Two Halves

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Chapter 8: Any thoughts?

Beast Boy felt a warm breath of air against his face as he was slowly coming too. As his eyes opened, Raven's sleeping face appeared in front of him.

(What?) He asked as he looked on at the sleeping girl that was next to him.

His memory then began to pick up and he began to remember why he had ended up here. A smile creep along his face as he looked on at Raven. Moving his hand slowly away from her back, he carefully moved aside her hands, which were still wrapped around him. He then quickly and silently got up from her bed and walked over to her door.

Just before he opened it, he looked back over at Raven. He knew he was acting a little creepy, but his mind was on something else. He had slept peacefully for the first time in a week since Trigon attacked. Lying next to Raven was just so peaceful. It was as though some sort of calming aura had emitted from her body as she lay next to him and calmed his mind. A hard thing to do actually. With this new demon coming out, her emotions on the loose, and her want to take this on by herself, worry pretty much gripped his heart was still wrapped around it. But that night, when the two of them lay sleeping in each other's arms, all that worry and fear just disappeared. Even if that worry had come back, BB still remembered how peaceful that night with her had been.

(But did it mean anything?) BB thought.

That was something else he had to ponder. As he stood there in Raven's room, his back to the sleeping girl, he asked himself the true purpose of sleeping together. Well, she only wanted someone in case that demon tried to attack her in her dreams. If she were struggling in any way, BB would either hear or feel her. But as he thought over to when she had asked him, there seemed to be something else in her voice. It was like she wanted him to be there. She did seem to enjoy it and she had him sleep in her bed instead of in a chair. Then there was when she put her arms around him and slept the whole night through like that. But she was sleeping when she had done that. But she might have been awake. Yet she looked like she was asleep. But still-

He was cut of as he heard Raven turn over in her bed. He thought to himself that his little mind debate would have to wait. He opened the door and slid out, closing it slowly behind him so it wouldn't make a lot of noise. But, Beast Boy didn't get five feet down the hall when he ran into Robin.

"Oh. Hey Robin," BB said as he stopped in front of the team leader.

One of the eyeholes of Robin's mask rose and he asked," Did you just come out of Raven's room?"

"Yeah."

"Were you in there all night?"

"I guess."

"Okay," Robin said as he continued to give BB that look. "Where you two doing it?"

"I knew you were going to get to that," BB said as he ran his hand through his hair.

Sensing BB had done something, Robin then asked," So you did?"

"We didn't. I was just sharing the bed with her?"

"And can I ask why?"

"Sure. She had a bad dream. She wanted someone to be with her. I didn't take advantage of her in anyway. I was just sleeping."

"Next to her," Robin reminded him.

"I didn't do anything to her. I just slept next to her. That's it." BB stressed the word it with a sort of annoyed tone.

Robin's gaze finally relaxed and he said," Sure, I can take your word. After all, you and Raven are good friends. On the days she doesn't kill you that is."

"Hey, I was just there for her. Friends do that for each other."

"You're right. Raven's lucky to have a friend like you."

Robin and BB then went there separate ways. As BB walked up the hall to the living room, he said to himself, "Raven is lucky to have a friend like me. And yet, I hope that it goes further then that."

A few minutes after BB had left, Raven woke from her slumber. She looked over on her right to see that the bed covers there had been overturned.

"What?"

She then remembered what BB had done for her last night.

"Oh yeah," she said as she giggled slightly.

Getting up, she grabbed a fresh uniform and took a quick shower. After drying off, she put on her leotard and was about to put on her cloak, put the recount of last night ran through her head once again and she realized something.

(I really enjoyed being with him like that.)

Well, of course. He was by her side in case she was attacked. He protected her. But there was something deeper to it. Being by his side, the warmth of their bodies keeping their warm, and holding each other. Raven was semiconscious last night when she did that. She could hardly believe she had done such a thing. She had almost pulled away, but that was when he said that he would protect her no matter what. That he did want to see her injured in any way.

But her emotions were losing, along with this mind demon. This was her problem. She didn't want anyone getting killed because of her. She knew they would help, but some problems had to remain on her account. But BB had told her otherwise. He was going to help her no matter what. That is unless he knew what she was doing. But what if he found out? What if he tried to help and died? Raven wouldn't allow that. She cared too much about him. She lo-

She stood there in the bathroom, her cloak held out in front of her by her hands and her hair hanging in damp strands. Did she almost say love? As in love him? That couldn't be. Where her feelings starting to show her truth or had she gotten a little out of hand just then?

She put on her cloak and gave her hair a quick brush as she this thought and her current predicament continued to go on.

(Not now. I have other matters to attend to.) She thought as she exited the bathroom. After a quick bite (Luckily BB wasn't there for nothing really awkward) and was just about to enter her room when Starfire came down the hall and stopped right next to her.

"Hi Starfire," Raven said.

"Raven. Are you okay?" Starfire asked.

Raven turned to the alien girl and replied, "Of course I am."

"It's just that with your emotions coming here, I sensed that you would be in greater distress."

"Thanks, but I am okay."

"That why did you have Beast Boy sleep with you last night?"

Raven froze upon hearing Star ask this. "Who told you?"

"Robin did. He saw Beast Boy leave your room. What was his purpose of doing so?"

"Well…he…" (I'm stuttering? How hard is it to tell what really happened?)

"Were you, as the human say, 'doing intercourse'? I always ask Robin about it but he sweats uncontrollably and-"

"It wasn't intercourse. I just had a nightmare and BB was just there to look out for me."

"Oh. That was very kind of Beast Boy. Why didn't you just tell me the truth while you stuttering?"

"I has something else on my mind, that's all. Nothing huge."

"Okay. Have a nice day," Starfire said as she walked down the hall and Raven entered her room.

When Raven was finally in her room, she leaned against her door and breathed a sigh of relief. That was close. She thought that if she spent any more time with her, Starfire might get the idea that she was in love with BB. Then there would be the giggling, the hugging, and the whole girl talk thing that Starfire loved doing. But one thing bothered her. Why did she just tell her that BB was there just to comfort her? Did she want it to be something else, other then just something a friend would do? What about what happened only a few minutes ago? She almost said the l word about BB.

(I can't do this right now. I have other matters to attend to,) she thought.

She was referring to her emotions being loose. Rage could wipe them out easily. The only problem was where to find them. She could go out into the city and look. Of course, that would just make the team suspicious. Also, there was the fact that there were over fifty thousand in the city. What were the chances that she would find them on foot? What if they had changed their appearances? She looked over at her clock just then and saw it read 10:30. She realizing how precious every second was. Raven didn't care about what she was taking. She had her mental powers. She would just have to go out into the city and scan through the masses of lives she was to protect in order to find her emotions. She would also have to keep her guard up, as her emotions might hold some grudges against her.

Right before she went, she reached into her belt and pulled out her communicator. She then placed it on her bed and said, "Sorry Beast Boy. I still need to take care of this on my own."

With her final words, she opened a black vortex in the floor and sank into it.

Can Raven find her emotions in time? Will Rage and the strange demon succeed? Chapter 9 is coming soon.