Hey guys! Wow, we're getting close to the end of the story! In all honesty, I'm not too sure how this is going to end. Might do two endings, just to please both ideas I have. Anyway, enough of my thoughts, onto the story!

Just like every other teenager in the city, the day of prom was a mad scramble for the Titans. Almost as soon as Raven woke up, she was dragged out by Starfire for her nail appointment.

"Starfire, I'm in charge of this mission. I can't go out and sit in a salon for two hours."

"The boys know their duties. We must make this look like we are really going to prom."

But when Starfire sat next to Raven at the salon, Raven realized this was more than an elaborate fake prom for Starfire. This was girly bonding time.

The boys were given orders to wake up at a decent hour and do their daily training routine. Then, Robin and Beast Boy were to go to the high school and map out the prom and strategic spying positions. This was a duty that could have been done successfully by only one of them, but Raven had specifically sent out both of them. While they were out, Cyborg was to call Terra and let her know the plan and where she would be needed. This communication was not to be known by Beast Boy. Raven wanted them as separated as possible.

Robin was also given specific orders to not let Beast Boy out of his sight. Raven had a sense that him knowing it was Terra's important day would make him want to see her. Make him want to confess his love to her. Make him convince her not to go with Ryan. The mission Raven had worked so hard on, and all of Beast Boy's progress of getting over her, could not be destroyed by today.

After the nail appointment, Raven was antsy to have a team meeting, but Starfire instead lured her in her bedroom to have her hair done. With some of Starfire's Tamarean force, Raven was sitting on a pillow on her floor as Starfire tried to do her hair.

With no other options, Raven opened her communicator, "Calling all Titans, please report to Starfire's room. Immediately."

Within a minute, Cyborg strolled in, "Whoa," he stopped short, "Raven, when did you get hair extensions?"

"What," Raven's eyes glazed over, "Starfire, what are you doing to me?"

"It will be beautiful, Friend Raven! Just trust me," she neglected to mention that Raven's hair at the moment was swirled like cupcake frosting.

"Right," Raven turned back to Cyborg, "How did the phone call go?"

"Very well. Terra has agreed to try and stay at Ryan's side all night. We're assuming at some point he will tell her not to follow in order to do his drug transaction. It's then that she will notify Star or I about it and we'll call you guys to arrest him."

"Good. Did it sound like she was going to go through with it?"

"I mean, her hair was done up and she took the call. If she wasn't, I don't think she'd be getting ready for prom or talking to us. If she didn't want to do it, she probably would have fled the city by now."

"Right," Raven said, "Where's Beast Boy and Robin?"

"Robin said they'd be back in a few minutes. Star, you may want to use less than twenty hairpins."

"Her hair won't stay up!" she sounded frazzled.

"Star, we're trying to be undercover here. My hair can't be taller than Robin's."

"Are you making fun of my spikes?" Robin stepped in, "Whoa. Raven, how many ribbons do you need?"

"Star. Fire. Subtle. Please," Raven said, her tone getting darker by the minute. This time, Starfire took the hint, "How did mapping out the high school go?"

"Good. We have set places for everyone. Cyborg's going to be at the entrance taking tickets and Starfire is going to serve punch. We also went through the rafters and there's enough open spaces so Beast Boy can keep an eye from above at all times."

"Where is he, anyway?"

Robin swallowed, "Funny you should mention him."

"Robin," Raven's eyes immediately grew fierce, "Where is Beast Boy?"

"I may have lost sight of him while mapping out the high school."

Starfire was still in the middle of maneuvering Raven's hair, but Raven stood up anyway, "You lost him."

"Hey hey hey!" they heard a voice down the hall, "I'm not lost! Geez, you talk like I'm a lost puppy," Beast Boy stepped in with his goofy smile. Raven grabbed him by the collar.

"Where did you go?"

"Gee, Rae, why are you so mad I left? I got you a present!"

She loosened her grip and from behind him, he presented a clear box.

"It's for tonight!"

Through the box's foggy exterior, Raven could make out a flower. A white rose, adorned with a dark blue ribbon and the slightest bit of glitter to make it sparkle in the light.

"I was going to give one to Terra," Beast Boy explained, "But then I remembered that was her date's job, and I knew Robin would forget to give you one."

"Hey," Robin said, but he couldn't deny the truth.

"It's okay, I forgot to get him one too," Raven said.

"I DIDN'T!" Starfire yelled. Out of nowhere, she pulled out a similar looking box with an unnatural dark purple flower, the color that matched Raven's daily robes.

"Beast Boy," Raven said, slightly blushing, "This is beautiful."

"Hey, well, it's your prom night. And your mission. You did a great job on it."

"We're not finished yet, yo," Cyborg said, "Ya'll gotta finish getting ready so we can actually go to the prom and catch this guy."

