Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans.

Barely anything had changed since the last time the two Titans found themselves inside this particular dance club. It was dimly lit with neon lights flashing everywhere. The dance floor lit up to the beat of the music and teenagers were found in every nook and cranny of the place. Unlike the creepy run down warehouse Blackfire had taken them so long ago, this was an actual functioning club with a place to get some food, usable bathrooms, a small game room, and it was well furnished. The club was run by an older couple who wanted to give teenagers a nice place to hang out and party while keeping everything wholesome and clean. Everyone loved going there and it was a really fantastic place to make new friends while having a blast.

When the Titans did come down to the club every once in blue moon, they were always greeted with cheery faces from the staff who worked there and allowed to go in for free—the benefit of being superheroes. The other teenagers did gawk at them and ask for autographs but they did leave them alone when asked. Aside from their powers and incredible teamwork, the Titans were just like any ordinary teenager; they wanted to come to the club to have a good time.

Although the Titans came as a group, they would usually split off to do their own thing. Beast Boy and Cyborg would dance until they got hungry and then pig out at the food station before heading over to the game room. Robin and Starfire would occasionally dance but mostly chat off to the side and enjoy the music. Raven immediately found herself a comfy chair in the back, ordered herself a drink and a slice of pizza and read one of the books she brought from the Tower. She would occasionally stalk around the dance floor and watch all the people dance and have a good time. Although Raven couldn't dance herself (she 'claimed' she couldn't), she enjoyed watching others. To everyone else this might be a little bizarre but to Raven it wasn't.

Before the so-called 'end of the world', Raven realized she couldn't get attached to life because hers was so short and it would be more painful to leave it. She lived as an observer. She observed everyone else being happy with life, enjoying whatever it had to offer. Even in the books she read, she was observing the characters living out their lives because they could. Because she could not, Raven wanted to make sure that those who could would. One of the reasons why she became a superhero was to do just that. She protected those who had lives to live. Her own life was meaningless and short. She had nothing to look forward to so she lived through others, be they fictional or real, if just for a moment.

But now that her life could have some meaning she was starting to try to live it, not through another person, but her own life. She had a future. But like any habit, it was difficult to break away from being an observer. She had tried little by little, but usually ended up falling back into her old ways. New things unnerved her. She had realized that she needed help. She needed someone to show her how to live life. Up until now she had never figured out who that person was she needed help from but after the events from today, now the answer was clear as the glass in the door he just opened.

"Dude, I love coming here!" Beast Boy said, letting the door close behind them as they strolled inside. "How come we don't come here more often?"

"You and Cyborg are usually more interested in playing videogames," Raven explained. "Robin's always busy with the latest case, Starfire doesn't care where she is as long as she's with her friends, and the reason I don't push to come here more often should be obvious."

"Right." Beast Boy said, looking around. He was actually quite surprised when not many people looked their way. Some did, but their glances seemed to be more...flirtatious than recognition. Puzzled, Beast Boy finally realized that without their costumes and the lights making everyone's skin all colors of the rainbow, no one seemed to recognize them. Raven seemed to notice too and her expression relaxed. Glancing at the clock on the wall, Beast Boy saw it was about 8:30. The day was almost over and Beast Boy felt both sad and relieved.

He was sad because midnight meant the bet would be over and he could no longer get everything he wanted. Raven would ignore his silly requests to play videogames with him or just to hang-out. But that was also why he was a bit relieved. Once this day was over, things would go back to normal, but maybe with all the bonding they did today him and Raven would be closer. And that's what he wanted most, to be close with Raven. That's why he couldn't have a crush on her. With their closeness being on a razor thin edge already he couldn't risk liking her more than a friend.

He was now just seeing the "inner Raven" instead of her barrier and he realized that's what he liked. However, the whole time he had been completely honest with his personality and not putting on a mask like she did. She obviously didn't like him in the way he liked her and never would. His crush was unrequited. To like Raven would lead to an unhappy future. He would be sad and depressed that Raven didn't want to be with him and Raven would probably feel awkward around him and ignore him even more than she did, completely breaking up their friendship.

With their friendship broken, the team wouldn't work as well together because Raven wouldn't work with him and so they would lose and Robin would yell more than he did now and Cyborg would yell back before getting so angry he'd leave. Starfire would get depressed so her powers wouldn't work so Robin would find her useless and she'd get mad, break-up with him and then head back to Tamaran to start and intergalactic war between Tamaran and Earth and he'd have to make a living as a carrier pigeon and—

Okay, so maybe he was blowing everything out of proportion but still there was some truth behind the thought. Raven would shut him out completely and he'd never get to be with her again. At least not the real her. He couldn't wreck their friendship, not when they were getting along so well. If that meant giving up his crush on her, then he would. At least being with her as just a friend was better than not being with her at all. Soon he realized that Raven had been staring at him the whole time.

