"Fuck." Raven watched as a green hand tried to undo the chain. "Raven! Raven let me in!" The voice clicked in her head as Beast Boy's and she ran forward, unlocking the lock. His arms grabbed her, crushing her in a hug.
"…you're touching me," Raven replied glaring at him.
"I don't care! Why wouldn't you answer your communicator when I called twelve times in a row?" Beast Boy yelled. Raven pushed him off of her.
"It is almost two in the morning Beast Boy," Raven replied.
"So? When someone calls over and over again, it is usually important!"
"Did it ever occur to you I might be sleeping?" Raven asked, she took her communicator off the couch in the living room, looking at the 12 missed alerts.
"You sleep?" Beast Boy asked. Raven just glared at him.
"If you were so worried, why did you break in? You could have fit under the door as an ant or something." Raven replied.
"… well… um… hm… yeah I guess you're right," Beast Boy said with a goofy grin. Raven rolled her eyes and Beast Boy ran back out of the apartment and into the hallway, pulling in Jessica by the wrist. "I needed your help. Raven I need you to tell me if she is Terra. I have to know, please."
"Are you Terra?" Raven asked.
"No!" Jessica said angrily, giving Beast Boy an annoyed look.
Raven turned to Beast Boy. "She said no."
"Can't you go inside or her head or something?" Beast Boy begged.
Raven shook her head. "That's complicated magic, Beast Boy, and I really have no desire to see the inside of her head. I can sense her emotion, she didn't get nervous when I asked. She is pissed off. I'm not going to dig inside of her head just because she looks like Terra."
"Raven she was lifting rocks with a yellow glowy light!" Beast Boy said. Jessica started yelling behind him 'that never happened!' but Beast Boy talked over her. "Dude, I swear she is Terra. Please. Raven I am begging you, look, I'm on my knees." Beast Boy knelt down. "No pranks for a year. Two years. Forever. Please, just check for me." He hugged Raven's ankles.
Raven sighed. "Fine. Just let go of me."
Steven lingered back in the hallway as Raven convinced Jessica to sit down, "If you're really not Terra, this will prove it and he will leave you alone." Jessica agreed under those conditions and sat next to Raven on the couch.
Raven closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Azarath Metrion Zinthosss," Raven chanted. When her eyes opened, they were glowing white and a black shadow in the shape of a raven rose from her center and flew up, gliding across the ceiling. It came down next to Jessica. Jessica's blue eyes shut and when they reopened they were purple. She closed her eyes again and Raven began going through memories.
Brights lights. White rooms. Doctors around her.
Man with a thick beard stood with his arm around a thin brown haired woman. They both stood smiling warmly.
A tall man in a suit and glasses walked through a high school hallway, pointing into classrooms.
Raven opened her eyes on the couch, still facing Jessica. Beast Boy stood eagerly next to her. "What did you see?" he asked. Raven just watched Beast Boy while his eyes pleaded for answers.
"Jessica," Steven said from the other side of the room. "Have you ever seen the city from the top of a building? Come here, look at the view I have from this window." Jessica glanced at Beast Boy before she stood up, following Steven out of the room.
"There was not a lot to see. She has a lot of her memory blocked off. I can't tell you if she is Terra or not, and if she is, I can't tell you if she intentionally does not remember or if she really can't." Raven said.
"So there is no way to tell?" Beast Boy said. "I know it is her. I know it. Can't you open those memories?"
"Opening sealed memories could make her insane Beast Boy. Especially if they are not intentionally closed off to her. Sometimes the mind blocks off information that we are not ready to handle." Raven explained.
Beast Boy punched the couch cushion before smacking his forehead repeatedly. "Why?" he yelled. Raven grabbed his wrist to stop him from hurting himself.
"Calm down," Raven said firmly. "It is no one's fault. The mind represses any memories we cannot handle. That does not mean you did anything and you're still assuming she is Terra, we don't know that."
"SHE IS TERRA! DAMMIT RAVEN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THE PROOF I NEEDED! Can't you see it? Can't you sense her? She is Terra! I saw her use her powers!"
Raven looked away from him. "Beast Boy… remember what Robin told you? Sometimes you will want to see something that isn't there."
