Fan Fiction ❯ Going Home ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

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Chapter 3

Raven laid in a sleeping bag on the floor of the guest room. Starfire and Robin sat with Cyborg on the bed, talking in low voices. She buried her face into the pillow, fighting back the tears that threatened to take a hold of her. Her body shuddered with the suppressed tears. It wasn’t till she felt a hand on her should did she realize that the others had stopped talking.

“Friend Raven, are you going to be ok?” Starfire asked in a low voice. In the back ground, they could hear Beast Boy arguing with his mother.

“No!” they heard him scream, “I refuse to marry her!”

“Your going to and that’s final! Our land lord Exano is graciously giving you his daughter in marriage and free rent for you marrying her!” Linda hollered.

“So that’s it! Your just using me?! After you sent me to live with the Titans which I’ve grown used to being with them, now you want me back and only to give me away again! I’m not your real son, there is no way I am going to listen to you. You can’t make me leave my friends!” He hollered back.

“It’s only because of that girl, Raven or whatever her name is. That’s the only reason you wont do it.”

“No it isn’t! All of them are my friends!! Raven is just...” he stuttered trying to find the words to describe her. “She’s... She’s someone I really care about! She’s my best friend!”

Raven tried to bury her face even deeper into the pillow. Tears spilling over the edge of her cheeks. A thunder of foot steps came up the stairs and the door burst open. An angry Beast Boy came in and turned back to the door. “Were leaving tomorrow!” He yelled before slamming the door and locking it.

Still enraged, Beast boy slammed his fist into the wall and made a hole. He slammed his head against it and rested it there, not wanting to believe what was happening. Only a few hours ago, he had been with Raven, holding her in his arms, happy and without a care in the world. Now he had to deal with Linda and her stupid arranged marriage to get free rent.

His fist clenched and he didn’t move from the wall. He knew his other friends were in there but didn’t know that Raven had returned. Shortly after the fully house blackout, she had run outside and disappeared into the night. This made his anger rise, thinking that she was out there alone. However, when Raven didn’t want to be found, she couldn’t be.

Raven, who was curled up in a ball in her sleeping bag, refused to move or even say anything to him. She was afraid that he might get angry with her.

Starfire turned away from Beast Boy and back to Raven, rubbing her back trying to comfort her. “It is ok friend Raven.” she said quietly.

Beast boy’s ears perked up and he turned and saw Raven. Quickly, he went to her side and laid a hand on her wet cheek. When she opened her eyes, she pulled away, a scared look on her face.

‘This is not fair.’ her mind screamed. ‘This would have never happened before, you never used to let your emotions run free!’ she shut her eyes tight waiting for something to happen.

Beast boy realized that she was afraid that he would snap at her and he pulled her into his lap. He ran his fingers through her hair and cradled her head against his chest, talking to her in a low voice.

“Ravey, things are going to be fine. I would never snap at you. Even when I’m angry.” he cooed, soothing her frayed nerves. She relaxed slightly and soon found herself yawning.

Robin sat in the corner of the room, waiting for Beast boy to calm down the petrified girl. They already had to box up the window and few of the mirrors had broken. When Raven fell asleep and Beast boy set her down gently. He spoke. “So were leaving tomorrow?” he asked.

Beast boy nodded, not looking at anyone but Raven. He stroked her soft face.
Starfire sat on the edge of the bed. “Beast boy, I have a question. When you said that you were not her real son, what did you mean?”

Beast Boy sighed. “I was adopted by these people.” When Starfire continued to look confused he went on. “It means that my parents didn’t want to raise me so they gave me up. These people wanted a child to raise so they took me in. I didn’t start showing signs of being green or shape shifting until I hit 13, which is when I came to the Titans.” he explained.

Starfire nodded. “I see now. Why did your parents not wish to raise you?”

Beast boy shrugged. “Who knows, I don’t know who they are.”

“Oh how sad! We must find your parents!” star exclaimed, getting up from the bed.

Beast boy shook his head. “I gave up looking for them a long time ago Star.” he glanced at the clock which had miraculously escaped punish from Ravens powers. “We should get to sleep. I’ll set the clock so we can leave early tomorrow. Star, you can take the bed if you want.” he pulled out more sleeping bags from his closet and tossed one to Robin and three to Cyborg.

“What about you man?” Cyborg asked as he shut the closet.

Beast boy answered by turning into a cat and curling up next to Raven. Cyborg and Robin glanced at each other, smirking as Starfire crawled into the bed. Robin laid his sleeping bag next to the bed and Cyborg laid in the corner.
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