*NEW CHAPTER! Thanks for not giving up on me, I had a severe case of writer's block. Sorry about that. Enjoy, and tell me what you think!
Raven sat on the roof of Titan's Tower, looking over the water. The sunset had just faded, and stars were beginning to twinkle in the darkening sky. It had been two days since she and Beast Boy had gotten out of the hospital, and she had been doing her best to avoid him. She didn't even know why. She sighed, and crossed her legs for medatation.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos. Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos." Why was Beast Boy so worried about her? He looked so...crushed when Raven told him that she couldn't let him die because he was a friend. What did he want from her? And, more importantly, why was she running from him?
"NO! Bad! Must meditate!" Raven mumbled, attempting to regain focus. "Azarath, Metrion..." Beast Boy was right when he said she could have been killed, but at the time she hadn't even thought about it...
"ARRRGH!" Raven yelled. The small lightbulb next to the door flickered wildly, then shattered. She sighed, and lay down on the concrete rooftop to stare at the stars. It was warm out, and a soft breeze shifted her cloak. Tonight it seemed pointless to meditate, because her mind kept shifting to other topics.
She lay there for a while, resting peacefully. She told herself she just couldn't keep running from her problems, so she decided she would sort them out rationally.
Why was she avoiding Beast Boy? She didn't know. Why did her thoughts keep drifting back to him? No idea. Why did she risk her life to save his?
"This is getting me nowhere," she murmured.
"What is?"
"AHHHHHHHHH!" Raven shrieked, leaping off the concrete. Everything electronical on the second, third, and fifth floor in the Tower went haywire. She whirled around, and standing behind her was the green shapechanger himself.
"Hi," he said.
"How did you get up here?" She snapped, glaring at him.
"The stairs," Beast Boy said, sitting down quite calmly. Raven looked at him closely. He didn't seem to be trying to humiliate her, but she couldn't be sure.
For five minutes, neither of them said anything. They sat there (Raven, not wanting to look annoyed, sat down too) watching the sky, until Beast Boy broke the silence.
"Thanks."
"For what?" Raven knew it was a stupid question. Of course she knew what he was thanking her for.
"For saving my life."
"You already thanked me," Raven said, almost snobbishly. She didn't mean it to sound that way, it just did.
"You can never thank a person enough for saving your life," he said, not angry at all by her nasty tone of voice. Raven sighed. "Yeah, I guess."
Raven sat there, waiting for Beast Boy to say something. So it came as a big surprise when he leaned over and brushed his lips against her cheek.
Raven's head spun wildly. Bright colors appeared before her eyes. Just as Cyborg had finished resetting all the clocks, everything that was electronic died.
Raven jumped to her feet unsteadily. "I-I-I have to go now," she stammered, and fled down the stairs before she had even finished her sentence.
She ran wildly, not caring that she couldn't see a thing in the darkness, she knew her way around the tower well enough. She hurtled into her room and threw herself on her bed, face down in the pillows. Every nerve in her body was tingling, and she really wanted it to stop. Or did she?
She buried herself under her covers, as if she could hide from her feelings. She clutched her pillow. Did he just...? Was I just...?
A thousand questions swirled inside Raven's head. She moaned. Stupid, stupid emotions! She wanted to just throw them all away.
Raven touched a finger to her still burning face. It had just been for a second, but she felt as if the sensation would last forever. Angrily, she dragged herself out of bed and turned on the shower, not caring that she was, in fact, showering in the dark because the rest of the Team were still working on getting the power back on.
She was so distracted that she stepped into the shower, then leaped back out because the water was freezing. She wrenched the knob to warm, and stepped in. She washed her hair and her body, but she couldn't scrub away the thoughts of Beast Boy. Still frustrated, she slid the shower door open and wrapped herself up in a fuzzy towel. She stepped out of her bathroom and rummaged in the dark for her black tank top and pajama bottoms, and dried her hair. She settled herself under the covers when a firm knock on her door forced her back to reality.
"Yeah?" She asked.
"It's Cyborg. You okay? The power went out and we fixed it but-"
"I"M FINE!" she yelled. "GO AWAY!" Raven picked up a lamp and threw it at her door. It smashed, and she could hear footsteps leaving.
It was going to be a long, sleepless night.
Downstairs.........
Cyborg tramped into the living room, where Robin was glued to the TV after being deprived of it for twenty minutes. Starfire was sprawled across the couch. When she saw Cyborg, she got to her feet.
"How is Raven?"
"Ummmm...." Cyborg paused.
"I guess that means she definitely had something to do with the power going out, she isn't going to tell us, and when you asked if she was okay she threw something at the door to make you leave?" Robin asked, finally looking up from his show.
"Uh huh." Cyborg sat down on a cushy chair.
"Has anyone seen our friend Beast Boy?" Starfire asked, sitting next to him.
"No. He's probably playing a game in his room, now that the power is back on," Robin replied.
"Probably," Starfire nodded her head.
Back on the rooftop.......
Beast Boy shook his head. He hadn't wanted to scare Raven off, but she was so touchy about her emotions. Everytime he got close, she would run off. After two days of Raven avoiding him he had finally caught up to her, but she still ran away. He sighed and looked up. He didn't know love was this complicated, but it was probably even more complicated for Raven. Did she even like him? If she hadn't liked him, she would have probably beaten him to a bloody pulp in a matter of two seconds, but she didn't.
Beast Boy sighed again. It was probably time for him to go back downstairs, watch TV, and mingle with Robin, Star, and Cyborg, but he really didn't feel like it. Quietly, he slipped down the stairs and into his room. He had that strange feeling that it was going to be a long, sleepless night.
