Speedy's Room

[Kenni]

"..."
He didn't respond right away, and the dramatic pause wasn't for effect.
It was just...Robin was all-eyes--mask, for Babs. And so was he.
"Could be better. I've taken all the necessary precautions Robin."But he recalled how crazy she'd been for the other guy at that point, and it made him nervous that they'd opened up a whole can of worms that neither of them had really meant to. It made him feel like the third wheel again. He'd always been left with hands jammed into his pockets, then wiping his runny nose, then scratching his unruly lighter-at-the-time carrot-coloured tufts, watching Barbara practically jumptackle Robin whenever he'd find them in games of hide-and-seek. And he always would, too. Without fail; 5 minutes or less. It was almost like she had a homing beacon and he was the only one who could lock onto it as quickly as she could send the signal out. Sure, Green Arrow had complimented Speedy on his quickness and Master Detective skills, but he knew compared to Robin and Big Bats, what he could do was nothing. He felt a little smug, having gotten to play nurse for the girl, unaware the entire time she was thinking about the other man just as much as he was fretting over Raven.
...
Raven.
How much was she hurting?
Was she..crying?
Did she...utterly despise him?
What were the two of them getting themselves entrenched into, that they could be in direst straits and be longing for Robin and Raven instead of clinging to each other.
"S'beat me up more than once. So she'll pull through, isn't that right, Little Mermaid?"
It was time to rouse her for a moment as concussion first-aid indicated, although it was a shame to waste this scene; if Robin hadn't come in, he might've tried to kiss her again, bring her back to life, the waking world, like in one of his favourite fairytale happy endings. This was the way he was transfixed on her now unmasked face. He administered the AVPU test, irritating though it was, checking whether she was alert to answer the question now awake, she responded to voice, responded to pain or touch (here he squeezed her hand a smidge), and would thereby know if she was unresponsive to anything aforementioned.
Speedy hoped by uttering the quiet sentence, even if she would have so happened to open her eyes to Robin's face on her right first, even if she wanted to look at Robin first, that she'd be alerted by his voice and look at him first.
Batgirl didn't have to speak to him first.
She just had to look at him first.

Otherwise, what was he hurting Raven like this for? What had it all been for?

[Bry]

Raven returned to her room.

She was tired, but she wasn't. How did that work?

She stood in the middle of her room, tears running silently down her face, staring at the wall, her arms hugging around herself, and thought about what might be happening down in the infirmary. About how Speedy was probably attending to Batgirl's every whim.... Robin too, but she could hardly fault him for that.

With a small screech, Raven sent a statute flying off her shelf to the cold ground below and watched it crack into a hundred pieces.
She hadn't at all meant to hurt Barbara. Or Speedy for that matter. She never would have on normal circumstances.... And she sincerely hoped the girl would be okay, but.... Still.

Raven released a few more bursts of anger at her walls with little screams of fury, not nearly loud enough to call attention to herself, only to release her pent up emotion before it got a hold of her again. Anger was her greatest weapon, and her downfall. The only thing that could both disarm her and exalt her into power she hardly knew at the same time.

Kinda like Speedy.

She knocked a few books to oblivion, killing shelves and little metal instruments. She could feel Hate burning just under the surface, but she was ready for him this time. He would not get loose. Never, never again....

Of course that meant she'd have to learn to trust Speedy again. And Babs. She'd have to trust them as her team, if nothing else, to trust that they'd have her back in the midst of battle....

Maybe Robin would oblige if she asked for a transfer.

Sighing, Raven looked around the mess of her room. She stared down a broken necklace, glittering at her from the floor.

"You're replaceable," she told it coldly.

/Just like I was./

She stared out the window, after a moment silently replacing things back to their shelves, putting pages back into books. Putting some semblance of order into her chaotic life.

[Aly]

Evidently, the memories that ran through her head turned into dreams as she fell asleep on the infirmary bed. The memories spanned from when they were young to when Robin left her and Batman. She had cried that day, seemingly to no end. Bruce wasn't one to comfort her, so she ended up just crying herself out. More memories of when Speedy joined her and Robin came into her mind, sometimes when they were playing, and sometimes when they went out with Batman and Green Arrow to fight crime in the streets of Gotham or Star City, wherever they were at the time.

