GAH! You people are so mean to me TTTT and for that, I'm continuing to hold Larry and Bumblebee hostage. So REVIEW! Luckily there's on person I can thank

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Anyway, I've had this chapter finished for about a week, but I sorta got caught up with band and being sick . But I'm just fine now and thus is why I'm updating within a month. So now enough babbling and onto chapter 4!

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Chapter 4: A Painful Memory

"It's Raven, the girl you never liked... and the girl who hated you." She hissed in an almost demonic voice.

"The others may be fooled by your little act, but I know better. You're a liar and thief. But worst of all, you're still alive within that stone casket."

She took everything, our home, our hope, our trust... and Beast Boy's heart.

She painfully remembered a certain day. A day she'll never forget. A day that scarred her heart forever.


"Yo Raven, you getting up? Remember we're going to the beach today!" It was Beast Boy as usual drumming away at her door.

"I've been up and yes, I remember."

She was in high spirits that day. Later that night, when the sun was setting, she wanted to tell Beast Boy how she felt for him. That's what she had been meditating for all morning.

"Ready." She stated in an almost emotional sounding voice.

The female stepped out of her room with a violet bag in hand, only to view a scene she didn't need to. Terra had snuck up behind Beast Boy to play a rousing game of 'peek-a-boo' and now they were changing the rules.

"Who am I?" The blonde-haired female asked playfully.

"Beautiful." Beast Boy answered, turning around to cover her eyes. "Who am I?"

"Wonderful. Who am I?"

"Sweeter than sugar. Who am-"

At this point Raven had had more than she could take and let out an interrupting cough.

"Oh, hey Raven! Ready now?"

She didn't answer but merely walked by the two.

"Guess that's a yes." Beast Boy said shrugging and following behind her.

Almost twenty minutes later the six teens arrived at the beach.

"Woohoo!" The changeling screamed, "Cannonball!" Wrapping his arms around his legs, he jumped into the water and came back up as a seal.

Terra began to giggle and tackled the green sea mammal. Raven rather wanted to gag herself at the sight.

"Well, I guess I'll start cooking the ribs." Cyborg said walking over to the grill.

"Robin, would you like to partake in the event of making the castles of sand?" The red-headed alien asked.

The masked male nodded and followed her leaving Raven by herself.

Oh well... this is pretty usual I guess. She sadly thought to herself. She grabbed a book from her bag, sat on a rock, and began to read.

Almost an hour after she started, she had to stop.

"Raven! Watch out!" The green boy screamed. Yes, she had heard him, but by the time she glanced up it was too late.

The ball him and Terra had been throwing around had hit her and sent her book flying. But it didn't land on the sand, it fell right into the ocean.

The final book in the series she had started months ago was lying in a pool of water. She threw the ball in no general direction and dove after the novel. By the time she had been able to examine the pages, they had been completely ruined.

"Ra... I'm really sorry. I-I'll get you a new one." Beast Boy stuttered trying to make up for it.

"Don't worry about it Beast Boy. It wasn't that great of a book anyway." She replied keeping her temper in check as much as she could. To anyone else she would've lost it completely.

"R-really? I really wouldn't mind getting you a new copy."

Just as she was about to say, 'If you're so insistent then come with me to the bookstore tomorrow.' She was interrupted by a most annoying voice.

"Come'on B-B, she said she was alright. It's your serve!" Terra said while flipping her hair and handing the male the multi-colored ball. After he had grasped the ball in one hand, she had taken his other and began to walk off with him in tow.

"But Raven- I uh..." He stammered. But she insisted they continue walking to the area where they were playing earlier.

Just keep thinking about this evening and everything will be fine.

Another hour had passed and everyone had finally eaten.

"Group photo, group photo! Come'on guys we need to get a pic of us at the beach." Beast Boy shouted running around to all the other titans.

Once they were all in position on a rock with the ocean lapping up against the sandy beach in the back, there was only one person left to get into the picture.

"Raven, it's not that bad... it's sit, shoot, and you're done... besides, we need it for the Christmas cards this year."

With a sigh, figuring she had nothing better to do, the violet-haired girl rose and walked to the area left for her. Sitting she folded her hands gently in her lap with a bored look planted on her face. Beast Boy took his spot next to her as Terra sat nest to him. Cyborg timed his camera-hand on the rock and ran to his spot in the back with Robin and Starfire.

Should I? Raven thought with her heart racing.

Stay calm, you shouldn't do that because then they'll have photographic evidence of it.

But what she wanted to do and what she should do were two different things.

"Kay, guys! 3...2...1!"

Fine!

Once Raven heard '1' she reached over and grabbed Beast Boy's hand and put on a nice smile. Another side affect she hadn't thought of was the redness of her face.

Once the flash had gone off, she returned her hands to her lap and put her unemotional expression back on her face.

"What was that?" The changeling asked turning to Raven.

"What was what?"

"My hand... something was on my hand during the picture."

