Sorry for taking forever to write this chapter. I didn't know how to continue the story but a comment gave me an idea, so happy new year and enjoy the chapter.

"And then Rachel threw Terra across the room." Dick sighed as he recalled the events from earlier that day and told them to Kory.

"Sounds like it got pretty rough." Kory said as she rubbed lotion on her hands and got into bed, lying on her side to face Dick. "How did you handle it?"

"I think I yelled at them? I don't know, everything was a blur. I just don't know how Rachel, who's always calm and collected, could explode like that. She's gotten better at controlling her emotions, so that fit came out of nowhere." Dick rubbed his eyes and picked up the book on his nightstand.

"You're just as blind as Gar is, huh?" Kory laughed. "Rachel is in love with that boy and he's flaunting Terra around right in front of her. You know what's it like to be young and in love."

"Yeah well it's messing with their training." Dick took his eyes away from the book and looked at Kory. "They need to fix their issues as soon as possible. This is so childish."

"They're 18, Dick. You're just a bitter old man." Kory teased her partner.

"Oh yeah?" Dick laughed, tossing his book to the floor and lying on top of Kory, holding her down by her shoulders.

"Yeah!" Kory giggled, play fighting against Dick.

"I just don't want to be worrying about this right now. I got a call from Bruce who is currently dealing with some son he didn't even know he had, with Talia. Some kid named Damian. And he's sending him over to the tower for training. I don't need anymore children beating each other." Dick looked down at Kory with a worried look.

"Don't worry, they're old enough to live their own lives. And I'm here and I can kick all their asses if they step out of line." Kory rubbed Dick's upper arm in an attempt to soothe him. "In the meantime, there are other ways to keep your mind off of things."

Kory's hand traveled up to Dick's neck as she pulled him down into a deep kiss.

Dick relaxed in Kory's arms. She took this opportunity to switch their positions, straddling him and placing her arms on his chest.

Dick laughed, knowing all of his worries would soon be gone, even if it was only for a moment.

…

Rachel's vision was blurry as she opened her eyes, the sunlight creeping in through the curtains and spilling onto her dark room.

Her clock read 7:00, and since today was Dick and Kory's turn to make breakfast, she was going to stay in bed until the last minute possible.

Rachel opened the bottom drawer of her nightstand and dug around for her dream journal. She opened it up and began to recall last night's dreams.

It was just a repetitive loop of the events that had transpired yesterday. This was her conscious' way of not letting her how she let control slip yesterday.

Rachel picked up the blue point tip pen on her nightstand and began to jot down in extremely specific detail what had happened yesterday afternoon and in her sleep.

It didn't hunt her per say, but now she had to deal with the fallout. But now that everybody had cooled down, they could discuss the events with a clear head.

Rachel got out of bed and made her way to the closet. She was getting a little tired of the same routine. Maybe shaking things up and trying something new would get her mind off of things.

Thinking about this, she decided to ditch her oversized sweaters and jeans and try something new.

Lately she had been comparing herself to Terra, with her natural beauty and colorful sundresses, making her self esteem go way down.

She didn't tend to really care about her appearance, but she needed a boost. Loving yourself is vital.

She searched around her closet for her favorite black jean jacket. Once she located it, she tossed it on her bed and walked across the room to her dresser.

Opening the second drawer on her dresser, Rachel pulled out a small dark blue tank top.

She reached down to open her third drawer, grabbing her favorite black jean skirt.

Now that she got that down, it's time for shoes.

She walked back to her closet and picked out her favorite black Doc Martens.

She decided that skirt plus boots equals ankle socks, so she went into her sock drawer and pulled out some black ankle knit socks.

Rachel slipped out of her pajamas and put on the outfit she had picked out.

She had woken up with a fresh mind set. Last night she was planning on doing something crazy, like say going into Gar's bedroom and just pouring out her heart to him, and maybe kissing him.

But after lying in bed with her earphones in, listening to loud rock music and staring into space, she decided that her plan needed some upgrading.

So now she's going to ride this new "putting myself first" plan out in the hopes that she'll forget about this delusion.

She looked in her body mirror and admired the outfit. She was definitely gonna rock it later on when she hung out with Rose, since Dick had finally agreed to let them have Fridays off.

She messed up her hair, which was now a little past her shoulders.

Rachel sat down at her vanity and put on some foundation, concealer, blush, did her eyebrows, perfected her winged eyeliner, and finally applied some nude lipstick on her lips.

She remembered the day Kory took her to Sephora and bought her everything she wanted. Then they got home and she taught her how to do her makeup.

