No Chance Chapter 5: A Romantic Renaissance, a teen titans fanfic

Chapter 5- A Romantic Renaissance

Disclaimer- Once again… I don't own Teen Titans, or anything related to it except the plot.

Here it is!!! The promised chapter of goodness and love!!! HOORAY!

Thanks a ton for the reviews! I hope to get more!

I have decided that I'm sick and tired of all the same types of plots in every single R/BB story, so I'm going to change this one chapter around a bit… You'll see what I mean when you read it. It has some nice twists!

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A Romantic Renaissance

As a cold winter night steadily grew to an end, a new day began. A sudden, sparkling outburst of the sun marked a turning point in the frosty cities. It stretched its back, before rising out from under the bumpy valleys, clearing the sky of the foreboding clouds, spreading relieving waves warmth to the people below. Glowing ever so brightly, it then proceeded to hover across the valleys, rising up from beyond the hills, generously spreading its thawing rays out to the city. The citizens welcomed the sunny day, for they knew it was only 24 hours before winter's wrath returned. They took eager advantage of the heat, and fled for a small vacation, leaving the Titans Tower in isolation on its perch in the sea. Dawn soon broke, finally letting the birds wake up to a sunny day. However the Titans lay fast asleep in their beds, actually, save one…

What a beautiful day, thought Starfire, her thin figure wrapped in a scarlet robe. The alien opened her window shades, letting in the precious sunlight. Wow! Starfire had to shade her eyes from the rays. "Oooh. So delightful!" she squealed. "I must tell my friends!" The girl raced to put on her daily clothes, throwing her robe on her bed. "This is perfect weather for a trip to the park!" she said excitedly. "Or even the task of shopping!" Starfire's face popped up a huge grin.

Or maybe even a joyful day with…with…her mind filled in the blank for her. Robin?

"What is this thought?" said Starfire angrily to herself. The girl sat back down on her bed. "Why did I say that?" she questioned herself. But the alien wasted no time brooding over it, instead, ignoring it completely. "It is time to wake my friends!"

Snapping on her purple wrist protectors, she flew out the door and into the hallways of the tower.

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Robin woke up to the smiling face of Starfire pushed up right against his face. Her big green eyes stared excitedly into his. "Hello my friend Robin!" she greeted him, a gigantic smile spreading across her face. "It is time to perform the task of 'breakfast'!"

Robin crooked his head to his side, and glanced at his alarm clock. It read 6:34 am. The Boy Wonder groaned, and tossed his covers on his back. "Sorry Star. It's way too early."

But Starfire wasn't fazed. She urgently pulled his shoulder, trying to budge him. "Come Robin! It is a very sunny day!"

Robin arched an eyebrow, and said, "sunny day?" He opened his eyes again and sat up.

"Yes Robin!" Starfire said excitedly. "Look!" She yanked his curtains aside, and immediately, the brilliant sunlight filled the room, a wonderful scene. Robin shielded his eyes against the sunlight. "Wow," he said. "It is a sunny day!" He leaped out of bed, already in costume. "Let's move Star! We have to wake up Beast Boy, Raven, and Cyborg! We could all go out to the park or something!" Robin was acting a little hyper, probably because of the candy that he and Cyborg had scarfed down the night before. Robin started for the door, but when he turned his head around, he saw that Starfire was not moving. In fact, she was looking down on the ground, like her kitten had just died. He stopped, and asked, "Are you okay Starfire?"

Starfire shuffled her feet around uneasily. "Actually, Robin, I was hoping that you and me could go outside and have fun, um…alone?" The girl strung her arms around her back. Robin was speechless for a minute. An awkward silence flattened the room.

"Or it is okay if you would rather go with everybody," said Starfire quickly. That shocked the Boy Wonder back to reality. He regained his voice, and said, "No! I mean, no… ahem… I would much rather go with you Star." Starfire's face lit up, and she jumped all the way across the room to embrace Robin in a tight hug. "Thank you Robin!" she said merrily, her eyes closed. Robin blushed a bit, before replying, "No problem." Starfire let loose another grin.

Geez, can her smile get any wider? Robin asked himself. "Where do you want to go Starfire?" he asked.

