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The five Titans had been drinking and partying for almost an hour and a half and were already starting to get quite tipsy. It had not taken long for Cyborg to 'mention' what he had witnessed on the roof between the changeling and the sorceress; much to the dismay of the newly formed couple as they had hoped to break the news a bit more gently as to avoid what they knew would inevitably happen. And they were right. Starfire was ecstatic about the news and barraged them with incessant questions.

Flashback

"Ooh friends! Does this mean that you are doing 'the dating' now?" Starfire had asked sweetly. She had her hands clasped and was now right in Ravens face with bugged eyes waiting for the response. Beast Boy and Raven looked at each other, blushed and then turned to Starfire; both of them nodded slowly causing the red headed alien to squeal in excitement as she grabbed her two friends in a single bone crushing hug.

"Aint it grand?" Cyborg bellowed from beside them, a large amount of mischief present on his face. Aint it sweet? If he breaks her heart, I'll break his feet!"

Beast Boy gulped loudly. The mischief on Cyborgs face was now accompanied by a slight glare drilling into Beast Boys eyes sending chills down his spine.

End Flashback

The party moved on and after a while and a few more beers, glasses of wine and shots of whatever spirits Cyborg decided to pour down his teammate's throats everyone was now nice and drunk.

Nightwing and Starfire were seated on the couch engaged in a very serious make-out session, it was almost to the point of being unreasonably so. Cyborg was sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of the green bean and the sorceress listening to them but not adding to the conversation. Beast Boy was at that level of drunkenness when he becomes 'super chilled'. He was lounging out on the couch, his eyes half lidded but his mouth almost constantly moving. He was spewing some serious utter bullshit but Raven and Cyborg seemed to hang on to every word. Raven was also very happily drunk, at the level of intoxication that she was at her powers had left her a while ago enabling her to enjoy her emotions without fear of blowing anything around her. She and Beast Boy were heavily engrossed in some sort of conversation about the difference in books and comics. Beast Boy was avidly defending them and Raven, being drunk, was finding his points to have some form of merit.

"Alrighty guys!" Nightwing declared loudly. He was panting heavily as was Starfire, the were both obviously a little warn out from the over the top make-out session. "It's time for some fun!" He announced loudly.

"Oh right!" Cyborg shouted pumping his fists into the air. "What sorta game you thinking oh mighty leader?" Beast Boy rolled his eyes at the final part of his question.

"It's a game I made up that I thought we'd only be comfortable playing if we were pissed." Nightwing stood and moved towards the other three Titans with Starfire hobbling merrily behind him. (I don't know how many other countries use the term 'pissed' but in Australia it's slightly less than being drunk.) "It's called 'Tell It' and basically one of us asks a question and then we go round the circle and we all answer it."

'I can see where this is going…' Beast Boy thought in his head.

"So are we all in?" The rest of his team nodded. Nightwing sat down pulling a drunken alien princess into his lap. "So I'll start… hmm… ok real names; Richard Greyson."

"Koriand'r" Said Starfire.

"Victor Stone" Cyborg announced.

"Raven Roth." Raven slurred.

The all looked at Beast Boy waiting anxiously. Beast Boy sighed and dropped his head. He mumbled something inaudible under his breath.

"What was that BB?" Cyborg asked slyly.

Beast Boy sighed again without looking up he spoke again. "Garfield Mark Logan." Beast Boy looked up to see Cyborg and Nightwing struggling separately to stop themselves from bursting into hysterics. He sighed again and looked over towards Raven, to his surprise Raven wasn't laughing. Instead she seemed to smiling almost sweetly at him.

"Garfield is a unique name." She said with as much sweetness as what Beast Boy thought he could see in her eyes. "It sort of suits you as well, you should be proud of it."

For the first time in his life Garfield wasn't embarrassed of his name. If raven liked it then he would to. "Thanks." He spoke softly, a small smile on his face and a gloss like effect in his eyes that made Raven feel warm as she looked into them. "But you can call me Gar, it's what I prefer." He spoke softly so that only Raven could hear him. The warm feeling she had intensified as she felt herself feeling a happiness she never thought she could feel before. The both could have sat there looking into each other's eyes for years had they been allowed, but Nightwing wanted to ask another question.

