<strong>Character: </strong>Raven<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Commons Area/ Kitchen<br/><strong>Tag:</strong>Zatanna<br/><strong>Time: </strong>Sunday Night/ Early Monday Morning<br/><br/>Raven smiled at Zatanna, "And here I thought you Vegas girls came with in infinite amount of sparkles."<br/><br/>Raven nodded at Zatanna's honey comment, making a mental note to find some.<br/><br/>"Zatanna, we may not have meet under the best circumstances... and we are friends; something I value more than anything else in this world."<br/><br/>Raven took a deep breath. "There's something I need to tell you... it's kind of a long story ... but it's what lead up to me running out of Dick's room crying."<br/><br/>"I cheated on Dove with Kara ... as a result Dove's now packing up to head home and rejoin Hawk. Kara and I are in some kind of open relationship  ... we both want to be together, but I don't want to repeat what I did to Dawn. She suggested it, I thought it was the only way that no one could get hurt ... I'm not sure about that anymore. Anyway, we can talk about that later."<br/><br/>"Dick's been having some ... trouble ... of late. Seems like he's got a lot on his shoulders and is looking for some way to ... cope. I went to go talk to him; I could feel his stress though the walls... and figured he's been my best friend for the longest time ... and what kind of best friend would I be if I didn't check up on him ... knowing what he was feeling."<br/><br/>"Anyway, not even a minute into the conversation he tells me he loves me and he wants to run away with me. Then without warning leans into kiss me.  I stopped him, I had just hours earlier cheated on one girlfriend ... and while I had an open relationship ... the thought of letting him play out his fantasy to it's fullest didn't sit well with me. I knew he and Kara were ... getting friendly ... just before the meeting, I don't think anything happened ... but I felt some pretty intense emotions when I stretched my powers out across the building. I assumed, he was looking for sex ... I was willing to give him that ... let him use me for his own release ... so he could go to Gotham with a clear head. It sounds pretty bad, and I worry that if I'd deny him ... he'd end up getting himself killed."<br/><br/>"Turns out it didn't much matter. He wasn't interested in sex, what he wanted was someone to love him ... and well ... I told him I couldn't. Even if I could, I wouldn't have told him ... he was my best friend, he might be happy with me for a while ... but in the end I can not give him what he needs, love him the way he wants to be loved ... ... needs to be loved."<br/><br/>"It was then the man whom I thought was my best friend ... the man who claims to know me better than anyone else ... the man who claims to love me ... more or less called me a whore."<br/><br/>She looked up at Zatanna, with a pain in her eyes... wondering if she lost yet another friend today.