She felt a slight pressure on her hand, but feigned sleep. She was so confused. What was she going to do with these two boys? She had always liked... maybe even loved... Robin, but now here was her childhood playmate looking after her. She knew it had been him that tried to rouse her with the squeeze - his fingers were calloused from his bow. She thought about looking up at him immediately, but just squinted her eyes shut tighter, trying to hold onto the dreams.

Eventually though, the dreams faded and she was just left with the blackness from behind her eyelids. Sighing, she opened her eyes, immediately seeing Speedy standing over her. Movement out of the corner of her eye caused her gaze to wander over to Robin.

"Hey boys." She smiled weakly up at the two before trying to sit up on the bed and swing her legs over the side. The movement caused her head to swim again, and she closed her eyes and put her hand to her head to steady herself. "I'm fine. Just a little bump. Nothing to worry about." She tried to convince them as much as herself, but her head still said otherwise. It was still pounding, but not as much as before. Probably a minor concussion.

[Silv]

Robin's smile dropped when her gaze landed on Speedy first. He supposed that was the logical thing to do since the archer had opened his big mouth to further draw attention to himself. It still bothered him. He nodded as both of them tried to convince him that Batgirl was fine, like they'd tried to convince him Raven was fine. But Robin, like Batman, liked to come to his own conclusions. Especially since, at the moment, he didn't quite trust the archer across from him. “Are you feeling nauseous or dizzy?” he asked Babs before walking to the counter in the infirmary and grabbing a flashlight out of the drawer to check how her pupils were responding.

He came back over to the side of the bed and leaned in close to her, shining the flashlight in each eye to check how well they dilated. It seemed like she was perfectly fine, aside from the cut, but head wounds were incredibly serious and had to be treated as such. “If you're feeling up to it you can go to your room. If not, you are welcome to stay here,” he informed her as he snapped the flashlight off and moved to put it away. “Let us know right away if your condition worsens.” and now he was sounding like a doctor.

“You never asked how she was, you know,” Robin glanced over his shoulder to Speedy. He was talking about Raven. If the Boy Wonder had felt confident leaving the archer to clean up his own messes that would have been the first thing he'd ask. But it looked like they weren't so alike after all. He rounded on his old friend, moving so they were barely a foot apart. Robin, despite being the shorter of the two, almost seemed to look down his team mate. He was practically radiating Batman.

“I don't know what sort of game you think you're playing, but it needs to stop,” he informed Speedy coldly. He was too angry to care that Babs was still there, and besides, she had seen him at his worst. She wouldn't be as afraid as the others tended to be when his more Batman-like tendencies slithered out like Raven's demon. She'd seen and worked with the real thing intimately. “If this continues I'm transferring you back to East. I won't have you putting my team in danger,” there, he'd said it, Raven was dangerous. She knew that as well as the rest of them. And if Speedy thought he could trifle with such things and get away with it he had another thing coming.

[Aly]

Robin's smile disappeared just as Batgirl trained her gaze on him. Huh. Maybe he did care. The thought caused her heart to pound faster. When he asked if she was nauxious or dizzy, she nodded. She didn't want to play it up, but she needed to stay safe. "Yes. Both. Not so much nauxous, but dizzy when I move." She was about to say more when he left and came back with a flashlight, which he immediately shined into her eyes. Great. Doctor Wonder was here, and the boy she had played with as a child wasn't. Robin was all business now and didn't seem to care about the reason /why/ she got concussed.

She didn't want to return to her room or stay there. She just wanted to get on with daily life like nothing had happened. Maybe follow Speedy around a bit to see if /he/ was alright. Nodding at Robin's command to speak up if it got worse, she slid off the bed slowly.

