Starting this before the kiss, so that you can see it through Terra's POV. Just a heads up xD

Chapter Twenty:

"Well, thats what you get!" Terra snorted towards Cyborg jokingly as she crossed her arms. He grumbled towards her as he rubbed his head from where the plastic wrap box had hit him over the head. The blonde looked over towards Beast Boy when she heard him laugh, she sighed as he talked with Ryder. Terra watched for a little bit before shrugging and shaking her head then looking back away and finishing another wrap job.

Terra hummed to herself as she worked her fingers around and with the plastic wrap, her bare fingers doing their best not to stick to the wrapping that still fought against her. But after a couple plates, she got restless again and looked up to where Beast Boy had been standing. She blinked and cocked her head to the side, he wasn't there. He had been a minute ago...

She did a quick look-around the room, but didn't see Ryder either. Terra narrowed her eyes a little, though her look was still blank, trying to erase her suspicion. At first she shook it off and continued helping Starfire. But it only took a few minutes before she got an itch in her chest again as she put the last plate of cookies away. She glanced towards the hall door and bit her lip, trying to think up a excuse for going after the two. But lucky enough for her, Cyborg unknowingly helped her out.

"Hey Terra,"

"Hmh?" Terra opened her eyes a little wider and looked to Cy.

"Didn't you take that Christmas CD last?"

"Yeah, did you need it?" Terra hoped the eagerness in her voice didn't show.

"Yeah, nothing good is playing on the radio," Cyborg jabbed his thumb towards the radio with disappointment then lowered his arm and shrugged. "Would you get it?"

Terra nodded and wiped her hands over her jeans briefly. "Sure, give me a minute, and I'll go get it." She grinned then shot for the door. Yeah, she was feeling guilty again. It wasn't going to stop her though, and her foot steps where light and quick. Her hand trailed over the walls as she walked/jogged down the Tower halls. Man, these things where long, someone could seriously get lost in here.

For a moment, her face fell and Terra prayed she wouldn't get lost... it had been awhile.

Then she scorned herself for being stupid with a quiet grunt and continued her mini-search. Terra didn't know what she was expecting to find, she didn't know what she wanted to find either. Just them talking, but then again... even that would spark her jealousy. She guessed it really didn't matter as she took a sigh of frustration, either way she would find something to get huffy about.

Terra stopped quickly, her eyes narrowing as she leaned against the wall just feet from the corner. Had she heard Beast Boy? She was pretty sure, after all... she knew that voice better than anyone. Terra stared at the corner, her face hurt for some reason as a little pinch of anticipation, she took in a quiet breath and inched closer to the edge. Her curiously getting the better of her as she peeked past the corner for a look.

But then something in her gut dropped... fast and hard. Like someone had thrown a bowling ball down her throat and jammed it down with a two-by-four. Her eyes grew wide as a moment of shock hit her as Ryder closed in on Beast Boy with a way-more then friendly kiss. The world around Terra froze in a painful little moment of time, her head hurt as she held her breath. Terra watched closer than she would have liked, but somehow she wasn't unable to not see all the details, even if they did kindle a fire and send a shock down her spine.

Terra watched quietly with an open mouth as shock took hold of her throat. She stumbled from behind the corner and more into the open, wanting recognition, but not getting it. She watched as Ryder's pink lips smoothed over Beast Boy's, and briefly inside. The movements where slow and fluid, her large eyes where softly closed and Beast Boy's soon fell from open as well in acceptance (or as it seemed.). He didn't make motion to stop her, and as Ryder's small hands played up and around Beast Boy's chest, his hands slowly came close to her shoulders.

The kiss had made her angry, but his acceptance had hurt her. Terra felt her shock drop to a more heart-wrenching emotion as her long-held gasp suddenly broke loose. Her hand flew to her mouth to silence it, but it was too late and her shrill catch of breath made it to the two. Beast Boy pulled away from Ryder, but the damage had already been done. Terra shook her head slowly and backed away one step then turned on her heels and tore down the way she had come.

"Terra! Wait!!" She heard him call after her, and his foot steps thundered after her, but Terra didn't slow down until she had turned another corner.

She closed her eyes for a moment and moaned as something pinched her stomach, and flared up to her chest. As she reopened her eyes, one hand clutched around her stomach as if it would help heal the pain. But it was a kind of pain that was deep under skin, an itch and twitch. A heaviness that pulled at her, Terra slowed her steps a little more and let her eye lids float half way closed as she continued to her room from memory. Soon her other arm wrapped around her stomach as she continued her fast walk.

