(A/N) The last chapter! Sort of…I'm writing up a little explanation thing after this that'll be a type of addendum. TheDenied, nope, no pony, but I do believe he has plans to take her to a petting zoo that has them. They're going there sometime in the fall though, so it won't be in this fic. ;-)

Disclaimer – I don't own the Teen Titans, some guy with lots more money than me does. Lucky punk.

Tamed – Trick and Treat – In which all things come to a close.

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"Beast Boy…isn't this a little extreme?"

"No!" He turned to Raven looking scandalized, but then broke into an evil grin. "It's a LOT extreme! If you're only gonna help me with one prank ever than I'm making it the best one I'll ever do."

Raven was holding the T-car upside-down against the ceiling of the garage while Beast Boy bolted it in place. It was the last item that needed to be attached and was proving tricky. They had finally decided on running very heavy gauge u-shaped bolts so they could connect the steel frame undercarriage to the steel beams at the top of the room.

Cyborg's workbench, tool chest, and even the things that sat on top of anything else were set in place so that the floor and ceiling had switched places. Raven had gotten the tin-man out of the tower by convincing him to take the hut she had turned into a marble to a recycling plant since they paid by weight, and not by bulk. She had even convinced him to walk it in by making him believe that the over weight yet pocket-sized object would hurt his precious car if he had put it inside. He had shrieked at the thought and set out on foot to the plant across town.

What Beast Boy was most proud of was the now sideways door that led to the rear of the tower. It was going to be the capstone to all of this when Cyborg finally got home. Beast Boy tightened the last bolt and lowered himself down the rope he was on. "OK, now, so we don't get murdered in our sleep, let the car go, but be ready to catch it again."

Raven let her hold go and the chrome and white vehicle didn't even twitch. Beast Boy let out a cry of triumph and Raven even smiled at the accomplishment.

"Alright, now get to your spot and don't forget how it's supposed to go…we're only gonna get one shot at him." Beast Boy changed into a small monkey and sat on one of the steel beams they had laid out across the floor to complete the effect. Raven ducked out the sideways door and they waited.

They had been waiting a little over half an hour when they heard Cyborg come through the front of the tower laughing to himself. Probably giddy about new parts for his baby. Raven had suggested he could use the money from the recycling at an auto shop. He had obviously taken the bait.

He skipped into the garage, the bag close to his face, like he was trying to peek in at it all the time. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Beast Boy doing a handstand where his car should have been sitting. The green teen didn't see his face turn angrier and angrier since he had his back to Cyborg. "What'd you do with my car?" Cyborg shouted.

Beast Boy's handstand faltered and he quickly pulled himself flush with the metal beam he was on, clutching it for dear life. He changed back into his normal form and shouted, "DUDE! DON'T DO THAT!" He glared at Cyborg, still grabbing as tightly as his skinny frame could. "What's with the magnet boots?"

"Beast Boy, I'm not wea…" His voice died in his throat as he watched Beast Boy change into a humming bird and fly down to the car.

Beast Boy made sure to hide that he was wearing magnet boots himself as he changed back into his normal form to stare up at Cyborg. "Dude…those things have gotta be strong. You weigh like four hundred pounds!"

Cyborg's human eye was twitching. "I…I…uh…"

It was at this point that Raven came in through the sideways door sideways. She was using her powers and a lot of hair gel to keep gravity from revealing the trick. "Hey, Beast Boy…want to go outside? I think there're some sea lions near the tower. We should go check them out."

"Cool! Hey, Cyborg! Wanna go with us? Sea lions are really rare out here."

Cyborg though was not quite himself at the moment. Who he was isn't important, but whoever that person was decided that now would be a good time to drool over himself and run from the room screaming. He only got as far as the door he had come in through. It wouldn't open and he could hear people laughing behind him.

He turned around slowly and saw something that frightened him almost as much as what he had just seen. Raven was laughing, and not just a little snigger that she was trying to hide, no; this was a good heartfelt laugh. The sight allowed him to become himself again and allow that other person he had become to go back wherever he had come from. "W-wha…what's going on?" He bellowed, on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

"Gotcha." Was all Raven could say. Beast Boy had flown down to laugh next to her and held up a small video camera that he had hidden to capture the special moment.

Still laughing some, Beast Boy spoke in between gasps for air. "You should see your face! And you'll get to, after Raven and I put everything back." Raven had made Beast Boy promise that they would undo what they had done as a way to calm Cyborg down and make him able to enjoy the gag himself…after he'd been sufficiently teased about it for a month or so. But at least they were going to put every last bolt back in place right away.

