Author's Note- My first full Teen Titans fic. I absolutely love Raven/BB and this is going to be somewhat angst. I have been trying to think of a plot to write, and this one stuck with me, so B fans rejoice, and hopefully when it comes to TT fan fiction, I'll be one of the top authors people talk about!

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans.
Chapter 1- If I could Be Like That

Jump City was quiet. It was a lot more quiet than it should've been on a Monday afternoon at least. The city's citizens were indoors, traffic was at a minimum. The air was fresh and clean; hardly any pollution, and the noise was near silence. Yes, Jump City was a beautiful town, fresh air, crisp water, two cinemas and a few nice restaurants. A bank, and an all night pizza place graced the downtown areas along with several nice grocery stores, and thanks to the resident heroes; hardly any crime. There was one problem though, and this was the reason no one was outside on a crisp cool autumn day in Jump City.

There was a huge meteor looming over the city.

Looking directly up into the sky, there was a rock juxtaposed next to the sun ready to pounce on the city like a cat on it's prey. The rock was meteor that had appeared a few days before, one that nobody could figure the origins of, and nobody could find a way to destroy. One that a hero and only a hero could stop; and would have to before it destroyed the planet. Thankfully, Jump City had a hero, and he was currently in a tower, shaped like a 'T'.

Beast Boy entered the common room of Titans Tower, stretching out his arms after his mid-afternoon nap. The room was eerily silent for it to be fully occupied; all the titans were there. He scanned the room, glancing at each of his friends sitting on the couch.

There was Cyborg, the half machine half man powerhouse of the team. His intelligence and technological savvy saved the group numerous times. There was Starfire, the alien princess who was the heart of the group known as the Teen Titans. Her upbeat persona and sweet naivety demonstrated the good in the world that they fought for. There was Robin, the leader of the group. His straightforward and no nonsense manner kept the group fighting smoothly and made them a fierce force to be reckoned with when it came to criminals, and lastly there was Raven.

Beast Boy paused at her; the mysterious beauty. Raven was the mind and reason of the group. Her calm exterior kept them grounded, and her whimsical powers kept them faithful. Not to mention her beauty kept Beast Boy's mind occupied and her voice was like music to his ears. He could practically hear her calling his name as he stared at her. It was chanting, 'Beast Boy, Beast Boy, Beast Boy-'

"BEAST BOY!" Raven's voice snapped the green changeling from his reverie. He shook his head clear and his vision fell once again on the mysterious gothic beauty.

"Uh, huh?" He muttered quickly,

"I asked why you were staring at me." She said plainly, her voice monotone and straightforward as always. Beast Boy panicked, he didn't know what to say, but her eyes were glaring at him, he had to think up something.

"I um . . . What's that?" he pointed at the television screen the four had been watching before his entrance to the room. Raven turned around and glanced at the screen, muttering out a response without turning back to him.

"News. They still haven't found out anything about meteor." She said. Beast Boy shrugged his shoulders. He didn't know what to make of the situation. A few days ago a giant rock appeared in the sky and everyone freaked out. Now, not even the smartest scientists in the world knew how it got there, or why it hadn't fallen to Earth yet, however they all agreed that if it did; it would destroy the planet.

"That's not very good now is it." Beast Boy said, trying to continue in his conversation with Raven. To his dismay, she wasn't the one who answered,

"Naw man, Raven says that she can try to track down its source using some of her magic, but the origin of this thing ain't natural!" Cyborg said, turning back to Beast Boy. Starfire nodded in agreement,

"Yes friend Beast Boy, friend Raven has deduced that it is indeed a plot by those who practice the Arts of Darkness."

"She means Dark Arts." Raven corrected in a monotone voice, still not turning toward Beast Boy. Robin and Raven studied the television while Cyborg and Starfire waited for a response.

"So someone used some magic mumbo jumbo to threaten the city by summoning a meteor; did anyone leave any demands or anything. Large sums of money, free someone from prison; a warehouse full of Tofu?"

"Beast Boy, if someone had the power to summon a meteor, why would they go through the trouble?" Robin asked.

"Besides, nobody likes tofu." Raven added in. Cyborg and Starfire chuckled.

"Hey," Beast Boy puffed out his chest proudly, "I like tofu!"