"Terra!" Beast Boy called again, she listened as he drew closer.

To protect her new wounds from infection, Terra felt her anger rise. It came so fast and furious, that her face flushed as she stopped sharply and hung her head a little more and her eyes closed. She waited until Beast Boy had come closer, right behind her and then walked to her side.

"Let me explain..." He started breathlessly. But Terra looked up, her face dark.

"Save it."

Beast Boy frowned a little more, his face seeming heavier. "It's not what you think, I-" Before he could finish though, Terra shook her head furiously and started storming back off. But her legs where starting to feel week, and her mind was getting more and more clouded as the seconds passed. Beast Boy watched as she walked away from him and grunted and went after her. "Terra, stop! Let me talk!" She didn't stop though, her eyes where fixed at the end of the hall, where her door was. Right there, waiting for her to enter into the next thing she had to a safe haven. Her arms tightened around her stomach as she allowed her blonde hair to fall into her face.

"Terra!" Beast Boy yelled, but she still didn't answer him. Frustrated and worried all the same he grabbed her shoulder and spun her around. Terra was caught off guard and took an unexpected gasp of breath before she was made to face him. Her look of surprise though soon twisted back into anger. "Just let me talk!" Beast Boy pleaded, though his voice was on the verge of breaking. Into either the frustration, or the worry she didn't know.

"How many times are you going to lie to me?!" She spat.

Beast Boy narrowed his brows and tensed his face. "What's that supposed to mean?!"

Terra scoffed and leaned away shaking her head. "You know what that means, Beast Boy!" She cried, flinging her arms out then letting them drop to her sides again.

"No, I don't!"

"Just forget it," Terra turned around and started back for her room. Her path was cut off though as Beast Boy stepped in front of her.

"Don't walk away from me."

"I'll do what I want!" Terra snarled, her face cringing into an ugly scowl as she pushed past him.

"Will you let me talk?!" Beast Boy cried angrily as he pushed her shoulder as she tried to pass him, spinning Terra with her back to the wall and her face towards him again.

"Don't touch me!"

"STOP IT!!"

Terra stared for a moment, she never liked it when he yelled at her, even if she was yelling at him at the same time. It wasn't like him usually, but she didn't let her anger die. It was better then letting herself melt to the floor with a broken heart in her shaky hands, seeing how she no longer had her support. Terra crossed her arms and cocked her body stance into one that said she was ready to fight, though her eyes paled a little at the thought. "And listen to you say what? That I wasn't supposed to be there?" She snorted.

"No, to listen to me say that I didn't kiss her, and that you don't have to be mad at me!"

"Oh!" Terra laughed with a fake one as she looked around for a moment, a fake and sarcastic grin over her face as her arms tightened acrossed her chest. "Right, I forgot how hard you where trying to get away. Stupid me."

Beast Boy scoffed. "Will you stop jumping to conclusions?!" He threw his arms in the air for a moment. "Why can't you just believe me?"

"I am not jumping to conclusions!" She yelled, her sarcasm falling from her flushed face.

"Yes, you are! Just like you always do!" He leaned a little closer to her, getting more in her face as he fought. "If you would just shut up and let me explain then-"

"Don't tell me to shut up." She snarled.

Beast Boy clenched his teeth and gritted them together as he looked away from her. Though his face stayed cringed and his brows tensed down, and pointed towards his nose in obvious frustration and annoyance. He closed his eyes for a moment as he cleared his mind to keep from yelling at her face. The look scared her though, Terra would never admit it... but she was half scared to death when he got angry with her. The way his cute green face would twist into that unnatural snarl, it was horrifying to her. Beast Boy opened his eyes and turned back to her, his face a little less tense, but not much. "I didn't kiss her."

Terra felt her mouth drop open as she blinked at him. "Really?" She asked with sarcasm once more.

"Yes, really. I swear."

"Beast Boy," Terra spoke in a low tone as she leaned a little closer to him, her face darkening against his. "She was all over you, and you know what? You didn't stop her, thats enough for me. Now leave me alone." She hissed before turning sharply and making a straight line to her room. Terra almost made it, walking away from Beast Boy as a hard and angered tension stretched between them with every step she took. It was killing her, it felt like a tugging in her gut that leaned towards him, despite the anger. Despite the crack that was growing throughout her heart, something in her was still longing towards him... but the tension pushed her further away.

