((OMG! I Love this chapter, it's so... funny! Absolutely CUTE! If at one
point in time you do not laugh, giggle, or even giggle in your mind, then I
shall spontaneously combust for your entertainment.))
Chapter Two- Expression
Raven sat down and fixed herself a cup of tea from her tea dispenser for breakfast. She brought the cup up to her lips and took a sip. She spit the liquid back out in shock.
"BEAST BOY!!!!!!!!" She yelled as she stood up to pour the soda out into the sink. Beast Boy opened the fridge in search of tofu before standing up and grinning at her. "Why did you put soda in my tea dispenser?" She said in a very aggravated tone. "Because I thought it'd be funny for you to drink something normal." He said, shutting the fridge after pulling out the soy milk.
"Oh, and your soy milk is normal?"
Beast Boy froze, thought about it, and poured himself a glass. "Well, you have to admit, your reaction was hillarious."
"Remind me to replace your soy milk with REAL milk, then."
"No way! You've never BEEN a cow! You don't understand!"
"And you've never had tea."
Beast Boy smiled with an idea. "Okay then, a challenge. I'll drink a cup of tea if you will drink a cup of soda." Raven blinked and rolled her eyes. "What, too chicken to drink a simple cup of soda?" He turned into a chicken and danced across the breakfast table, clucking. Raven pulled a soda out of the fridge and the tea out of the cabinet. She fixed a cup of the tea and opened the soda. She handed the tea to Beast Boy and took the soda for herself.
"You're on." She challenged.
They both started at the same time, except Beast Boy put the cup down quickly exclaiming that it was too hot. Raven didn't even break for a breath as she drank the soda, swallowing the entire bottle. She slammed the empty bottle onto the table before Beast Boy had recovered from his burnt tongue. Beast Boy sipped the tea slower this time and it helped. When the tea cooled he began to guzzle it like Raven had done the soda.
Buuurp!
Raven slapped her hand over her mouth as Beast Boy hit the floor laughing.
"Okay, I did your stupid burp" She covered her mouth again and Beast Boy rolled in even more laughter.
The other Titans filtered in one by one. Each gave an odd look to the duo, except Starfire who looked more confused. Raven put her hand down and frowned at Beast Boy in preparation of an evil glare.
Burp!
Raven slapped her hand over her mouth again and everyone turned to her.
"Raven had a Hahaha! Soda! Hahahaha!" Beast Boy explained between laughs. Everyone kind of shrugged as if to say 'So? Can't a teen drink a soda?' before realizing WHO he was talking about. They all turned back to Raven.
"Really? Did you like the pop of soda, Raven?" Starfire asked.
"I hated it." She said without burping this time.
Beast Boy heaved himself off of the ground with the aid of a chair.
"Aw, c'mon, you know you want another. You completely guzzled it! You know you like it!"
Raven glared at Beast Boy and he began laughing again. Raven made a cup of tea and placed it in front of the laughing Beast Boy before walking over to the fridge and pulling out another soda. Beast Boy quit laughing and looked at the cup of tea and groaned. "But my tongue is still burnt from that stuff!" He whined.
"If you want to see me drink another soda, you have to drink more tea."
Beast Boy looked at the cup and picked it up.
"Bring it on! The first person to deny a cup of the other person's drink looses!" He said and everyone kind of edges out of the kitchen to watch the battle from afar. Raven made 9 more cups of tea and took out 9 more sodas so they each had 10 to drink.
"On the count of three!" Cyborg announced, appointing himself referee and announcer of the event. "One, Two, Three!"
Beast Boy and Raven picked up their respective drinks and began chugging.
"Oh and Raven is halfway done with the soda already! But Beast Boy is catching up! Oh look, he finished first! But what's this? He seems to be in pain! Maybe the tea was too hot? Raven is on her second soda while Beast Boy is still recovering. Will Beast Boy give up? NO! He's started his second cup of tea!" Cyborg announced.
"Go Raven! Drink the pop of soda!" Starfire cheered.
"Go Beast Boy! You can beat her!" Robin cheered.
"You do not wish Raven to win?" Starfire asked Robin as if hurt.
"Oh, and Raven has just finished the THIRD soda! Hurry up Beast Boy! That's it! And they are onto fourths and both are begining to look a little green... oh wait, Beat Boy is always green! But he still looks sick, look at how he's slowed the tea intake! And Raven is faltering in her soda to soda pass, they are both loosing momentum. But still they go to their 5th, their 6th! Now they really look sick! Beast Boy looks like he's going to hurl! And Raven, oh no!"
