Chapter 11 'Insomnia'
"Okay dudes and dudettes…get ready for the all time scariest movie you have ever seen in your life." Said Beast Boy whipping out a DVD case from behind his back. "If you're afraid of the dark…I suggest you leave." He said in a whisper.
"Bye, bye, BB." Said Cyborg giving him a small wave.
Beast Boy shot him a glare. "Dude, I am so not afraid of the dark." He retorted.
"Oh really?" Asked Cyborg. "What about that time the electricity went out and you went around clinging to everyone because you didn't want to be eaten alive by the evil space cows."
"Hey that whole newfu thing freaked me out and it had nothing to do with the power going out." Beast Boy said folding his arms across his chest.
"Just get on with it." Said Raven rolling her eyes.
"You got it…may I present to you the scariest movie ever created…Doomed by the Darkness." Said Beast Boy laughing maniacally.
Raven groaned and pulled out her book flipping to the second chapter.
"Nuh uh." Said Beast Boy popping the movie in and plopping himself next to Raven pulling the book away from her. "You're watching this."
Raven sent him a glare. "Fine just give me my book back." She said reaching for it.
"I'll give it back to you when the movie's over." Said Beast Boy.
"Don't make me throw you into the ocean again." Said Raven.
"Fine." Said Beast Boy. "I'll put it between us so-."
"Yo man shut up the movie's starting." Yelled Cyborg making all four of them jump.
"Please…this movie is going to be quite frightening…yes?" Asked Starfire.
Robin shrugged. "Probably. Don't worry Star I'll be right here beside you."
Cyborg rolled his eyes…eye. Those two were so painfully obvious he wished that someone would just break and tell each other what they were thinking. "Okay Robin stop flirting with your girlfriend and watch the movie." Said Cyborg.
Robin glared at him. "She's not my…" Robin stopped speaking instantly, remembering what had happened last time he had denied that same question. "I mean yeah sure."
Cyborg chuckled and turned back to the movie where some guy was being pulled under his bed screaming for mercy.
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About 120 minutes latter a shrill screech came from the movie and the word end appeared.
"That was the end?" Asked Cyborg his jaw dropping.
"Apparently." Said Raven her eyes widening.
"Starfire…are you okay?" Asked Robin. "…Starfire?" He asked again looking down to see the alien hiding her head inside of Robin's cape.
"I am fine." She squeaked.
Robin sighed. "Great job Beast Boy…where'd he go?" He asked looking around.
"Found him." Said Raven looking in back of the couch to see a green creature cowering on the ground.
"See I told you you'd be afraid." Said Cyborg laughing.
Beast Boy looked up at him still in the fetal position. "Am not…I was just…looking for my quarter...I dropped it" He finished lamely.
"Sure you were." Said Cyborg. "Anyway I'll see ya'll in the morning that movie tired me out."
"How could something like that tire you out!" Asked Robin trying to get Starfire to loosen the grip that she had on his arm.
Cyborg shrugged, yawning and walked out of the room.
"Friends I wish to also go to sleep…Robin you are sure there is nothing there?" Asked Starfire.
Robin nodded his head. "Positive." He said. "Here I'll walk you to your room."
Starfire gave him a warm smile and stood up from the couch. "Thank you friend Robin." She said following him out of the main room.
"I'm going to bed too." Said Raven also standing up. "You are going to be okay…right?" She asked looking down at the changeling who was rocking back and forth.
"F-fine." He stuttered sitting up. "Y-you want me to w-walk y-you too your r-room?"
Raven looked at him quirking an eyebrow. "I'm not the one who looks like they're about too pee their pants." Mumbled Raven. "Umm…yeah sure." She said feeling a bit awkward.
Beast Boy sent her a grateful smile and hopped up standing beside her. "So…were you freaked out by that movie?" Asked Beast Boy.
"A little." Said Raven walking through the door.
"Me neither." Said Beast Boy following after her. The door swished closed with an eerie sound that made Beast Boy let out a high-pitched scream.
