Chapter 2: Weekend of fun

Raven Opened hers eyes in a flash. She was sweating all over and was breathing heavy. She came to conclusion that she must have had another nightmare. She had been having them for the past three weeks, but when ever she woke up it would all become a blur to her. She glanced at the clock. It showed 6:30 in big red numbers. She sighed and slowly made her way to the bathroom and took a long, soothing shower. When she got out it was 7:04. Since she clearly couldn't go back to sleep she got dressed. She wore perfect fit jeans with a black shirt that showed her stomach a little. This was a sign to her that she needed to go shopping soon.

She decided to make her self some tea to help calm down her nerves that had been worked up during the dream. As she headed down the hall it seemed none of the others were awake. The Titans East were staying with them for the year to reduce travel time to school.

When she was done she started to head to the roof to meditate, but then heard waits being lifted in the gym. She, thinking it was Robin, decided to go in to give him his morning kiss. As she walked in she saw she was clearly mistaken. It was Aqualad. She took a seat aside the machine he was working on. He stopped lifting and grabbed his sweat towel, whipping his face dry.

"Couldn't sleep?" he asked looking over at her. She downed the last of her tea before answering him. "What makes you say that?" she asked with a plain expression on her face. "Well no one in their right mind would be up this early on a Saturday morning unless they couldn't sleep." She gave a slight smirk at his comment because she knew it was true. "Well I've been know to be out of my right mind." She replied, the smirk still on her face. Aqualad smiled his charming smile. He loved the way she always turned things around on other people.

He caught himself staring at her. Stop! She's one of you best friend's girlfriend. He screamed in his head. But he couldn't help it. She was so unique. Even more so than an Atlantian.

She stared at him confused. He kept staring at her weird way like he- No. He knew she was with Robin. There's no way he could feel that way. Even if he did he would never risk showing the slightest interest in her further then a friend. It would jeopardize too much. He was smarter than that.

Aqualad rose from the machine, not wanting to do anything further suggesting he liked her. He headed out the room to get some water. Raven quickly rose from her seat and followed him out of the room.

"So why are you up so early?" asked Raven in a child-like tone as she followed him down the hall. She noticed they were headed for the kitchen. "Well actually," he paused for the moment as if he were embarrassed to tell her. There was a long pause before he finally answered. "…Night terrors."

They had reached the kitchen already and he had his head in the fridge. Raven had taken a seat at the counter after setting her cup in the sink. "Really?" she question innocently. "Me too." She looked down at the table as if ashamed. After all she was suppose to be the fearless one of the group. He came out of the fridge with a bottle of water. He sat across from her and started drinking it. After a huge gulp he finally replied. "What about?" She looked up at him. His eyes were so unique and captivating. A smile couldn't help but creep onto her face. The fact was, it was nice for her to have someone other than Robin to confide in with her secrets. They weren't very close or anything but she just felt comfortable with him, like she had known him all her life. "I'm not exactly sure." She replied, the smile now completely gone. He raised an eyebrow. "What you mean?" He took another gulp of water. "Well when I wake up, the dream just becomes a complete blur to me." Aqualad just stared her, not sure of what to say. Their eyes locked for a while before he broke the silence.

"You wanna go out later or somethin'." Raven looked at him confused. Was he asking her out on a date, knowing she was with Robin? "You know with the others en' all." The confused look was whipped from her face, but now there laid a facial expression of slight disappointment. She didn't like him or anything just wanted to be alone with him for a while. After all, if she felt this comfortable with him she needed to more about him right. "Sure," she replied simply.

She began to head out the room, but never made it. A figure in the form of a muscular young man ran to her, grabbing her by the waist and swinging her around. When they stopped spinning, Raven could barely make out the fact that it was Robin because she was so dizzy. He smiled at the surprised look on her face. When he kissed her she knew it was him for sure. Aqualad looked uncomfortably to the side. He hated the sight of his lips upon hers.

"What the hell Robin?" she said as loud as she could without waking the others. He smile a playful smile while saying, "Ah, come on, like you didn't like it." She rolled her eyes and pulled out of his arms. He quickly grabbed her again. He felt empty without her within his grasp.

