Beast Boy pointed to one of his ears.

"Sounds like…" Robin said slowly.

Beast Boy morphed into a Doberman.

"Doberman!" Cyborg exclaimed.

"…Cyborg…NOTHING sounds like Doberman," Robin informed him, smirking.

Yes, this is what our evening had wound down to. The barbecue lasted for about an hour before Robin requested that we return inside, so we could be near the computer should the alarm go off. So the others ended up in a circle on the floor, playing charades like a bunch of old people, and I watched from a safe distance on the couch.

"Sounds like…dog?" Robin pitched in. The green Doberman nodded its head in approval.

"Frog!" Cyborg blurted out instantly, earning giggles from Robin and Starfire.

"…Fog?" Starfire suggested cautiously. She was till learning the concept of the game.

Beast Boy rolled his eyes, which prompted the others to keep guessing.

"Hog?"

"Snog?"

"I would say 'glork', but…that fails to rhyme with 'dog', yes?"

Beast Boy stuck our his tongue and morphed back into his human form. "Dude! It was eggnog!"

"What!"

"I can't believe none of you guys got it!" the changeling chortled. "And that's the fifth game I've won!"

"Well, maybe if you didn't keep choosing the most obscure words…" Robin mumbled under his breath.

"Raven, why don't you play?" I looked up when Cyborg said my name. "See if you can beat Greeny here at his own game."

"I'm not going to…even though I could," I finished after some thought. Cyborg smirked and Beast Boy frowned, sweatdropping.

"Why do you wish to be left out in such a remarkable game?" Starfire inquired. "There is no game quite like it on my home planet!"

"I have plenty of remarks about it that I'm sure you wouldn't enjoy hearing, Starfire," I replied calmly.

"Geez, Raven, can't you ever have a little fun?" Beast Boy prodded irritably. "We don't mind if you're not full time 'meditation-and-herbal-tea'."

I gave him a look. "This morning the first thing I had to do was fend off a posse of criminals. Then I had to watch another documentary. After that, out of my own free will, I helped out in the garage. I went to the grocery store with you, spent the rest of the evening at your barbecue, and stayed afterwards to watch you play some stupid game…haven't I done enough community service for the day?"

Pause.

"Well, geez, Raven," Beast Boy muttered finally. "If we annoy you that much, you can just go to your room or something."

I looked at the other faces in the room. Crap… Starfire looked hurt. Cyborg seemed a bit disappointed. And Robin just stared at me, disbelieving.

"…I'm sorry. I'll be in my room." Pulling my hood over my head, I exited with a swish of my cloak. As I headed for the elevator I could hear the others gradually getting back into their game.

Why did I have to go and say that?