did I do to deserve this?" Jinx jokingly asked, sitting up but holding Raven's hands to her face, both of them looking in the others eyes.
"I will need these to get breakfast, so whenever is fine." Raven mentioned, honestly not caring how cold the food gets if this is what they do instead.
"Oh ok. Something is wrong here, what's up buttercup?" Jinx asked Raven.
"Nothing big, it's just a bit of a hindrance, we can't bunk together anymore…other than that nothing's changed." Raven spoke with false optimism handing Jinx a plate.
"No wonder your sarcastic all the time, your 'I'm happy I swear' face sucks. So why the really dumb rule all the sudden?" Jinx asked as she ate.
"Well Robin told me 'Rumor has it that you negatively affect me on the field' but I am sure it something else." Raven didn't try to hide her anger his time around.
"That Miss… Is horse shit, total horse shit." Jinx angrily stated, taking a bite of the food.
"Something akin to that, but yes so…. What was that conversation with BB about?" Raven asked as she picked up the quickly emptied plates.
"Something about Tarra being a whore, long story short. He thinks everything he does to Terra, Slade did to her to, poor soul." Jinx said threw a sad frown.
"Ahh, so how is he?" Raven asked.
"Not a clue, don't know his personality that well, he could be joking to cover the sad or joking because he doesn't see how he ever liked a whore or even laughing at the 'I like the wrong kinda of women' thing. I just don't know." Jinx spoke as if Raven would clear up the confusion; she got only a shrug in response as the two ate the breakfast.
"Let me put these up, so what are you up for today?" Raven asked, picking up the freshly eaten plates.
"We should probably be social today given the 'no no' we just got. What do you say?" Jinx asked Raven just as she was about to leave.
"Yea, that would work, just don't distract Robin, he doing something important." Raven warned Jinx as they both left.
The commons room was already abuzz, Beast boy harassing Cyborg on his poor 'bro code' upkeep and Cyborgs retaliating with "she hotter than you, she wins hands down, sorry bro… but not really".
Starfire was hovering around the two boys trying to find out what the word 'bro code' and why the heat one has plays a factor on who is better than who. All the while Terra is glaring daggers at Jinx who is returning the contempt in full.
The whirlwind of emotions was already giving Raven the begging of a headache and what would more than likely turn to regret.
"Why did I say yes to this again?" Raven whispered in to jinx's ear.
"Because I'm hot, If Terra doesn't stop giving me a dirty look I will slap the look off her stupid face." Jinx's words were mixed with contempt and irritation.
"Hey, Jinx… You up for a game? Cy is bailing because 'someone has to leave in the morning', boo hoo." Beast boy spoke at both Cyborg and Jinx, getting a warning look from ethnic couple.
"Yea sure and sorry but I would bail on you to if it was between you and Raven, sorry man that's just how it works" Jinx explained as she took a controller in her hand.
"I know, just giving him a hard time. So what brings you two out here socializing?" Beast boy asked as he started up the game system.
"Felt the urge, so is this seX-box or what?" Jinx jokingly asked.
"seX-box, which do you prefer?" Beast boy asked, keeping the joke going.
"I don't have one; I grew up without a system. Gizmo is a Sony fan boy so I am used to gaystation but that was forever ago." Jinx explained, trying to remember everything the bald computer whiz said about the devise in question.
"I got it for HALO, got to support any man in green right?" Beast boy continued to joke.
"Yup, you know what…put it in. I will smoke you." Jinx challenged.
"Challenge accepted, first chick that plays HALO with me." Beast Boy spoke happily.
"Thought you and Terra played games together?" Raven asked a book in her hand.
"She's a C.O.D. fan, hates HALO… with a passion." Beast boy said, with a sad frown.
"What a whore, let me guess 'call of booty: mall cops'; she thought it was amazing." Jinx joked, remembering the fights Gizmo and mammoth had over there respected favorites.
"Do I want to know what you're talking about?" Raven asked, lying down on the couch. Her head resting on Jinx's thigh, at an angle to both read and relax.
"First person shooters, you have HALO on one side and Call of Duty on the other. It's called C.O.D. for short; they are like Star Wars and Star Trek. Basically the same thing but hates each other with a passion." Jinx explained to a now reading Raven.
