TheUbu (I'd be Ubu but someone took it!)

I'm a crazy Canadian and some of my writing may reflect that. Don't be alarmed and run for the hills, I'm sure it won't hurt too badly.

I'm sorry this chapter took so long but I moved on June 1st and my internet provider had to set up at the new house. They neglected to tell me it would take about a week to do it though!

Disclaimer: If you haven't guessed it, I do not own the Teen Titans; any characters contained within are not mine and belong to their respective owners with whom I have no affiliation. The only thing I do own is the story, which I hope you're enjoying so far.

Chapter Three

Beast Boy's mind was reeling. He didn't know what he should have expected Raven to do after she saw the security camera footage, but he certainly didn't expect what had just transpired moments ago. Right now he wanted to tell Raven how he felt about her. He always knew he had a big crush on her but he didn't think it was that big. However, when he thought he'd lost her that night, it felt like the world had ended. She'd been cooped up in her room since she left him on the roof though.

Beast Boy was brought back to reality when Starfire poked him in the shoulder again. "Hello? Are you currently unwell friend Beast Boy?" She asked for the second time.

"Huh… Wha-what Star?" He mumbled.

The green changeling had been sitting with his fork halfway from his plate to his mouth for the past two minutes.

"I had asked if you were unwell. It would be joyous to make you a pudding of remedy to aid your recovery."

"N-no thanks Star. I just have a lot on my mind right now." Said Beast Boy eager to avoid another of Star's puddings.

"I don't doubt it B." Said Cyborg sitting across the table from him, his plate laden with a large variety of cooked meats for his lunch. "How are your hands feeling?"

"They're fine now. I should probably get rid of the gauze after lunch." He said eyeing Cyborg's choice offood.

Normally Beast Boy would hate to see any kind of meat on a plate, but today he found the sight and especially the smell very appetizing indeed. His mouth was watering and he forced himself to avert his eyes and ignore it by cramming a large forkful of tofu into his mouth. It tasted oddly bland and left him wanting something to sink his teeth into.

'What am I thinking? I should be disgusted by that! But it smells so good.' He thought.

Before he had a chance to think his actions over, Beast Boy thrust his fork into one of the sausages on Cyborg's plate and had it half way across the table before Cyborg snapped him out of it.

"Hey! Get your mitts off my food B! You don't even eat meat!"

The fork landed in the middle of the table with a clatter. Beast Boy was easily the most shocked out of the three.

"I… This… I can't…" Breathed Beast Boy as he quickly exited the kitchen.

He jogged down the hallway and up the stairs until he found himself on the roof. He was starting to feel it again. He was fighting but he was loosing the battle. The Beast was trying to resurface. Beast Boy knew the only way to stop it was to calm down. He couldn't get aggravated or he'd just loose control all the faster. That's why he'd come to the roof. It was quiet and calming up there but that wasn't the real reason he'd come, Raven was up there with him a short time ago and Beast Boy's heightened senses could still pick up her scent. She was the only one who could calm him down, whether she was with him or not.

He sat in the snow with his feet dangling over the edge of the tower where he quietly and steadily repeated a series of words. 'She's safe, I'm calm, I'm at peace, and I'm in control.' He repeated this phrase continually for about an hour when it occurred to him.

"Raven has to meditate to keep her emotions in check. Maybe she can help me…"

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Raven was trying to meditate but her efforts bore little reward. As soon as she started getting her mind into a state of calm, she'd suddenly start thinking about Beast Boy. 'He fought so hard for me. He moved so fast. He held me close and cried for me. He broke down the door. He stayed with me the whole night. I hugged him and I think I liked it.'

"Arrrgggggg…" She growled as she stood abandoning all attempts to meditate. "Why can't I stop thinking about you?"

All of the books on one of her shelves began to glow with a black aura and tumbled off the shelf one by one in quick succession. Raven thought it better to go to the roof to think, at least there, she could think without fear of breaking someone's belongings.

