Chapter 1: The beginnig of the end

"It's not that big of a deal, Starfire. We'll still be in touch." Raven said to her alien friend. Three weeks had passed since and it was turning out to be harder than she expected. Robin had decided he was going to go back to Gotham to continue his training (it made sense since virtually all criminal activity had ceased to exist in Jump City) and Starfire insisted on joining him on his journey to a point that he had no other choice but to accept. They all seemed pretty sad when they made the announcement, but they all accepted it. Raven tried to convince herself that this was a good thing: it meant more alone time (to meditate, to read…). However, Raven soon realized that that wasn't going to be the case. What it really meant was that this was the beginning of the end of the Teen Titans.

Raven, as usual, hid her feelings from Cyborg and Beast Boy. But Beast Boy had become really good at knowing when Raven was hiding something from them. As a matter a fact, a week ago they celebrated their three months as a couple and he bought her a laptop. I know what you're thinking: "A laptop? For Raven, you gotta be joking?" And, at first, Raven thought the same way. She had always been a more traditional type of girl (reading was meant to be done with books, not with a computer screen). But it turned out to be a better gift than expected. She used e-mails to get in contact with Starfire since Robin wasn't too keen on using a webcam that would show their secret lair in the background. She also used a lot; especially to buy books she couldn't get in Jump City (even though she had only been using the laptop for a week she had already bought seven books on internet). She refused to get a facebook or twitter account though.

As she was writing an e-mail to Jynx (she had just broken up with KidFlash, for the eighteenth time), Beast Boy came in her room but stood next to the door.

"Raven, Cyborg says dinner's ready."

Usually this wouldn't make any sense, everybody had dinner, lunch or breakfast at any time they wanted. But today was kind of special, they were going to discuss the future of the team. It was going to be their second real team meeting since Robin and Starfire had decided to leave. The first one they only decided that there would be no team leader and that they would not accept new members.

The second decision actually hurt her more than you might think. Ever since she had been with Melvin, Timmy and Teether (toother, I don't know, whatever the other one), she had been dying to teach another young superhero, specially to control powers. Raven never had anyone to teach her how to control them and it took her almost seventeen years to fully do so. She did not want anybody to suffer what she did. Of course, when they asked her opinion, instead of saying what she actually thought, she just acted like she didn't really care.

"Okay, let me finish this e-mail and I'll join you." She responded as Beast Boy left her room.

As she finally sent her the e-mail she immediately received another one from an address she hadn't seen before. Worst of all it didn't say what the e-mail was about. Cyborg had made it so she would never receive any spam or viruses. And she had only had that e-mail address for a little more than a week, very few knew about it. She decided to ignore it… for now.

Not long after, she joined them in the living room. And wouldn't you know it; they were having pizza for dinner, again! They had had so much pizza since the couple had left that it made her almost prefer one of Starfire's cooked meals… almost!

"Yay… more pizza." She said to make it obvious to them that she was tired of it. But they were too busy eating to notice anything she said. "So, what is the first order of business?" She asked as she grabbed a slice.

"Don't look at me. He's the one who has the important announcement to make." Said Beast Boy as he pointed to his half man half machine friend.

Cyborg finished eating the slice before he said: "I do have an important announcement." Suddenly, he had a serious expression on his face. "Bumble Bee has asked me to join Titans East, and I've accepted."

Bumble Bee and Cyborg had been going out for a little more than a month but that still came as a surprise for both Beast Boy and Raven.

"You're joking right?" Asked Beast Boy after almost choking.

"No, I'm not. I don't know why, but Speedy and Aqualad are leaving the team. So there's an opening, I'm taking it."

"What about Beast Boy and me? Are we supposed to defend Jump City by ourselves?" Asked Raven who was both angry and shocked.

"Both of you are more than capable of defending this city. Let's face it, there's little to no crime anymore. Super villains don't come here anymore and the rest are either gone or under arrest."

There was no arguing with that. Even before Robin and Starfire had left, Jump City's criminals seemed to have disappeared completely. It was starting to get boring.

Seeing as his friends didn't find anything else to say, he continued: "If you want you can join the team as well. I asked Bumble Bee and she had no problem with it."

Beast Boy looked at Raven to see what she thought, but neither seemed really convinced: "We'll have to think about it." She finally said.

"I understand. Now, if you excuse me, I'm gonna hit the hay. Good night."

"Good night, Cy."

"Good night."

After they finished eating, Beast Boy and Raven went to the couch and stared at the view as they coddled. They talked for hours that night, but didn't reach to any definite conclusion on what they were going to do. The only thing they knew for sure is that the Teen Titans, as they knew it, had reached its end.

After almost a four month hiatus I'm back. I know I should finish the one I still haven't finished but I simply can't. I have no motivation to finish it and it's become rather pointless to even try. Hopefully, I'll be luckier with this one.