In the middle of the session, Rachel poked her eye with the eyeliner, causing them both to burst out in laughter.

Rachel smiled fondly at the memory. Of course she was gonna take makeup lessons from Kory. She always rocked the best looks.

Satisfied, Rachel stood up and put on some deodorant and sprayed on some sweet body mist before glancing at the clock. It read exactly 8.

Rachel decided that she was ready and stepped out into the hallway before making her way to the kitchen.

As she stepped in, both Dick and Kory did a double take.

"You look so cute today sweetie!" Kory squealed.

"Yeah Rach, what's the occasion?" Dick asked, eyebrows raised.

"Thanks. I'm hanging out with Rose later on. I haven't seen her since she moved in with Jason. We text and talk on the phone but I wanna see her." Rachel answered laughing. "Is there anything I can do to help?"

"No I don't want you to get food on your clothes. You can take a seat and we'll set out the breakfast." Kory smiled warmly before going back to slicing fruit.

"Okay." Rachel smiled. This day was actually turning out to be a great one. She sat down at the table and watched as Kory and Dick brought out oatmeal, fruits, waffles, and omelettes.

"I love it when you guys cook." Rachel exclaimed as she took in the sight of all of the food around her.

Kory laughed, suddenly stopping as she saw Gar and Terra coming out hand in hand to the kitchen.

"Good morning guys." Kory said before looking over to Rachel, bracing herself for her reaction.

But to Kory's surprise, she was actually calm and smiling.

What had happened last night after the incident?

"Good morning!" Terra said, perky as ever, like she hadn't been tossed around like a football just yesterday.

"Good morning." Gar responded, flashing them his usual charming smile, yet there was some sadness in his eyes.

He avoided looking directly at Rachel, since their confrontation last night.

This was all a little strange and weird to Kory. They were acting so…normal. She had to say something before these kids change their attitudes and somebody gets flung into the table.

"Take a seat we're just about to start eating. Dick is bringing out the coffee and orange juice." Kory said as she took a seat at the head of the table.

Terra rushed to sit at her usual chair, leaving Gar to either sit in front of Rachel or beside her. He decided to sit in front of her, that way he could be next to Terra.

As he inevitably looked up, he caught a glimpse of Rachel. She always looked beautiful but today she looked breathtaking. It was going to be hard to avoid her while she looked like that. Her darkness always drew his light in.

But then Terra placed her hand over his. He turned to look at her and she smiled at him. He didn't know how these two completely polar opposites made him feel the exact same way.

Dick came in holding a coffee pot in one hand and a glass pitcher filled with orange juice in the other. The room was awkwardly uncomfortable. He knew that this team was not going to function like this.

"Look clearly we have to work some things out. I don't want this breakfast to turn into a therapy session, but you guys have unresolved issues that you need to work out. So we're not leaving this table until everybody is smiling and laughing and talking, or at least looking at each other." Dick exclaimed to the teens, looking at Gar at the end.

"Look Dick, I'll admit that I let control slip yesterday, but every team has their issues and that doesn't mean that we can't fix them." Rachel spoke before turning to Terra. "Terra I'm sorry I threw you across the room. Sometimes my dark side gets the best of me and I took my anger out on you. It was selfish and I don't want you to be afraid of me."

Terra looked up at Rachel with warm eyes.

"I accept your apology. I get it. I just saw Gar getting hurt and we're supposed to protect our teammates right? For all it's worth I'm sorry for dropping the roof on your head." Terra smiled as Rachel gave her a small smile.

"And Dick we owe you an apology. Sorry for not acting like teammates and destroying the practice room." Rachel looked at her leader.

Dick sighed and launched into his usual speech.

"Rachel I thought you had your powers under control. I know it must be hard to contain them all the time, but you don't want to give your teammates a reason to distrust you. If you don't have trust you can't be a team. And Terra, I know that you and Gar are involved now, but people get hurt in combat. Rachel was just asking what I did her to do. We're all gonna get roughed up in battle and you can't turn against each other. You said it yourself, you have to protect your teammates." Dick looked at the Titans with soft eyes, not wanting to scold, yet wanting to get the message through their thick skulls.

"We got it Dick. It won't happen again." Gar said firmly.

"Good. Now for the punishment, Bruce is sending a construction company to rebuild the room, but I want you to pick up all the debris and look for all of the equipment that wasn't destroyed. But I'm not unreasonable. You can enjoy your Friday but I want you here at 7 PM. The construction company will be here bright and early tomorrow, so you'll be up all night cleaning. It's more painful that way. If you're not here, you will get employed by the construction company and will spend several weeks building our new practice room. I'm being easy on you guys. In the meantime, we will be practicing in the warehouse a block down from here. Training starts up again tomorrow."

