Well, here it is. The previous chapters were mostly background and buildup, but this is the chapter where the real story finally starts picking up. In this, Raven's emotional edge comes to a breaking point, and Beast Boy witnesses the consequences. So you have been warned!

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Chapter 10: One Of My Turns

The day began like any other. After a morning of chasing around and finally catching Control Freak, the Titans headed home after what for them was a daily routine. Raven decided to take the opportunity to head down to her favorite bookstore and hopefully find something new.

"Hello, Raven," the female cashier said cheerfully as the goth walked through the door.

"Hello," she replied. Like a kid in a candy store, Raven excitedly wondered through the aisles of literature, trying to decide what to buy next. After a moment of deliberation, she finally decided on two new novels and headed back to the front to pay for them.

"Will that be all?" the cashier asked.

"Yes please."

The woman put Raven's books in a brown paper bag and politely handed them to her, after which the Titan gratefully took them and headed out the door.

As Raven descended the steps, she heard what she could have sworn what sounded like snickering to her left. Raven glanced left, and noticed two boys, probably a couple years younger than her, standing beneath a lamppost. Upon seeing her, they quickly diverted their eyes as if nothing happened, but Raven knew they had been looking at her.

Choosing not to say anything, Raven decided to ignore them and continued. To her side, Raven heard one of them whisper to the other. She couldn't quite make out what he said, but it sounded like a question. However, the other's answer was just loud enough to make out.

"I know. She's so creepy."

Raven stopped in her tracks and spun around. "Excuse me! If you have something to say, you can say it to my face!"

The two teens looked down and shut their mouths.

"That's what I thought," Raven hissed. She wasted no time in heading back to the tower.

Day after day, love turns grey

Like the skin of a dying man.

Night after night, we pretend it's all right

But I have grown older and

You have grown colder and

Nothing is very much fun any more.

At the tower, Raven put her new books in her room and headed downstairs. Once in the kitchen, she found a familiar black-and-white mask peering at her from the table.

"Hello," he said as she walked in.

"Hi Robin," Raven replied nonchalantly and headed for the cupboard. The boy wonder did nothing but continue to look at her from the table. Raven could sense his gaze, and after a moment couldn't take it anymore.

"What is it?" she asked in an annoyed tone.

Her leader folded his arms. "We need to talk."

"About what?" Raven asked curiously.

"About you. About your behavior," Robin said plainly.

At this, Raven turned around to look him in the eye. "My behavior? What do you mean my behavior?"

"You heard me. You've been acting up lately, and I want to know why."

Raven scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Define 'acting up'."

"Well, for starters, you've been very edgy lately. I don't know if it's stress or something, but everyone in the tower is noticing you've been a little," he paused, "Angrier than usual."

Raven looked flabbergasted. "Angrier?! Just what is that supposed to mean?"

"Well, for starters, you're barely talking to anyone anymore! And when you do, it's usually some snide or condescending remark. You're very temperamental. Plus, I noticed you seem to get flustered every time you see Starfire and I together. As a matter of fact, you do the same thing every time Beast Boy is with one of his girlfriends, too. Is there something going on you want to tell me about?"

Raven scowled and closed her eyes. "No. There's nothing going on here."

"That's a lie, Raven. There's something wrong. I know it, and so do the others. Is it something we did?"

"No!" Raven snapped. "Look, if you're bored, why don't you go play around with Starfire? That's all you do when you're not obsessing over Slade!"

"Don't bring Starfire into this!" Robin shot back. "You really are behaving childishly, you know that? Are you jealous, or something?"

At that, Raven stopped. She could feel warmth creeping into her cheeks, and promptly turned away.

"No," she said flatly.

Robin shook his head. "I don't believe you. I'll ask again, are you jealous of Starfire and I going out?"

"Yes! Yes! Are you happy?" Raven finally yelled, turning back to him. When he heard her words, Robin looked stunned, and his mouth hung open.

"Why?" he finally asked.

"Why? Take a guess, Bird Boy. I like you. I liked you. I thought I meant something to you after you helped me with my father, but I guess not!"

"Raven, what are you saying? You're my friend. Of course you mean something to me!" Robin shouted back. Then, his eyes widened as if he had an epiphany. "Wait a minute. You thought I did it because I…liked you, didn't you?" he finally said.

Raven nodded sadly. "Yes."

"Raven, I," Robin stuttered. "I don't know how to say this. Look, I love you, Raven. But I love you as a friend; as a sister. I don't like you…like that. I'm sorry."

Raven folded her arms and scowled. "That's it? That's all you have to say?"

Robin threw up his arms. "What do you want me to say? Do you want me to grovel and beg for forgiveness?"

"Well I didn't expect to be brushed off after everything we've been through!" Raven growled.

"Brushed off? Raven, you say that as if we were actually dating!" Robin said with his eyes narrowed. "I was helping you through a tough time. I was being a friend for you when you needed one. Did you expect I was going to continue latching on to you after Trigon was defeated?"

In the background, something popped, but neither Titan noticed.

