Raven rolled over and looked over at the clock beside her bed. It was seven in the morning, time to get up. Damn. She climbed out of bed and got dressed before walking through the tower into the living room. Robin and Beastboy were already up.

"Morning Raven," said Robin, "You alright?"

"Why?" asked Raven, sitting at the table.

"Well…Jericho decided to go home today," said Robin.

Even Robin looked down at this. Jericho was their friend and they didn't particularly want him to leave. At this moment Jericho walked into the room. He looked at each of their faces. Raven was staring fixedly at the table top. Cyborg and Starfire followed him in.

"You need any help Jericho, come and find us." Said Cyborg, "For some reason, none of us have ever quiet given into the fact that Slade is supposedly 'dead'."

Jericho grinned and stepped down the stairs.

"Where are you going to go?" asked Starfire.

Jericho shrugged and signed something about 'wherever he feels like going'. He smiled gently, but looked sad. He had become friends with the titans. Friends with one of the titans in particular, but Raven was still staring at the table top.

"Well then…I guess we'll see you…" said Beastboy.

Jericho nodded and waved as he walked out of the door. There was silence in the living room. Each of the titans felt like they were losing part of the team. Why? They hadn't felt this way when Terra left them.

"It doesn't feel right, letting him just go." Said Beastboy.

"It was his choice." Said Cyborg.

"Maybe he felt like he was intruding or something," said Beastboy.

Raven closed her eyes, fighting her emotions with everything she had. She couldn't let them go. She had to stay strong…She stood up suddenly.

"Raven?" asked Robin, "What's up?"

Raven didn't say anything. She was staring at the door. She was battling with herself. She turned to Robin and stared at him for a second.

"Do you have a spare communicator?" she asked quickly.

"Yeah, why?" asked Robin, then he understood and ran over to the computer.

He picked up a spare communicator and threw it to Raven. She caught it and ran through the living room, through the doors, along the corridors.

He couldn't have left the island yet. She wasn't going to let someone with those powers leave just like that. She had to say something to him and give him a choice…

She rounded a corner, opened the doors and ran out onto the rocks. Jericho was just walking along a path.

"Joey!" she called.

He turned around. Raven ran over to hi m and held out the communicator.

"You're an official titan." Said Raven, "And…I…"

Joey held out his hand and took the communicator from Raven and he smiled his thanks. Raven was trying to find the right words, but it wasn't coming out right. She kept repeating something about, 'part of a team'. None of it made sense.

"I think," said a voice from the door of the tower.

Raven looked around. The titans were standing at the door. It was Robin speaking.

"…that what Raven is trying to say," he laughed, "is that if you feel like staying as a permanent member of the team, you're more than welcome."

Jericho looked down at the communicator in his hand. He was smiling slightly. Raven had flash backs to when Terra had received her communicator and suddenly ran from the tower. She hoped that this wouldn't be a repetition.

"Well…what do you say?" asked Beastboy.

Jericho looked up from his communicator to Raven. Her face looked concerned. She was worried about his answer. He took a breath and lifted his hands. She sighed a deep breath of relief. Robin nodded and turned to the other titans.

"He says he's not sure if Slade is truly gone. It's too hard to tell," all the titans' faces fell, "But he's willing to stay here and wait to find out."

Beastboy let out a loud whoop of excitement. Starfire gave a large smile and caught Raven's eye. Her smile grew. It was a few seconds before Raven realised that she was smiling too, and her cheeks were going pink…

Jericho patted her on the shoulder. She turned around. He was smiling back at her and he sighed top her.

'Thank-you'

"N…no problem," said Raven.

"Are you sure you want we're going to have room here, maybe we have room in Titans east…" began Cyborg.

"No, I've been thinking about expanding the main group," said Robin, "Maybe even putting new members into Titans east and bringing some of them over here. Either way," he gave Jericho the thumbs up, "We've got a new member."

There were sudden alarms sounding from the tower. They all turned to Robin who grinned and ran back into the tower. They all followed except Jericho who stared up at the tower.

For the first time in his life he felt that he could start again, with a new life. He suddenly realised, he was normal; he had friends…

The End…?

(A/N) Not much of an ending, but it was the best I can do. This is my first attempt to include original members. I was hoping to do some sort of sequel including members such as Kid Flash (Wally West) and Donna Troy (Wonder Girl). Please tell me what you think.

P.S. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. 'Sky' on our TV packed up and to kill time my sister (Kat097) decided to spend the last two nights on the computer non stop! So I'm a bit behind on my writing and uploading and on top of that I'm on work experience right now so I have work to do. Damn being a fifteen year old sucks!