Beast Boy's eyes shot open and he woke with a start. There was no reason for his sudden awakening, he just felt like he needed to be awake at that exact moment. He looked at the clock, which read 2:17 a.m. He rubbed his eyes and looked at Aria, who was distressed. He cautiously shook her shoulders to wake her and when he did, her eyes snapped open, just as his did. She sat up, leaned forward and wiped the sweat off her brow.

"What's up?" Beast Boy asked in a raspy morning voice. "Did you have a bad dream again?" Aria nodded her head and sniffled. Beast Boy gently put his hands on her shoulders and pulled her into the bed again. They were both lying down in the bed, facing each other.

"It was terrible." She said, still extremely drained. "Red X was there and Diamond was with him and her team. They were in the tower and..." She shut her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Hey, it's alright." Beast By promised her. He pulled her into him and she snuggled her head into his chest. "You're safe with me, Aria." He said and she looked up at him.

"I know I am. Thank you so much." She said, then leaned up to kiss his cheek. After she did, she went back to cuddling into Beast Boy's chest. He cleared his throat.

"Um, Aria?" He asked. "Have you thought about my question?" Aria raised an eyebrow and looked at him again. "About our relationship, I mean." He clarified and Aria smiled, then nodded.

"Yes, Beast Boy." She said. "I want to be yours and I want you to be mine, as long as we can always be friends- even if it doesn't work out for some reason. Okay?" She said and he nodded excitedly and kissed the top of her head. She smiled and yawned. "Good night, BB." She said and closed her eyes.

"Night." He said and let his eyes shut as well. They both let their minds wander as they fell asleep again, waiting for whatever training Robin had in store for them to endure.

A few hours later, it was nearly 7:00 and Aria was the first to wake this time. She found herself wrapped in Beast Boy's arms. She rubbed her eyes as she listened to the heartbeat of the boy she was with. She smiled and sat up, looking at the still sleeping body that belonged to Beast Boy. She leaned into him and very gently pressed her lips into his, in hopes of waking him up. Beast Boy's eye fluttered open as he began to kiss back. Aria smirked.

"Good morning, Sleeping Beauty." She chuckled and let him up. "I didn't think that would really work." Beast Boy's cheeks heated up at the irony of the situation and laughed sheepishly.

"You're the beauty, here." He said and Aria smiled, then kissed him again. When they separated, they locked eyes, wanting desperately to know what the future had to offer them. After a few minutes, Beast Boy sighed and regretfully tore his gaze. "We should head downstairs. Robin's going to come looking for us if we don't."

"Aw, I was looking forward to just staying here with you for a while." Aria whined and Beast Boy kissed those pouting lips of hers.

"We'll have plenty of time later." He said. "Promise. Let's go."

Aria groaned, but did as she was told and stood up, ignoring her morning routine and going to her room so she could brush her messy hair. When she finally emerged from her living quarters, Beast Boy was found waiting for her, like a loyal dog. She chuckled when she laid her eyes on him and they walked hand in hand to the kitchen, where the pair would receive breakfast.

"Waffles, waffles, sure do love them waffles!" Cyborg sang as the new couple walked into the room. Cyborg turned from his work to see the two people who had walked in and smirked. "I guess I should make heart shape waffles today, huh, BB?" He asked and the boy he addressed simply shook his head, but kept his smile.

"Actually, I think an apple will suffice for me today." Aria explained. "I'm not totally starving."

The young girl released her boy's hand and headed over to the refrigerator. She opened it open and retrieved a beautiful red apple out of its contents. She strolled over to the couch and chomped on the apple, drinking the juices and chewing the fruit itself. She watched as Robin had papers laid out on the table before her.

"Well, well. What are you doing, Robin?" Aria asked her leader between mouthfuls of her apple. "Doodling?" Robin shook his head.

"No, I'm making a schedule. Well, more like a 'Who's Going To Train With Aria' chart." The spiky headed leader explained. Aria smiled.

"I get my name in a title of something?" She asked incredulously. "Sweetness." Robin smiled and went back to his chart. "So, who gets me first?" She asked somewhat jokingly.

"This won't come into immediate effect until you're comfortable with training all in itself." Robin stated. "So, we're all going to work together. Especially with The Terrible Trio out and about. You'll need all the help you can get, Aria." Aria's smiled vanished with the last sentence.

