A/N: I know not many people like, or read these, so I try not to put them often or make them long: I'm sorry it took so long to update. That is all. Thank you. :D

Chapter 4

Raven nearly cried when there were two lines on the little screens. She double checked the box. Once. Twice, before glaring at her abdomen.

"You couldn't wait another year? You couldn't wait a week?" she asked it, silently. She knew she had sensed a little life. She just… had hoped she was wrong.

Raven sighed. "Alright. We'll tell 'Daddy' later…"

Meanwhile, across town, at the park, a cleanup was taking place. A man in a red shirt wearing tan pants walked leisurely past police tape. The police had not warned the Titans, which was good. He wanted to apologize to the princess later, after he'd cleaned up her idiot brother's mess.

He found the place where Shyama had drawn his first weapon. He went along the same path, following step by step. He ended near the playground of the park. Sighing, he bent and bit his finger, trailing his blood to form a small clock with strange glyphs in it. Once the blood stopped flowing, he ran his finger around the circumference, muttering.

The sky lightened, a body was backed into the middle of the playground by a coroner, the body was uncovered. People ran backward into the area, screaming. The body flew back to its feet, and walked back to a bench, where it watched its younglings.

Shyama stood in front of him, under the tree. He tapped the circle twice, it lit up and shimmered.

He grabbed it, moving it to Shyama's back. He started running his finger around the circle, and they began to walk backward, back through his tracks.

Finally, they stopped. "You know, I may not be allowed to kill you, but I can seal you for a few days. And then your sister can decide what to do with you."

And so, he did, leaving Shyama alone, without a place to go.

Gar had just finished making reservations, there was a bottle of champagne waiting in his car, along with a diamond ring, a holo ring on his desk, and a nice outfit hanging up, clean and, dare he say it, ironed in his closet. He was ready.

He looked up as there was a knock on his door. "Yeah? Come in!"

Raven walked in and sat on his bed. Gar smiled at her. "How about we go out to dinner tonight? I've got a reservation at that nice place downtown. The one you like so much."

Raven smiled at him. 'I can tell him after we leave there.' She thought. "What time?"

Gar looked at his clock. "In an hour…"

Raven laughed. "Thank Azar for magic!"

Half an hour later, Raven came down to the garage, fully made up, her hair up in an octopus clip bun, and a black, not too dressy dress on. Gar smiled at her as he turned the car on, and got out to open the door for her. She slid into her seat. "What's with the slacks, white shirt, and the holo ring?" Raven asked.

"Just thought I'd dress up for once. What? Should I go change into my usual T-shirt and torn up jeans? Or, even worse, should I go put on a uniform?" he asked. "And I usually wear a holo ring when we go out! So do you!"

"Usually, the team doesn't know." Raven smiled.

Gar thought for a moment. "Good point."

Raven laughed quietly as the door closed. She looked at the clock. "Shit, we're going to be late."

Gar slid into the seat. "Yeah. I know. But it's not like they'll give our seats to someone else."

Raven looked over at him. "I can always 'drive' like I did this morning…"

"If you want to, love, go ahead," Gar told her.

Raven smiled and put her hands on the dash. "Hold on."

They landed on the top floor of a free parking garage. "Here we are!" Raven told Gar, a slight smile on her lips. She really couldn't manage more and still keep control after something like that. Gar laughed and opened his door up. He walked around the car and opened Ravens door.

"Come on, the restaurant is a little bit of a walk from here." He told her.

Raven smiled and got out of the car. She grabbed his hand and they walked down all ten flights of stairs and onto the street.

They started walking down the street. "After dinner, there's something I've got to tell you," Raven said, looking at the ground.

Gar looked over at her. "After dinner, there's something I've got to ask you." He said, a small smile on his lips. "Me first."

Raven looked over at him. He looked so excited that she couldn't say no. "Of course."

An hour later, they had just finished dinner, and were walking down the sidewalk to their car. "So what do you have to tell me?" she asked.

Gar laughed. "Just… wait a moment. Okay?"

"Yeah, sure."

Gar smiled. They had arrived at their ride, and he opened the door for the girl he was sure was the love of his life to slide in. He ran around to the other side, sliding into his own seat and starting the car. He opened the window and felt the air rushing through the window mussing up his hair. At the next stop light, he looked in the mirror and frowned. It felt weird to be blond and blue eyed again. It wasn't like they were going someplace overly public, he decided. He slid the holo ring off and put it in the ash tray.

