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The barely risen sun peaks through the windows to shine upon her up-turned face. One hand gently rises and touches the glass as if to feel the rays on her skin. Eyes closed and lips relaxed into an unobtrusive smile, she allows herself to forget about the stress of battle and just breathe.

This early in the morning, only she and Robin are awake, and with him holed up in the evidence room after grabbing a cup of his customary black coffee, she has the Ops. room to herself. The silence is tranquil, so much so that she finds herself tempted to go back to sleep on the couch behind her.

I haven't felt this at ease in months. Must be the new tea.

It is a gift from Beast Boy, an apology of sorts for accidentally spilling his soda all over her antique book, which she had only recently bought from Books Most Rare on Third Street.

"I'm really sorry, Rae!"

"Yeah, well, that doesn't negate the damage to the book, does it? Ugh, you are such an oaf!"

"If I knew what that meant, I'm sure I'd be very offended! Seriously, Rae, how can I make it up to you?"

"Building a time travel machine and going back twenty minutes ago would be a splendid start."

"Aw, come on!"

The memory causes her smile to widen ruefully.

It took her two days to forgive him, but when she saw how much trouble he had undergone to find the one flavor of tea she hadn't tried yet, something in her broke away from anger and was astonished at his actions. The look he gave her, so sheepish and hopeful, hiding a touch of genuine fear, instantly melted her glare.

And now Cyborg won't stop shooting me sly grins, as if he knows something I don't—which is ridiculous. It's just too much of a hassle to stay mad at Beast Boy. He only annoys me more when he knows I'm angry with him, trying to apologize and doing asinine things to make it up to me. Besides, he usually ends up only making it worse instead of better and I'd rather he not destroy another book or I might have to actually kill him.

Her eyes slid open regretfully.

The sun is nearly above the water's edge now, meaning it won't be long before Cyborg and Starfire awaken. Ten is usually the earliest Beast Boy wakes up unless a battle forces him; even then, he is clumsier than usual, though somehow still manages to defeat his opponents without serious injury to himself.

It will come a time when he isn't so lucky. It only takes one mistake.

Shaking the thought from her head, she quietly pads to the couch and picks up the book she was reading yesterday.

As if buying her that new tea wasn't been enough, Beast Boy actually went to the effort of tracking down another copy of the book he ruined. It is slightly more worn, the leather cover tattered and the spine nearly broken, but the elegantly penned writing is legible and it doesn't fall apart in her hands.

Okay, so maybe he's not such an idiot after all.

A thunderous crash echoes through the Tower, nearly shaking the walls.

"BEAST BOY! YOU ARE SO DEAD, MAN!"

She sighs and flicks her thumb through the pages until she finds the place she stopped yesterday. "And here I was thinking one had to say something aloud for it to be jinxed."


This chapter isn't my favorite, mainly because of the lack of Beast Boy. Next chapter will have him and Raven together again.

Line of Nodes - Intersection of the plane of the Moon's orbit with Earth's orbital plane.