He began to whisper sweet nothings to her and Aqualad rolled his eyes. He didn't deserve her. He was nothing special. Just a mere human. What did he have the he di-. "Why are you up so early?" Aqualad heard Raven say, cutting off his thought. "Well someone was lifting waits across the hall and woke me." He shot a playful glare at Aqualad. He kissed Raven once more before jogging over to the stove. "Want anything A?" he asked while getting supplies out the cabinets. "No." he replied harsher than he planned.

Aqualad glanced up at Raven. She glared at him. Why was he being so pissy toward Robin, when just seconds ago he was happy as a bird? The look pained him to see so he stalked out the room.

"What's wit' him?" Robin asked, a confused look on his face. "He's just tired," she stated, but knew there was something deeper.

1:30 That Day

All the titans were up now. They all sat in the living room, accept Aqualad, who hadn't been seen since his little outburst.

They were about to go to the mall, for Raven brought to attention what Aqualad suggested earlier. Raven told the others to go ahead and get in the cars and she'd get Aqualad.

She made her way to his room. She could her the faint sound of a pen scratching against paper. Raven knocked softly. She got no answer. She knew he was just ignoring the outside world. He didn't know who was at the door and he didn't care. He didn't want to interact with anyone. She should know. She did it herself a million times.

She pulled the handle and opened the door slightly. The room was dim light from the sun shinning through the curtains. "Hello?" she whispered lightly. She made her way through the door and to a desk to which the noises were coming from.

"You should respect people's privacy more." He said, looking over his shoulder a little. She came up beside him and looked down. There were over a dozen papers filled with words. She looked awkwardly at one and began to read it. It was a poem. He covered before she could read on.

"What do you want?" he said as soft as he could. "Well we were on our way to the mall. You comin'?" He was silent for awhile. "Sure whatever." He got up and the made their way to the T and TE car.

At the Mall

They all made their way through the main entrance of the two story building. They grabbed a bite then they decided to separate. BB and Terra went off their own, as did Bumble and Cyborge, and Mas y Menos. Star went with Speedy. Robin went with Rea of course. Before the walked off Raven stopped and looked toward Aqualad. She told him to come with them and he reluctantly followed.

The made there way to the music store and started to look around. However, Aqualad wasn't really looking at the CD's. He stole secret glances at Raven, who was in the soft rock section. Robin was in the pop section. He walked over to her. She looked and smiled, yes smiled. He smiled at that. He never saw her smile before. Sure he's seen smirks, but never a full fledged smile. It made his body tingle all over.

Meanwhile, Terra and BB were at the arcade. BB was brain washed by one of the games as usual. Terra rolled her eyes. She was going to go through this again. She grabbed BB by the ear and dragged him out the arena. "Hey what was that for?" he asked. "BB you can't play games all the time. Now come on were going shopping." He looked sad but the perked up when he realized they were headed toward the toy store. Ever time they went in there they had lots of fun because they caused so much troubled. She looked back and smiled and he ran up to her and kissed her.

Just around the corner Bumble Bee and Cyborge were in the cloths store. Of course Bumble Bee was going wild over the wide selection. Cyborge sat on the bench behind her, frowning from boredom. Just then a gust of wind flew right between him and Bum Bee. He looked to his left. He saw Mas y Menos stop in front of two girls who were stunned. They started to try and flirt with them and this gave Cyborge something to do. He walked over to them and placed a hand on each of their shoulders. "Are these two bothering you," he said with a playful smile on his face. "Actually they're quiet charming," one of the girls replied. Both wrote down their numbers and handed it to them. They walked out the store and Mas and Menos smiled and turned to Cyborge. They patted him on the shoulder. "That's how you do it kid. Some day, when your and man and all, you'll learn how to mac like us." They both laughed and Cyborge got mad but got over it fast.

A screech could be heard just yards away from they're. Speedy started cracking up. Star had just taken a little more than needed ice cream in her mouth and now had a brain freeze. People looked over and saw the two. All at once they were being swarmed by fans. As the others made their way to the crowd, unknowing that they would also be swarmed by showing their faces, they were spotted by fans passing by. They all escaped the mad mob and made their ways to their cars.

At The Tower

"If that happen to us one more time…" began Speedy, pacing back and forth. Everyone just started laughing. "Well I'm going to bed." Raven said as she kissed Robin. Everyone said good night and not soon after that went to bed themselves. After all, they had a long day of school ahead of them tomorrow.