Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans

The robot she could take. The cocky, over-inflated, egomaniac, bird-brain she could take, but HE was pushing it. She had never met a more annoying being in all her existence. The victim of her seething ire was a rather small person, a child by all appearances. Except he was green, completely green, and he had long, pointed ears. During the ride over, Robin had tried to warn her of his friend's…hyper personality. The boy, for all his size, had the energy of a nuclear power plant in overdrive. How he contained all that energy, she could only guess. Frankly, she was surprised he hadn't exploded when Robin told him he was a member of the Teen Titans. Except for being green, she didn't know what his powers were.

'Maybe he could annoy the villains to death' she thought to herself.

The person in question, dubbed Beast Boy, BB for short, WAS like an animal. Lost in the moment, he was running around trying to find the suitcase in front of him. He was apparently surprised to find out that a new member, (outside their little group of friends), would be joining them; though Raven had made no final decision yet. He was excited and nervous at the same time; little did he know that the "new member" was sitting on his couch. Mostly ignored since the boys began their conversation, Raven decided to take a look around the rather impressive décor. The building he resided in was more like a small mansion than a house. The boy was obviously pampered as a child by his rich parents; who had not made an appearance yet.

'Strange,' she thought, 'You'd think they'd be interested in their son going off to fight crime.'

When she and the bird-brain had rung the bell, a stately butler had answered asking politely as to the purpose of their visit. Upon seeing Robin's masked face, the butler displayed a rather sullen and happy expression. While she was pondering the meaning of that expression, when Beast Boy had bounded down the stairs at hearing the bell, knowing full well what it meant. As Raven was lost in thought, or dreading the time she would spend with the little elf, Robin decided to finally break the ice between the two.

"BB, I'd like to introduce the next member of the team. Beast Boy meet Raven, Raven meet Beast Boy."

At hearing her name Raven looked up to see one shocked, green face and one masked face wearing a very annoying smirk. Returning her attention to the green one, she scanned his feelings, it's not like they weren't on display after all. Excitement, nervousness, and fear, of malice there was none. She had her doubts of his worth, however, when the boy opened his mouth and spoke.

"Dude, she's hot…"

Raven had had enough; being ogled by this grass stain was not her idea of fun at the moment. As she stood to leave, she noticed Robin had moved with her.

"Go ahead and finish packing BB, I'll see you at the Tower later. There's still the matter of convincing Raven."

And with that, the bird boy led Raven outside to his bike and stopped.

"I know he can be immature at times, but his hearts in the right place. You don't have to like him, you don't even have to talk to him, but you're going to have to learn to live with him. Just give him a chance Raven, who knows, you might like him"

Raven glared in response, but remained silent, letting him continue.

"Beast Boy has been alone since he was 5, he wants, no he needs attention sometimes, but he also wants to help people. He's got a good heart, I'm sure you felt it, just give him a chance, and try to ignore his pranks, pick-ups, and corny jokes."

"You know Robin, you like a kid pleading for a toy. That look doesn't suit the leader of a team of super heroes, I'll have to fix that when I join."

His smile could have put the sun to shame; it was filled with not the cockiness she had come to expect, but genuine happiness. He was glad she was going to be a Titan. She could feel his good mood, it was infectious and a smile grew on her face.

"Now, let's go see this 'Tower' you keep mentioning."

As she walked over to his bike, she noticed him not moving.

"You coming Bird Boy?"

Robin was staring at something in the sky, when she looked it was too small to make out, but it was clearly moving towards the east.

"The famous Bird Brain is bird watching?" Robin looked at her and shook his head.

"Let's go." He said simply

Back in the mansion, one Beast Boy was also lost in though.

'Two of my best friends and a really hot chick,' he thought to himself.

'This might not be so bad.'