Chapter Seven:
Raven awoke suddenly, and moaned at the sudden pain that washed over her. Her head ached when she tried to lift it. She sat up quickly, though it made her nauseous. She tried to focus but it hurt so bad. But then she wouldn't have known if she was seeing correctly or not since the room was pitch black. A shrill cry escaped her lips as the day's previous events suddenly came flooding back to her.
"Raven?" a familiar voice called.
"Beast Boy?" she asked, trying to search the dark room for him. "Where am I?" she asked.
"Here in the hospital, with me," he said flicking on a light.
"What am I doing here? The last thing I remember, that police officer was-"
"Robin convinced them to let you stay," he said, cutting her off.
"Oh."
Raven was surprised when he came over to her bed and wrapped his arms around her.
"What was that for?" Raven asked after he pulled away.
"You looked like you needed it," he said in a hoarse voice.
"I-I did," she said.
Beast Boy stared at her a moment, a pitying look in his eyes.
"I-I'm sorry. I-I couldn't control it. I jus-"
His arms enclosed around her once more, in an effort to help to suppress her sobs.
"Rae, don't cry. P-please, stop," he said, unable to deal with her violent sobs.
"I-I'm sorry," she whispered, "it's jus-"
"I-It makes me feel worse!" he said pulling away from her.
"That's m…my problem," she said wiping her eyes roughly with her hand.
"No, it's my fault. If I hadn't…then…we wouldn't be in this."
"No, no. Beast Boy, don't think like that," she said hugging him, "don't be that way. I just wonder, why? Why did you do it?"
"Because, I just couldn't deal with it anymore. No one understands. No one understands how I feel for her. No one cares. No one cares about me. And I just thought that I could go and be with her. I can't stand the thought of her somewhere without me. I loved her, Rae, and I just wanna be with her."
Raven didn't hear the rest of what he'd said. She had stopped listening at the words "no one cares". How could he say that? After all she'd done for him. What did it mean to him? Nothing. He didn't care one bit. Her lower lip trembled as the tears began to flow down her cheeks.
"Rae, what's wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing, j-just go," she said covering her face with her hands.
"Rave-"
"Just go," she whispered.
She held her sobs in until after she was sure he had left. Then, she let them free.