The movement caused her head to swim, but she steadied herself by leaning back on the bed. As she did so, Robin had turned to Speedy, talking about Raven. Again, he seemed more concerned about the person who caused all of this to happen than the person who was actually injured. Of course, he had made sure she was okay, but only after making sure Raven was. And now he was back to talking about her? She was glad when he spoke again, but only briefly. He was scolding Speedy, which she did not like at all. It made her madder than she had thought she would be at it, and she shoved Robin back away from him, stepping in between them. "Lay off, Robin." She may be hurt, but she wansn't going to stand by while Robin threatened to transfer her... friend. Or whatever Speedy was now. All that she knew was that Speedy was definitely more than a friend at the moment. "If you're transfering him, I'm going too. There's no reason to split up our team like that. Raven's unstable, so you want to send a perfectly fine teammate away? I don't think so." She crossed her arms before her, staring Robin straight in the eye. She was about as tall as he was, so that wasn't very hard.

[Kenni]

His heart fluttered like crazy. She's looking at me! She's looking at me. She looked at me first. He was so grateful she'd even woken up at all that he wouldn't let go of her hand.
"You really oughta stay still, it's still too early to be moving around! Can I get you anything? How 'bout some water?"
While he fussed like a mother hen, she wasn't really listening, it seemed.
That was alright.

Because, she'd looked at him first.

Speedy was about to lash out at Robin for talking down to him about 'not asking how she was'. That was one of the FIRST questions he'd asked Babs! How dare he not give him the benefit of the doubt when it came to a patient he'd put directly under Speedy's care to administer--ah. He wasn't talking about their beloved Batgirl at all, was he. Speedy's rage-filled eyes suddenly fell low; he was glad he was wearing his mask; his own blues were an emotional rollercoaster. Scuffing the ground and muttering unintelligible excuses, then stopping, and taking the berating.
Yes, lay it on thick, Sonic the Hedgehog. I'm just that horrible that I'm playing a game with...but what was Babs doing now? Eyes wide, he watched her take on Robin, then bristled immensely. It wasn't about this girl taking it upon herself to be fighting his battle. It was about the fact that he'd been so mute that he'd let things get to that point. His fault. Everything was Speedy's fault.
But he'd own up to it, from now on!
"Woooah woah woah, you're not going anywhere. Stay right here..with me. Where I can keep an eye on you."
Stepping between Batgirl and Robin, he handled her towards the bed again, carefully setting her back on her bottom and giving her a stern look, then was back to within a foot of Robin, his old friend's decided sparring spot. Green Arrow might not have been as imposing as Batman had been, but Speedy had picked up his own sense of 'presence' from Brave Bow, his Native American reservation archery overseer and just as much of a father to him as Ol' Ollie had been.
He shut the Infirmary door they were next to with his foot, hearing it click locked this time. Last time he left a crucial door unlocked.
He took off his mask now so that Robin could see what he was feeling, wanting him to know his real, vulnerable concerns. Folding his arms, he exuded nothing but a snippet of Brave Bow's wisdom, dignity and advice:
'Never let another true man insult your pride; always admit your faults and stay as man as he is.'
"That's right; I'm going to look after her now, Robin. At least I can make decisive conclusions about who I'm with; granted they aren't always the best for everyone involved, like now, and I know I make mistakes. But right now, I like Barbara. Back then, I liked Barbara. I've always liked, Barbara. I'll remind you I've been here risking my life every day to fill in for Cyborg; his absence is sorely missed and he's a far better asset than I am in brains and brawn, naturally, but I responded to YOUR summons to come, so if I'm now putting you guys in danger, if we're on bad terms now because I've finally realized who I want to be with now, I'll be glad to go. Just know that I'm not playing around, this time. I'll never be able to make this up to Raven but there's something she and you will never understand. It's how it feels to always be compared to you! I'm going to distinguish us right now, by holding onto her, to Barbara, the girl I've liked since we were training in training pants, and you're just gonna have to deal with that."
The masks were off, now.

...
Was it strange that he couldn't bring himself to say, 'love', though?
It was a little strange.

[Silv]

Robin was so busy staring Speedy down that he didn't notice when Batgirl got out of the bed and came between them until he felt something press against his chest. He looked at Bab's in surprise, moving slightly back before steadying and becoming immovable again. The Boy Wonder was not going to budge on this. Speedy was originally from East, anyway, and Barbara belonged with Batman. After all, Bruce hadn't told her to never come back. Raven was a member of his core team, and he'd send the both of them away before he broke that up, Cyborg's soul seeking journey aside.