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp!
Raven covered her mouth for a second before going onto her 7th soda.
"I give that burp a perfect 10! Not bad for a first timer!" Cyborg scored as Beast Boy slowly picked up his 7th cup of tea.
"Oh man, Beast Boy looks like he's going to get sick any minute now and Raven's still going strong. She's already on the 8th soda! Drink Beast Boy, drink! Oh and Beast Boy is kind of staring at his 8th cup, will he loose to a girl? No! He heaves that cup to his lips and finished it! But Raven's already started her 10th soda! Beast Boy starts his 9th, his 10th. It all comes down to this, folks! They both did it! But Beast Boy... oh no! Run cheeta-boy run!"
Beast Boy changed into a cheeta and ran to the bathroom almost immediantly. Sounds of illness were heard from the bathroom and Cyborg held Raven's hand above her head.
"And the winner is: Raven!"
Bbuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrpp pppppppp!
Raven covered her mouth and Starfire began to laugh joyously.
When Beast Boy re-entered he took one look at the teacups and cringed.
"I'm never drinking tea again." He said with a groan and he collasped into the chair in defeat. He looked up at Raven, to find her smiling slightly in her victory. he perked up. "Oh but it was worth it! You're smiling! Ha ha! Go Beast Boy, Go Beast Boy, you made her smile, oh yeah, Go Beast Boy, Go Beast Boy!"
Raven shook her head. "Whatever."
"Does anyone care to join me in eating my home made glorg?" Starfire announced as she pulled the giant green Jell-O mold out of the fridge.
"Not exactly. The soda, I'm still getting used to it." Raven said, not really lying as she forced back another burp.
Everyone else cringed and replied a negative. Starfire looked dissapointed, but began to ate the glorg anyway. She stuck her fork into the things and screamed as it yelped in pain. Red ooze gushed from the odd Jell-O mold.
"But Glorg is a fungus, not an animal!" Starfire exclaimed as she removed her fork. Then the glorg moved and she screamed again, this time blasting it. Everyone cringed in disgust as they ducked to avoid flying living pieces of glorg.
"Now I really feel sick." Beast Boy said.
Buuuuurp!
"I am never drinking soda again."
"Aw C'mon, you loved it and you know you did!"
Halfway between breakfast time and lunch time, after the glorg had been cleaned up and properly buried, Raven became restless. Beast Boy watched her pace the kitchen before getting herself a cup of tea. She took one sip of the hot liquid before tapping her foot impatiently. Then she resumed pacing.
"Dude, Rae, what's up?" He asked as she tried sitting down again only to tap her fingers and foot.
"I don't know, I just can't sit still." She responded and Cyborg did a scan before bursting out laughing.
"Hey Beast Boy, get this, Raven is suffering from caffine overload!" He said with another burst of laughter. Beast Boy hit the floor laughing as Raven experimented with how far a chair would really rock. Then she stood up, grabbed Beast Boy by his shirt collar, and growled. "I am soooo going to kill you for this!" She threatened and Beast Boy just laughed more.
"What, can't meditate?" He asked in between a loud fit of laughter. She dropped Beast Boy and growled, pacing the kitchen again. "Not funny, Beast Boy!" She yelled. She tried to sit and drink her tea again. She ended up rocking in the chair again so she stood back up and began to pace once more.
After lunch the caffine rush wore off, leading to the enevitable crash. Beast Boy found Raven crashed at the table, head rested beside her cup of tea. As he began laughing, he shook her to wake up.
"Dude, drink another soda or something." he suggested as she opened her exhausted eyes and glared at Beast Boy.
"It was your STUPID soda that CAUSED this!" She yelled and Beast Boy made an 'eep!' of terror as he fled the angry gaze of Raven.
That night Cyborg and Beast Boy were arguing as they entered the Tower upon returning from the video store.
"I TOLD you Cyborg, this is way crazier than some STUPID sci-fi! I mean, really, WICKED SCARY 2!!!! You cannot tell me you don't want to see it!"
"After what happened after the FIRST Wicked Scary? I REALLY don't want to see it!" Cyborg responded with a cringe.
