A/N: I'M SORRY! I HAVEN'T UPDATED SINCE APRIL! That's 3 whole months of writer's block! I am ashamed.
But I have a good excuse for this month-- HBP CAME OUT! YEEEEEEEEEEYYYY! It only took me a day to read, but there was re-reading to be done and so on. But I'm back now, and OMG I HAVE 42 REVIEWS! So, replies are in order… yes…
13 reviews! Is it really that good? I'm flattered But here we go… yes…
Erm- Yeah, but no one listens to Robin, do they? Lol, yes they do, but shut up.
Rae and bb fan- I'm updating now, but it's not really soon, is it? I'm sorry:'( forgive me:( Thanks, though!
Chibi Scooby- Ridiculously strange? I like that. It sounds good. I might add it to my summary. I'm sorry for not updating! Again! Please don't hate me! And thanks for the review!
Ninjamuffin13- I like to think I'm an insane genius, but either one will do. Thank you so much for reviewing!
Wrentthp- Yey, hilarious is good too. It makes me laugh, which makes me sound full of myself, but anyway. I tried to update soon, seriously. I tried this chapter about four times but they all sucked. But I'm keeping this one no matter what! Thanks!
Dancingirl3- Thanks! So frikin hilarious is what I like to hear!
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Moo- I hope you appreciate this update, even though it might suck. I haven't written anything good in AGES. And that randomness thing is hilarious :) Thanks!
(no name)- Yes, I still love the name. I don't reveal my name either. Imagine if Annoying Talking Animal was my real name? (shudders) I swear I tried to update soon! Thanks!
DarkSin- Yes, I like that part too. I don't know where I get all my random ideas… I think it has something to do with watching YTV too often… but then, YTV is Canadian, isn't it? So you might not have heard of it.,.. but that's where we watch Teen Titans. Like Cartoon Network, only not as cool. Toon rocks. And thanks for the review!
Kmutt- (sniff) I am very flattered. I just hope that I'm still doing a good job with this chappa… I'm glad you like randomness, though! Randomness makes the world go 'round! And thanks for the review, I like to know that people like my writing :)
Monkey-Fish the great- Yes, I will do that. And sorry for not updating! Thanks for R&Ring!
RandomnessRox- Oh, shut up Chelss. If I weren't so critical of my writing, this story would really suck, and you know it. Well maybe you don't, but now you do. Whatever.
Wow, that makes me feel bad. So many people waiting for an update :( SORRY again! I'll be faster, I promise!
And you can record that promise and use it against me if I break it.
Anyway, a disclaimer is in order. I hereby disclaim Teen Titans. You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban, and all other songs that may be used, belong to their artists and not me. Big thanks to all the faithful readers who came back, and the new readers who are wondering what the big fuss is about with all the apologies. SORRY AGAIN, by the way.
And now, finally, the story. This chapter has a little more seriousness and romance near the end, so enjoy!
RECAP- The titans go grocery shopping because they are out of food.
Raven and Terra were sitting on the couch in the tower after everyone else had gone to bed. Terra was in tears.
"THIS IS UNFAIR!" Terra screamed. Raven raised an eyebrow.
"What, you mean the fact that Beast Boy doesn't like you? Because that's not unfair, it's just you. People don't really like you much." Raven said this casually, but Terra was the exact opposite.
"IT'S NOT FAIR! I'll never have a chance!" Terra wailed.
"Okay, fine. I have an idea." Raven told her reluctantly. "Halloween is coming up, and the local high school is having a Masquerade ball. We were invited, but I burned the invitation because I didn't want to go. But if we send them, say we're not coming, then completely disguise ourselves and turn up, and Beast Boy doesn't recognize us, then we'll both have an equal chance."
"Oh, I get it!" Terra exclaimed happily. She sprang out of her seat and ran down the halls screaming "WE'RE GOING TO A MASQUERADE BALL ON HALLOWEEN!"
Raven buried her face in her hands, as the other Titans were all asleep.
But, surprisingly, her four friends drifted in one at a time, looking interested.
"I'm not coming," Raven told them, deciding to get it over with.
"But-" Beast Boy started.
"You don't have to worry about this idiot," Raven said, gesturing to Terra, who glared at her. "She's staying with me."
"Oh," Beast Boy sighed. Terra glared at him, too.
The next day, the four Titans who were going (that they knew of) went to the mall to buy costumes. Terra and Raven followed at a distance. Just then, Terra's communicator went off.
"Go, Wayde," she told it.
"Who the hell is Wayde?" asked Raven.
"I dunno, but that's what Kim Possible says. She's my idol!" Terra shrieked.
"Someone, kill me now!" Raven told the sky.
"Oh, very funny."
"You're the one who watches Kim Possible when you could be training."
Terra glared at her. "Oh, but at least I don't spend all my free time staring at Beast Boy!"
"And you don't?" Raven asked, amused.
Terra was momentarily speechless.
"Well at least I'm not a… a purple-haired freak!"
"Oh, is that what I am? It's better then being a dumb blonde!"
(No offense to any purple haired people out there… and the blondes. I don't have anything against blondes. But it just so happens that Raven and I hate Terra, she's dumb, and she's blonde. Don't take offense. You too, purple-haired people!)
"Why you little-"
"TERRA!" screamed a boy who was passing. "And… No, it can't be… Raven?" Suddenly, all the males on the street turned, and promptly stampeded the two girls.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! SAVE ME!" Raven screamed.
"Save you! What about me?" Terra shrieked.
"BEAST BOY!" Raven yelled into her communicator.
All of a sudden, Raven realized she had powers, and all the men were submerged into a black aura and drifted away.
