Sometimes, life isn't all what it seems…

Summary: The teen Titans have been battling evil for almost 10 years now, which means they have a new kind of evil that will not come from other people, but from themselves. So far, everyone in Titans Tower, have been fine and local theives is basically the only thing that has been happenening in Jump City. But now, since ite been almost 10 years, things will appear that has been "lost", and now they will have the time of their lives with Romance, Action, Adventure, and Drama. Rated M for Lemons in later chapters.

Near Death

Raven was in her room, as usual, but this time, it was a different reason, very different reason. Raven was now on her bed, in tears, thinking about what had happened earlier.

'Why me!…Why him!' She thought to herself. 'Why the one that I loved for so long? Why must it be him that gets the better of me?' These thought starts to revolve around her, thinking about the first days that he actually got to her, when she actually noticed him in a different way…something she has never felt before.

"He must really hate me now for what I had done to him. I just wish that I had better control with my powers…I wish that this has never happened…" She spoke to herself…"I almost killed him!…I wish it was like it was on my 17th birthday…"

Flash Back…

"Happy Birthday Raven!" Came Beast Boy's voice. It was now Raven's 17th birthday, and was about the best thing that has every happened to her. All of her friends were there; Robin, Starfire, (still surprised that they haven't confessed about their feeling for one another yet), Cyborg, Bumblebee, Aqualad, and many more. And then there was…Beast Boy…so long as she dreamed of telling him about her true feelings towards him. If only she could conjure up the courage to tell him. But the thing that lingered in her mid was, 'will he like me back? Will he reject me?…' and so she didn't have the guts to come out, afraid of the outcome.

'Now how Robin and Starfire feels like now' She said to herself, subconsciously. Well the party she could never forget. All her friends were there, her powers didn't go haywire, like they usually used to. She got awesome presents like for instance, a computer, with everything upgraded, so she can surf the web, and talk to people on the web; from Cyborg. A new cape, but it was the same color, but was made of the same polyester steel from Robin's cape, and don't forget softer. Then there was Starfire's gift, which was basically, blue, black, and purple cloths, like tank tops, shorts, pants, and a dress…like I would ever wear a dress…she also gave me a purple journal and said that if she wasn't there for me, she said that I should write it down in the journal instead…very thoughtful of her…

And all the presents were fine from there on, until the last person came up and handed me his present…Beast Boy's present.

"Here, this was something that I thought you might be very interested in…" He said in a very cheerful mood…Then when he handed me the present, it was neatly wrapped, which probably took him a while to do, and then there was a strange flower on it. "If you haven't noticed yet, but that flower on top of the present, is from Nevermore, (from Raven's mind, where all of her emotions lies dormant), and so "Happy Raven" suggested that I should take the flower of Romphre Hufree, ( pronounced Room-fr-eh Who-free), which I think she said meant, "The flower of the special." She also said that u liked this smell when you were a kid in Azerath, so I picked it and thought u might like it with your present…" Beast Boy said finally.

'I never thought that Beast Boy thought deeply about my present,' Raven thought. Then she slowly, and carefully removed the wrapping from her gift.

"Come on Raven! We don't have all…mmmm!" Came Cyborg's muffled voice. 'Why cant he tell that I want to keep Beast Boys wrapping paper?' well anyways, Raven took off the wrapping paper, and now it was a rather large box, that has a mixture of purple, blue, and black colors swirled into the box…

"Wow, it looks so awesome and cool" I said out loud. The soda bottle in the kitchen table exploded…"Sorry." Then I opened up the box, noticing that there was more than one present in it. I took out the first part of my present.

"This is for what I think that you'll really like." Came Beast Boy's voice, from behind. I took out a purple cushioned flat box, I opened the flaps of the flat object, and found something beautiful before me. This was a necklace…

"It's a necklace, made from Azerithian Stone, that I found at the museum, and asked my friend to carve your symbol of the raven, and the eyes there are red diamonds. ( Basically the base of the necklace was made from an ancient stone that came from Azerath, and had red diamonds in it)

"Wow!" Said in awe and in unison.

