Ch.2

Raven's P.O.V:

"What do you mean you're not going?" Beastboy asked me as I sat down on the sofa. Robin had just told the team I didn't want to go to the beach.

"I just don't feel like going." I had fixed my book and was now attempting to read it again.

"But you must go, friend Raven, it will be most fun."

"You guys go, I'll be fine here."

"Come on Rae, we'll have lots of fun, come on you won't regret it"

I almost gave in to Beastboy's persuasion but decided against it. "No, I'll stay. I kind of want to finish reading my book." I said holding up my book.

"But Rae-" Beastboy was about to complain when Terra interrupted him.

"Come on Babe, she doesn't want to go. You know she prefers to stay alone, let her be." She placed a hand on her boyfriend's shoulder and smirked at me. Seeing this just made me angry, no way was I giving her the satisfaction that came with me staying home alone.

"On second thought, I think I'll go." I said smiling lightly. This caused Terra to glare.

"Yes! We'll have so much fun!" Beastboy made a small victory dance.

"Okay then, let's go change, meet back here in half an hour." Replied Robin and so we all went our separate ways.

50 minutes after-

Beastboy's P.O.V:

We were all in the common room waiting for Terra and Raven but they were taking forever. Where could they be? I knew for a fact that Terra didn't like Rae much, which had been the subject of many of our fights. But now that I had admitted to myself that I had feelings for Rae I wanted to tell her, and be with her, her instead of Terra.

Raven's P.O.V:

I walked down the halls with my bag in hand. I had taken so long just to find my bathing suit. I didn't wear it often…I don't think I ever wore it so it had taken me forever to find it and put it on. It was a simple two piece, dark blue, bathing suit. Obviously I had my cloak to cover it. I had just taken out my book from my bag and begun reading where I had left off when I bumped into someone, that someone being none other than Terra.

"Oh I'm sorr-"

"Save it will you?" I closed my book and stared at her. She was wearing a blue and black one-piece bathing suit. She was wearing a transparent over-the-shoulder white shirt and some black shorts to go over it. Her bag was now lying on the ground.

"I was just trying to apologize." I started to walk away when she grabbed me by the arm and pulled me back. "Wha-"

"I honestly don't get the game you're playing."

"I don't know what you're talking about"

"You know exactly what I'm talking about. You're such a slut; don't think I haven't noticed how you just love to have BB begging you to have fun with us." Her grip got tighter around my arm.

"Let go." I tried to pull my arm away but it wouldn't budge.

"Not until you hear what I have to tell you" she snarled her words dripping with venom. "You stinkin' slut. Can't you see BB's with me, if I was you, I would back off. You haven't seen what I can do when I feel threatened-"

"I'm. Not. Scared. Of. You."

"Ha-ha! You're not? Well then you should be." I could feel her nails digging in my flesh and my arm going numb but I didn't care. I knew well how to hide my emotions and no way was I going to show her how much I wanted to leave. "If I were you, I wouldn't sleep so calm at night. I would watch out. Beastboy's mine and no way am I going to let a slutty demon like you get in my way. Do I make myself clear?"

"Like I told you , I'm not scared of you TERRA and unless you want your little boyfriend wondering where you are and coming to get you, and end up eavesdropping on your little threat. Then I suggest you let go of my arm and go to the common room where I'm sure he's waiting for you." With that she let go.

"We'll continue this talk later."

"Whatever you say." I stared as she walked away.

"Oh and Raven, I'd watched my back if I were you." With that last sentence she turned the corner and left.

I let out a breath I didn't even know I was holding. I slid down the wall that had been to my left and sat on the ground of the hallway. I stared down at my arm, where terra's hand had been clutching my arm now only a red hand print was left, by tomorrow I would have bruises where her fingers had been. I groaned before grabbing my book, getting up and walked to the common room where I was sure everyone was waiting for me.

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"All right y'all lets go to the beach!" Cyborg said as we all entered the garage. We all got in the
T-car except for Robin who took his R-cycle. Star, Beastboy, and Terra were sitting on the back seats of CY's 'Baby' while I had shot-gun and Cy was behind the wheel. The trip lasted 2 hours, two hours in which BB didn't stop telling jokes from which only his girlfriend laughed. After the first hour Cyborg turned on the radio to drown somewhat of Beastboy's voice. Beastboy was oblivious to this and continued talking.

Once we got there everyone rushed to a deserted part of the beach so that we weren't interrupted. We were going to be out the whole day to what Cyborg had said, so Robin had called Jinx and Kid Flash so that they'd look over Jump City while we were gone.

I laid down my towel under an umbrella Cy had place d on the sand to give us some shade. I grabbed my book and sat down on the towel making sure my cloak could still cover my bathing suit and hands.

"Rae do you want to play Volleyball with us?" Beastboy waved a volleyball he was holding.

"It's Raven, and no thanks."

"Oh please friend Raven, come play with us."

"Later, I'm reading right now."

