Hey guys! I feel like writing more.
So I think I will.
Oh, and for a special treat, I've got the Teen Titans here in the office. Hey guys!
Teen Titans: Hey!
Who wants to do the disclaimer? Anyone? Anyone?
Beast Boy: OH! I DO!
Okay, BB. You know what to say?
Beast Boy: …no.
Raven: Jack doesn't own anything.
Beast Boy: Hey, I was gonna do it!
Cyborg: Yeah, but you weren't gonna do it right!
Robin: Let's move on, shall we?
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Raven yawned and blinked the sleepiness out of her eyes. It was about five AM now, and Beast Boy had yet to return from his "Walk." She sighed as she slid her bookmark between the pages and carefully shut the book. She eased into a sitting position (she had been lying down) and picked up her tea off the table. She sat there for a moment, holding the cup with both of her hands, staring at the tea as it swirled around in its cup. When she finally decided to take a sip, she almost spat it up again when a very excited Beast Boy rushed out of the elevator yelling, "GUYS, GUYS! LOOK! I GOT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING! IT'S SO COOL! C'MON, GUYS!"
Raven reached out with her powers to get an idea of what he was thinking, but only got a weird beeping noise. So he really doesn't think when he's crazy like this, she thought, amused.
Robin raced into the room, Starfire close behind. "Beast boy, what is it? What going on?"
"Yes, friend Beast Boy! What is it that requires such loudness?" Starfire asked amiably from next to Robin.
Beast Boy stood with his back to his friends. They all knew he was holding something, but they couldn't see what, exactly…
"Prepare yourselves," Beast Boy said in his best announcer-voice. "For the all powerful, the invincible, the super cool, the guy who gets all the girls, the-"
This is getting old, Raven thought irritably. "Just show us what it is already," she said harshly.
"Wait, I'm not done," Beast Boy insisted, then continued: "The fantastic, the handsome-"
Raven sighed as she picked Beast Boy up with her powers and spun him around. The entire team gasped.
In Beast Boy's arms was what had to be the ugliest thing Raven had ever seen. Ever. "What the hell is that thing?"
Robin stood there, eyes wide, jaw hanging open. "I think it's a dog…"
"Yeah, isn't he the greatest? His name is Bounce!" Beast Boy said happily.
"You named it?" Raven said, not believing what she had heard.
"Yes. And I…uh…I told him that he could stay. I hope you guys don't-"
"You WHAT?" Raven and Robin shouted together as Starfire raced over to Beast Boy and scooped up the dog in her arms.
"Hello, friend Bounce! Welcome!" She chirped, giving him one of her death hugs.
Bounce whined. He'd had just about enough of this hugging business. He quickly wiggled out of Starfire's grasp (an incredible feat for such a small dog) and trotted over to Beast Boy.
"Beast Boy, I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times! NO PETS IN THE TOWER!"
"Aw, c'mon Rob! He needs a place to stay-"
"Then we'll dump him at an animal shelter."
"Raven, no! He won't like it there! Please can't we keep him?"
"Absolutely not."
"Dogs are most pleasant! We must keep it!"
They all turned to look at Starfire, just as Cyborg entered the room. When he spotted Bounce, he nearly bounced two feet in the air himself from shock, and turned his hand into his cannon.
"STAND BACK, YA'LL! THERE'S A MUTANT TRYIN' TO ATTACK YA!" He yelled.
"He's no mutant!" Beast Boy insisted, picking Bounce up. "He's a dog, and a very handsome and charming one at that."
Cyborg looked from Beast Boy, to the dog, to Beast Boy again, and fell to the floor laughing. "I can't believe that- that- thing- is a dog!" he managed to say between laughs.
Beast Boy glared at him then turned back to Robin. "Please? He's got no place else to go! And look!" he raised Bounce to his cheek and received a playful lick. "We bonded!"
"Well…" Robin's voice trailed off as he stepped over to Beast Boy and scratched the dog's good ear. "I guess he can stay for a while-"
"YES!" Beast Boy and Starfire yelled simultaneously.
"Hooray! Friend Bounce is going to be staying with us!"
"Booya! I always wanted a dog!" Cyborg said, getting up.
"I'm gonna go get him set up in my room!" Beast Boy said happily.
"Wonderful," Raven muttered, picking up her book and picking up where she had left off earlier.
Just as Starfire, Beast Boy, and Cyborg ran out of the room to get the dog settled in, Robin stepped over to Raven.
Not bothering to look up from her book, she said irritably, "If I told you I was allergic to dogs, would you make it go away?"
Robin blinked stupidly. "Are you allergic to dogs?"
"Probably not."
"Then no, I wouldn't," Robin said with a sigh. "Why not give it a chance? You may find that you like the dog."
"And you may find that you're gay. Some things just don't happen; me liking dogs is one of them." She shut her book and stood. Ignoring Robin's confused stare, she walked briskly down the hallway and to the staircase that led to her room. She glided in and shut the door behind her. Setting her book on the bedside table, she decided now was as good a time as any to meditate.
"Azerath, Metrion, Zynthos. Azerath, Metrion, Zyth-"
Knock- knock- knock.
Raven sighed.
"Um, Raven? It's Beast Boy. You uh, seemed a little…disappointed about me keeping Bounce, and well…"
"What?"
"I um…"
"You…?"
"Brought him to your room so the two of you could get acquainted," Beast Boy said proudly. He figured that all it took for Raven to fall for the dog was to get to know him, which Beast Boy decided was the way he could get her to fall for him and all of his Beast Boy-ish charm. Really, Bounce was acting as a guinea pig; Beast Boy wanted to see the plan in action before he himself attempted it.
How'd Raven know all this? Easy. She read his thoughts.
Quickly recovering from the slight shock of Beast Boy wanting her to like him, Raven said bluntly, "No."
"No? But, Raven! You're supposed to love dogs! Everybody does!"
"Since when have I been 'everybody'? And besides, I'm allergic."
"Really?"
"No, but I wish I was."
"Oh, c'mon, Rae! Just pet the puppy!" Beast Boy pleaded.
"No."
"Fine." Beast Boy sighed with defeat. Raven could be impossible at times, she really could. But I find stubbornness attractive in a woman, Beast Boy thought to himself with a smile as he walked down the hallway. And when she finally realizes how good looking and funny I truly am-
Raven had to stop listening to Beast Boy's thoughts- she was overwhelmed with what she had just heard. She sighed. But…do I feel the same way?
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