Chapter 4
Beast Boy walked slowly up the stairs next to Raven, and the two talked about the events of the day so far. "Beast Boy, are you sure you can handle this responsibility?" asked Raven.
"Sure, no problem. I mean…. How hard can it be?" Beast Boy smiled over at Raven and she returned the expression every so slightly.
"I'm sure you'll do great Beast Boy. Meet you up in the common room in an hour to decorate?"
"Sure." The two reached the top of the stairs, and started to go their separate ways. Beast Boy turned around and called back to Raven, "Hey! Are we still on for tonight?"
Raven turned around and replied simply, "Of course." She then turned around and started walking back to her room. Beast Boy kept his eyes on her until she turned the corner and walked around the corner, and out of sight. "Man, how lucky am I?" thought Beast Boy to himself he walked slowly back to his room. He paused, forming the mental picture of Raven's swaying hips as she slowly walked away from him. He held on to this image for a moment before snapping back to reality and answering his own rhetorical question, "Very Lucky." He gave his trademark grin, and headed for the kitchen. He still hadn't had his breakfast.
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Raven rounded the corner and nearly ran back to her room, face buried I her hands. "What was I thinking using the sexy walk Starfire taught me? I mean sure it works on Robin, but I'm not tall or hot like Starfire. Oh Jesus I'm such an idiot. Beast Boy must think I'm some pathetic slut."
If Raven hadn't been so wrapped up in her own thoughts she would have sensed the extreme amount of lust coming from Beast Boy, and she would have been perfectly reassured.
The rest of the day went as normal as possible. Cyborg and Starfire returned from their shopping with bundles of Brown bags in their arms. Even with the extreme strength of the two it still took more than one trip to get all the groceries into the Tower. Beast Boy and Raven were already in the common room, which was adjacent to the kitchen, and they stopped their decorating for a few minutes to help the others unload the massive amounts of food. Once the job was done and all the food had been sorted, organized, and prepped for the huge dinner the Titans had planned for tomorrow night it was time for Beast Boy and Raven to get ready for their night out, and the two retreated to their rooms. Beast Boy spent minutes trying on different clothes, and settled on a pair of light blue jeans, white sneakers, and a black button up shirt. He rolled the sleeves up to about his elbows and tried his best to make his hair look somewhat stylish. By the end he was reasonably happy with how he looked and as he saw himself in the mirror he couldn't help but feel pleased with his handiwork.
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Raven was having a considerably larger amount of difficulty dressing than Beast Boy had. She looked hopefully through her sparsely occupied closet. The only clothes she had were ten of her standard black leotards, a dress her mother had given her before she left Azaran that would have been tight on marionette, and a gray jogging suit that she occasionally used for exercise. There wasn't much to choose from, and she almost reached for the sweat suit, but realized just how ridiculous she would look at the hottest new restaurant in town wearing what looked like rhino skin. Raven gave up on finding anything suitable in her own room and left in search of Starfire, and hopefully, a better outfit. She knocked lightly on Starfire's door, half hoping that her friend wouldn't be there so she would be spared of the pain of Starfire's enthusiasm. After she tapped the door nothing happened for a few seconds, and then the door slid open and Raven walked in.
"Hello Raven! How can I be of assistance?"
"Hi Starfire. Well to be honest…. I need an outfit for my date tonight."
Raven winced, expecting a gleeful screech from Starfire, but one didn't come. She opened her eyes and saw her friend smiling back at her.
"Of course Raven! We shall make you look glorious!" Starfire then turned and walked over to her closet in search of an outfit for Raven.
Raven slowly walked up behind Starfire and asked her slowly, "Starfire, I appreciate the help. But if you don't mind me asking, why are you being so calm about this? Usually you would be bouncing off the walls right now."
Starfire turned around with the same large grin on her face. "Oh Raven, please do not think I am not most pleased about your date with Beast Boy, for I am! But I realize that I can be overbearing at times. And right now what you need is for me to find you an outfit that looks, "Smokin Hot." If I am overly excited, I can not provide you with such a garment."
Raven gave her friend a small smile, something that had been happening quite frequently lately, and replied, "Thank you Starfire. This date means a lot to me. I may be casual about my feeling towards Beast Boy, but I really do like him."
Starfire gave her a sly smile and said, "Of course you do friend Raven, why else would you have used the sexy walk I taught you on him?"
What little Color there was on Raven's face to begin with drained away and she stared at Starfire in embarrassment, "H-How did you know about that?" She asked weakly.
"Once Cyborg and I had departed we realized we had left the shopping list behind, so I volunteered to go back and get it. When I got to the top of the stairs from the garage I saw you walking away."
Raven put her face in her hands and muttered about how stupid she was. Starfire walked over and put her hands on her friend's shoulders. "Oh Raven you are not an idiot. From what I could tell, Beast Boy thoroughly enjoyed it."
Raven took her face out of her palms and gave Starfire a look that said, "really?" Starfire nodded and selected a light green strapless dress that Raven concluded was way too tight for her.
Raven put the dress on skeptically, and was surprised to see that it looked very good on her. She looked over at Starfire and her alien friend nodded in approval.
"Yes Raven, you look very hot indeed!" Starfire smiled, and Raven made a mental note to ask her friend who had taught her the lingo she had been currently using to describe the dress.
Starfire handed Raven a green handbag to match, a gold necklace with a large green gem, and a pair of stylish black flats. Raven looked in the mirror and saw how well her outfit matched. "Umm Starfire, did you have this outfit set out especially for me?"
