Author's note: Thank you for the 18 reviews that this story has gotten so far! (The most any of my stories have gathered, so far!)

Sorry for taking so long to write this! I've been really, really, really busy! But it's here now, so I won't keep you waiting any longer!

Love Madness

Chapter 3: Crumbling of Walls

Thud! The burning stall door fell to the floor.

"Come on, darn llama!" Arrow was pulling on the head halter, but Cherub wouldn't budge.

"Alpaca," grunted Beast Boy, pushing on Cherub's rump.

"Whatever."

Suddenly there was a loud crash as the walls and roof collapsed. Beast Boy, Arrow, and Cherub all cringed and cowered on the floor. But nothing hit them….

Beast Boy slowly lowered his arms, looking around. A black shield surrounded them. Standing at its core, one arm outstretched, was Raven.

"Azarath, Metranome, Zinthos!" Chanted Raven. The black shield expanded and moved rubble and flame, creating a giant hole to the sky. A black aura surrounded each of them and lifted them out of the burning building, setting them down next the other Teen Titans.

"Oh Cherub! You're okay!"

Molly and Tayler rushed over to Cherub and wrapped him up in hugs.

"Arrow!" exclaimed Terra throwing her arms around him. He looked down in surprise at the girl.

"Raven! Beast Boy! You are both all right!" exclaimed Starfire, joyfully.

"We're fine," Raven said in her usual dry voice.

"Thanks to you," said Beast Boy, hand behind his head. Raven glanced at him. "Thank you Raven."

"You're welcome," Raven still sounded like her usual self.

"Huh…" Beast Boy scratched his head, "Arrow, does this mean that the arrow is wearing off."

"I'm not sure. I don't really know what Raven is like normally."

"This is pretty much her normal, unemotional, self."

"Excuse me," said Molly to Raven, "Thank you for rescuing Cherub."

"You're welcome."

"But what is he gonna do now?" asked Tayler, "His home's burnt down."

"That's a good question," said the farm manager, "Now we need to find homes for all of these animals."

"Ooo! Can we bring Cherub home?" asked Beast Boy.

"What?" exclaimed Cyrborg, "You can't keep an alpaca in a house!"

"Why not?"

"Well…Uh…"

"Robin, you don't mind, do you?" Beast Boy asked, his hands clasped, eyes wide and begging.

"I don't know…"

"After that killer moth incident, how bad can an alpaca be?" said Raven.

"Raven! You think we should keep Cherub?" Beast Boy looked at her in amazement. Raven shrugged.

"Why not?"

"Well… I suppose since Raven thinks we should give Cherub a chance, we'll let you bring Cherub home," said Robin.

"Hurray!" Cried Beast Boy, "Thank you Raven!"

Beast Boy leapt up and threw his arms around a startled Raven. Her hood fell back and she stared at Beast Boy. Suddenly becoming self conscious of himself, Beast Boy let go and dropped to ground.

"Eh heh. Sorry about that…"

And so, they brought Cherub home. Beast Boy set up a makeshift stall for Cherub in his room, and made sure that he had food and water. Then he climbed into bed.

"Good night Cherub!"

The next morning Beast Boy was awoken by shouting. He rubbed his eyes and yawned, then stretched. A bleating from his floor caught his attention. He looked down.

"Cherub! How are you this morning?" Beast Boy got up and fed Cherub, then remembered the shouting that had awoken him. "I wonder what's going on?"

Beast Boy opened the door to the living room, and his eyes bugged out. The purple, black and pink creature with feathered wings, lion, horse, canine, octopus and human features was back. A blizzard of cherry blossom petals spun around the room. The creature was tossing around furniture, while Robin, Starfire, Terra, Arrow and Cyborg tried in vain to stop it from destroying the living room.

"What in the?" Beast Boy brushed a cluster of cherry blossoms out of his face. Suddenly, the creature and other Teen Titans noticed him. They all rushed at him.

"You! You're the cause of all this!" exclaimed Cyborg.

"You must do something before it destroys our home!" Starfire pleaded.

"Me? But what can I do?" asked Beast Boy, as he held up his arms to block the creature's attempt at licking his face, "This thing is from Raven's powers."

"Hmm. Raven looses control of her powers when she looses control of extreme emotions, or" said Robin, "when she suppresses her emotions."

"Well she's been acting pretty normal lately," said Cyborg.

"Which means that she's been suppressing it, right?" asked Terra.

"Right. The question is, how do we get her to stop suppressing her emotions, without loosing control of them?" asked Robin.

"One cannot deal with one's emotions with out first accepting and acknowledging them," said Starfire.

"So we need to get her to accept them…" Robin thought for a moment, "The opposite of suppression…"

"Is expression!" exclaimed Starfire, exchanging triumphant looks with Robin, "That is it!"

"Come on Beast Boy, you're the one who started this mess, so now you're going to help us clean it up!" Robin and Starfire each grabbed one of Beast Boy's arms, and dragged him away from the creature.

"Wha? Hey! Uh… Where are you taking me?" asked Beast Boy as they dragged him down the hall, Cyborg, Terra, and Arrow following curiously.

