Chapter 3
"99 bottles of soy milk on the wall, 99 bottles of soy milk!"
"Oh, this will be so much fun, friends!" Star cheered from beside the singing Beast Boy. Star bounced around in her seat, staring out the window at the beautiful scenery as the T-Car drove down a busy highway, on it's way to the beach.
"Take one down pass it around, 98 bottles of soy milk on the wall!"
Raven rubbed her temples. Having to sit in the back seat with the two chatter mouths was enough, but when they actually talked/sang, it was enough to drive her insane. "Can you PLEASE, drive a little faster, Cyborg?"
"I'm driving as fast as I'm allowed," Cyborg replied, gritting his teeth. "Maybe if everyone could just be QUIET we'd have a more pleasant trip."
Beast Boy took in a big breath of air. "98 bottles of soy milk on the wall, 98 bottles of soy milk!"
"OU! Look at that! It's a doggie! Hi doggie! Heehee!"
"Will you two shut up?!"
Raven sank lower into her seat and cupped her hands over her ears.
"This'll drown em out." Robin said, inserting a disc into the CD player of the car. He turned the volume up full blast, and instantly, everyone became deaf, and was forced with such a strong push to sit back that they couldn't move.
"ROBIN! THAT'S JUST A TAD BIT ANNOYING!" Raven grunted.
Beast Boy wouldn't give up his fun of tormenting his team mates. He raised his voice even higher, which made it go louder, and it even squeaked, almost enough to cause all the glass in the T-Car to shatter. "TAKE ONE DOWN, PASS IT AROUND, 97 BOTTLES OF SOY MILK ON THE WALL!"
Star continued to chatter, but it became mixed in with Robin's loud music, so that it just sounded like a bunch of jibberish. This still bothered Raven, she had had enough.
"BEAST BOY, SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH!" Cyborg screamed, almost curving off the road.
"97 BOTTLES OF SOY MILK ON THE WALL, 97 BOTTLES OF SOY MILK!"
"BEAST BOY, I'M WARNING YOU!"
"ROBIN, YOUR MUSIC IS SO LOUD THAT I THINK MY EAR DRUMS MAY BE BROKEN, COULD WE PLEASE STOP THIS?"
"NO, IT DROWNS OUT THE ARGUING!"
"YOU DON'T THINK THE ANNOYING MUSIC ADDS TO THE ARGUING?!" Raven screamed, so loudly that her eyes turned white and the car was lifted into the air for a second. This caused everyone to shut their mouths, eyes popping out of their heads. Cyborg drove the car back down onto the ground and continued driving, panting a bit.
Needless to say, the rest of the drive was as silent as can be!
***
"Alright, I drove, which means you guys gotta carry the stuff."
In an instant, Star bolted out of the car and opened up the trunk. She grabbed a large beach blanket and waited impatiently as her team mates got out of the car. Raven shielded her eyes and looked up at the sky. "Robin, you better have packed sun tan lotion." she said grumpily, knowing the effects of sun on her pale light skin.
"I did, I did." Robin replied, pulling the large beach bag out from the trunk.
By this point, Star was hopping up and down. "Let us go, Robin!" she whimpered, tugging on Robin's arm and trying to drag him to the boardwalk.
"Hang on, Star." Robin set the beach bag down and pulled out a pair of sunglasses. He took the mask that covered his face from the world and tossed it into the bag. Without another second to flash by, the sunglasses replaced the mask before Star could even catch a glimpse at his eyes. She gave him another soft whimper at coming to close to finally seeing the eyes behind the mask. "You'll see someday, Star….Promise." Robin told her, putting his arm around her and heading down to the beach. Cyborg strolled after them, whistling happily, leaving Raven and Beast Boy with the rest of the beach stuff.
Raven sighed, still staring up at the sun as if it were arguing with her. "I'm gonna fry out here, hurry up Beast Boy, I need the sun tan lotion Robin has."
"Yes ma'am!" Beast Boy saluted before leaping into the trunk and with much difficulty, pulled out a large cooler.
Raven watched as the small green boy struggled the keep the cooler in his arms. She raised an eyebrow. "Umm….you wanna switch?" she offered, holding up the beach umbrella she was carrying.
Beast Boy shook his head, face turning red as they began the steep walk up the boardwalk.
