It's chapter number three now.

Flames are accepted, praise is welcomed, and criticism is greatly appreciated.

From now on, any reviews that can be summed up as "great story!" will be responded to as a group. I'm not trying to be mean. I sincerely appreciate your compliments, but my reviews response section was a little fat last chapter and I have to put it on a diet.

Every other review I will continue to respond to individually.

The Teen Titans obstinately persist in not being owned by me, much to my chagrin.

Review Responses:

Overactive Mind: Took you a few readovers? Eh, that's probably not good. I hope it wasn't overly confusing.

fernnu: Your work is by no means done, my friend! Keep reviewing or else my insides may start to feel like a porcupine instead of a teddy bear, and that sounds decidedly unpleasant! So review for the sake of my innards! Anyway, I think that Raven's chilly exterior will be melting away in coming chapters. It may be slow, but it will happen. I'm half-Irish, by the way. I have the freckles to prove it.

Regrem Erutaerc: You'll see what she does. Thanks for the compliment.

xNO TOFU FOR YOUx: It's a great book. In fact, it's my all-time favorite nonfiction book. I no longer eat at fast food restaurants because of that book. I'm not a vegetarian, but only because of the effort it would take to become one while I'm living with my family. I definitely respect vegetarians.

Teleportal: I agree with you. Beast Boy isn't as stupid as he seems.

Half-Gothic Chick: I update whenever I get around to finishing a new chapter. I go at my own pace. It isn't very fast, but it is steady.

Darkraven05: I don't think she was just feeling a little. Loneliness is a very powerful feeling. Unlike many other feelings, however, it's usually very quiet. The only reason Beast Boy notices Raven's loneliness is because her powers cause her to express it with more than tears. I didn't mean that her mother was dead. However, I don't think Raven could go to her mother to chat. Even in The Prophecy, she seemed reluctant to talk to her mother about her problems. There was a clear emotional distance between them. I don't know what their relationship was like in the comics, but based on the limited information in the series I'd say that Raven thinks of her mother as a teacher or a mentor, but not as a friend or even a parent figure. Anyway, I also thought the second chapter was better than the first. Yeah, I like my word choice too.

Invader Johnny, darkdemon3592, BeastBoyandKingdomHeartsLover, Tammy Tamborine, mtm123: My ego thanks you. I thank you.

Chapter Three

Raven heard a knock on her door.

A familiar voice said, "Raven? Everybody's going out for pizza in a few minutes. You can come if you want to." She heard Robin's footsteps moving away from her door. At least it hadn't been Beast Boy.

Still, she had to talk to him sometime. She would have to apologize to him. She might as well find out just how pissed off he was. At least she'd be prepared.

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A little while later, Raven was wondering how she could prepare herself.

She'd never seen Beast Boy this mad. When she walked out into the common room, Beast Boy just glared in her direction. Then he said to the others, "Guys, I actually don't feel very hungry. I'm just going to stay here."

His anger was so obvious that neither Cyborg nor Robin made any effort to convince him to come. It was only Starfire's oblivious insistence that had compelled him to come, and Raven could see that he resented it.

Now she was sitting in the car with him. Not next to him, as she usually had the dubious honor of doing. Instead, he was sitting next to a very perplexed Starfire, who had no idea why he had asked her to sit next to Raven but had been happy to comply. Of course, she was very pleased to have to opportunity to talk to Raven on the car ride.

Starfire talked excitedly to Raven about the marvelous taste of pineapple, anchovy and mustard pizza, as well as the competition of Glorthmack on Tamaran, which Raven didn't really understand but thought had something to do with screaming loudly while trying to be the first one to catch a disgruntled Bgörlk.

Beast Boy, meanwhile, was staring silently out the car window.

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Things didn't get any better at the restaurant. Instead of taking his normal seat next to Raven, Beast Boy sat down across from her, in Cyborg's seat. Cyborg didn't even try to force Beast Boy back to his own seat; he just sat down in Beast Boy's chair.

Raven was sure he'd cheer up a little when the pizza came. He didn't. Beast Boy only nibbled at it. Next to him, Starfire enthusiastically smothered her slices of pineapple and anchovy with French's mustard while discussing the finer points of wrestling a wild Bgörlk. Raven got the impression that the most important part was not being impaled on any of its nine tusks while somehow getting a hold of its two thorned tongues, but she could be wrong. She hadn't been listening very closely.

Beast Boy still hadn't said a word.

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The ride home was the same as the ride to the restaurant, except Starfire had finally figured out that something was wrong.

The occupants of the car settled into an uncomfortable silence, punctuated only by the noise of the engine and the horns of other, louder automobiles.

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When the car finally arrived at the tower, Raven heaved a huge internal sigh of relief. Too soon.

"Hey guys, if you don't mind, I'm just going to crash in my room," said Beast Boy, dejectedly, "I'll see you all later."

As Raven was about to follow the rest of the team up the stairs, Robin called her back. Raven sighed.

