Chapter Eight's HEEERRRREEEEE! Okay, lets just get right down to it!

Disclaimer: You people REALLY like hearing me say this, don't you. I do not own the Teen Titans. Oh rub it in why dontcha?

Dedication: To Diane, one of many RaeBB obsessers. WE SHALL JOIN FORCES WITH KELL KELL AND BECOME THE TEEN TITANS RAEBB ROBSTAR CHARLIES ANGELS CONFUSED IDIOTS SQUAD! FWA! SMITE!

Moving forwards...

Raven lay facedown on the cement roof of Titans Tower. Her back felt as though it was on fire.

"I'm sorry," A cool voice said from behind her hissed. "Did that hurt?"

"Only a little." Raven lied. "Scorpio." She flipped over and jumped up, but no one was there.

"That's too bad. Shall I try again?" A stronger starbolt hit the exact same place as the first, causing Raven to scream and fall to her knees. Though they made no marks on her clothes, the starbolts sunk into her skin, torturing her mercilessly. "You're about to find out what happens to nosey, annoying, Goth psychics who get in my way." The telekinetic could've sworn that someone had screamed her name.

"You mean I'm not already finding out?" Raven gritted her teeth and stood again, looking for some sign of the deranged alien.

"No, unfortunately for you, that was just practice."

"Rae! Watch it!" Beast Boy leapt over the empath in the form of a lion, catching a starbolt in back. Scorpio scowled from above them, having missed his target. Beast Boy landed on Raven in his human form and grinned sheepishly.

"Sorry 'bout that..." He helped her up slowly.

"Sweet. Very sweet. Honestly, I'm touched." Scorpio floated to the ground, landing before the pair. "I can only wish that Starfire and I-"

"Oh would ya just shut up, dude? It's gettin' really old." Beast Boy transformed into a gorilla and launched himself at Scorpio. He was easily avoided.

"I just can't understand why you all hate me so much."

"Well let's see. You blasted Beast Boy, attacked me, hypnotized Starfire twice...I think that's reason enough for all of us to hate you." Raven glared at the pretty-boy blond, still smiling away.

"I'm but a simple man trying to get my girlfriend back." Scorpio stepped sideways as Beast Boy lunged and missed yet again. The Changeling returned to his human form once again.

"More like steal your ex-girlfriend back..."

"Steal?" Scorpio laughed heartily, "From who am I stealing, exactly? As far as I can see, my girlfriend-"

"Ex-girlfriend" Raven growled.

"Yes, yes, whatever...well, she doesn't seem to belong to anyone else now does she? No one's really had the...well...courage...hmm?" Scorpio smiled with satisfaction when neither Titan could respond. "That's what I thought. I'll be in my room-"

"It's not your room..."

"Whatever. I'll be in there if you need me." As soon as the door slammed shut behind him, Beast Boy groaned and rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, we'll call ya if we ever feel like playing kick the psychotic over-obsessed alien freak..." Raven giggled, then slapped a hand over her mouth, realizing what she had just done. The Changeling spun around. "Did you just…?"

"No."

"You did!" Beast Boy cracked a grin. "You laughed!"

"I did no such thing."

"Did too!" The Changeling danced in a circle. "You laughed at a joke I made! You laughed at a joke I made!" Beast Boy caught Raven by the hands and spun her around as well.

"Beast Boy..." Raven's voice was deadly, but as he continued to twirl her around, looking like the idiot he was, she couldn't help but give in to laughter. Not much, mind you, but just enough.

"Whoa..."Beast Boy suddenly stopped. "You're still laughing...I'm on a roll!" He spun her one final time before pulling her into a tight-armed hug just above her lower back so as not to injure her further.

"Beast Boy..." Raven's voice came out startled and shocked.