"Exactly my point, nobody." She chimed in. Beast Boy's shoulders drooped. It was always like this, he was nobody. He wasn't important, he wasn't special, he was just Beast Boy. Suddenly, without warning the sirens around Titans tower began to sound. Everyone's talisman that signaled that there was trouble started to glow, and the television screen instantly turned to navigational mode.

"Titans, trouble. Dr. Light is in the downtown area." Robin said, looking at the group. Beast Boy threw his head up and mentally prepared himself for battle. He was already at the door when Robin called out his battle cry.

Beast Boy flew down toward Dr. Light as a Falcon, swiping past the villain and knocking him backward. A moment later Starfire and Cyborg landed in front of Dr. Light while Robin and Raven landed behind him.

"Ah, the Teen Titans. My arch nemesis! You've defeated me before, however, this time with my LIGHT CANNON XS you'll be no match!" Dr. Light pulled out a huge bazooka like weapon and fired directly at Cyborg.

Cyborg leapt out of the way and watched as three cars were destroyed in the blasts wake. "Aw man, this one is doing some definite damage!" Cyborg moaned. Starfire launched forward at Dr. Light who put his hand up to create a dome around himself. Starfire hit it and flew backward as the evil Doctor turned his attention onto the two birds.

His light whips came from both of his extended arms and struck forward at Robin and Raven. Either teen jumped out of the way, and continued moving backward as Dr. Light's attacks pursued them. Cyborg ran after, shooting his Sonic Cannon at Dr. Light's back, "Light sees everything!" the villain announced as he flipped backwards over Cyborg's cannon and the beam shot directed at Raven. The Gothic Witch held up a black shield to protect her from the blow, but this was just as Light shot his LIGHT CANNON XS.

The blast beam straight at Raven, who had no time to deflect it; she paused, watching as the beam got closer and closer. What was she going to do? Out of nowhere however, a blur of green entered her path, knocking her out of the way, and Raven watched as green Cheetah took the brute of a light energy beam, launching back into a building.

"Beast Boy!" Starfire's voice called out after watching Raven's rescue. This gave Dr. Light the chance to attack both awe-shocked girls. His light whips knocked them both together and a well placed disc froze the two girl's inside an energy force field.

Beast Boy transformed back into his normal self, shaking his head and holding onto his ribcage. He was sure he'd broken at least two ribs this time, but it didn't matter, he could fix them in a matter of minutes. Looking up through the hole that he had recently made in the building he saw Raven and Starfire trapped inside one of Light's energy fields.

Beast Boy jumped out of the building and ran toward Light, speeding as fast as he could; he was going to finish this right now. Ashe closed the range between himself and the villain he pondered what shape to take, anything would only hurt him right now with his broken ribs, but it didn't matter as long as the team was safe right?

He got close to Light and dived forward, taking no other forms, he was going to take down Light as Beast Boy! Unfortunately he didn't hear the voices of Cyborg and Robin as the phrase "Sonic Boom" echoed through the streets, and he didn't see the other two Titans running at Light full speed. He did however see a large blue beam of energy nearly hit Light as it strayed off course, crashing into a nearby building.

Beast Boy hit Light in the stomach, tackling him to the ground and rolling as Light kicked him up into the air. He blasted Beast Boy further up with his right arm and rolled away. Beast Boy went flying through the air, unable to control his ascent. He closed his eyes as he painfully hit the roof of a nearby building, breaking the parapets and rolling onto the flat top.

"Oh, that's gonna sting in the morning." He muttered, trying to sit up but unable to move. He had broken more apparently. Beast Boy needed to get to his friends though, he needed to help. He wasn't the weakest link of the team, he was more, he was the primal one, he was the clutch, he had proven that against the brotherhood of evil already hadn't he?

He needed to help them, he needed to get down to them, so he got up; slowly. Beast Boy clutched the cement roof, tearing his nails apart as they dug into concrete. He knelt on the ground and crawled to the edge of the roof, looking over the side to see Raven and Starfire being let out of their ball by Cyborg. Knowing it was only going to hurt him, Beast Boy transformed into a falcon, shooting down to the rest of the team as fast as he could. He transformed back into himself ten feet from the ground, taking the rest of the fall on his human body. He immediately knelt, letting the pain wave over him, looking around for Dr. Light's incapacitated body.