"Ok so now, where are we all from?" Was Nightwings next question. "Gotham." Night wing stated proudly.

"Tamaran." Starfire said with a lot less cheer, she could feel the alcohol starting to bring her down a bit now.

"Metropolis!" Cyborg nearly shouted.

"Azerath." Raven slurred, her monotone was beginning to resurface… so she took a shot of vodka to keep herself going.

"Upper Lumumba." Gar looked around at the bewildered faces and raised eyebrows of his team. He sighed for what fell like the millionth time since the game started. "It's in Africa." He added slowly.

"Whoa seriously? You're African?" Cyborg yelled loudly.

"In a way." Gar added solemnly. "My parents were American and I was actually born in Detroit, Michigan but I was moved there when I was like 3 weeks old or something so I guess it's just easier to say I'm from Upper Lumumba. And the tribe really was my first home I guess."

"Hang on, you grew up in a tribe?" Nightwing was very curious, even if he couldn't understand why.

"So you must know a bit of the language then?" Raven slurred, she was beginning to rock back and forth now.

"Well yes, English is my second language." His teammates looked shocked and a little impressed which made Gar feel pretty good about himself. "Swahili is my first language and I can also speak Spanish and a little French." As he said that Raven gave him a little smile urging him to go on. He sighed yet again. "I can also speak Pigeon, Dog and a little Rat." The looks on his teams face now led him to believe that they didn't believe him. Raven recounted the tale of what happened on the roof but unfortunately no one really believed him. Gar told them that he could prove it tomorrow, he knew that when Garry returned he could find a way to prove that he could speak at least Pigeon.

Cyborg was now busy trying to catch Gar out on his claim that he could speak other languages.

"Kwa nini si unaamini mimi?" (Swahili: 'Why don't you believe me?') Gar asked with hint of irritation in his voice as Cyborg used his tech to translate what Gar was saying. This went on for several minutes before Cyborg gave up and conceded victory to the green Titan. By now Gar was feeling pretty annoyed at his metallic friend and was ready to hit the hey. Raven could see Gar's frustration and knowing that she should also go to bed decided to make a decision that she knew would probably affect her for the rest of her life.

"Gar?" she croaked both tiredly and drunkenly at the same time. Gar looked at her, he looked at her tired face and sleepy eyes. Her slightly slouched back and rocking from side to side slowly.

'Damn… how can someone look that cute when their drunk of their face? And who would have guessed that Raven could? He thought to himself. "Yes Rae." He smiled sweetly as crouched down before his very sleepy new girlfriend.

Ravens heart skipped a beat at the look of sincerity in his eyes. "Can you put me to bed please? I don't think I can make it on my own." She whispered again, a hint of defeat in her voice. Gar could smell a slight smell of anxiety coming her as well as excitement; he wondered what that was about.

"Of course sweetheart." He smiled back at her causing both of them to blush wildly. He leaned closer to her and place his left arm behind her back and his right arm beneath her thighs. He lifted her up and held her bridal style holding her close. Raven could hear his heartbeat and imagined her own heartbeat synchronizing to his. They left the room without a word to the other Titans and headed down the hall to lift. They rode the lift down one floor and onto the level that held both Raven and Gar's rooms. Nightwing and Starfire shared a room on the level beneath them and Cyborg on the level beneath that.

Gar slowly made his way over to the metallic door with the word 'Raven' painted on the front and looked down to ask Raven what the code for her door was but when he looked down he saw that Raven was fast asleep in his arms, her left arm gripping his shirt tightly as if letting go would kill her. Gar grinned innocently as he looked upon the sleeping violet haired beauty that held in his arms, he tried to supress a small chuckle but in the end he failed. Raven's face rose slowly as she was awoken by the slight shaking of her boyfriend's small chuckle. She looked up into his forest green eyes with her glossy violet ones and refused to let herself hide the feeling of longing that she felt. Gars mouth opened slightly at the look in her eyes and allowed his own eyes to return the look.