She simply nodded and got up to throw away her apple core. When that was done, she was confronted by an excited Starfire.

"Friend!" The alien girl squealed. "Are you not excited for the training today!?" She asked with a huge smile on her face. Aria made a small smile and nodded.

"Yeah, Starfire. It'll be fun." Aria replied. It was a really good thing that Starfire wasn't too keen on deception because Aria didn't mean the words that escaped her lips. "I'm excited too." Starfire beamed with happiness and flew off.

Aria sighed and sat in a chair at the kitchen table- many things buzzing about in her head. She took some slow and deep breaths in attempt to clear her mind of anything that would distract her, when there was a hand that was placed on her shoulder. She turned around, expecting to see Beast Boy or Raven, but instead, it was Red X who had laid his hand on her. Aria let out a terrified scream.

"Aria?" Raven asked in an urgent tone. "What's wrong?" Why couldn't she see X? He was standing right there.

"I-It's X!" Aria exclaimed. "How can you not-"

"It's not real, Aria." Raven stated. "He isn't real. There is no one there." Her voice was calming, but Aria was still unconvinced. "Trust me."

Aria rubbed her eyes and when they were reopened, there was no criminal clasping her shoulder. She let out a breath of relief ran her fingers through her long, white hair.

"Why are they doing this?" She asked quietly. Raven stood in front of her. "And why me, Raven? What did I do?" She was so innocent, but the power inside if her made up for it.

"Maybe we should start training." Cyborg suggested and Robin nodded.

"Good idea. Come one, let's go." Robin commanded and no one argued or rebelled.

The team of six came into the training area and Aria was surprised to see five new pieces of training tools. They was all human sized targets and they were lined up side by side, awaiting their doom.

"Alright, Aria." Raven said, guiding her to where the new equipment was. "First things first. We need to work on your aim." Aria raised an eyebrow.

"But I took out, like, four bad dudes head on." She remembered. "Why do I-"

"That was close range." Raven cut her off. "There will be situations where you can't get closer to the enemy without putting you or your team in any further danger." Aria nodded, understanding what she meant.

Aria stood twenty feet from the first target was. She narrowed her eyes at the thing and put her fist through the air, sending a burst of air forward, but missing the target by five feet. She made the same gesture with her other fist and again missed by five feet.

"Gah! Why is this so difficult!?" Aria exclaimed and did combo shots.

She kicked and sliced the air, making multiple bursts of air, but none of them hit the one thing they needed to. After a time, Aria was panting and sweating. This was getting her nowhere.

"Alright, you need some motivation." Cyborg said to Aria. The tall man smirked and put his hands on Beast Boy's shoulders, then guided him to the target that Aria was attempting to strike. "There, that should do it." He said smugly and walked back to his spot.

"Great idea." Robin complimented.

"Are you guys insane!?" Aria asked, breaking her stance. "I'm going to hurt him!"

"No you won't." Raven said. She put her hands on Aria's shoulders and turned her to face the target. "Just imagine that the target is going to kill Beast Boy." She whispered and walked away so she could watch.

Aria closed her eyes and raised her hands again. When she reopened her eyes and met Beast Boy's, all of her confidence vanished.

"I'm going to hurt him." She said. "I-I'm going to miss and-"

"He's trying to hurt Beast Boy! If you don't take him out, he will die!" Raven exclaimed. "Do it!"

Aria shut her eyes tight at the pressure of her peers. She made her hand flat and reopened her eyes as she slung a wave of air towards the target. She almost couldn't watch the outcome, for fear of hurting Beast Boy, but she hit the target dead on. There were cheers that came from her team and Beast Boy grinned as he walked over to his new girlfriend.

"You did it!" He said and Aria threw her arms around his neck. "I knew you could do it." He said to her and she smiled. Beast Boy kissed her cheek as a reward.

"Well, that made one of us." Aria said and rubbed her wrist. Beast Boy raised an eyebrow.

"You okay?" He asked her and she nodded.

"Yeah, it just that I'm not used to making so many Air Bursts and my body isn't used to using so much energy." She explained. "It's all in the wrists, as they say. They're just a bit sore. I'm fine." She smiled, but Beast Boy smirked.