"Friend Beast Boy, are you okay?" Starfire asked, walking over to him. Cyborg got there first though,

"Oh no he's not! Something's wrong in his head grass stain! You let Light get away!"

"Yeah Beast Boy, what were you playing at?" Robin interjected, Beast Boy was confused, "Me and Cyborg had to divert our Sonic Boom so you wouldn't get hit. Now Dr. Light escaped."

"I didn't know guys, sorry," Beast Boy said, realizing now that the blue beam of energy had been their attack.

"You sure are, but it doesn't change the fact that you're useless." Raven added, her voice monotone and flat. Beast Boy glared up at her, anger in his eyes. She was the one who had to be saved in the first place. It wasn't his fault Cyborg and Robin couldn't get their attack off fast enough.

Everyone started walking off toward the T-Car and Beast Boy stayed put, knelt against the ground. They didn't have any right to talk about him that way!

"Yo, you comin' Grass stain?" Cyborg yelled back at him. Beast Boy shook his head,

"I'll be there later." He said, transforming painfully into a falcon once more and taking to the skies.

Raven nodded her head back and forth, trying to gain consciousness. Where was she?

Oh yeah, you were waiting up for Beast Boy. She told herself, glancing around her room. She was sitting on a chair by the window, one that overlooked the water to the West of the city.

Beast Boy never came home after the fight with Dr. Light, I wonder if he's back now. Raven mentally pondered as she rose to her feet and stretched her arms out wide. A small yawn penetrated her lips and she cracked her neck before moving toward her bed.

No sooner had she pulled herself under the covers and shut her eyes did they pop open again. She couldn't just sleep, she had to know if he was okay. He was her teammate, and teams stuck by each other right?

Raven crawled from under the security of her blanket and made her way briskly to the hallway. She glanced left and right and headed a few yards down to Beast Boy's room. She hadn't heard the usually loud snoring that permeated the hallways from his crude sleeping habits, but that didn't mean he wasn't there. Raven walked over to his door and knocked quietly, waiting a few moments before repeating the process harder.

"Beast Boy, are you there?" She asked softly, careful not to wake Starfire who had an impeccable sense of hearing her nighttime wonderings.

CLANK! What was that? Raven shot her head toward the stairwell; she'd heard something. Slowly she began to move toward the stairs, the faint noise not reappearing immediately.

Oh great, I hear a scary noise so I go blindly after the source. Way to be victim number one Raven. She thought as she descended down the stairs and into another hallway.

The noise picked up more force as she neared the training area in the Tower. Raven heard a soft grunting and a little panting that sounded familiar.

Beast Boy! She ran toward the training room, peering through an open door. There were several circular robots surrounding a huddled green mass that was beast Boy on the ground. He was panting and unable to move, when one of the bots shot a laser beam at him.

Raven watched Beast Boy's body fly into the air and come back down on the ground painfully. He was nearly unconscious, the A.I. of the training sim should've turned off the attack bots by now. She rushed in as another shot threw Beast Boy against the wall, cracking his skull and mixing green skin with red blood. Raven gasped as she nearly slid into a kneeling position over him.

"Training Simulation terminate!" She called out, watching as the robots dimmed and landed on the ground slowly. Raven turned back to Beast Boy.

"Oh, Beast Boy, are you okay, speak to me!" She said, thoughts flying through her mind. What if he was seriously injured, or worse. What if he died? She wrapped her arms around his curled figure.

"Argh." a mumbled cry came from his mouth. Raven jumped back as Beast Boy pushed her arms away.

"Go away, I'm training." He mumbled, his eyes opening and closing. Raven was confused, why was he saying that?

"Beast Boy, you're delirious, c'mon I gotta get you to your room." She bent down and threw his arm over her shoulder, standing up so that she was supporting him. She couldn't let him die on her watch, it'd be too easy.

"Raven, I'm not delirious, just hurt. I don't want to go to my room, I'm not finished training." He said, shaking his head. Raven took a deep breath and continued walking with him on her shoulders, he wasn't in any condition to fight it anyway.

