I redid an old fan fiction story I wrote about a band back in the 90's and changed the characters to the teen titans so the story wasn't just taking up space on a disk where no one ever got to see it. In this story I use only the characters, in what I like to imagine is an alternate reality. None of them have any super powers or are aliens so I use the real names or alter egos as listed in the orignal comics. So as in the case with Rachel aka Raven she is not emotionally restrainned due to her powers, etc. This story takes place with both Terra and Beast Boy aka Garfield in their early twenties. I used Beast Boy and Terra in this one because it reminded me of the last episode of the teen titans cartoon where he was chasing after her. For the sake of keeping the story as close to the orginal as possible I left in many of the refernces to the band related stuff that only a die hard fan might get. These stories are a set of three orignally written about a group of brothers obviuosly--but I've modified it to be about a group of three best friends and rich, young eligable bachlors in their quest for love. Leave a review and let me know what you think.

ALL I WANT IS YOU

The weather is warm and sunny. It is a beautiful evening, one that would bring a smile to anyone's face, but as Terra Markov stares out the window all she wants to do is cry. She loves her fiancé. She loves him with all her heart, but she has decided she can't go through with the wedding. She wants to end things now; while she has the courage to do it. Terra picks up the phone and dials his number.

The phone rings once, twice, three, times. She is about to hang up when he answers. "Hello."

"Garfield, its Terra. We have to talk."

"Is something wrong? You sound--"

"--Can you come over?"

Garfield knows something is wrong, he can hear the strain in Terra's voice as she tries not to cry. "Yeah sure, I'll be there as soon as I can."

"Hurry, please." Terra hangs up the phone and breaks down into tears. Things had been so perfect before, she wonders why she couldn't have left well enough alone. She thinks back to earlier that morning.

"The doctor will see you now Terra." Terra follows the nurse, who leads her down the hallway, past the exam rooms to a small office. Terra had been there in one of those very exam rooms only two weeks ago because she has been having a few problems--something she didn't care to discuss with anyone other than her trusted physician. The nurse opens the door and motions her inside, Terra becomes nervous as she sees the doctor sitting behind the desk. The nurse closes the door after Terra walks in, leaving her alone with the doctor.

"Terra, I have your test results."

"What do they show?"

Motions toward a chair, "I think you better sit down."

Terra can feel her chest tightening from the nervousness, she silently curses whatever genes she'd received from her parents that caused her to be born with asthma. She sits down and takes long slow breaths. "Is it bad news?"

"Terra, I hate to have to tell you this."

Terra closes her eyes and mentally tries to prepare herself for the news she knows will be bad.

"Terra, you have uterine cancer. I recommend you have a hysterectomy, as soon as possible."

Terra is stunned she expected bad news, but nothing as bad as this. She has to take out her rescue inhalor now to stop the asthma attack that strikes.

The doctor waits until Terra has calmed down before he continues. "You can go through chemo therapy, but you're in a more advanced stage of cancer, the treatments may not help at this point. The safest option is to have a hysterectomy before the cancer has a chance to spread to other parts of your body."

Tears fall from Terra's eyes, she's in shock. She can't believe that she, Terra Markov, a 21 year old woman with her entire life ahead of her could have a disease as terrible as uterine cancer. Terra looks at the doctor with tear-filled eyes. "How? Why? I'm only 21."

How? Terra hadn't even listened to his explanation. She just sat there and stared off into space, much the same way she stares out the window now.

Terra looks away from the window. Across the room she sees a picture of her and Garfield, taken during the carnival last fall. The memory of that day is so clear that it seems as if it had been only yesterday.

Terra is fast asleep when the phone begins to ring. She picks it up on what must be the tenth ring. "Hello."

"Are you still in bed?"

"Garfield? Where are you calling from?"

"Home."

"Home? I thought you were away at a conference for work."

"I had a change of plans. I was wondering if there's anything you have to do today."

"Well, no, nothing I absolutely have to do why?"

"Great I'll be there in fifteen minutes, bye." Garfield hangs before Terra has a chance to ask him what he thinks is so important that he has to wake her up only a few hours after she got home from work.

True to his word, Garfield arrives in fifteen minutes. He takes Terra to the town carnival, where they spend the entire day. Terra is very tired by the time they leave that night. She expects Garfield to take her home, but he takes her to the lake instead.