"Come on Raven, if you play we can have a Girls V.S. Boys match" said Cyborg.

"Umm…fine but I want to be in the guys team," I dropped my book on top of the towel and walked towards the volleyball net.

"Fine then I'll trade places with Raven and I'll be in the girls' team" Beastboy said as he tossed the ball to Cyborg and walked to the other side of the net.

"All right y'all let's play" Cyborg said energetic as he hit the ball over the net.

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Our team had already won three times while Terra's team had only won twice. So we were on our second to last game. My team was winning but terra wanted her team to win so bad she kept cheating. Like she had gained her powers back, she had found interesting ways to get me to look bad in front of my team. For example right now, the ball was coming my way and as I was getting ready to jump to hit the ball over the net, I could feel the sand beneath my feet start to surround my foot and suck it down a bit. Bad luck for me, I noticed too late.

So as you can imagine when I tried to jump, I ended up tripping and falling face-first into the sand. As soon as I hit the floor the air got sucked out of my lungs so I stayed there as I regained air. I looked up to see everyone's faces in complete shock except for one. The one responsible for my fall, Terra, she was smiling. No, she was smirking down at me.

I got up as fast as I could and brushed off the sand off my cloak. I looked up to se everyone still staring at me. I could feel my cheeks burning and I was thankful my hood was still up.

"What?!" I snapped at them.

"Are you okay Rae?" Beastboy asked from the other side of the net."

"It's Raven, and yes I'm fine, now are we going to finish the game or not?"

"Why yes friend Raven, let us finish the game" As star clapped her hands in excitement I looked at Terra who seemed so mad that if possible, steam would be coming out of her ears.

We continued to play and it was my turn to serve, I hit the ball and it went directly at terra. She was able to hit it in time and send it back at me but with greater force. I wanted to move out of the way because I knew I wasn't going to be able to hit the ball in time. But terra moved the sand around my feet again, securing both feet in the spot.

The ball came at me and I was stuck, I couldn't think, I just stood there frozen in place. In that moment I didn't even think of blocking the ball or shielding myself with my powers. I couldn't do anything as the ball came right at me and hit me straight in the face.

I could feel my cheeks burn red with embarrassment. My nose tingled and my forehead was numb. I gained composture and took a deep breath so that my emotions would calm down. I looked up and glared at Terra.

"Don't tell me your mad at me Raven. It was an accident" said Terra with fake innocence in her voice.

"I would have passed that as an accident if you would stop using your powers." I growled back at her.

Everyone's face looked shocked. No one had noticed her using her powers to cheat during the game. Once I had mentioned her powers she had let go of my feet.

"What do you mean friend Raven?" asked Starfire.

"I mean, Terra has been using her powers to cheat during the game"

"Hahahaha! Okay, so just because you fell on your face, and then got hit in the face, you're saying I'm cheating?" Terra defended herself. "Stop blaming me for your own mistakes"

"Stop acting innocent, really Terra it doesn't fit you." I shot back as I got closer to the net.

"What, you're the one acting like the victim" she shot back as she too got closer to the net.

"Oh be quiet, you know you were using your powers to control the sand around us."

"I was not! Are you really that afraid to lose that now you have to blame me for your own clumsiness?" she had walked under the net, and we were now face to face.

"Why don't you shut your mouth before you regret it?" I was so angry; I just wanted to punch her in the face. She had humiliated me countless times. Was it not enough for her that she had already won the heart of Beastboy?

"Why? Are you planning on hitting me? Why don't you do it so that everyone can see what type of person you really are?"

"I'm warning you terra, back off before you regret it" I spat. I could feel all my emotions pushing inside me. Rage was trying to take control to give her a nice beating.

"Why don't you back off witch? Or-" she was cut short as my hand came across her cheek and slapped her as hard as I could.

"Don't you dare call me a witch." I was angry and had acted on instinct but I wasn't regretting it.

"No, your right you're not a witch, your just a heartless monster." With that last sentence out of her mouth she slapped me back. As I turned toward her and was ready to punch her in the nose she tackled me to the floor.

There we rolled in the sand punching and pulling at each other. She had yanked off my cloak in the tackle so we were now both only wearing our bathing suits. I could still see the bruises from that morning. But I was sure that after all this I would have more covering my body. I felt a tug at my hair and I cried out in rage. Her blonde hair was longer and I could grab it more easily. As I pulled her head back by yanking at her hair I retracted my hand and punched her right on the nose making it bleed.

This just made her madder and she let go of my hair and punched me on my left cheek. We kept going at each other like this, hearing the rest of the team screaming at us to stop. As we stopped rolling Terra turned to be on top of me. As I was ready to push her off her fist came in contact with my lip, busting it open.

"That's for being a slutty bitch." She said.

This just made me angrier. Rage was at the edge of taking control. I jumped up and rolled her over so that I was now straddling her and punched her in the face. I was about to punch her again when the rest of the team caught up with us.

I felt strong arms around my waist pulling me away from terra. I let out a growl out of frustruation and struggled to get out of his arms.

