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CHAPTER 2. KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS.

Two weeks had come and gone, and for pretty much everyone in the tower they had been two weeks of bliss. Particularly for Raven and Beastboy.

Greg had to have been the most rambunctious, rebellious eight-month old in the world prior to this, and had suddenly made a complete turnaround. For the past few months one of the two had been up every night, tending to the many necessary duties of a parent. Feeding, burping, waking from nightmares, and just generally making the little kid feel safe at night.

Since the night when Raven had sworn she'd seen someone watching over Greg, the little scamp had been a perfect angel, only waking him or her up to feed him. Other than that, he seemed to sleep like a rock, and it had been a pleasant change for them. No more mornings looking like hell, subsisting on coffee at God-forsaken hours, and generally terrorising Starfire with their early-morning appearance.

Everyone was at a loss to explain Greg's sudden behaviour. Robin and Cyborg secretly harboured the suspicion that he had inherited his father's pranking genes, and was trying to lure his parents and family into a false sense of security before dropping a bomb on them.

Of course, none of them knew about the silent vigil Terra maintained over both Greg and his parents at night. Though she'd found it possible to sleep, she'd also found the slightest thing woke her up, and since she had no body to care for, she just lay in bed at night, half-dozing while keeping an ear cocked for the first sounds of Greg's pre-waking stirrings. The second he woke, he always found his guardian angel watching over him, smiling down at him or silently blowing raspberries, which was enough to keep him quiet until he drifted off again.

Terra only wished she could feed him as well and so relive the two young parents of that burden, but still found it difficult to physically manipulate small objects, let alone Greg's bottle of milk. The most she'd been able to do was replace his pacifier should it fall out of his mouth. Terra believed that she'd be able of more if she had a place to practice, but most rooms in the tower were surveillance-monitored, and objects apparently floating by themselves would raise a few questions when the tapes were reviewed.

But for now, Terra was content to do what little she could at night for Greg, and the same for the Titans at day. She was at as many of their battles as possible, cheering them on from the sidelines and she was certain it helped in someway, though the Titans remained totally oblivious to the real cause of their recent string of good luck. Except perhaps Raven. Terra often felt her eyes on her around the tower, as if Raven could sense she was there but not see her.

Also, despite all of her efforts for the team, Terra would not allow herself to revert back to her Titans uniform, For the first few days she'd moped around in her tattered Slade armour, till she found she could alter her clothing, though not her physical appearance. So for now she wore a duplicate of her old tan and grey casual clothes, right down to the hiking boots and goggles--not that she needed them anymore.

Terra did notice however that there were some problems in the Titan household, but once again, there was nothing she could do to relieve the situation.

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Another evening out on the town - battling the HIVE had left most of the Titans as worn out as old socks. Most because Raven had remained at home to keep an eye on Greg. Right now she was spoon-feeding him in the kitchen as the other four trudged in bruised, dusty, and dented.

"Bad night."

"You could say that," Beastboy answered as he spread out beside her at the table and tickled Greg under the chin, getting several gurgles from him. "Blood's current team are real tough nuts."

"Jinx, Gizmo and Mammoth weren't there?"

Starfire collapsed into a chair across from them.

"Neither have been seen operating with the HIVE in many months. It is my thought that they have granulated."

"Graduated Star," Robin corrected as he joined them, "word on the street is that they've come over to our side, and were apparently seen stopping a bank heist last week."

Beastboy chuckled and slapped Cyborg on the back.

"Old Stone rubbed off on Jinx more than he expected huh?"

"Boo, ya." Cyborg replied in a monotone.

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Terra was currently 'doing a Starfire' and floating around in circles near the ceiling, listening to the conversation below, chuckling at the banter between the two friends, which seemed would never end no matter how old they became.

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Robin looked across at Raven, face neutral, voice serious.

"Rae, we really needed you today."

"Yeah," Cyborg chimed in, "it always helps to have you around to 'Azraeth Metrion Zinthos' the bad guys."

Raven smiled softly.

"Trust me, I want to be there with you, but I do have responsibilities here."

She turned to spoon Greg his last portion of food to find him happily being petted by Starfire, who jabbered at him in what might have been baby-talk or Tamaranian. Catching her eyes again, Robin nodded to Raven and motioned for her to join him in the lounge area.

"Raven, I know you have responsibilities with Greg, but this team needs you just as much as he does. He won't admit it to anyone of course, but Cyborg nearly didn't come back today."