"You can choose Robin," said a cheerful Starfire. Robin shrugged. "Why don't we stay here and try the new game that Cyborg bought?" Starfire giggled. "Attack of the Kidney-Eating Skelo-Aliens From Neptune?"

"Okay… maybe not such a good idea."

"Let us play a game," suggested Starfire. Robin nodded. "Sure."

Starfire rose to her feet, helping up her friend. Smiling, he slid his arm around her back, and they continued to the base of the tower.

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On the far side of the Tower, a groggy Beast Boy stumbled to his feet. He gave a sleepy yawn, and moseyed off to the kitchen. He reached lazily for the refrigerator door, and opened it. He couldn't see a thing inside. "We need some light in here," he mumbled, trying blindly to snatch a tofu burger or something of the (tofu) kind. When he couldn't grasp anything (at least, anything relatively made of tofu) he sighed and pulled open the shades for some light.

See for some people, the sight of sunlight was a sign of hope. To others the sunlight was a sign of good fortune, and good health. However, to Beast Boy, it was a rude wake-up call.

The gleaming sunlight shot straight into Beast Boy's eyes, knocking him way off balance. "YAHH!" he yelped. The world spun in multi-colored dots as he hit the floor.

"Sunlight?" he asked himself. "I must still be asleep."

The shape-shifter righted himself, groaning. He rubbed his eyes, ridding them of all sleep. No, he wasn't dreaming. There really was sunshine! Without another word, he raced out of the kitchen to Raven's room. Forgetting everything, he barged into the room, about to yell about the sun. But the sight that he saw prevented his mouth from moving. Raven slept in costume, her hood down. The room's curtains were already open, and the sun's rays were shining on the sleeping telepath. She was beautiful in Beast Boy's (damaged?) eyes. The sun bounced lightly off of the crystal embedded in her forehead. The sunlight brought a perfect color to Raven's pale skin, making it shine a crisp golden color. Yes, the sun shining on her was a sight to behold.

No, thought Beast Boy. The sun was shining for her, not on her. He stood momentarily absorbed, staring dreamily at the girl. Man, she is so pretty.

At that moment Beast Boy's arm was in a death grip, being strangled by a pale hand. Raven's eyes were flashed open in a scary white glow. The green Titan screamed in surprise.

"Oh," said Raven. "Just you." She loosened her grip on his wrist, and her eyes returned to its normal color. Beast Boy rubbed his wrist, trying to rid it of its pain.

"What are you doing in my bedroom, Beast Boy?" asked Raven in a dangerously calm voice. Beast Boy's eyes grew wide. Oh, crap.

"This time you won't get away with a pillow fight," said Raven grumpily. She was about to mentally hurl a lamp at him, but she instead, she lifted a book of poems into her hands and tossed it into Beast Boy's hands. He shakily glanced at the title. "A Compilation of Best Read Stories and Poems," he read out loud.

"Read it and give me a report."

Happy to get away with only a report, Beast Boy began to flee the room, clutching his book in both hands. "Wait," called Raven. The shape-shifter turned around. "Huh?"

"What did you come in to tell me?" she asked, her eyes expressing no emotion.

"Um…"

"Well?"

"I wanted to tell you that today was a sunny day!" he yelled. Raven cocked her head to look at the window. It was shining. "Interesting…"she murmured quietly. She donned her hood. Reaching out to Beast Boy's mind, she sensed that there was something else that he had wanted to ask her, subconsciously. "Hmmm…" she contemplated.

"Can I go n-now?" asked Beast Boy, thoroughly scared.

"Close the door on your way out."

Beast Boy hurried out the door, rapidly shutting the door behind him. "WHEW!" he exclaimed with a relieved sigh. "So now what do I do?" he asked himself. "Never going to be able to get back to sleep…" He decided to go eat some breakfast. Humming to himself quietly, he scampered down the halls to the kitchen.

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Two hours later, a robot forced himself out of bed after a good night's sleep. He unplugged his recharging cord from the tiny outlet and leaped to his feet. "Ahh."

He pulled open his shades to find the sun in all its glory. "Hey hey hey!" Cyborg chanted. "Sunny day, what do ya know!" He smiled to himself.

