God, guys, you're gonna HATE me for this chapter. Seriously. :sobs: but it must be done. And I hope you'll forgive me for it later, when I make it all better again.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans. Only Abyss and the plotline. Meghira is raeandrob4eva's. She is kindly lending her out to me. :wink:

Chapter 9 – You break my trust, You break my heart

Raven had been walking around the tower for weeks now in state of delirious happiness. It scared Beast Boy, frankly. It just wasn't... normal! Where was the old Raven gone? He always kind of liked her jokes, though he'd never tell her that, it just encourage her. And we don't want that now, do we? (N/A: Author giggles at herself.)

But Beast Boy had noticed that for the last week, Speedy hadn't called. Now, BB wasn't usually the kind of person to notice things like that. It was, ahem, Robin and Cyborg who pointed it out to him.

But now that they'd told him, he noticed a definite drop in Raven's mood. She'd started snapping at him again. But not in the good, sarcastic way. In the bad, Trigon's daughter way. Not good at all. And though BB would never admit it, he did care for Raven. Ew, not like that, guys. More in a brotherly way. They'd lived together a few years now, and you get attached to a person. You look out for them. She was a big sister to all of them, a shoulder to cry on.

And in this brotherly way, BB worried about Raven, the way all the others did too. He could see it on their faces when Raven skulked passed, getting a book or cup of tea before retreating to her room once again.

But unlike them, BB was going to do something about her mood. He'd sought out Speedy for her! Then maybe, she'd have the same respect for him that he did for her.

BB hovered over his telephone in his room. Slightly grimy from the leftover pizza he'd scraped of it, but in perfect working order.

Would Raven hate him for butting into her business, or truly be pleased her cared? Taking a deep breath, BB picked up the phone and speed-dialed the Titans East number.

"Hello. Titans East. How may I help you?" Aqualad asked.

BB smiled. "Hey! Aqua! It's Gar, do you think you could put me through to Speedy?"

Down the phone, Beast Boy could practically hear Aqualad nodding. "Sure I'll just put you through. But ring me later, okay buddy?"

"Sure thing." And then there was silence, until ringing started again.

"Hi." Asinine giggle. "This is Speedy's room." More giggles.

BB frowned. "Uh, who's this?"

More giggles. "This is Speedy's girlfriend, Cheshire." Giggle. "Didn't you know?"

A sleepy voice could be heard in the background. "Who is it, babe?"

With horror, BB slammed down the phone. What was that bastard thinking! Messing with Raven like that? What a jerkoff!

It slowly sunk in, exactly what this meant. Should he tell Raven? Tell Robin to tell Raven? He was way closer to her. And.. well, he didn't do well with confrontation. Emotional confrontation, obviously. He didn't want to be responsible for breaking Raven's heart! Maybe Speedy would stop...

Thoughts spun around the poor green boy's head. Torn between doing the right thing and not hurting his friend.

He needed advice, badly. And there was only one person he trusted enough to give him advice, and that was his best friend.

- - - - - - -

"Hey Cyyyyyyy?" Beast Boy asked, grinning.

The metal man looked up from his car and cocked his eyebrow. "What do you want now, BB?"

BB looked down, rubbing his foot in the dirt, looking innocent. "Nothing... Well..."

Cyborg sighed and put away his tools. "Money? Something repairing... You didn't break something did you? You didn't break the Gamestation, did you?" He asked, jumping to conclusions.

"Of course not!" Beastie was indignant. "When have I ever... well there was that time- but no, that's not it. I need some," he paused, wondering how to describe it, "confidential advice." He grinned.

Cyborg scratched his head. "Well, that I can give ya for free. Whether or not it's good." The metal man grinned. "What's buggin' ya Grass Stain?"

BB sat gingerly on an oil stained bench and sighed. "If you knew something that could hurt your friend, but they had a right to know, would you tell them?" The little elf asked in a big long rush, realising he did need this off his chest.

Cy's eyes widened slightly. "Ya mean, something bad. About one of the Titans?"

BB nodded.

Cy whistled. "That's... that's a hard one BB." He thought for a long moment. "I guess it depends how bad it was. On a scale of one to ten?"

"Eight." Beast Boy replied, after a minute of nose twitching deliberation.

Cy whistled again. "That's bad. I guess... you should tell them. I mean, we're your friends,man, and if they really deserve to know." He shrugged

BB nodded and began to walk out of the garage. "Okay. Thanks, Cy."

"Will I know when you've told them."

"Hell ya."

- - - - - -

A deep breath and then the plunge. Beast Boy knocked on Raven's door gingerly. "Raven?"

"What?" Came the sharp monotone, begging to be left alone.

Another sharp intake of breath. "Can I talk to you, Rae? It's important. Really important."

"Can't it wait?"

"No. It can't." It had to be told. It needed to be said. And Raven was the only person who needed to know.

The door swished open, revealing Raven, hidden under her hood. But her eyes, BB could see, were bloodshot.

"Can we talk privately? Please?" Raven could tell the others if she wanted, but that was up to her. BB decided tact was the best approach. He'd seen it in work, but never used it before...

Raven sighed and stepped away from the door, letting BB inside. The sooner he was finished, she figured, sooner he was gone.

"It's about Speedy." Beast Boy sighed, as soon as he was inside. The pressure of the secret was pressing on him, and it needed to be gone.

"What about him?" Raven was sharp, patience gone.

Exhale. "I rang him yesterday and a girl picked up the phone and when I asked who it was she said she was his girlfriend, and he seemed to think she was too, from what I could hear." Deep breath, and then he continued. "And I didn't know whether to tell you or not, because I didn't want you to get hurt, but know is better than not knowing, right?"

The torrent of words stopped, and Raven looked shell-shocked. "H-His girlfriend?"

BB nodded, biting his lip, afraid.

"O-okay." She closed her eyes, tight. "T-thanks for telling me."

The door opened with black energy, and BB slowly left. The door slammed behind him.

This wasn't the way he though it would be. He thought that Raven would be mad. Really mad. Inside, he kind of wanted her mad. She would open a major can of whoop ass on that cheating bastard! But she was... broken. He didn't want this. She was truly hurt.

Beast Boy's internal dilemma raged, as Raven remained shut in her room for several days.

Until the Titans decided she needed a hand.

Phew. Told ya you'd hate me. Lol, but it needed to happen. He needed to be a dick. But will make it right again! And don't worry. BB and raven's relationship is purely friendly. Honestly. You guys know I hate that stuff! But maybe in the next chapter there might be a little bit of RobRae for those of you that way inclined :wink: REVIEW!
Peace out,
Brenna