"Oh yeah you weren't afraid at all." Said Raven sarcastically.
"Heh, Cyborg should really get that door fixed." Said Beast Boy laughing nervously.
Raven rolled her eyes. "Yeah for some reason I don't think that's why you screamed." She said.
"Why does everyone think I'm a baby." Mumbled Beast Boy.
Raven raised an eyebrow at him turning around the corner. "No one said that-."
"Just because I'm the youngest doesn't mean that I act like it all the time…okay so I'm immature most of the time but still…"
"No one's calling you a baby." Said Raven turning another corner.
"Yeah maybe you're not but Cyborg sure is." Said Beast Boy.
Raven sighed. "Here's my room…I'll see you in the morning." She said stepping inside.
"Yeah…night." Said Beast Boy. He watched as the door swished shut and the hallway became quiet. Beast Boy looked around his eyes going wide. Quickly he fled down the hallway as fast as he could until he reached his room.
He quickly pushed open the door and flung himself onto the bed curling up into a ball. "If I keep my eyes shut long enough maybe I won't be creeped out anymore." Beast Boy whispered to himself.
"Not working." He said his eyes snapping open. "Okay…think of something happy…NOT WORKING!" he yelled turning over and looking out over the side of the bunk bed.
"At least I'm high up and nothing can get me as long as I'm-."
SWISH
"What was that?" Beast Boy asked himself sitting up. "Oh no…they're after me…I'M WARNING YOU I KNOW MARTIAL ARTS…okay so actually that's Robin but…STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Yelled Beast Boy crawling underneath his covers.
"Beast Boy what are you doing in there?"
"They know my name." He whispered. "WHAT DO YOU WANT ALIEN SKUM!"
"Beast Boy you idiot it's me…open the door."
"Raven?" Asked Beast Boy sticking his head out from under the mass of sheets.
"What?" Came the monotone voice.
Beast Boy quickly leapt up and flung open the door to reveal the gothic girl standing there hands on her hips not looking amused.
"Raven!" He yelled happily flinging his arms around her.
"What are you doing?" Asked Raven.
Beast Boy quickly pulled away laughing nervously. "Heh, sorry about that." He said.
"I was talking about you screaming at no one." Said Raven.
"Oh that…" Said Beast Boy. "I was…playing…a video game…yeah that's it." He said.
"You are a very bad liar." Said Raven.
"What makes you say that?" Asked Beast Boy.
"Well for starters the game station is out in the main room." Said Raven.
"Oh…right." Said Beast Boy.
"So mind telling me what you were really doing because I need to get back to-."
"You'll laugh." Said Beast Boy.
Raven sighed. "Let me guess, you're freaked out by that movie and you're yelling at anything that moves…right?" She asked.
"Right." Said Beast Boy sighing.
"It's just a movie…go back to bed." Said Raven.
"Easy for you to say." Mumbled Beast Boy.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Asked Raven. "…Never mind I need to get back to bed Robin's going to want us up by six tomorrow so I suggest you do the same." She said beginning to walk away.
"WAIT!" Yelled Beast Boy grabbing her arm and pulling her back sending her backwards falling into him.
"What?" Snapped Raven pulling herself up off of him.
"Umm…could I…borrow…"
"Are you stalling?" Asked Raven quirking an eyebrow at him.
"No…okay maybe." Said Beast Boy.
"You really are freaked out by that movie." Said Raven her glare softening.
"Duh." Said Beast Boy.
Raven sighed. "Fine, move." She said pushing him out of the way and walking over towards the bunk beds. "Where do you sleep?" She asked.
"Umm…top?" Said Beast Boy confused.
Raven shrugged and walked over to the bottom bunk. "You won't stop yelling and seeing how you're probably going to wake up everyone in the tower soon I'm going to stay in here…and I'm warning you…if you tell one soul about this…I'll kill you." She said.
Beast Boy laughed. Though he wasn't sure if she was actually serious or not. "Right." He said climbing up the ladder to the top bunk. "Oh and you might wanna watch out for-."