Raven giggled.

"What?" he asked her.

"I like it better when you don't have that thing on…" she told him.

Gar felt shocked. "Why? Do you like dating a guy who looks like an anorexic Hulk?" he asked.

"You're a vegan; you're going to be thin. And I like it because… it's you. Not who you pretend to be. Me? I can't pretend. I guess it makes me more comfortable when others don't try to hide who they are…"

Gar looked at her, chuckled, and noticed how she looked awfully green in this light… he turned back to the road and hit the gas just in time to make it across before the driver behind him honked.

"Where're we going?" Raven asked.

"It's a surprise."

Raven turned to watch the road, her eyelids growing heavy. "Okay…"

Changeling parked the car after an hour and a half of driving through Jump City's crowded, weekend traffic. He looked over at his love, sleeping with her forehead resting on the window, and felt bad for waking her, but he couldn't wait. He leaned over and kissed her lightly on her temple. "Rae…"

"Hmm? I'm awake. I swear…" she mumbled. Her eyes opened lazily. "I woke up when you stopped… the… thingy… car… turned off…"

Gar nearly burst out laughing, but used all his self control and held it in. He knew she wasn't at her best when she was sleepy. She had to meditate for a while to get ready to do much of anything. Sometimes he wondered what thoughts she put into her mantra.

"Come on, love. Just an hour or so more, and I'll take you straight home and you can fall asleep on my chest while I eat vegan, boca meat nachos."

Raven glared at him.

"Fine. I'll skip the nachos…"

Raven smiled, opened the door, and got out. "Come on then."

Gar grabbed a bag from the backseat, and walked off a ways, turning around and offering Raven his hand with a smile.

Raven let Beast Boy lead her to the swings at the playground. She sat down and let him push her, leaning back and knowing that if she passed out and fell, he would catch her. Absently, she wondered what he was up to. When Gar got tired of pushing her, he slowed her down, stopped her, grabbed her hand and led her away, to his next spot. He spread a blanket from his backpack over the ground under a weeping willow. He knew that she was slightly allergic to grass, and that all the stalks would be uncomfortable.

Raven sat down with her back against the trunk and watched as her love sat down next to her. Even with her great night vision, she couldn't see him all that well. The nearest lamp was far away, and all the light was caught in the leaves and branches of the low hanging tree.

"Raven, I have something to ask you."

Raven watched as Beast Boy reached into his back pack, and pulled out a small box. No. He couldn't… this is just too coincidental.

Gar grabbed her hand with her left hand with his free one. "Raven, will you marry me?"

Raven sat there, shocked for a total of twenty seconds. Gar would know, he counted the ticks of his watch. She smiled, tears welling up, and tackle hugged him. While he held her and laughed, saying "I'll take that as a yes," in her ear, Raven thought about all that had happened lately. In such a rush, even though she knew he'd probably been planning this for… a long time.

"Just… never thought anyone would ask me that, I guess…" Raven mumbled while she pulled away.

"So what did you need to tell me?" Gar asked her, putting the small, silver banded diamond on her finger.

"Well… How do you like kids?" she asked him.

"They're great! But, I think we should adopt if we ever want any."

"Why..?"

"I've had Cyborg do some research into my… green gene. There's a fifty percent chance of my kids coming out with the shape shifting gene. That means that half our kids'd be shifters. I don't… want them to feel abnormal. Besides, it'd be hard to keep track of kids if every time their mood changes, they change shape and run off."

Raven looked at him. "I've been told that I have the same chance of passing on the demon gene. I'd still want my own kids."

"I… yeah… I guess if I was really given a chance, I'd want my own…" Gar looked up at the moon. "Why?"

Raven stared at him. Sometimes, he could be so clueless.

"I have a craving for vegan Ice cream and tofu." She said. It wasn't a lie, either. She'd been craving the nastiest food. She estimated, by the fact that she had only ever failed to cast the contraception spell once, that she was about 2 months in.

Gar laughed. "That's weird. You hate both of those…"

Raven sighed. "You really are clueless, love." She paused for a bit, staring into his eyes when he looked at her, searching.

"No…" he said.

"You ready to be a dad?"

Gar stared at her. "I don't…" He thought for a second, chuckled. "I'll get used to it. For right now I'd prefer the term 'Daddy.'"