"Time to help little Beast Boy," he said.

The metal giant continued down to the kitchen for some early morning grub, only to find that the rest of the team was already there, munching away.

"HEY!" yelled Cyborg. "I didn't get the memo for an early wake-up!"

"Nobody did," said Robin, working on a hot dog.

With a sigh, Cyborg sat down to eat. Something funny's going on here…he thought between bites. And I bet the love bug has got something to do with it!

Across the table, Beast Boy sat chomping at his breakfast item. His conflicting thoughts didn't let him concentrate on his tofu burger. He kept glancing over at Raven, who was quietly sipping at her tea. It's such a beautiful day, he thought. She shouldn't have to be cooped up in a giant 'T'. Suddenly Beast Boy's inner demon and angel were back to taunt him. His angel cried, "She deserves to do whatever she wants!" Beast Boy nodded to himself. I agree, he replied. Then his demon cut in. "Beast Boy ol' pal, take her out on a date!" She WANTS you to! That made the boy shift uneasily in his seat. I want to, but…His thoughts trailed off. Ignoring them for a second, he took a humungous bite of his tofu burger and shot another look at Raven. Her face was buried in a book. "She's so pretty and you know it Beastie, urged his demon on. But he would be violating her rights!" argued his angel. "And just how would he be 'violating' her rights?" sneered the demon. Finally, Beast Boy couldn't take it anymore.

"Raven!" he said. "Can I talk to you out I the hall?"

Silence fell suddenly, and everybody stopped eating and turned their heads to Beast Boy. Raven set down her book and her tea.

"Make it quick."

She rose to her feet, as did Beast Boy, and they ventured out into the hall.

"What?" she asked.

"I was wondering if-if-if-maybe you could-could-c-could…" stuttered Beast Boy.

"Could what, Beast Boy?" asked Raven impatiently. At the same time, her heart beat faster and faster, fluttering.

"Never mind," said Beast Boy, chickening out. Raven rolled her eyes. "What a waste of time." She returned to the kitchen with a disgusted look. But she didn't know that her eyes had displayed a tiny hint of disappointment.

Beast Boy followed close behind her, mentally killing himself. After settling back on the breakfast table, he picked sadly at his food, not really hungry anymore. Raven too, scraped at her small sandwich meaninglessly. Finally Raven grew tired, and stood up, levitating her non-eaten sandwich to the garbage.

"I'll be in my room," she said, turning to the hallway. Her cape blew behind her, twitching, as if daring anyone to follow. Beast Boy soon rose also. "I'm done," he sighed, tossing his tofu burger away.

Starfire and Robin looked wonderingly at Beast Boy. "Why are you not digesting your food, Beast Boy?" Starfire asked her comrade. "Lost my appetite…"murmured the shape-shifter, finding his way to his room. An audible slam echoed through the tower's halls as the green boy shut his door.

Back in the kitchen, the three remaining teens looked awkwardly at each other. In unison, they shrugged it off and reverted to munching away. "More for us," said Cyborg. "I mean, for me," he added with a small chuckle. He reached for the sausages and dug in.

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"Monopoly?" he suggested. "Is that a type of bug?" asked Starfire innocently. Robin smiled. "Maybe not." He leapt off of the sofa, to look at the variety of games to choose. Starfire watch Robin's back, waiting patiently, and folding her arms in front of her. "AHA!" yelled Robin triumphantly. "Scrabble!"

"You must teach me how to play 'Scrattle' first, Robin." The Boy Wonder opened up the game quickly, spilling a couple of letters onto the ground. The alien girl knelt down, so that she could see what Robin was doing. Finally, Robin began to explain how to play. "See, Star, you first have to…"

After a quick hour of playing, both were absorbed in the game. "Here," said Robin. "This spells, cat. That's six points!" he wrote down the score. "You're turn Star."

Starfire studied her set of letters, before choosing six letters, and lining them up on the board. Robin glanced at the letters, before remarking, "Star, for the last time, Clorbag is not an earth word, and it doesn't count!" They both looked at each other and laughed. Starfire, still giggling, retracted her letters. One more hour later, as they were about to finish the game, Robin said, "Okay Star. These are our last words." He chose six letters, lining them up with an 'e', spelling out "Starfire". Starfire gasped a little as she saw the word. She looked up at Robin, who was smiling. "That is…my name," she said. "I thought names did not count for points." Robin nodded. "Let's make a special case."

