A/N: Allrighty, the second chapter is here. PLEASE! Terra fans, drop everything (CRASH) and read this chapter! You will proably hopefully like it! Oh, and to Son of Osiris: "Maybe... mwahahahaha"
Happy reading!

Part Two

"Heaven in the Afternoon"

"You belong to me now Terra…I own you."

"No…not Slade…you're dead."

"Indeed I am…but that won't stop me from coming to get you and your friends…you promised that you would fight by my side forever, and that's a promise I will always make you keep. Even through my death."

"No…NO!"

Terra awoke and sat up sharply, gasping and trying to breath. She looked around and found herself lying in her bed in her old room at Titan's Tower. She recognized the desert wallpaper and starry night ceiling. Slowly Terra sat up off her bed; her legs felt stiff and awkward. She noticed that she had been dressed in her old black T-shirt with the yellow "T" on the front and a pair of girl's underwear. Who had dressed her, she didn't know. When she got the hang of moving her legs Terra walked out of her room into the hallway; it was deserted. Slowly, she made her way down the maze of hallways until she reached the main door to the kitchen and stopped, she could hear voices on the other side. "…She may have been revived, but is she stable?" Terra overheard Robin ask, his voice full of concern.

"Yeah, she's doin' good," Cyborg reported calmly, leaning against the counter.

"I carried her up to her room about an hour ago," Beast Boy remarked, sitting on the counter behind Cyborg Indian-style, "she was sleeping so softly…" Beast Boy sighed and scratched his head, still barely believing all that had happened today. He too had redressed himself, but underneath his cloths were several bandages covering the wounds he had gotten in the last battle with Brother Blood. Raven was mysteriously quiet, as Terra had noticed. "Oh, how I have missed our friend so much!" Starfire exclaimed happily, clasping her hands together, "it is very wonderful to have her back and well."

"Yeah, Raven said, sounding distant, she was leaning against the opposite counter next to Star, "but do you think she still wants to be with us, or do we even want her around? We can't possibly forgive her for what she did to us." A can of soup nearby began to shake and tilt back and forth.

"Yeah," Robin responded, "but corruption and evil is a powerful force, as was Slade. I even got dragged into it remember?

"Yeah," Beast Boy muttered, "I can hardly imagine what he did to her…but Slade's dead now, and we broke his grasp on her. …And I'm sure Terra's…"

"That doesn't matter!" Raven said sharply, the can of soup exploded with a loud 'pop', making a large red mess, "she…she is always going to be a traitor and carry on Slade's legacy! The lies, the deception…everything!"

"Just shut up Raven!" Beast Boy snapped angrily, sitting up off the counter, "she practically died because of her mistakes! At least give her this chance, she's never had anyone in her life who's cared about her as much as we did!"

Everyone remained silent, each of the Titans thinking their own thoughts. "You're right," Raven said finally, "I…I was just so angry…" She crossed her arms and closed her eyes. Terra, still eavesdropping on their conversation, gave a quiet sigh. She hated herself so much for her actions, and truly did feel sorry, for all that she had done.

"We all were," Robin said dismally, looking at the other Titans, "but Beast Boy's right. I'm sure she has changed, for the better."

"Yeah," Cyborg said with a weak smile, "our little rookie."

Raven scoffed, thinking, "Rookie? Yeah, right."

After another minute or so of silence, Robin stood up and said, "Well, I'm going to head up to my room. I've got a lot of work to do." Hearing this, Terra tensed and prepared to flee in the opposite direction if Robin happened to come out this way.

"Alright ya'll," Cyborg added, sitting up and yawning, "I think Rob's got the right idea. I'm gonna head up to my room too, I'll see you guys later." Both guys left through one of the doors in the living room, leaving Raven, Beast Boy, and Starfire alone. Terra gave a relieved sigh and continued to listen in. "Well…" Starfire said, not enjoying the silence, "I believe that I am going to prepare a'welcoming back' party for Terra. I shall be up in my room as well."

"Alright," Beast Boy said, smiling at Star, "good luck with that,"

"Yeah," Raven said, suddenly opening her eyes, "I think I might want to help with that, Starfire." Beast Boy's jaw dropped to the floor upon hearing this from his slightly creepy gothic friend. "Oh wonderful!" she replied, hugging Raven happily with absolutely no mercy whatsoever, "we shall make the Tamaranian celebration leech cake together!"