"I KNOW WHAT I FUCKING SAW!" Beast Boy yelled.
"THEN WHY DID YOU COME HERE? I tried to help you and I couldn't. Do you want me to lie for you? Either way, she is not apart of our lives anymore, Beast Boy! Let her go!" Raven yelled back.
"You never liked her. You're glad she is gone. Raven do you think I don't know how much you hated her all the time? I bet you were happy she turned to stone! I bet you would be happy if all of us did. Look at you, staying with a complete stranger. As if we are not good enough to keep an eye on you. And this total stranger is so much better, right? You don't give a shit about anyone. I wonder you have feelings at all." Beast Boy was standing up screaming at her.
Raven sat wide eyed as Steven ran into the room with Jessica at his hells. "Hey!" Steven yelled.
Beast Boy just continued to yell over him. "No! You know what: the tower is so much more fun without you there being miserable all the time. Go ahead and stay with this guy."
"You need to leave now," Steven try to say loud enough for Beast Boy to hear him as he kept yelling:
"You know we can play videos games and have fun without Robin complain about 'poor Raven' who is just so fucking pathetic up in her room and alone. We can be loud and have fun because you're not telling everyone to stop all the time. It's so much fucking better without you there. And I am so sick of trying for force a friendship on you that you obviously don't want!" Steven's arms were pushing Beast Boy across the living room by his shoulders. "I come to you with a problem, you don't give a shit. But whenever you need anything I'm there for you! We all are! But no big deal, right? That's what friends are fucking for. But you don't get that do you? Have you ever had a real friend in your life? Honestly have you ever had anyone actually care about you? Because I know we are all sick of it. Why do you think Robin wanted you out in the first place? You're more of a burden than a friend."
"STOP," Steven yelled. "Get the fuck out of my house before I rip your head off. You got that kid? And I don't want to see your skinny green ass back in here. Try to come in again and I am calling the police for trespassing. Titan in jail for breaking and entering, good headline, right? Now get the fuck out."
"YOU'RE THREATENING ME?" Beast Boy yelled. He grabbed Steven by the collar. "Who the fuck do you think you are?"
"I AM HER FRIEND. AND THAT'S MORE THAN YOU CAN SAY," Steven yelled. He shoved Beast Boy into the wall.
"I've been there for her for years. Guess what? She is just using you too. Once she is safe, she is going to treat you like shit just like she does to everyone else," Beast Boy screamed.
"You were never her friend. All you are is a dick. Now get out," Steven screamed. Beast Boy changed into a gorilla, throwing Steven against the wall.
"STOP!" Raven yelled. Steven charged forward, punching Beast Boy's stomach. He used the furry shoulders of the gorilla as the base for a hand spring and he drove his feet into Beast Boy's back as he flipped. He landed in a squatted position and stood up, waiting for the counter attack. Beast Boy changed to a cheetah, running forward before he collided with a black wall that had just appeared. He changed back into human form, angrily looking up at Raven.
He stood up, shaking himself off. "You know what, Raven? Don't even bother coming back to the tower. We don't even need you there. We are all better off without you."
Beast Boy left down the hallway. He didn't look back as he waited for the elevator to come up. Jessica followed him out. "I should go too. I'm really sorry…"
"Don't worry about it," Steven said. He faked a laughed. "What's a few broken things in a small apartment, right? I'll get it cleaned before tomorrow."
Jessica ran down the hall and into the open elevator. Steven shut the door, turning to look at Raven sitting on the couch. "He was just upset, you know," Steven said. "He didn't mean a word of it." Raven nodded. Steven took the seat next to her. "Are you alright?" Steven asked. He patted her shoulder as Raven nodded again. "Do you want me to leave you alone?" Steven asked.
"No," Raven replied. "I don't want to be alone." She leaned forward, kissing Steven. He stood up, lifting her into his arms and Raven's legs wrapped around his waist. He carried her into his bedroom, kicking the door closed behind them as they both fell into the covers.
A/N
I know the last chapter was short but I figured two in one day would make up for it?
What do you think of this relationship? Will Raven regret her decision? Was she holding back because she felt bad for Beast Boy and no longer does, or is she going just as a sort of revenge to him?
Opinions?