'Look at that! She's totally checking me out!' his inner flirt said, but Beast Boy brushed the thought out of his head. He wasn't supposed to be thinking about Raven that way anymore. Plus, she was probably only waiting for him to say something seeing as he was the one who told her want to do.

'Beast Boy really does look very handsome tonight.' Raven thought, checking him out while he was lost in his thoughts. 'He's almost...What's the word?' Quickly, she racked her mind for the right word. She combed over all the words she knew but nothing seemed to fit. Finally she came upon a set of vocabulary she swore she would never pass her lips.

'He's a hot, sexy beast-man!'

...

...Shuddering, Raven convinced herself she just went through a lapse in intelligence and dignity. Everyone experienced it at least one point in their lives. She was no exception.

"So what do you want to do first?" Beast Boy asked, breaking the uncomfortable silence. Raven raised an eyebrow.

"You're the one deciding everything." she reminded him. He scratched his head sheepishly.

"Err...Yeah. I keep forgetting..."

"You really are dumb. How could you forget? You tell me to do something silly, I complain but end up doing it anyway because I have to. It's what we've been doing all day."

'I'm just distracted now...' the green changeling wanted to say but he refrained from doing so. It would just lead to questions he didn't want to have to answer. 'I also can't stop wondering what's going on in your mind. What do you think of me?' But he knew the answer anyway. Just a pesky annoying friend. That's all he'd be. Beast Boy sighed, once again donning a fake smile.

"How about we kick off the night the same way we kicked off the morning?"

"Eeew!" a girl at a table shrieked, spilling over her glass of soda before running away from her table while her friends followed. A moment later a green fly flew out of the mess and transformed back into a laughing Beast Boy.

"You're probably going against the health code in this place." Raven's voices interrupted his laughter. She stood with her arms crossed to the right of him. A few yards behind her several guys stood bewildered and embarrassed. Somehow all of their pants had decided to fall down at the exact same time. It was the perfect cover for Beast Boy so that when he morphed back into his human form everyone's attention would be on the guys instead of his sudden appearance.

"Eh, if someone actually gets this place in trouble I'll tell them it was me." Beast Boy said, brushing off Raven's statement. He looked behind her where the guys were embarrassingly pulling up their pants. "Twelve at once? Sweet!" He slung his arm around Raven's shoulders and lectured her. "Now if only you decided to use your powers for pranking instead of destroying awesomely made prank plans."

"I know. I'm such a spoilsport." Raven replied, rolling her eyes. "But seriously now, I have a question."

"Yes?" Beast Boy asked his attention fully on her.

"Which belt goes with this outfit: mine or yours?" Raven asked, holding his belt alongside her own. Beast Boy thought.

"Hmmm...I think—" Then it hit him. However, it was too late and his loose fitting khaki pants fell to the ground. Embarrassed and flushing cherry red, Beast Boy grabbed his pants back up and thanked his lucky stars that no one had been paying attention to his direction. Beast Boy shot Raven an angry glare, although amusement twinkled in his eyes. Sure, he was embarrassed but that didn't mean he couldn't take enjoyment out of what Raven had done. He saw the slight smirk on her face. She was being playful with him. He loved it when she did that he realized. All day they had been fighting but it was in a playful manner. There was no actual anger behind their feuds.

He fought with the other Titans but never like what he had done today with Raven. Usually his playful fighting with Robin and Cyborg was over video games and it never got physical until they were fighting over a controller. When it got to that point it was more aggressive than playful anyways. He tried to keep away from fake fighting with Starfire because a playful punch from her was still quite bone shattering.

But being able to be playful with Raven felt...good. There was no other explanation for it. Their fights were more...fun. They were being silly. Playful. Teasing. Flirtatious.

Beast Boy nearly dropped his pants as the thought crossed his mind. Mumbling to Raven about getting him a root beer, she handed him his belt and left him with his thoughts. As he reapplied it, Beast Boy thought about the events that had occurred during the past several hours. The fighting? He was unconsciously being flirtatious with Raven...And slightly feeling her up. Without his mind fully understanding what he had done, he realized he wanted to be able to hold Raven even if it were for a brief moment.