"It's… really no problem," Raven managed to gasp, trying to expand her lungs, "let's go now." Beast Boy snickered, seeing Raven's face start to turn blue.

"Oh, right," Star said, finally letting go; Raven gulped in several breaths of air, "Beast Boy, would you like to join us in preparing this wonderful celebration?"

"No thanks Starfire," he replied, yawning widely, "I'm beat. I think I'm gonna head up to my room too and take a nap."

"Very well," Star said with a smile, trying not to look disappointed.

"Yeah, very well," Raven muttered with her usual dry sense of humor, starting to wish that she hadn't volunteered to help Starfire. Both girls left out the opposite door in the living room, Starfire babbling on and on to Raven about party goods. Now, Beast Boy was alone, but his ears had told him that he really wasn't. Terra, seeing that there was nothing left to listen to or do, turned around and started to walk off slowly; she didn't feel like confronting the love of her life, whom she had so cruelly betrayed, right at the moment. As she did so Beast Boy said in a barely audible voice: "So you're not even gonna say hi?"

Terra stopped and sighed heavily. Slowly, she turned back around and approached the kitchen door. As she did it opened suddenly, and Terra found herself looking straight into Beast Boy's green eyes; their faces were less than a foot away from each other.

They both stood there for the longest time, each memorizing every little detail of the other's face. Finally, Beast Boy snapped out of it and, blushing, said, "Heh, sorry. I kinda lost my train of thought." He turned away out of embarrassment. Terra then came to her senses too and said, "It's ok Beast Boy." She too had a hint of pink in her cheeks.

After a few seconds of awkward silence Beast Boy turned back around to face her and said, "So, umm…you must be hungry. Do you want me to fix you anything? I'm an awesome chef, remember?" Terra giggled a little bit and said, "Sure, why not. My stomach is kinda empty." Grinning, Beast Boy whipped out a big white chef's hat and said, "Oui oui my dear, one vegetarian lunch omelet coming right up!"

Smiling, Terra took a seat at the table while Beast Boy prepared all the ingredients. He then turned the stove top on and clapped his hands twice like the chefs on T.V. did, Terra couldn't help but laugh. Within a few minutes the smell of food drifted to her nose, she took a long whiff and said, "Mmm hmmm, smells good Beast Boy."

Finally, the 'master' chef turned with the large pan in his hand and brought the huge pile of sizzling omelet to the table, and it actually looked edible, mind you.

"Dig in," B.B. said with a smile, placing two plates on the table. "Aww, thanks," Terra said with a warm smile, "you did great Beast Boy." Beast Boy blushed furiously and grinned nervously, but he managed to stumble to the cabinets back in the kitchen, grab some silverware, and stumble back to the table. He gave Terra her fork and knife and then took a seat directly across from her. They both helped themselves to the food and began eating, and thus began the awkward silence. Beast Boy tried to think of a conversation to start up as they ate slowly, but all thoughts failed him; Terra was the exact same way. As he sat there, hardly eating, Beast Boy lost his train of thought and his arm slipped, knocking his knife off the table.
Slightly embarrassed, he said nonchalantly, "I meant to do that."

Terra, who had a mouth full of omelet, grinned at him. Grinning back, Beast Boy casually bent under the table, and as he reached for the knife on the ground he happened to look up and catch sight of Terra's panties. His breath caught in his throat, forgetting completely that he still had food in his mouth. With a gasp, he choked and sat up, banging his head on the table and falling out of his chair with a thud. Terra, seeing this, began to laugh hysterically, spraying bits of omelet across the table; Beast Boy was laying on the ground with two x's for eyes. Terra continued laughing so hard that she fell off her chair too, causing her to laugh even harder. When she finally regained control over herself Terra crawled over to Beast Boy and giggled, "Are you alright?"

He looked up at her, his eyes returning to the regular large black pupils, and said, "Yeah, I'm really great actually." As she helped him up, he looked into her eyes once again and said dreamily: "Man, you're so beautiful, y'know it?" Terra must have had a surprised look on her face, because after saying that Beast Boy raised one eyebrow and said quizzically, "What? It's true."

