Hey guys I'm back!! I am so sorry for the long delay. This past week was a nightmare for school, ROP, and my new job. So yeah I apologize and now without further delay I would like to thank my readers and most of all my supportive reviewers.

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And now for the winner of the song selection: Face Down by the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus!!!

Here's Ch. 7! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Don't own the Teen Titans or Face Down by the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus…..

"So who was I to hurt you, to desert you, when you needed me there, so now that you've learned to hate me…..I fall to my knees." –Breathing Slowly by Crossfade

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Breathing Slowly

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Nothing Left

Raven eyed the gun in his hands tearfully. It was aimed straight at Beastboy. Thinking quickly, Raven spun herself and Beastboy around. Out of the corner Beastboy's eye he saw the gun and who was behind it. Everything seemed to click with Beastboy at that point.

Hey, girl, you know you drive me crazy
one look puts the rhythm in my hand.
Still I'll never understand why you hang around
I see what's going down.

"No!" Beastboy cried out as he pushed Raven aside.

No sooner had he made his choice, Aqualad had made his. Squeezing the trigger and staggering back at the recoil. He let the sound deafen the three of them. Aqualad fired off one more shot before sinking into the black abyss called the shadows. Beastboy collapsed holding his wounded chest. Raven crawled over to him. Tears fell upon his pained face. Sobbingly, she stroked his hair.

"Beastboy don't leave me." She whispered. Vaguely she heard the footsteps of the remaining Titans running toward them.

Cover up with makeup in the mirror
tell yourself, it's never gonna happen again
you cry alone and then he swears he loves you.

"Raven," came Cyborg's stern voice from beside her, "We need to get him to a hospital."

Raven nodded and stepped aside to let the others tend to him to get him to the T-Car.

She could hardly remember the car ride over to the hospital. She found herself staring at her hands in the cold waiting room. Tears spotted them and she made no effort to stop them. Suddenly a hand roughly tugged her upwards, to which she found herself staring into Aqualad's cruel eyes.

Do you feel like a man when you push her around?
Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?
Well I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end
as your lies crumble down, a new life she has found.

"I told you, that you wouldn't like the way I do things, but you didn't listen to me." He stated simply and with that he dragged her out to the back parking lot.

He slammed her against the brick wall of the hospital. Raven let out a pent up scream of pain and frustration. Raven was so tired of fighting. Her last bit of hope had long since abandoned her. She wanted it all to end. If he was going to finish her off he needed to do it now.

A pebble in the water makes a ripple effect
every action in this world will bear a consequence
If you wade around forever, you will surely drown
I see what's going down.

I see the way you go and say you're right again,
say you're right again
heed my lecture

"What do you want from me Aqualad? Do you want to kill me? Is that it? Just do it now if you are. You've taken everything from me. So just do it. I don't care anymore."

Do you feel like a man when you push her around?
Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?
Well I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end
as your lies crumble down, a new life she has found.

One day she will tell you that she has had enough
it's coming round again.

Raven closed her eyes waiting for the final blow, but it never came At least not for her. She heard something, or rather someone, hit a car. She opened here eyes, curious as to what happened. With a shocked look on her face, she saw Aqualad rolling of the hood of a parked car. To her amazement she also saw the other Titans. Starfire blocked Aqualad's exits to stop him from escaping and took hold of him. Cyborg and Robin started beating the living daylights out of him.

"You don't touch my friends without becoming fried sushi!" Cyborg shouted sending a backhanded slap to Aqualad's face. With a bruised body, bloodied up face, he tried to stagger away. Starfire grabbed hold of him and kneed him where no man ever wants to be hit.

"That was for injuring friend Beastboy and friend Raven. You are a Froanut!" Starfire yelled.

Cyborg made his way over to Raven while Starfire took a crack at Aqualad.

"Raven. I'm so sorry we didn't notice what was going on. We've been really bad friends."

"Don't worry about it." She grunted out as Cyborg helped her up.

"Don't worry about it? How you can you say that? The fish stick over there has been hurting and yet none of us noticed. Don't tell me we weren't being good friends." He stated sternly.

"Cyborg…" Raven whispered with pleading eyes.

Cyborg scanned her over, "Are you ok?"

Raven nodded her head slowly, "How is Beastboy?"

"He's going to be okay. We should get you checked too while we're here."

Raven just sighed and followed Cyborg into the hospital.

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A few hours later, Raven sighed again, but not from frustration. She had just seen the police hand cuff Aqualad and she learned that her injuries went to severe, but she needed to take it easy for a few weeks. More importantly, Beastboy was just released from intensive care and into general care. In other words, he would be waking up soon and she would be able to talk to him. As she sat in between Cyborg and Robin, she began to think.