Starfire grinned, and put down her letters. They crossed with Robin's 'Starfire' word, to spell, 'Robin'. Robin stared at the letters. They now looked like this:

S T A R F I R E

"Cool," said Robin. Starfire giggled and fell over into his arm's laughing. "Robin and Starfire," she said, looking up at him. "I like it," said Robin with a smile. They both laughed and cleaned up the Scrabble set. (Starfire won, surprisingly even without her alien words!) "That was fun, Robin. I thank you for the wonderful and humorous game of Scrabble."

"My pleasure, Starfire," said Robin, putting the last few letters into the bag. But the alien girl didn't see Robin's quick hands snatch the letters spelling 'Starfire' and 'Robin' to put in his room. They both left the living room, as happy as ever.

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"I know he wants to ask me out, I just know it!" Giving up her mind to the powers of her unbridled thoughts, she let them all out, not caring. "If I just had been more…" she stopped. "Less?" She shrugged. "Caring?" She rolled her eyes. Yeah, right. Trying one last time, she said, "Forgiving?" Raven gave an exasperated sigh. "What am I going to do with myself," asked the girl.

A part of the psychic really wanted to go out on a date with Beast Boy. And Raven had finally realized that there was no other part. No longer caring what she said, she simply stated, "I really do want to."

Now content, she once again began to meditate. Her mind was surprisingly clear, no thoughts at all. No menacing thoughts entered her mind, attacking her conscience. Just white, pure energy, and the blankness of space and her soul; total equilibrium. She smiled.

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Across the hall, a small green boy was tearing himself apart. "WHY DID I NOT ASK HER OUT!" he cried out. "WHY?" The shape-shifter looked up at the ceiling. "WHY?" He raced to his window, raving, angry with himself. He stuck his head out the window, yelling "WHY ME? WHHHHYYYY MEEEEE?????"

Beast Boy collapsed on the floor, half sobbing. "I had her, man I had her." He let out a small whimper. "Why me?"

Suddenly, Beast Boy's shoulder demon and angel popped up. Beast Boy moaned. "The last thing I need is you two butt cracks toying with my vulnerable brain!"

"What brain?" teased the demon. The little figure laughed maliciously and said, "Don't you realize that you can't get rid of us?"

Beast Boy looked up again at the ceiling. Why me, he mouthed silently. Glancing at his angel, he asked, "So why didn't I ask her out?"

"Don't you realize that you're making too much of a deal? You are so overreacting!" yawned the demon. "Shut up," scolded the angel. "Make me!" retorted the demon. "Oh, I will…" said the angel menacingly. Beast Boy looked back at the demon, to the angel, as they marched towards each other, with scowls written all over their faces.

"HEY STOP STOP STOP! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOCUSING ON ME HERE!" yelled Beast Boy.

"You're right," said the demon. "Thank you," said Beast Boy. "You do need a lot of help. Mental help. Heck, you need all the help in the world to save you from this mess," finished the demon with a slight cackle.

Beast Boy had had enough. "Goodbye," he said dully. The angle and demon disappeared. With a small sigh, Beast Boy said, "Only one thing can help me now." Without one more word, he went out to play video games.

Within minutes of playing his favorite game with Cyborg and Robin, Beast Boy was totally absorbed. He was back, his mind not wandering a bit. Starfire cheered Robin on. "Move faster, Robin's miniature vehicle!" Robin grinned and did a fancy driving trick, sidestepping Cyborg's car and heading into the lead. "Hey!" protested Cyborg. Robin's car blew past the finish line. Starfire let out a victorious yell, and Robin pumped his fist into the air. "Who's yo daddy!" Cyborg exploded at that. Beast Boy chuckled and happily joined in the fray, shouting random insults at both titans to spur the fight on. Starfire giggled at the sight.

At that moment Raven joined her, sitting on the couch. The two girls watched as Robin blew a raspberry at Cyborg.

"It makes you wonder," Raven trailed off. Starfire chuckled appreciatively. "Robin is very humorous."