Raven's hand went first to her mouth in surprise, then to her lap as she sat and considered. Robin pressed on again, but gentler this time.

"This team needs at least five on it to make it work. Without you, we're might not last that long. If we had a sixth titan, you and BB could alternate everyday on who stays home and have our blessing. But we need a fifth Raven. And if it's not you, then who is there?"

Raven opened her mouth, head cast to the ground.

"If only Ter..."

Robin nodded. Her unfinished statement was obvious.

"We are trying Raven. Not just for us, but for her as well. But till we get her back, we need you. Okay."

Robin slapped her amiably on the shoulder and left to join Starfire in playing with twenty-four inches of adorable baby-fat, leaving her to sit and ponder her choices alone.

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Terra was just as much in internal debate as Raven, having been hovering over Robin and her for the whole time.

'Damn it! You could do something about this if you weren't such a weakling!'

True. If she was stronger she could protect Greg while Raven fought alongside the other Titans, but she could barely lift a pocket calculator, let alone do everything needed to take care of a baby.

Somewhat angry with herself and confused about what to do Terra floated down to the couch and perched beside Raven.

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Raven felt a cold chill beside her and a brief brainwave flickered through her mind.

"Its difficult sometimes isn't it."

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Not thinking, Terra replied.

"Too right."

She suddenly realised what she had done and clamped her hands over her mouth. She'd assumed no one other than Greg could hear her, but Raven wasn't just human was she?

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Raven listed, but did not incline her head to her right. Did she hear something there?

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Terrified to even move lest it draw Raven's attention Terra waited till she looked away, before shooting out of the couch and through the ceiling like a rocket, emerging directly into Raven and Beastboy's room just as he was putting Greg to rest in his crib. All thoughts of Raven were rammed out of her head as she watched the guy she still loved with his son and fantasized over what might have been, just enjoying this moment.

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Beastboy's ears quivered slightly. He had not missed that slight sigh of contentment. No matter what others said of his intellect Beastboy was not dull-witted, and seemed to have been the only one who was noticing odd noises around Titans Tower these days. Night and day he could often hear the sound of phantom footsteps on floors above, sighs, whispers, chuckles, giggles and even occasionally a singing voice.

Had he been two or three years younger he would have instantly started gabbling about mutants, evil clones, possessed movies and how 'the funny guy's always the first to go.' This invisible presence was benevolent though, he was certain of that, so he wasn't troubled about any threat to his friends and family.

No, what bothered him was how familiar the voice was, haunting familiar, though he couldn't quite place it.

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Terra watched as he said goodnight to Greg and left the room, deep in thought over something or other. It concerned her slightly, but before she went to check on him she had to attend to something.

"Hey there little man! How's things swinging? Still no chicks queuing up to date a cute thing like you."

Greg laughed and clapped his hands. Terra smiled.

"Don't worry, you'll get them sooner or later."

Bending down she kissed his head, a physical feat she'd accomplished for a long time, though she wished she could do something like ruffle his hair.

As she turned to go Greg whimpered a bit and Terra turned.

"Don't worry, I've just got to go check on that lucky daddy of yours."

Greg chuckled again, louder this time, and suddenly stopped, his face baring an expression of shock and confusion. Terra cocked her head in confusion, then outright terror as Greg choked repeatedly.

'Oh my God! He's swallowed his own tongue!'

Greg was already turning blue in the face as Terra ran over to him and on reflex attempted to reach into his mouth and open the airway, only to have her hands go right through him.

'Damn it!'

Terra focused her strength and managed to get a purchase on the small slippery tongue, but had no energy left to pull it back. Greg was now a deep-veined purple, tears filling his eyes with the pain. Terra yanked again and lost all hold on him, falling back through the crib bars and onto the floor.

"Oh God help me! Please help me!"

Unable to save Greg herself, Terra realised she'd have to do what she'd promised herself not to.

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Beastboy and Raven were curled up on the couch again; she healing up his many cuts and bruises, when a sudden scream of anguish and desperation shot through her mind.

"QUICK! GREG'S CHOKING!"

Not even bothering to question where the voice came from, Raven vanished into a black pool of telepathic energy, dragging Beastboy after her.

