Well, I am back! And so are you apparently if you are reading this:) I know I said before that it would be done earlier but it took me a long time to finish this one. Thank you all so much for the reviews…again I was not expecting such a big response! I am truly flattered! I love you all so much! Anyway, I know you don't read my story to read author's notes so the chapter shall begin now! Well after, you know, the other stuff.
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Meg

PS I am changing my penname to Totentanz so from now on, if you look up my chapters by imadaywalker, you won't find them. :)

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Chapter 7: Roses Are Red

They say a watched pot won't ever boil

You can't raise a baby on motor oil

Just like a seed down in the soil, you've got to give it time

-The Arcade Fire, Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)

"I thought you said it would be months until we would be graced with your presence." Raven stated dryly, blinking her eyes to adjust to the darkness.

"It seems that you have really gotten yourself into quite the predicament child. Those rat bites, I never pegged you as one to desire attention."

"I didn't plan getting attacked by a rat." She whispered defensively, her cerulean eyes never leaving the woman. "Why are you here?"

"Oh dear, I can do as a I please. Unlike you and your husband, I do not have rules to abide by." Madame Laveau smirked slyly as she gazed down at Beast Boy. "Wake up son." She tapped him lightly with her boot. "This concerns you as well."

"Huh…" Beast Boy mumbled incoherently, upon opening his emerald eyes he was startled to see the gypsy staring at him. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"That is no way to treat a guest!" She shook her head in utter disgust. "No way at all."

"Why are you here?" He repeated clearly annoyed that she would not answer his question. Madame Laveau got up from her seat and walked casually around the room picking up pictures and studying them carefully.

"Well, I was in the neighborhood." She laughed merrily. "But all kidding aside, as I said before I have rules for the two of you. My apologies for not remembering to tell you these before."

"Rules?" Raven questioned just as annoyed as Beast Boy.

"Oh yes Miss Raven, or should I say Mrs. Logan." The young woman felt her skin crawl, the woman's saccharine tone was unnerving. "Not only was your attention driven scheme an issue with me, but your sleuthing is becoming a problem. No more."

"Are you afraid?" Raven raised an eyebrow.

"Hardly, I am a Voodoo Queen my dear, I pride myself in remaining within the shadows. You've already discovered too much. However I do find it peculiar that you do not wish to share your findings with Mr. Logan." She grinned wolfishly. "Garfield," Madame Laveau turned towards the young man, "did you know those rings of yours…they cannot be taken off…although, if you succeed in doing so, you will be stuck in this life forever? I'm sure your wife did not inform you of this, did she?" Beast Boy looked up at Raven, she was staring down at her lap.

"No, she didn't." Her keeping this secret and the fact that he had to find out this way hurt Beast Boy.

"Communication and cooperation are important in any marriage. On that note, what sort of living arrangements are these? You force your husband to sleep on the floor? This will no longer suffice. From now on you both share one bed."

"No!" Both said in unison. The pair's faces turned equal shades of crimson, neither one could look at the other.

"This is not an option. I am sorry but if these rules are not obeyed be prepared for serious ramifications." Madame Laveau winked. "Well this is all I had to discuss. Get well child. Oh and if either of you go looking for those books…or that Voodoo shop, you will not find them. Good day!" With that the woman vanished in thin air leaving nothing but a thick layer of dust on their wooden floors. There was a long silence before Beast Boy stood and looked down at his wife.

"So when were you going to tell me about the rings?" Raven continued to look at the blanket covering her legs, refusing to meet his gaze.

"If you went along you would have found out, but you were too busy."

"I was tired! I just got home from work!"

"We aren't going to have this fight again." The young woman said calmly.

"But you started it!" Beast Boy groaned as he paced back and forth in front of her, his hands pulling at his blonde hair. "I feel like I'm going insane!"

"You are insane, it isn't a big deal." Raven argued. The young man stopped pacing and glared at his wife.

"It is! We are a team!"

"This is exactly why I did not say anything."

"I can't believe this! I bet you would have toldthe others if you were stuck with one of them." Beast Boy stated angrily, losing eye contact with Raven. He knew bringing up the Titans was not a way to solve the problem but he could not help himself. Another awkward silence spread over the room.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you." She whispered. The young woman knew that if she did not concede, the argument could go on forever. Beast Boy looked back at her surprised by the apology. His mood softened as he sighed and sat down on the edge of the couch by Raven's feet. He glanced over at his wife and could not help but grin seeing her red face illuminated by the morning light. Beast Boy secretly enjoyed seeing Raven blush, she was very lovely when she did.