"Look at the summary, though! 'Just when you thought you were safe! The monster has returned and he's scarier than ever! You can't run, you can't hide, but you CAN scream. Not that it'll do you any good, but you can. Prepare yourself for WICKED SCARY 2!!!" Beast Boy shivered with excitement. "This is going to ROCK!"
Starfire yelped when she saw the movie cover. "Did we not experience enough Wicked Scary last time?"
"Don't worry, Star." Raven said. "I'll control Fear this time."
Beast Boy rolled his eyes. "Suuuuure you will. Did you hear me read the summary? He's SCARIER THAN EVER!" He made weird ghost noises that caused Raven to roll her eyes.
"Just play it."
Halfway into the movie, Raven jumped and slapped her hand over her mouth, eyes wide. Starfire was strangling Robin to death from fear. Cyborg had buried his head in his hands. Even Beast Boy jumped, grabbing the arm of the closest person to him. This person being Raven. Raven was watching the screen, too petrified to notice.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!" The next victim scream and Starfire began to cry as Cyborg covered his ears and closed his eyes tight. "Turn it off! Turn it off!" They both screamed at the same time. Robin choked out something as he tried to escape Starfire's death grasp.
Raven and Beast Boy both jumped at the same time. Beast Boy wrapped both his arms around hers and she slapped both of her hand over her mouth as the randomly coffee table collapsed. Everyone jumped at screamed at the sudden noise and all the cabinets in the kitchen behind them flew open. Everyone screamed again and glasses began to simply drop from the shelves on their own.
Beast Boy turned into a cat and leaped onto Raven's lap, clinging to her cape with his claws. Raven was still petrified, staring at the screen with her hands over her mouth. When glass successfully covered the kitchen floor, the next victim was set up for the kill... the monster closed in and...
"AAAAAHHH!!!!!!!"
With a loud "POP!" the TV suddenly went black, smoking. There was another group scream before several relieved sighs.
"Well, I'm glad that's over." Cyborg said, removing his hands from his ears. "Dude, Scaredy Cat, it's off, the TV broke." He told the green kitten in Raven's lap. Beast Boy turned human... still in Raven's lap.
Raven sighed with relief that it was over and then glared up at Beast Boy. "Out of my lap, now." She said coldly and Beast Boy slid out of her lap reluctantly. Raven looked around the house... Broken coffee table, a whole cabinet full of glasses, AND the television itself. She must've been pretty scared.
"Sorry about that, guys." She apologized and Starfire finnally released Robin. "Thank goodness Raven! Thank you sooo much! I thought I'd die of fright before the movie's end!"
Beast Boy began laughing hysterically. "Did I tell you or did I tell you? You were SUPER scared, Raven! BIG TIME!"
"Speak for yourself, scardey cat."
"Hey, Cyborg already used that joke!"
"It's not my fault you turned into a cat, you left it wide open."
"Hey, the good thing is I got to sit in your lap."
"I'm guessing that this is considered good because now you know exactly how you're going to die?"
Robin yawned and Starfire screamed again. "No no! It cannot be bedtime! I do not wish to sleep, I fear the dark! I'm so scared, ROBIN!" She clung to him again. "May I sleep in your bed tonight, Robin? I do not wish to sleep alone, I'm utterly petrified!"
"Yes Starfire, you can, just quit choking me!" He sputtered out and Starfire released him thankfully.
"Oh Thank you thank you thank you!" She said joyously and Robin rubbed his neck.
That night Raven awoke screaming. Beast Boy practically jumped out of his bed when the noise broke through the silence of Titan tower. Starfire screamed in a chain reaction and you could hear Robin go "Argh!" from down the hall.
Beast Boy crept down the hall and opened the door to Raven's room a crack, tranforming into a kitten before entering.
"Mreow!" He greeted cheerfully, taking note of the broken statue in the corner. Raven jumped, but then saw Beast Boy and relaxed, rolling her eyes. "Beast Booooy..." she groaned in annoyance. Beast Boy tunred back into his human form. "What?" Raven crossed her arms and glared. "Out of my room."
"You are still scared!" He teased, sitting on the edge of her bed.
"So what? Get OUT!"
"Nope, what if you have nightmares again? OooooOOooo!" he said, mocking a ghost voice. Raven rolled her eyes and pushed him off of her bed so he hit the floor... hard.
"Oouch!" He cried out, rolling over onto his back and grabbing his hurt leg. "OUCH!" He cried out again after rolling over onto his still injured back. "OwowowowowowowowowOW!" He repeated, rolling helplessly on the floor for a few minutes before Raven realized what had happened and grabbed his uninjured hand to help him up.