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Drawing her strength for that SOS had completely drained Terra, and she slumped forward onto a bedside cabinet as a portal opened up in the middle of the room. Greg, now spasming and on the verge of unconsciousness, was instantly scooped up in a pair of strong arms and his tongue quickly yanked out of his throat.

Terrified at what had nearly happened to his son, Beastboy collapsed beside Raven on the bed, Greg in his arms, the flushed colour quickly fading from his face.

"How did you know?"

"I didn't."

"Then what..."

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Terra was spinning through an infinite void of black, pinpricked with white stars, falling into emptiness. Worried by the fact that she seemed to have fallen out of Raven's room into an alternate dimension she tried to fly, but found herself continuing to fall until suddenly she slammed into a solid surface with an impact that knocked the breath out of her.

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Beastboy laid Greg back into his crib, amazed at how quickly the little tyke had put his near death behind him. Not nearly as cheerful, he sat back down beside Raven, who was slumped on the edge of the bed in deep concentration.

"You have no idea who it was?"

"No but--Beastboy have you noticed anything--strange around the tower lately."

"Voices, footsteps, singing in the dark. That any good?"

"When did it start?"

"About two weeks ago, that night we were all asleep in the rec room I swear I heard the greeting system downstairs responding to someone entering the tower."

Raven suddenly stopped staring at her feet and looked up, a new possibility coming to mind.

"And the same night I saw someone in here with Greg..."

They both felt a slight chill run up their spines.

"Do we tell the others that the tower's haunted?"

"I don't think so. I mean we know this person means no harm - so it isn't a threat they have to know about."

"Yeah but who is it?"

"The sixty-four million dollar question everyone, do I have an answer?"

Silence, save Greg, who was suddenly whimpering to himself, unable to sleep. Raven went to check on him, rubbing her head as she went.

'Damn headaches.'

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Terra had almost forgotten how to do this. Soaring through this new place on top of the boulder she'd landed on brought back a lot of memories.

'Now how do I get out of here?'

Suddenly, a harsh symphony of noise almost disturbed her from her perch, as a flock of ragged birds swooped down around her, cawing harshly as they tore at her with sharp claws and razor-sharp bills.

"TUUUURN BAAACK! TUUUURN BAAACK!"

Fighting her way out of the small air-force, Terra bombarded the tiny demons out of the sky with projectiles of stone, until exhausted she allowed the boulder to fall onto a red pathway that hung suspended in the middle of the void.

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Raven suddenly bit back a cry of pain that lanced through her head like an arrow, fading as quickly as it came, leaving only the faintest irritation that something--wasn't right.

Greg still wouldn't stop his little whimpers, only stopping when either parent stood by the crib and watched over him, then firing up the old wail-engine the second they stepped out of sight.

If they had the strength Raven and Beastboy would have stayed by him all night, but both were almost dead on their feet. Yawning loudly, Beastboy suddenly had an idea. Reaching into his wallet he pulled out a dog-eared, well-folded photo, which he fixed to the inside of the crib with a wad of chewing gum. Greg instantly settled down, his giant eyes fixed on the frozen image.

"There you are champ, now you can have all of us keeping an eye on you at night."

Grinning lovably Greg pointed a fist at it.

"Addy!"

Daddy. His first word. Beastboy smiled proudly as Raven briefly looked at the photo showing the Titans outside the tower posing for the camera. All six of them. Raven fixed her eyes briefly on the blonde-haired girl that stood between herself and Beastboy, an arm on each of their shoulders to photo-Raven's somewhat petulant dismay.

"That's an old one."

"Took it the day after she joined, remember?"

"Too well."

Greg had continued to jabber at the photo, babbling through the expected 'Addy!' and 'Momee!' Suddenly he pointed his fist again and smiled proudly at his parents.

"Erra!"

That stopped the happy reminiscing instantly. Both stared back at the grinning baby, who repeated the same word as he pointed at the sixth person in the photo.

"Erra!"

Raven and Beastboy, jaws hanging open turned to stare at each other.

"No way!"

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Half an hour later both had been galvanised into action, their depleted energy levels instantly recharged with the thought of solving the mystery of the 'haunted tower'. While Beastboy took Greg back downstairs to confirm their suspicions, Raven began another search of the bedrooms, starting with the one at the opposite end of the building to hers.

"Terra?"

Her bedroom was empty, silent, but still didn't retain the chill feeling of emptiness it had for so long. Turning on the main lights for the first time in a year, Raven slowly looked round the largish room, looking for something, anything that was amiss.