The young man's eyes glittered playfully. "So, what side of the bed do you want?" Raven met his gaze, glaring at him.

"I am not sharing a bed with you." She said plainly.

"You heard her, if we don't she'll do something to us!" The young woman shrugged.

"Let her."

"Why do you have to be so stubborn? I'm sorry but I really don't feel like getting into worse trouble with that woman, she's psycho!" After some consideration Raven realized Beast Boy was right and agreed.

"Fine, but there is no way we are sleeping anywhere near each other."

"Dude, you think I'd want to?" The young man questioned raising a blonde eyebrow. He glanced over at the clock on the TV and, noticing it was 8:30 rose from his seat to get Raven's medicine for her.

"What's that?" She asked as he placed a very large pill next to the antibiotic.

"That's a pain pill, the doctor prescribed you two different pain pills. This ones stronger, I heard you groaning last night, thought you would need something better."

"Thanks." Raven took her medicine and lay back down slowly. Almost instantly she felt the pill working its magic. From her toes to her head she could feel her body numb and relax. Along with calming her body, the pill began clouding her mind. Everything around her was slowing down and becoming more peaceful.

"Feel any better?" The only response Beast Boy got from Raven was a small smile and a nod. "That's one strong pill." He mused, taking her water glass and putting it on the kitchen counter. Just as the young man was making his way back over to his wife, he heard a loud buzzing noise fill the room. Beast Boy saw that it was the intercom and quickly made his way over to the small box. "Um, hello?"

"Hey Gar it's me, Jason. I heard about Raven. Can you buzz me up?"

"Oh um sure." Beast Boy pressed the button that unlocked the door to the apartment building and waited by the intercom.

"Who's Jason?"

"He's this guy I work with, I think we're friends or something." He shrugged. Soon, the young man heard a knocking at the door. He opened it and saw the dark haired man standing in the hallway with a bouquet of rich red roses.

"Hey buddy." Jason smiled patting Beast Boy on the shoulder as he let himself in. "I wanted to stop by and see how she was doing." He walked over to the young woman who was currently gazing off into nothingness. "Oh Raven, how're you?" She looked up at him with listless cerulean eyes and shook her head slowly.

"She just took her pain meds." Beast Boy stated walking over to his wife and sat down on the coffee table near her head. "She'll be out of it for a while."

"Oh no. Can you hear me? I brought you flowers."

"Who are you?" Raven took the roses and brought them to her nose. "These smell nice, thank you stranger."

"I'm Jason, a friend of yours. I'm glad you like them." Jason put a hand on hers and stroked it gently. Beast Boy furrowed his brow suspiciously.

"My husband is right there, aren't you?" The young woman looked at her husband to make sure he was near her and smiled. Beast Boy was relieved that she still recognized him.

"Yeah, I'm here." He put a hand on her cheek and brushed back some of her black tendrils.

"Good." She whispered closing her eyes and rubbing her cheek against his hand. Beast Boy grinned, blushing slightly. He looked over at Jason, noticing the look of desire in his eyes as he stared down at Raven.

"Why are you so red?"

"I, uh…it's hot in here don't you think?"

"Um, I guess…" Jason nodded in feigned agreement. Raven stopped rubbing her face against her husband's hand and looked up at him with wide eyes.

"Beast Boy…where are my hands?"

"Who's Beast Boy? Very interesting pet name you got there." The young doctor joked and raised his eyebrows seeing his friend's cheeks burn hotter.

"Your hands are under his Raven." Beast Boy said. Noticing this, Jason quickly removed his hand from hers.

"Oh! Goooood!" Once she discovered her hands the young woman continued to rub her cheek against Beast Boy's hand. "I'm like a cat. Aren't you a cat sometimes?"

"Um, no Raven…"

"A cat?"

"I really don't know." Beast Boy muttered as he tried to control his wife. "Um, what time do you have work today?" He asked in an attempt to get him out of their apartment before Raven said anything else. Jason looked at his watch.

"Oh, actually I should have been there a ten minutes ago! Yikes, well. Give Raven my love when she's more awake."

"Sure." Beast Boy said unenthusiastically. Jason was almost out the door when he stopped and turned to his friend.

"Hey, want to go get a drink later?"

"I really shouldn't leave her alone like this. Maybe some other time."

"Oh okay yeah. See ya later."

"Bye." Once the door was closed the young man focused all his attention on his wife.

