This was it. This was the day, with big W.
Wedding day.
The groom, dressed in a tux, white shirt and green tie, smiled to the three children as they went off the giant snake on to the island.
"Melvin. Timmy. Teether."
"Beast Boy."
He hugged the children one by one. He hadn't seen them for a while, but since they were so close with Raven had they developed a relationship with him too. Melvin turned to the snake.
"And this is Cruiser."
"Hello Cruiser."
The snake just looked at his and a long green tongue went out and in.
"It's okay Cruiser. I'll call you when we are going home."
The snake just dived into the ocean. The children turned to Beast Boy.
"Raven is getting ready, but the rest are on the roof. You remember the way?"
The children nodded and ran passed just as a boat docked. He turned and a small smiled formed on his lips for his former teammates.
"Negative man. Robotman. You came."
The two men jumped on land, before Robotman walked over and gave the boy a hug.
"Of course."
"Elasti would never have forgiven us if we missed her son's wedding."
Beast Boy smiled as the two men looked at him. Robotman placed a hand on his shoulder.
"You look well."
"Thank you, so do you."
Silence.
"How is he?"
Negative man sighed.
"As he has been the last five years now."
Beast Boy nodded. He knew.
"But it's good to see you. You have to visit more often?"
"Yeah, after Mento threw me out of the house last time? But remember, you guys are always welcomed here."
The two men looked at one another, then at him.
"It's up on the roof. Cyborg, show them the way."
They nodded, and walked inside, following the tux dressed Cyborg. Beast Boy looked after them, and couldn't help having a small smile on his lips. It became bigger when Robin walked over to him. He placed the blue flower in his tux and straightened the tie. Just like a big brother would have done.
"It's time."
Beast Boy nodded, and was about to walk inside, when something made him look up. She was standing in the window, looking out on the sea. He froze. She was breathtaking. Her hair was down and a few blue flowers were stuck in it. Her dress was long, simple, and navy blue and forest green in a perfect combination. He couldn't help smiling. What in the world had he done to deserve something so wonderful?
"Beast Boy are you coming?"
Beast Boy looked down at Robin and quickly followed him.
Besides saving the city a few thousand times.
This was it. This was the day, with big W.
Wedding day.
And the bride stepped out on the roof with a nervous heart. It was beating so hard she couldn't hear the music playing her march. Her entire being was filled with doubt. This was stupid. He loved her. She knew that. But she didn't understand it, and she never trusted the things she didn't understand.
Living as lovers, having a child, this she could do on feelings alone. But being married was something special. She had never told anyone, but the thing she had hated most by being destined to die at sixteen, was the thought of not being a part of a family. No able to be a mother and wife. Now she was a mother. Soon she would be a wife.
She lifted her eyes to the man standing by Jericho and Kole. Her eyes were captivated by his dark green. They were so sure. Not a single trace of doubt in them. In him.
She couldn't understand it, but every doubt; every bad thought about her self, when he looked at her, just vanished. He was completely sure, and like always, made her sure. When she placed her hand in his, she felt complete. He smiled down and gently caressed her face.
I love you.
Words never said, but words exchanged none the less. Then they turned to their priest and his girlfriend.
"And now Beast Boy and Raven will exchange vows they have written themselves. Beast Boy."
They turned to one another. He carefully caressed her hand, as he took a big gulp of air, and started.
"When the moon hit's your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore. When the world seems to shine like you had too much wine, that's amore."
Raven rolled her eyes and laughed. This made him stop singing.
"There aren't words to describe how lucky you make me feel. How fortunate I am to be close to the divinity that is you. I have seen you kindness, your strength, your intelligence, your beauty in a way very few have. You make my nightmares go away simply by being close. You make me feel better and you make me want to be better.
You have shown me things I would never have seen without you, and all the pain, because of you, becomes okay. Because without them I would never have met you. As long as you are with me, I feel like everything will work out after all, and for all of these reasons and so many more that it would take me a lifetime to tell you them, I will forever love. My companion. My soul mate. My wife. My all."
Raven was crying and without thinking about anything else, she threw her arms around him and pulled herself into his embrace. Her words were only a whisper, only to him, and yet the wind brought them out to everyone witnessing it.
"I love you. I love you, even thou I'm not suppose to. I love your stupid jokes. I love the way you play videogames. I even love the way you force me to watch scary movies with you, just so you have an excuse to hold me close when I get scared. I have loved watching the boy turn into a man, and I love the way the man has controlled the animal.
No one has made me feel so much as you. Even before I was aware of it, you made me feel. You made me laugh. You made me irritated. Angry. Sad. Happy. You stirred things up in me I was always told never to touch, and you made it okay. You're my team-mate. My friend. My lover. The father to my child. I love you, and you thought me that, that was okay."
He held her close. It was like they where trying to melt together into one person. He was crying, as was she, and several of the guests. Finally they let go of one another, and just gazed into one another's eyes.
"Shall we continue?"
Both Raven and Beast Boy looked at Kole and Jericho, before Raven nodded.
"Yes."
"Then the rings."
They slipped on the rings, kissed, and just like that were they husband and wife. They turned and smiled to the guests when all of a sudden Raven turned pale. Right there, in the aisle, stood a woman. She was glowing, and they both recognised the woman as the one who had taken Logan all that time ago.
Raven ran towards her terrified of what she might do. She fell to ground, her entire body without energy.
"Rae."
Beast Boy ran towards them, but was stopped by a force field. He banged on it.
"Raven."
"Beast Boy."
The woman laughed.
"I actually didn't think you were that strong gem. You two actually broke the charm, and it was quite a charm too."
Some of the guests had started to attack the force field. The woman looked around.
"But it wasn't only him, was it? Who made you come back? It was all of them."
Raven could feel her body be lifted into the air without being able to stop anything. Suddenly Raven heard her daughter cry and was petrified to find her floating in the air next to her.
"Now you have a choice. You or Logan?"
Raven just looked at her with her deadpan face. Trying not to hear her friends' cries. Her daughter's screams.
"Me, Azar, take me."
The woman grinned.
"I thought you'd say that."
The girl went shooting out of the bubble, and even Raven couldn't understand where she got the strength to cover the girl in an energy bubble. Starfire flew up and as she wrapped her arms around her, the bubble burst. Beast Boy looked in terror from his now safe daughter to his wife, still in the shield. He knew the others, his closest friends, was trying to break it, but he didn't have the energy to do anything but rest his hands on the field. It was cool.
"Rae."
His voice could barely be heard over the screams of the others, but she heard them. She turned her face towards him.
I love you.
Words not uttered, but words exchanged.
Then they were gone.