“When you're leader of your own team you can make the tough decisions, Batgirl.” he didn't use his nickname for her. He was angry at her too. “Until then, let me do what I have to do.” Speedy was already ushering her to the bed, so he didn't bother with her. She could be just as stubborn as the rest of the Bat Family. There wasn't much talking sense into normal humans who ran around at night dressed in ridiculous costumes and fighting crime. Robin was enough proof of that.

Then the archer was whirling back to face him with an angry tirade. Robin's gloved hands clenched into fists. He was glad the door was closed and locked because he didn't want the rest of the team hearing this. If Speedy thought he was going to take the blame and shoot it back at Robin then he had a rather rude awakening coming towards him. Robin's invitation had not been a granting of free reign, and he couldn't fathom how Speedy could complain about risking his life every day to help them when it was in the goddamn job description of being a superhero. What probably made him the angriest was that he was talking about Babs like he'd known her since they were in diapers together.

This was not a conversation between the leader of the Teen Titans and the protege of Green Arrow. This was a conversation between Dick Grayson and Roy Harper over a girl. It was a girl they had both known and loved for many years. And there was still something there. Some small, passionate flame that still kindled in his soul for the redhead on the bed. It had been hard to face when she had come to the tower, especially since she also brought with her painful memories of Batman, but now it seemed he would never get the chance. He wasn't sure if he was relieved or depressed about it. Robin reached up to his face and pulled off his own domino mask. It felt strange to not be wearing it, even among people he had known since the start of their careers.

“Decisive?” Dick echoed incredulously not able to hold back a scoff. “Oh, that's rich coming from the guy who chases everything that looks vaguely feminine. I'm sorry if I don't believe this change of heart since you've proven untrustworthy in the past.” his upper lip curled into a snarl and disgust danced in his bright blue eyes. This was disgusting. Would Babs honestly fall for this load of bull? “And do I really need to remind you that risking our lives is a part of the job description? If you can't handle it I suggest you put down your bow and find another calling. When I asked you to come help us out in Jump, I thought I was asking a friend a favor, not giving you free reign of the tower with the excuse Robin asked me to help as your byline to do whatever the hell you wanted!”

“Whatever is between you and Babs is between you and Babs,” the Boy Wonder's eyes flicked over to the girl on the bed filled with hurt. “If you are what she wants then so be it.” his gaze slid to the floor then so he could compose himself before continuing. He didn't want either of them to know how much the idea of Barbara and Roy together really bothered him. Finally, he composed himself enough that he could lift his gaze to match Roy's. “But you have to fix whatever happened with Raven. And if you keep hurting my teammates,” he'd almost said family, “I will send you away. Are we clear?”

Richard was incredibly serious about the threat to his team. He loved the feeling of having a family. It was so...fulfilling. Sure, life with Bruce had been alright. He had Alfred to care for him, and Bruce to keep him safe, but it was nothing like the family he had with the Titans. This bunch of misfits meant a lot to Dick, even if he didn't always show it, and he would go to great lengths to keep them all together.

[Aly]

Apparently, getting off the bed wasn't a good idea, and both Speedy and Robin thought so, along with her pounding head. It seemed like her heart and head were conflicting. Her heart didn't want the two boys she... liked... fighting, especially over her, while her head told her to sit down and relax back on the bed. While Speedy ushered her back to the bed, she scowled at him, but made no resistance as he sat her down.

When Dick spoke, however, she gave a snort. Of course the 'team leader' Robin would say that. It seemed like he was trying to stay away from emotional talk and stay business-like. Whatever. She knew her... relationship?... with Speedy ought to bug him. She had seen that look he gave when she had stepped in between them and seen that smile fall when she glanced at Speedy before looking at Robin. That was the original reason that she did it. Of course now... she didn't know what to think. She felt more for the red-headed archer than she had originally planned, and now she got herself mixed up in this mess with Raven.

