Chapter Eight:

Beast Boy rolled over in his bed, his ears twitching. He could hear her sobs even from his room, which was three rooms down the hall from hers.

"Why is she crying?" he asked aloud.

Had he done something wrong? He lay there in his bed, thinking of what he possibly could have done to make her cry so badly, but, nothing came to mind. All his thinking tired him out quickly though and soon he found himself drifting off to sleep.

Raven lay awake in her bed, her eyes red-rimmed from crying. Her head ached and she felt like she was the worst person ion the world. How could he be so blind? Had he not felt the way she had felt when he was holding her? Raven asked herself these questions over and over, trying to see what it was that was wrong with her. She failed though, seeing nothing wrong with her and soon, her thought's helped her drift off into sleep.

The next morning, Raven awoke, hearing noises in her room. She sat up quickly and looked around.

"Hey," Robin said rising from his seat by the door.

"Hey."

Robin approached her bed, a concerned look on his face.

"What's gonna happen to me?" she asked.

"Well, somehow, the Justice League of America managed to get you out of everything. There's gonna be no hearing, no trial, nothing. Special for you, the man you um…yeah, he had no family. So there was no arguments or objections. The only thing was we practically had to swear that we would work with you to help fix the problem."

Raven fell back onto the bed, a wave of relief washing over her. She would have to be sure to thank the Justice League, not to mention her fellow leader, Robin.

"Don't go to sleep yet," he said, "Beast Boy wants you to come see him."

"Oh."

"You don't seem too happy about that."

"Uh, yeah. It's nothing," she lied, "I just can't stand seeing him like this."

"I know what you mean. Man, if you think this is bad, you should have seen him when we found him."

Raven shook away the thought abruptly.

"Sorry," Robin said truthfully. "Well, um, I have a lot to catch up on, so if it's OK with you, I kinda have to leave."

"Go ahead," Raven said and her leader nodded.

After he left, she climbed out of the hospital bed, a dreading feeling in her stomach as she made her way out of the room and down the hallway to Beast Boy's room.

The nurse opened the door to Beast Boy's room and allowed Raven to come inside. It took Raven's eyes a moment to adjust to the dim lights of the intensive care unit.

"Uh, hey," she said to the green teen lying in bed.

She looked at him carefully. The hospital bed seemed to consume him entirely. He was so pail. Why hadn't she noticed it yesterday?

"We need to talk," he said.

Raven shot a glance at the nurse who nodded and left the room quickly. Raven turned her full attention back to Beast Boy, looking at him for what to do next.

"Why were you crying?" he asked her.

"I-I wasn't crying," she said looking down at her feet.

"My ears are sensitive. I could hear you. Why were you crying?" he asked again.

"Beast Boy, this is a hospital. It could have been anyone that you heard. Why do you care anyway?"

"Because I'm worried about you," he said.

"No, not me," she said, "you're worried about her and if she'll ever be back in your life."

"Don't bring her into this. It has nothing to do with her."

"It has everything to do with her."

"What are you saying?"

"What am I saying! I'm saying that even when she's gone, I still don't get what I want! I'm saying that no matter how hard I try, I get nowhere! I'm saying that people aren't grateful enough! Do you still want to know what I'm saying!"

Beast Boy stared at her with confusion.

"Look, Terra is gone. She's gone forever. Get over her, move on. Look around you. You're a moron to think that no one cares! Who took care of you after she left! Who tried to help you when you needed it most! Don't you give me that "no one cares" crap! I am the only one who cared that much!" she cried. "And you don't know how much that hurt-to be thrown aside like some little kid in the way! After all I've done for you, yet you don't care! Not one bit! I love you Beast Boy! I love you and you were gonna leave me for her!" she said falling to her knees.

Her sobs shook him. Loved him? Raven?

"I-I'm sorry," he said.

"Yeah well, don't be," she said bitterly, wiping her eyes. "Don't be."

She repeated the words over and over. As she ripped the I.V. from his arm. As she raised it high above her head.

"Rave-"

"Go!' she shouted. "Go and be with her!"

Down came the needle. In his chest, his heart. Where he had hurt her, she longed to hurt him. The needle. Stabbing in, farther and farther. It came out of his flesh and was pounded right back in. Over and Over. Blood, on his clothes, on hers. Blood, on her hands, in her eyes. Over and over, stabbing. One word: death. Blood, his blood. It took her a moment to realize what she had done. When she finally saw, she wrapped her arms around his limp figure, cradling his head in the crook of her arm.

"I'm sorry," she whispered. "I'm so sorry, so sorry."

These wounds won't seem to heal,

This pain is just too real,

There's just too much that time cannot erase.

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears.

When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears,

And I held your hand through all of these years,

But you still…haunt me.

Ok, the ending to a very sad story. I actually cried after I went back and read this. Lol. I will finish True Confessions next and then post new story. A Raven and Robin one. Well, that's all for now,

Hallie (robinstar)