Ok, ready? Here goes my attempt at a fic with more than one chapter. Enjoy!
This starts a few hours after the episode "Things Change," after the Titans have come back to the T Tower, and are celebrating defeating that thing that could hide in anything. If it has a name, could you tell me? That would be cool… anyway, here goes it!
Chapter One: The Deal That Never Had a Chance
The rain pounded down on the windows of the main room of Titans Tower. The night had an ominous feel to it. The Titans come in, exhausted but pleased from defeating the latest villain who had been hanging around town.
"I never want to fight that thing again. Especially if it decides to go into a large pile of dirt… in the rain," said Cyborg.
"Tell me something I don't know," said Raven.
"I have an idea!" said Starfire in her cheery voice. "Why do we not have a celebration celebrating defeating the… thing? I shall transport the customary food of junk."
The others agreed, knowing that if Starfire decided that they were going to have a party, they were going to have a party.
"You guys go ahead without me," said Beast Boy. "I don't really feel like partying."
He left the room without another word.
"Do you think someone should go talk to him?" asked Raven uncertainly.
"Perhaps he left simply because he wanted to take a bath?" Starfire suggested.
"I don't really think so, Star," said Robin. "I think he has other reasons."
"Would this have anything to do with...?" Starfire trailed off. They all knew who she was talking about.
"Why don't we just leave him alone for awhile? Maybe he just needs some time…" said Cyborg.
The others agreed, and they all start setting up for a celebration, even though now none of them really felt like it.
The rain had stopped, and the night was now clear and starry, so BB decided to go outside. That usually helped clear his mind. He sat outside on a rock. The rock where… she had sat with him. The first time. Before. Before everything had happened. Thinking back to that time, he realized how happy he had been. How happy they had been. It was kind of funny, that even after everything, no one seemed to be able to say her name. Funny in a sad way. so he whispered her name, "Terra," over and over and over until it was just that: a name with no face and no meaning. So it was over.
And then he had his best idea in… well, forever. It was simply bloody brilliant! If he didn't get in too deep with any other girls, then he would be okay! So he decided that he would stay out of anything and everything romance-wise for… awhile. At least a couple months, if not a year. So he made this deal with himself, not too get involved with anyone for at least a year. It was the perfect solution! Smiling to himself, he got up, and decided to go for a walk around the island before he went back in to join his friends in the victory party.
He was about half way around the island (or half way around the Tower, I guess) before he stopped. He was right in front of the rock which he had sat on with another person. Raven. Suddenly, as if summoned by his thoughts, she came up behind him.
"So are you ok?" she asked.
"I'm great!" said BB enthusiastically, turning to face her. He turned around to face her and when he did, he saw her for what felt like the first time. His hands got all sweaty and his face got all hot. What was wrong with him? Why couldn't he talk to one of his best friends without feeling like he had the flu?
Then he got it.
He liked her.
A lot.
So much for the deal, he thought.
She had been saying something to him, but he couldn't have even told you the vaguest thing that she had said. He was just watching he very carefully, wondering if she felt the same way when he talked to her.
She paused, and looked at him, and he could finally hear her.
"Are you… okay? You look… haunted," she said.
He shivered. "Y-yeah…" he managed to stutter.
Just then, the alarm started blaring, and as they ran frantically toward the Tower, he realized something.
I'm already in way over my head, he thought.