"Sounds good Dick." Rachel said as she ate a strawberry.

"Now there's something else I wanted to discuss with you guys. Bruce just recently found out about a son he had with Talia." Dick started.

"Talia? As in al Ghul? As in Ra's al Ghul? As in Batman's enemy? How did this happen?" Terra asked, intrigued.

"Yes. There was a one night stand and an artificial womb. You know, typical stuff. She kept him a secret for years. Anyways, even though Bruce always seems calm and collected, I know he's freaking out. So he's going to send him over here to become the next Robin. His name is Damian Wayne. He'll be here today. Please no drama." Dick informed the Titans.

"Don't worry Dick, we'll be on our best behavior." Rachel reassures her leader.

"Wow. Batman's son. Two Robins weren't enough to kick our asses, huh?" Gar laughed.

"I hope we can show him how we are as a team." Dick smiled.

Yeah. Hopefully Terra doesn't drop the tower on him when he gets here.

Let's hope Rachel doesn't toss him back to Bruce's mansion.

Rachel and Terra almost immediately broke the truce consciously.

…

After breakfast Rachel ran up to get her phone from her room to text Rose, wanting to hang out with a real friend as soon as possible.

Missed Call: Rose

She unlocked her phone and called Rose back. She answered on the fourth ring.

Hello?

Hey Rose!

Hey Rach! I called you earlier.

Yeah sorry I was eating breakfast.

Ugh, Dick still has that stupid no phones at the table rule?

Unfortunately, yes.

You ready to go?

Yeah let me just get my bag.

Alright I'll be there in five.

Later.

Rachel put her phone down and grabbed her black bag that was hanging in the closet.

She slung it on her shoulder, checked herself out in the mirror one last time, and picked up her phone.

She decided to wait for Rose outside the tower.

As Rachel walked down the hallway she passed Gar.

They smiled at each other before Rachel continued walking.

Gar however, stop dead in his tracks. Where was she going? And he was not being misogynistic, but where was she going dressed like that? I mean sure women can wear whatever they want, but he knows how guys think. It's not her fault she was so pretty, but he felt weird thinking about all the guys that would be eyeing her. He wasn't used to seeing her like this. What if some douchebag treats her like a piece of meat, or what if she's on her way to meet some guy? He had to know.

"Rachel, wait. Where are you going?" Gar said as he caught up to her in the hallway.

"Out." Rachel kept walking.

Can you be more vague? Gar quickly threw his body in front of her, hand on wall, blocking her path, and invading her space.

"Yes Gar?" Rachel batted her eyelashes and asked innocently. She knew exactly why he was so intrigued.

"With who?" Gar asked, hoping he wasn't being extremely obvious.

"A friend. What's up with the 20 questions?" Rachel asked, acting oblivious to his intentions.

"Nothing I just don't want you to miss the big practice room cleaning up party." Gar tried to steer the conversation in a different direction.

"Don't worry I'll be here before 7." Rachel laughed as she pushed her way past her teammate.

Gar watched her walk away. She just won't stop playing this game.

…

Rachel saw as Rose pulled up in her car.

She got in and took a deep breath, finally a tension free environment

"Hey Rachel. You look amazing." Rose smiled at her younger friend. She had much appreciation for her. She understood her. Rachel was like a little sister to her.

"Rose!" Rachel leaned over her seat to hug her friend.

"So where do you want to go?" Rose asked as she put on her sunglasses and pulled out of the garage.

"Let's go to the mall." Rachel responded.

"Alright. So how's life at Titans Tower?" Rose smiled as she recalled some of the fond memories.

"Intense." Rachel sighed.

"How come? How's Terra doing?" Rose questioned the young Titan.

"She's actually the problem. Not really. She's sweet but she dating Gar. And that's a problem because…" Rachel started to answer before Rose interrupted her.

"Because you're totally in love with him." Rose chuckled.

"I'm not! I just sorta like him but he's with Earth Barbie. I was just having a rough couple of days and there might have been a slight incident but I was being stupid and acting like a child. So I decided to get dressed up and go out instead of sitting in my room contemplating the whole situation." Rachel exclaimed, slightly defensive.

"Right…Wait what do you mean there might have been a slight incident?" Rose raised an eyebrow.