Sighing, the changeling sat down at an unoccupied table. This crush thing was going to be harder to give up than he had thought if his body acted on its own accord without Beast Boy fully realizing what he was doing. Damn hormones.

Beast Boy was definitely acting strange, Raven thought as she made her way towards the counter for Beast Boy's root beer. His request had seemed to come right out of the blue after she had pulled that little prank on him. One of her ways of being close to the green boy was doing things like that, although her way was usually more verbal than physical, however normality for Raven had been casually pushed aside today. When she had removed his belt, she had expected him to retaliate. Take her belt perhaps. (Although it wouldn't have done anything; her belt was more decorative.) Instead he had gone into deep thought for a split second before ordering her to get him a root beer.

Placing her order at the register for a root beer and a lemonade (tea didn't seem to fit the mood) Raven waited at the counter. She wished she could find out what was going on in his mind. Beast Boy being moody was rather unusual and it disturbed her slightly. He wasn't supposed to be moody; she was. All she wanted to do right now was see that grin on his face again. Smiling to herself, Raven realized it seemed as though their personalities had done a flip-flop when they weren't paying attention. Perhaps she'd make a joke when they got back and he'd smile again and tease her about it while ticking her off, making everything right again in the world.

"One root beer and lemonade!" the bartender called out, placing the drinks on the counter. She reached out to grab them but at the same time another pair of hands reached for them as well. This unexpected motion tipped the lemonade forward, splashing its contents on Raven.

'Great.' Raven thought, sarcastically. 'Not only were my curtains abused by a pink-haired spellcaster, but now they're lemony-fresh and damp.'

"I'm so sorry! It was all my fault!" a voice to her right apologized. Raven turned just in time to get a mountain of napkins pushed in her direction. She had to turn her whole body now to be able to see whoever it was that gave them to her. It was a guy, apparently no older than her but definitely taller. He was thin and lanky with scruffy short brown hair. Behind his glasses he had a pair of electric blue eyes that Raven swore glowed even more brightly than Cyborg's circuits. Every so often his voice would squeak as he apologized and he appeared to be a nervous wreck. Already he was on his twenty-fifth 'sorry'.

"Enough." Raven said, halting any more words that came out of his mouth. "It's just lemonade, I didn't die and I don't blame you. Now shut up before you give me a headache."

"Sorry!" His eyes widened from his mistake. "I mean sorr-no! Sorr-I did it again! Sorry!" Finally he clamped a hand over his mouth to stop himself. Raven rolled her eyes, grabbed the root beer on the counter and left for the table Beast Boy was at. She didn't even care if she didn't have her lemonade. She wasn't thirsty any more and just wanted to get away from this guy. What she didn't expect was for him to follow her.

"Wait!" he said, trying to catch up with her but she made no indication of stopping, hoping that he'd get lost in the crowd and give up. It appeared so because when she reached where Beast Boy was sitting she came alone.

"How come you're all wet?" the green changeling asked when she sat down. He sniffed the air. "And lemony-fresh?"

"I was at the wrong place at the wrong time." was her simple explanation.

"Oh." Beast Boy quietly sipped his root beer. "Thanks for the root beer."

"You ordered me to get it for you."

"Well, yeah..." Beast Boy looked at the ice floating around in the cup. He wanted to say something to break the silence but luckily for him, someone else did.

"I'm sorry about before." A boy Beast Boy had never seen before handed Raven a glass of lemonade. She accepted it with a sigh, hoping that if she did, he'd go away. Beast Boy on the other hand, had other ideas.

"Hey, who are you?" the green teen asked.

"I'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself. I'm so stupid sometimes..." he chided himself. After giving himself a good mental thrashing, he looked up. "My name's Tyler. I accidentally spilled her drink on her dress so I came over here to give her mine. I still feel really bad about the whole thing..."

"I've already forgiven you." Raven said, taking a sip of the lemonade so her mouth had something to do other than chew this guy up and spit him out. One sorry was enough for the situation, not fifty.

"Hey, you okay dude?" Beast Boy asked after noticing the guy's nervous behavior and almost saddened expression. Tyler seemed a little off and Beast Boy suspected that it was from something bigger than the spilled drink.

"It's nothing..." Tyler replied. "Well, it's kind of something...but I don't think you guys would care. It's my problem anyway..."

"Dude, the last time someone I knew thought like that the world nearly ended! Well, not actually of course..." Beast Boy added, seeing Raven's death glare. "Now sit down and spill." Tyler sighed and sat.

"Well, there's this girl..." Tyler finally admitted, blushing slightly.

"I think that's my cue to use the bathroom." Raven said, standing up but Beast Boy caught her wrist.