She slowly moved down the hallway and thought about how she felt when she hugged Beast Boy. She felt so warm, protected, and… loved. She'd have done anything to have that feeling again. But how could she do that without blowing something up? She knew she'd end up destroying something and even may end up hurting Beast Boy. The last thought scared her anda door to one of the many empty rooms was blown out of its frame.

"Ok, no more thinking until I get to the roof." She told herself.

As she approached the door that led to the roof she heard something. It sounded like someone chanting.

"She's safe, I'm calm, I'm at peace, and I'm in control. She's safe, I'm calm, I'm at peace, and I'm in control. She's safe, I'm calm, I'm at peace, and I'm in control."

That was Beast Boy. Was he… Meditating? She quietly opened the door and stepped out onto the roof. Sitting in the snow on the edge of the roof with his back facing her was the very person she was coming up to think about. Why would he need to meditate though?

Suddenly Beast Boy stopped chanting and made a statement seemingly to himself. "Raven has to meditate to keep her emotions in check. Maybe she can help me…"

'He needs help to meditate? Why is he meditating in the first place?' She thought.

She decided to make her presence known. "What do you need me to help you with?"

Beast Boy leapt to his feet and spun around. "H-hey Rae… Er-Raven! H-how long have you been standing there?" He stuttered.

"Only a couple of seconds. What do you need me to help you with? And, are you meditating?" She replied.

"Well… Sorta. B-but I don't need any help!"

"Calm down. You're obviously up here to get away from everyone, why?" She continued to question.

The green Titan sighed. 'Might as well fess up.' He thought.

"Look Raven, you remember that time I fought Adonis and we were both affected by the chemicals?" Raven nodded. "Well… I've had to fight to keep in control ever since then. I know Cyborg gave me the serum but it doesn't do very much. If I start to get angry or scared, the Beast gets close to taking control… I've been fighting and loosing… It's going to win soon." He explained.

Raven listened intently and let him continue.

"These last few weeks with Slade attacking all the time, it's just wearing me down. I'm starting to get irritable too. The only thing that seems to calm me down…" Beast Boy's voice faltered. "Is you… I was so scared when I heard you scream, I almost completely lost control. And when I thought you were… Dead… I just snapped. I had a mental breakdown. I have to tell you something Raven."

She stood quietly as the snow fell around them and nodded.

"I realized last night that I don't know what I'd do if I lost you… You're my world, my everything! Raven, I love you." He resolutely stated.

Raven's mind was swimming. She didn't know how to process it all. The fact that Beast Boy's emotions had hit her like bus didn't help either. Her mouth was hanging open a tiny bit and all she could do was nod and form the sound, "Uh huh." In a tone that was very uncharacteristic to Raven.

Suddenly it all became clear, as if someone had flicked on a light switch. She couldn't stop thinking about him because she loved him! How could that be possible though? At times he was noisy, rude, and wasn't always the brightest thing on two legs but there was something about him… He was always joking around, always trying to make her laugh or smile. She never admitted it, but his jokes and attention always seemed to lighten her day.

Beast Boy took her silence as a sign that she did not feel the same and bowed his head. A cloud of condensation escaped his mouth as he exhaled deeply into the cold air. "I'm sorry Raven… I shouldn't have put all this on you when I knew didn't feel the same way…" He fought to hold back tears and quickly strode to the tower door.

"N-no!" Raven shouted.

The changeling froze on the spot.

"Beast Boy… I… I… I feel the same way about you." She said doing her best to suppress her emotions.

Beast Boy stared at her wide-eyed as she slowly stepped toward him. She moved closer and closer never taking her eyes off of his two all consuming emerald pools. She felt as though she could see every emotion she was feeling from him through his eyes: Confusion, surprise, desire, and love. She levitated herself a little higher until she was eye level with the object of her affection and moved closer, so close that their noses we almost touching.