"In my defense, she started it. She was the one that shook the entire building and made the roof fall on my head." Rachel tried to ease into it before she revealed to Rose what she had done.

"Right and what did you do?" Rose was desperately trying to hold back laughter.

"I might have tossed her across the practice room with a tendril." Rachel looked down at her twiddling thumbs, slightly embarrassed.

"Oh you got it bad!" Rose burst out laughing.

"Shut up. I came to hang out with you to forget about all of this. You know what this is all your fault you were the one that sent Terra to the tower." Rachel playfully teased her friend.

"Really? Then maybe I should keep sending hot, troubled girls over to the tower." Rose chuckled.

"Please don't." Rachel groaned.

…

After a twenty minute drive, Rachel and Rose arrived at the mall.

"So where do you want to go first?" Rose asked as they looked around the overwhelming amount of stores.

"Let's go to Sephora. I want to buy this amazing new red lipstick." Rachel answered almost immediately. She had had her eye on it for weeks.

"Alright let's go." Rose led the way to the overpriced makeup store.

…

Two hours into walking around the stores, the girls decided to grab some lunch. They ordered some pizza and engaged in some casual conversation.

"Don't think I didn't notice all the guys staring at you." Rose stated glancing at a table where two young guys were staring at the pair.

"Don't be ridiculous. Everybody all day has been acting like I did a complete 180." Rachel tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, suddenly feeling self conscious.

"Well we're not saying you're not pretty everyday, it's just that this new you is really rare." Rose attempted to soothe her friends nerves.

"I guess all the training and crime fighting doesn't give me a lot of free time." Rachel explained. "I just wanted to do something for myself, you know? Just stray away from the team a little bit. I love them but my life can't just revolve around them."

"That's exactly why I left. But I'll always be grateful to the Dick and the Titans." Rose smiled.

Rachel let out a sigh of relief. She had finally found somebody who understands her.

"So how's it going with you? How's Jason?" Rachel questioned, deciding that they had talked about her enough.

"We're great actually. We've replaced Hank and Dawn as the better crime fighting couple." Rose laughed.

"Yeah I bet. You guys are great together." Rachel was genuinely happy for her, but deep down she wondered if she would ever have what Rose and Jason do.

As if reading her mind, Rose decided to give her a pep talk. Dick had trained her in those too.

"Look Rachel, you're a beautiful girl. Someday you will find a guy who loves you. Maybe it's Gar or somebody else, but you will find him. You're still young, so there's no rush. And then maybe you two will become the best time crime fighting couple, or you'll settle down with a nice normal guy. But it won't matter because you'll love him." Rose smiled fondly at a comforted Rachel.

"You always know what to say Ro." Rachel was glad that Rose was here for her, like the big sister she never had. " I know the world doesn't revolve around guys, but doesn't everybody want love?"

"And it comes in due time." Rose clicked her phone on to check the time. It read 3:00.

"We should probably keep looking around. I have to be home in four hours." Rachel took a big gulp of her soda before standing up to go throw away her trash.

"Dick set a curfew? Somebody needs to take that stick out of his ass." Rose laughed, following Rachel to the trash bin.

"No we have to be at the tower at 7 to clean up the mess that we made in the practice room after the incident." Rachel rolled her eyes.

"That's Dick, always serving justice. Is he still as hot as I remember?" Rose dreamily thought about the Titan's leader.

"Hate to break it to you but he's pretty serious with Kory." Rachel chuckled.

"How can I compete? She's literally out of this world." Rose sighed dramatically.

"You really have a thing for Robins, huh?" Rachel teased.

"I can't help it. There's something about Batman's influence in a guy that makes me weak." Rose laughed.

They walked out of the food court in search of another store they could check out.

"Well there's another Robin coming to the tower, so Jason is gonna have some competition." Rachel spoke.

"What do you mean?" This piqued Rose's interest.

"Apparently Bruce had a one night stand with Talia al Ghul, and nine months later, their son was born. Nineteen years later, Bruce found out about him and now wants to toss him over to Dick while he gets over his little freak out." Rachel caught Rose up to speed.

"Isn't Talia the daughter of Batman's nemesis? That's wild!" Rose was extremely intrigued with this story.

"Yeah I was shocked too. His name is Damian. Hopefully he's cool because I can't deal with more drama back at the Tower." Rachel sighed.

"Well that's why you're out, to get your mind off of things. Let's go look at some records. Come on." Rose grabbed Rachel's hand and led her into Urban Outfitters.

"Okay hold on!" Rachel laughed as she was dragged to the store.