Raven sat on the roof of Titan's Tower, looking over the water. The sunset had just faded, and stars were beginning to twinkle in the darkening sky. It had been two days since she and Beast Boy had gotten out of the hospital, and she had been doing her best to avoid him. She didn't even know why. She sighed, and crossed her legs for medatation.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos. Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos." Why was Beast Boy so worried about her? He looked so...crushed when Raven told him that she couldn't let him die because he was a friend. What did he want from her? And, more importantly, why was she running from him?
"NO! Bad! Must meditate!" Raven mumbled, attempting to regain focus. "Azarath, Metrion..." Beast Boy was right when he said she could have been killed, but at the time she hadn't even thought about it...
"ARRRGH!" Raven yelled. The small lightbulb next to the door flickered wildly, then shattered. She sighed, and lay down on the concrete rooftop to stare at the stars. It was warm out, and a soft breeze shifted her cloak. Tonight it seemed pointless to meditate, because her mind kept shifting to other topics.
She lay there for a while, resting peacefully. She told herself she just couldn't keep running from her problems, so she decided she would sort them out rationally.
Why was she avoiding Beast Boy? She didn't know. Why did her thoughts keep drifting back to him? No idea. Why did she risk her life to save his?
"This is getting me nowhere," she murmured.
"What is?"
"AHHHHHHHHH!" Raven shrieked, leaping off the concrete. Everything electronical on the second, third, and fifth floor in the Tower went haywire. She whirled around, and standing behind her was the green shapechanger himself.
"Hi," he said.
"How did you get up here?" She snapped, glaring at him.
"The stairs," Beast Boy said, sitting down quite calmly. Raven looked at him closely. He didn't seem to be trying to humiliate her, but she couldn't be sure.
For five minutes, neither of them said anything. They sat there (Raven, not wanting to look annoyed, sat down too) watching the sky, until Beast Boy broke the silence.
"Thanks."
"For what?" Raven knew it was a stupid question. Of course she knew what he was thanking her for.
"For saving my life."
"You already thanked me," Raven said, almost snobbishly. She didn't mean it to sound that way, it just did.
"You can never thank a person enough for saving your life," he said, not angry at all by her nasty tone of voice. Raven sighed. "Yeah, I guess."
Raven sat there, waiting for Beast Boy to say something. So it came as a big surprise when he leaned over and brushed his lips against her cheek.
Raven's head spun wildly. Bright colors appeared before her eyes. Just as Cyborg had finished resetting all the clocks, everything that was electronic died.
Raven jumped to her feet unsteadily. "I-I-I have to go now," she stammered, and fled down the stairs before she had even finished her sentence.
She ran wildly, not caring that she couldn't see a thing in the darkness, she knew her way around the tower well enough. She hurtled into her room and threw herself on her bed, face down in the pillows. Every nerve in her body was tingling, and she really wanted it to stop. Or did she?
She buried herself under her covers, as if she could hide from her feelings. She clutched her pillow. Did he just...? Was I just...?
A thousand questions swirled inside Raven's head. She moaned. Stupid, stupid emotions! She wanted to just throw them all away.
Raven touched a finger to her still burning face. It had just been for a second, but she felt as if the sensation would last forever. Angrily, she dragged herself out of bed and turned on the shower, not caring that she was, in fact, showering in the dark because the rest of the Team were still working on getting the power back on.
She was so distracted that she stepped into the shower, then leaped back out because the water was freezing. She wrenched the knob to warm, and stepped in. She washed her hair and her body, but she couldn't scrub away the thoughts of Beast Boy. Still frustrated, she slid the shower door open and wrapped herself up in a fuzzy towel. She stepped out of her bathroom and rummaged in the dark for her black tank top and pajama bottoms, and dried her hair. She settled herself under the covers when a firm knock on her door forced her back to reality.
"Yeah?" She asked.
"It's Cyborg. You okay? The power went out and we fixed it but-"
"I"M FINE!" she yelled. "GO AWAY!" Raven picked up a lamp and threw it at her door. It smashed, and she could hear footsteps leaving.
It was going to be a long, sleepless night.
Downstairs.........
Cyborg tramped into the living room, where Robin was glued to the TV after being deprived of it for twenty minutes. Starfire was sprawled across the couch. When she saw Cyborg, she got to her feet.
"How is Raven?"
"Ummmm...." Cyborg paused.
"I guess that means she definitely had something to do with the power going out, she isn't going to tell us, and when you asked if she was okay she threw something at the door to make you leave?" Robin asked, finally looking up from his show.
"Uh huh." Cyborg sat down on a cushy chair.
"Has anyone seen our friend Beast Boy?" Starfire asked, sitting next to him.
"No. He's probably playing a game in his room, now that the power is back on," Robin replied.
"Probably," Starfire nodded her head.
Back on the rooftop.......
Beast Boy shook his head. He hadn't wanted to scare Raven off, but she was so touchy about her emotions. Everytime he got close, she would run off. After two days of Raven avoiding him he had finally caught up to her, but she still ran away. He sighed and looked up. He didn't know love was this complicated, but it was probably even more complicated for Raven. Did she even like him? If she hadn't liked him, she would have probably beaten him to a bloody pulp in a matter of two seconds, but she didn't.
Beast Boy sighed again. It was probably time for him to go back downstairs, watch TV, and mingle with Robin, Star, and Cyborg, but he really didn't feel like it. Quietly, he slipped down the stairs and into his room. He had that strange feeling that it was going to be a long, sleepless night.