As the fighting neared an end, (Robin winning) Raven rose to her feet, and called out to Beast Boy. "Meet me in the hall, will you?" she asked him.

Beast Boy shook his head. "You can say whatever you want in front of everyone, I don't care." He smiled to let her know that it was okay, really.

She raised her eyebrows, pondering whether she would. What the heck, she thought. The four other Titans waited patiently for Raven's speech. The girl took a deep breath. If he won't do it, I will!

"Beast Boy, would you like to go out with me?" asked Raven smoothly.

Beast Boy's mouth dropped open, eyes wide in shock. The three other Titans had their jaws hanging wide open as well. Cyborg was the first to recover. Putting his plan into action, he ushered the Robin and a gaping Starfire out the door, shutting the door behind them.

"Well?" Raven asked.

"Eeep…" was all that Beast Boy could muster out.

"Is that a yes?" asked Raven hopefully.

"Eeep…"

"I really need an answer."

"Eeep…"

"Now."

Beast Boy finally managed to choke out a "yes" and Raven smiled. "Good. You choose the place." Leaving him at that to pull himself together, she marched out of the living room back to her own room. Her conscience offered her congratulations on the way back. Thanks, chuckled Raven. She went to prepare for her first date.

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(A/N: No, I wouldn't leave you hanging there, though I normally would. Since you're such good reviewers, I've decided to go on! Hooray for me! [I'm just kidding.])

Beast Boy slowly pulled himself together, his mind in a tornado. His head was a whirl; there was no way that that had been a dream. "Raven…just asked me out. Yeah… She did. Really. Yep. Me. Beast Boy. Yeah, me. Beast Boy!" Finally regaining his composition, he jumped up and down on the sofa in celebration. "SCORE!!!" he yelled. "Go Beast Boy!" Suddenly, realization of what had just happened dawned on him. "Hey, she said for me to make the arrangements! I have to get to work!" He shuffled off to his room, humming happily, leaping about.

Whipping out a small notebook, Beast Boy began to pace back and forth around his room, thinking of where to go, and what to do. "So here's this, I'll take her to a scary movie…"he muttered. Every couple of minutes he wrote an idea down. "Then, I'll, I'll ask her to dance, very politely. Underline 'very politely'. Mental note-bring parachute and safety harness in case of emotional breakdown." He paused to finish writing. He wiped a bead of sweat off his forehead. Sweat? "AHHH!!" cried Beast Boy. "I HAVE TO GET READY!"

He sped off to the bathroom to shower. That day he shampooed his hair and extra two times. He brushed his hair and brushed his teeth, and prepared as best he could.

By 12:00pm he was ready to go. The sun was at its peak, and the birds were out, chirping out their delightful tune out to the world. He was all set; his agenda of things to do safely memorized in his mind. He had even memorized what lines to say to her. All the details were perfectly set, and all that was left to do was wait for Raven to appear. The nervous Beast Boy awaited Raven by the door, reviewing all of his lines in his head. And finally, she appeared.

She wore a long, blue skirt, stretching from her waist to her ankles. Her hood now gone, her crimson eyes glittered in the sunlight. Her midsection was covered by a long sleeved, black, dress-like shirt tucked neatly into her skirt.

Raven proceeded to walk over to Beast Boy, giving him a grin. "Do you like it?" she asked. Beast Boy didn't answer, but Raven heard him mutter something about unworthiness. So totally like him, shrugged Raven. The poor boy.

"I hope you're not intimidated by me," teased Raven. "Although I would understand if you were," she added. That woke Beast Boy up.

"Huh? Wha- Me? Oh, no not intimidated at all!"

Raven sighed, and said, "let's get going to wherever you're taking me." She opened the door and stepped outside. "Right," said Beast Boy hastily. He rushed out after her calling, "Wait up!" But Raven was already at the foot of the island. She turned her head and raised her eyebrows. "Come on slowpoke."

Beast Boy finally caught up, and the two of them flew across the ocean to the city, Beast Boy in raven form.

"So where are you taking me, Beast Boy?" yelled Raven across the noisy winds. "You'll see!" came the reply. They landed on the side of a road. "Follow me," said Beast Boy, marching off. Raven anxiously followed behind Beast Boy, wondering in anticipation where the boy had chosen for a date.