"What're you trying to do, kill me?" He asked in a half-way comical tone. Raven didn't think it was funny. She frowned and looked away as he plopped himself back onto her bed. Beast Boy realized what he just said and internally kicked himself for the comment. "I didn't mean it, you know I joke around a lot. Hey Raven, you all right? I swear I was only joking!" She didn't respond and didn't look at him.
"The monster was me..." she said lightly and Beast Boy blinked in confusion.
"Come again?"
"In my nightmare. The monster was me."
Beast Boy sighed. "Count on me to say something stupid and bring it up, huh?"
"You were going to ask me what me dream was about anyway, right?"
"Well, yeah."
"Then shut up and listen before your abnormally large and loud mouth causes any more damage."
There was utter silence for several minutes that made Beast Boy nervous.
"I dreamt that I woke up to a scream. When I went to go investigate, I found no one. So, I went into the basement. And there it was with all of you guys with it. Except..." she trailed off and took a deep breath, as if telling herself 'you can do this, Raven.'
"Continue." Beast Boy said as is giving her permission. She gave him a slight glare. "Didn't I tell you to shut up?" She took another deep breath.
"Except you all were dead and it... It was me. I didn't realize it at first, but when I got closer... and I looked down at my hands and... it was me... it was me..." She choked on her words and put her hand over her mouth. Beast Boy looked up at her, she looked like she was about to cry. She was shaking, forcing back her tears. He rested a hand on her shoulder and she made a small attempt to shrug it off, but he didn't think she really meant it.
"It was only a dream, Raven."
"No, you don't understand..."
"It was just a nightmare."
"But I've been loosing control of my emotions lately..."
"It was just a nightmare caused by a stupid movie I made everyone watch, it's my fault."
"You don't get it! You of all people should! I mean look at you! You're still getting over what I did last time!" She touched his bandaged arm lightly. "What if I did worse next time?"
He wrapped his arms around her, much to Raven's shock, and she stiffened when he did. He pulled her to his chest and she buried her head into his shoulder, letting herself cry lightly. She felt his hand run through her hair comfortingly. "It'll be okay, Raven. I promise you, it will be okay."
When she pulled back her eyes were red and several of her books had randomly hopped off of their shelves. Beast Boy lifted a hand to wipe away the wetness that still lingered on her cheeks. She jumped at his touch and pulled herself fully away from him, pulling the covers up to her chin.
"You should go." She told him lightly and he shook his head in defiance.
"No way! I'm not leaving until I KNOW that you are sleeping peacefully." He said, crossing his arms over his chest. "Fine." Raven muttered, laying back onto her pillow and curling up onto her side. Beast Boy boy layed down beside her, pulling the covers over himself and wrapping his arms around her. She jumped and stiffened, opening her eyes to glare at Beast Boy. "OUT of MY BED!" She snapped. "What, Starfire and Robin are in a bed together, and Cyborg has a teddy bear, I looked, it's pretty funny... I mean, why not?"
"Because it's MY bed and you're not ALLOWED in my bed."
"Hey, I'll get out as soon as you fall asleep. Would you rather me be an animal? Kitten?" He turned ino a kitten and mewed. "A puppy?" He turned into a puppy and yiped. "A raven?" He turned into a raven and then back into a human, laughing at his corny joke.
"NOT funny." Raven scolded and Beast Boy gave the puppy dog eyes... complete with puppy.
"Fine, but ONLY if you get out AS SOON as I fall asleep, do you here me? I would rather NOT awaken to your face staring at me. That would be scarier than a nightmare."
"Ouch, harsh." he muttered, though he muttered it happily as he wrapped his arms back around Raven.
"Don't TOUCH me!"
"But you said..."
"That you could be in the bed, not touch me!"
"Aw, c'mon!"
"NO!"
Beast Boy sighed in disappointment and Raven rolled over so her back was to him. After a long silence, Beast Boy was assured she was asleep.
"I wonder what she's dreaming?" he asked the air. "Oh well, I guess I better go to my own bed now, huh?" He heaved himself off of the bed, walked past where her mysterious mirror lay, and paused. "That thing is still super creepy." He noted to himself before a large pink arm reached out and grabbed him, pulling him into Raven's mind.
