{Chapter 1} Memories

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans or any songs used in this fanfic.

*Dedicated to my two best friends dudeyourawesome8 & Treskttn*

"You can't stop me Beast Boy," A seventeen year old Goth said as she walked into her room, picking up a tank top and shorts, and putting them in her suitcase, zipping it up.

"But Rae," Beast Boy said, following her into the room. "We've all been friends, a team, for a long time. Do you really have to-"

"Yes." She said calmly, walking out in the hallway to the bathroom, Beast Boy right behind her.

"Can we at least talk about this, Rae?" He said, stopping in the doorway, his hands gripping either side of the doorjamb.

He watched as she grabbed her toothbrush and other toiletries, her long lavander hair falling over her shoulders. She turned towards the door, toiletries in hand, and looked at Beast Boy expectantly.

"Please?" He said, his face softening with emotion. Raven almost crumbled at the pleading look, but she stood her ground, her face keeping its impassive composure.

"There's nothing to talk about," She said, ducking down under his arm, making her way back to her room. Stuffing her things into the side pocket of her suitcase, she sensed the green teen come into the room. "Just drop it, Beast Boy. There's nothing you could do or say to make me stay."

He walked towards her, trying to figure out what to do, what to say, to convince her not to leave.

"Rae, listen-" He started, coming to a stop behind the dark empath.

"Look at me, Beast Boy," Raven yelled, cutting him off. She grabbed her suitcase and whipped around to face him, pushing his shoulder with every step she took towards him, backing him up towards the doorway. "I'm getting too old for this! This running around in costumes, fighting the same bad guy every fucking day-"

"And that's an excuse to pack up and leave?" Beast Boy yelled in her face, cutting her off. He stopped backing away from her, standing in the hallway in front of her door. "To leave your friends? To leave-"

Beast Boy was cut off by a pair of lips being pressed against his. Just as quick as the kiss came, it was gone. The green teen stared into amethyst colored eyes in awe, emotions roiling through his body one right after the other.

"I love you," Raven whispered softly, taking a step back so that she was standing in her room. "I always have."

Before Beast Boy could form a coherent sentence, the door slid close in his face. The second he heard the sound of the door connecting to the other side, he snapped back into reality.

"Rae," Beast Boy yelled, banging on her door. "Raven! Open the door! Please! Raven!"

The door slid open, throwing the green teen into the room. Beast Boy looked frantically around the empty room.

The only evidence of the empath having ever been there was the tiny, black and yellow communicator lying in the middle of the carpeted floor.

Beast Boy sank to his knees in front of the tiny device. The first drop of water falling from the corner of his eye, hitting the carpet in a silent splash was all that was heard in the empty room.

Twenty minutes later, he heard the sounds of his teammates returning home from the store. Beast Boy wiped away any trace of tears on his face and, grabbing the communicator, left what used to be a dark empaths room. The door sliding shut behind him.