Room 509, early Wednesday evening

[trigons_child]

After Magic Reserves, Raven retreated to her room to meditate. She thought she had buried the part of her that longed so much for love, but apparently not deep enough, and she was projecting her desires again. It at least had made sense when she had affected Jono, and even somewhat so for projecting on her fellow students, but Max? First of all, he was a teacher. Secondly, she still panicked a little around him because of what his vampire self had done to her. She would never want to encourage his affections, but he'd professed his love in the park. Katchoo made more sense than Max, and she made no sense at all.

Raven sat cross-legged on her bed, calling on her Azarathian training to purge herself of the wayward desire, and on the training Anakin had given her to shield herself and stop projecting. She had no idea neither were necessary.

[ooc: for a special delivery or two. Door is closed but not locked; post is open.]

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[trigons_child]

"I will speak to him," Raven murmured, low enough that that "him" might've easily been mistaken for a "her" or "them." She was totally going to be thrown out of school for her powers being out of control...again.

"You are very happy," she said, pointing out the obvious.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"I'm in love too!" Because of course, it was only a matter of time before Raven was in love herself. "It's so awesome. We have so much in common, we're both tall, and I really think he cares about me too!" Twirl!

[trigons_child]

"I am so very happy for you," Raven said, pleased to focus on something other than Max's unwanted affections. "It is a wonderful feeling, is it not?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"It is!" Dinah grinned at Raven, radiating her delight with the universe in general. "And I'm pretty sure he feels the same way, even though he hasn't said it yet. We're supposed to meet up today, thought, so maybe, maybe..." She hopped in place. "You know, you just take time to get used to the idea, and suddenly, wham! Love!"

[trigons_child]

Something Francine had said to her earlier clicked in Raven's mind. "Love," she repeated. "With...Sam?" But Sam had just lost his boyfriend, and Dinah, as far as she knew, had been dating Jak. She remembered what she had told Anakin Tuesday in Aeryn's class, that all she wanted was for her friends to be safe and happy. And love was truly happiness. So was she making her friends feel false feelings for one another so they would be happy?

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Unh-huh!" Dinah gleeee'd at Raven for Just Getting It. But then, she was an empath, she would, right? "Sam and I just clicked last night at the play, and it suddenly all made sense. And then we had such a great time at Caritas afterward, and, well..." She turned pink. "I can hope, right? And if it's too soon, I can wait! I can wait forever!"

[trigons_child]

She had to stop this, but she didn't even know how she was doing it. "It is wonderful to see you happy," Raven said, "but...please, do not rush into anything."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Francine said that too," Dinah said, a tiny sliver of sanity peeking out. "I swear, I won't do anything too dumb. True Love means you can wait and be patient and... what was it, kind?" Trying to remember whatever verses she'd heard at weddings before, she sighed at the romance of it, totally missing Raven's worry. "It's so nice. Sometimes I wondered if I'd ever feel like this, you know? And now I do!"

[trigons_child]

"It is the most wondrous feeling in the world, is it not?" Raven said, more than a touch envious. Except for the pain that came afterward, but she hoped to sort this out and spare Dinah and Sam and Karla and Merlin and even Max that pain.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"It is!" Dinah spun in place again, and TK'd a rose over to her, looking hopeful. "Can I have this one? To give to Sam?" And oh! Another moment of TK. "And this one for Jak? He's going to be Best Guy. It's going to be Super! Oh, oh oh you have to be bridesmaid too! You'll look so pretty! You and--" She snapped her mouth shut and slapped her hand over her lips, giggling from behind her hand.

[trigons_child]

"Of course," Raven said, smiling despite herself. "You may take as many as you wish."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Two's fine! The rest are all to make you happy." Dinah danced over to hug Raven tight, and smiled and smiled. "So you think about that, 'kay?"

[trigons_child]

"I will do so," Raven promised, hugging Dinah back. "Thank you."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Welcome!" Dinah pulled back, and smiled. "Byeeeee, Raven!" And then she was nearly skipping out the door, flowers in hand.