"To Raven," Robin said simply.

"What?!" exclaimed Beast Boy, "Uh, just what are you guys planning?"

"You will see," said Starfire, with an impish smile on her face. Beast Boy raised an eyebrow.

"Star, since when do you have an impish smile?"

"Oh, since this idea came to me!" Starfire giggled. Beast Boy gulped.

They reached Raven's room, and threw the door open. Raven, who had been floating in the air, meditating, lost her concentration and fell to the floor.

"What do you want?" Raven asked as she climbed to her feet, her hood down.

"Raven, that love monster thing is back!" said Terra.

"Love monster," Raven raised an eye brow.

"The swirly cherry blossom monster that appeared the other day," clarified Starfire.

"Oh."

"Well, aren't you going to do something about it?" asked Cyborg.

"Like what? It's out of my control…"

"That's because you're suppressing you emotions, you need to stop doing that," said Robin.

"Yes, you must start expressing your emotions," proclaimed Starfire.

"What?"

"Profess your love for Beast Boy!" Starfire half pushed, half pulled Beast Boy closer to Raven.

"…" Raven stared at Starfire.

"Go ahead Raven, this could be the only way of stopping that monster from destroying our house!"

"You… Want me to… profess my love?" asked Raven, uncertainly.

"Yes!" cried all of the Teen Titans, except for Raven and Beast Boy.

Raven hesitantly walked forward. Robin and Starfire released Beast Boy, but he stood rooted to the spot as Raven stopped in front of him.

"Beast Boy, I… I love you…" Raven stepped closer and slowly leaned towards him. Beast Boy gulped, as their faces were only inches apart.

"Aw man!" exclaimed Cyrborg, causing everyone to jump.

"What is it?" asked Starfire in concern.

"I just remembered! That thing destroyed the TV, which means that we need to get a new one if we want to watch the rerun of the show that got interrupted last night!"

"Well then, let's get going!" Exclaimed Beast Boy, turning and marching towards the door. Raven grabbed his shirt color and yanked him back.

"I wasn't finished!"

"You… weren't?" asked Beast Boy, "But the TV!"

Raven narrowed her eyes and grabbed Beast Boy's head, she growled, "Stop trying to brush me off!"

"Well I, that is, I, uh…" Beast Boy trailed off at the angry expression on Raven's face. "Your angry at me again, aren't you?"

"No." Raven collected herself and composed her face into a calm expression.

"Then I can go-" Beast Boy eyes widened as his words were cut off by Raven's lips touching his own.

"What the?" Cyborg started, but quickly found two pairs of hands clamped to his mouth. He looked down and saw Starfire and Terra holding their hands over his mouth. Arrow and Robin were slowly edging towards the door.

Raven's purple hair fell across Beast Boy's face as she leaned down to him. Their lips parted, but Raven stayed there a moment longer, looking into Beast Boy's eyes. After what seemed an eternity, Raven stepped back and looked at the other Teen Titans.

"Shall we go see if the monster is still destroying the living room?" Raven asked in a perfectly normal voice.

"Uh… Sure," said Robin, "Star Fire, Terra, why don't you go with her? I want to… Make sure that Cherub is doing okay."

"Shall Cyborg and I accompany the ladies, or you?" asked Arrow.

"Arrow, why don't you go with the girls just in case they need back up?"

Arrow nodded, and walked from the room. Once they had gone, Robin walked over to Beast Boy.

"Uh, Beast Boy? Are you okay?" Robin waved his hand in front of Beast Boy's face, for he had not moved since Raven's kiss. He stood there, still as a statue, mouth slightly open in shock.

"Man, BB, that was something! But are you ever going to move again?" asked Cyborg. He tapped BB lightly in the back, causing him to rock slightly, but still he did not move out of that position.

"Huh. He's as frozen as board. Oh well, I guess we'd better bring him to his own room."

"Yeah, that might be a good idea. Besides, if he doesn't unfreeze soon, someone else'll have to take care of Cherub."

Cyborg picked up the frozen Beast Boy, rested him on his shoulder like a baseball bat, and walked to Beast Boy's room, accompanied by Robin. Once there, Cyborg laid him on his bed.

"Hmm… This oughta work," said Cyborg, taking the water pail out of Cherub's stall. Robin raised his eyebrows.

"Here, hold him steady," Cyborg told Robin, setting Beast Boy on his feet. Cyborg dumped the pail over Beast Boy's head, water gushing down his face and neck.

"Ack! Ptooy!" Beast Boy spluttered and wiped at his face, "Man, what'd you do that for?!"

"Don't you remember? You sort of froze over," said Robin, offering him a towel.

"Remember what?" asked Beast Boy, as he dried his face, "I did?"

"Yeah man, right after Raven kissed you!" exclaimed Cyborg.

"Oh!"

"You do remember Raven kissing you, don't you?" asked Robin.

"Yeah…" Beast Boy's eyes started glazing over again.

"Hey man, snap out of it!" Cyborg grabbed him by the shoulders and shook vigorously. Beast Boy shook his head.