Robin started, "Raven, I don't know what's going on between you and Beast Boy, and you don't have to tell me. Still, I think I have to tell you that you need to resolve it. Not just for you or Beast Boy, either. The team needs to work together as a team, and we wouldn't be able to do that right now."

Raven opened her mouth to cut him off, but he held up his hand. "I don't care how you do it, but somehow you need to work this out. I know that Beast Boy can be annoying – we all feel that way sometimes. But-"

This time Raven did cut him off. "Robin, it wasn't Beast Boy's fault. It was mine."

Robin nodded.

"I'm going to go up to his room now. If he's willing to speak with me, I'm going to apologize."

Robin smiled. An apology from Raven was a rare occurrence, and he couldn't remember her ever apologizing to Beast Boy. He simply said, "Thanks."

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Beast Boy opened his door. He walked over to his bed and lay down.

Why had Raven had to go and do that? He hadn't done anything. He was just going to give her the book. Why did she have to be such a jerk about it? Of course, she was always being sarcastic and stuff, but that was different. That was kind of funny, and everybody knew she didn't mean it. At least, they thought she didn't mean it. But this time, she'd just gone off for no reason. She just assumed that I was there to piss her off, or something.

Of course she thought that. Face it Beast Boy, you can be kind of annoying. Raven just thought you were there to crack jokes or something.

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Raven tensed as she lifted her hand to Beast Boy's door. She knocked.

"Yeah?" came Beast Boy's voice from his room.

"It's me… Raven. I just came to say…" she sighed. "I just came to say I'm sorry for getting angry at you. I shouldn't have just assumed that you were there to… to do whatever you usually do. Anyway, I'm sorry."

Raven stood there for a moment, and then began to walk away.

She heard a door open behind her. She turned around. Beast Boy was standing in the hallway.

"Raven?" he said.

"You heard what I said?" she asked.

"Yeah. Look, it's okay. Don't worry about it," he said, walking up to her.

Raven looked at him quizzically. "You're still mad at me," she said.

Beast Boy shook his head. "Yeah, a little, but I'll get over it."

Raven looked at him for a second, then said with a slight smile, "Good, because I really don't feel like apologizing again."

"Okay," said Beast Boy. He smiled for a second, then frowned again as he remembered what he had meant to say. He looked away from Raven's face as he said, "Um, Raven I know I can be kind of… annoying sometimes." He glanced back at her face. She looked surprised; her gaze was curious, but not irritated. He looked away again. "Anyway, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. I guess I realized that I'm a pest sometimes, so I can sort of see why you got mad at me. So, sorry I guess."

"Don't be," said Raven in her typical monotone. Beast Boy looked up. "You're Beast Boy. That's what you do. It can be annoying, but mostly I'm used to it."

"Thanks, Raven," he said sincerely.

She shook her head. "Besides, I always welcome the opportunity to practice my sarcasm," she added with a shy smile.

'Beautiful,' Beast Boy thought. 'She's beautiful when she smiles.'

Raven turned around and started walking back in the direction of her room.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Beast Boy called after her. "Did you forget it's movie night?"

Raven stopped walking, and Beast Boy heard a loud sigh. "Fine. Starfire didn't pick this one, did she? That documentary on the anatomy of flies was one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen," she said as she turned around. She stood there for a moment, giving Beast Boy time to catch up to her.

Beast Boy shuddered. "Ew, no," he said, as they walked side by side toward the common room. "It's way more disturbing than that. You know the guy who directed Wicked Scary?"

Ravens eyes widened suddenly. "Are you going to tell me what I think you're going to tell me?"

Beast Boy smiled mischievously. "Yes."

Author's Note: This one was about the same length as the last chapter, which is okay by me. I don't think I'll ever drop below a thousand words. That just wouldn't be enough.

I had a really hard time writing this. I hadn't been able to watch any episodes recently, so I had lost a sense of what the characters were like. Makes it hard to write a story when you don't know how your characters should act, eh? I wrote this chapter with an ending that was almost completely OOC, so realized I had to refresh my memory. I went and watched "The Lost Episode" on postopia(dot)com. The code is punk25, by the way, if you want to watch it but haven't been able to. It might not be the best Teen Titans episode, but it renewed my feel for the personalities of the Titans.

Also, I started school, plus I got the entirety of Cowboy Bebop on DVD and watched all the episodes I hadn't seen yet, which was at least ten. It's a really wonderful anime. So, yeah, I had a busy time. Still, I'm sorry I didn't update sooner. I can't promise I won't do it again, but I'll try not to.

Yeah, I mention twice in this chapter that Beast Boy usually sits next to Raven. This is actually true. I wasn't sure of the typical seating arrangements, so I looked back at screen shots from some of the episodes. In "Final Exam" it shows the team eating… something (I still haven't seen that episode), and in "Betrayal" it shows the whole team in the car together. Both times, BB is sitting next to Rae. Completely coincidental? Maybe, but I think not. Anyway, I thought it was interesting.

If you're feeling kind, please review. If you're feeling lazy, don't.

Au revoir!