((PINK arm? Okay, if you guys don't know who it is, watch Nevermore over and over until you either figure it out or it hypnotizes you like one of Mad Mod's screens.))
Chapter Two- Expression
Raven sat down and fixed herself a cup of tea from her tea dispenser for breakfast. She brought the cup up to her lips and took a sip. She spit the liquid back out in shock.
"BEAST BOY!!!!!!!!" She yelled as she stood up to pour the soda out into the sink. Beast Boy opened the fridge in search of tofu before standing up and grinning at her. "Why did you put soda in my tea dispenser?" She said in a very aggravated tone. "Because I thought it'd be funny for you to drink something normal." He said, shutting the fridge after pulling out the soy milk.
"Oh, and your soy milk is normal?"
Beast Boy froze, thought about it, and poured himself a glass. "Well, you have to admit, your reaction was hillarious."
"Remind me to replace your soy milk with REAL milk, then."
"No way! You've never BEEN a cow! You don't understand!"
"And you've never had tea."
Beast Boy smiled with an idea. "Okay then, a challenge. I'll drink a cup of tea if you will drink a cup of soda." Raven blinked and rolled her eyes. "What, too chicken to drink a simple cup of soda?" He turned into a chicken and danced across the breakfast table, clucking. Raven pulled a soda out of the fridge and the tea out of the cabinet. She fixed a cup of the tea and opened the soda. She handed the tea to Beast Boy and took the soda for herself.
"You're on." She challenged.
They both started at the same time, except Beast Boy put the cup down quickly exclaiming that it was too hot. Raven didn't even break for a breath as she drank the soda, swallowing the entire bottle. She slammed the empty bottle onto the table before Beast Boy had recovered from his burnt tongue. Beast Boy sipped the tea slower this time and it helped. When the tea cooled he began to guzzle it like Raven had done the soda.
Buuurp!
Raven slapped her hand over her mouth as Beast Boy hit the floor laughing.
"Okay, I did your stupid burp" She covered her mouth again and Beast Boy rolled in even more laughter.
The other Titans filtered in one by one. Each gave an odd look to the duo, except Starfire who looked more confused. Raven put her hand down and frowned at Beast Boy in preparation of an evil glare.
Burp!
Raven slapped her hand over her mouth again and everyone turned to her.
"Raven had a Hahaha! Soda! Hahahaha!" Beast Boy explained between laughs. Everyone kind of shrugged as if to say 'So? Can't a teen drink a soda?' before realizing WHO he was talking about. They all turned back to Raven.
"Really? Did you like the pop of soda, Raven?" Starfire asked.
"I hated it." She said without burping this time.
Beast Boy heaved himself off of the ground with the aid of a chair.
"Aw, c'mon, you know you want another. You completely guzzled it! You know you like it!"
Raven glared at Beast Boy and he began laughing again. Raven made a cup of tea and placed it in front of the laughing Beast Boy before walking over to the fridge and pulling out another soda. Beast Boy quit laughing and looked at the cup of tea and groaned. "But my tongue is still burnt from that stuff!" He whined.
"If you want to see me drink another soda, you have to drink more tea."
Beast Boy looked at the cup and picked it up.
"Bring it on! The first person to deny a cup of the other person's drink looses!" He said and everyone kind of edges out of the kitchen to watch the battle from afar. Raven made 9 more cups of tea and took out 9 more sodas so they each had 10 to drink.
"On the count of three!" Cyborg announced, appointing himself referee and announcer of the event. "One, Two, Three!"
Beast Boy and Raven picked up their respective drinks and began chugging.
"Oh and Raven is halfway done with the soda already! But Beast Boy is catching up! Oh look, he finished first! But what's this? He seems to be in pain! Maybe the tea was too hot? Raven is on her second soda while Beast Boy is still recovering. Will Beast Boy give up? NO! He's started his second cup of tea!" Cyborg announced.
"Go Raven! Drink the pop of soda!" Starfire cheered.
"Go Beast Boy! You can beat her!" Robin cheered.
"You do not wish Raven to win?" Starfire asked Robin as if hurt.
"Oh, and Raven has just finished the THIRD soda! Hurry up Beast Boy! That's it! And they are onto fourths and both are begining to look a little green... oh wait, Beat Boy is always green! But he still looks sick, look at how he's slowed the tea intake! And Raven is faltering in her soda to soda pass, they are both loosing momentum. But still they go to their 5th, their 6th! Now they really look sick! Beast Boy looks like he's going to hurl! And Raven, oh no!"