'Will he ever forgive me for what I did to him?' She asked him.

'We should run away!' Timid screeched.

'That is so not how you take responsibility Timid.' Bravery called out.

'Let the old fool die!' Rage yelled.

All of Raven's emotions turned to Rage with demonic looks on their faces causing Rage to sink back to the shadows.

'If he really loves us, he will be able to forgive us.' Knowledge said wisely.

Raven's thoughts were interrupted by Cyborg.

"We can see him now. You want to go in first?" He asked gently.

"I uh…not yet. You guys go ahead." She stuttered as Timid got the better of her.

"Well if you're sure…" Raven nodded giving him the go ahead.

Soon it was Raven's turn. She walked slowly down the clean, white hall to his room. She stopped in the doorway. It pained her to see him hooked up to all these machines. She hesitated to actually go in.

"I was wondering when I would see you." Beastboy smiled warmly at her.

Raven walked slowly into the room, trying to stay as far away from him as she could.

"Are you ok Beastboy?" She had wanted to hear it from him not from any of the others.

"Eh I'll live. What about you? He didn't touch you again did he…..after he shot me?"

"He tried to, but the others stopped him."

Beastboy looked relived for moment, before asking the question that had been bugging him for a while.

"Rae if you don't mind me asking what exactly did Aqualad do to you?"

"It was nothing."

"It wasn't just anything. You were in pain when I hugged you. What did he do?" He asked painfully.

Raven closed her eyes tightly and turned so that she wasn't looking at him.

"He raped me….and hit me." She said quietly letting the scenes of abuse plague her again.

Beastboy lied there aghast, and then anger hit him.

"I am so going to kill him! He will not get away with hurting you Rae!" He shouted.

"Beastboy…..no…."

Hearing her voice made him simmer down a little, but he couldn't shake his revenge thoughts.

"…Why do you even care?"

Beastboy stared at her wide eyed, "Because I love you."

"How can you still love me? I've hurt you so much. Why don't you hate me?"

He took a deep breath, "You can't hate someone you love. There's a saying that says 'It takes a minute to like someone, hour to love someone, and a lifetime to forget someone.' I could never forget you."

Raven didn't speak for a moment.

"You don't think that this is your fault do you Rae?" Beastboy asked concernedly.

"If it weren't for me you wouldn't be here." She whispered almost to soft to hear, but Beastboy did.

"No Rae! This wasn't you fault. Come here."

Raven hesitated at first, but eventually complied with his command. She sat in the chair next to the bed he was lying in.

"I want you to hear me out. This was not your fault. You even tried to save me. That is more than anyone would try to do for me. That's real love." Beastboy told her.

Raven looked at her hands.

"Give me your hand Rae." She heard Beastboy say.

She lifted her hand up to Beastboy's outstretched hand. He placed her hand on his heart.

"You feel that?" He said referring to his heart beat.

Raven nodded sadly.

"This grass stains' heart has and will only beat for one bird. That's you."

Raven's eyes clouded with tears. She then smiled for the first time in a long time.

"Baby, don't cry." He smiled back.

"It's okay these are good tears." Raven said as Beastboy wiped some of those tears away.

Feeling spontaneous and better than she had in a long time and kissed him, but the then a sudden realization hit her and she backed up.

"What's wrong?" His eyes filled with concern.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that." She curled up in her chair.

"Why are you sorry for kissing me?" Beastboy asked very confused.

"Well we kind of broke up."

Beastboy smiled weakly, remembering the fight they had, "Do you still want to be split up?"

Raven shook her head. Purple locks of hair swayed from the movement, "No. I don't want to loose you again."

"Then," Beastboy said speaking slowly with a twinkle in his eye, "Raven, fierce superhero of the Teen Titans and the lady with the key to my heart, will you be my girlfriend? Again?"

Raven laughed at his affirmation of her. It felt so good to laugh without any worries.

"Yes Beastboy, brave superhero of the Teen Titans. I would love to become you girlfriend….again."

"Good, because if you didn't I would probably cry." Beastboy laughed softly.

"Baby, don't cry." Raven cooed back to him.

He smiled before pulling her down to him and kissing her gently on the lips. When they broke for air Beastboy was the first to speak, "So what are you doing next week?"

Raven pondered for a moment before realizing what he meant, "I assume going on a date with you?"

"Yay! Baby Rae is right. You just won a free date with the incredible hunk Beastboy to the movies next Friday. This prize includes dinner before the movie and a good night kiss after the movie. No will refunds will be given unless there is a mission."

Raven laughed at Beastboy's humor and leaned in to kiss him again.

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Well that's it guys! End of Breathing Slowly. Hope you enjoyed yourself. Please review!!!