Just got back from a family vacation and noticed there were six reviews. Yay! Thank you very much people who reviewed! As promised, here is the second chapter. Again, i'm kinda lazy when it comes to editing, and i think i finished this really early in the morning, so i'm sorry if you think it sucks. i'll take flames though i dont enjoy them xD but r&r please! enjoy.

"We're home," Robin's voice called from the front door.

"I know that you could be an asshole Robin," Beast Boy muttered, "but Starfire? Cy?"

"What're you talkin' about man?" Cyborg muttered, placing several boxes of pizza on the counter.

"I do not appreciate you calling boyfriend Robin the asshole!" Starfire said to the changeling.

"You all forgot." The green man muttered setting down his glass of soymilk a little harder than necessary.

"Forgot what, Beast Boy?" Robin asked.

"Raven's birthday. It's today."

"What?"

"Oh, man!"

"Oh no! We are such terrible friends!"

"She wasn't even going to bother mentioning it to any of you."

"C'mon man we didn't mean to forget," Cyborg said placing a hand on his best friend's shoulder.

"Yeah try telling Raven that. She pretended that it didn't hurt but I saw right threw her."

"Fear not friend Beast Boy! We shall each take turns and do the apologizing to friend Raven! Oh, I am a horrible friend," Starfire babbled.

"Yeah Beast Boy. I'm sorry we forgot, okay?" the masked teen said facing his friend.

"…Okay."

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos…"

He called you beautiful! Happy giggled.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos…"

Oh, don't pretend you didn't blush when he said that to you!

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos…"

C'mon Rae! He called you beautiful and all you were wearing was an old tank top and some raggedy short shorts!

"Go away Happy. Trying to keep you in check here."

Oh, stop being a biscuit head.

"You heard him say that the others thought that I was beautiful too. Clearly he was stating personality-wise that I was…beautiful. Not physically. And I'm not being a biscuit head…. Azarath Metrion Zinthos…"

Okay, Rae. If you don't wanna talk about your feelings for him, then Crush will-"

"Woah, woah, woah! What the hell are you talking about? What feelings? Oh, you mean the ones that don't exist?"

Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about! You know that Crush is part of you which means that you've got a crush on someone! Unless you're going to dare tell me it's Robin or Cyborg, you and I BOTH know that it's Beast Boy!

A soft tap tap on the door brought the half demon back to reality.

"Friend Raven, it is Starfire. May I come in?"

"It's open," she muttered lost in thought. She rubbed her temples in attempt to get Happy to stop bouncing around in her head.

"Oh, Raven I am terribly sorry to have forgotten the day of your birth! I am so horrible and deserve to be punished! Will you please forgive me friend?"

"It's no big deal Starfire. You're already forgiven…"

"Oh thank you friend! I do promise to make it up to you!" the Tameranian chimed capturing Raven in a spine crushing hug.

"Argh…Star…fire…I would really…like…to…NOT…die on…my birth…my birth…b…birth…argh…dying…"

"Starfire you're suffocating her!" Robin screeched standing in the doorway. The girl quickly released the hug and watched as Raven's face slowly went from purple, to blue, and back to her usual pale features.

Robin breathed a sigh of relief as Starfire quickly apologized and left him to do the same.

"Raven…"

"It's alright Robin. You were all out having fun at the Pizza Parlor. So you forgot to tell me happy birthday. It's not the end of the world." She paused and added, "Again." Her voice thick with dry humor.

They smiled in unison. "I promise we'll make it up to you Raven. You have my word as your leader and as your friend."

"Sure."

Robin smiled once more and turned to the metal being that was standing in the doorway. He placed a hand on Cyborg's shoulder and went off for the Common Room.

"Guess that leaves me," Cyborg said. He took a deep breath and spluttered, "I'm so, so sorry sis! I didn't mean to forget about you! I feel like a horrible person right now!"

"Cyborg, you're my older brother and you look after me constantly. Whether you remembered my birthday or not I'd still love you."

"Aw, now you're gonna make me get all weepy-eyed!"

Raven chuckled at this and said, "You're forgiven too Cyborg. And could you send Beast Boy in on your way out? I sense him nearby…"

"Sure thing, kiddo." He winked and slid the door shut behind him. "Hey ya little grass stain. Raven knows you've been eavesdropping. You're dead now!" he began to laugh as he walked away.

"Uh, hey Rae," the changeling muttered trying to keep his knees from shaking.

"Relax, I just want to talk." Raven bit back a smile. He was truly terrified, wasn't he?

"Why did you remind them about my birthday?"

"Well…because I saw how much it was hurting you."

"…You know Beast Boy, although you are not as immature as you were before, there are certain things about you that I still can't stand."

The teen's ears drooped. "What, is it my pathetic attempts at trying to make you smile?"

"No…well, that may be a little one." She chuckled. "But my main pet peeve is how easily you can read me. It's as if trying to suppress my emotions is all for nothing!"

"Well, it's just that-"

"Sit." Raven interrupted motioning for him to take a seat beside her.

"It's just that I'm completely against what you do Rae. I hate it when you don't talk about things with others. I hate it when you stuff everything inside you! One day you're gonna explode from all that! We all care about you Raven,"

"Tell me one good thing that you really truly understand about me."

"I understand that-"

"Go on."

"Maybe I shouldn't bring it up."

"Try me."

"…I understand what you felt when Malchior betrayed you."

Internally the girl winced in agony, but on the outside her face was stone cold and expressionless.

"Why? Because of Terra?" she monotoned.

"Well…yes."

"Explain." The half demon cocked her head to the side, eyebrows pulled together as if she were trying to decipher the answer to a riddle.

"Malchior used you to get his freedom. Terra used me to get answers for Slade. Malchior pretended to love you so that you would fall for his mind games. Terra pretended to love me-"

"Wrong," she interrupted. "Terra didn't pretend. She told me herself how she felt about you. Being an empath, I knew that what she said wasn't a lie. She…really did l—love you. At first."

"She…she did? I didn't know that." The green teen stared off into nowhere thinking quietly to himself.

Raven pretended it didn't hurt that even in death Terra could take Beast Boy's mind off of anything. She hated that traitor. She hated her for coming and stealing away the man she cared for so much!

"Also," the boy said, abruptly continuing the conversation, "He pretended to care about you. Terra pretended to care about me."

"…Malchior…fooled me. But I'm over it. I appreciate the concern but it really isn't necessary." The girl paused to glance at her wall clock. "It's almost time for bed."

"Okay, I'll go Raven. But don't forget that I can read straight through every smile you've ever faked-"

"Goodnight Beast Boy." She said pulling the sheets around her and turning to lie on her side.

"'Night Rae." He said taking his leave and sliding the door shut behind him.

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