"Oh no you don't!" he said, pulling her back down into her seat. "You're a girl, maybe you could help him."

"Because I'm so good with that kind of thing." Raven remarked sarcastically.

"Err, not to be rude or anything," Tyler interrupted, "but could I at least know your names?"

"What?" Beast Boy asked incredulously, wondering if they really weren't that recognizable without their costumes. "You mean you don't know—" He paused when he felt Raven nudge him with her knee. He glanced at her for a split second, noticing the look on her face. She looked as though she was begging him not reveal they were Titans. She looked absolutely adorable with the small pout on her face. Well, he would have thought so if he still was crushing on her. But he wasn't. Nope. Not one bit.

"Don't know what?" Tyler asked, reminding Beast Boy that he was in the middle of a sentence.

"Don't know that..." Beast Boy racked his brain for an answer. "That we sing karaoke here! We're really great so I thought maybe you recognized us."

"I've actually never been to this club before..." Tyler said. "But you do look kind of familiar now that you mention it..." He leaned closer towards the two trying to pinpoint exactly how he knew them.

"Well, we get that all the time too! It's like, 'Uncle Jimmy, is that you?' or 'are you that really famous model I see on TV all the time?' You know. That kind of stuff." The changeling chuckled nervously.

"Hmm." Tyler seemed kind of skeptical of Beast Boy's answer but decided to buy into it for now. "But you still haven't told me your names."

"I'm Rae." quickly answered Raven. Giving her full name would probably be the last missing piece to Tyler's puzzle and she wasn't about to let him complete it.

"I'm..." Beast Boy was in a pickle. He knew he couldn't give his name and he also couldn't just shorten it like Raven. 'BB' was also out of the question because chances were Tyler would ask what it stood for and the only thing the green teen could think of other than 'Beast Boy' was 'Billy Bob' and he was not going to have that kind of name. His real name was worse enough! Wait! That's it!

"I'm Gar." Beast Boy said at last. Although the name took Raven by surprise—she was expecting him to say 'BB'—she didn't let it show. "So, how about that girl problem of yours? Is she here tonight?"

Tyler nodded and sighed. "Her name's Tammy. She's a girl who's in a few of my classes. She doesn't know I exist." He turned around in his chair, looking into the crowd for a moment before pointing towards a crowd near the entrance to the game room where there were no flashing neon lights. "She's over there." Beast Boy's jaw dropped.

"Is she the super hot blonde one in the red dress?!" Beast Boy asked, almost drooling on the table. Raven frowned. As she turned around in her seat to look at the girl, she innocently kicked Beast Boy in the leg.

"Sorry. I'm not used to these big boots." she explained when he accused her.

"No, that's not Tammy." Tyler said. "The blonde's name is Ellen. She very popular but not stereotypically mean. She's also dating the most popular guy in school, Nathan. He's not as nice though. He's sitting next to her on the right."

"Which one's Tammy?" Beast Boy asked.

"She's the red-head in the lavender top and white skirt, next to the guy flexing."

"Oh I see her now." Beast Boy thought for a moment. "Yeah, I can see why you like her. She's cute."

"She's beautiful..." Tyler breathed, almost not able to take his eyes off her. "She's at the top of our class and makes the tastiest muffins for the bake sale every year for the school. She's sweet and nice and caring and thoughtful and—"

"And enough." Raven said. "I'm not going to mop you up when you turn into a pile of mush." Tyler rubbed his head sheepishly.

"Sorry. I just like her so much. I can't stop thinking about her and I can't even get close enough to her to say a simple 'hello'! It's torture!"

"Then just go up there and say 'hello' if it's killing you so much." Raven said.

"It's intimidating! You see all those people around her! I don't want to humiliate myself in front of them because if I do then it will get all over the school!"

"Then talk to her when she's alone."

"That's the problem!" Tyler's hands buried themselves in his hair. "She's never alone. Ever. I've...I've pretty much stalked her for weeks now and she always had at least one friend with her."

"Maybe you could call her." Raven offered. It looked like she was getting better at this 'advice' thing today.

"Tried it. I only have her home phone and she never answers. It's either her machine or her parents. I don't know her cellphone number." He put his head on the table. "I don't even know what I would say if I ever got the chance to be alone with her."

"You should practice then. Probably in front of a mirror. It helped me!" Beast Boy boasted, but looked at Raven for a moment and shied away. Raven knew, of course, the long hours he spent in front of the mirror trying to perfect his suave ways to impress girls...although one more particular than others at a certain time.