Starfire blushed a little, and nodded, "Well Raven, I always thought that there should be an outfit in the tower for you, one that made you look as beautiful as you now do."
It was Raven's turn to blush, and she gave her friend a small hug. "Thank you Starfire, I really appreciate it."
"It is my pleasure."
"What time is it?" asked Raven offhandedly.
"Seven Ten"
"Well, I guess it's time for me too meet my date." Said Raven nervously. She was excited about going out, but a small part of her was a little embarrassed. She hadn't meant for this to be such a big deal. A little dinner and a movie was all she had planned, but it had escalated to a "first date," and she was feeling the pressure.
Raven stepped through the doorway to the common room and saw Beast Boy sitting at one of the stools at the kitchen counter having a conversation with Cyborg who was making dinner for the three Titans that weren't going out. Raven looked Beast Boy over quickly and was pleasantly surprised, the green teen cleaned up very well, and it was nice to see him doing something with his hair.
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Beast Boy heard the door slide open, and turned in his chair to get a look at his date. His jaw didn't quite hit the floor, but Beast Boy could have sworn he tasted the carpet. "Raven." He said in disbelief, "You look…… wow."
Raven felt like giggling like a schoolgirl, but withheld that undignified action and said to Beast Boy, "How eloquent."
Beast Boy's ears drooped, and Raven could tell she had hit a soft spot. She walked over to Beast Boy, and linked her arm with his and gave him a reassuring smile, "We should go."
He smiled back at her, and led her out of the common room, past Starfire who was entering through the doorway. The couple passed their alien friend and s Raven and Beast Boy passed Starfire he turned his head around and mouthed something that looked very much like, "Jackpot!"
Starfire smiled and she walked down over to the kitchen where Cyborg was finishing the dinner, and started a conversation with her half metal friend. "Those two look like they're going to have a good time." Snickered Cyborg, and Starfire nodded in agreement.
"So how are you holding you holding up now that Robin is gone?"
Starfire sighed and started to slowly eat her food that Cyborg had prepared, "Well friend Cyborg, it has been most difficult. I am ever so lonely without him."
Cyborg smiled at Starfire and said too her in a soothing voice, "Come on now Star, don't be sad. I'm sure that if you go out and see a movie, maybe do some shopping. Take your mind off Robin for a while. It's still a couple hours till the mall closes."
Starfire gave Cyborg a very large hug and said to him, "Oh thank you for the great advice Cyborg, I will be sure to take it to the heart!" And with that she released her death grip on Cyborg's neck and swooped out the door and off to Jump city for a night of fun.
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Cyborg sighed and looked around the now empty Tower. He walked back to the trophy room and looked over at the suit of armor he had once worn when fighting alongside Sarasim. He heaved a deep sigh as he put his hand on the glass. "It wouldn't have worked anyway," he thought to himself, "Your half metal for christ-sakes." He slid his metal hand down the glass and put it back by his side, He turned around slowly and walked out of the room. He flicked the lights as he passed them and headed back to his own room. "Another early night, you'd think I would be used to them by now."
Beast Boy and Raven returned from their date extremely happy. Dinner had gone very well, the two had exchanged stories about their past, hopes for the future, and other information about each other. The restaurant even had a band playing and the two had danced. Both were surprised to find that their partners were excellent dancers. The movie went just as well as the dinner had. True to its hype the film was terrifying, and since Raven had learned her lesson about keeping her fear inside ,and much to the delight of her date, didn't hesitate to hide her face in the shoulder of Beast Boy.
The two walked back up from the garage (Beast Boy had "borrowed" the T-car for the date) and stopped in front of Raven's room. "Well, I had a great time tonight" said Beast Boy awkwardly.
"Yeah, it was great. We should do it again sometime." Replied Raven with nearly the same amount of awkwardness.
"Do you mean that?"
"Of course I do."
"How about tomorrow night?"
"Tomorrow is the party."
Beast Boy blushed, silently angry for making a fool of himself. "Yeah, of course. I meant we could hang out at the party. If that's alright with you?"
"Of course. I mean if that's alright with you."
"It's fine with me."
"Great."
"Great."
There was several seconds of silence as neither could think of anything to say to the other. Raven broke the silence by saying, "Well it's pretty late, and it's a big day tomorrow."
"Yeah it is! So umm, goodnight."
"Goodnight Beast Boy."
Raven turned to go back into her room when she felt Beast Boy's hand on her shoulder. She turned around and Beast Boy leaned in and embraced Raven in a warm hug.
"Thanks for going out with me Raven, I had a great time."
"Sure thing." Raven smiled, and the two separated. She turned around, opened the door to her room, stepped through, and have Beast Boy a final wave good-bye before the door shut and the two could no longer see each other.
Beast Boy turned around and walked slowly back to his room silently cursing. "Why didn't you kiss her you pussy?" he asked himself over and over.
He reached his room and threw himself onto his bed. He tried to get to some sleep, but none came. It wouldn't for another couple hours.
Author's note:
So I am officially the largest idiot ever to walk on the face of this planet. When I was writing this chapter I forgot the pivotal plot point that........(drumroll please) ROBIN HAD LEFT THE TOWER LAST CHAPTER! I am even so stupid that as I re-read the chapter I still didn't notice the biggest cock-up ever. It even took someone else to point it out too me for me to realize I had screwed up! So I apologize, and I have tweaked the chapter so it works. I hope you enjoy my now plothole free chapter, and as always. Thank you for reading! and please please please please please review! I will love you forever.
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