Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans.

Author's Comments: I seem to like starting stories with a birthday. Strange. Don't yell at me if I got some of the details wrong in this chapter. Sorry for the lack of length.

Chapter 2 – Memories

Beast Boy had moved, so that he was now sitting on the floor. Violet, and the autographed Batman picture were sitting on his dresser along with the black rose and raven figurine. Beast Boy slipped the team photo into the stainless-steel frame, reached up and placed it on his dresser as well. In the black frame he placed the picture of him and Raven that Cyborg had taken. When he saw the emerald frame with the paw-prints, he knew exactly what picture needed to go in it. He opened his top drawer and dug through his socks.

Eventually his fingers stumbled across what he was looking for. He pulled out a folded photograph. Carefully, he unfolded the picture. The picture showed a man, a woman, and a young child. The man had blonde hair and brown eyes, and the woman had brown hair, and blue eyes. The child had blonde hair, and blue eyes. Beast Boy ran his gloved fingers over the two grown-ups. Tears entered his eyes. Trembling, he slid the picture into the green frame. He could feel a lump forming in his throat.

"I'm so sorry," he murmured, his voice breaking. "It was an accident. I didn't mean to..." He couldn't finish the sentence. Instead, he climbed the ladder up to his bunk and sat up there holding the faded photo like his life depended on it. "I'm sorry." He whispered again, a teardrop splashing down on the frame. "I'm so sorry."

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Raven leaned against her chicken, her hands clasped behind her head. Mentally she was running through the birthday party. Beast Boy had clearly not been his usual self. She wondered what had been on his mind to distract him so thoroughly from what was supposed to be a good day.

'Maybe he was annoyed,' Rude suggested.

'What?' Raven asked.

'Most guys aren't still virgins at this age,' Rude replied. 'Maybe he's annoyed because he hasn't had sex yet.' Raven flushed. She didn't want to think about Beast Boy thinking about sex.

'I'd take his virginity any day,' Rude sighed.

'How do you know he isn't a virgin?' Raven challenged, although the idea of Beast Boy intimate with another woman hurt her.

'I'd smell it on him,' Rude snorted. 'I'm surprised you haven't jumped him yet.'

'He's my friend,' Raven reminded her.

'Doesn't mean you don't want to,' Rude replied. 'You like the idea of him fitting in you like a puzzle-piece.'

'Can we please not have this discussion,' Raven could feel her cheeks beginning to burn.

'I would term it differently,' an emotion that Raven didn't recognize gushed.

'Who are you?' Raven asked.

'I'm Love,' the emotion was wearing purple, and her voice was slightly musical.

'About time you showed up,' Rude rolled her eyes. Raven blushed. 'How would you term it then?'

'I would love to make love to him,' Love sighed. Raven could feel her cheeks burning.

'Can we please not have this conversation?' she begged.

'To be one with him,' Love ignored her. Raven groaned.

'I wonder if he's an animal in bed too,' Rude grinned.

'Enough!' Raven pleaded. 'All I know is there seemed to be something bothering him.'

'You should ask him,' Knowledge joined the conversation.

'How can I when Rude's put the image of us together into my head?' Raven demanded. Knowledge blinked, and pushed her glasses up her nose. Raven wished she hadn't said anything. 'Look. I'm going to go talk to him, so you all better shut up.' Raven got up and exited the room.

'See if you can grab his butt,' Rude suggested. 'I've been dying to do that.'

'I mean it!' Raven growled. 'No talking.' Grumbling, she walked to Beast Boy's door. "Hey Garfield." She knocked. "You in there?"

"Yeah," he replied.

"Can I come in?" Raven asked.

"Knock yourself out," was his response. Frowning, Raven came into the room. At first she didn't see the shape-shifter.

"Garfield?" she asked.

"Up here," Raven looked up to see him on his bunk. His eyes were bloodshot. Raven floated up and sat down next to him. "You alright?" She asked.

"No," Beast Boy replied dully. "No I'm not alright."

'I bet you he'd feel better if you jumped him,' Rude suggested.

"Oh shut up," Raven growled.

"Hey," Beast Boy looked at her. "You asked."

"I wasn't talking to you," Raven rubbed her temples. "My emotions choose bad times to talk to me."

"Oh," Beast Boy looked down at a picture in his hands.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Raven asked.

"Do you want to hear about it?" Beast Boy asked bitterly. Raven blinked. Then she looked down at the picture that he had. She frowned when she saw the little boy.

"Garfield," she addressed him softly, pointing at the little boy. "Is that...?"

"Me?" Beast Boy smiled bitterly. "Yeah."

"Then these people are...?" Raven began to ask.

"My parents," Beast Boy confirmed.