"And Battle Field for shooter ADD and lovers od 'spolsions" Beast boy added much to Ravens confusion and irritation
"And the 'call of booty: mall cops' comment?" Raven wondered aloud.
"It's one of their sequels, 'black ops', it's a pun on their name." Beast boy explained, grinning.
"Clever" was all the empapath could say.
"Yupp." The now distracted Changeling answered.
Minutes passed with ease, comments being made out of humorous rivalry. Jinx was told she was the "not so dark, dark horse" and Best boy finely was being able to joke about his train wreck of a relationship.
"You think your bad, psh, I dated worse… And came out on top" Best Boy exclaimed, ignoring the dirtiest of looks from Terra.
"Oh Mr. I'm-the-baddest-thing-around, you haven't- oh that was cheating. As I was saying, go turn into a fish and die." Jinx jokingly said.
"That was good, first time I heard that I laughed so hard I fell off my dinosaur." Best boy shot back
"Random question, how did this thing get started?" Jinx asked; ask the kill death ratio rolled passed.
"HALO? I don't know…" Beast boy pondered.
"No, you guys, the Teen Titans…Idiot." Jinx asked
"Oh, all the sidekicks who were a bit too old to be sidekicks got together and this happened, Robin got leader because he knew half of the stuff already from the Bat." Beast boy explained.
"Really, Raven was a side kick. Raven, whose sidekick were you? Come on tell me." Jinx asked with childish glee.
"One, Beast Boy that's not how that happened and two, I never was nor ever will be a sidekick." Raven explained, not looking up from the book she was reading.
"That's just what a sidekick would say…" Best boy kidded.
"You were the only sidekick; Robin was part of a team everyone else just fell into it." Raven explained, sitting up to look at beast boy.
"Doom patrol was a family, not a just a team" Beast exclaimed, getting more defensive by the second.
"Were you the 'little brother' of the team?" Jinx asked with a grin.
"Shut up, you guys are ganging up on me." Beast boy complained with a wine that would put Kitten to shame.
"It's not my fault your wrong." Jinx explained.
"No you wonder why I don't go out much, this is how I'm treated cam't leave the room without being accused of something" Raven sarcastically joked.
"I'm called a thief every other day; no one cares about my feelings, not a one." Jinx joking wined.
"I care" Raven shot back.
"Oh really, I never noticed with all that 'doom and gloom' you toss around." Jinx joked.
"Show you doom and gloom" Raven half heartily threatened, kissing Jinx.
"I'm right here you two. Come on." Beast boy complained as he left the room.
"PDA, GTFO" Jinx joked after their brief moment ended.
"Really you guys can't wait two minutes before you start sucking face" the changeling continued to wine.
"Do you hear this all the time? Aren't women the only ones that are supposed to nag like this?" Jinx asked Raven, watching the changeling turn colors due to his shame.
As if the world itself was set upon proving Beast boy wrong the alarms sounded, everyone beeping red somewhere or another on their body… well all except Jinx.
"Did I miss the invite or what?" Jinx joked, feeling a bit left out but not by much.
"No, we got go… the whole 'fighting crime and keeping the city free of scum' thing. Bit of a drag really." Beast boy joked back, abet rather horribly.
"So I stay her or go with you, what?" Jinx asked no one in particular.
"Do you want to?" Raven asked with Beast boy behind her pantomiming her to wrap it up.
"No, would be kind of awkward to run into someone I know" Jinx said and as an afterthought added a "be safe"
"I will, you sure you don't want to come?" Raven asked, never one for uncertainties.
"I am any idea on when you will be back? Jinx asked as they left.
"No but I will call when were done then striate here." Raven answered.
"That will have to do… Be safe, for me." Jinx pleaded as the Titans left the room.
With that silence seeped slowly into ever crevice in the house hold. Leaving only room for the bad thought one finds themselves thinking, the bad thought Jinx was doing her best to push them away. First it was walking around and seeing the place at rest, no explosions shaking the walls, no magical hum flowing through both house and guests not even the clicking of keys as one thing or another was typed. But soon the urge to know quenched as much as could be at this point so Jinx took to another old habit. Channel surfing, the act of mindless flickering threw the channels in a vain attempt to pass the time. The slow ticking of the clock that Jinx could hear but couldn't see put her on edge. As the seconds shifted painfully slow into minutes and idea struck the girl. Work out, Jinx knew that had to have a dojo or three in the tower considering who lived there but finding it seemed to be the biggest of all the challenges.