Raven sighed. "There's nothing in here." She said pulling the cover back to see some type of balled up object in the bed. "Beast Boy?"
"Yeah?" He asked peering over the side of the bed.
"What's that?" She asked pointing to the object.
"That's what I was talking about." Said Beast Boy jumping off of the bed and picking it up.
Raven rolled her eyes only to see Starfire's mutant silkworm in his arms. "Why is that thing in your room?" She asked.
"Well, technically Silkie is mine too…I mean I did bring it home." Said Beast Boy.
"Right." Said Raven sitting down on the bed. "There…isn't anything else I should be aware of under here…is there?" Asked Raven looking under the sheets.
"Not that I know of." Said Beast Boy shrugging and climbing back up to the top bunk.
Raven looked around the room skeptically and crawled under the covers only to have something hit her foot. She quickly jumped up and pulled the covers off of her. Looking down she saw what looked like…tofu? "That's disgusting." Whispered Raven pushing it off the bed.
Suddenly a shadow in the corner caught her eye. Raven jolted upward and hit her head against the top of the bed making a banging sound. "Oww." She mumbled.
"Raven are you okay down there?" Came Beast Boy's voice from above.
"Yeah…I'm fine…just saw something." Said Raven rubbing her head.
"What…you're afraid?" Asked Beast Boy sticking his head down over the side of the bed.
"I don't do fear." Said Raven glaring at him.
"Really?" Asked Beast Boy a mischievous smirk crossing his face. "You know I wouldn't lie…remember what happened last time?"
Raven shuttered just thinking about those creatures she had unleashed with her powers. "Fine, if you must know your room creeps me out a little."
"What!" Asked Beast Boy leaning further over the bed till he fell of onto the floor. "My room creeps you out…your room's way creepier then mine."
"Well at least my room doesn't have leftover tofu in it." Said Raven looking down at blob on the floor.
"Well duh." Said Beast Boy. "You don't eat tofu."
Raven groaned. "That's not the point." She said.
"Oh…anyway, what do you think the others are doing now?" Asked Beast Boy crawling over to a pile of junk on the floor.
"Ummm what normal people do at two in the morning…sleep." Said Raven.
"Heh, right…so are you calling yourself abnormal?" He asked pulling something out of the bottom of the large mass of junk.
"No I'm calling you abnormal." Said Raven sliding out of the bed and sitting next to him.
"But…you're not sleeping either." Protested Beast Boy.
"I'm not sleeping because you're bugging me." Said Raven.
"No one's stopping you from going to bed." Said Beast Boy shrugging and plucking something off the top of the pile.
"Right." Said Raven Her voice wavering out of it's normal monotone.
"…That is…unless you're afraid." He said smirking.
Raven rolled her eyes. "I don't think so." She said.
"Then…why aren't you sleeping?" Asked Beast Boy his grin becoming wider.
Raven glared at him with a look that clearly said 'you say one word to anyone and I'll send you to my father to deal with'.
"Aha!" yelled Beast Boy jumping up and pointing at her. "You are afraid!"
"Shut up." Mumbled Raven.
Beast Boy smiled and plopped back down beside her. "So…what do you wanna do?" He asked.
"That depends…what's there to do in a bedroom?" Asked Raven. "…Never mind don't answer that."
Beast Boy sighed and leaned back against the wall. "We could play spin the bottle."
"With two people?" Asked Raven rolling her eyes.
"Heh, right." Said Beast Boy rubbing the back of his head nervously. "Ummm…we could play video games." He suggested.
"I think I liked the first suggestion better." Said Raven.
"Okay then-." Began Beast Boy pulling out a soda can from the pile.
"I never said that I wanted to do it though." Said Raven quickly.
"Oh…" Said Beast Boy dropping the can on the ground. "Then what do you think we should do until we're not afraid anymore." He asked.
"Got any good books?" Asked Raven.
"…Do comic books count?" Asked Beast Boy.
Raven groaned and smacked her head against the wall. "Why did you force us to watch that movie?" She mumbled.
