Chapter 2 Compassion is Only a Conversation Away

"We ain't goin to the town. We're goin to the city." Interpol 'Next Exit'

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It was getting harder to keep up appearances. She couldn't keep bashing him in public and then confiding in him in private. After she berated him,when nobody was looking, she gave her most apologetic expression and most times he accepted it with a nod of his head, other times he smiled and gave her a wink. Still, even if he knew, she couldn't stand to be dishonest to herself. She remembered the last time she had yelled at him had been yesterday.

He had been walking into the kitchen, obviously tired from the night before. He gave her the slightest of smiles while Starfire had her back turned to them, mixing batter and Cyborg and Robin were playing a racing game. He had opened a cabinet searching for a glass, when he had finally found the one he wanted he grabbed and pulled it out, forgetting the surrounding glasses. Two ofthe glassesfell and shattered on the floor. It wouldn't have been that big of a deal if it had been any of the other members of the team. If it had been Starfire Robin would have comforted her. If it had been Cyborg he might have gotten some small amount of correction from Robin. If it had been Robin he would have beat himself up about it and then cleaned it. Beastboy was Raven's territory though.

She saw everyone's eyes look at Beastboy, the broken glass, and then her. They were waiting for her. "Idiot," she said and then almost gagged on the lie she'd just spoken. She left the room before anybody could say anything. The 'Idiot' had come to her later that night as he always had for the last month. There had been nothing different from the nights before. The 'Idiot' consoled her and then took on some of her burden, the 'Idiot' even tucked her into bed and cleaned her room up for her. She didn't know how to apologize to him, she didn't know how to make this better. The only things she knew was that she couldn't continue this facade and she couldn't live by the expectations of the others. She glanced over at him and saw he was eating a bowl of cereal, one arm up to support his head, so as to keep from falling in the cereal bowl.

"Beastboy"

He sleepily looked over at her and smiled, "Morning Rae."

"I'm going to the city today and was wondering if you'd like to go." She was pretty sure she saw Cyborg stop his game playing, if only for a moment, when she'd said that.

His eyes widened briefly at the invitation, but smiled again and just said, "Sure."