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp!
Raven covered her mouth for a second before going onto her 7th soda.
"I give that burp a perfect 10! Not bad for a first timer!" Cyborg scored as Beast Boy slowly picked up his 7th cup of tea.
"Oh man, Beast Boy looks like he's going to get sick any minute now and Raven's still going strong. She's already on the 8th soda! Drink Beast Boy, drink! Oh and Beast Boy is kind of staring at his 8th cup, will he loose to a girl? No! He heaves that cup to his lips and finished it! But Raven's already started her 10th soda! Beast Boy starts his 9th, his 10th. It all comes down to this, folks! They both did it! But Beast Boy... oh no! Run cheeta-boy run!"
Beast Boy changed into a cheeta and ran to the bathroom almost immediantly. Sounds of illness were heard from the bathroom and Cyborg held Raven's hand above her head.
"And the winner is: Raven!"
Bbuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrpp pppppppp!
Raven covered her mouth and Starfire began to laugh joyously.
When Beast Boy re-entered he took one look at the teacups and cringed.
"I'm never drinking tea again." He said with a groan and he collasped into the chair in defeat. He looked up at Raven, to find her smiling slightly in her victory. he perked up. "Oh but it was worth it! You're smiling! Ha ha! Go Beast Boy, Go Beast Boy, you made her smile, oh yeah, Go Beast Boy, Go Beast Boy!"
Raven shook her head. "Whatever."
"Does anyone care to join me in eating my home made glorg?" Starfire announced as she pulled the giant green Jell-O mold out of the fridge.
"Not exactly. The soda, I'm still getting used to it." Raven said, not really lying as she forced back another burp.
Everyone else cringed and replied a negative. Starfire looked dissapointed, but began to ate the glorg anyway. She stuck her fork into the things and screamed as it yelped in pain. Red ooze gushed from the odd Jell-O mold.
"But Glorg is a fungus, not an animal!" Starfire exclaimed as she removed her fork. Then the glorg moved and she screamed again, this time blasting it. Everyone cringed in disgust as they ducked to avoid flying living pieces of glorg.
"Now I really feel sick." Beast Boy said.
Buuuuurp!
"I am never drinking soda again."
"Aw C'mon, you loved it and you know you did!"
Halfway between breakfast time and lunch time, after the glorg had been cleaned up and properly buried, Raven became restless. Beast Boy watched her pace the kitchen before getting herself a cup of tea. She took one sip of the hot liquid before tapping her foot impatiently. Then she resumed pacing.
"Dude, Rae, what's up?" He asked as she tried sitting down again only to tap her fingers and foot.
"I don't know, I just can't sit still." She responded and Cyborg did a scan before bursting out laughing.
"Hey Beast Boy, get this, Raven is suffering from caffine overload!" He said with another burst of laughter. Beast Boy hit the floor laughing as Raven experimented with how far a chair would really rock. Then she stood up, grabbed Beast Boy by his shirt collar, and growled. "I am soooo going to kill you for this!" She threatened and Beast Boy just laughed more.
"What, can't meditate?" He asked in between a loud fit of laughter. She dropped Beast Boy and growled, pacing the kitchen again. "Not funny, Beast Boy!" She yelled. She tried to sit and drink her tea again. She ended up rocking in the chair again so she stood back up and began to pace once more.
After lunch the caffine rush wore off, leading to the enevitable crash. Beast Boy found Raven crashed at the table, head rested beside her cup of tea. As he began laughing, he shook her to wake up.
"Dude, drink another soda or something." he suggested as she opened her exhausted eyes and glared at Beast Boy.
"It was your STUPID soda that CAUSED this!" She yelled and Beast Boy made an 'eep!' of terror as he fled the angry gaze of Raven.
That night Cyborg and Beast Boy were arguing as they entered the Tower upon returning from the video store.
"I TOLD you Cyborg, this is way crazier than some STUPID sci-fi! I mean, really, WICKED SCARY 2!!!! You cannot tell me you don't want to see it!"
"After what happened after the FIRST Wicked Scary? I REALLY don't want to see it!" Cyborg responded with a cringe.
"Look at the summary, though! 'Just when you thought you were safe! The monster has returned and he's scarier than ever! You can't run, you can't hide, but you CAN scream. Not that it'll do you any good, but you can. Prepare yourself for WICKED SCARY 2!!!" Beast Boy shivered with excitement. "This is going to ROCK!"