Cyborg looked back and forth between the two. His mind was trying to decide between a number of options. 1. Kill them both for touching his baby. "No…looks bad for a superhero to hide bodies." 2. Revenge pranks. "Raven would kill me and Beast Boy wouldn't care." 3. Wait for the hazing to die down and learn to laugh at having been gotten pretty good. "Option three it is…man, that sucks!"

"Dude? You know you totally just said all that out loud, right?"

"Wait, what? Aw, man!" Option four came to mind at this point. Anger, and then do option three. "What did you guys do to my garage? YOU BETTER PUT EVERY LAST…"

Raven cut him off, her voice dangerously low and soft. "Cyborg. Quiet. We already said we were putting everything back. Come back in an hour and we should be done by then."

"Fine!" He grudgingly acquiesced. "But if even one scratch is on my baby I'll…"

"I said quiet! Get out while we put everything back." The big man pouted by slouching his shoulders and stomping his way back out of the garage. "Alright, let's get to work."

"OK." Beast Boy pulled the rope he had used earlier out from hiding. "Hey, Raven?"

"Yes, Beast Boy?"

"You're awesome!"

She blushed a little and smiled. "Thanks."

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Raven was self-consciously looking at herself in the bathroom mirror. Serious doubts played across her mind. She was well known, and as a regular at the café she would be noticed. Raven…the supposed goth…would be wearing a pure white cloak and leotard…and her boyfriend…whoa…that's a weird thought…BOYFRIEND…very strange…her boyfriend, the ever spunky Beast Boy, would be reading a poem in front of everyone. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.

"Friend Raven! Why are you still in the bathing chamber? We are supposed to be on our way to the café of poetry!" Starfire quickly pulled Raven along behind her.

She didn't know why she'd said the others could come. She thought that telling them they had to have a date to go would be enough of a deterrent, but Robin had asked Starfire…after an hour of stuttering false starts…and Cyborg had called up Bumblebee. So now, it was a triple date with her feeling like she was doing something that would be betraying the attitude of the people she liked to spend time with on odd weekends.

Raven shook herself out of it as Beast Boy helped her into the car. He was trying to be as gentlemanly as possible, but some of the charm wore off when Raven realized how much of a little kid the current situation made her feel. Cyborg and Bumblebee were in the front seats making it seem like the parents were driving the kids out to their cute little date. Stupid no driver's license. Robin and Starfire were taking the R-cycle…Raven was starting to appreciate why Beast Boy had wanted his own vehicle, even if it was something as silly as a moped.

As they pulled into the tiny parking lot, most people just walked to the place, the odd group herded up behind Raven and Beast Boy and several people who were walking into the club for the evening's readings openly stared. Everyone was handling it as well as they could, they all felt like fish out of water, each for their own reasons.

Robin's reason was because he was on his first ever date with Starfire…and there were four other people with them for the evening.

Starfire's reason was because she was on her first date with Robin, and where she was from, it was always supposed to be the boy who asked the girl out so that it was only the men who could be rejected…their idea of chivalry. She'd just wished that Robin wouldn't have been so slow to realize how much she liked him.

Beast Boy's reason was because of what he had in his pocket.

Raven's reason was because of the conflict of who to show loyalty to, a small group of close friends or a large crowd of possibly judgmental acquaintances.

Bumblebee's reason was because she was on her third date with Cyborg and he still hadn't tried to kiss her. She might not have let him, but it would be nice to know he wanted to.

Cyborg's reason was because he knew this part of town, having been here plenty of times to bust small time crooks, and he was leaving his car without him there to guard it from street punks.

They filed into the dimly lit place and found a booth big enough to hold them all. Raven was relieved that it was in the back corner of the club. They sat down as a girl in a simple black skirt with a grey shirt and fishnet gloves read from a notebook on the stage.

"Trapped. Trapped and all is blackness. You reach for me, but I push you away. The darkness is my peace. Let my grave protect me."

She finished and there was a mild applause. "She's one of the house favorites. Pretty upbeat tonight."

Everyone turned to gawk at Raven and then at the black haired girl as she walked back to her seat. Beast Boy leaned over to Raven and whispered. "Are all of them that…uh…"

"Dark?" Raven offered.

"Uh, yeah."

She gave Beast Boy a calming smile. "No. It's pretty much an open mic. There've even been some people who come in and make up nonsense poems on the spot."

"What's that?"

"Silly poems that don't have to make sense. Like Jabberwocky from Through the Looking Glass."

"Uhm, what?"

Raven sighed. "Alice in Wonderland."

"Oh…sorry."

Raven smiled and took his hand. "It's OK. I'll let you borrow that book when we get home."

"Cool." Beast Boy just sat smiling, holding Raven's hand. He watched a few different people reading their poems. Some of them were a little over his head, but there was one that was pretty funny about some guy and how his girlfriend had dumped him. He was really starting to enjoy the feel of the place when Raven leaned over to him.