The stared deeply into each other's eyes for a few minutes before Raven turned her head very slowly. Removing her hand from his shirt she ever so slowly reached out and silently typed her code into the console next to her door. The thick metal door opened with a hiss. Gar slowly carried her and very slowly and gently placed her onto the bed. The room was dark in both lighting and feel but quite frankly at that moment he didn't give a shit. All he cared about was the beautiful gothic angel that sat before him.

'Gothic angel?' He thought to himself. 'I will be using that one!'

"Gar?" A small feminine voice asked him. He looked down to Raven and gave her yet another small smile. He realised that he was smiling a lot today, she just had that effect on him.

"Yes?"

"Could you stay with me tonight? I'd feel better if you were here." She confessed. She looked down at her bed, for some reason it looked as if she felt like she was very small and almost weak. And then he remembered. She'd been drinking which meant she had no powers at that moment and wouldn't until it had left her system so really in terms of her normal self she sort of was weak.

He knelt down to her and kissed her on her cheek. "Of course." He said happily. He sat down onto the floor and got ready to make himself comfortable when he saw a dark blue cloak fly across the room followed by a gold and red belt and finally a black leotard. Gar was wide eyed and desperately wanted to look at Raven but at the same time really wanted to show her that he respected her and could be chivalrous. But his mind and animal urges would not make it easy. His mind was flooded with images of her and of dreams he had had of her and was losing the battle to be good. He lost. He made a quick glance to the bed just as Raven pulled an oversized grey t-shirt over herself with the words 'Killswitch Engage' written on the front.

'No way! She likes Killswitch Engage? She really is perfect!'

Gar was fast enough however to grab a quick glimpse at her panties before the shirt fell over her. And now his mind was really making it hard for him.

'There is no way I saw what I think I just saw…' His eyes were wide and he was facing forward away from the bed with the tired grey skinned Azrathean sitting atop it. 'Coz for a second it looked like Raven was wearing a… a… a thong! With… purple… and green… hearts?' Gar was convinced he was about to faint, there was no way he could take all this. He looked back to the bed to see Raven getting comfy in the bed and pulling her covers up over her chin.

"Gar? You will fit in here if you uhm… want to?" Ravens voice was muffled by her covers but he could still here the innocence there. He was not going to let this opportunity get away from him. He slowly stood up off the floor and kicked his shoes off and slowly removed his shirt part of his uniform.

Most of Ravens face was covered by her blanket and she was thankful that he couldn't see her jaw drop as he removed his shirt. Her eyes still went as wide as dinner plates as she stared at his naked chest. She knew that Gar was tall, just a few cm's over 6 foot and she knew he was quite broad which worried her in a way because she didn't want him to be too muscled which many tall and broad men where but when she looked at Gar she could have purred, she just thought he was that perfect. He was chiselled. That is the best way to describe him, all of his muscles from his pecks to his 6 pack abs were almost perfectly defined and there was not an ounce of unwanted fat on his body. She could have looked for hours but didn't get the chance as he pulled down the lower part of his uniform leaving him only in his dark purple boxers. Raven wasn't sure if he wore purple because of her but she decided she could hope, she did in fact have green on her unmentionables because of him. Gar slowly made his way over the her bed and pulled back the covers and slowly slid in next to her pulling the covers back up as he got in.

Neither of them quite knew what to do at this point so they did what they did know. They moved in closer to each other, wrapped their arms around one another and began to make-out holding each other as closely as they could. After kissing and cuddling for a good ten minutes raven pulled herself even closer and nuzzled herself into his chest before falling asleep in his arms. Gar held her close kissed her chakra stone.

"I love you Rae." He whispered.

He knew she couldn't pf heard him because she was asleep but he had to say it anyway. What he didn't see was the tear roll down her face. She had heard him. She was about to respond but was held at bay by the soft snoring she heard emanating from her green boyfriend.

"I love you too Gar." She whispered back.