"Where did he go?"

"He's gone."

"I don't like him." Raven slurred, a hint of sobriety in her otherwise unusually perky tone. Although the pain medication impaired her behavior, she could still see that something was not right about Jason. Beast Boy nodded in agreement and stared down at the young woman. "I'm so tired."

"Go to sleep."

"Are you going to stay here?"

"Yeah, I promise." The young man got up to leave when he heard Raven groan in protest.

"No, stay!" Beast Boy was stunned by the drastic affect in personality the pills had on his wife. She had never acted so needy especially when it came to his company. Out of shock he complied with her wish and nodded. "Thank you." She mumbled as her eyes slowly closed. As soon as she was asleep, the young man's thoughts began to drift to Jason. There was something he did not like about his "friend," but the doctor had been nothing but nice to both him and his wife.

Beast Boy's thoughts did not linger on him for long; the situation with Jason did not matter to him now as he watched Raven sleep. The young man watched her sleep. He watched her breathe easily, her chest rising and falling delicately and he saw the smile play upon her lips as she dreamed. Beast Boy sighed, she was so peaceful in this state.

The young man was perched on the edge of the couch hunched over one of his thick textbooks. It was late afternoon and Raven was still asleep. Studying the insides of animals was not as fun as it would seem and his emerald eyes kept drifting up to the blank television screen. It was not long until the book was thrown aside and he had the remote in his hand. Beast Boy lowered the volume down as low he could with still being able to hear it and watched the only thing that was on, Oprah. Immediately he was engrossed in the show. She was interviewing women who wanted to rekindle the romance in their marriages. The young man smirked. "Good thing we don't have that problem, right Rae?" He looked down at his sleeping wife. "We don't even like each other." Just then the intercom began to buzz. "Oh man." He mumbled as he rose from the couch expecting it to be Jason. "Hello?"

"Hello, my name is Olivia Prewitt. This is where Raven Logan lives, yes?" A very feminine voice questioned politely.

"Um, yeah."

"Splendid, may I see her? My son, Neal, is a student of hers and he wanted to give her something." Beast Boy pushed the button for them to come up and opened the apartment door to wait for them. After a few minutes he saw a tall, red haired woman in a moss green cardigan and khaki skirt round the corner with a small boy in tow. In her hand she held a basket full of muffins. "It is so lovely to meet you, I assume you are Mr. Logan?"

"Yeah. Um, come in." Beast Boy ushered the two inside. "Raven's sleeping right now…"

"I'm up." A drowsy voice mumbled. Raven was propped up against the armrest staring intently at the youngest boy.

"Mrs. Logan!" The blonde haired boy screeched as he ran over to her. "I brought you something." The young woman's sleepy eyes opened wide.

"Better not be another rat." She warned.

"I came to apologize for my son's behavior in class, that rat is gone now. Apparently, he found it in the basement and has been hiding it from my husband and I for weeks. I'm surprised he did not get sick." Olivia placed the basket on the table. "I made muffins, now I know they can't make up for what Neal did but I assure you he is truly sorry." Once the woman's rant was over, Beast Boy raised an eyebrow. It seemed as if what she was truly concerned about was a lawsuit.

"I made you a card Mrs. Logan." Neal pulled a card out from his backpack and handed it to Raven. It had a gray rat on it with tiny X's through its beady eyes. Next to the dead rat was a stick figure with blonde hair that was saying, 'I'm sorry' in crude handwriting. "Do you like it?" He asked eagerly.

"Thank you Neal." The little boy gleamed with pride and hugged his teacher causing Raven much pain.

"She's still a little sore, be careful." Beast Boy said worried. Neal looked over at

"Who're you?" Neal was staring up at the young man with a look of annoyance.

"I'm her husband." He stated. The blonde haired boy turned to look at Raven and then back at Beast Boy, grinning mischievously.

"Why don't you have any babies?" The young man's face turned beet red and his emerald eyes were wide with embarrassment.

"Uh…um, I don't…we…" Beast Boy cast his gaze towards the floor and slowly backed out of the living room into the hallway. "I…uh gotta go!"

"Neal! Honey, you don't ask questions like that." Olivia chastised her son, but could not help but smile at Beast Boy's stuttered response. "Again, I am terribly sorry for my son's behavior Mrs. Logan."

"You can call me Raven." The young woman said, she was beginning to grow annoyed at the use of her new surname.