"The sky sure is beautiful tonight."

"Yeah." Garfield gets out of the truck without so much as a glance at the sky. He walks around the truck and opens the door for Terra. "There's not a star in the sky that can hold a candle to those blue eyes, of yours babe."

"If you're trying to make up for waking me up so early this morning...its working."

"I aim to please."

Terra lets Garfield help her out of the truck. They walk hand in hand to the water's edge. Terra stares at the sky in awe, she's never seen a night sky like this one, before. "Do you ever wonder what it's like out there?"

"Where, babe?"

Pointing toward the sky, "Up there in space. I used to imagine I could float out into space and touch the stars, when I was a little girl."

"Did it hurt?"

"What?"

"When you fell from heaven."

Terra turns away from Garfield, she knows she's blushing. Those were the first words Garfield had said to her and they still cause her to blush, when he says them now, even after nearly two years.

Garfield is very nervous as he reaches into his pocket, he takes out a small box and hands it to Terra. "I have something for you."

"You've already won enough stuffed animals for an army."

"I won them all for you and our future little ones."

Terra doesn't hear what Garfield just said, she's opens the box to find a diamond ring. She stands there trying to keep her breathing under control and not have an asthma attack.

Garfield kneels down and places the ring on Terra's finger. "Terra will you marry me?"

"Yes, yes I will."

Garfield stands up, and hugs Terra tight. "I have to tell you something."

"What?"

"I called you from the airport this morning. I left the conference I was supposed to be at with Richard and Victor for work and got the earliest flight I could find back to Jump City."

"Why?"

"Because I love you. I couldn't bear to be without you for an entire month. You're all I could think about the each day I was gone."

"Let me guess '1440 hours of your day'?"

"Exactly. All I could think about was how much I love you...how much I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you...and what our future children are going to look like."

"Children huh? Just how many kids do you want?"

"Oh...maybe eight or nine-all with those beautiful blue eyes like yours."

Terra feels tears streaming down her cheeks, as she remembers the night Garfield proposed to her, but she doesn't bother to wipe them away. "If only I could have your children, Garfield."

As if on cue, Garfield pulls his truck into Terra's driveway. Garfield gets out of his truck, and runs up to Terra's front door. He doesn't even bother to knock, he just opens the door and rushes in--he's been worried because she's been so tired all the time over the last several weeks. He finds Terra sitting on the sofa-staring out the window. "Terra--?"

"--Garfield...I--I can't...I can't marry you."

"What? Why?" Garfield sits beside Terra.

"I went to the doctor this morning."

"What does that have to do with us getting married?"

"I have uterine cancer, the doctor wants me to have a hysterectomy as soon as possible...I'll never be able to have your children." Terra manages to make it through her statement before bursting into tears.

Garfield is silent for several moments, stunned by the news. Finally he wraps his arms around Terra and holds her. "That doesn't mean we can't get married. I know this must be hard for you, but I'll help you get through it."

"If you marry me you'll be throwing away your chance to have children."

"I love you babe, and if not having children is the price I'll have to pay for marrying you, so be it. All I want is you. We can adopt babies, if we choose to, but I love you and I want to spend to rest of my life with you, even if it is just the two of us. Please say you'll go through with the wedding, please."

Terra doesn't say anything she just looks out at the rapidly darkening sky, still crying. She notices the first few stars coming into view. Terra doesn't know what to do. As Terra continues staring at sky what Garfield's first words to her enter her mind.

"Did it hurt?"

"What?"

"When you fell from heaven...Terra? Terra, say something, please."

Garfield's words pull Terra out of her daydream. "It didn't hurt."

"What are you talking about?"

"Falling didn't hurt, because you're here to catch me."

"Does that mean your still going to marry me?"

"Yes, Garfield...but can we put it off? I really want to try the chemo treatments. I don't want to have a hysterectomy unless the treatments don't work."

Breaths a sigh of relief, "Why put it off? Lets get married right now."

"Now--?"

"We can go to Vegas. I know it may not be the kind of wedding you wanted, but we can come right back and get your treatments started."

"Okay--lets go."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes--I never wanted a big wedding anyway."

Stands up, then takes Terra's hand pulling her up. "Come on then."

"You are sure that--"

"--Like I said all I want is you."