There was nothing. Terra's laptop was still on top of the coffee table where she had left it over two years ago, all of the photos hung on the walls, unmoved, even the thin layering of dust was undisturbed...

'No, not quite.'

Raven knelt down beside the bed, brushing the tips of her slender fingers through the tiny film of grey. It was faintly disturbed here--and here, as if someone had trodden on it very gently. Checking on the bed, Raven found to her faint surprise that the sheets were also slightly messed-up, but again, only by a fraction of a margin. Returning to the floor, she hunted around the room till she found what she was looking for up against the window--a footprint.

Reaching into a cupboard and pulling out a boot (feeling like a grave-robber in the process), Raven compared it to the tiny markings in the floor. There was no mistaking the pattern of tread on the thick heel of the hiking boot. Reverently replacing the footwear, Raven nulled the lights and returned to her room.

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No one questioned why Beastboy had seen fit to put on the DVD of Terra's fifteenth birthday party, though they all wanted to know. Assuming there was some deeply personnel reasons to blame, they gave him and his son a wide berth, which was perfect for Beastboy, because he didn't want them asking why Greg cheered in his own sweet way every time Terra came on screen.

'What are you doing here Terra? Why are you here?'

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Raven drifted through the room, touching each surface lightly, thinking, sensing, searching for the presence that eluded her. She found faint traces around the crib and the bed, but that was all. Frustrated she sat down on the bedstead.

'Right, you've tried the spiritual track and came up with nothing. What about logic?'

Terra had to have been in here when she yelled for help. Beastboy and herself were here in three seconds. She'd didn't have time to leave, and she's nowhere now. So where?

Drumming her fingers on the desk, she suddenly felt them rap against a metal surface. She flicked her eyes down and double-taked.

'Headaches explained.'

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Terra was cold, frightened, and alone. Unable to find her way out of this--place, she had given up and tried to get some rest. Fat chance. The path was cold, hard and unyielding. Even trying to sleep on it had brought back very unpleasant memories of the long years she had spent alone, and all as a result of her damned powers.

She sometimes wondered what would have happened had she been a normal girl, how different her life would have turned out to be. Of course, she still wouldn't have had a father, but Mom wouldn't have died birthing her, along with Uncle Scott, the only person who'd ever loved her as much as the Titans. And how about all those towns and people she had tried to help, but only damaged further in the process.

In fact, after sixteen years on this Earth, what had she amounted to? Nothing. Yes a few lives saved here, but more lost there. Jump City the latest to suffer millions of dollars of damage because of her. All that remained to show she had ever existed were a few memories.

'But you never wanted that,' another voice argued, 'all you wanted was a family. People who loved you, and you have that. Six in fact. And everyone in this city remembers and reveres you as a heroine.'

True. And she did have a home, a place to come back to, even if others couldn't see her. She remembered one Christmas, the year before she'd met the Titans, wondering through some small town out in Nevada, watching the happy families in their warm, snug houses instead of being outside in the snow...She'd spent that night in a community shelter.

So, she should be grateful for what she now had, or did have, since there seemed to be no way in or out of this prison. And once again she remembered her position and wept, letting the unbidden tears trickle down her face, her cheeks, feeling the salty taste in her mouth and just wallowing in self-pity.

"Hello Terra."

Terra whipped round and blinked.

"Raven?"

The petite half-demon stepped towards Terra and sat down on the path's edge beside her, swinging her legs in the void. Terra just watched silently, shocked first by Raven's appearance, or how calmly she took the confrontation of her former team-mate.

"Two weeks, right."

Silence. Raven prodded further.

"You've been back two weeks."

Terra just gaped slightly before summoning up the strength to respond.

"How did you find me?"

Raven waved her hand around the empty space.

"Easy, you're still in my room--in a sense..."

"What?"

"Putting it bluntly, you're inside my head. This place is a mental projection of my mind. Sorry if its not much, but its home..."

Comprehension began to dawn on Terra.

"The mirror on your bedside cabinet."

Raven nodded.

"A portal into my mind. You'd been able to sense something about it, right?"

"Kinda. I was often distracted by something else."

"Greg?"

Terra nodded slightly, smiling bashfully.

"He's a cute kid."

"Yeah, I know. Felt like passing a football though."

They shared a smile.

"You've been watching him, haven't you? At night I mean?"

