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I don't own Teen Titans. I don't own 50 reviews yet. It'll take 50 reviews to get the next chapter up (yeah, I've resorted to "threats"). There's some other stuff I don't own, and when I think of it, I'll add that too... Now let's get to the shorter than chapter 7 Chapter 8!

Terra liked birthdays a lot more than Raven. Not as much as Starfire, but she liked them a lot. Terra enjoyed the attention they heaped on her. So, naturally, she was up at 4:30 in the morning on her birthday. Beast Boy was going to take her to the Super Bruces tonight. She couldn't wait. It didn't matter to her that no one else would be up until 9 or so. Today was her birthday!

She went down to the main room and turned on the television. There was a cartoon on. Something like Justice League: Unlimited or something lame. It was a Green Arrow episode. Terra thought archery was the lamest super-power ever, and she constantly expressed this whenever Speedy was within ten feet. Unfortunately, he always thought she was hitting on him.

Fast forward to 9:00. Robin's alarm rang. He put on his pants and got up to use the bathroom. He had finally taken out those ridiculous hidden cameras and could use it in peace. However, he was unable to use it for the sole reason that he was unable to concentrate. Someone was downstairs yelling "HAPPY DAY OF YOUR HAPPY BIRTH!" That could only be one person.

That same scream awoke Raven from her slumber. Obviously Star had woken up early to surprise Terra and scare the bejesus out of everyone else in the tower. Raven just wanted to get back to sleep and dream about her special green lover, who she loved even more after his gifts to her on her birthday. She fell back on to her bed and began to snooze again.

Terra's hair was standing up on end so that it looked like Slade's afro. Once again, Star had surprised her hapless victim with a jet-engine-loud scream. After Terra realized that it wasn't World War III, she smiled at her red-haired friend. "Thanks Starfire..." she said. "It means a lot to me that you would say that."

Beast Boy was the next to come down. He looked around cautiously for Raven and then gave Terra a kiss on the cheek and a "Happy Birthday!" He had just made her day. No matter what ridiculous presents they would give her, they could not ruin her day. She was just waiting for that night so she would get to see that concert and spend ahem quality time with Beast Boy. Then Raven came down. Terra tried her hardest to push her meeting with Slade out of her head, but the little things he said just kept resonating with her.

The party for Terra went exactly as she figured it would. Nothing that she really liked, and an okay tasting cake. She went out to train to find a big surprise though - the obstacle course was being overrun by Slade's fembots! What were they doing there? She called Robin on her monitor and the Titans were off for another fight.

Terra wasn't going to be abducted by those machines again. She had been working really hard to control her powers, just in case BB decided to leave her for someone who had that ability. She brought several rocks above her head and dropped them on to the Fembots. Robin sent out his bird-a-rang to ensnare some of them. Cyborg simply stood there and repeatedly fired his laser cannon. For some reason, these Slade-fembots were getting really easy to take out.

Fast forward to later that night. It was time for the concert. Terra was dressed in basic street clothes, while BB had his regular spandex hero outfit on. BB had Robin challenge Cyborg to a battle of "Casablanca Battle Royal" so he could sneak off with the T-Car. His plot was successful, and before long, Terra and Beast Boy were on their way to see the Super Bruces in concert.

At the concert, Terra snuggled right up next to BB as the Super Bruces began performing. It was a hard rock tune, and the couple beat their heads in rhythm to it, as did the rest of the audience in attendance. Terra smiled at Beast Boy and declared it would be "their song" from there on out. After the first song, a man from backstage came out to inform the band leader of a development, and he took the mike. "Ladies and gentlemen - it has come to my attention that we have some SUPERHEROES in the audience!" Everyone looked around before their eyes settled on the green changeling, who had his arm wrapped around Terra. "GIVE IT UP FOR TWO MEMBERS OF THE TEEN TITANS!"

The band leader, known to the fans as Alex, and his backup vocalist Robbie pulled the couple onto the stage, where the adulation of the fans was even greater. Before long, everyone was chanting for Beast Boy to sing Terra a love song, which he did, to the delight of the crowd. (I won't tell you which one it was, but it was NOT a song by Evanescence, which seems to be a popular choice in songfics). However, it wasn't that good - seeing as how often BB's voice cracked during the course of it. Terra was just happy that he tried.

The duo went back to their seats, with BB's arm around Terra's waist now, and receiving raucous applause from the audience. They sat down, expecting the rest of the night to be normal, but that was not to be the case. Mad Mod appeared out of nowhere to sing a song that WAS by Evanescence - and he sounded like William Hung. For some reason, he was cheered even more wildly than Beast Boy, Terra, and the Super Bruces combined. There were some things that Beast Boy just didn't understand. It didn't really matter for long though, as Terra leaned in and kissed him twice, and that cleared his thoughts. She then began to whisper seductively into his ear. "So - you know what would make a good birthday present?" she snickered. "If we could spend the rest of the night together. That would do me good until my next birthday, if you're listening right." Beast Boy was obviously not listening right, as he said "Sure thing, honey" while not taking his eyes off the Super Bruces.

