Drunken Dilemma

A BB/Rae Fic

September 16th.

At this time, now Raven was already 3 weeks into pregnancy in a mere 47 hours. She had gotten on Starfire's laptop, a gift from Robin, and did some research… and she decided.

It's time to go and see if it's a boy or a girl.

She scheduled a meeting with a doctor in advance, and luckily, they had an Ultrasound open for that day in a few hours. She didn't tell the doctor who she was, however, to save herself from any rumor spreading or paparazzi swarms.

The appointment was in 3 hours, but 3 hours was actually half a week in her pregnancy, so she had no time to spare. She grabbed a book or two to read in the waiting room, and teleported close to the office to go in.


The trouble alarms sounded, as the Titans halted in the middle of doing their daily activities. Beast Boy was reading an old comic book in his room, Cyborg was under the hood of his T-Car, Starfire was caressing her pet larva worm Silky playfully, and Robin was training downstairs on one of the bags.

They all zoomed up to the main room, as it showed Dr. Light trying to rob a Bank in the Financial Sector of downtown Jump City.

"Alright, let's go." Cyborg said, as they all headed out. Beast Boy stopped, however, looked around for Raven. When she still didn't show, he guessed it was for personal reasons and went on with the others.


"Hey, Light, I didn't think you were dull enough to rob a bank." Cyborg taunted, as the Titans assembled themselves on the street, blocking Dr Light's path.

"Oh, you Titans and your pathetic one-liners…" Dr Light shouted, and threw a handful of Light explosives towards the Titans, causing them to take cover.

Robin, however, just stood there, covering up from the blasts, and then rose without a scratch. "Titans, GO!"

They all came in for the attack. Cyborg with his Cannon primed, Starfire with downward haymaker incoming, Robin with his bo-staff, and Beast Boy as a wolf. Dr Light fired a beam from his suit knocking them all around, as the battle commenced.


"Rachel, the doctor's ready to see you." A nurse said, as Raven set her book down and went on. She had left her cloak in an alley nearby so she didn't attract as much attention.

She then went in for what she had scheduled the appointment for, not knowing a hoodlum was a few yards away from her cloak, eying it with anything but good intentions.


As the Titans defeated Dr Light, Robin stepped on his back to prevent him from rising.

"Maybe you should retire." Robin said, as the police arrived with their big security vans to take him to jail… again.


Raven had finished the test, and walked out of the building with little more than a look around at some of the people waiting there too.

She walked out, looked towards the alley, and suddenly saw a young teen running out of the alley… with her cloak. "Hey!" she shouted, and ran after him. The young teen outran her easily though, as she stopped soon, out of breath. She sighed, and sat down on a nearby bench, rubbing her stomach. She looked down, and whispered, "You're making it hard for me to run."

She then looked up at the cloudy California sky, before closing her eyes and warping back to the tower.


As the others returned from the fight, sweaty and worn out, Raven came the opposite way and stopped Beast Boy there in the hallway, as the others just groggily walked, or in Starfire's case, floated by without noticing.

"Beast Boy… I had a test a few hours ago… and… it's… a girl." Raven said, as Beast Boy worked his left shoulder all of a sudden, due to it being sore.

"Are you even listening?" she asked, as suddenly Beast Boy looked up and his eyes widened in surprise. "Oh, sorry, Raven. Dr Light really drummed on my eardrums…" Beast Boy muttered, and started smacking his ear with the palm of his hand.

"Can you hear me now?" Raven asked softly, as Beast Boy nodded, his hearing returning. "Yeah, so, what is it?" he asked, now no longer slouched over.

"I had a test a few hours ago, and we're having… a… girl." Raven told him, feeling a bit awkward at the 'we' part.

"… A girl?" Beast Boy asked, and she nodded. Then, suddenly, she shouted as if she forgot something, as slapped her forehead.

"We haven't even thought of any names!"


Beast Boy was seriously beginning to get unnerved by how estranged Raven was acting lately. In the hallway that day, she was beginning to sound like a wife or something to him. It really didn't make him feel right, but this whole incident wasn't exactly making him feel any sort of right.

"How am I supposed to deal with this…?" Beast Boy asked himself softly, in his room.