Robin took a deep breath and continued. "Raven, I'm sorry if you interpreted it as something different. I'm sorry if you thought our relationship was something deeper; believe me, but I don't like you that way. Look, we can still be friends if you want to, but I like Starfire, alright? Don't resent me or her because you thought there was something there that wasn't."

When he was finally finished with his rant, the two dark Titans stood staring at one another in the eye. Anyone walking into the room at that point would probably have been able to cut the tension with a knife.

"Fine," Raven hissed after some time. She shoved her chair under the table with a bang and stormed out of the room.

"Raven, wait-" Robin called as she opened the door.

"Don't, Robin! Just don't!" Raven yelled, her voice cracking slightly.

She needed to be away from people right now. She needed to meditate. She needed to sleep. She needed to do anything to take her mind off of this.

And I can feel one of my turns coming on.

I feel cold as a razor blade,

Tight as a tourniquet,

Dry as a funeral drum.

When Beast Boy stepped out of his room, he was practically run over by Raven as she stomped to her room. It didn't take his animal instincts to know something was very wrong.

"Raven?" he asked. She didn't answer, and she stepped into her room without a word, not even bothering to close the door.

Going against what his gut told him, Beast Boy followed her. When he peered into her room, he found the Titan hunched over dresser, staring emptily toward the ground.

"Raven? Raven, what's wrong?" he asked again, the worry plain in his voice.

At this point, Beast Boy's words were like distant echoes. Raven tried to contain the anger she felt boiling up within her, but she could feel the rage slowly starting to rear its ugly head. She was so upset, she was barely aware of her hands slowly clenching into tight fists.

"Raven? Raven!" Beast Boy yelled.

No matter how hard she tried, Raven couldn't stop thinking about what had just happened. All her years of practice in controlling her emotions were now forgotten. It was as if somebody had broken a dam, and the rage couldn't stop flooding into her. Suddenly, every bad memory, every bad experience in her life that she had tried so hard to bury suddenly resurfaced.

And she snapped.

Run to the bedroom,

In the suitcase on the left

You'll find my favorite axe!

Don't look so frightened

This is just a passing phase,

One of my bad days!

Raven spun her head in Beast Boy's direction, eyes burning red. By the time the changeling could react, she had enveloped him in her powers and threw him across the room. The green boy landed with a painful thud against the wall. He barely had time to recover when Raven picked him up again and threw him against her bookshelf. Beast Boy let out a cry of pain as he collided with the furniture, breaking shelves and sending entire rows of books on top of him.

Turning her attention away from him for the moment, Raven smashed her mirror and threw all the objects off her dresser, and then reached out with her powers to the entire room. Various objects in the room were promptly picked up and smashed against the wall as a cyclone of black energy, centered on her, ripped through the place.

The poor changeling could do little but cower in fear as Raven unleashed her fury upon everything in her path.

Would you like to watch T.V.?

Or get between the sheets?

Or contemplate the silent freeway?

Would you like something to eat?

Would you like to learn to fly?

Would'ya?

Would you like to see me try?

"Holy crap! Raven, stop!" Beast Boy yelled over the clatter after he finally gathered up the courage to say something. Unfortunately, he might as well have been on a different continent.

Raven wasn't even aware of what she was doing anymore. She had lost all control. It was like she was in a trance, and couldn't stop even if she wanted to. Meanwhile, Beast Boy at last got to his feet, and started yelling in hopes of getting her attention.

"Raven, please stop! STOP!" He all but screamed, but he could barely be heard over the sound of pounding and shattering objects.

Something large and heavy flew into his head, causing him to painfully stumble and fall to the floor. For one horrible second, his vision went blurry. When it finally cleared up, the changeling gaped at the floor to see what had hit him. It was one of her sculptures. As he stared at it, he instinctively put his hand to his forehead and was shocked to feel wetness. When he pulled his hand back, it was stained with blood.

Finally, he had enough. Picking himself up again, Beast Boy ran out the door without taking his eyes off her.

Would you like to call the cops?

Do you think it's time I stopped?

Raven tore off her curtains with one hard tug, and after throwing them to the floor, fell to her knees and let out one final scream of rage. When she was finally done, she fell to her hands and started panting deeply. Slowly, Raven felt the sanity returning back to her mind. Gradually, her breathing slowed and her eyes returned back to their normal color.

With her emotions finally back under control, Raven looked in shock at the scene around her. Practically everything in the room was broken, overturned, or disheveled. Valuables had been shattered, glass broken, books tossed in every corner of the room, and tables overturned. Even her bed had its sheets and pillows ripped up and scattered around.

Raven's eyes widened in horror as she slowly realized what had happened.

"Wha…what have I done?" she asked out loud. She had lost it, big time. Rage had taken control – something she swore wouldn't happen since her father's death.

Then she remembered something else: Beast Boy. He had been here. Raven scanned the room for any sign of the changeling, but he was long gone.

"Beast Boy? Beast Boy!" Raven yelled. She got to her feet to find him.

Why are you running away?

Wuh oh, Raven! What have you done now?