Darien came home late, as usual. Raven had (slightly burnt) dinner on the table and Arista was on the couch reading a book.
"Hey hun, how was your day?" Darien said, kissing her cheek.
"Good, yours?" Raven responded handing him a plate of food.
"Just dandy. I got offered a job up in LA." Darien said smiling.
"Oh… that's great." Raven said, trying to look happy.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, that's great you got offered a job, but the commute from Jump City to Los Angeles is long," Raven said concerned.
"Well, yes I know. I was thinking, there are some great houses around LA that go for a good price. Jump City's prices are going up, we'd make a fortune of this house, then go buy a small cottage in LA. Remember you wanted a small cottage. You always say this house is just to big for the three of us," Darien said.
"I don't want to move. I'd be the new girl at school. I'd have to make all new friends," Arista chimed in.
"Darien… Its great you got a job. I'm happy for you, really I am. But Arista is doing well at this school, and she has a great group of friends. Los Angeles has a high crime rate, its getting higher then Gotham City," Raven said carefully and softly trying not to upset her boyfriend.
"That is only cause Gotham City has that bat guy, and Jump City had those Titans, but really hun, LA is bound to have some kind of super hero soon, then crime will go down and house prices will go up. Then we wouldn't be able to afford a house there," Darien said.
"Alright well what is this job anyway?" Raven said trying to change the subject.
"Well… I don't really know but Mr. Luthor offered me a job and said I'd be one of his best. See, it was actually a funny way it came up. I was in the office and I just went down to get some coffee. I walked in a Mr. Luthor was getting himself some coffee as well. I was talking to Paul, I don't think you've met Paul actually, he works in the office below me, so anyway I was talking to Paul, good man he is, and he was showing me a picture of his new girlfriend. So naturally I showed Paul a picture of you. See, Mr. Luthor was behind Paul right then and said in a loud deep voice, 'Well a girl like that would require some support, no?' and he chuckled and I said 'That's why I'm here working'. He took a look at Paul's girlfriend too and showed up a photo of a woman called Lois Lane, he's had his eye on her for a while, see? Well he asked Paul what his girlfriend did for living, she's a teacher at the local preschool. And then he asked me what you did for living and I said you were working at a local café. Mr. Luthor offered both Paul and I jobs right there saying how woman shouldn't need to be working. He's going to be paying us triple our salaries!" Darien said, practically bouncing off the walls in excitement.
"That's strange…" Raven said quietly.
"What is hun?" Darien said, beginning to dig in to his meal and not really paying attention to her.
"Well… most jobs are achieved through experience… not through a girlfriend…" Raven answered.
"Ah who cares? A good job is a good job," Darien said back. Raven merely nodded.
…..
The next day was Raven's day off. She spent it at home, cleaning up the her house a little bit.
It was shortly after noon when the doorbell rang. Garfield stood at the door waiting for her to come and answer.
"What?" Raven said standing in the door way.
"I want to talk."
"I don't." Raven rudely responded.
"Rae, forget everything about relationships. We have to talk." Garfield said sternly.
"No we don't. Bye." Raven said, going to close the door.
"Stars in trouble." Garfield said quickly. Immediately Raven let him in.
"What happened? Where is she?" Raven said quickly.
"I don't know. Star isn't the only one either. Star went missing last week. Aqualad went missing last month. Bumblebee, Mas, Menos, Cyborgs been attack but he is okay. Robin-er wait, he's Nightwing now, well he's had someone following him for days. Someone is taking down the Titan's one by one."
"I've been in hiding though. Starfire, Nightwing, and the Titans East kept up super hero work. I didn't, I stopped. They can't find me if I stopped fighting." Raven said sternly.
"I found you, didn't I?" Garfield answered.
"True… how did you find me?" Raven said surprised.
"That fire a while ago, you were there, getting those kids out. That guy that 'followed you in' was me." Garfield said smiling, "I've gotten pretty good at tracking now".
"Well, I don't care right now. You only found me from that one night. Thank you for the warning, I won't save anymore life then. Is that what you want to here? I'll let people die now leave me alone," Raven snapped at him.
"Hm… fine. Just here," Gar said upset that Raven wouldn't come with him; he held out a paper to her, "Lex Luthor. We suspect he is the one behind all of this. Just, be careful Rae. You still have a communicator?"
Raven shook her head and Gar held one out to her, "Now you do. Call if you need anything," Gar said turning to leave.
Raven shut the door behind him. 'Luthor…why does that sound so familiar… Lex Luthor…' Raven thought to herself but after a few minutes she dismissed it deciding that she didn't actually hear the name before.
A/N
I am sort of just getting the hang of things… what is the difference between getting Hits on a story and getting visitors on a story? Under that "Traffic" Tab? Does anyone know?
I found an actor that looked kind of like Chance, expect for the face itself. But he has Chances exact hair. When I first saw him I just thought "Chance!" so I figured I'd let you guys know. His name is Peter Vives. I just saw him and thought I'd tell you guys. So Chance looks like Peter Vives with a similar, but slightly cuter face