He raised Aria's hands to his mouth and kissed her wrists to make the pain go away. As he did this action, Aria didn't resist, but her face became the same shape of red as a tomato. There were whistles and coos coming from the group that was watching them.

"That's my boy!" Cyborg cried, wiping a tear of pride. "I've taught you well!" Aria's blush deepened while Beast Boy had a look of pride. Or was it dominance?

"Shut up." Aria said sheepishly. "Robin, can we take a small break? My wrists are killing me." Robin nodded at Aria's request, trying not to make it more awkward than necessary.

"Where shall we go?" Starfire asked and everyone just raised an eyebrow. "Are we not going into the city for our time of rest?" She asked. Everyone turned their attention towards Robin, awaiting an answer.

"I don't see why not." Robin shrugged. "That's a good idea, Star." He complimented and- believe it or not- Starfire's smiled grew even bigger. "Let's head out now. I think the carnival is in town on the docks." Cyborg nodded.

"Yeah, there is. I picked up a lot of activity on the docks." He said, then smirked. "What a perfect first date." Beast Boy scoffed.

"Do you want me to invite Bumble Bee?" The green one asked and Cyborg blushed, then shook his head. "That's what I thought." Aria stared in wonder.

'Why is BB acting so... different? So dominant.' She thought, but was interrupted by Beast Boy's lips being pressed on hers. Even though every kissed they shared was better than the last, this one felt different. 'He used to blush every time we kissed. Does he think I... belong to him? That I'm his property? I did say I wanted to be his, but...' She didn't want to finish her thought.

"Aria, are you alright?" Raven asked her, sensing something was wrong. Aria pulled away from her boyfriend to answer, but he beat her to it.

"She's fine, Raven." Beast Boy said. His voice was almost a growl. "Robin's right. We should head out now." He pecked Aria one last time before walking over to Cyborg.

"Now, you can answer me." Raven said in a quietened voice as she walked to Aria. "Are you alright?" Aria nodded.

"What could possibly be wrong?" She answered her question with a question, but before Raven could point that out, Aria spoke again. "I'm perfectly fine, Raven. Thank you for your concern." She smiled at the dark girl before her and excused herself. "Robin, I assume we'll all be walking there?" Aria asked and her leader nodded.

"That would be best." He agreed. "You can count that as endurance training, I guess." He said with a smile and Aria gave him one in return.

The Titans began to walk towards the docks and passed the Pizza Palace. The group decided to grab a bite to eat before going to the carnival. They got the same three types of pizzas as last time- one pepperoni, one cheese and one veggie lovers'. Aria sat in between Raven and Beast Boy, the latter being on her left. Cyborg was next to Raven, with Robin next to him and Starfire next to him

"Dang, I'm out of Sunny D." Aria whined. "I'll be right back. Don't do anything hilarious without me." She instructed and Cyborg saluted her. She shook her head, then stood up and walked to the soda fountain.

"Why is Sunny D so popular?" Raven asked, surprised that anyone could stand drinking something so orange. "It's so overrated. I get why some people would want to drink it, but still." She made a small rant and nibbled on her slice of pizza.

Beast Boy didn't listen to Raven's speech on artificial flavors and dyes. He was more concerned on where and what his girlfriend was doing. He was in the middle of his search, when the girl he was looking for plopped down right next to him.

"Hey guys, what'd I miss?" She asked. "Did anyone spew soda out of their nose?" Cyborg shook his head and Aria nodded. "Good. I'd hate to miss that." She sipped on her soda, but suddenly stopped and set her soda on the table. "Oh my God." She breathed.

"What is wrong?" Starfire asked.

The five Titans followed Aria's gave to see what made her uneasy and saw something they weren't expecting to. A man with a white tank top, tattered jeans and a left arm, sleeved with tattoos. He was accompanied by a woman with curly, fire red hair, who wore a short, red skirt and leopard patterned platform heels.

"D-Donovan. Catrine." Aria stammered, then rose to her feet. "I expect you want to speak with me." Donovan nodded and Aria took a deep breath before attempting to walk over to him.

"Aria, stop." Beast Boy commanded, coming to his feet as well. They were facing each other as they spoke.