Suddenly, a deep voice rung in his head. Deep, but somehow, his own.

It was his Beast-self speaking. "We're going have a child with her. It'll come naturally. By instinct."

Beast Boy himself simply nodded, and replied, "I guess so."

Then suddenly, he stood up, and said loudly, "Oh, wait! Now I'm answering myself? Sheesh, I'm already going crazy!"

"Don't think like that." Suddenly a voice came from behind him. He twirled around, and spotted the last person he expected to be there.

Not Starfire, not Raven. Not even Cyborg.

It was Robin, standing there solo, staring.

"Wha…?" Beast Boy asked in confusion.

"I just want to talk... about what's been going on lately." Robin said sternly, as Beast Boy was still surprised.

"You? Talk? And about personal stuff? Aren't you supposed to be the super seriou-" Beast Boy began, but Robin cut him off with a simple shake of his head.

"Well… Starfire has already helped Raven a lot… and… I decided I should do my part too. As a friend." Robin said, as Beast Boy just stared in disbelief.

Disbelief because of the fact he had never seen this type of behavior from his leader before. But still, Robin's tone of voice was still serious and stern, and even his pose. The fact is, Beast Boy hadn't really seen Robin in his 'friend' role before.

Beast Boy simply nodded, as Robin entered the room. And only a few floors above both their heads… were Raven and Starfire, talking in Raven's room.

"Starfire… me and Beast Boy are stumped about a name for her…" Raven whispered softly, as Starfire blinked.

"Well… I'm stumped, and he can't come up with a good one." Raven continued, as Starfire went, 'Humm…' in thought.

She then snapped her fingers, and exclaimed, "You could name her after the Goddess of Tamaran!"

Raven blinked, and asked, "And what name would that be?"

"X'Hal!" Starfire said, as Raven shook her head. "I just can't see myself calling her that…"

Raven then thought to herself in frustration, "Think, Raven, think... what do you want your daughter's name to be?"


As those words echoed in her mind, Happy and Logic both stood side-by-side.

"My mother, Arella!" Logic suddenly shouted, as Happy jumped in surprise, and Logic awkwardly looked at her.

"It happens every time she uses me like that." Logic said, as Happy Raven just looked away and crossed her arms huffily.

"At least she uses you. I don't get any fun." Happy said, as Logic smirked. "Hey, you might soon." Logic said, and walked off, as Happy went 'Huh?' in confusion, following Logic close behind.


"How about after your Mother?" Starfire suddenly asked, as Raven glanced her way.

"I just thought of that…" Raven told her, then looked down and whispered, "Arella…"

"Ok, Starfire, I've decided. I'm naming her Arella… after my mother." Raven said sternly, as Starfire yelped with glee, but suddenly calmed.

"Are you sure it does not sound too much like 'Umbrella'?" Starfire asked innocently, as Raven couldn't help but have a small laugh at that, shaking her head at her friend, hysterically.

Starfire herself giggled once she realized how silly that was, and then suddenly went, "Oh friend… Well, I am again… nearly unable to express my joyousness for your… erm… baby!"

Raven nodded, as Starfire flied out again. "Best of luck, friend!" Starfire exclaimed, peeking around the doorway, as Raven simply waved slowly after she flew off and left the doorway empty.

Raven simply smiled, and patted her stomach gently.


"Yeah…" Beast Boy softly whispered, as the conversation between him and Robin was wrapping up. Cyborg, apparently, had realized he was alone and was curious where the others were.

"Hey, B, wanna play some Mega-Z Racing?" Cyborg asked from the doorway, as Beast Boy looked uncertain at first, before Robin nodded.

"Go enjoy it. After all, there may be another villain on the loose soon." He said, pointing his thumb towards the doorway, smirking.

Beast Boy jumped up, causing Cyborg to shout, "Last one to the controllers is fixin' dinner! And no morphing!"

Beast Boy shouted, "There's gonna be tofu on the table tonight!" as they both raced to the game controllers, Cyborg immediately shouted in retaliation, "Not if I can handle it!".

Robin took a subtle look around, then turned around and walked out the doorway, but not before shutting the metal door to Beast Boy's room, as the lights automatically shut themselves off.