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Chapter 6Birthday
-"Wonderful day to you, Friend!"-Starfire said while hugging (crushing) BB with all her strength
-"Thanks…Star…can't…breath…help…now"-BB said
It was BB's birthday and Robin had suggested going to the park and have a picnic. The rest of the Titans were surprised when their leader suggested that idea but they made sure to organize it as best as they could for BB's sake. The Titans had woken up early and prepared the food for the picnic. Even though Cyborg was against it, Starfire had prepared tofu food for BB. The Titans were at the park and the time to give out the presents had arrived. Starfire let BB loose and gave him his present.
-"Happy Birthday, BB!"-Cyborg shouted
-"Happy Birthday, Beast Boy"-Robin said
-"Congratulation, Beast Boy…you may mature now"-Raven said
-"Very funny, Raven"-BB said
They all gave presents to BB, unfortunately they all thought of the same perfect gift. Now BB had 4 copies of the latest video game "Racing on Mars: The sequel of the sequel" and 4 copies of the latest horror movie "Wicked Scary: Part 15, Golden edition with never before seen scenes, alternate ending, digitally re-mastered and 80 hours of special features" (That's the name…believe me!).
-"Let us celebrate our friendship with a game of hitting each other with the ball, Yes?"-Starfire asked.
-"You mean dodgeball, Star"-Cyborg said
-"Yes! Let us play together. Raven, Would you join us, Please?"-Starfire asked.
Raven hesitated a little but then saw Robin who was watching her. She remembered the chat she had with him on the roof and decided to let herself live a little and agreed to play. Cyborg grabbed the ball and ran backwards to get ready to play. Starfire and Robin were on the opposite side of where Cyborg was and Raven was in the middle looking at both sides getting ready to run away whenever she could. They were all going to start to play when they noticed the birthday person was not there. BB, for the first time ever, had second thoughts about playing with his friends.
-"I was kidding with the maturing thing…you can play"-Raven said
BB looked at her wondering if she had actually meant it when she told him to grow up. BB and Raven exchange a different glance from all those they had exchanged before. Raven smiled at BB and he smiled back. BB was about to say something but then he heard some yelling coming from behind Raven and turned to see what was happening.
-"Starfire! Give back that mustard!"-Robin and Cyborg yelled in the background
Starfire was running around the field with the bottle of mustard on her hand while Robin and Cyborg where running behind her to get the mustard back.
-"Star, mustard is not a drink!"-Robin yelled
-"Yeah, and we haven't eaten yet and I like my food with mustard!"-Cyborg said
BB laughed at the scene and Raven rolled her eyes but inside she thought it was funny too. Finally, Cyborg and Robin caught Starfire and got the mustard back. BB sighed and started playing with all of them. Cyborg started the game and threw the ball to BB who turned into a bird and evaded it. Raven was behind BB and the ball hit her right on the head. Cyborg hid behind BB and Raven's eyes got red.
-"Sorry, Raven. BB moved!"-Cyborg said, still hiding
-"Hey! What was I supposed to do? Stand there and receive the hit like she did?"-BB yelled
-"Not helping, man!"-Cyborg said when he saw Raven use her powers to throw the ball at him
-"Move!"-Cyborg yelled
Everybody moved and the ball hit a three, and the three fell down. Robin got the ball and threw it again against BB.
-"Dude! Am I the only target?"-BB asked
-"Hahaha! This is so much fun!"-Starfire yelled when she threw the ball at BB and hit him on the head
-"That is funny"-Raven said
-"It 's not!"-BB said while rubbing his head
After the Titans had played for a while, they decided to take a rest. Raven sat under a three and was reading a book. Cyborg was making himself a 15-story sandwich and BB had been watching the people around him. He saw a couple of children playing around the sandbox. They where making holes in the sand and making sand castles. He smiled and then turned to see a boy and a girl who where at the swings. The couple had been talking for a while. They had walked around the park together, pointing at people and things and talked about them. The girl had pointed at the seesaw and made a questioning face. The boy held her hand and led her to the ride. He showed her where to seat and he sat on the other part of the ride. They had played at the seesaw for a couple of minutes and they had seemed to enjoy it. The girl had fell from her seat and the boy rapidly ran and helped her get up. She was not hurt and was laughing at what had happened. The boy's face of concern changed into relief and walked her to a near bench. While they were on the bench they had talked for a lot of time. BB was amazed of how happy they seemed together. The way they looked at each other proved they were having a great time. BB wished he could have someone to talk to like they did. He looked at Raven who was still buried in her book and sighed. When he turned back to see the boy and the girl they had gone to the swings and the boy was pushing the girl slowly. BB smiled and felt happy for them, he felt happy because they were his friends. The boy and the girl were Robin and Starfire.