"Hey it was supposed to be a good movie." Said Beast Boy. "How was I supposed to know it would keep us up all night?"
"You always have to pick out the horror films don't you?" She asked.
"I thought you liked horror movies." Said Beast Boy.
"I-wait why does it matter what I like anyway?" Asked Raven.
Beast Boy didn't answer the question. Instead he slumped down the wall and made some sort of sound between a moan and a sigh.
Raven quirked an eyebrow at him and leaned against the wall smacking her head several times.
Suddenly a creaking sound filled the air and both teens bolted up to see the closet shake before clothes bust out of it exploding everywhere.
"Yeah that happens at least twice a day." Said Beast Boy. "Don't worry Raven I'll…Raven?" He asked looking around.
"Beast Boy…get me out of here." Said a low growl from under the pile of clothing.
"Ummm hold on." He said diving into the mass of clothes.
"What are you doing?"
"Umm…helping?" Came Beast Boy's muffled reply.
Raven groaned. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos." She chanted.
The clothes instantly became covered in a black aura and were lifted off of them onto the bed.
"Ummm…thanks…but how am I gonna get them cleaned up now?" Asked Beast Boy. "I usually just shove them all back into the closet…now I'm gonna have to pick them up and put them back in."
Raven rolled her eyes. "You have to be the laziest person I have ever met." She said.
"Thanks." Said Beast Boy happily.
Raven groaned and sat back on the bed. "How long do you think it'll take us to go to sleep?" She asked.
"Considering the fact that we both are freaked out and neither of us are going to be able to close our eyes without seeing some disturbing image…not anytime soon." Said Beast Boy.
"Well that's one way of putting it." Said Raven.
Beast Boy nodded and looked around. "I wonder if there's anything to eat in here?" He asked.
Raven let out a huff and leaned back on the bed. "You sure eat a lot." She stated.
Beast Boy nodded in response and pulled open a drawer in his desk letting a small squeak escape his lips.
"What's wrong?" Asked Raven walking up beside him.
"Nothing." He said quickly…maybe to quickly.
"Somehow I doubt that." Said Raven reaching for the drawer.
"Umm…you don't want to look in there." Said Beast Boy grabbing her hand.
"Yes, I do." Stated Raven reaching for it with her free hand.
Beast Boy's eyes widened and he quickly grabbed her other hand. The two looked at each other for some time just standing there Beast Boy still keeping a hard grip on her hands. Then a thought came over Raven and she gave a small smirk to the green boy, who in return looked at her confused. She quickly looked over to the drawer and said those three words Beast Boy was dreading.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos."
"No." yelled Beast Boy jumping towards the drawer. And just as he was in mid-air the drawer flung open and nailed him directly in the face.
Raven stood there dumbfounded and stooped down next to him. "Are you okay?" She asked.
Beast Boy gave her a thumbs up and sat up rubbing his head. "Yeah I'm-don't look in there!" He yelled grabbing her leg and pulling her down with him.
"What is wrong with you?" Asked Raven.
Beast Boy opened his mouth to speak but before any sound could come out a book no bigger then the size of a hand came floating out of the drawer.
"That better not be-."
"I didn't mean too!"
"What are you doing with this?" Snapped Raven holding the book in his face.
"Heh…look I didn't know that it was your diary I took it from your bookshelf cause I wanted to read a book and I didn't know…please don't kill me!" Yelled Beast Boy getting on his knees and begging in front of her.
Raven sighed and looked from him to the book. "How much did you read?" She asked.
"Just the first page…I swear!" Said Beast Boy.
Raven rolled her eyes. "So…you didn't read the last page?" She asked.
"No…why?" Asked Beast Boy.
"No reason." Said Raven tucking the book inside her cloak.
Beast Boy raised an eyebrow at her but ignored the fact that she was hiding something from him and continued to think of ideas to do…for a while anyway.
"Hey wanna watch a movie?" He asked.
Raven groaned. "Not really, considering the fact that a movie is what got us into this mess in the first place." She said.
"Oh…right." Said Beast Boy. "But…we don't have to watch horror…we have other movies right?"