"You couldn't talk to a girl? Was it Rae?" Tyler asked, curious to know if someone else had the same trouble as he did.

"What? No! Of course not!" He paused. "Why do you think that?"

Tyler scratched his head. "Well, I figured you and Rae were dating so—"

"No! Me and Rae are just friends! Pals! Amigos! Buddies! Friiieeeends!" Beast Boy emphasized, wrapping his arm over Raven's shoulder and placing her arm over his. The club suddenly seemed a little bit too warm so he pulled at his collar rather nervously.

"Yes. Jut friends." With their positions like this, he was unable to see Raven's rather hurt expression. It only lasted a split second but it had been there. Luckily for her, Tyler didn't catch it either.

"Oh, okay."

"So, uh, yeah. You should practice." Beast Boy continued, unwrapping his arm from Raven as she quickly pulled away her own. She was feeling oddly cold now and it wasn't only from the lack of Beast Boy's arm around her. It was also from his words. He only wanted to be friends with her. Nothing more. Raven mentally sighed. Subconsciously, she had always known that would be the case. Beast Boy was an emotional guy. It wasn't hard to figure out when Beast Boy liked a girl or not. The drool on the table was a perfect example.

"I have practiced!" Tyler said, shaking Raven from her thoughts. "I'm fine when I'm talking to myself but girls are different. They're...they're pretty!"

"Sooo...basically we have to cover Tammy in a mud puddle?" Beast Boy reasoned.

"She'd make the mud look beautiful..." Tyler sighed, a dreamy expression on his face. Raven flicked an ice cube at his head. "Err...I mean I don't think that'd help." Beast Boy thought.

"Well, have you talked to a pretty girl that's not Tammy?"

Shying away, Tyler said, "No pretty girls ever talk to me."

"Dude, that's not true!" Beast Boy argued. "Rae's really pretty and she's talking to you!"

At that point Raven had been taking a drink of her lemonade. Hearing Beast Boy's claim, she choked on an ice cube.

"Oh no! She's choking!" Beast Boy yelled. Several people around them screamed and soon a wave of panic filled the room. Tyler passed out from stress.

"She's turning blue!" someone said.

"She's not breathing!" another person added.

"She needs help!"

"I know what to do!" Beast Boy exclaimed, silencing the crowd. With one arm he cleared away the top of the table and with the other her grabbed Raven around the waist, laying her down on the clearing he made. He pumped on her chest a few times. When that did nothing, he opened Raven's mouth slightly and his lips crashed onto hers. With a few breaths of air, the ice cube dislodged from Raven's throat and she swallowed it. Pulling back, Beast Boy saw Raven's eyes flutter open. Instantly, she flung her arms around Beast Boy.

"You saved my life." she whispered as a single tear trickled down her cheek. He wiped it away and smiled.

"You taught me how." Before another word could pass between them, Raven moved her arms so that they were now around the changeling's neck and kissed him passionately. He kissed back just as passionately while the crowd around them 'awww'ed and threw rose petals. Cyborg gave his trademark 'booya!' and Jinx smiled. The moment was perfect.

...Well, it would have been had it actually happened. Instead, Raven had swallowed the ice cube the moment after it was caught in her throat. A blush spread throughout Beast Boy's face.

'Dude! I'm not supposed to have thoughts like that any more! I gave up my crush!' the shapeshifter thought. 'Thinking about Raven as a friend equals good. Thinking about Raven kissing me is hot. Wait! I mean bad! Bad, bad, baaaad!' Beast Boy sighed. This was going to be harder than he thought. Looking over at Tyler he realized the boy had been talking while he was...distracted.

"...pretend to be Tammy since you are, um, a girl, would you, uh, help me?" Tyler ended, looking over at Raven with a pleading look on his face. Unsure of what to do, Raven glanced over at Beast Boy hoping to find an answer. When he noticed her gaze, Beast Boy sweated a little. What was he supposed to say? Yes? No? The jealous and love-struck part of Beast Boy was telling him that he should kick Tyler butt for even thinking about fake flirting with his Raven! The happy and friendly part was telling him that he should always help a guy out of his funk and that he would appreciate it if someone did the same thing for him. Even though the butt-kicking sounded like fun, Beast Boy knew what he had to do.

"Sure, she'll help you out!" he smiled, thumping Raven on the back in a buddy-buddy type of way. Raven sighed. It appeared that he did only think of her as a friend. She was okay with that though. As long as he was happy, she was as well.

...Even if it hurt a little bit at first. Plus, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger, right?

...Right?

