Preface

I stood watching my reflection in the mirror as I dried my hair. I was so tired of Beast boy and his pranks, its prank after prank and then a fight, we can't ever get along.

I put the hairdryer carefully on top of the table and sighed. I guess we're just not meant to be for each other. We're complete opposites and we can't ever get along.

"Raven…?" I heard Beast boy say my name.

I'm guessing he's here to apologize as always after he does something wrong, I really don't want to be mad at him anymore, I guess this time I won't go so hard on him.

I opened the door and stepped out of the bathroom and shut the door behind me. I stood in front of Beast boy facing him.

"What?" I said coldly, I really didn't like acting this way with him but he just really annoys me sometimes that I just can't help being like this.

"Raven, I'm so sorry" he said. His face was full of sadness and regret; I knew I shouldn't be so hard on him, at least not this time.

"Its fine" I said in a flat tone, though the moment I said those words Beast boy's eyes lit up in joy which made my heart race.

"Really?" he said surprised "You forgive me?" his voice reflected his joy as his eyes sparkled and a huge smile covered his face.

Beast boy's sweet smile always made my heart skip a couple of beats.

"Yeah, but next time I'm not gonna be so forgiving"

"I'll try for there not to be a next time" he said smiling.

I past him as I started walking back to my room until his delightful voice stopped me.

"Raven, wait!" he said as he ran up to me "to make it up to you…would you like to…go…outwithme?" he said nervously as his cheeks blushed.

His words took me by surprise. I could feel my heart suddenly freeze as well as my body and my expressions. Of course I wanted to say yes, I loved him, even though I didn't like showing my feelings towards him. I think it's time I do show my feelings though, he must like me if he's asking me out.

"Sure" I said with a small shy smile.

I sighed as I remembered Beast boy. My eyes got overflowed with tears and the tears started racing down my face. I stood up from my bed and went to my window. I saw a dazzling view of an orange sunset over the sea.

This sunset reminded me of him, every dawn we would go outside Titans tower and sit at the seashore to watch the sunset together. I sighed, such wonderful memories that would never come back.

I knew that it was most likely that I would never see Beast boy again. I no longer belonged to the Teen Titans. I had left the Titans after a pointless argument with Robin. Beast boy had insisted I stay and work things out with Robin, but I was too stubborn to listen to anyone, and now I regretted it tremendously.

Tears formed within my eyes and then drifted their way down my cheeks. The sunset slowly disappeared, my hopes of ever seeing the people that I most cared about vanished as I saw a full moon illuminating the night sky and reflecting off the sea.

The sunset that dazzled me so much had disappeared. My treasured memories with Beast boy left with the bright orange view. Now I could only feel drafts of the cool night breeze that escaped from my window. A shiver ran down my spine and loneliness invaded the warmth of my body and changed the temperature into cold.

I walked hesitantly back to my bed, taking slow steps and checking my every move. Loneliness was not the brightest of feelings; I could only feel my cold body moving unwillingly to where my mind commanded.

My life had been empty without the Titans, especially without one certain Titan, Beast boy. I felt empty, like a black hole had formed inside my chest. With Beast boy I had learned how to feel, I had been able to let myself express my emotions, and then from one day to another everything changed, now I have to suppress these emotions like before, only now it's not that easy.

I lay on my bed waiting for sleep to consume me, and thinking over how my life had been, not very good I could say. As I started to drift into sleep images from the past entered my mind, another day dreaming about the Titans, another day dreaming about Beast boy, this was just another day in this past year…