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He saw her float up and silently glide towards him; her beautiful amethyst eyes never left his. She was so close, so close that he could taste her breath. Her fair skinned hand found it's way to his cheek and he took in a quick breath as she leaned in and closed her eyes. Closing his eyes he felt her lips gently brush against his and his entire body went rigid for a moment. Raven placed her arms around his neck and his tension just melted away. He gently slid his arms around her mid section, pulling her closer to him to share in her warmth. Raven squeezed him tightly and deepened the kiss by sliding her tongue across Beast Boy's lips. This resulted in Beast Boy parting his lips to meet Ravens tongue with his own.

The roof of the tower seemed like a battlefield. Tiles were shattering, antennas were exploding, and the stairway door was ripped clean off of its hinges. Neither Beast Boy nor Raven cared though, all they cared about was the fact that they had one another and that they were sharing their first, but none the less passionate kiss.

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Starfire was just about to enter her room to retrieve her laundry when she heard all manners of blasts and explosions coming from the roof. She immediately shot off to the stairway like a bullet, both her hands glowing with green starbolts. She could see the dull gray light pour into the stairway from the cloud-covered sky outside. Whoever was invading her and her friend's home was not going to get away with it.

She halted at the doorway absolutely dumbstruck by what she saw. All she could do was stand and stare at the absolute maelstrom that was taking place on the roof. The inky black aura that covered more than half the objects on the roof was causing things to fly around, smash into one another, explode, or even dissolve. In the center of all this pandemonium were Raven and Beast Boy. They both appeared to be completely unharmed but it was difficult to see past the mass of swirling objects.

Robin appeared at her side having heard the commotion as well. "What's going on!" He asked urgently.

"I do not know…" Starfire began still squinting at the pair on the roof when she suddenly comprehended what was going on. "My goodness!"

"What is it? Robin quickly asked seeing the expression on Starfire's face.

"Th-they are… Kissing!"

"What? No way…"

"Yes!" Starfire stated excitedly. "The are embracing one another and are deeply kissing!"

They turned as they heard Cyborg come bounding up the stairs behind them. Cyborg stopped at their side and his human eye widened when he saw the storm of material that was flying and spinning all over.

"What the… What's going on Rob?" He asked.

Robin was just about to answer when he was forced to dodge under a flying piece of roof tile.

"I'll tell you inside." He bluntly stated while walking down the stairway.

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The three Titans sat in the common room where Robin and Starfire had just explained what was going on on the roof.

"They were doing WHAT!" Shouted Cyborg in disbelief. "If that's the case, we'd better go break them up before they bring the whole tower down!"

"I thought about that for second Cy, but we should just leave them."

Cyborg stared at him with an even greater look of disbelief on his face.

"Think about it. First of all, I don't exactly think getting through that chaos would be easy or safe. Second, I don't think that they'll actually cause any great damage if they're up there the way they are now. And last, how happy do you think Raven will be with the person that breaks them up?" Robin explained.

Cyborg's face paled slightly and Starfire giggled at the prospects of what would happen to the person who'd break the two up.

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Raven was slowly became aware of what has going on around them and reluctantly parted from Beast Boy. She tried to find her center and relaxed herself of all emotion. Slowly the torrent of objects subsided and she returned her gaze to Beast Boy.

"Wow…" Was all he could say still flushed.

"Yea…" Raven said, a slight blush creeping back to her cheeks.

"We should probably go inside, you look pretty cold."

Raven suddenly shivered as though she'd just noticed the cold. "That would probably be a good idea." She replied, with a pitch of voice that was a little different from her usual monotone. They descended the stair into the tower, Beast Boy's arm around Raven's back as she rested her head on his shoulder and she muttered the three words that trigger her power bringing the door back to rest in its frame.

Phewf! So what did you guys think of this chapter? I really of liked the way it turned out. Now you're starting to get a taste of the romance I was talking about, there'll be more of that but don't despair! Some action will be coming around in the next couple chapters. As always, I love reviews so please R&R!

I'd like to apologies again for being late to update but I'll continue to do my best to update weekly.

Special thanks to They-Call-Me-Orange, warprince2000, Brien From canada (Hurra for Canada!), and Princess Fox Fire for their kind reviews on chapter one and two.

Thanks for taking the time to read my story.