Ok, so this is not really how I imagined the story going, but it has a mind of it's own. Let me know what you think.

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Raven leaned against the kitchen counter sipping at her tea. It was early morning and the sun was just starting to peak over the horizon. She was content watching the rays slowly sprinkle the sky with color. She stood and stretched out tight back muscles. Yesterday had been a difficult fight against Cinderblock. Cyborg was gone so they were already down a titan. He was off visiting Bumblebee since it had been rather slow. Cinderblock was easily taken care off, but he seemed to think that Raven was his own personal rattle. She had been slammed into the building twice and shaken badly before she was able to blast him.

Raven took her tea over to the oversized windows. She gave a happy sigh and she phased up to the roof. Here the wind was chilly, but she didn't mind. She stood, the wind blowing her hair back from her face. She closed her eyes and held her cup of tea close. From behind her she felt him come in.

Robin had seen that Raven was up. Her tea things were all over the counter. He had not seen her in the main room so there was only one other place he knew he would find her on a morning like this. He had made his way up to the roof. When he got there he felt his eyes widen. There stood Raven, the Dark Girl, the strong silent terror of Titans Tower standing on the roof in her pajamas. Robin didn't know what struck him about this, it was hardly the first time he had caught her on the roof. Usually she was in uniform, but it was not uncommon to find her in her pajamas in nowadays.

He watched her for a moment more before it dawned on him. Her feet were bare. She was actually stretching up on her tiptoes and something about that made her seem…vulnerable. He shook his head. The word vulnerable was not anything one ever associated with Raven. But here she was and she did seem so open and carefree. There was even a small smile on her face. He felt a pang. They did not see that smile on her face that often and he knew that they really should.

Before that train of thought could get going Raven turned around and the smile was gone. It was back to serious, strong Raven. "Good Morning. I didn't expect anyone to be up so early."

Robin shrugged and walked to stand next to her. "Couldn't sleep anymore." No more words were needed. She simply nodded. They enjoyed the rest of the sunrise in quiet appreciation. Raven glanced at him.

"Cy will be home soon. We should probably get breakfast started." Robin looked at her in surprise.

"Have you already talked to him?"

"No." Raven offered no more explanation. He sighed.

"Well, how do you know?"

She raised an eyebrow at him. "How do I know any of you are here? How did I know it was you on the roof and not Beast Boy?"

Robin returned the look. "Because I was silent."

Raven chuckled. Not a big laugh, but a small sign of amusement. Robin was thrown. He rarely heard her laughter and every time he did it had the same affect on him. At first he was surprised and then he felt a warm glow enter his chest. He always felt like he could do anything if he could make her laugh. The first time he had heard it he went around smiling for the rest of the day. He didn't know why, but he just couldn't stop grinning like an idiot.

He laughed a bit. "Seriously, I didn't think your empath powers reached that far."

Raven was serious again. She shrugged. "The more time I spend with someone, the better I know them, the further it stretches. I knew when he was a few miles out of town." She closed her eyes briefly. "He's just passing the bridge. He'll be home in a few minutes."

For anyone else this might have seemed like bragging, but Robin knew that this was Raven. She was simply stating a fact. He gave her a look. "So you could tell if any of us were that far off."

Raven shook her head. "I have been spending a lot of time getting to know Cyborg. He probably knows more about me than either of the other two. I can feel him further off than either Star or Beast Boy. I could probably find Star within a few miles. Beast Boy would be a little less than that."

"What about me?" He didn't know why he asked, but it irked him that she had not mentioned him when she talked about finding her teammates.

She turned her full gaze to him as she began to walk towards the door. "You are different." It was a simple statement. Robin rushed ahead and opened the door. He looked down into those big eyes. She was not going to elaborate and all of a sudden it was very important to him that she did.

"Why?"

She gave him her little half smile. "Do you really need to ask? You have said it before. We have a bond. I would have known when you left the East Tower." She turned and walked into the Tower leaving Robin staring down at her retreating form.

Somewhere in the back of his mind he realized that she had mentioned their bond but she had said nothing about how well he knew her. When she mentioned Cyborg she talked about how well she knew him but with him it was only the bond their shared. He started down the stairs trying to shake the thought, but it was there now and it was refusing to leave.

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By the time Robin had made it down the stairs, Raven had been proven right. Walking in the door of the living room was Cyborg. Robin watched as Cyborg spotted Raven. A huge smile came over his features. He walked over to her. She was smiling at him. "Hey Dark Girl. Missed me?"

Robin watched as Raven reached up to her friend. Cyborg reached down to pick her up in a bear hug. It wasn't overly exuberant or filled with overflowing emotion, but it was the first hug Robin had seen Raven given another person. In fact, he could only think of a handful of hugs Raven had ever given willingly and he was always on the receiving end. Robin felt his blood begin to heat a bit. Why did she greet Cy like that and no one else? His mind went back to her earlier comment. He probably knows more about me than either of the other two.