"Yeah. I wanted to stay, but I felt I had to do something for the team, and he was the only one who could see me so I decided to help to make things easier on you and Beastboy."

"Guess that explains Greg's impeccable behaviour. Thanks," her voice lowered, "and for more than just that. If you hadn't...he would have died."

Terra grinned abashedly, then frowned.

"I should have been able to do it myself. Fat load of help I am if I can't even touch him."

"What you did was more than enough. There's no way I can thankyou enough, and neither can Beastboy."

A pause before Terra put two and two together.

"He knows?"

Raven nodded.

"Did he...say anything?"

"He wanted to know what you're doing here?"

"Does he, ever speak about me?"

Terra's voice had more than a tint of hope in it, and it broke Raven's heart for her to shake her head in reply. Terra looked back at the ground, hair falling forward over her face.

"Oh...okay."

There was a lot of hurt in those two words and Raven couldn't think of how to respond. Terra sat for a while gnawing on her lip, before shivering slightly.

"It's cold in here."

Raven finally noticed Terra's torn, battered and slightly bloody appearance and growled inhumanly.

"Hatred's gonna pay for sending those birds of hers after you."

Not noticing Terra's quizzical expression, Raven removed her cloak and draped it over her shoulders. Grateful for the extra warmth Terra drew it around her.

"Thanks."

There was an uneasy silence before Raven spoke up.

"You know Terra, I'm amazed that you managed to set your soul free from your body like you did."

"I have a body?"

"Frozen in stone, but yeah--didn't you know?"

Terra shook her head.

"When I came to, the first thing I did was start out for here. Didn't hang around, I just wanted," a sigh, "to come home. It was only when I reached the coast that I realised...what I'd become. And how much things had changed."

Raven remembered back to that night, and the brief scream of anguish she'd heard when Beastboy said he'd never loved Terra. Pity swelled up in her and she put a consoling shoulder on the blonde's shoulder, which was quivering uncontrollably. Terra was working up towards hysteria now, her words tumbling from her mouth along with strangled sobs.

"That's why I came back--to be with him. You guys also, but when I was dead, I remembered him most. And what he'd done for me! And those dreams helped keep me alive for two years--the things I'd hoped for, the life I've dreamed of."

Raven was stunned at the depth of Terra's emotional outburst.

"They were so real at the time that I believed them! I had a home, family, children!"

Subconsciously Terra had linked her arms and was rocking them like a child was resting in them.

"There was this one baby that I can still see. Ashley. And I remember her! Birthing, raising, everything. You were her Godmother! And I loved her. But she was a lie! Just like the dream world I lived in for one and a half years!"

Terra stared at her hands, balling them into fists and sitting up straighter.

"But I realised, I woke up. And that dream, and the memories I have of you and the other titans gave me what I needed to break free. Instead of dreaming, I was gonna make it happen."

She slumped slightly and the tears began to run down her face again. Raven was having trouble holding her own in.

"And then...and then..."

She gave up on all pretence and just cried, letting out all the pain that had been bottling up inside her over the past two weeks beneath her happiness. Raven did not know what to do and just took Terra into her arms, holding her, letting the smaller girl cry into her shoulders.

"IT'S NOT FAIR! IT'S NOT FAIR..."

Terra was beating her fists impotently against Raven's shoulders.

"I thought I would finally have a life. The life I've been dreaming of and hoping for since I lost everything! My Mother--died in childbirth! My father--I don't even know who the bastard is, only that he stood her up in New York. My Uncle's dead because of me along with countless others and Titans tower was my first home in the two years since he died."

The fight went out of her and she just slumped into Raven's embrace, sobbing heavily, her tiny frame wracked with pain.

"I want Beastboy back...I want back the first person who loved me for who I was, despite my problems. I had a chance...Slade stole that chance from me and I went crawling to him on my knees. I screwed up monumentally and I'm still paying for it. Why? Why..."

Raven was stunned, amazed and overwhelmed with love for this girl, who had done so much wrong, but had tried so hard to make up, and to whom she now owed the life of her son. Raven held her round the shoulders with one arm and stroked her hair with the other, trying to console her.

"Terra...I'm sorry. I'm so sorry that we weren't there to help you when you needed us. I'm sorry that I was always the first to brand you as a traitor, because I didn't know. I didn't know how much you're hurting...I'm sorry."