Raven continued to stare at Beast Boy the whole way up. 'I wonder if he's carrying that to impress me…not that it could in any way, but it's still a sweet thought.' They finally reached flat ground once again, and stared around at their surroundings. Tons of round tables were placed around a stage on the boardwalk, where apparently a band would be playing tonight. Raven got curious as she noticed a giant blue and white "T" on the front drum. She searched her mind, trying to come up with any bands that started with that letter. Sadly, she couldn't think of one. Also to her dismay, in all of her thinking, Beast Boy was now calling out for her help.
"Uh…Rae?"
"Yeah?" Raven replied, still looking over at the stage. Only then did she turn around to notice that her boyfriend had been pulled into a crowd of insane fans. She sweat dropped as arms reached out of nowhere and began to pull her in as well.
"OH MY GOSH, IT'S RAVEN!!!!"
"Will you sign my stomach?!"
"Can I have your autograph?!"
"Who DOES your hair?! I just love it!!!"
"CAN I TOUCH YOU?! It's my life long dream!!"
"I love you!!"
Raven's mouth twitched into an unpleasant and very fake smile, as she was handed a pen and a couple dozen posters of herself. She and Beast Boy sat down at a nearby table as their fans drooled over their appearances. The two began signing the posters as quickly as they could. Raven pressed so hard on all of them that the pen in her hand exploded. "GRR!"
"I HAVE ONE!"
About twenty pens were thrown her way, all of which landed before her. 'These people are insane!!! I gotta hurry with this and get out of here before they rip my limbs off as keepsakes.'
"I wonder if they already got Star, Robin, and Cyborg…" Raven whispered to Beast Boy, who was staring intently at a poster of himself.
"Man do I look hott…."
"BEAST BOY!"
"Don't worry, you look hott too!"
Raven sweat dropped, and continued signing posters.
***
Eventually, the crowd of fans shortened, and Beast Boy and Raven were left alone.
"I'm so glad that's over." Raven sighed, getting up from her seat.
"Are you kidding?!" Beast Boy jumped up, a big smile on his face. "That was the most attention I've gotten all year!"
Raven leaned against the railing of the boardwalk and stared over at him, her brow raised. "Are you saying I don't give you enough attention?"
Beast Boy sweat dropped and started heading down the boardwalk, Raven following after him. "No, no, Rae you give me the attention I deserve….it's just….you're the only one who does."
"Don't kid yourself," Raven started, staring ahead of her. "You're always the center of attention, just like you love to be."
Beast Boy and Raven made their way down onto the beach and eventually found Cyborg, sprawled out on the beach blanket, a pair of shades over his eyes.
"Hey, Cy." Beast Boy greeted.
"Oh, hey love birds." Cy said, grinning. Raven shot him a glare.
"Where's Robin and Star?" Beast Boy asked, looking around.
"In the water," Cyborg replied. "Star saw the waves and instantly flew off, Robin had to run to catch up with her."
"Wow…sounds exciting…" Raven replied, sitting down on the blanket, and digging in the beach bag for her suntan lotion.
"I know! I'm goin in after em!" Beast Boy threw his shirt off, which caught Raven's attention. Her eyes became locked on his body, and Cyborg caught the look on her face. "Seeya!" With that, the green boy ran off.
Raven watched him run off as she squirted some lotion into her hands. Her heart pounded, and she felt the strong urge to follow him.
"Rae, if you wanna, just go!"
"It's not that easy…" the girl replied, watching Beast Boy dive into the water and come up as a little green seal.
"Why not?"
"Because."
Cyborg paused, still staring at the stone look on Raven's face. "Oh I see, playin lil miss 'I'm not interested' again, are we?"
"What'd you mean by that?" Raven shot, glaring at him.
"Raven, if you want to be in the water and have fun, let yourself go! Don't sit here and mope about it, go and have fun! You never let yourself do anything a teens supposed to!"
Raven snapped the bottle of lotion shut and stood up. "I have no idea what you're talking about," she lied. She then flashed a smile. "But I'm going after him."
Cyborg chuckled and smiled. "That's the spirit, YOU GO GIRL!"
Raven rushed off to the water, but stopped once she caught sight of Beast boy once again. He was out as far as he could go without having to swim, and jumping the waves. She watched carefully as he made his way over and under each wave, without transforming once. Unfortunately, the next wave that came was way too high for him to jump, and he wiped out. This was her chance, she walked over to him, giggling as he spit out some sea water.
"Rae? What're you doing out here?"