Meanwhile, back at the Tower, a shadow made its way inside the it. He went inside the evidence room and took a look of everything there was there. The shadow went around each Titan's room and searched under their beds and inside their closets. When he got inside Robin's room he saw a picture of him with all the other Titans.
-"They are not your friends anymore"-The shadow said
The shadow looked inside Robin's drawers and at the end of one of them he found some pictures and all of them were of Starfire. The first picture showed Starfire with a chef hat and a cooking book trying to make Robin eat whatever she had made. Another picture showed Starfire with the prom dress she wore when she was following Robin to his date with Kitten. The other pictures were of Starfire laughing about something. All of her pictured showed her smiling; she always smiled, even when she was not feeling fine. One of the last pictures had Starfire with a big smile and she was doing the "peace" sign with her fingers. This picture was different, since it had a heart drawn on the bottom left corner. He turned the picture and saw a message on the back that read:
"Robin:
This is just a good-bye gift from me to you. Even though I am not as happy as the picture shows I wish for you to remember me like this. Thank you for everything your have done for me. Please do not forget me.
Starfire"
This was a note Starfire had left Robin when she had planned to leave back to Tamaran when Blackfire was on Earth. Starfire had thought that Robin had preferred her sister and that she would not fit around the Titans anymore. She thought Robin did not have a picture of her alone to remember her and she gave him this one. She left the picture on his bed and did not see the other pictures he had from her.
-"I knew she was your weakness"-The shadow said and took the last picture he saw
The shadow walked inside Raven's room and looked inside her closet. There was a locked box inside and that made the shadow want to open it. He did and found another pile of pictures, these ones showed…BB. He laughed at all of them because all of the pictures showed BB making funny faces. He closed the box and went to Cyborg's room. He saw all the machines Cyborg had and found some papers on a desk. The papers had drawings of the Tower with specific details of the security system and the way the Tower worked.
-"This may prove useful"-The shadow said
The shadow took the plans and went inside Starfire's room. He found nothing that he thought would be of help and when he passed next to BB's door and smelled the stink he decided not to go in at all. The shadow went around the living room, the kitchen, the basement and the garage. After a while he left as silent as he had gotten in and disappeared in the lake.
Back at the park, the Titans were getting ready to leave and had started to pick up and clean up the place where they had been. Finally, the Titans got back home and it was very late. They were all tired and went straight into their rooms. BB was still not feeling good and had been tossing and turning on his bed. He got tired of not being able to sleep and then decided to go to the weighting room. He began doing some workout by lifting weights. He had to change into a gorilla to not be crushed by one of the weights and exactly at that moment Robin came in and helped him out.
-"Careful, BB. You're going to get hurt"-Robin said
-"Like if I didn't know already"-BB said
-"Whoa! I didn't mean to say it like that"-Robin said
-"Whatever, dude!"-BB said
Robin was surprised with BB's reaction. He had acted strange since they left to the park in the morning and now he was not happy, as he is most of the time. BB was looking at the floor and did not seem very happy about his birthday.
-'He is starting to sound like Raven'-Robin thought and made him smile a little
-"Sorry, Dude. Didn't mean to yell at you or anything"-BB said
-"That's ok, Beast Boy. Does this have something to do with you not wanting to play earlier today?"-Robin asked
-"Sort of"-BB answered
-"What's wrong?"-Robin asked
-"You wouldn't understand, Robin. You are normal"-BB answered
-"What? What makes you think you're not? And, by the way…what makes you think that I am?"-Robin asked
-"Well, you do have a…special taste in clothing"-BB joked
-"Got your point"-Robin said while staring at his multicolored clothes
-"But, well…I am g…not, skin…ani…not entirely human"-BB finally said
-"So you are saying you don't like being a super hero?"-Robin asked
-"NO WAY! I love the superhero stuff…But sometimes I wish I could be normal. I wish I could be normal so I could have something special like what you have with Star"-BB said
-'WOW, he is not physic and he knows! He definitely would be Raven's best choice'-Robin thought
-"You are still human inside, BB. The outside is just a cover. But, if it really would help you to be normal for a while…we could try to make your normal for some time…if you want"-Robin suggested
BB's eyes widened and his face had a huge smile (anime like). He accepted Robin's proposition and Robin brought some weird machines to check BB's vitals and analyze how he was able to transform. BB had tried to explain how he had gotten his powers and based on all this information Robin and BB spent the night trying to figure out a way to restrain BB powers and his green skin color for a couple of hours. For BB, being green sometimes meant being immature…definitively not what Raven would want. After a couple of hours before sunrise they had finally finished.
-"Want to try it now?"-Robin asked
-"Not yet! I want to use in a special occasion"-BB answered
-"Ok"-Robin said
Robin said he was really tired and left BB alone in the weighting room. BB stretched himself and thought about Raven. Now he would be able to tell her what he felt.
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NOTE: Who was that shadow? And what was it doing there??…If you really want to know…keep reading!!!