"Great!" Tyler said, punching the air. He looked over at other two and blushed. "...Was I not supposed to do that?"

"It's fine." Raven said, rolling her eyes.

"So, what should I do first?" Tyler asked, waiting for instructions.

"Hmmm..."

"How about introducing yourself?" Raven remarked. "That'd probably be the best thing seeing as you told us she doesn't know you exist."

"Oh, okay." Tyler stood up from his chair, his body stiff and at attention. He held out one shaky hand towards Raven to shake. "H-hi Tammy. I'm Tyler Schwartz. I'm in your English class...and chemistry class...and lunch...and—"

"And you're boring me." Raven said, grimacing as she pulled back her hand. His was sweaty and gross.

"Oh, sorry..." Tyler said, downhearted. Beast Boy shot Raven a look.

"Sorry, I mean I'm Tammy. I like...socks." Raven said, unconvincingly. Beast Boy snorted into his root beer. Tyler sweatdropped.

"No Tammy likes cooking and—"

"Just forget the minor details." Raven interrupted. "I'm not really Tammy and I don't know what she likes."

"Okay..." Tyler gulped. He grabbed Raven's hands in his. "I love you Tammy! A real lot! You mean the world to me! You're so beautiful and wonderful! Everything you do is perfect! Will you be my girlfriend?"

"No."

"Wh-what?!" Tyler looked crestfallen. "Why not?" Raven rolled her eyes.

"Do you really expect Tammy to just say 'yes' after she's known you for half a minute? If she does say yes then she's not as smart as you made her out to be. She knows nothing about you and would probably find your little 'confession' to be creepy, in my honest opinion. At least tell her about yourself and hold a conversation."

"Well...I, uh, like collecting coins from different countries."

Soon the two chatted away, both Raven and Beast Boy interrupting every so often to give pointers to Tyler. About ten minutes went by and Tyler seemed to be much more confident and there were no more random outbursts of love. He seemed to be ready to talk to the actual Tammy. The only problem now was trying to get Tammy alone. The boy had been right when he said Tammy never went anywhere alone. Currently she was in the bathroom with five of her friends.

"Well, we'll just have to wait until she comes out." Beast Boy said.

"But she'll just go back to that big group of people and all those," Tyler gulped, "really strong and popular guys."

"So maybe we should get to her before she goes back." Beast Boy suggested. "But how? We can't go in there." Suddenly he paused, looking over at Raven. "Well, we," he indicated to himself and Tyler, "can't go in there but Rae can!"

"And how am I supposed to get her alone in there? She probably wouldn't agree to just come back with me so Tyler could talk to her."

"Hmmm..." Beast Boy thought. "Well, how about this: you pretend to be crying and give her some sob story about how you want to ask this very hunky guy to dance," he explained, indicating to himself as the 'very hunky guy', "but you'd feel better if you had someone backing you up even if it's a complete stranger! Girls always help girls out in that kind of stuff, right?"

"Sure?" Raven guessed, not really knowing. She wasn't exactly the typical girl.

"Then you'll lead Tammy back here, ask me to dance—which, of course, I'll say yes to and you'll nearly faint from happiness—and we'll leave the two lovebird together!"

"How do I make Tammy stay with me?" Tyler asked.

"That's where you're on your own, kid." Beast Boy replied, giving Tyler a wink and two gun-like hand gestures. The latter gulped. "Okay Rae, do your thing!"

Raven left the table and made her way towards the bathroom. It was a bit hard navigating her way across the dance floor, especially when one guy danced in front of her, growling flirtatiously at her. Needless to say, he suddenly found that his shoelaces tied together and fell on his face. Once inside the bathroom, Raven instantly noticed the lack of flashing neon lights. With a wave of her hand, her hair was covered in her obsidian energy, turning it from purple to black. She hoped no one would notice the slight glow to it.

'Shoot.' Raven thought as she passed Tammy and her friends at the sinks to lock herself in one of the stalls. 'How am I supposed to get her in here alone? I can't bring one of her friends along too or there goes the entire plan.' Quickly she thought up an idea as the girls left. A moment later Tammy returned looking for her purse that seemingly disappeared from her arms and back to the bathroom sink. Right next to the girl in the purple dress, leaning over and crying into the sink.

At least Raven hoped it sounded like crying. It was more that she was making small whimpering noises as she occasionally sagged her shoulders to make it seem like she was sobbing. She even used a drop or two from the sink to ruin her oh-so-precious mascara. Raven was a great actor. She had to act and put up a façade nearly every day of her life.

As she hoped, Tammy took the bait.

