Okay everybody, I am back with my next chapter a little faster than last time.
I hope this makes everyone happy. :-)

I want to thank all the people who reviewed the last chapter.
warprince2000
Trillinka
Snea
Dr. Evans (i am writing as fast as i can. please remember i am new at this)
K9 and Co
TheDarkestGarden
Gothica13 (i won't try and kid you anymore. :-)
Taiba (i tried more this time, maybe too much. And i never marry anyone after 2 reviews lol)
dancingirl3

This chapter is a lot longer than the last two.

Here goes nothing. Hope you like.

Chapter III

As morning dawned, the Sun peeked over the horizon of Jump City, casting its life giving light upon the city which had already begun to stir. Most restaurants have been up for hours preparing for the morning rush of commuters, going to their nine to five jobs. Shop owners were all ready getting ready for another day, another dollar. Birds and other small creatures were also well into their daily scavenging for food. In the middle of the bay, on a small island, stood a towering building in the shape of a T. Even here all the residents were up early to begin training or to study the latest movements of the city's criminals. That is, all the residents except for two.

Raven rolled over, covering her head with her dark covers, as the morning rays began their assault on her dismal sanctuary. Finally giving in to the wakeup, that now completely lit her room, she threw her legs over the side of her bed. "Why did I have to pick a room facing the sunrise?" she asked with some distaste. Forcing herself up from the comfort of her bed, she began her daily rituals of getting ready. She put on her robe and headed down the hall to the bathroom. You would think that a facility built for a group of teenagers would have more than one full bath; this oversight was Robin's fault. For him to be such a great leader and amazing tactician, he made a really horrible architect. Reaching the door, she knocked lightly to see if it was occupied or not. Since no one replied, she slide the door open and walked inside.

The interior of the bathroom was pretty plain, with no extravagant decorations or furnishings. This had to be her least favorite room in the entire building. Why, because of the color? Tile covered the floor and up the wall. The wall to the left had two enclosed stalls and a cabinet to hold towels and other bathroom supplies. Opposite the entrance was a large tub with a shower feature and instead of a shower curtain, there was a sliding wall of frosted glass. The right wall supports a counter top with three sinks, so three members of the same gender could use a sink at once if needed. A large mirror spreads across the wall above here. Everything from floor to ceiling was WHITE. "I really hate all this white." Raven said in her monotone.

She shut the door behind her and dimmed the lights, until the room was barely lit. "That is better," she thought as she turned on the water in the shower. She walked to the mirror, seeing her bed tossed hair and large black rings under her eyes, both results of a restless night. It had been two nights since the confrontation with Malchior and she had not slept really well. Her dreams, good and bad alike, were keeping her from resting at all. The shower was now at an acceptable temperature, so she took off her robe and stepped in. The water was warm and soothing to her tired muscles. She leaned against the shower wall, as the downpour ran over her body, washing away the dried sweat of her sleepless night. After twenty minutes of indulging in this pleasure she shifted the knob to cold. In a few seconds icy needles of water struck her skin, as they would every morning. The sudden shock from hot to cold always helped to wake her body for the day, and she really needed it today. Turning off the water she stepped out and toweled herself dry.

Beast Boy was still in bed, when a loud banging came from his door. Judging by the force of the onslaught, he knew it had to be Cyborg. "Yo BB, Get your lazy butt out of bed." It was Cyborg alright. Beast Boy had never really been a morning person. Sure sometimes he was up before anyone else, but only to cook his special tofu breakfast or annoy the rest of the titans by running threw the halls as a roaster. He turned over on his side and screamed at his friend. "Alright, I'll get up. Now stop before you knock down my door you metal moron." The knocking was halted and he heard, "Grump little grass stain" as Cyborg started down the hall. Rolling off the bed, he forgot that he had been sleeping on the top bunk. A loud thud range threw the room as he hit the floor and let out a scream. He heard a laugh in the corridor that he knew would come back to haunt him. Prying himself from the bare floor, he cursed Starfire for cleaning the cloths off of it. He grabbed an almost clean towel from a stack, which had survived Star's cleaning crusade, and sleepily opened his door.