The rest of the concert passed, and before BB knew it, it was 11:00. Raven was probably not happy, and Cyborg was probably absolutely livid that BB would have ahem stolen the T-Car without telling him. As he and Terra started walking back to the T-Car, it began to rain. It always seemed to rain when BB was outside. Oh well - he'd live. He started the car and Terra hopped into the passenger seat, and they took off, back for the tower.

Raven was pacing. Where the hell was Beast Boy? She couldn't help but think that maybe Terra had tried to seduce him during the concert. She didn't want to think that, but it had crossed her mind. She was also worried he had been involved in an auto accident, what with the torrential downpour and all. "Or maybe," she reasoned with herself, "The concert was just going for a really long time..." Her thoughts were interrupted by a loud crash a few rooms down the hall. It had come from Starfire's room, and she went out to check what it was.

Robin was unconscious on the ground, grebnack in his hand. Star was holding a giant mallet, ready to strike again. She had explained to him hundreds of times not to touch her grebnacks - it was almost as much of a no-no as going into Raven's room. Anyone who went into Raven's room was sure to suffer instant death (see Cyborg, chapter 7)

The rain was coming down in buckets now, and Beast Boy could barely see where he was off to. The windshield wipers were barely doing any good at all, and Terra was clutching on to BB for dear life. Her nails in his arm was not something he needed for the formidable journey home. When they were about halfway home, the rain became too much to bear, and Terra shouted "PULL OVER!" Beast Boy did, scared half to death by Terra's outburst. BB decided he would call Robin to get him to come pick them up, but for some bizarre reason, he wasn't picking up his communicator. Oh well - it was rather late.

Beast Boy and Terra decided they would walk to the nearest gas station or pharmacy to spend the night, and they got out of the car. They were lucky they did, because three minutes after they had walked off, a tractor- trailer truck had hydroplaned off the road and plowed into the T-Car, causing it to explode. As the red flames shot into view from behind them and the sound of the explosion reached their ears, Terra immediately knew what it was. "You know Cyborg's going to kill you when we get back..." BB nodded in agreement. His death wasn't an important matter to him anyway - he knew that he was going to die within the week - on Starfire's birthday.

The couple eventually found their way to an open hotel. The manager recognized the two as Teen Titans, and offered them a free room. Terra gladly accepted and dragged a weary Beast Boy up the stairs. There was just one surprise waiting for them in the room. Well - there were two surprises. The first surprise was that the tub was filled with water balloons. The second was more alarming - there was only one bed in the room.

Terra immediately jumped on the bed and asked for BB to do the same. He respectfully declined, saying it would be "way too weird..." He would take the floor instead. This answer was not to Terra's liking, however, and she began to playfully pelt him with the water balloons from the tub - until she noticed that the "water" in the water balloons was actually yogurt. Whoever was in this room last was incredibly immature. Probably some high school kids or college freshmen. Or maybe one of the Super Bruces - anyway, it didn't matter. What did matter was getting the yogurt off of his costume. Terra was way too eager to help him, so he suggested that she go to sleep. THAT she could do like a pro, and she did. Beast Boy walked into the bathroom and shut the door. He removed his top in order to get all the yogurt of off it, but his communicator slipped off and into the tub - and into more yogurt, where it short-circuited and started a small electrical fire. This was gonna be bad.

Thankfully, Beast Boy could turn into a mini-elephant that spat water. He quickly doused the fire, but his shirt was charred. At least it wasn't covered in yogurt though. He crept out of the bathroom, took Terra's communicator, and crept back in. He decided to call Starfire to see if she was awake. She wasn't. His second option was Raven, who would probably never speak to him again after this. She picked up, and was clearly irritated.

"Where the hell are you, Beast Boy? I haven't gotten ANY sleep tonight!" BB tried to calmly explain that he and Terra had been involved in a car wreck, which was sort of true, but they were both okay - and that the car wasn't, so they were stuck up in a hotel for the night. Raven was very upset and angry, but she agreed to tell Robin to come get them once he regained consciousness. She then told him that he owed her dinner for costing her this much sleep.

In the morning, Robin arrived. He had a large bump on his head that he preferred not to discuss. He chose not to ask BB what had happened the night before - but in actuality, nothing of "that" nature did occur, despite how seemingly into it Terra had been. It was a quiet ride home, because Beast Boy was asleep the entire way. He had not gotten any sleep the night before. He was far too worried. Starfire's birthday was coming fast, and that was the day of reckoning. The two girls were already somewhat unhappy, and it was only going to get worse. Cy wasn't exactly happy with him either, and HE had blackmail.

What will happen in chapter 9? Will it be funnier? (How can it not?) Will you review it, please? Will you visit my websites? Will Mad Mod be the NEXT AMERICAN IDOL? Who stole Starfire's grebnacks this time - and is that pony all that it seems to be? Find out next time - if and when I get 50 reviews!