He had tossed and turned for the past hour. His clock read 6:00 a.m., which was too early due to his usual time around noon. The changeling had woken up suddenly with no reason. Damn, why did I wake up this early? The sun is barely coming up and I'm wide awake he thought to himself.

He lay on his back just staring at the ceiling, hoping that sleep would consume him.

Just keep waiting, just keep waiting, just keep waiting, waiting, waiting. What do we do? We wait he sung to himself. Nothing.

The changeling had finally given up going back to sleep, and decided to get ready for the day. He got up from his bed and walked toward his closet. He opened the closet and it revealed his many uniforms for battle.

Hmm what to chose? What to choose? He jokingly thought. He grabbed the cleanest uniform and began to dress himself. Once he was done, he decided to venture to the common room. He left his bedroom without a care of his daily hygiene. The green changeling assumed he would do that after he ate breakfast.

Once he had entered the common room, he knew something was different. The sun was barely up and no one was in the kitchen preparing breakfast. On a positive note, Vic wasn't there to bring the meat vs. tofu debate they usually had every morning. The changeling was content that he had the common room to himself and no one was around. Until he heard the sound of breathing near the couch.

So much for being alone he thought to himself and went to investigate who it was. He was surprised to find his teammate Raven lying peacefully on the couch. She was laying on her side with a book barely touching her right hand.

Wow, she looks so tranquil. I'd better not wake her up the green super hero thought.He turned around to leave the room, but fell to the ground. He groaned in pain and embarrassment. He rotated his head to see a happy Silkie on the ground by his feet. Silkie was the cause of his fall and he was thankful that it wasn't air.

The changeling heard movement from the couch and assumed that she had woken up from his collapse. He had gotten up and carefully moved around Silkie to see if his assumption was correct. The once sleeping empath, was sitting up rubbing her eyes. Once she had gotten rid of the sleep in her eyes, she turned to find the cause of the sound. Of course, it was the one and only Garfield Logan to cause that kind of sound. But she said nothing of that.

Embarrassed, he said, "Good Morning?" She nodded her head and replied, "Morning."

Raven then looked over to see that the sun was barely up.

"Crap, I must have fallen asleep in the middle of the night." She said and then she realized something. It was not the afternoon and Beast Boy was wide awake.

"What are you doing up so early?" she asked, "Usually you are up at the crack of noon."

"Yeah I know. I just woke up for no reason and I couldn't get back to sleep. So I figured I would get ready and I could take a cat nap later on today." He said

"Makes sense." She said, "Since you are up, could you put my tea kettle on the stove and fill it up with water for my morning tea please?"

"Sure, Rae." He responded and he had ascended to the kitchen. Raven was not in the mood to point out the nickname he just called her.

After the adventure to Tokyo, Raven and Beast Boy had become closer friends. Robin and Starfire were usually out on their dates and Cyborg would be either in the garage or at Titans East. So, it was the changeling and the empath in the tower. Somehow they had agreed to be nicer and they would not kill each other.

Minutes had passed and Raven's water was almost to its boiling point. She had gotten up to retrieve the contents of her tea. Garfield had gotten his tofu ready and was cooking it next to her tea kettle.

"Why were you up late last night?" he asked breaking the silence.

"I had a nightmare last night and I couldn't fall asleep. So I picked up my novel that I am reading now and I went to the common room. I must have fallen asleep while reading." She answered.

"I see." He said and he had finished cooking his tofu. Her tea had finished and she sat at the table with her cup. He sat across the table from her.

"So, what was your nightmare about?' he asked.

"I don't think it's that important to know. It was nothing." She answered

"You sure? You seem kind of pale today." He said

"Garfield, I'm like that every day if you haven't noticed." He responded and sipped her tea. "And by the way, did you brush your teeth this morning? Your breath reeks."

"No, I didn't. And you just woke up too. You haven't brushed your teeth too!" he defended himself.

"Yeah, but my breath doesn't smell like tofu and some other shit." She responded.

"What was that? Did I hear little Miss Raven swear?" he said, "I believe I may be rubbing off of you."

"Whatever, if you really want to hear me swear, you would tell me one of your lame jokes. But I do not recommend it. We are having a somewhat pleasant morning." She said.

"What makes it somewhat?" he asked.

"Your 'stanky' breath" she stated.

"Now I think Vic is rubbing off on you too." He pointed out. She raised one eyebrow and shook it off. Two hours passed as the two early birds began to engage in conversation. The conversation included gossip about the team and villains and some random subjects. The two hours contained happy moments where Raven would smile and even sometimes, giggle. This had made the changeling happy inside since she was able to show emotion.

"Listen, we had a good conversation, but I'm getting sick of smelling your breath and I need to get ready and brush my own teeth." She said and she stood up to leave the common room.

"All right, but I'm kinda getting sick of your stanky breath too. So I'll just stay here and have Vic smell it." He said

"Don't torture the poor man." She claimed and she left the common room. After she had left, his smile had faded away and he had tried to finish his breakfast. Suddenly, Cyborg appeared from the sliding door.

"Hey man! First: What are you doing up so early? And Second: Don't talk within 10 feet of me from your stanky breath." Vic shouted.

The changeling had sighed and said, "Rae told you huh?" The half-robot had nodded.

"So did you talk to her?" Cyborg asked. Beast Boy had nodded.

"Did anything happen?" Vic asked.

"No, we talked for two hours but nothing happened." He confessed.

"You didn't ask her out yet?" Vic asked.

Shamefully he answered, "No."

"Man, you have been wanting to ask her out for almost a year. Just get your big boy pants up, and your green ass movin' and ask her." Cyborg stated.

"I have it planned." Beast Boy said. "You know what tomorrow is?"

"Friday. . . . wait are you trying to change the subject? 'Cus it's not gonna work on me little man." Cyborg shouted.

"Tomorrow is Raven's 18th birthday. I was planning on asking her out tomorrow." Garfield said.

"You better keep that promise up grass stain," Cyborg said, "If not, I'm tellin' her your dirty little secret."

"You wouldn't" Garfield said.

"Trust me, I would." Cyborg said.

"Conniving tin man." He said.

"Stay away from the big words Gar, and stick with tin man stuff." Cyborg claimed, "And please man, brush your teeth for the love of God."