All It Takes
Chapter 2
"Negative?.." Raven breathed, picking up the test in her hands. "How could it change from positive to negative?...What's it mean?..." A million questions went whizzing through her mind as she stared at the little red dash. She suddenly felt herself fall to her knees, tears dripping off her chin. She was crying, but why? Hadn't she been afraid of having a child? Wouldn't it be better this way? She hugged the stick close to her and wept her heart out on the bathroom floor, shivering from the wetness of her own skin and hair.
Beast Boy finished off the last of his tofu, and with one hand, poured the remainder of his soy milk into his mouth. "Thanks for breakfast!" he called, running off down the hall. Without any reply from his comrades, he set foot back to his room to find out why Raven hadn't come down for breakfast that morning. 'I heard her promise Starfire that she would come down...I wonder why she didn't.' He opened the door to his room and stepped inside. "Raven?" he called, walking in and shutting the door behind him.
His elf-like ears perked up as the sound of crying came into range. He quickly rushed after it and found his wife on the floor weeping. "Raven, what's wrong?" he asked, bending down to her level and wrapping his arms around her.
Raven choked, she couldn't manage to get the words out, so she simply handed Beast Boy the test, and watched as his eyes nearly bulged out of his head.
"W-Wh-Why? What? I....I don't get it, why did it change?"
"I-I don't k-know," Raven replied, drying her tears. "Beast Boy, you don't think it's...gone, do you?"
"No, it can't be, Rae..." Beast Boy shook the device, hoping for it to change back to it's original state, but nothing happened. He then stood up. "There's only one thing we can do."
Raven looked up at him with questioning eyes as she was raised to her feet.
"We're going to the hospital, I'm sure some doctor will know what this means."
"I wonder why friend Raven did not show up at breakfast." Starfire pondered as she handed a soapy plate to Robin, who began to dry it.
"I'm not sure. Maybe she isn't feeling too well."
Just then, Beast Boy and Raven came running through the room and over to the door. "Gotta go out for a bit. Be back later, buh-bye!" Beast Boy called as the two raced out.
Robin and Star exchanged glances, then shrugged it off and continued to wash the dishes.
Nothing was said as Raven and Beast Boy rushed down the busy streets of Jump City. The same questions zipped through their minds, and there was no point in stating them out loud, because neither of them knew any of the answers. Yet Raven kept to herself and let the questions pass through her mind, stopping to think on some of them. She wondered if her child was really gone, or if she even had a child to begin with. Once again, she felt that familiar knot of anxiety form in her stomach, but now she was having second thoughts as to what it really could be. 'There has to still be hope...I want this child...' In all of her thought, she had fallen behind.
"Rae, hurry up!" Beast Boy shouted from up the block. He then turned and raced around the corner.
Fumes rose from Raven as she gritted her teeth and clenched her fists together, forgetting her former thoughts of hope. "Geez, we're married and he still shows no manners to me! Sometimes I wonder why I married him to begin with!" She then stomped after him, picking up her speed. She raced around the corner only to find Beast Boy standing in front of the hospital, already waiting for her.
"C'mon, we gotta find out if the ba-" In an instant, a black aura slapped itself over Beast Boy's mouth, locking his words within. "MMMPHHH!!!"
"Shh!!" Raven hissed, her eyes glowing white. "Don't-mention-anything-about-you-know-what!" She released the spell and Beast Boy could once again breathe. "I don't want anyone to find out! Before I know it, the press'll be calling me a skank, and I'll be all over the news! I don't know about you, but I think a pregnant teenager who claims she's here for the good of the world wouldn't have gotten knocked up at such a young age! It's not normal!"
"But, I thought you said it was...on Azarath, right?" Beast Boy asked, becoming confused, and knowing nothing about women to begin with.
"Maybe on Azarath, but on Earth it's not," Raven replied. "We're not even supposed to be married, but because of Azarathian laws, we can be."
Beast Boy didn't know what to say. He could tell by the tone of her voice that Raven was nervous, and also very testy. "Umm...well, should we go?" he asked, pointing to the door.
Raven breathed deeply, and after she could control her fear, she nodded, and the two entered the building.
"I am victorious once again!" Starfire squeeled, tossing up her GameStation controller and soaring around with delight. Robin gave a sour look at his pitiful game score, but complimented the alien girl none the less.
"Do not feel down," Star said, hugging Robin when she caught the look on his face. "You have played valiantly, Robin!"
Robin instantly started blushing and stuttering, but stopped once the sound of Cyborg's metal boots were heard against the marble floor. The android wore a sour look on his face, his eyes slanted into the deadliest of glares. "Where-is-he?"
"Who?" Robin and Starfire asked in unison.
"BEAST BOY!" Cyborg screamed at them, causing their hair to stand on end. "WHO ELSE WOULD SWIPE MY TOOTH PASTE WITH FOOD DYE?!" Cyborg opened his mouth to reveal a bright pink mouth, complete with a brilliant sparkling pink smile.
Starfire stifled a giggle and Robin cleared his throat.
"Sorry, Cy," Robin began. "But BB and Rae ran out a while ago, they sounded pretty urgent too."
Starfire looked over at the giant clock on the wall, her eyes filling with worry. "That is right...our friends have been gone for a long period of time now," she turned to Robin. "Where do you think they are?"
Robin simply shrugged, but Cyborg flipped open the tracking device on his arm. "We'll simply track 'em down, they have their communicators on 'em, it'll be a synch." A bunch of beeps were heard and the loading of a map was signaled on Cyborg's arm. He watched as a map of Jump City came up, and two blinking dots appeared.
Robin and Starfire waited for Cyborg to tell them were their friends were, but when no reply came, the two looked up at their android friend and questioned him. "What's wrong?"