Beast Boy's original plans had been to take her to a restaurant, and a swimming pool afterwards, but he was beginning to have second thoughts. Why should a date be planned? he questioned himself. Why should every line that I say be pre-prepared, when this is a night that I should make her remember? Beast Boy had made up his mind. He abruptly switched directions, continuing deep into a patch of forest. Raven eyed the boy suspiciously. "Do you know what you're doing?" she asked cautiously. "Of course," said Beast Boy, with a mysterious smile. "I'm taking you to my special place."

Raven was now even more eager to get to the "secret place." Fueled by her emotions, a small tree blew up in the background, sending splinters of wood everywhere. Oh boy, thought Raven. If I can't learn to control these emotions, I'm going to have Beast Boy blow up at our date! She shuddered at the thought. Heh, Beast Boy exploding really can't be a good thing! But, despite her unstable emotions, she proceeded to play follow-the-leader with the shape-shifter.

The pair were nearing a clearing now, with the forest long forgotten. As they approached the open space, Beast Boy halted, and beckoned for Raven to see the view. "This," said Beast Boy. "Is my secret place!" She gasped at the sight.

It was a park, a garden, in fact. It was square, covered in beautiful vines. Trees outlined the edges, waving in the slight breeze, and flowers bordered the park quite spectacularly, arranged in an intricate pattern of colors. The sun helped to brighten the features of the garden, illuminating a small statue of a boy.

Beast Boy grinned, and entered the park, motioning for Raven to follow. While she brushed past the bushes, she marveled at the exotic compilation of greens, being enveloped by a perfect ray of sun. Turning her view from the garden she looked back at her date, who had apparently, found a bench. Raven sat down next to Beast Boy, still glancing at the greens and gasping in helpless wonder. "Do you like it?" asked Beast Boy, his small face fixed with a boyish grin. "I love it," said Raven breathlessly. Two birds fluttered down from the sky, and settled in a nearby tree. Raven examined the pair of birds, while Beast Boy rolled on. "I found this place one day, when I was taking a break in bird form, flying high above the world. The garden was already there, but I kind of fixed it up a little to match…" he rambled. The birds flew off. Raven turned her attention back to Beast Boy. "Match what?"

"N-nothing…"he stuttered. Raven crossed her arms, but decided to let it go.

They sat there, for a while, just soaking in the beauty of the scene, not a care in the world. Beast Boy cautiously slipped his arm around Raven's back, in a somewhat romantic gesture. Raven jerked a little in surprise, but allowed the action, and laid back. Resting in Beast Boy's arms was bliss for her.

"Sorry there's nothing to eat," apologized Beast Boy. "There was a, slight change in plans." Raven looked at him. "I like this better," she assured him.

"Hey, you wanna take a walk?" he asked. "Sure," replied Raven, rising up from the bench. "After you." Beast Boy took Raven's hand in his, and they walked to the edge of the garden. They proceeded to slowly walk, hand in hand across the perimeter of the park. Beast Boy smiled to himself, letting the world forge a barrier of sweet fragrance around the couple. Gentle winds gave them a tickle, nudging the pair forward into each other's arms. As they passed under the shade of a looming tree, Raven turned her head to face Beast Boy, and gave him a perfect smile. It touched Beast Boy's heart, making it leap in reflex. "Wow…" he remarked. "You have such a beautiful smile Raven." The girl blushed slightly at the compliment. "You should smile more; let the world see it." Raven cocked her head. "But I only want you to see it, Beast Boy." It was Beast Boy's turn to blush now. Both smiled shyly, before staring into each other's eyes, locking them in a tangle of emotions. Neither wanted to look away.

Finally, Beast Boy broke the gaze, and they continued on their walk. The sun still steadily shined above the world, the clouds still clear. Raven looked up at the sun, as if daring it to go down. The sun smiled in a mysterious reply. The pair reached the end of the walk, and they turned into the garden again. Beast Boy helped Raven sit back down on the bench, following suit soon after as well.