Why was he so focused on training, and did he realize how hurt he could've been? She pondered to herself. Beast Boy had indeed saved her earlier in battle, so this was just returning the favor. Teammate to teammate. Raven continued down the hallway, when Beast Boy pushed off of her, standing on his own two feet and breathing heavily. He seemed as if he had regained his energy, partially at least.

"I said I want to go back to training, just leave me alone." He nearly whispered, yet he said it with as much force as he would've were yelling.

Raven's voice was dry and sterile, "Beast Boy, you cannot go train in this condition, you can't poss-"

"Why? Because I'm useless." He snapped at her. Raven recoiled; using her own words against her, it stung. She didn't mean it that way, things just came out of her mouth. She didn't actually think he was useless, just at times he could be . . . Distracting. Besides, who was he to try to throw something in her face when she was only trying to help. Maybe she should let him get killed in the simulation room.

Raven's better judgement got a hold of her though, and while still monotonous and sterile, she apologized half-heartedly, "Beast Boy, I didn't mean it."

"Then why'd you say it, Miss I-Control-My-Emotions. You had to have meant it, because you didn't say it out of anger."

"Beast Boy, you don't know how my emotions work." Raven said, trying to diffuse the situation, maybe if she got him talking about something else she could calm him. He was acting like a stubborn child and she didn't do babies.

"Yes I do Raven, a lot more than you think I know. You only had two eyes, which means you're not spooky Raven." He even managed to make "Spooky Raven" sound like acid. Raven didn't know what to say, so she sat there, quiet. What could she say, he did have a point.

"If you don't mind then, I'll go back to training." Beast Boy turned to go back to the training room, bracing himself against the wall. Raven didn't know what to do, she had to stop him.

"You're useless to us dead too Beast Boy." she said, making sure to say his name. Beast Boy stopped, mumbling something Raven couldn't hear. She rushed over to him while trying to make it look casual; she knew she had to get him to his room fast.

"Beast Boy, what level were you training on?" She asked, referring to the difficulty of the training simulator.

"Eleven." He said stiffly. Raven flinched a little, that was the highest level, even Robin didn't train on level eleven. Raven was about to do something very wrong. She was about to go against her friend and teammates wishes and invade their privacy, but she felt as if she had to.

Raven put her hand on Beast Boy's shoulder and phased away from the hallway and moved upward, landing in the middle of his room.

Raven glanced around at her surroundings, all her previous ventures to Beast Boy's room had encountered a messy bunk bed and a room that looked as if Hurricane Katrina had recently devastated it, however this was massively different. The Bunk Bed had been replaced with a dark green king sized bed, and the room was immaculately clean. Raven glanced at the surroundings, on the nightstand was a picture of two people, assembly his parents, and on the dresser was a picture of Terra, the team, and one of her and Beast Boy

"Raven, why'd you do that. I told you, I want to go train!"

"Beast Boy," Raven turned her attention back to the Changeling, "Why are you doing this? I can't allow you to hurt yourself, not as your friend I can't."

Beast Boy sat back, landing on his bed. He held his stomach with one hand as he looked down,

"You don't understand. I need to, I'm not useless Raven, I'll show you that I'm not." A tear cascaded down his face and hit the floor.

Raven wasn't used to this side of Beast Boy, of course she'd encountered him at his serious times, but this was something completely different. What could she do? Her tough love approach wasn't helping too much, and he was in serious trouble. For once in her life Raven found herself wishing she could make Beast Boy smile instead of the other way around. The feeling was unnerving and unfamiliar. She didn't like it.

"Beast Boy, I don't think you are, listen to me." She knelt down beside him, "Now, you know that friends get mad at each other, but you can't take it all to heart."

"Rav-" Beast was cut off by a loud pounding. He glanced around and the echo permeated the tower.

"What was that?" He asked slowly. Raven's head cocked toward the clocked, it said 3:34 A.M. She looked at Beast Boy,

"It's the front door. Someone's knocking."

Author's Note- What do you think? OoC, good buildup, c'mon I need constructive criticism. This is based on my love of BB and nothing else! Yeah. And anyone who knows Garfield Logan's past, I think I have it down, but anyone who feels like writing a bio on his that'd be awesome, send it to me in a review!