"So…when are you going on?"

Beast Boy's green face faded several shades. He had forgotten about his agreement because he was enjoying himself. "What do I do?"

"See that guy over there?" She pointed to a tall, skinny guy with mousey brown hair and a clipboard. "You just go tell him you want to do a reading and he'll tell you how many people are ahead of you."

"Oh…'K" Beast Boy stood up and walked over to the emcee, his stomach doing back flips faster and faster the closer he got. "Hi, I wanted to do a…uhm, reading."

"Sure, what's your name?" He looked up from his sheet with a bored expression on his face. His expression didn't change, but he began writing before Beast Boy had even opened his very dry mouth. "Right, stupid of me, sorry. OK, Mr. Beast Boy, you'll be on right after John over there finishes. It's a slow night, so there's pretty much no wait."

"I've never done this before."

"Really." His expression still seemed glued in that bored expression. "Just tell them your name…maybe not…no, they'll know it, me being stupid again, right…tell them the title and then just read the poem. You can add something at the beginning about why you wrote it if you want to."

"I've talked in front of people before, I meant about how to read a poem."

The emcee stared unblinking for what felt like half a minute. "Read it as though you want people to see the emotions you felt when you wrote it."

"Is that what you do?" Beast Boy felt a sort of link to the person who reminded him of how Raven used to be, but he seemed a lot more patient. He hadn't yelled or gotten annoyed yet.

"No. I don't read my poems. Frankly it scares me to death to think of other people getting to listen to my most private emotions."

Beast Boy was amazed. The only thing that showed that he was scared of sharing his poetry was the words. Not even a hint of what he felt had come through. Raven needed to see this. Beast Boy turned to go get her when the emcee caught his arm.

"You're up."

Suddenly, the emcee's fears about reading poetry in front of people hit home and Beast Boy wanted to run away and hide. So, naturally, he strolled out on stage, blinking a little in the single spotlight aimed at the microphone. He took his place behind it and cleared his throat. "Uhm…hi." He squeaked. He cleared his throat again. "I'm Beast Boy…and…this is a poem I wrote. It's called…uh…" He pulled the piece of paper he had in his pocket out and read off the title. "A Serious Poem."

Raven closed her eyes out of respect for Beast Boy. If this was as bad as his title made it seem, she didn't want to see him humiliated. Especially with Robin and Cyborg there. It sounded like his poem was going to be at about a fourth grade reading level, they wouldn't let him live it down for months.

"Anyway…uh…here it is." Beast Boy said, trying to get his mind off of the amount of eyes and ears all focused on him.

"I've stopped believing what I see.

I can't tell when it's real or in my imagination.

Everyone's always said a raven is a large, ugly, black bird,

but the Raven I see is beautiful beyond words.

They told me that a raven's song is harsh and grating,

but I want to listen to the Raven I see for hours on end.

They try to tell me that a raven is a lowly scavenger living off of others,

but the Raven I see lives for others.

She holds in her joy and her pain and lets it burn inside her

so that even people who don't deserve it can smile if they want to.

I know what they say about a raven is true,

but the Raven that I see is my proof that I can't see what they do.

And as I look at my Raven,

I don't think I want to."

Beast Boy stood there for a moment, his eyes refocusing from the sheet in his hands to the crowd in front of him. A soft applause was heard and he smiled nervously as he left the stage.

"Good job. What's it mean?" The emcee had come over to him.

"Uh…Raven's a girl on the Titans…and…"

"Oh…yes…stupid of me yet again…I seem to be doing well at that today…well…I would guess that you'd much rather prefer her company. Still, good poem. Cheers."

"Thanks, I think…uh, bye." Beast Boy made his way back to the table where the other Titans sat looking at him in shock. He laughed nervously and got back into his seat next to Raven. He turned to look at her, what he got was the still stunned looks that everyone had. Beast Boy just stared back at them, his hand reaching behind his head. "Sooooooo…what's up?"

Starfire was the first to regain her speaking abilities. "That was a wonderful poem, friend Beast Boy! It is not as long as those I learned as a child, but I believe it was beautiful!"

"Yeah, that was really good." Bumblebee then turned to Cyborg. "How come you never write anything like that for me?"

This snapped Cyborg out of his stupor and he snapped his head to Bumblebee worriedly. "Hey! We haven't even been goin' out for that long! They were on an island together every day for over a month!"

"Doesn't mean you couldn't think up something like that." She countered, folding her arms.

Cyborg just mumbled to himself. Something about a "little grass stain" and "didn't even know he could write," but nothing else could really be made out.

Feeling he was supposed to say something too, Robin chimed in. "I didn't know you wrote poetry, Beast Boy. Good job."