Starfire yelped when she saw the movie cover. "Did we not experience enough Wicked Scary last time?"
"Don't worry, Star." Raven said. "I'll control Fear this time."
Beast Boy rolled his eyes. "Suuuuure you will. Did you hear me read the summary? He's SCARIER THAN EVER!" He made weird ghost noises that caused Raven to roll her eyes.
"Just play it."
Halfway into the movie, Raven jumped and slapped her hand over her mouth, eyes wide. Starfire was strangling Robin to death from fear. Cyborg had buried his head in his hands. Even Beast Boy jumped, grabbing the arm of the closest person to him. This person being Raven. Raven was watching the screen, too petrified to notice.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!" The next victim scream and Starfire began to cry as Cyborg covered his ears and closed his eyes tight. "Turn it off! Turn it off!" They both screamed at the same time. Robin choked out something as he tried to escape Starfire's death grasp.
Raven and Beast Boy both jumped at the same time. Beast Boy wrapped both his arms around hers and she slapped both of her hand over her mouth as the randomly coffee table collapsed. Everyone jumped at screamed at the sudden noise and all the cabinets in the kitchen behind them flew open. Everyone screamed again and glasses began to simply drop from the shelves on their own.
Beast Boy turned into a cat and leaped onto Raven's lap, clinging to her cape with his claws. Raven was still petrified, staring at the screen with her hands over her mouth. When glass successfully covered the kitchen floor, the next victim was set up for the kill... the monster closed in and...
"AAAAAHHH!!!!!!!"
With a loud "POP!" the TV suddenly went black, smoking. There was another group scream before several relieved sighs.
"Well, I'm glad that's over." Cyborg said, removing his hands from his ears. "Dude, Scaredy Cat, it's off, the TV broke." He told the green kitten in Raven's lap. Beast Boy turned human... still in Raven's lap.
Raven sighed with relief that it was over and then glared up at Beast Boy. "Out of my lap, now." She said coldly and Beast Boy slid out of her lap reluctantly. Raven looked around the house... Broken coffee table, a whole cabinet full of glasses, AND the television itself. She must've been pretty scared.
"Sorry about that, guys." She apologized and Starfire finnally released Robin. "Thank goodness Raven! Thank you sooo much! I thought I'd die of fright before the movie's end!"
Beast Boy began laughing hysterically. "Did I tell you or did I tell you? You were SUPER scared, Raven! BIG TIME!"
"Speak for yourself, scardey cat."
"Hey, Cyborg already used that joke!"
"It's not my fault you turned into a cat, you left it wide open."
"Hey, the good thing is I got to sit in your lap."
"I'm guessing that this is considered good because now you know exactly how you're going to die?"
Robin yawned and Starfire screamed again. "No no! It cannot be bedtime! I do not wish to sleep, I fear the dark! I'm so scared, ROBIN!" She clung to him again. "May I sleep in your bed tonight, Robin? I do not wish to sleep alone, I'm utterly petrified!"
"Yes Starfire, you can, just quit choking me!" He sputtered out and Starfire released him thankfully.
"Oh Thank you thank you thank you!" She said joyously and Robin rubbed his neck.
That night Raven awoke screaming. Beast Boy practically jumped out of his bed when the noise broke through the silence of Titan tower. Starfire screamed in a chain reaction and you could hear Robin go "Argh!" from down the hall.
Beast Boy crept down the hall and opened the door to Raven's room a crack, tranforming into a kitten before entering.
"Mreow!" He greeted cheerfully, taking note of the broken statue in the corner. Raven jumped, but then saw Beast Boy and relaxed, rolling her eyes. "Beast Booooy..." she groaned in annoyance. Beast Boy tunred back into his human form. "What?" Raven crossed her arms and glared. "Out of my room."
"You are still scared!" He teased, sitting on the edge of her bed.
"So what? Get OUT!"
"Nope, what if you have nightmares again? OooooOOooo!" he said, mocking a ghost voice. Raven rolled her eyes and pushed him off of her bed so he hit the floor... hard.
"Oouch!" He cried out, rolling over onto his back and grabbing his hurt leg. "OUCH!" He cried out again after rolling over onto his still injured back. "OwowowowowowowowowOW!" He repeated, rolling helplessly on the floor for a few minutes before Raven realized what had happened and grabbed his uninjured hand to help him up.