"I don't know what it was. Maybe it was a crab."

"A... crab?"

"It's just a guess." She said one last time standing up.

"O.k. then... it was a crab." He replied still a little unsure.


"Anyone up for volleyball!" Beast Boy asked excitedly.

"I'm in as long as I can be on your team." Terra said hugging Beast Boy.

"O.k. so it's me, Cyborg, and Starfire versus Terra, Beast Boy, and Raven?" The black-haired boy questioned aloud.

"Whaddya say Raven? Care for a little competition?" Cyborg teased holding the ball.

Of course she'd say no. What's the fun in hitting a round piece of rubber over a net constantly? But to her it was more personal than that. Her eyes glanced over to the court where Terra was piggy-back riding Beast Boy.

"I'll play."

"But you can't play in your uniform... its beach volley ball, you'll-" The jade male stopped in mid-sentence as Raven slipped off her cape. "trip." He continued slowly stating.

"What?" The goth asked monotonously.

The changeling's mouth had dropped. He never would've suspected Raven would wear a swimsuit let alone a two-piece. He didn't even know that she owned one. It was dark blue fading into back on both the top and bottoms. As the colors reflect against her ocean-colored eyes, it was as if she was glowing in a light of beauty.

"Yo Beast Boy! Ya playin' or staring at Raven?... Let's go!" Cyborg yelled from the court.

"I'm not staring at Raven!" He argued running to the court.


Terra, you're going down! Raven thought to herself while on the opposite side of the net.

"Uh... how'd it get from three-on-three to one-on-one?" Beast Boy asked staring at the court which was now a messy competition with him being first prize. Although, he didn't know about being the trophy.

True, how did such a nice little match of volleyball turn to being a scrap of bruises? One can only turn back to the beginning.

It began how they planned. Star, Rob, and Cy versus Terra, Rae, and B-B. But slowly Raven worked her way around the net to where it was four against two. Apparently the competitive blood was high in both girls. They soon stopped letting anyone else hit the ball and since then the ball hadn't hit the ground since. Just each of the players.

"Look, you're both good at volleyball. Why don't you call it a draw?" The mechanic male suggested in hopes to end the chaos.

There was no response except Terra hitting the ball again. But the game was to end soon.

Raven jumped and slammed her hand against the ball's surface. The place the ball hit next was not Terra's hand, but a direct full face slam.

The empathy landed while smiling lightly as the blonde fell and began crying.

Brat! That shouldn't of hurt at all.

But nonetheless, Beast Boy had run up to comfort her.

"You o.k. Terra?" He then turned to Raven. "What was that for? It was a game and you go off and smack her in the face."

"But I didn't-"

"Yes you did and you know it!" The blonde screamed with tears on her face.

"No, I-"

"Don't you think you should say you're sorry?" Beast Boy interrupted. He had a very angry look in his eyes.

For the goth, it was either swallow her pride and have Beast Boy be alright with her, or have that hateful and painful look always on her back.

"I-I'm sorry, Terra." She said feeling like she was swallowing acid as she spoke her name.

"Thanks Rae." The consoling male said placing a smile on his face.

"Come'on Beast Boy, I wanna swim a little longer." And they were gone, again with Terra towing Beast Boy in hand.


"Alright guys, sun's setting, time to go back to the tower."

"But where are Terra and Beast Boy? I do hope she is no longer in pain."

"I think she's o.k. Star. Raven," Robin said turning to the lilac-haired girl. "Can you go find them?"

She said nothing and turned to find the two.

Now's my chance. I can finally tell Beast Boy that I don't hate him at all. I can finally be able to act naturally around him. All I have to say is 'I love you' and this burden will be lifted from my heart.

But instead of lifting the burden from her heart, she was only about to crush it.

She heart Terra's giggling from behind a rock closer to the water's edge and proceeded over to her and, of course, Beast Boy.

"Beast Boy, Terra we have get go-"

But instead of lifting the burden from her heart, she was only about to crush it worse. She stopped herself in mid-sentence seeing the one thing she feared the most.


"You leaned in and kissed him. Now do you see why I'm doing this? You forced a kiss on him that he probably,- no definitely didn't want. So now I'm doing him the greatest favor of his life. This time Terra,"

Raven clenched her hand into a fist and pulled down on what seemed to be an imaginary rope connected to the rock. It pierced the air and came down directly on the top of the rock casket shattering it into hundreds of small pieces.

"Stay dead."

She looked over the remains and smiled lightly at what she had done. She even placed a foot on the remains of a cracked arm and crushed it. But her smile soon turned into a shocked expression as she heard a voice from behind her.

"Raven... what are you doing?"

It was Beast Boy and the other titans.


End of chapter 4! And if you wanna know what happens to Raven, review! If you want Bumblebee and Larry to live, review! Come'on people, it won't kill you to drop a line, but it'll kill Larry and Bumblebee if you don't. So... please!

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