"Oh man… Um, I'm dreaming this, or something, aren't I?" asked Beast Boy.

"No, it's real. Though Raven is still under the effects of that arrow," commented Robin. Beast Boy frowned.

"It figures. I finally get a girl to actually like me, and it's some stupid reaction to a weapon…"

"Ooo, Beast Boy's in love!" teased Cyborg, "Beast Boy and Raven sitting in a tree!"

"Cut that out!" shouted Beast Boy, transforming into a tiger and pouncing at Cyborg, who ran out of the room.

"K- I- S- S- I- N- G!" sang Cyborg, as he ran down the hall with Beast Boy chasing after him.

Slam! Cyborg had run into a black wall. He stepped back and rubbed his head, looking at the wall, as Beast Boy skidded to a halt.

"Ow… Man, where did that come from?"

"Stop picking on him," Raven said icily to Cyborg, a black aura glowing around her. Cyborg's eyes widened and he held up his hands in a placatory manner.

"Now just take it easy Raven, he's all yours!" Cyborg hurried away.

"Heh. Good one Raven," said Beast Boy, a pink blush creeping onto his green face as he looked at her.

"No problem," Raven smiled at him, and Beast Boy felt his heart flutter faster.

The next day, Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Arrow sat in the living room, watching TV and fighting over who got the remote. When the girls came in the room, they broke into a fit of giggles and hurried by, to the kitchen. The boys looked at the kitchen, then each other.

"What was that all about?" asked Cyborg.

"No idea," Robin said, "Now give me the remote."

"No way! I just got this away from Beast Boy two minutes ago!"

"After I'd only had it for two minutes," Beast Boy pointed out.

"Why don't you three come to an agreement on what to watch?" asked Arrow. They stared at him.

"Are you crazy?" asked Beast Boy.

"Like we would ever be able to agree on something," said Robin.

"Besides, arguing about who gets the remote is part of our evening ritual!" explained Cyborg.

"Oookay…" Arrow decided not to argue further.

When he finally felt himself growing sleepy, Beast Boy decided to turn in. When he got to his room, a note was taped to his door.

"What the?" He pulled it off and went into his room. Unfolding the letter, Beast Boy glanced down at the signature on the bottom. Raven. He sat down on his bed and read the letter.

Dear Beast Boy,

I wanted to tell you how much I love you, but I'm afraid I spooked you when I kissed you. I am sorry. I do not mean to always scare you. It is just my nature to be so serious.

If you can, Please forgive me. I am not really sure how to properly express my feelings for you. But since it seems so important for keeping my powers in check, I will try.

As you may have heard, the Star Ball is coming up. All of the Teen Titans have been invited. I was wondering if you would go with me? Obviously you don't have too, and please don't feel intimidated by my powers. I don't want to force myself on you, if you do not want me. I am really hoping though, that you will be my date.

Please respond as soon as you have made a decision.

Love,

Raven

Beast Boy sat in shock, absorbing what the letter had said. Slowly, a grin spread across his face.

"WHOO-HOO!" Beast Boy shouted and leapt into the air. Cherub grunted and shied to the back of his stall, eyeing his crazed room mate warily. Beast Boy fell back on his bed and held up the letter. "I can't believe it! I've been asked on a date! Of course, Raven isn't entirely herself…

"Whatever! This is awesome! After all this time, a girl's finally interested in dating me! Me!" Beast Boy kissed the letter, then carefully folded it and placed it under his pillow.

"Just wait until the others hear! Although actually, Cyborg would probably make fun of me… Maybe I should keep this quiet…" Beast Boy stood there for a moment, thinking. He rushed back to his bed, tossed his pillow over his shoulder, and opened the letter. He stared at it. Maybe I'm over reacting… After all, Raven doesn't love me for real, it's the arrow making her act this way. Isn't it? I mean, isn't she going to go back to being creepy ol' Raven who only half admits I'm funny… Aw, who cares?

"Yes," Beast Boy thrust a triumphant fist in the air. He realized that he was crumpling the letter and carefully folded, retrieve the pillow and placed it over the letter. He flopped onto his bed, laughing into his pillow. Raven never would have admitted she liked me before, not like this anyway! I wonder though… He grew sober and stared at the ceiling. I've always kind of liked her… As a friend, anyway… But I, I don't know. Lately, it's felt like more. But I didn't stand a chance of getting past Raven's barrier. Could this be the chance? Could she possibly be interested in me once the arrow wears off? I don't know, but I might as well enjoy having a girl interested in me while it lasts…

"I wonder what the Star Ball is?"

And that concludes chapter 3. Please review! (Even if you had a problem, like a character being OOC, or something… Which, come to think of it, probably did happen. Besides Raven…) I will try to not take as long to write the next chapter… (Hopefully I will manage to juggle my gazillions of projects better.) As always, reviews encourage me to write more, so if you want to read more, make sure you review! (Love Madness currently has priority over my other fan fictions, because I like it, it is relatively "short" and because it has received so many good reviews.)