"Teach me to jump waves."
"What?"
"Please, I wanna have some fun!"
Beast Boy smiled brightly and stood up. He took her hand. "Follow me!" The two ran, hand in hand back to the water. Raven was cautious at first, but the further they went, the more she began to trust the ocean. She felt the mushy sand beneath her toes, and the water was wetting her hair a little. She was standing on her tip toes so that her mouth wouldn't go under, while Beast Boy stood normally. He flashed her another smile as a wave came. "Get ready…" It was a little one, but Raven jumped right when it came anyway and laughed as it carried her up, and then shrunk back to normal level. "See, it's not hard!"
"Beast Boy! YOU SHOULD TRY THIS, IT'S AWESOME!!"
The two turned around to see Robin riding one of the huge waves all the way out, with Starfire clinging to his waste, screaming with joy and a little bit of fear.
"DUDE, THAT LOOKS FUN!"
"WANNA TRY AFTER I'M DONE?"
"ROBIN, LOOK OUT!"
"AH!"
"AHHHH!!!!!"
The four Titans were all swept away by a huge wave and landed on shore in a massive mess. They all started laughing as they sat up.
"Robin, that was much fun!" Star exclaimed, sand all over her face.
Robin panted and laughed as he dusted off Star's forehead. "BB, you try."
Beast Boy was handed the blue and white surfboard. "Alright, Rae, you comin?"
Raven hesitated at first, but then shrugged. "Why not? I'm taking risks today."
"Cool, then you levitate and meet me all the way out!" Beast Boy told her, handing her the board. He then turned into a hawk and flew off.
***
Star, Robin, and Cyborg sat on the beach blanket, each eating their own lunch provided by the cooler they had brought. Star was eating a sandwich with nothing but mustard on the bread and sitting happily beside Robin, a wide smile spread across her beautiful tan face. "Oh Robin, I am so happy to have finally been to the beach!"
"I am too, Star." Robin replied, staring dreamily over at her.
Cyborg just shrugged his shoulders and sighed, then turned away from the couple as he saw them leaning in for a kiss. He looked out at the ocean and at the sunset that was in effect. "We'd better be going soon, before it gets too dark and cold."
Starfire and Robin broke off their kiss, but were still staring romantically at each other, a twinkle could be found in both their sets of eyes. "We have to wait for Beast Boy and Raven to come back first." Robin pointed out, before locking his lips once again with Starfire's.
'What is this, make out hour?!' Cyborg thought grumpily, folding his arms and beginning the watch for the other two Titans.
The android didn't have to wait long, before a very grumpy Raven, and a laughing Beast Boy came back up to the blanket, both completely covered in sea weed.
"What happened to you guys?" Robin asked, the kissing having stopped moments before.
"Have you been attacked by the weed of the sea monster?" Starfire asked as she leaned against Robin's shoulder.
Raven didn't reply, she merely stuck her finger in her ear as a fountain of water poured out, along with a tiny crab.
"R-Raven was screaming like crazy, and she refused to stand up! It was so funny!! She tripped me on the board and we fell under like a zillion times!" Beast Boy explain as he dropped onto the blanket, sounding much like a wet fish.
"Yeah, Yeah, whatever," Cyborg turned to his leader. "They're back, can we go now?"
Robin stood up with a smile, helping Starfire to her feet as well. "Not yet, I have one last surprise for all of you."
"A present?! Oh, Robin!" Starfire flung herself forward and hugged Robin tightly. His eyes began to pop slightly out of his head. "What is the occasion that brings us these presents?"
"N-Nothing, it's just that I figured we could play for a real audience one time." Robin explain as Starfire released him.
All of the Titans stared at their leader, their eyes large. "WE'RE GOING TO PERFORM HERE?!"
Robin laughed happily. "Yup! Everything's set up on the boardwalk already, so, let's go!"
***
The Titans made their way onto the stage as millions of eyes were locked on each of them. Beast Boy locked his bass guitar around his neck and tested out a few notes as Cyborg sat in front of large electric keyboard. Robin approached the microphone as the girls nervously stood beside him.
