Day 6 - Rainy Days Vs Beach/Ocean

Perhaps not my best work...

For the most part, Raven rather liked Kid Flash, inasmuch as she liked anyone, that is. The same went for his famous mentor, the Flash: a little square but a good soul - and Raven could literally see it. Still, at the moment, she and her green friend were understandably grumpy about their presence at the Tower.

"Weather Wizard?!" Beast Boy whined. The Flash nodded.

"Yup. We have him in cutsody now. There wasn't enough time to get in touch with you before we caught up with him but we thought it was only fair to check in, now that it's all settled," he said. Robin nodded but Beast Boy seemed ready to yank his hair out.

"Settled? This is what you call settled?" he cried, pointing at the window. Indeed, in the middle of summer, Jump City was in the middle of a great, dark rain storm. Kid Flash shrugged.

"Without him, the weather should right itself in a day or so," he offered.

"A day? But today I-" Beast Boy started, but cut himself off. He glanced at Raven, who blinked at him in apparent disinterest, then stormed out of the room.

"What's his problem?" Kid Flash asked the others. "It isn't like we caused it." Robin shook his head, at a loss.

"We were planning a beach day but nothing major," Robin said. Cyborg remained unusually quiet, Raven thought. She squashed an entirely unreasonable stab of jealousy and shrugged..

Later, Raven was making the journey to her room from the common room, tea in hand. To prevent any spill, she floated above the floor, silently, occasionally inhaling the scent from the cup. Just as she reached her door, she heard urgent but hushed voices. She carefully advanced down the corridor, eventually realising the voices wer Cyborg and Beast Boy, and they were coming from Beast Boy's room. Once again, a flash of concern for Beast Boy made itself known but, not wishing to eavesdrop, Raven started to turn away.

"I was gonna ask Raven out, okay?" she heard, muffled through the door but unmistakeable: Beast Boy. Raven's tea slipped from her grasp only to be captured by her power, any stray liquid magically finding its way back to the cup.

"I know, I know. Don't give me that look, why else would you ask me to get Rob and Star playing a game without you? Still, I don't get it, it isn't like you can't ask her out just because we missed our beach day," Cyborg said. Raven remained by the door, frozen and hovering in place.

"I just got myself all built up, y'know? I'll text Wally later, make it right," Beast Boy said, grudgingly.

"You'd better. See you later, BB," Cyborg said and, with a start, Raven flew to and phased through her own door before Cyborg emerged.

Raven gently set her tea down, noting curiously that her hand seemed to be trembling slightly. So... Beast Boy was planning to ask her out. The real question was: what would she say? She tried to picture Beast Boy actually asking and she was surprisingly unperturbed to realise she would almost certainly say yes. She could almost hear Happy singing Rae-rae and BB sitting in a tree.... She rolled her eyes. What to do?

BEAST BOY'S ROOM

Beast Boy was still moping, glaring at the beach towels and buckets and other toys he had prepared for today, stacked in the corner of his room. He sat up when there was a knock at his door, almost hesitant at first, then loud and confident. He stood and opened the door... then felt his jaw practically hit the floor. Raven stood there, wearing a one-piece black bathing suit, sunglasses and holding a towel under her arm. She smirked at him.

"Get changed. We're going to the beach," she commanded. She was obeyed.

THE COMMON ROOM

Robin frowned as his communicator beeped at him, not with the usual ringtone but a warning. He flipped it open to reveal a system message: two communicators had left the Tower - Beast Boy and Raven. He immediately called Raven and she answered in a few seconds, wearing sunglasses and what appeared to be a bathing suit.

"Raven, I'm getting told you and Beast Boy left the Tower. Something I should know about?" he asked. Raven shook her head.

"Nope. Just hitting the beach," she answered. Robin glanced out the window: the rain still pelted it.

"In this weather? Wait..." he said, wondering why Raven's image didn't seem to reflect the local weather. "Raven? Which beach?" he asked. Raven appeared deliberately nonchalant.

"Seven mile..." she muttered. Robin frowned.

"Seven miles away?" he asked.

"Seven Mile Beach. On Grand Cayman," she said. Robin's mouth opened to speak once, twice but no words emerged until at least his fifth attempt.

"Grand Cayman... you're in the caribbean?!" he cried. Raven shrugged.

"Beast Boy was disappointed and I decided to change that. I am willing to concede I may have... overreached. A little," Raven said. Robin facepalmed.

"Overreached?! Raven you left the country without telling me you were even leaving the tower!" he complained. Raven smiled a tiny, wistful smile.

"I did... I guess I like the little squirt after all," she said to herself. "We'll see you later, Robin. We won't stay long." Then she was gone. Robin swore.

SEVEN MILE BEACH

"Was that Robin?" Beast Boy asked, still wet from his swim. Raven nodded. "He's probably pissed, huh?" Raven nodded again.

"Don't worry, I can handle Robin," she said. Beast Boy grinned and lay on the towel next to her.

"Thanks for this, Rae. Today was perfect," he said. Raven sighed as the affection and gratitude rolled off him in waved that matched the nearby sea. She watched him for several silent moments, then made up her mind to help him again.

"Where to, Beast Boy?" she asked. He looked up at her.

"You want to leave already?" he asked, glumly.

"No," Raven answered. "I meant for our second date."

"Oh. Right. Well maybe we could... wait what?!"

Ha!

-Jack