Cyborg turned his attention to his friends, and said in a very serious voice, "They're at the hospital."
"You do not think our friends are harmed, do you?" Starfire asked, leaning back in the T-car to look at Robin who was sitting alone in the back seat.
"I'm sure they're fine, Star." The masked boy replied. With that, he gave himself hope that nothing bad had happened to his team mates.
"But why then, would they be in the hospital of sickness and healing?"
"That's what we're gonna find out." Cyborg butted in, driving faster. He had completely forgotten about giving Beast Boy his punishment now that an emergency had come up.
Starfire released a sigh and cupped her cheek in her palm, watching trees and buildings pass by. She had worried much before, but never this much, something told her that Raven and Beast Boy were scared, and that didn't comfort her in the least. If any of her friends were scared, she wished she could be at their side to cheer them up. 'Please hang on, friends. We shall arrive soon.'
'That little brat,' Cyborg thought, gripping the steering wheel harder and gritting his teeth. 'He goes and pulls a prank on me, and then pulls and even BIGGER one by making us worry like this! That just aint right! He's really in for it now.' Cyborg's anger vanished as he put on a serious look, pulling into a parking spot in front of the hospital. 'You better not be in trouble, Beast boy.'
Robin unbuckled his seatbelt, opened the door, and leapt out before the car had even stopped. "Hurry, let's move it!" He darted off to the front door, his team-mates on his tail.
The three stopped running as they entered the large building. Slowly, they approached the front desk, where a young nurse sat, looking cheerful. She had shoulder length auburn hair, with sky blue eyes, and wore a very adorable nurse's outfit. "Hello there, how may I help you?" she asked, her voice calm yet sweet at the same time.
Robin stepped forward. "Umm...We're here to check up on our friends."
The nurse nodded and pulled out a clipboard. "Yes, and what are their names?"
"Beast boy and Raven." Starfire answered anxiously, trying to sneak a peak at the board.
Carefully the nurse scanned the list, and Cyborg's eyes never left her for a moment. He checked out every detail of her beautiful face, and only then did he forget his worry. 'Oh God, get a hold of yourself, Cy! You're here for your friends, not to check out hott nurses!'
"Raven is listed here, but your other friend isn't," the nurse replied, looking up. "She should be down that hall, room 302." She pointed to her right, and Robin instantly took off.
Starfire bowed before the nurse. "Many thanks!" She then flew off after Robin, calling to him as she flew down the hall.
Cyborg rushed after her, blushing slightly as the nurse smiled at him. He had caught a look at her name tag just before he left. 'Chloe...such a beautiful name..'
Beast boy waited outside the room while Raven did what was needed inside. The changeling let out a sigh. 'This suspense is killing me, anymore and I'll be dead!'
"BEAST BOY!"
His ears perked up. 'I know that voice.' Quickly he looked down the hall, and was taken aback by what he saw. "Oh....NO! THEY'RE BOUND TO FIND OUT!"
Starfire zoomed down the hall and glomped Beast Boy, nearly causing him to lose his balance. "FRIEND! You are unharmed! I am so glad!"
"Beast Boy, where's Raven? Is she alright?" Robin came to a halt in front of the shape-shifter.
"S-She's inside." He answered without thinking, and mentally kicked himself after he realized how dumb that was.
Robin opened the door and quickly they all came into the room, shutting the door behind themselves. Starfire gasped as she noticed that Raven wasn't in her usual attire. Raven sat ontop of a table in a hospital gown, and the second she saw the Titans, her eyes enlarged. Her mouth fell agape, and all words became mixed and scrambled together.
'Think, think quickly!' she shouted at herself. She knew questions were coming, but how could she cover this up?
"Raven, what happened?" Robin asked.
"Have you been harmed?" Star questioned, walking to her friend's side.
"N-No, I'm fine," Raven replied, blushing and staring at the floor. "It's nothing, really."
"Then why're ya'll here?" Cyborg asked, staring both at Beast boy and Raven.
Beast boy's tongue knotted up. "Uh...ummm...." He was under so much pressure to begin with that he spit out the quickest excuse he could think of, which wasn't a very good one. "RAVEN GOT A SPLINTER!"
The room instantly quieted, and Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg raised an eyebrow. "A splinter?" they all replied.
"I-It's like four feet long! And she was bleeding all over! It was so nasty! R-Right, Rae?!"
Raven sighed, she had decided long ago not to make up an alternative answer. 'They're bound to find out sooner or later.'
"T-The truth....the truth is-" Just at that moment, the doctor walked back into the room. He held a folder in his hands, and smiled.
"I see your friends have arrived," he replied, his voice deep yet soft. "I guess I can break the news to all of you then."
"News?" Robin repeated.
The doctor nodded happily, and Beast boy and Raven's hearts felt like they'd bust. Raven's palms sweated up, and she felt her throat grow a lump, which just wouldn't seem to swallow. It seemed like years to her before the doctor next opened his mouth.
"You are expecting a new member. Raven is pregnant."
Author's Corner
I am SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO goes on and on SORRY! I have been having major chaos in my life right now, and that would be the reason why I haven't been updating! I'll warn all of you ahead of time, updates might be slower than normal, with school approaching and all...anyway, onto your reviews!
Thank you EVERYONE who reviewed and said they liked and or LOVED the story. I even got some very lovely threats from fans who really want the new chapters up! As weird as it may sound, I loved the threats very very much, heh. It made me happy to think someone would want to read my story THAT much! So arigatougozimasu minna-san!
As for the next chapter: the news has been broken, the secret is out, and the Titans are going to have to set some new rules around the Tower! Every is getting used to the fact that Raven is pregnant, including herself! Expect much chaos, humor, and some naughty stuff in the next chappie . Ya gotta love the naughtiness, mwehehehe!
Love ya'll!
Colie