Birds of a Feather

17

Everyone in the room stared at me expecting the worst reaction. I looked over Beast Boy's shoulder as he nervously stood to the side. Terra's blonde hair was spread out over the floor as she laid on her back. A small toddler was sat on her stomach watching Starfire create small starbolts at her fingertips. I looked back at Beast Boy and gave him a faint smile and a nod. The amount of joy that radiated off of him alone was enough to give me a headache but I couldn't complain.

I walked over to the couch and sat by Cyborg. I stared at Marie as she tried to grab the light dancing around Starfire's hands. I could see that Terra was watching me rather than her daughter and I wasn't too fond of it. While I promised Beast Boy I would be civil, I still wasn't thrilled that she was in my home. I had never truly forgiven her despite everyone else doing so.

Beast Boy grabbed the toddler off of Terra and moved over to sit next to Raven. The summer sun that was shining through the big windows made Marie's blonde hair almost white. "Come on bug show Aunt Raven what you can do." Beast Boy cooed at his daughter as she laughed. It was no surprise that Beast Boy was good with kids, however, to see him with his own child was a strange feeling.

After a moment of concentration the small girl shifted into a small brown kitten with the brightest green eyes. I widened my eyes and let a smile run across my face. Luckily, the happy emotions were the first that I was able to gain control over after the incident with my father. I rarely ever had anything break when I smiled or laughed anymore which was great for my tower and my wallet. It was the negative emotions that usually ended up with something shattering in the background.

Marie waltzed over to my lap and I rested my hand on her head. As I did this she transformed back and started clapping and giggling. When she had stopped she looked up at me and tilted her head much like a confused puppy would. I smiled and repeated the action in hopes to make her laugh. As much as I liked children, they were often extremely afraid of me for obvious reasons.

She smiled when she realized I was following her actions and pointed her chubby finger at the red gemstone on my forehead. "Ra-en!" She shouted and giggled. I looked up at Beast Boy in shock. He just shrugged.

"We show her pictures of everyone. You were her favorite though." He laughed and I noticed that he nervously looked over at Terra. I smirked in satisfaction that I was her child's favorite.

"Excuse me but I believe I am the favorite Godparent." I heard as the door swished open and watched as Nightwing walked through. Marie's arms reached towards him as she smiled wide. "Night Night!" She squealed happily as he took her out of my arms. I frowned but handed her over any way, there wasn't much I could do about it without speaking.

"Night WING" He said carefully. Marie looked up at him and started pulling at one of his longer strands of hair.

"Night night!" She laughed again. Nightwing shook his head but bounced her around regardless. I shifted my attention over to Starfire and despite appearing happy I could feel that she was upset. I knew that once I got my voice back that I would need to make sure she was okay. I knew her and Richard hadn't ended well and I'm sure seeing him here isn't easy.

"Alright y'all since we finally have Raven back, I took it upon myself to invite a few friends over. So next week when you get your voice back, we're having a party!" I looked over at him skeptically. He gave me the same expression and laughed at me. "Don't worry Rae, we won't ruin your tower. We just want to have a little reunion is all." He said putting his hands up in defense. I looked out towards the water in thought. Something about him saying 'your tower' didn't settle well with me.