Terra was silent now, head resting against Raven's chest like a child cuddling a parent.

"And I'm sorry that I can't give you back what you've lost. But we're here for you Terra. And we all feel the same way about you, Beastboy included. We're all waiting for you to come back, and we're ready to accept you with open arms. And he does still love you. He tries to hide it, but it's still there.

We might not be able to give you the children you want, but that's no reason why we can't be a family, because we're all alone. Robin, Cy, Beastboy, me, you, we're all orphans, and Starfire's as good as one. So we all know the pain, the loneliness, and we can help each other."

There was a long silence as Terra took in the meaning of those words and smiled to herself. Raven, feeling the tension easing out of her young ward gently pushed her back until they were facing each other. Terra's tear-stained, grubby, yet happy and grateful expression said more to Raven than a simple 'thanks' ever could. She smiled warmly.

"C'mon. Let's get out of this hell-hole."

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Greg happily gurgled and sucked on his own fist as the DVD film neared the end. The usual footage surrounding the cake, party and Beastboy being beaten over the head with the camera had drawn to a close and now the camera lay in a cushion on the couch, only recording a pair of voices by accident.

Him and Terra, sitting together, just holding hands and talking. So much had Raven and Greg dominated his thoughts in the past year that Beastboy had almost forgotten what they had had between each other.

Focused on forcing his mind back over two years, Beastboy almost missed the last piece of dialogue. He remembered this, prompting Terra what she'd wish for if she'd had a second cake.

"Okay. If I could have any wish at all...it'd be...it'd be...."

"Yes, Terra?"

Silence.

"I-It'd be for you guys to stay my friends forever."

"Pfft!! Terra, I said a wish! Not a reality!"

"Awwww....B.B. You're too sweet."

"Sweet...as in soy milk and tofu eggs cake sweet?"

"Well......er....I don't want to insult you...."

"Oh come on!!"

"Hehehehehehe!!"

"Hey Terra?"

"Hehehe—yeah?"

"Happy birthday."

"Th-Thanks, Beast Boy. Thanks....v-very much."

The footage continued for a few seconds then broke with a brief burst of static. It pained him, really did, to watch this and be forced to recollect how special it had felt had the time—how right and perfect it was. And how it had all gone to pieces.

'If Terra's here now, then how does she feel to see me and Raven together? Losing her hurt me, but for someone as lonely as her it must be like a bombshell.'

And if he was to be honest with himself, he still had those emotions about her. They were like the memories, hiding in the back of his mind but jumping out suddenly like nightmares. Her smile, the way the light would catch her corn-blonde hair, the excitement and joy of being alive shining in her cerulean eyes. It was all still there, but he felt the same way about Raven, and he'd managed to make that relationship last. He'd never even got to kiss Terra, or express his love for her.

'And why is she doing so much to help Greg and us? When we've done nothing for her. Is she trying to speak to us, to show she's here? Or has she moved on?'

He guessed he should be happy for Terra to have gotten over him, but even the idea brought out a wave of unwanted emotions. He didn't want her to get over him, as selfish as it sounded. Sitting there, debating over two women he felt deeply about – he felt like an indecent cheater.

'I'm committed to Raven, and I do love her. So why is part of me still holding out for Terra?'

He didn't think he'd even been in such a mess, and was actually glad to hear the sound of Raven coming back down the stairs into the rec room. Instantly they locked eyes and an unspoken message flashed between them.

'Terra?'

'Yes.'

'How is she?'

'She's fine. Still hurting over you though.'

'Now I feel guilty.'

'Don't. She's happy for us, even if it pains her at the same time.'

'Can I see her?'

'Not now. She's feeling a bit – fragile.'

'Where is she?'

'Sitting next to you.'

Beastboy turned and looked at the empty space beside him on the couch. Feeling a bit foolish he smiled and waved at thin air.

"Hi there. You doing alright."

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Raven smiled at the sight of a nervous Beastboy waving at Terra's blushing shade. Now that she knew what she was looking for, Terra stood out as clear as a neon sign at night. The two girls looked each other in the eye, both grinning at his expense.

"Um, guys. You okay?"

Beastboy waved his arms in a desperate attempt to draw attention back to him. Raven looked towards him.

"Terra says hi, and comments on how manly you've become."

Now it was Beastboy's turn to blush.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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Obscure Reference: Terra's imaginary baby is named for Ashley Johnson, her own voice actor.