He too had not slept much the past few nights. This of course was because he had been thinking about a lot of things. Well mainly about one thing in particular, his feeling for a certain lavender haired girl. He was trying to decide if he should act upon those feelings or not. This morning it was still on his mind as he reached his destination. Opening the door, he walked in the bathroom. Not thinking to knock or expecting it to be in use, since the door wasn't locked. What he saw woke him quicker than any ice cold shower could have. Standing in front of the mirror was the reason for his sleepless nights. The fact that she was only wearing her birthday suit surely wasn't going to help either. With a startling "EEK" sound he changed into a mouse and ran out of the bathroom.

She had been scanning her face in the mirror for zits, when the door opened and a half asleep Beast Boy entered. Everyday she would do this, trying to catch them before they could really start. Her appearance was not terribly important to her but she did hate to get zits. "OH MY GOD," she screamed as a small green rodent fled from her impending wrath. Quickly covering her bare body with a towel, the mirror turned black as her embarrassment caused it to crack. What had just happened? How did he get in the bathroom? He must have snuck in. No he walked right threw the door. "I forgot to lock it, how stupid am I?" she asked herself while the glass continued to break. Trying to calm down, she cleaned up the bathroom and put on her robe so she could get back to her room before anything else could be destroyed.

Robin was on his way to the kitchen when he almost stepped on the frightened green mouse that was running from the bathroom. "What in the world is wrong with him?" he wondered. Walking past the bathroom door, it slide open behind him. Out came a black flash that flew toward Raven's room, without even noticing his presence. Being the brilliant detective that he was, he put two and two together. With shock he said, "No way did he just walk in on her. Guess I better go rent a tux for the funeral." He continued down the hall, laughing and hoping there would be someone in the kitchen that he could tell this juicy piece of gossip to.

"I'm so dead! I'm so dead!" thought the rodent, over and over again, as he scampered down the hall and under his door. To afraid to morph back into his human form, because he knew he would be beaten to death by Raven. He ran under his dresser and tried to chew a hole in the wall. But his teeth were chattering too much to do any good and soon he gave up. He imagined how ridiculous he must look, cowering against the wall as a mouse. Finally calming down, he began to come up with a plan to stay alive. He knew Raven wouldn't want anyone else to know what had happened. So if he just kept his big mouth shut and acted normal, he should be okay. As long as no one found out and he knew neither Raven nor he would tell. Still he needed to apologize to her. One more thing was on his mind, and he knew it would get him in trouble. Back in the bathroom, the second before she realized he was there, she had looked so beautiful standing there.

Back in her gloomy fortress, Raven was attempting to meditate. This was not only so she could get control of her powers but also her speeding heart. She still could not believe what had happened. How dare he walk in on her like that? Her rising anger knocked over stacks of books, which still littered her room. Resuming her meditation, a dead still came over the room. It did not last long before her mind began to wonder again. An image of a fleeing green speck flashed in her mind. "I can't believe he ran out like that without even apologizing." She said to herself with clear aggravation. Then something else came to her, a memory from two nights earlier. She had woken up from a dream and caught a glimpse of a spider running under her door. At the time she had not noticed it was green but looking back on it now, she did. More items in her room started to break.

"He was in my room," she stated with some confusion, "Why was he in my room while I was asleep?" Now she had two reasons to kill her green teammate. She was trying to think of a good excuse for why he had been there. It didn't really matter to her why, it just mattered that he had invaded her privacy. She thought after the last time, he would not even think about doing that again. But she had forgotten who she was referring to. Beast Boy doesn't think, about anything, so why was she surprised. Back to the current bathroom crisis, she decided not to kill Beast Boy. It had been an accident, partly her fault for not locking the door, so as long as no one knew she would let him live.