"Umm...Excuse me, but I see you're crying. Is anything wrong?" Lifting her head, Raven could see Tammy's ocean blue eyes filled with concern. She did seem like a sweet girl, like Tyler described, and she was pretty. Now that Raven was closer to her, she could see the girl had freckles on her face and wore sapphire earrings.

"I-it's nothing..." Raven pretended to sniffle. "It's just...no, you wouldn't care..."

"Talking about something sometimes makes it better." Tammy offered with a sweet smile.

"O-okay..." Raven sighed, copying the behavior of Tyler when he told them about Tammy. "Well, there's this guy...and I want...I want to ask him to dance but..."

"But you're all by yourself and it's intimidating to talk to him?" Tammy offered. Raven nodded, grinning on the inside. Oh, she was good!

"Well maybe I can help you. My name is Tammy by the way."

"I'm Rae."

"Rae? Is that short for something? Rachael?"

"Uh, yes."

"Nice to meet you Rachael. Now, before we do anything, how about we get you cleaned up? Your mascara's running a marathon down your cheeks." Tammy joked, grabbing a paper towel to dab away the mess. After Raven's face was cleared up and mascara was re-applied (Jinx had forced her to take it with her for emergency purposes), Tammy studied Raven's face.

"You know, you look kind of familiar..." she remarked, a puzzled look on her face. "But I don't think you go to the same school as me..."

"I've...uh...sang karaoke here..." Raven cringed as she used Beast Boy's ridiculous lie.

"I don't think that's it, but I'll figure it out later." Tammy said, grabbing Raven's wrist and dragging her outside. "Now show me who the lucky boy is." When Raven pointed out the table where Beast Boy and Tyler sat having a conversation, Tammy gasped. "Tyler? You like Tyler?"

"No, the other boy. But you know Tyler?" Raven asked, confused. Didn't Tyler say that the red-head knew nothing of his existence?

Tammy giggled. "Yeah, he's cute and smart. But I never get a chance to talk to him because I'm either busy or I just can't find him. It's almost as if he's hiding from me."

'Or stalking you in the shadows.' Raven thought, recalling the boy's words.

"Moving on, I have an idea." Tammy said. "We'll both go over and ask them to dance. That way it's less intimidating and awkward." Tammy winked. "They'd be fools if they didn't say yes to us foxy ladies."

"Yeah..." Raven replied, flinching at being called 'foxy'. Tammy seemed to notice this.

"Oh come on. You don't think you're hot? With that body? I'm surprised you even have to ask the guy to dance with you. He should be asking you! Hold on, I'm getting a call from my friend." Raven was surprised to note that Tammy's ring tone was the same tune as the Titan's communicator. "Hey Amber...yes...I'll be back in a—What? Oh, okay. I'm going to hang here a little more and—Unbelievable! You had better not be lying to me! Wow...okay...Nah, I'm going to pass. I'll see you at school okay? Bye!" She hung up her phone. "You'll never guess what my friend just told me. Robin and Starfire of the Teen Titans are officially a couple!"

"I didn't see that coming..." Raven responded, a twitch of a smile on her mouth.

"My friends are all heading over to the movie theater to catch a glimpse of them. Like me, they're all huge Titans fans."

"Oh really. So you'll be heading over too?"

"No, not me. I wouldn't want them ruining my dates so I don't ruin theirs. Plus, they're most likely long gone from the movie theater now so it would be a waste of time."

At Jump City Movies, citizens of all ages were crowding everywhere, giving the theater an extremely busy night. It was great for business; not so great for the workers who had planned on working as little as possible that night. Of course, very little of these people were there for the movies. They were more interested in the gossip topic of the night: Robin and Starfire. They had to see for themselves if the rumor was true. The only problem was that neither Titan seemed to be found. Quite possibly they had left the theater but no one recalled seeing them exit or fly away. But knowing them, they had escaped unnoticed. In their line of work they had to be sneaky. Still, quite a few fans lingered in the theater, searching for their beloved idols.

"Do you think they will find us?" a voice whispered, unheard by the oblivious crowd below.

"No but we won't let our guard down." another voice responded. Green glow from an alien hand revealed the two people to be Robin and Starfire, high up in one of the air ducts in the theater. Luck was on their side as it was a relatively clean vent but dirt was the least of their problems. Fans swarmed all entrances and exits of the buildings. Had the fans been minions or petty criminals, the duo would have had no problem leaving, but the fact was that these were innocent citizens...who were slightly crazed. That meant they couldn't knock a couple of them out to silently exit the building without causing a scene. Starfire could easily make a brand new exit in a wall but they wanted to do as little damage as possible. Repair bills were piling up high already. Plus, there was that whole issue of a shopping spree at a candy store.