Suddenly, in the near distance, a sweet, pure melody wavered through the air. Violins sang out their enchanting tune, accompanied by the lovely, looming sound of Cellos. Violas and String Bases soon joined the Violins, aiding them in a striking chord of music. Beast Boy and Raven listened in awe, allowing the song to envelope them, until the only sound they heard was the voice of the violins. The four string instruments delighted them, as their sounds pierced the air.

Beast Boy and Raven looked at each other. "Hey Raven," said Beast Boy. "Do you want to dance?"

Raven held back a giggle. "I don't do dancing, sorry," she replied.

But Beast Boy wasn't done. "You didn't do dating either," he insisted. Raven hesitated. He had caught her off guard. Beast Boy flashed a 'told-ya so' smile at her.

"Good point," replied the psychic awkwardly. "I'll dance."

Go Beast Boy! It's your birthday! celebrated Beast Boy in his mind. Now, how do you dance? After debating quickly, he decided just to let his feet do whatever they wanted too. (Which fortunately, was the right thing! Man, how lucky is Beast Boy???)

Like a gentleman, he rose to his feet, and helped Raven up. They went to the middle of the garden/park, the String Ensemble still whistling joyfully. Raven put her hands behind her back, uneasily rubbing them together. "Here," said Beast Boy. He reached for her arms, and pulled them up so they rested on his shoulders. Beast Boy put his hands slowly around her waist. Raven smiled at him, her bright eyes shining so fully, it was hard to imagine. They let the melody flow through their bodies, until they began to shift, from side to side, still in each other's arms. Raven rested her head across Beast Boy's chest, like a kitten would, still dancing. They let their feet do all the talking that they needed to, swaying, and stepping lightly across the smooth pavement. Complimented by the pure sounds of the instruments, they danced in each other's warm embrace.

Behind Beast Boy, two branches of a tree crackled with black energy before collapsing totally. They hung off the tree like two limp arms snapping a little. The couple turned to look.

"Whoops," said Raven sheepishly. "Did I do that?" asked Beast Boy mockingly. "Heh…maybe," said Raven, a little embarrassed.

They danced until the sun was beginning to fade, and the sunny day was coming to an end. Raven and Beast Boy never wanted to let go of each other. Beast Boy tried pleading with the sun. Please! Please! he cried. Don't let this evening end!

Raven too, didn't want the sun to go down, despite the fact that she hadn't done her duties back at the Titan's Tower. She didn't care about anything right then, not bothering to keep her emotions, or powers down. It just wasn't worth holding back. Resting her head in Beast Boy's arms was all that she needed in the world.

Finally, the violins came to their final note, ending the dance on a perfect, complete chord. Beast Boy reluctantly pulled his hands off of Raven's waist, and he felt Raven's soft hands leave his neck. "That was beautiful," remarked Beast Boy, in a half dreamy state. "Yes," spoke Raven quietly. The sun was beginning to set.

"Beast Boy!" said Raven quite suddenly. "Let's go watch the sun go down!" Beast Boy was all too happy to comply. Hand in hand, they raced back through the woods, Beast Boy mentally thanking the garden for its hospitality. Finding another clearing, they reached a slope of green grass, where they settled on the ground. Wrapped in each other's arms, they relaxed and gazed up at the sentimental night sky, watching the sunset over the horizon. They laid there, for hours, until total darkness overcame them, and the last ray of sunshine disappeared in a lazy haze of mist. It was then when Beast Boy thought,

Could it really be love that I'm feeling for Raven?

But he left it at that, and he drifted off to sleep, in Raven's warm, comforting arms. She soon followed, resting her head on Beast Boy's shoulders. Eternity………………………

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Chapter 5!!! The Romantic Renaissance

For those who do not know, a Renaissance is a 'rebirth'. If you want further information on that you can go look it up.

HOORAY CHAPTER FIVE!!!! This chapter took me extra long to complete! (Darned writer's block!) Thank you to anyone who reviewed, once again. Tell me your thoughts in your reviews please! Thanks!

Last note, chapter 6 might take me an extra week to complete, due to inexcusable amounts of deathly homework and multi-step projects. IT MIGHT TAKE ME AN EXTRA WEEK TO COMPLETE! Don't kill me please; it's really not my fault.

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