"What're you trying to do, kill me?" He asked in a half-way comical tone. Raven didn't think it was funny. She frowned and looked away as he plopped himself back onto her bed. Beast Boy realized what he just said and internally kicked himself for the comment. "I didn't mean it, you know I joke around a lot. Hey Raven, you all right? I swear I was only joking!" She didn't respond and didn't look at him.
"The monster was me..." she said lightly and Beast Boy blinked in confusion.
"Come again?"
"In my nightmare. The monster was me."
Beast Boy sighed. "Count on me to say something stupid and bring it up, huh?"
"You were going to ask me what me dream was about anyway, right?"
"Well, yeah."
"Then shut up and listen before your abnormally large and loud mouth causes any more damage."
There was utter silence for several minutes that made Beast Boy nervous.
"I dreamt that I woke up to a scream. When I went to go investigate, I found no one. So, I went into the basement. And there it was with all of you guys with it. Except..." she trailed off and took a deep breath, as if telling herself 'you can do this, Raven.'
"Continue." Beast Boy said as is giving her permission. She gave him a slight glare. "Didn't I tell you to shut up?" She took another deep breath.
"Except you all were dead and it... It was me. I didn't realize it at first, but when I got closer... and I looked down at my hands and... it was me... it was me..." She choked on her words and put her hand over her mouth. Beast Boy looked up at her, she looked like she was about to cry. She was shaking, forcing back her tears. He rested a hand on her shoulder and she made a small attempt to shrug it off, but he didn't think she really meant it.
"It was only a dream, Raven."
"No, you don't understand..."
"It was just a nightmare."
"But I've been loosing control of my emotions lately..."
"It was just a nightmare caused by a stupid movie I made everyone watch, it's my fault."
"You don't get it! You of all people should! I mean look at you! You're still getting over what I did last time!" She touched his bandaged arm lightly. "What if I did worse next time?"
He wrapped his arms around her, much to Raven's shock, and she stiffened when he did. He pulled her to his chest and she buried her head into his shoulder, letting herself cry lightly. She felt his hand run through her hair comfortingly. "It'll be okay, Raven. I promise you, it will be okay."
When she pulled back her eyes were red and several of her books had randomly hopped off of their shelves. Beast Boy lifted a hand to wipe away the wetness that still lingered on her cheeks. She jumped at his touch and pulled herself fully away from him, pulling the covers up to her chin.
"You should go." She told him lightly and he shook his head in defiance.
"No way! I'm not leaving until I KNOW that you are sleeping peacefully." He said, crossing his arms over his chest. "Fine." Raven muttered, laying back onto her pillow and curling up onto her side. Beast Boy boy layed down beside her, pulling the covers over himself and wrapping his arms around her. She jumped and stiffened, opening her eyes to glare at Beast Boy. "OUT of MY BED!" She snapped. "What, Starfire and Robin are in a bed together, and Cyborg has a teddy bear, I looked, it's pretty funny... I mean, why not?"
"Because it's MY bed and you're not ALLOWED in my bed."
"Hey, I'll get out as soon as you fall asleep. Would you rather me be an animal? Kitten?" He turned ino a kitten and mewed. "A puppy?" He turned into a puppy and yiped. "A raven?" He turned into a raven and then back into a human, laughing at his corny joke.
"NOT funny." Raven scolded and Beast Boy gave the puppy dog eyes... complete with puppy.
"Fine, but ONLY if you get out AS SOON as I fall asleep, do you here me? I would rather NOT awaken to your face staring at me. That would be scarier than a nightmare."
"Ouch, harsh." he muttered, though he muttered it happily as he wrapped his arms back around Raven.
"Don't TOUCH me!"
"But you said..."
"That you could be in the bed, not touch me!"
"Aw, c'mon!"
"NO!"
Beast Boy sighed in disappointment and Raven rolled over so her back was to him. After a long silence, Beast Boy was assured she was asleep.
"I wonder what she's dreaming?" he asked the air. "Oh well, I guess I better go to my own bed now, huh?" He heaved himself off of the bed, walked past where her mysterious mirror lay, and paused. "That thing is still super creepy." He noted to himself before a large pink arm reached out and grabbed him, pulling him into Raven's mind.
((PINK arm? Okay, if you guys don't know who it is, watch Nevermore over and over until you either figure it out or it hypnotizes you like one of Mad Mod's screens.))