The good part, however, was that Trevor seemed to have left. After half an hour of embarrassing songs which Robin and Starfire had to hold each other back from attacking the idiot, he stopped, saying he needed to find a soda-machine. Oddly enough he walked right passed the ones in the lobby and left. Robin and Starfire were just glad to have him out of their hair so they didn't dwell on his stupidity.

"Perhaps we could attempt an escape to the rear exit where there is minimum personal?" Starfire suggested. Robin shook his head.

"No, they just received reinforcements. How about the roof?"

"Negative. I heard a helicopter land." Robin growled but refused to give into punching the metallic walls that surrounded them. It might alert someone to their location. Finally, he seemed to let his frustrations diminish and he began thinking.

"There is one last option."

"The front door would be a suicidal attempt. I highly advise against it." Starfire stated firmly, her eyes narrowing. Robin chuckled at the look. She was, well, hot when she was fierce.

"No, I'm not going near there any time soon." he said, allowing her to relax. "Follow me." he replied when she asked about the last option. After a bit of a crawl and several turns later, they came to the end of the line where they could go no further. Through the panel that divided them from the outside they could see one of the big silver screens displaying the opening credits to a movie. Starfire turned to Robin who met her confused look with a smile. Wrapping an arm around the alien, he asked, "Are you feeling up to another movie?"

His answer came in the form of the alien princess lying down and snuggling next to his body, an amused look on her face as her glowing hand darkened to nothing.

"I'll stay a little bit longer then head home." Tammy continued talking as the two made their way towards the boys' table. "I live across the street in one of the apartments so it's no big deal. And I wouldn't want to leave you alone now, especially since you said you were here alone. Though, if things go smoothly with this guy then I don't think you'll need me any more." Tammy winked at this before pausing. "You ready?"

Pretending to take in a deep breath to gain confidence, Raven nodded. The red-head smiled, the duo now approaching the table. When they got there, Beast Boy looked up at them and smiled. Tyler seemed to have taken out his nerves on the napkins and a mound of the shreds was in front of him. He made an audible 'eep' when Tammy smiled at him.

"Hey, my friend Rachael and I were wondering if you two would like to dance with us." Tammy said, getting straight to the point.

"Rachael, huh?" Beast Boy smirked, holding back a chuckle. Raven's face blushed in slight embarrassment which Tammy assumed was just nerves and gave Raven a slight push towards Beast Boy's direction. She then looked over at the slightly dazed Tyler.

"So, would you like to dance?" she asked him. Tyler himself was in shock. He had expected Raven to come over and ask Beast Boy to dance leaving him and Tammy alone to make awkward conversations but here she was asking him to dance! This was more than he had ever hoped for. Unfortunately his motor skills were failing him at the moment and he couldn't move from his seat. All he could do was stare up at the beautiful girl in front of him. Rolling her eyes, Raven sent a small bolt of dark energy in his direction.

"Ow!" Tyler leaped from his seat, feeling as though something shocked his butt. Seeing Tammy's confused gaze, he corrected his mistake. "I-I mean y-yes. I would l-love to dance with you." Giggling, Tammy sent a small smile in Raven's direction that translated into 'have fun!' before heading towards the dance floor with Tyler who almost seemed to be in a dream state.

"So, Rachael was it?" Beast Boy grinned, obviously enjoying the moment. Rachael wasn't a bad name, of course. Nothing like Garfield, but calling Raven anything other than her name was amusing.

"Shut it Garfield." Raven said, plopping down in her seat and retrieving her lemonade. Taking a few quick slips, she explained her encounter with Tammy after the green boy had asked. He was clearly amused at how much better things had gone than his original plan. He surmised that had she not offered to dance with Tyler that they would be sitting here in awkward silence.

…Much like the awkward silence they were sitting in after Beast Boy voiced the thought.

"So, um, I guess it was really great that Tammy did all the talking, huh?" Beast Boy said, breaking the silence. "You didn't actually have to ask me to dance."

"Yeah." Raven piped in.

...

Damn awkward silence. Oh! Raven was opening her mouth to say something—No wait. She just took a sip of her lemonade again. Beast Boy scratched his nose. A conga line passed by the table, accidentally bumping into one of the chairs.

...

Looking at the clock, Beast Boy saw that it was now 9. He sighed. About to say something, he was surprised when someone beat him to it.

"Do you want to dance?"

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