"Where did you ever get this or better yet how?" Came Starfire's curious voice. "Who cares?" Came Raven's voice. "Its beautiful, and that's what matters." There was only one thing let in the box. Raven took it and looked at it. This one was a book on Spells, called the "Gallion Scrolls, Book of Nawrie, and the complete edition of the Azerithian King of Curses and Spells" Raven then twisted her body so she was now facing Beast Boy and just leaned in for a nice warm and embracing hug.

"Thanks Beast Boy, really, I appreciate it." I said to him.

"It was nothing, I just noticed that you were missing jewelry, like most girls, they would wear jewelry, besides you, and I also know that you love to read, and eager to learn." Beast Boy said caringly.

'I didn't know that he was so caring and thoughtful. I only thought as him as the joker and the prankster.' Raven Mentally noted herself. ' He really does care, doesn't he?'

End Flash Back…

Raven was now on her bed, now fiddling with the gift that Beat Boy has given her on her 17th birthday. 'He must really care if he has given me all these precious gifts, and also the fact the he thought about what to get for me.' My mind thought. "If only my powers haven't had flipped out at him today! None of this would be happening!" She said out loud, and tears formed in her eyes as she remembered what happened earlier today…

Flash Back…

Raven was doing her usual stuff every morning. She was drinking her herbal tea, in her favorite cup. Her cup was in the shade of a mix of purple and blue, swirled. And had a black rose engraved into the cup. Then she went to go sit down on the couch, and started reading the Book of Spells, which Beast Boy gave her. Then suddenly, Beast Boy came charging into the room, waving his arms around like a moron. He also had a black box in his hands. He came running towards Raven, then stopped said, "Hey Rae, g'mornin." Then he went dashing off towards Cyborg, who was trying to defeat Beast Boys record in "Terminator 8: A New Enemy Arises" on the Gamestation.

"Look at what I got Cy!" He screamed, as the Mechanical menace was sucked into the game.

'Maybe I should leave before he makes me go insane again…from the way he looks so cute when he gets his butt kicked in one of their silly childish games.' And so with that, she finished what was left of her tea, and then went over to the sink and washed her favorite cup. Then dried it and placed it back into the cabinets, and was now on her way back to her room to meditate. She then went into her sanctuary, and started meditating; Azerath, Metrion Zinthos, repetitively.

It was now almost noon, actually 11:37a.m., she has now been meditating for about four hours and 7 minutes…

'Not bad. Pretty good, considering the fact that Beast Boy didn't annoy me this time…' She thought thankfully. She then went downstairs, to join the rest of the members for lunch.

"Hello friend Raven," came Starfire's happy voice, "Will you like to join us in the eating of the meal?"

"You mean lunch? Then yes, I am." Raven responded, in a pretty calm and "cheerful" way.

"So, what kind of pizza do you guys…oh shit!" Robin said worried.

'Shit!' Raven mentally said. The cup that Robin was having his coffee in just exploded.

"Tofu!" came Beast Boys irritating voice.

"Meat!" came Cyborg's voice.

"Here we go again…" I said out loud.

"Tofu!"

"Meat!"

"Tofu!"

"Meat!"

"SILENCE!" came the horrifying voice of Raven. Everyone in the room, including Starfire, just became silent. "How about I choose?…hmm?" Raven asked, trying to sound calm…

"Ok!" Cyborg and Beast Boy said in unison…

"As long as it has meat!" Cyborg blurted out.

"Tofu or veggie!" squealed Beast Boy.

"How about One large meat pizza, and One small veggie pizza?…hmm?" came Ravens irritated voice…

"OK…fine!" Came their voices in unison.