"Rae, stop." His green arms around me tightened and he pulled me to my feet. Robin and Cy were helping Terra off the floor. She had an eye that was getting swollen, a bleeding nose and a bruising cheek. I probably looked the same except for the eye. I could feel the bruise forming on my cheek and my busted lip was stinging.

"Let go! Let me teach her a lesson!" she screamed from Robin's and Cyborg's arms that where holding her back.

"Ha! You'll teach me a lesson. Please the one who needs to be taught a lesson is you, you brat!" I was struggling in Beastboy's arms just to get my hands on Terra and beat her to a pulp.

"Beastboy, I think it's best if you take her for a walk until they both calm down, we'll stay here with Terra." Said the boy wonder while holding Terra back by grabbing her arm.

"Yeah I think that'll be a good idea." Beastboy responded as he pulled me away from the team.

"Let go, Beastboy let go!" I kept struggling against his grip. Even though I didn't really mind it, I wanted him to let go just so that I could turn around and we could finish the fight that had been interrupted.

"No Rae, not until you calm down." He said in a calm and relaxed tone.

"No let go so I can teach her a lesson, she deserves it after-" I stopped myself before I said something stupid. The fact that he was holding me with his arms around my waist was verily, truly, sinking in. He was holding me, Beastboy, Terra's boyfriend. That last thought just made matters worse. Terra now wouldn't stop with her threats she had shown that today, she would do anything to keep me away from Beastboy; she had gone as far as to fighting me in front of everyone.

"She deserves it after what?" His voice brought me out of my thoughts.

"Nothing, forget about it. Now let go." I was desperate for him to let go. This was so wrong in so many different levels. Beastboy was her boyfriend, not mine. I had been trying my best to stay away from him to keep my feelings for him hidden. Him holding me wasn't helping at all.

"Not until you calm down"

"I am calm! Okay, I'm calm, I'm calm. Now let go." I tried my best to keep my voice low to assure him that I was okay.

"Fine." He let go of my waist but grabbed my hand instead and pulled me closer to the shore. "But I'm still making sure you don't leave."

"Fine, do whatever you want." I sighed in defeat. I turned my head to look back at the others, their figures now far in the distance. I knew they couldn't see us, or our hands that were entwined with one another.

"I didn't think you guys would actually get in a fight." He said as he chuckled.

"Huh? Why is that?"

"You're always so calm I just didn't think you'd actually start a fight with her."

"I told her to back off, or what, are you mad at me for giving your girlfriend a black eye?" I looked up at him expecting to see him frowning or any other sign of him being mad at me but I found none.

"Not really, I have to admit, she had it coming when she said that to you and slapped you." He grinned at the end and gave my hand a gentle squeeze.

This took me aback. He was smiling after witnessing his girlfriend getting beat up by his best friend. (Best friend being her, don't get confused) he was smiling and seemed so relaxed. I just didn't get it.

"You're not mad?" I asked shocked.

"Nope" he looked at me and started laughing.

"What's so funny?"

"You're covered in sand from head to toe."

I looked down and indeed I was covered in sand. That's what happens when you roll in the beach. With his free hand he messed up my hair and sand fell from it. I was a complete mess. This just caused him to laugh more, his laugh wasn't as high-pitched as it used to be, it was somewhat deeper now but it still held that familiarity to me.

"Yeah I guess I am." I said looking up at him.

"I have an idea on how to take it off, come on" he started pulling me toward the shore and into the water.

"Noo~" I tried to pull my hand away but it didn't work he just pulled me deeper into the cold water.

"Don't tell me you're afraid of a little bit of water."

"No, but its cooooold."

"You'll get used to it." We stopped once the water reached a bit above or knees. That's when he splashed me. This started a game to see who could get the other more wet. Then the chase began, I had to admit I was having fun.

At the end of our little game I took off toward the shore with Garfield at my heels. We kept chasing each other but it was no longer in the water. He caught up to me and we sat down on the sand. We were both laughing by the time we caught our breath.

"That was fun wasn't it?" He asked grabbing my hand again.

"Yeah I guess so." I looked up to see him leaning in. I couldn't help but close my eyes and lean in as well, meeting his lips half way. It started as a gentle kiss but I soon got lost in it. I had waited so long for this day that nothing mattered, not anymore. I had to pull away to catch my breath. "Gar-"

"I like you, Raven." That's all he said before kissing me again. I couldn't help but smile as our lips parted.

"I like you too." I kissed him again and that's when I remembered, he was already taken. I pulled away placing my hand on his chest. "But what about terra?"

"I'll break-up with her, I don't like her anymore. I like you, and I want to be with you, not her."

"Won't she be mad though?"

"Yes but she'll get over it."

"But-" I was about to argue when he pulled me to my feet.

"Don't worry about it, now let's go get something to eat."

"Okay then, but promise you'll talk to her."

"I promise" with that we walked back to the others. I won't lie when I say I was smiling the whole time.