Terra watched as her door swished open, but paused as she heard his voice again.

"Why do you do this to me?" Beast Boy asked quietly.

The geomancer just froze for a moment, her look going to the floor as she took a ragged breath. Her eyes closed to block out the feeling that banged against her chest and towards her fragile heart. Her throat started to ache, sobs wanting to break loose. But Terra composed herself and opened her eyes and looked half way towards Beast Boy and looked at him for a moment. Taking in his slightly hunched figure that faced the wall as she frowned towards him. For some reason, that question hit a weak spot and dug into her and stayed so that she could ponder on it with new pain.

Terra shook her head again, sending her blonde hair flaring around her head before she rushed the last steps into her room. The door closed behind her, and she sighed as her legs gave way. Terra pushed against the door and slid down to the floor, feeling as if everything had been drained from her, she suddenly felt empty and vague. The ache in her throat continued, even as a sob broke loose, and it was followed by more. And more, until Terra leaned her head against the door and looked to the side as she cried. Soon fresh tears showered over her face and irritated her face. Already ghosts where trying to poke at her, but she did her best to ignore them or brush them away.

She felt separated even more, no one would be coming to comfort her. With her ear pressed against the door, Terra listened as Beast Boy's soft foot steps echoed lightly until he was out of her hearing range. She found she didn't regret yelling at him so much really, as cruel as it sounded. Terra tapped her fingers over her knee's and wrinkled her brow as she stared at her wall. The purple mountains and orange skies that had been painted to give her room an almost dreamy kind of nature. She wasn't able to escape to that dream world though, it wasn't hers to have tonight.

Terra looked out to her giant window and stared out it, or more up at it. Since she had to look over her couch to see outside. It was still pale out, some light showing from the slowly sinking sun. It couldn't be later than six though... and Terra bet that if she hurried she could catch the next bus out. Though it made her frown at the thought, her large eyes stared while she continued to consider the action.

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Terra looked over the scattered items over her bed. She bit her lip then ruffled her fingers through the small amount of items, as if to see if they where worthy enough to accompany her. She touched the green teddy bear the little girl, Elie had given her. Terra had long made up her mind she was going to take it, there was something about the stuffed animal that brought her a little bit of comfort, therefore it was sacred. She had her butterfly hairclip, seeing how it was all she had left of her homeland. Along with a couple containers to later put food or water in and some fresh clothing, the most sacred of all items was placed. She didn't touch it though at first, Terra stared down at it with slanted eyes before slowing reaching out and brushing her fingers over the silver heart box.

She was still considering taking it... but something in her heart ached at the memory it held. That alone was almost painful enough to scare her away from it. But then again, it also stood for everything she had held close to her, everything she had boxed within her heart in an ironic way. But seeing how all those things where cracked or shattered... somehow she didn't feel it was right to hold onto the box anymore.

Terra shook her head lightly and sighed before picking the heart box up and gently placing it on her nightstand, then looked back to the rest of her supplies. She wouldn't be taking her large blue backpack, that amazingly still laid on her closet floor. Instead, she had found a smaller one that would do the trick and be less noticeable. After ten minutes, she was able to sort away most of the clothes, and simply had an extra shirt and two more pairs of socks to go along with the two she was going to put on. After a longer search, Terra was able to find ten dollars in her room... oh, and a dime. But she doubted the dime would help much.

She changed into fresh clothes, her gray long sleeved shirt and different jeans, not that they looked any different though. She kept a straight face as she laced her boots quickly then pulled on her black hoodie. Terra stuffed her stuff into the backpack and was ready to throw it on her back when a loud, but timid knock came from her door. She turned to it sharply with wide eyes, staring at it and almost hoping whoever it was would just go away.

"Terra? C'mon, I know your still in there." Beast Boy called.

"What do you want?" She risked a couple steps towards the door, gripping the backpack by it's strap and holding it at her side.

"Can I come in?"

Terra stopped in front of her door and stared at it. She sighed a little before opening it just a hair with her free hand and poking her eye out. "What?"

Beast Boy looked up at her, his small frown tried to grin but it couldn't. "Can we just talk?... Please?"