"Okay, tough decisions? This is not a tough decision. You are threatening to transfer your /best friend/! I know you better than that, Dick. You are just upset and you're taking it out on Speedy." She crossed her arms indignantly and stared the now de-masked Robin down. It surprised her that she could yell at her friend like this and not revel in the fact that she /knew/ that Robin liked her enough to go on a jealous rampage and transfer Speedy. This was what she wanted, right? To have Robin notice her again?

When Speedy spoke next, she felt her heart give a squeeze. He had always liked her? Even when she had been fawning over Robin, he liked her? She glanced at him in surprise, her eyebrows just about disappearing behind her hair. She had never known how Speedy had felt, and now she was just playing with him. Of course, she was feeling more than friendly love for the archer now.

Her hands folded into fists as Robin spoke again. They only softened when he looked at her, his eyes filled with hurt. She felt like reminding him of when he had gone to the roof with Starfire and how /she/ had felt after that. Of course, girls will be girls and Babs had cried for hours. It made her own heart hurt to see Robin like this, but she had to face it. She liked Speedy, and Robin liked Starfire.

[Kenni]

The up-to-no-good archer let Robin say his piece, cheeks burning in shame, humbled, subdued, eyes downcast even farther now to avoid his accuser's gaze. Now that they were revealing all, he knew more of his faults were going to crop up in the fury of righteous anger his Chief of the moment was dishing out. He sent a pleading, tired look to Babs, stern eyebrows just fading to the sides of his eyes like a sad puppy. It was embarrassing having Babs try to defend him when he knew everything that was being said was right, but it also felt kind of nice, having her on his side for once...

Ahh, this was all so messed up.
"Crystal, Richard. Crystal." he said quietly, subdued. He breathed out, wanting to punch something, maybe Robin, for exposing all his faults and using 'if' before 'you are what she wants'. Bravada and bow aside, Roy Harper was just a confused, insecure young adult, like most were. He couldn't say much to the edict of fixing things with Raven. His heart was telling him to run to her room and bow low, scrape and seek forgiveness, ask her to ask him to do anything in the world if it would help. But his head knew this would be in vain. They were going to need a couple of days to all calm down. Should be really go right away and confront her, and break down like he wanted to? How could he, when he had Barbara now? How could be keep reinforcing the self-cultivated stigma of indecisiveness that was plaguing him now?

They were going to need a couple of days, to all calm down.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.

"I'll make this right. If you can't trust me on anything else, trust me on this at least."

He would've wandered out, but opted to stay put in his daze; it was looking as though since he'd said he'd be taking responsibility for Babs, he should be the one expected to stay with her here, or help her back to her...room.

Ahh, bedrooms. One could do so many earth-shattering things behind a closed door.

[Silv]

Dick had not responded to Bab's barb about it not being a tough decision. She wasn't a leader. She didn't understand the sacrifices that had to be made. But then, the comment she'd made about him being angry and taking it out on Speedy was also true. Richard was furious. Roy, however, was also the appropriate target for his anger. After all, it had been Roy who lead Raven on, who hurt her, who caused her to lose control and hurt others. If Richard was blaming anyone it was going to be Roy. Of course, that was because he didn't know Barbara wasn't innocent. Not that he would probably have believed it if he'd known the truth.

The hurt look on Roy's face almost made Dick second guess what he was doing. But no. Dick knew what he was doing was right. Speedy needed to know that there would boundaries so he didn't continue to break through them and cause more of a mess. When Roy said he understood, Dick nodded his head curtly. “This is your last chance, Roy,” he warned as the archer pleaded for his trust. It wasn't true, of course, Dick almost always gave chances beyond what he'd said. After all, he'd been one of the few people who still trusted and believed in Roy when he was having issues with his addictions.

Now that the interaction between Dick and Roy was over, Robin put his mask back on his face, running his fingers along the edges to secure it. It felt better to wear the mask. It felt better to be Robin, the fearless leader of the Titans. “Batgirl,” he turned to Babs now back in business mode. “If you are feeling up to it we can help you get back to your room. If not, and you'd rather stay here I will send someone up to check in on you.” he turned to the archer besides him then. ”You, Speedy, are going to help me clean up the mess you made downstairs.” There was no room for negotiation in his tone.