"Uh…thanks." He answered distractedly, still watching Cyborg fume. He didn't understand why Cy was giving him dirty looks. But what he was really waiting for was Raven. She had been so deathly quiet since he'd gotten back, just sipping her tea. He was about to try and get something out of her when he heard his name. He turned and standing in front of the table was a sly looking young woman.

She was a little shorter than Starfire, but not by much. She had auburn hair that set off her soft blue eyes. "You're Beast Boy, right? The guy who read the last poem?"

"Yeah, did you want an autograph?" People had always come up to the Titans when they were hanging out in public asking them to sign things.

She laughed a little and then smiled confidently. "Actually I was wondering if I could give you my phone number instead."

"Mine."

Beast Boy turned to see Raven staring coldly at the girl. He would have been frightened for the poor dear, but his mind was still seeing if what she had said meant what he thought it did. He decided that it did and pity for the fragile creature soon followed.

The girl's eyes widened. "Hey, you're Raven! …Uh, hmm, Raven…right, idiot, sorry. I…I'll go now."

"Wait!" Now Raven was the one wide-eyed, looking at Beast Boy. "I'm just curious…is the guy with the clipboard your brother or something?"

The auburn haired woman looked confused for a moment, but shook herself out of it. "Uhm, yes. Yes he is…kind of a strange person, but yes, he's my brother."

"OK, thanks."

"Right…uhm, ta."

Beast Boy couldn't figure out if they were from England or if they were just goofing around. They both seemed equally oblivious. He was still trying to figure out where the two were from when he noticed he had Raven's hand in his. He looked down at his occupied hand and tried to figure out when it had happened. It came to him that he had been too distracted, for obvious reasons, to remember.

Raven saw him looking questioningly at their hands together and smiled to herself. She whispered to him as she took another sip of tea. "I grabbed it when that idiot came up."

He looked at her a ghost of a smile on his lips. "Kind of possessive there, reminds me of something…"

Feeling she was being set up, but not really caring, Raven bit. "What does it remind you about?"

"Cullen's cave." He answered, remembering how very territorial his other side had been.

Raven turned pink in the face though, as different memories about the cave came to her. She glanced sidelong at Beast Boy and saw that he looked wistful. At least he was keeping his thoughts clean, she scolded herself. But then, that had been why she hadn't touched him till she felt threatened, his poem had been mediocre, but the thought behind it made it as highly esteemed as Poe's tale of a raven was to her. She didn't trust herself and there were just too many prying eyes. She gave his hand a squeeze and was warmed to feel it returned. Raven felt the date was definitely a good one as she settled in for the next poet.

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Cyborg dropped Raven and Beast Boy off at the tower before he left to drive Bumblebee home. He had made the excuse that it was so she wouldn't have to fly home in the dark, but even Beast Boy knew it was so he could be with her for longer.

Beast Boy made a show of holding every door open for Raven and would have continued, but he didn't know the code for her door.

"Beast Boy? I really had a good time tonight. Thank you."

"I had a lot of fun too…it was scary, but fun."

"About that scary part…I haven't told you what I thought of your poem yet."

Beast Boy started rubbing the back of his neck. "Yeah…it's OK, Rae…if you didn't like it, I can understand that…I mean, it's the first poem I ever wrote and it didn't even rhyme or anythi…"

He would have kept on rambling, but Raven was preventing it by the full kiss she was giving him. She wrapped her arms around his neck, which she was starting to realize was a very girlish way to hold onto a guy and…she didn't mind. She purred at the feeling of Beast Boy's arms drawing her even closer. She kissed his chin and worked her way up his jaw line to his ear. He returned her passions by rubbing her back before he recaptured her mouth.

Raven had thoughts of pulling him into her room and just keeping him with her as long as possible, but Beast Boy broke free from her hungry kisses.

"I guess you liked it."

Raven laughed a little in spite of herself. "No, I loved it…and I love you too." And she gave him a gentle brief kiss.

He smiled and led her to her door. "And I love you too." He kissed her one more time. "Night, Rae."

"Goodnight, Beast Boy."

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(A/N) A cutesy ending, yes? I think I had something like five chapters that end with them saying goodnight to each other. That's as lemony fresh as this will get. Sorry if that's not what you wanted, you can get where to send money by asking for it through e-mail. That's when I'll start writing what you guys want. ;-) Actually, I found a lot of your suggestions helpful. I might not have used any of them (I may have already been intending to do something you suggested or I can't remember that I used it. I haven't really read the whole story myself yet.), but I got plenty of inspiration from them. They helped me to ask myself the right questions. Asking questions is how I write. What're the questions I ask myself the most? "What happens next?" and "What do I want to see next?" Review please; it'll help save the sasquatch population. (It's the nickname that people try to stick me with from time to time. Never stays.)