Title: no one ever said love was easy—chapter three: Date with misery

Disclaimers: no, I do not own the teen titans (I think that's actually a GOOD thing)

Second Disclaimers: this is about a relationship between two girls. Just thought I'd warn ya….

To the second chapter! (Dramatic much? Lol)

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"What about this one? Or this one? No! No! This one! Then again, that one over there is kinda cool too…….." raven rolled her eyes as beast boy went peered at the different candies underneath the glass below, wondering which one to get.

It had been raining that day at the titan tower and they had been bored out of their minds. Raven was a quiet and patient person, sure, but even SHE couldn't take Beast Boy yelling "Raven, you're a phsycy person, why don't you make the rain go away?!" one more time.

So she suggested that she and Beast Boy go to a movie to get out of the t-tower. It seemed like such a good idea at the time…..now she was banging her head against the counter as Beast Boy changed his mind for the umpteenth time that hour. After about thirty more minutes of mumbling and changing his mind, Beast Boy had finally chosen his candy and the type of movie to watch.

It was a comedy. Raven rolled her eyes in disgust. A comedy for crying out loud! She hadn't said anything when Beast Boy had bought the tickets. Well, her face turned a light shade of red, and she was sure that she glared at the green changeling, but Beast Boy had merely shrugged and thought Raven would get used to it.

Starfire wouldn't have down that……Raven sighed softly, trying not to gag as one of the movie characters flipped out over something and the audience began laughing. Why had she even agreed to go out with Beast Boy in the first place? She didn't love him—it took all her will power not to throw her across the room half the time—and it couldn't have been because she was bored……she had been meditating with Starfire at the time when he asked her out.

Her answer was simple; Starfire had stayed silent when she heard Beast Boy as Raven out, and that cut her deeply. It was as if Starfire didn't even care. She took a sip out of her Dr. Pepper and a bite out of her popcorn. Raven had thought that Starfire spending all that time meditating with her should have meant something, but she thought wrong.

Looking over at the titan, who had coke coming out of his nose, she sighed, leaning back into her hard theater chair. Beast Boy was the best that she could get. If Beast Boy is the best that I can get, she mused ironically, then that's really pathetic. I need to find a higher class of friends…. She silently wiped coke off her arm. Or at least better dates.

AFTER THE MOVIE

Raven sighed with relief as she finally landed on the roof to the t-tower. It had been an exhausting afternoon. They had eaten—or had tried to—at her favorite café. It was going fine…until Beast Boy slipped some tofu into someone's tea. Needless to say, it hadn't been an easy fight.

A green eagle landed next to her for a few seconds before morphing back to its human form. He smiled at raven, gesturing to the door. "After you."

Raven floated past him and through the door with a muttered "whatever." Beast Boy smiled at her back. She seemed to be in a good mood tonight, and if he played his cards right in no time, she would be his.

Raven sank down her floor as soon as her door slid shut, leaning her head against the cool metal. "And they say I have dark thoughts…….." she shuddered involuntary. Starfire wouldn't have thought that. She would have asked before even thinking about thinking that.

She wouldn't have dragged her through a stupid comedy, or spend half an hour picking out candy. She'd have made a compromise. "Perhaps we can see a horror feature and afterwards go to the mall of shopping?" she'd have said.

Raven bit her tongue as hot tears slid down her cheeks. "Why don't you like me, starfire?" she whispered. Beast Boy pounding on the door jerked her out of her thoughts. "Raven, are you asleep?"

She said nothing, praying that he'd take that as a 'leave me alone for now' kind of thing and wait until morning to talk to her again. After a few more minutes, he left. Raven let out a sigh of relief before collapsing on her bed.

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Hey, this is the third chapter (already) and I feel like I'm missing something….It'll prolly come up later…..anyway, r&r!