…

After her fun day with Rose, she didn't want to go back to the tower. But Dick would make sure that she was covered in cement until the new practice room was finished.

Rose dropped Rachel off at the tower.

She watched as Rose drive away.

Satisfied and feeling better than she had in a couple of days, she went inside.

She got in the elevator and checked the time on her phone. It was 5:15. That was enough time to take a shower and get mentally prepared to spend the night cleaning the practice room.

The elevator door opened, revealing the tower's living room.

Nobody was there. It was Friday, so Dick and Kory were probably out having their weekly dinners.

Rachel wondered where the other happy couple was.

Shaking off her thoughts, she made her way through the quiet tower.

As she walked down the hallway, he heard giggles from Terra's room.

Rachel rolled her eyes and made her way to her bedroom.

As she got closer to her room, she noticed that the door was opened. She was pretty sure she had closed it before she left.

…

In Terra's room, the couple were snuggled up and watching a movie quietly.

The truth was that Gar could not stop thinking about Rachel. Where she had gone, who she was with.

It was 5:10, and she was still not here. He was only worried because they had to be cleaning in less than two hours. He really doubted that Rachel was the construction type.

"Are you okay?" Terra asked, wondering why her boyfriend was so spaced out.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" Gar answered, still staring mindlessly at the television.

"Well you haven't said anything about the movie and we've been watching it for like an hour. You know you can tell me anything right?" Terra took his hand to reassure him that he could trust her, after all, they were sorta involved.

"I'm fine. This movie is just a little boring, that's all." Gar needed to remind himself that he was okay, that a million thoughts about Rachel weren't racing through his head at that moment.

"Well maybe we can do something else." Terra smirked, looking Gar in the eyes.

"Like what?" Gar smiled, looking down at his blonde haired girlfriend.

Terra shut off the movie before leaning up and planting a quick kiss on Gar.

Gar laughed and pushed her down into the bed, causing a fit of giggles to escape both of them.

He lifted her head up and kissed her deeply. As he did, he heard the familiar squeaking of leather Doc Martens with their particularly noisy rubber soles.

She was back.

He cleared all thoughts of Rachel out of his head to focus on the girl he was currently with.

…

Rachel walked slowly into her room, ready to deal with the intruder.

She came face to face with a strange boy.

He looked eighteen, nineteen at most. Black hair slicked back, baby blue eyes that pierced into Rachel's, jaw chiseled, and small but full lips.

His lean but muscular physique was enrobed by ripped black jeans, a tight fitting dark red T-shirt, a black leather jacket, and some black slip-on Vans.

He raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms.

Rachel realized she had stared a bit too long. She cleared her throat before beginning an interrogation.

"Who are you?" Rachel questioned the attractive boy.

"Seriously? Being the son of Batman and Talia al Ghul, you'd think people would know you. Don't you know I'm anybody can talk about?" The boy answered back, without missing a beat.

"I'm guessing you're Damian Wayne." Rachel responded, sensing the hostility in his tone.

"Congratulations, you did your research. Wow the welcome committee here stinks." Damian scoffed before plopping down on Rachel's bed.

"Yeah, well, we all have our own lives. Can be waiting around for Batman's son to show up. That still doesn't explain what you're doing in my room." Rachel snapped back. If he was going to be an asshole, so can she.

"Well Dick showed me to mine, but I didn't really like it. So I decided to walk around the tower to find one that's more my style. Turns out I picked this one. And since Bruce owns the tower, I figured it shouldn't be a problem." Damian said, propping himself up on Rachel's headboard and putting his hands behind his head.

"Well it is. You might get whatever you want over at daddy's place, but Dick isn't easily manipulated." Rachel took a seat at the foot of the bed and shoved his Vans covered feet off of her duvet.

"We'll just see about that." Damian winked.

"Get out. I have to take a shower and prepare for what is going to be the longest night of my life." Rachel stood up and began to get some comfortable clothes from her drawers. Hopefully they would aid in cleaning and staying awake.

"Don't you want some company?" A smirk spread across his mischievous face.

"I have come to the conclusion that I don't like you. You're new here so you don't know the extent of my powers, but you will if you keep annoying me. Now get out and take your cockiness with you." She grabbed his arm and yanked until he stood.

"Fine. I can tell we'll have some fun." He grinned before being shoved out of the bedroom, with the door closing behind him.

Gar was coming out of Terra's room as he saw a smug looking Damian come out of Rachel's.

What was he doing in there?

The new boy was definitely gonna have some problems.

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