[Aly]

Robin had completely ignored her comment. He also went back to avoiding using his nickname for her. He was the one who had originally called her Babs, and her heart sunk to hear him call her just plain old 'Batgirl' again.

She was also worried that Speedy had said that he would make everything right. What would that entail? Would it mean that he would apologize to Raven and eventually get back with her? She looked at him, trying to figure this out. With his head hung low and his mask off, he looked just like any other depressed teenager. Where was that happy-go-lucky Speedy that she knew? Of course, he probably left when Raven found them in Speedy's room and freaked out... That reminded her. Robin still had no idea why Raven freaked out. He probably blamed Speedy for that, and she didn't want that to happen.

Robin then insisted yet again that she either go to her room or stay there and lay down. "Robin, I'm fine. I'll go help. It's my fault anyways." She pleaded, looking back to him. Her head did seem to feel better. Maybe it wasn't a concussion. Maybe she was just a little dizzy and had a headache from the bump. She knew she probably looked pitiful with the bandage wrapped around her head, but she didn't care. She wanted to make things right by helping clean up the mess she practically made.

If she hadn't been flirting with Speedy, he wouldn't have invited her back to his room and Raven wouldn't have intruded on their kiss. At least it wasn't full-out making out. She probably wouldn't have made it out of their with her head fully on if that were the case. Of course... that didn't mean she wouldn't do it. It actually seemed like a good idea, but she knew Robin would keep close tabs on Speedy while they cleaned up. And Speedy would probably go to Raven either before or after that, so there was probably no chance that he would make it into her room. Not that making out was all she wanted. She just wanted to /talk/ to him. To find out how he really felt about her, or at least confirm what he had just said to be true. She needed to know.

[Kenni]

"Nooo can do, Little Mermaid. Your head must be swimming right now from the blow you sustained. You're hurt, Babs; either stay here or get some rest in your room. I'll come check on you soon, I promise. So..please?...For me."
Last segment was thrown in for good measure.
Roy gave Barbara as long a look as possible without making it seem too much of a longing gesture, replacing his mask and transforming back into his own alias, Speedy looking at Barbara. It was time to cut the vulnerable and be heroic for a little while. How to do that, regain his honour? Starting small, he had to fix up his grotesquely thrashed room wreckage; it wasn't just unsightly but a security threat. He didn't want to put this team into any more danger from outside influences as had been just perpetrated by inside self-destruction.
...at least, if she listened, maybe he could talk to her in private later? Or, at least, she could escape her room later when he'd done damage control downstairs, and meet him outside the Tower. They both knew at this point how hard it was going to be to get an alone moment without looking selfish from now on. At least it would be more freeing outside the bitter Tower environment.
"Robin. I've got this."
He wanted some time alone to stew, anyway.
"...you've gotta stop being so nice to me, even when you're furious, man. I almost can't take you seriously. If anything, I should be begging you to help ME clean that up." Speedy smiled weakly, feeling awkward as soon as he smiled. He knew they weren't quite back near smiling terms yet. He was referring to how Robin said he'd help basically by saying Speedy was obliged to help Robin. Some alone time would be nice, not to mention it would give him a chance to decide what he was going to do about matters of the Raven variety. Would be stop by her room? Try and see how she was faring? Stay away for now? Screw those plans and just work out things with Babs for now? All options possible if Robin would leave him to clean up his own mess.

It would just be nice to have his options open.

[Silv]

Robin's attention snapped to Babs when she said she wanted to help, since this was all her fault anyway. Speedy was quick to tell her to rest, but the way Robin's scowl deepened he was thinking more on her words. He didn't get a chance to mention it, however, because the archer was telling him how Robin really didn't need to help him clean up his mess with a smile that seemed about as sincere as a cheshire cats.