"It's alright. I got this." Aria said with a small smile and passed Beast Boy, ignoring his warning glare.

"Okay, A." Donovan said, folding his arms across his chest. "Let's talk in private." Aria shook her head.

"Anything you have to say to me, you can say in front of my friends." She said definitively. Catrine scoffed and glared at Aria as she took a step towards her.

"You little brat." She growled. "After all we've done for you- clothed you when you were cold, fed you when you were crying in hunger, providing for you and you go and stab us in the back!?" Catrine raised her hand at Aria, but the latter was too fast and caught her wrist.

"At least the kind of stabbing I did was metaphorical." Aria growled. Catrine suddenly yelped in pain as Aria squeezed her arm. When Aria suddenly realized what she was doing , she released the woman in her grasp. "If you're implying that I'm indebted to you or something, you can just go right home."

"You're so ungrateful." Donovan said, wrapping his arm around Catrine's shoulders. "Baby, go wait in the car." Donovan suggested to Catrine, who nodded and did as she was told. "I can't believe we agreed to help you. Especially considering whar you did. I could've gotten arrested for haboring-"

"Are you sure you want to finish that thought?" Aria growled before he could finish his sentence. "I would think hard about your answer." Her voice was menacing and lined with pure hatred. Donovan raised an eyebrow, looked to the Titans and smirked.

"Hm. How sad." He chuckled. "They don't know. Do they?" Aria clenched her fists.

"Shut up, Donovan." She said with bared teeth. "Or you're going to regret opening your fat mouth." Donovan raised his hands in mock-defense and took a single step back.

"Hey, I assumed they knew." He lied. "I mean, they are your friends. Why would you keep your little problem from them?" He was smirking the entire time he spoke. He had something to blackmail Aria with and she knew it. She took a threatening step towards him and lowered her voice.

"I swear, if you say another word I'll make it so you can never speak again." She threatened. "The best part is, I won't have to do a thing. My boyfriend would destroy you. So shut the hell up." She gave him a fair warning, but he didn't listen to it.

He raised his hand when Aria wasn't expecting it and grabbed the corner of her mask. He ripped it off her face, but Aria quickly covered her eyes with her hands, a poor choice, but she wasn't thinking rationally. Donovan grabbed her shoulders, spun her around so she was facing the Titans and pinned her to his body.

"Get off of me!" She screamed. She stuck out her hand and the mask was in her palm in a matter of seconds. She placed it on her face a reopened her eyes to see Beast Boy punch Donovan in the face.

The green boy then phased into a T-Rex and got in Donovan's face. Beast Boy made a deep growling noise as Donovan's knees shook sad badly, he almost collapsed as he ran to his beat up station wagon. Beast Boy ran to Aria's side to make sure she wasn't hurt- physically or emotionally.

"Aria, are you okay?" He asked as she threw her arms around his neck, glad that he was there. She couldn't speak for the moment, but Beast Boy still knew that was definitely not okay.

"What problem did the one called Donovan speak of?" Starfire asked. Everyone else in the team wanted to know just as badly, but Aria wasn't speaking of it at the moment.

"Why me?" Aria whispered so softly, Beast Boy was the only one who heard the question.

"Shh. It's okay." Beast Boy whispered as he stroked the back of her head. "We're going home, now. You guys can still go to the docks, but I'm taking Aria home."

Everyone in the group got the gist that he need to speak to her one on one so he could get some answers. The team simply nodded and began to walk in the direction of the carnival (after paying for their meal, of course). Beast Boy released Aria so he could walk her home and they were silent for the entire walk.

When they finally reached the tower, Aria fell apart and sobbed into her hands as she sat on the couch in the living room. She felt guilty, she was saddened by the events the had just occurred and she was doubting herself. Aria's emotions at this point were extremely unstable.

"Aria." Beast Boy said softly. "Talk to me. Please."


Okay, I feel bad for not being 100% original lately. Meh, I'm sure it'll pass, but I just thought I'd give one special person a shout out. The person who gave me the idea of using the ole T-Rex Bit.

Splinter1.

You're probably not reading this, but who am I to steal the brilliant work of another?

Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for giving me the idea and thank everyone else for following reading, reviewing and just being awesome little wankers.

Ignore the last part and enjoy the story.