"Rae, just listen to me. Don't ever stop being yourself." The Changeling had never sounded as serious as he did now, whispering into her ear. "You're not emotionless. You're not heartless. As for not laughing at my jokes, well...I think that you just proved yourself wrong. I wouldn't want you to be someone else. I appreciate you more than you could ever imagine...just the way you are. If you were anything, anyone, other than you..." Beast Boy hesitated, breathing heavily, then slowly released the last line of his speech. "Then I wouldn't be in love with you."

Raven's head jerked upwards, something resembling fear lingering in her eyes.

"You...heard me?"

"Yeah...I was going back to my room to get my game when I heard you and Star talkin'..." Suddenly, Raven found Beast Boy's lips firmly pressed against hers. She wanted to run. She wanted to scream. She wanted to kick, punch, meditate, do ANYTHING other then what she ended up doing.

Kissing him back.

A/N: Another place I'm DYING to cliff...but that wouldn't be fair, would it? Ah, well, too bad for me, Imma keep going...
"What's the big emergency?" Robin rushed into the room, at least, as fast as he could rush without hurting the alien girl in his arms.

"We got a couple makin out on the roof at twelve o' clock. Recognize 'em?" Cyborg was smiling broadly.

"Glorious!" Starfire floated out of Robin's hands, clapping her own together and giggling.

"Why didn't you tell me that you could just fly out here?" Robin's eyes popped open.

"I did not know that I could!" Starfire's innocent eyes held truth.

"Yeah and like you didn't know, " Cyborg whispered, jumping to the side to avoid a narrow collision with Robin's steel-toed boot.

"Oh my..." The two guys stopped fighting to see what Starfire was so worried about.

"What's happening Star?" The only response Robin got was for the Tamaranian girl to slowly point at the screen.

Why hasn't anything blown up yet? Raven, though rather enjoying the kiss, was worried. If I don't stop now, something terrible will happen...I have to... Raven abruptly broke away from Beast Boy, pushing him from her.

"I...I'm really sorry...it's just...I'm sorry...I just can't..." Raven looked at the floor. "My emotions...they'd go haywire..." A nearby light exploded. "See? If my feelings get too strong...I could destroy everything...I'm..." Beast Boy cupped her chin, looked into Raven's violet eyes, and smiled.

"It's okay. I understand. I just...I just wanted you to know."

"Thanks Beast Boy...really...thanks..." Raven was lost in the Changeling's understanding smile. "I really do...I mean...I think that I...I mean...I do...love you...I just can't.." Another light exploded.

"It's alright Rae."

"I'm so sorry." Raven gave Beast Boy a quick, final kiss on the cheek before turning to leave.

"Hey, Rae? Could...would you promise me one thing?" Beast Boy caught her arm gently.

"Yeah...what?"

"When your world comes crumbling down because you keep pushing love away, just remember that I'll always be here for ya." Raven raised an eyebrow, confused, then returned to the interior of the tower, but not before blowing up another light.

Beast Boy shook his head as soon as she was gone.

"Dude, I don't think I've ever been that serious in my entire life...that's creepy..."

Scorpio sat on his bed, thinking. He didn't have many options left. All the Titans pretty much hated him. Starfire was falling more in love with Robin every day. That Goth freak kept finding more ways to thwart his plans and she seemed to be on to him about the mind control. Speaking of the mind control...it wasn't working quite as well as he thought it would. Starfire was able to fight it. Kind of. The unnatural talent that Scorpio had been born with didn't exist throughout all Tamaranians, just a select few, a very select few at that. His family had always had a knack for children with special talents. Just look at Taurus...

Then again, she was dead. Scorpio sighed.

"Looks like I'm going to need some outside assistance..."

Heres the ending! (of the chapter obviously...) AAAAA Who's scorpio gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS! no not them! You'll see. Now, WHO WANTS TO PLAY KICK THE PSYCHOTIC OVER-OBSESSIVE ALIEN FREAK? Line up and give me a jar of peanut butter and I'll let ya! Okay, gotta go now!

Love,
SushiChica aka Linka

Edited 6/23/05