“You misunderstand, Speedy,” Robin replied finding the idea of him being too nice absolutely ridiculous. “I'm not helping to be nice.” Robin was going to help because he didn't trust Speedy. And it would be less of helping and more of making sure he didn't do more stupid things. However, Robin had already said he was going to trust Speedy this one last time and vocalizing this lack of trust seemed...wrong. “It's my job, as leader, to make sure everything runs smoothly and everyone is safe. Your room is currently a security breech,” he said knowing that while this was all true it was also mostly an excuse. ”and it needs to be dealt with faster than you can manage alone.” There, he thought that was a pretty good one there.

His attention then shifted back to Batgirl. “And what did you mean, Babs? How is this your fault?” he didn't want to believe it, it was easier to just believe Roy was being his usual self and playing with both Barbara and Raven like he normally did, but he would listen to what she had to say.

[Aly]

"I'll go rest in my room once we have your room cleaned up." Barbara shot Speedy a look as she spoke, wanting him to take her seriously. "My head isn't even that bad. Robin checked my pupils and they were fine. That means no concussion. It's just a bump that happened to give me a splitting headache. It's better now, anyways." She lied, but carefully. She wouldn't want Speedy catching her lying to him already. However, the promise to check on her soon caused her heart to thump faster. She wanted to talk to him alone, but she also wanted to make this mess right. It was her fault and the team was suffering because of it.

She sat by quietly, as Speedy and Robin spoke, thinking of her next words. She hated to be looked down upon by Robin, but she wasn't going to let Speedy take the blame for this. This was /all/ her fault, and if Robin was going to send her back to Batman, so be it. However, she probably wouldn't go back there. She's go to another of the Titans' towers and wait for Speedy to come after her. He would do that, right? She really hoped so.

When Robin spoke to her agian, she snapped out of it. He was asking what she meant, how it was her fault. She took a deep breath before explaining. Of course, she'd leave out the part that she originally tried to seduce Speedy to make Robin jealous. "Since I found out about you and Starfire, I realized you were gone. Never coming back to me." She took a shaky breath, glancing at Speedy before going on. "Watching Speedy after that, I realized I had actually liked him for a while now. It was just that the pain from losing you was masking it. After I came to terms with that, I just couldn't help myself."

She grabbed Speedy's hand, squeezing it slightly to give herself strenght to go on. "We were in his room and Raven came in. She saw us together and freaked." Sighing, she let go of Speedy's hand and looked to Robin. "I'm going to help clean up the mess I caused."

[Deleted]

Beast Boy had headed straight for the showers after Robin and he returned to the Tower. The goo Red X had shot him with was still clinging stubbornly to his arm. He painfully remembered the last time he had been covered in such a substance; it had been all over his body, and he had required Starfire's help to remove the stuff from his hair. This time, hopefully, he would just need a shower.

He was finally getting some progress with the stubborn goo when the mother of all quakes rocked the house. The changeling yelped as he promptly slipped and fell in the shower.

He would have immediately gone to check out the trouble had he not been in the shower, of all places. He had to keep some semblance of modesty; after all, there were ladies in the Tower. He dried himself off and dressed in his uniform as quickly as possible, hair still damp and spiky when he began looking for the cause of the disturbance.

It didn't take long for the changeling to hear the the raised voices of Robin and Speedy, with the slightly weaker voices of Babs and Raven. It it even less time for Beast Boy to figure out that this problem was domestic; whatever danger there had been had passed long ago.

An incorrigible spy, BB became a fly on the wall and caught some of what was going on. His interest in the conversation diminished as Raven went to her room, leaving the other three to duke it out on their own. Besides, he had a conscience, and it was filling him with guilt the longer he stayed; this wasn't his argument, his problem. Raven needed comforting more than anyone else, and Robin and Speedy were instead tending to an injured Batgirl.

He left before any mask-removing and identity-revealing occurred, arriving at Raven's door in his human form. He stood before the door for a while, nervous as usual when it came to Raven's room; he could hear items being smashed and small, yet audible cries of pain and anger. Eventually, Beast Boy plucked up his courage and knocked on the door.

"Raven? It's Beast Boy" he called, knowing she would recognize him by his voice but feeling the need to use his name anyway. "I heard stuff breaking. Are you going to be alright?"