Terra finally regained her composure and smiled a little bit. "Thanks, Beast Boy," she said quietly, and gave him a lightkiss on the cheek; Beast Boy swooned and blushed like mad. Terra ran her fingers through his messy green hair and sighed deeply. As Beast Boy tried to calm himself down, he said, "Oh yeah! I almost forgot, I got you a little something special." He stumbled over to table in the living room and reached underneath it, pulling out a small present box. He walked back over to Terra with it in one hand, and she saw that it was wrapped messily in a yellow gift- wrap and a red bow. "For you," Beast Boy said with a bashful smile, handing it to Terra, "I uh…got it earlier today."

"Oh wow," Terra whispered excitedly, looking at the present in her hand, "what is it?"

"Well, open it up and see!" he said quickly, rubbing his hand together nervously. Terra nodded and untied the pretty bow gently, setting it next to her on the kitchen table. She then slowly began to tear off the wrapping, revealing a small cardboard box. She looked up at Beast Boy, and then looked back down at the box. Slowly, she opened it and peered inside. "Oh, no way!" Terra cried in disbelief, reaching into the box and pulling out a brand new pair of shatter-proof goggles with the clear blue lenses, just like the ones she use to have, "I can't believe it! Beast Boy, this is so awesome!"

"Yeah, I thought you'd like em'," B.B. said, grinning, "Took me forever to find them, though." Slowly, Terra looked up at Beast Boy, and to his surprise he saw that there were tears in her eyes. "…Terra?" he said worriedly, "what's a matter?"

Sadly she replied, "I…I'm just so happy to have a friend like you, Beast Boy. You've always been so kind and forgiving. Why…why do I deserve this?" She wiped away her tears and continued. "Ever since I first saw you…I knew that you were different from everyone else…you wouldn't care about all the bad things that I've done in this miserable life. You…you loved me." She then fell silent, still crying softly. Gently, Beast Boy took Terra into his arms and hugged her, taking the goggles and setting them on the table.

"…And I still do, Terra," he said softly, holding her tight, "I'll always love you, no matter what." Slowly, Terra looked up into Beast Boy's eyes, and he stared back into her eyes. Before they both knew it, his lips were on hers, kissing. They both stood there, enraptured in the feel of kissing each other for the very first time; it was definitely love. When Terra moaned, when her lips parted to answer his, Beast Boy felt like he had lost his mind. Slowly, the two of them staggered into the living room and fell onto the couch, not breaking the kiss for a second. As she straddled his waist, Terra finally broke off the kiss and exhaled sharply, Beast Boy groaned in protest.

"Man," she gasped, pulling away a few strands of her gloriously long blonde hair from her face, "you're so good at this, Beast Boy." He smiled up at her, his hands resting behind his head, and said, "I told you that I love you." She smiled back at him and slid off his waist, lying behind him on the soft, comfy couch. She placed one arm over his shoulder and whispered a single sentence: "I love you too, Beast Boy." Then, she found herself drifting off to sleep, Beast Boy lay quietly beside her. As she slept, he sat there, holding her hand gently in his and thinking.

"Will we have a good future together?" Beast Boy wondered to himself, "She says I'm good at kissing but…there's more to a relationship than that." He sighed and turned around to face Terra, it was peaceful just to watch her sleep. "So this is what love is," Beast Boythought aloud, "…Heaven in the afternoon," He smiled to himself. After a few more minutes of undisturbed silence, Beast Boy gently slid out from under Terra's arm and stood up, stretching. Outside the living room windows he could see the sun setting halfway into the horizon; it was almost nighttime already. After popping his back to his satisfaction, Beast Boy turned around and very gently picked Terra up off the couch so as not to awaken her. He exited the through the kitchen doors and carried her off to her room. But as Beast Boy approached her door, he suddenly changed his mind and kept on walking to his room; he would let her sleep in his lower bunk tonight. He wanted her to be near him, after all nothing bad would happen…hopefully.

End of Chapter 2
Huh? Oh yeah! That is chapter two, and chapter 3 is on its was fast. Things get a bit more down and dirty between B.B. and Terra so, be prepared...LOVE IS IN THE AIR!