Title: Choices

Summary: Five years ago, Starfire ran away. Raven was the one who helped Robin through his pain. Now, Starfire is back for her "boy" and Raven isn't ready to give him back. Who's going to help her with her broken heart? In comes Romeo, I mean, Speedy.

Pairings: RaeSpeed, StarRob

Rating: T

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Chapter One: Heartache

It was a crush. A tiny insignificant crush. No matter that her hands sweated every time he came into a room or her heartbeat fastened. It was a small crush. Nothing serious.

He isn't ready for a relationship. It didn't matter that it was five years since she broke his heart. Deep down, he is still hurt, still burned by the way that Starfire had left him. Five years and not even a single phone call, not even a letter. It hurt him; it wounded him deep. Starfire wasn't the one who saw him broke down. Starfire wasn't the one who helped him up. Raven was.

Raven Roth looked up to see her partner—and now best friend—flirting with another blond waitress. Not again. These one night stands have got to stop. Not for his sake, but hers. She couldn't stand hearing the groans and moans coming from the room next to her. All of the waitresses look like her. Tall, long legged and hair, and a sweet ditzy nature. They were all the same to him. Each one for only one night. One night for him to forget the hurt.

Raven couldn't stand seeing her friend, and former leader, reduced to such a way. It was pathetic. It was… hurtful. It hurt every time he brought one home, a reminder of what she could never be.

Raven dropped some money on the café table. He wasn't coming back to the Tower tonight.

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Raven sighed as she entered her dark room. Turning on a small nightlight, her eye caught a photo of the original Teen Titans. They looked so happy.

After Starfire left, the name "Teen Titans" became nonexistent. They were simply called by their individual names. Garfield, or Beastboy, moved to the other side of the town now with his new formed family. Victor, better known as Cyborg, still lived in the Tower. He had the ground floor all to himself and is currently dating Bumblebee. Raven and Robin, now called Nightwing, lived on the top floor. They choose rooms next to each other strictly for security purposes. But as time wore on, they became closer.

"RAVEN!"

Gliding out the room, Raven stopped short. In the middle of the kitchen table was a birthday cake. Around the table, all of Raven's friends gathered around. How could she forget? It was her birthday.

Beastboy let out a firecracker.

"DAMN YOU GARFIELD! That firecracker singed my hair."

Bumblebee chased after Beastboy, throwing stingers as she ran.

"Ow! Ow! I'm soooooooo sorry! Don't do this in front of my kids!"

Beastboy's 5 year old twin daughters, Aurora and Rosa, giggled as they ran after their father.

Allowing a small smile to grace her face, Raven looked around the room.

"Where's Richard?"

Cyborg's broad grin faltered. He always hated to be the bearer of bad news.

"He… um… got a bit tied up."

Hurt, but determined not to show it, Raven proceeded to hug all her friends. All the while thinking, Richard forgot my birthday.

"Hey Raven."

Forced out of her stupor with a surprise, Raven looked up to twinkling chestnut brown eyes. Crinkling her forehead, she tried to place the face to a name.

"Aww… baby, you forgot me that easily."

Baby. The nickname that she abhorred. Only one person called her that…

"Speedy."

"The one and only," Speedy grinned down at the petite beauty. Damn. She was so hott. Knowing that she hated it when he talked about her body, he did it anyways. "Looking fine… especially in those jeans."

Sure enough, a small book flew out of nowhere and smacked him on his head.

"What! I can't be honest?

Another whack.

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An/ It seemed a bit sad once I read it over. Okay, it seemed very sad! (CRIES!) Yeah, yeah, I know, pathetic right? What kind of writer cries over her own story?

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