Well soon after their quiet meal, Robin went to go with Starfire to explain to her that Mustard wasn't a beverage,(She love mustard, not like putting it on top of food, but drinking it out of the bottle), Cyborg went strait to his "Baby", (his car), Raven sat herself on the couch and read the book that B.B. gave her. But B.B. was no where to be found…

Meanwhile, Beast Boy was in the training room, exercising. Raven got bored and went downstairs to go find Beast Boy, and ask him what he was up to or doing. She soon found out that he was in the training room, exercising. She watched in amazement at how mush weight he could lift. He was now pushing 150lbs. And sweating like crazy…

'He looks hot when he exercises…' she thought…'What!…did I just think that about Beat Boy!' 'Beast Boy has been exercising for about one and a half hours now. How does he do it?' Raven thought.

Then she got a feeling that she has to go meditate now…So she went upstairs to her room, and once again, started meditating. One hour into her meditating, she heard…

"Knock, knock, knock." Went her door.

"What?" she said hastily, since she was interrupted during her meditation…

"Hey Rae…Raven…I was wondering if you want o like…hang out?" came Beast Boys bored voice…

"……………"

"Umm Rae…?"

"Ugh!…fine…just give me a sec…" Raven said reluctantly

Basically for the next few hours, they were just talking about stuff, and just hanging out…When they weren't saying anything, Raven Got up and started to go get some herbal tea for herself…She filed the pot up with water, than set it on the table, waiting for it to whistle. When it was ready, she then got a cup for her tea, not her favorite one. Then quietly sipping the hot herbal tea and just sitting around in the kitchen. Then she felt something very odd happen, like something bad has just happened.

"Must be nothing…" She said to herself…Then Beast Boy came in, with a look of sure fright on his face…

"Umm...R-R-R-Rae?…umm…I j-j-just wanted to tell u t-t-that………" Beast Boy Said stuttering, and obviously nervous. She looked into his eyes, and she noticed that they were filled with horror.

"Yes………" Raven said curiously.

"Umm…you wana play the Gamestation with me?…" Beast boy said, very softly. He just stared at Raven and was thinking, 'Wow, she really should keep her hood off every once in a while…it makes her eyes really come out.'

"No." Raven said in her usual monotone voice.

"Please!" He whined continuously.

"No." She said again, now retreating to the confines or her room.

"Pretty please!" He again whined, which is really starting to get on her nerves, even though she would love to play with Beast Boy, but she was afraid of rejection and what everyone else would think about her. Would they accept her in love with Beast Boy? She was rejected already once in her life, same as Beast Boy, and never would be able to bare it again.

"For the last time, Beast Boy, no. I wouldn't want to play with, you, even though I would love to." She said. Then something hit her like a lead balloon. Her face was now furiously flushed. She then lifted up her hood and then quickened her pace to her room. Beast Boy then just realized what she has just said. And this thought just was rerunning itself over and over in his head, '…even though I would love to.' 'Did she really mean that?...well the love part?...' Beast Boy wondered.

He then got the picture, or so he hoped, since he loved her ever since the break up of Terra. They've gotten really close and now he just didn't have the guts to come straight out and say that he loved her, very much. But, the fact that he also didn't want to feel the burden of rejection, that he has always feared. He than ran ahead of her, and stopped abruptly, in front of her door.

"What are you doing!" screamed the outraged Raven.

"Did you really mean it?" he asked, looking very concerned.

"I have no idea what you're talking about…now will you please move before I do it for you."

"But just tell me, please, did you mean it?"

"Mean what?"

"That if you would love to play with me if you wanted to?"

"……well……" she thought about this for a very long time?...'what if he loves me back?...what if he doesn't?...I just don't know…'

"Well do you?"

"………"

"Well do you!"

"Will you stop being persistent! And can you please let me through!" She said very agitated, and also furiously blushing. "I just want to go into my room and meditate…is that a problem?"

"Well, do you!" Beast Boy said being evermore persistent.

"YES! Ok, I would love to spend as much time with you as possible!" Raven finally committed…But the next thing that happened was Beast Boy moving aside for her to go into her room, but before she could, he powers went haywire…her powers did the most unimaginable thing she could think of…

She then picked up Beast Boy and threw him across the hallway, and then smashed into the far wall. Then he fell with a thud, and leaving behind a large crater in the wall…and there laid Beast Boy, on the floor… unconscious…

End Flash Back…