"Raven! What the-"
"Never mind, Beast Boy. False alarm."
Terra glared at the still-floating people. "Damn men…" she muttered.
After a successful but rushed shopping trip, Raven and Terra arrived home just before the others did, and barely had time to hide their new costumes. Raven was dressing as Robin, wearing a pathetic imitation of his costume that was being sold to the public in a Halloween costume store. It came with the utility belt, pants and top, mask, a black wig and even a fake, plastic communicator.
Terra was going to dye her hair brown, and dress as the classic bunny- complete with skin-tight pink leotard with a fluffy tail, whiskers, bunny ears and a bow tie. But to her dismay, the box turned out to hold an elephant costume.
"An ELEPHANT!" she shrieked angrily.
However, she could not exchange, because the party was somehow, magically, that night.
Starfire, the second she returned, was quick to show them her blow-up school bus costume.
"-so then, you put it over your head like in the picture, and you look just like this delightful yellow vehicle!"
"Er… that's great, Star!" Raven said unenthusiastically.
Robin had bought a Batman costume, with everything included. Fitting, eh? Beast Boy was being an alien, because he was green. Cyborg, on the other hand, was dressing up as a large, lime green, fluffy pillow.
"It was the only one that fit," Cyborg explained angrily.
That night, once everyone (except Terra and Raven) were in their costumes, They said goodbye and left for the party, leaving the two remaining titans to run upstairs and change. Once they were ready, they took off and landed at the school, went into the gym (where the dance was being held) and spread out.
FOLLOWING TERRA
Terra looked around angrily. The green changeling was nowhere to be found. She walked around and around the crowd, searching and searching, until finally she found her way to the dance floor, where she saw Raven dancing with Beast Boy.
"That little bitch," Terra muttered angrily. "No one steals a guy from Terra."
She walked over forcefully, shoving other innocent dancers out of the way. She got close enough to hear-
"Oh, yeah, fighting bad guys and all is pretty hard, but you know…Anyway, 'Robin', have we met? You look familiar."
Just as Raven was about to reply, Terra pushed her out of the way. "Mind if I cut in?" she asked innocently.
"Yes, actually, I was dancing with this girl here," Beast Boy said defensively. "Maybe you can have a turn later."
FOLLOWING RAVEN
Raven had to try not to laugh as Terra shoved her way back through the crowd.
"Damn fan girls," Beast Boy muttered. "Did you see her push through all those people?"
Raven suppressed a smirk.
"How very rude of her."
As the song ended, Raven made to walk away, but Beast Boy stopped her.
"Don't go… I'll get stuck dancing with Elephant Girl over there."
Raven laughed, and Beast Boy smiled at her pleadingly.
"Please…" he begged, turning into a kitten and staring at her with big, sad eyes.
"Oh, all right," Raven sighed.
Beast Boy turned into a human again, grinning from ear to ear, as a new, slower song came on.
When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.
"Raven?" Beast Boy asked quietly.
Raven looked at him sharply.
"How… How do you know?"
Beast Boy smiled.
"How could I not? You're my best friend."
"One of your best friends," Raven corrected.
"Right. It's just that… I feel closer to you then the rest of them. I feel like…"
"You understand me," Raven finished.
"Exactly."
The two of them stared at each other for a moment.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.
Beast Boy cleared his throat, grabbed Raven's hand, and began to dance again. Raven smiled softly at him.
"Beast Boy…" she said quietly.
"Yes?" he asked her.
"I- OW!"
Raven spun around to see Terra standing there with a very ugly look on her face, holding a large pan in her hand.
"You-"
Raven tried to her back, but Terra was too quick for her. Before anyone knew what was happening, a black shadow-like aura had covered Terra and Raven, and they were gone.
"RAVEN!" Beast Boy screamed.
But when she did not return, Beast Boy sulked back to where Cyborg was standing.
"Hey B!" Cyborg called to him. "Met any chicks?"
"Y-no," Beast Boy said.
"What about that pretty brunette? You know, dressed as an elephant?"
"No, she was… a lot like Terra, actually."
"Really…" Cyborg was paying a lot more attention now to a girl dressed as a Bee, who looked oddly familiar. As Cyborg wandered off, Beast Boy sighed and said to himself, "You almost told her, BB. You were so close…" With this depressing thought, he made his way over to where Robin and Starfire were sitting.
Meanwhile, back at the Tower…
"That's sabotage, you little-"
"No, we never made any rules against physical violence!"
"It was implied, Terra, implied!"
"What does that mean?"
"It means," Raven said slowly, as Cyborg's 189th remote exploded behind her, "That you should have assumed that wasn't allowed!"
"Why are you so angry, anyway? It's not like he was about to ask you out."
"I- You wouldn't understand, Terra, seeing as you- you don't really like him, do you?" Raven frustratedly pulled her mask off in anger.
"I do so like him!" Terra retorted.
"Like him, maybe, but you don't… Oh, whatever, this argument is pointless. Just go annoy people other then me, for once in your life."
Terra snorted in anger, and marched off, muttering something that sounded like "God save the chickens, they did nothing to harm those freakin' idiot bubble wrap sheets…"
A/N- So how was that? Was it worth the wait? I know it wasn't exactly very funny, but hey, it got pretty far into the story. But don't worry, we're not even close to the end! I finally managed to get into this at the dance, so maybe the next chapter will be easier. I'll start working on it now, I swear! But I never put a new chappa up until I stop getting reviews, so it might be up as early as this time tomorrow. But I PROMISE It'll be less then 3 months! I'm not doing that again! I swear! So PLEASE REVIEW!