"Correction…Starfire does and seeing how she's sleeping right now…it's not going to work." Said Raven.
Beast Boy groaned and slumped down the wall. "So are you getting tired yet?" He asked.
"A little." Said Raven. "You?"
Beast Boy shook his head yawning. "No I-."
"Sure." Said Raven sarcastically. "Go to bed Beast Boy."
"What about you?" He asked.
"Why do you even care?" Asked Raven.
"Umm…because you…I…well you're my friend and I-." Began Beast Boy.
"Right." Said Raven walking back over to the bottom bunk. "I'm going to try to go to sleep…goodnight." She said.
Beast Boy watched her slightly confused as she climbed into the bed and shut her eyes. "Did I say something wrong?" He whispered to himself.
"No." Said Raven still lying down.
Beast Boy jumped and stood up walking over beside her cautiously though he doubted that Raven knew he was there because she still had her eyes shut.
"I'm glad you consider me your friend." She whispered. "Just friends."
Beast Boy's pointed ears perked up and he looked at her confused. Suddenly he caught sight of a small book lying on the floor beside the bed. "What's this…Raven you dropped your diary…Raven?" He asked.
She looked like she was sleeping…but was she really?
"So…since it's just sitting here…do you care if I read what's on the last page?" He asked sitting beside the bed and picking the book up.
No response.
"If you say so." Said Beast Boy. He quickly flipped to the last page and scanned over it.
Dear Diary,
I still can't believe that I have a diary…but Starfire insist that I write in you so, whatever. Anyway today was one of the most hectic days we've ever had. Robin made us stay at combat practice for an extra hour today because of our latest encounter with Slade. After that I went into my room to meditate and who else should I find but Beast Boy…PLAYING WITH MY MEDITATION MIRROR! You'd think that after the first time he'd learn not to go snooping around my room.
Beast Boy rolled his eyes. "And what's so wrong wit me reading this?" He asked. "It sounds like a normal day." Shrugging he turned back to the diary.
Why can't he just leave me alone! Actually now that I think about it I have been acting meaner to him then usual. And it's all because of that stupid emotion he's caused to form inside my head.
"Great." Said Beast Boy sarcastically. "What's this one, hatred, anger, no wait she already has that one…"
Why can't they all just leave me alone? Ever since that stupid dragon wannabe left, affection's grown stronger. And I'll kill myself before I actually admit that I'm in love with that stupid Changeling.
Beast Boy snapped the diary shut and looked back to Raven who was sleeping. "So that's why you didn't want me to read it." He said. "Wait…" He said flipping back to the last page.
And I'll kill myself before I actually admit that I'm in love with that stupid Changeling.
Beast Boy dropped the book smirking like an idiot. "YES!" He yelled punching his fist into the air.
Raven shot up from the bed and looked around frantically. "What's wrong?" She asked looking at the green boy confused.
"Nothing." Said Beast Boy still smiling that same goofy grin.
Raven raised an eyebrow at him and looked around the room until her eyes landed on it. Raven groaned and looked at him. "You read it didn't you?" She asked.
"Read what?" Asked Beast Boy laughing nervously and giving the diary a kick sending it under a pile of junk.
Raven sighed trying to hide the blush creeping onto her cheeks and stood up. "I'm going to go meditate and-."
"Wait." Said Beast Boy grabbing her hand and pulling her down beside him.
"What are you-." Began Raven but she was quickly cut off by Beast Boy pressing his lips onto hers. Raven's eye's widened and she gently pushed him away. "What was that for?" She asked.
"Ummm because you…I was just…" Then a thought hit Beast Boy. What if she wrote that a long time ago? She said last page…but she never said when she wrote it.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid." Mumbled Beast Boy smacking himself on the head.
"Ummm…are you-."
"I'm sorry…oww…I didn't…oww…mean to…oww…make you…oww…mad…OW!" Said Beast Boy now smacking his head on the wall.
"What are you talking about you just read my-."