"Oh, well alright." Olivia nodded smiling warmly and noticed the roses on the coffee table. "Would you like me to put those in water for you?"

"Oh, um sure. Thanks." Raven just noticed the flowers; she had no idea where they came from. Once Olivia put them in a vase she had found both her and Neal took their leave.

"If you ever need any company, don't hesitate to call. I left my cell phone and house number on the table by the phone. I hope we can talk again, maybe go out to lunch! Feel better dear!" The two left the apartment quickly. It was not until Beast Boy knew that they were definitely gone that he came back out from the bedroom.

"Sorry." He whispered concentrating on the wooden floors. Raven could not stop the laughter that was rising in her throat. She laughed loudly and fully, her cerulean eyes filling with tears.

"You should have seen your face!" The young woman grinned. Beast Boy looked up from the floor and saw his wife's jovial expression, awe washed over him. Seeing her face light up was shocking. Never before had he seen her so free. The young man liked seeing her laugh, it was important to him. It was a way for Beast Boy to know that she trusted him. Raven stopped laughing and stared into her husband's eyes.

"What?" She asked, confused over his stunned look. Beast Boy shook his head, awakening himself out of the trance.

"Nothing."

"No, what were you thinking about?" Raven persisted, even though she could not feel his emotions, she could tell something was going on. The young man smirked devilishly.

"I don't think I'm going to tell you."

"Why not? You were the one that said we had to share." She reminded him.

"Oh well, guess you'll never know." Beast Boy winked playfully and sat down on the coffee table and turned the volume on the television up. Raven glared as the young man ignored her, opting to watch TV. Out of the corner of his eye, the young man saw the annoyance on his wife's face and tried very hard to suppress his smile. As bad as their situation was, Beast Boy loved being able to see Raven truly be herself and he loved being the one that brings it out.

It was dark in the living room, the only light was emanating from the television. Raven looked down at the clock, it was already 11:00. She looked over to Beast Boy and saw his eyes drooping. "Do you want to go to sleep?"

"Sure." He mumbled lethargically. The young man turned off the television and moved closer to Raven.

"What are you doing?"

"Picking you up." Beast Boy gently lifted his wife off of the couch and walked her down the hallway to the bedroom as her eyes continued to close, the young woman rested her head on her husband's shoulder. Beast boy nearly lost a step and dropped his wife before managing to pull back the covers and place her softly on the bed. Once she was safely in bed, he walked over to the dresser to get pajamas to change into and was almost to the bathroom when she stopped him.

"Wait."

"What?"

"Could you build a wall?"

"A wall?" Beast Boy raised a blonde eyebrow.

"A wall between us, out of pillows?"

"A pillow wall?"

"Yes, so you don't come over on my side." He sighed and began gathering the pillows that were in the corner of the room and lined them up down the middle of the bed cutting it into two halves.

"What makes you think that I would want to come over on your side? If anything, I bet it would be you." Beast Boy grinned. Raven rolled her eyes and said nothing. When he was finished the young man took his pajamas into the bathroom and proceeded to change.

"Hey Beast Boy?" Raven called sleepily.

"Yeah?" Beast Boy reemerged from the bathroom in his pajamas and slid into the bed next to his wife, making sure to be over on his side as far as possible. He turned on his side to face the pillow wall but could not see Raven.

"Who brought those roses?"

"Jason." He muttered. "A guy I work with."

"Oh, I think I remember him. That pain pill clouded everything." She said. Raven thought for a moment, she wanted to ask Beast Boy about her behavior. The young woman could not remember much and she was curious. She prayed that she did not do anything she would have to explain. "What was I like?"

"On the meds? Um, very tired. But other than that, pretty normal." He did not want to share any details of her drug-induced behavior, which included her rubbing her cheek against his hand and begging for him to stay. He also did not want to talk about Jason and his visit and what he thought about the flowers he brought

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Good." Raven sighed, full of relief. Tentatively she curled up into a ball and shut her eyes. "Thank you for taking care of me."

"Welcome Rae."

I hope you liked this chapter. It was difficult for me to write. Raven was sort of hard to write in her pain killer mode (believe me…people do act a little zany on them I have had experience due to monster ear infections) and now that she's loosening up it was a tad difficult, I really hope she was all right...anyway, how about the gypsy! Whoa man and her new rule is a tad crazy! Oh and Mr. Jason, what about him…hm, pretty creepy! So, any idea of what might happen? Please review and thanks again for such lovely reviews! Oh and remember, new penname Totentanz.

XOXO,
Meg