"Right!" Starfire shrieked, "Raven, we need to finish your hair!"

Raven backed up, "Don't worry, I think I can finish what you started. You better help the boys get spruced up. And you need to get ready too."

"But Raven-"

"That's an order," Raven countered.

Raven stepped into the privacy of her room, doing some deep breathing to calm down. She looked in the mirror to see the mess Starfire had done with her hair: the failed French twist that toppled on top of her head with ribbons streaming out of it. There were hairpins unstable enough to pop out and fly across the room. There were hair extensions snapped in somewhere too, since her hair was too short to actually do anything with.

One by one, she took the hair pins and the ribbons out and her hair fell into its normal place. The hair extensions matched her hair color, and she realized how much work and how much money Starfire must have put into finding ones identical to her bluish hair. She left them in.

She knew a few ways to twist her hair back and in moments, her hair was in a half-up ponytail that wasn't fancy enough for prom, but fancy enough for her. She clipped in a barrette she found lying in one of her drawers.

She looked at the flower still sitting in its box on her vanity. Beast Boy said this was her prom and her mission, but she didn't care about the prom. In fact, she was really excited about the mission. She had started everything from scratch, had taken the leadership and dealt with some sticky situations. When the arrest occurred, she would get the credit. And it was the high that came with good-doing that made her keep doing it. She was proud of what she could accomplish.

She put on her dress. It was a floor length blue dress, one near the color of her robes, but lighter. It was slender, with no form-fitting aspects except for a white ribbon that tightened right under her chest. Little straps, because she refused to go without. She had said it was the best of the worst to Starfire, but she secretly liked it.

When she felt ready, corsage around her wrist, she went back out to round her group together. The boys were already all in formalwear: Robin in a tux, the other two in a shirt and tie.

"Beast Boy, why are you dressed?" Raven asked, "You're going to be hiding in the ceiling."

"Everyone was getting ready for a party. I wanted to be included," he whined. Raven felt a touch of guilt. She made sure that he had been separated so much from Terra, she was making him feel uninvolved.

"Where's Starfire?" Robin asked, "Wow, Raven, you look really great."

"Thanks," she said shyly. Cyborg and Beast Boy followed with compliments.

"I'm ready!" Stafire exclaimed. She was wearing the rhinestone, yellow dress from the mall, dressed more elaborately than Raven.

The rest of the Titans thought about mentioning that she was overdressed, that it was too much, that she should change. But they knew better and kept their mouths shut.

"You look…stunning," Robin stammered. Starfire's smile glimmered with her dress.

"We better get going, y'all," Cyborg said, "Raven and Robin won't be able to get in if I'm not taking tickets."

Starfire, Beast Boy, and he headed down to the T-car to help prep for the prom like real chaperones. Raven and Robin sat there completely dressed and ready, and half an hour to kill. Raven was pacing.

"You nervous?"

"Just hoping everything goes according to plan."

"It will. He's boxed in. We'll get him."

"It's not Ryan, I know he's getting caught."

"You're worried Terra won't come through?"

"It's a possibility. But she's unpredictable enough to actually stick with it."

"Then what are you so worried about?"

She didn't respond.

"Raven, you don't need to bottle up your thoughts."

She took a few deep breaths.

"It's Beast Boy, isn't it?"

"He's going to fall back in love with her. He's going to get hurt again."

"Why are you so worried about this?"

"I, just, I- I don't know."

"Raven," Robin stood up and lightly touched her shoulder, stopping the pacing, "It's okay to care about someone. It's okay to love someone."

She looked at him, eyes meeting, "I don't love him. I mean, I love him, but like my friend. I just love him a lot like my brother. Like the way I love you and Cyborg. He's my annoying little brother. And she's going to hurt him."

"Terra's not going to have time to hurt him. She's going to get Ryan in place, she's going to leave, she's going to enjoy the rest of her prom. She's going to be cleared as innocent, and go back to her normal life."

"But what if she doesn't?" Raven asked.

Robin shook his head, "Terra comes and goes, but she's not trying to play a game with us. She's not trying to hurt us. She came back again because she needed us. And unless being with us helps her in some way, she's going to leave.

"You're worried she's here to manipulate again. But she's not. And you have to trust that."

And like that, Raven realized the real damage Terra had done. She had not trusted Beast Boy or Terra to do the right thing. She had not trusted plans to go accordingly. Because at one point in her life, a person she had trusted had used it against her, and afterwards, she could not afford to handle that pain again.

She spoke her feelings, "I'm just worried they'll make a big mistake."

"Beast Boy and Terra will make the right choice about their relationship. You can't worry about them."

She could only nod.

"We should get going," he said, "Are you ready?"

She smiled her little smile, "I've been planning this to a T for two weeks. Are you ready?"

Nice and long chapter. As always, I appreciate reviews SO much!