Down in the kitchen, the other three members of the team had just finished cleaning up from breakfast, when Robin decided to spread some gossip. "Hey guys, have you noticed Raven and BB acting weird the last few days. I know what's wrong with her, but what's with him?" Starfire gave them a confused look as she contemplated the question. Cyborg laughed a little before answering. "I'm not sure but BB has been in his room more than he normally is. And when I woke him up this morning I heard him fall out of bed, the top one." All three of them laughed a little, and then Robin couldn't contain his story any longer. "Well earlier I saw BB run out of the bathroom as a mouse and a few seconds later Raven sped out of there and to her room. I don't know for sure but I think he walked in on her when she was getting ready, if you know what I mean." With this Cy started to laugh uncontrollably, followed by Star who took a little longer to comprehend what she had heard. Suddenly they all stopped and said in unison, "She's going to kill him."

A few hours later Beast Boy finally surfaced from the protection of his room. Not certain if it was such a great idea to do so. He had decided to go to Raven's room and tell her that he was sorry. The walk to her room seemed to take him forever. With each step he got more and more nervous. As he reached the door, he took a few deep breaths and calmed himself. He raised his hand and gently knocked on the door, almost hoping for no reply. He was about to leave when he heard a monotone voice on the other side ask, "Who is it?" Determined not to winnie out he answered. "It's Beast Boy. Uh Raven, can I come in?" Why had he asked to go in her room? He was sure she would say no and blast him across the hallway. Unbelievably the door slide open and she cautiously invited him inside.

Astonished, he stepped threw the doorway and into her room. She never let anyone in here, why was he being invited. An air of uneasiness hung about the room, as they stood a few feet from each other. He was the first to break the icy chill of the moment. "I wanted to apologize for what happened earlier," he said as his head hung low. "I wasn't trying to peek in on you, I just didn't think to knock and the door opened right up." Trying to control the awkwardness, that she felt, she said, "I know. I am not happy about it but it was an accident and I guess I forgive you." Beast Boy raised his head and was about to thank her, when she got an angry look on her face. "I am more concerned about why you were in my room the other night." Her question cut threw him like a knife. He didn't think she had known he was there. Hadn't she been asleep? "I thought you were asleep?" he asked before thinking. Prepared to be pummeled he cowered a little. "I was but I woke up and saw a green spider run out my room." 'Okay, what am I going to tell her? Why not the truth? I'm already dead so it couldn't hurt.' He thought to himself.

"Well," he began, "after all that had happened that night, I wanted to make sure that you were okay." His voice changed with the genuine concern of him statement. Not really sure how to feel about this she asked, "You were worried about me? Why?" Since he had chosen the honesty route he continued. "Raven I was worried, because I like you. I think I like you a lot." A look of pure shock was plastered on her face. She had not expected this. He liked her? That was not possible. No one could like her. She was too mean and snappy with everyone, not to mention creepy. She had recently discovered that she liked him also, but was not going to act on it out of the fear of rejection. So what would she do now? Deciding to be brave she replied, "I think I like you too Beast Boy." Joy and astonishment both completely consumed the boy. He could not believe she actually felt the same way about him. Seeing that he was pleased with her answer, she began to smile a little. "That looks really good on you Raven," he said as he walked a little closer to her, "You should let people see it more often." She blushed as she also began to move toward him. "So do you want to go out sometime?" He moved even closer. "I think that would be nice." She said with a smile. The two titans were now less than a foot apart, as a few books were ripped to shreds around them.

A knock on the door stopped them before they could get any closer. Retreating from one another, they stared at the door. "Hey Rae, you in there?" asked Cyborg from the other side of the door. They looked at each other, afraid Cy would break the door, by knocking on it, if she didn't answer. Stepping to the side, Beast Boy tried to hide as Raven cracked the door enough to reveal only one eye. "What?" she said slightly harsher than usual. Startled he jumped back a little and then began to rub the back of his head. Grinning from ear to ear he said, "I was just wondering if you had killed BB for seeing you naked yet?"

So what do you all think?
If you like my story, get some other people to read it too. :-)

:-) I like reviews :-)

I will try to get the next chapter up in the same amount of time it took this one, if not less.

Thanx Everybody
Peace