"Because you probably don't…oww…still think that…oww…about me…oww…and I just thought…oww…that since it was the last page that…oww…I mean I wasn't…oww…"
Raven groaned pulling the diary out from under an old pizza box and flipping to the last page. "Unless I can change my mind in less then a day I don't think I lied." Said Raven pointing to the page.
Beast Boy stopped banging his head on the wall and looked at her confused. "You…wrote that yesterday?" He asked now grinning like an idiot once again.
"Yes…" Said Raven quirking an eyebrow at him.
"Wait…I took it yesterday." Said Beast Boy. "And it was early in the morning too."
"Early to you and early to me are two different things." Said Raven. "…And just so you know…I don't change my mind very easily." She said.
"…Are you saying that-."
Raven didn't give the boy any time to finish and before he knew what was going on she pressed her lips onto his.
"Heh, thanks." Said Beast Boy.
Raven rolled her eyes and heard something in back of her snap. "Stupid powers." She mumbled.
Beast Boy sighed dreamily and laid himself down on the floor. "We should watch horror movies more often."
"Yeah that'll really do us good." Said Raven lying beside him.
"Yeah you're right…but still…Raven?" Asked Beast Boy sitting up and looking beside him to find her eyes shut. "Are you ignoring me or are you actually sleeping?" He asked.
No answer.
Beast Boy sighed and smiled slightly. "Night." He whispered yawning and lying back down.
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"YO BB…YOU"VE GOTTA SEE THIS!" Yelled Cyborg's voice early the next morning. "COME ON YOU HAVE TO GET UP!" Cyborg paused putting his ear to the door and then banged his fist on the door until it fell down onto the floor.
"Hey you have to get up Robin and Star are in the middle of Star's room and they…look exactly like you two." Said Cyborg raising an eyebrow at the two.
Beast Boy groaned and rolled over onto his side. "Not now." He mumbled waving a hand trying to shoo him away.
Cyborg couldn't contain his laughter any longer. He stumbled backwards laughing so hard that he had to cling to the wall for support. "Oh man…this is priceless." He said.
Raven shot up and looked around her, eyes going wide when she realized she was still in Beast Boy's room. And then she saw Cyborg standing in the corner of the room laughing his head off.
Raven let out a squeak that was totally un-Raven-like and sent a pillow flying across the room smacking Beast Boy in the head with it.
"I'm up, I'm up." Said Beast Boy popping his head up. "What'd I miss?"
Cyborg continued to laugh until he tripped and fell flat on his face.
"Crap." Said Beast Boy.
Cyborg smirked at the two of them and stood up brushing himself off. "So…am I the only one who didn't get the memo that we were having a little sleepover?" He asked.
Raven balled her fists standing up. "Cyborg." She said in a low growl.
"Y-yes?" He asked his smile dropping instantly. He backed away from her slowly and clung to the wall.
"I Hope you enjoyed seeing my mind before…because you're about to see my emotions again." Said Raven in a low growl.
"Wh-why's that?" Asked Cyborg slinking his way towards the door.
"Because you're going back into my mirror." She said a few objects flying around the room.
"Why would I be-."
"Because that's the only place I can show my anger without anything blowing up." She snapped.
Cyborg let out a high-pitched scream and ran out the door, Raven zooming after him.
Beast Boy sat up straight looking dreamily at the door.
"CYBORG YOU TELL ONE SOUL AND I'LL-."
"RAVEN AND BB SITTING IN A TREE K-I-S-S…wait…what are you gonna do with that…don't go near my baby with that …NOOOOOO!"
Beast Boy's eye's widened but he smiled to himself and plopped back down to the floor. "I'm gonna marry her someday." He whispered.
So…I was inspired to do this story after going to see a movie with some of my friends. The Exorcism of Emily RoseI wasn't really afraid of it…most of my friends were. And eventually they talked me into being afraid. Needless to say we spent most of the night staying up trying to think of stuff to do. Lol. So I blame them for this story. Oh and I wanna let everyone that asked me about it know that I will be posting a Halloween story…it's just not finished yet. Lol.
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