Terra balked, and looked around. She turned back to him in a moment and shook her head 'no', not knowing any words that would fit without giving away her intentions. She looked away again though as Beast Boy went from sorry and timid, to concerned and interested as he stared at her with tensed brows. He reached up and placed his hand on the door, pushing it open just a little more. Terra gasped and held it in it's place, getting his attention even more.

"Terra..." Beast Boy said in a low and careful tone.

"Just go away!" She attempted to slam it, but he was too quick and caught the door and slid it back open. Startled, Terra stepped back from the entrance and gripped the strap a little tighter. She watched as Beast Boy caught sight of the bag and blinked with at first confusion, but as he looked over at what she was wearing, it dawned on him.

"...what's going on?"

"Nothing."

"Terra, people don't pack up for nothing."

"I'm just going out for a little bit." Terra shot, growing defensive again. She flinched as his face changed again, she knew what was coming.

"You where just going to leave?" Beast Boy asked quietly as he stared at her with disbelief, his mouth gaped open and his face almost in shock. Terra looked away towards the floor, her face tight and narrowed, her lips pushed and her eyes slanted while Beast Boy's voice rose. "Without telling anyone...? What, you where just going to run off without even saying anything?!"

Terra blinked and shook her head, rounding on him quickly as she turned back to face him. "What do you care?!!" Her voice was loud and carried far in the room and undoubtly down the hall. She had shot forward a little, sending some of her hair from out of the hoodie to swish around her shoulders.

Scoffing at what he seemed to take as an insult, Beast Boy narrowed his eyes at her. "How can you say that?!"

"I don't need this," Terra huffed as her fingers dug into the strap while she tensed to move past him to the hall. Beast Boy watched her movement and made sure he blocked her way.

"Terra, you can't just leave like this!" He argued, getting another dark look from her. "Your over-reacting over something stupid-"

She shook her head and turned to him again. "This isn't just about that stupid kiss, Beast Boy."

"Then what is this about?! Because I sure don't know anymore!"

Terra's voice died down a little, and behind her flashing blue eyes, a hint of pain could be seen. "You promised to be here the whole way, promised. But these past few days you haven't.. and... and I just don't think this is going to work out." She shrugged and looked away, feeling her stomach drop all over again. Her heart beats weakened, their thumps losing passion as they slowed, the emotion that was clawing at her was strong, she felt it trigger something within her, though she didn't pay it any attention.

Beast Boy's face melted from it's angry look, his face loosened into a soft and concerned one as he studied her for a moment then walked a little closer. "Terra-"

"Don't," Terra back away from him, her dreary look piercing into him with a sharp aftershock. She brushed off his hurt look of confusion and quickly stepped around him and walked into the hall. "I need to get some air."

They stood with their backs to each other for a long and dragging minute. Tension ripping at each, clawing at their backs, their hearts begging for them to turn around so they could face the other. But they stood there instead, letting silence fill the gap between them.

"Are you coming back?" Beast Boy whispered.

Terra closed her eyes and held her breath, her face cringing against the tears that wanted to break loose. Quietly she whimpered to herself and trembled slightly as her heart wrenched inside her chest, she almost lifted her fingers to try and suppres the slow and painful beats she felt. But the emotion in each beat was powerful, and it brought to life something she had thought she lost.

For a moment, the earth rumbled and trembled, sending the tower shaking for a moment as Terra's emotions mingled with the foundation. She gasped sharply to catch her breath as her eyes snapped open. The usage of her powers sent her off like a bullet. Without answering Beast Boy, Terra bolted from her spot and ran straight for the door.

I hope seven pages of argument was enough for you guys xD I know I kind of made Terra over-react a little bit. But when I looked back at the episodes, I saw she had a bad habbit of jumping to the worst conclusion and running with it (usually, literally xD). Besides the point how sensitive she is towards promisis, and how afraid she is of them being broken (ironic, but we all love her anyways )

Not to mention, it gave me more room for fighting, and as big of a BBT fan I am, I love to see them fight xD Besides that, I've pointed out how close she already was to breaking point, this was really just kind of like the final crack that broke her this time, good for drama x) I hope your all still enjoying this fic.

Since there wern't any real funnies in this chapter, I'll just go with the serious quistions;

Will Terra come back?
Is Beast Boy going to do anything about it?

Or is Terra too broken this time?