As Jinx walked through the halls with a hand guiding along the wall, the pink bolts finding their way to door after door, opening for just long enough to see that it wasn't the room she looked for. After the commons floor was thoroughly searched to no avail and an ever growing urge to waste time as well slight exhaustion from the overzealous use of her powers. A yawn slipped from her mouth and a cat nap seemed to be becoming a better idea by the second.
As Jinx wondered to her room- "No Raven's room, funny how after a bit of time the only place you feel comfortable is the one place everyone avoids, food for thought I guess" Jinx said out loud as the pondering lass got in her sleep ware.
The size of Raven's bed, which was one of good size at first, seemed to be of a different caliber alone, the pillows seemed awkwardly placed and the blanket too heavy to move whereas the sheets themselves seemed to slide her every which way but Raven's scent seemed to linger in the blanket letting her drift off in an uneasy sleep.
The Titans just finished stopping a double bank robbery; Mumbo Jumbo managed to magically enter the bank and once cornered pulled an ace out of his sleeve. The ace in question was the blue faced Houdini reaching for his hat and pulling out a very angry Billy Numerous. One red neck became twenty who ran out every door, window and exit possible. That left Raven to deal with Mumbo as she is the only one able to go toe-to-toe with the magic man. The fight consisted of Raven throwing everything that Mumbo pulled out of his hat back at him but also staying away from the magic head piece in question less she gets sucked in, an experience she did not want to go through again.
By the time Mumbo Jumbo was in cuffs and every single Billy hog tied the sun had long sense been set and just about everyone had a lump or two. Cyborg had a dent from being smacked with a light pole which lead to him falling off a bridge, beast boy ate pavement when Billy got on his back and then became twenty with Terra going to save him but only hitting the Changeling even Raven managed to get a scratch on her check from either a mailbox or a car…she didn't remember but as she 'called' Jinx's communicator she got no response. Worry began seep in to the dark Titan mind as Raven begun to think of every time the tower had been blown up or infiltrated by people who would not like a villain to turn a new leaf.
As Raven's thoughts turned darker and depressing she began to want to go home; go home to Jinx. "Robin, I am going to head home. Am I needed?"
"no, I can handle authorities, make sure this wasn't a distraction, they don't normally team-up like that unless there's a man pulling the strings" Robin ordered, not liking how Mumbo pulled Billy out of his hat, fearing the worst himself.
Never one to overreact Raven teleported herself to the commons room. With nothing looking amiss other than a few dishes left to dry apparently long ago she began to feel out for anyone nearby. The relief Raven felt when Jinx was found was beyond description.
Gliding through the halls she only stopped once she was at her door, quietly entering she noticed at once the lights were off and that Jinx was in bed. At an closer examination Raven noticed that Jinx must have had an nap and slept through her calls, the fatigue now hitting Raven like a ton of bricks as well as the need to shower.
Once freshly clean Raven walked back to the bed, Jinx looking like a mix between a small child and a bear trap, innocent and almost drawing her in to bed yet posed to go off at any second, arms incasing her in a frenzy that she couldn't hope to control yet ended up succumbing to time and time again. A small smile escaped her lips as she laid down next to Jinx, who sleepy clung to her as if she was a life line.
"you scared me, took forever…don't do it again…" Jinx half mumbled, not knowing if this was a dream or not.
Raven let out a sigh as she spoke "only if you try to not worry me ok?"
There was silence but a small nuzzling to Raven's neck gave her the answer she wanted.
A/N well, I know this took forever, and may look like crap, I blame my lack of beta for both time and quality, I need to talk to keep my mind focused but hey, it's a long chapter right? That good…but yea once again the "who wants to beta my stuff" raffle has begun, now excepting applications, don't worry the expectations might be high (blame the skill of my last beta, she was quite skilled) but I am taking anybody. If it sounds like I am graveling it's because I am…