Cyborg chuckled. "Well if you are giving me hugs then I will take that as a yes." Cyborg spotted Robin. "Hey Rob. What are you doing up so early?"

Robin could still feel his irritation for some unknown reason. When he answered he knew he was being short, but he couldn't seem to help himself. "I could say the same about you. We didn't expect you until dinner at the earliest."

Cyborg raised his brows at his tone. "Well they had a really early wake up call. We had just finished up one bad guy and another call came up. We decided that we wouldn't get much more us time so I headed out very early this morning." He glanced down at Raven. "Besides, I wanted to make sure that Sunshine over here hadn't killed BB in my absence."

Raven snorted as she began to pull various ingredients from the fridge and various cupboards. "I refrained. But barely." Robin watched as Cyborg walked over to Raven in the kitchen. Without a word the two began to mix and prepare the batter and such for waffles. Something about it made him even more irritated. Since when did they have the silent communication? Trying to take control of his emotions Robin called out.

"Need any help."

"Nope, I think Rae and I have it covered Rob. Thanks though." A few minutes later everything was prepped and Raven stretched.

"I think I will shower before the others are up. Save some waffles for me." Robin and Cyborg watched Raven pad out of the living room. Again Robin was struck by her bare feet. It was unRaven.

Robin looked at Cy. "So you're teaching her to cook?"

Cy looked surprised at the comment. Robin realized that Cy had reacted to his tone. He really needed to get his irritation under control. "Yeah, for a few weeks now. It's just some basics but I figure might as well teach her to cook especially if she decided to be nice again for the heck of it."

Robin just nodded and turned to the TV. Cyborg raised his eyebrows again but then shrugged and went back to tending to waffles.

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When the doors closed behind her Raven took a deep breath. She didn't know when she noticed a change in her feelings, but they were steadily increasing. She noticed them every time he was in the room. She noticed everything, she swore she even felt his every minute.

So far she had been able to hide the feelings from everyone, but she was not sure how much longer she could keep it up. They spent almost every morning together talking quietly and it was quickly becoming her favorite time of day. No one else was up and it was just them. Every time he casually touched her she felt her powers surge. She was hard pressed to control them during those times. Now, whenever he was close she started to have trouble. She knew that something had to change soon, because if they didn't she was going to have some explaining to do when things began to explode.

When Cy had asked her about her love life she had tried to use sarcastic remarks to get out of it. It had worked so far, but she knew Cyborg would not let this go for long. Eventually he would catch on that Raven had a crush on their young leader. She shuddered to think about what would happen to the team then. She knew it was one sided, but it didn't make it any easier. Standing on the roof this morning with him had been exquisite torture. She desperately wanted to stay up there with him and yet she wanted him to go away.

She rubbed her hands over her face trying to rub away thoughts and feelings. She walked again to the showers, hoping it would help. Something told her it was not going to.

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Cyborg retired to his room soon after breakfast for a quick nap. There was enough food for Star and BB when they woke up but for now he was ready for a recharge. As he left, he saw Rob and Rae sitting on the couch. Rob was channel surfing and Rae was reading. Rob leaned back and placed a hand on the back of the couch, his fingers just brushing Rae's shoulders. Cyborg watched as Raven jumped slightly, pulling away from the touch. That was the first time he realized why Raven had not wanted to answer his love questions. He shook his head at the young girl. Oh Rae, no wonder you didn't want to talk about it. He looked up again before retiring to his room for much needed rest.

A few hours later he entered the room to a highly amusing sight. There was Beast Boy hanging upside down by his ankle. Raven's dark energy had a hold of him and he was dangling high above the couch. He was calling out her name and pleading with Robin to help him.

Starfire was watching it all with a confused smile on her face. Robin was talking with Raven who looked bored and defiant. He walked further in and he could hear the conversation.

Robin slowly shook his head. He was trying to reason with the pissed off empath. Why did Beast Boy have to go after her things? You would think he would learn. He sighed, "Raven, remember our talk?"

Raven looked at him, her head cocked to the side. "Which one is that?"

Robin pointed to beast boy, trapped in a black bubble, now floating above the kitchen. "Raven, this is bad touching."

She crossed her arms and huffed at Beast Boy. "You are so lucky they were here." She pulled back her energy and BB dropped right into Cy's arms.

"Good to see you BB." He set the changeling on the ground and smiled at Raven. The rest of the day went normally. Yes, it was good to be home.

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I was going to continue, but the next conversation is going to be a long one I think, so I am putting it off until next chapter.