"Hey, everyone." Robin greeted, making the crowd go wild. Smiles formed on the Titan's faces from the eruption of applause and wild screams. "As you already know, we're the Teen Titans, and we're here to perform for you tonight!" More screams, cheers, and cries came from the audience as Robin continued his introduction. "What you don't know is that we've been practicing as a band for a while now, and this is our first gig that I was able to get us, so, I'm proud to present: Cyborg on keyboard, Starfire and Raven who'll be the vocalists, and myself and Beast Boy on bass guitars! The song we'll be playing for you tonight is called 'You Love is a Drug'."
"One more thing!" Starfire replied quickly, taking over her microphone as Raven stood in front of her own. "Raven and I dedicate this song to our boyfriends, Beast Boy and Robin!"
A blush spread over Robin and Raven's faces, but this dedication only got Beast Boy excited. He opened his mouth and yelled loudly "HIT IT!"
The crowd quieted down as the music began, and shortly after, Starfire and Raven began singing.
"When trouble ever gets me down
You're touch is all I need to turn me around
You lift me up
Your love is a drug
When life is just a misery
Your kisses are the only remedy
Can't get enough
Your love is a drug."
The crowd roared and the music picked up as Beast Boy leaned against Raven, playing his guitar.
"Knock me off my feet
Make my worries obsolete
It's so groovy
Just like a movie
Flyin' through the sky
As I'm jonesin' for those eyes
It's amazing.…"
"How you can make a sober girl so high." Raven smiled a bit as Beast Boy gave her a thumbs up sign at her part. The boys screamed out random things and whistled at Raven's new sexy tone. She truly was enjoying the music, and the feel of Beast Boy's body against her own. He quickly kissed her before she continued with Starfire, who had pecked Robin on the cheek as well.
"I used to see the world as dark
Now everyday the sun shines in my heart
You lift me up
Your love is a drug
It's something more than chemistry I
'm trippin' everytime you're next to me
I can't get enough
Your love is a drug."
As the song went on, Raven thought about how much the lyrics actually meant to her. Beast Boy had changed her life completely, once they had first kissed. It was no longer a dark gloomy world she was living in, it was bright and passionate. She thanked him for that and gave him a loving glance.
"The buzz is oh so strong
Tune me in and turn me on
You're a rainbow
You make my love grow
Take me for a ride
You're my tie dye butterfly
It's amazing.…"
"How you can make a sober girl so high." Raven's note lasted longer this time, and stopped as the guitar solo came in. Robin and Beast Boy put much energy into it, and Raven peered over her shoulder to watch as Cyborg gave her a thumbs up. 'It's all downhill from here, no more solos.'
"I know I'll never shake this stuff
I'll always be a junkie for your love
I can't get enough
Your love is a drug
It's more than a puff
Your love is a drug
You lift me up
Your love is a drug." Starfire and Raven held the last note until the music ended, and Beast Boy leapt into the air, ending the song and letting the audience burst into nonstop applause. Smiles formed on all of the Titan's faces, even Raven's!
"Thank you, kind people!" Star cheered into her mic.
"Glad you enjoyed it!" Beast Boy said into Raven's microphone as he leaned over her.
Robin got in front of Star's microphone and spoke the last few words. "We'll come back and perform again real soon, but for now, the Teen Titans are heading home."
Disappointment rang about the crowd, and smiles faded.
"Aww…" Beast Boy whimpered as the mics were turned off. "Robin, I could stay and tell jokes."
"They don't wish to die of boredom, BB." Raven replied with a laugh. The performance had her hopes up, and she felt very unlike herself.
"Hey! My jokes are funny! They kill with laughter, not boredom!"
"I was only kid-" Raven stopped in mid-sentence. A wave of nausea sweapt over her, and a splitting pain jolted her mind. Color drained from her face instantly, and she felt herself fall forward into Beast Boy's arms.
"RAVEN!!!"
~Author's Corner~
GOMEN NASAI!!! *gets down on hands and knees and begs for forgiveness* I'm so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, SO sorry that I haven't updated!! I've been so busy! And, ACK! This is no excuse for not writing to you guys -.- You sent me the greatest comments, and I'm so happy you all enjoy my stories, and I should have updated sooner….I'm so bad!! I'm really sorry! But, I have ideas for future chapters, and future ideas, I just may be stuck on the next chapter for a little bit. If I do get stuck writing, please read my other TT fics, which I have to say, have been much easier to write than this one, for some reason. Also, expect a new story to be coming out by me, maybe sometime this month. Please review, and thank you to everyone who ever reviewed or read in the first place! I love you guys!! Ja mata!!
BB N RAE FOREVER!!!
