A revised edit of chapter 6 of the now called fan fiction of mine, Timeless Love it sounded better and it is a heck of alot shorter too.

So, I re-read chapter 6 and the newly written chapter 7 about fourteen billion times and I finally realized that I left out a VERY important scene, so like the idiot I am, I went ahead and posted on the web and now you guys are all confused and will be confused after I get chapter 7 on here, so! Here's the newly revised edition of chapter 6, and I'll put chapter 7 on later.

Chapter 6: Heated Discussion

The Teen Titans finally arrive back home from their long search of the new Warp, who we all know as Dr. Garvitz, as the Titans are beat and Beast Boy and Raven are in "heated discussion" or merely "flirting" as the other Titans, namely Cyborg, calls it. Beast Boy seriously doesn't trust the older version of him, but Raven on the other hand thinks he's just simply out of place and out of time and is no threat. But Raven begins to have second thoughts after she discovers something that even she didn't notice before, but Beast Boy did.

It was now dusk in Jump City and all the Titans were heading back to Titans Tower from their long search of Warp. None of the Titans were successful in their mission, and after one more long scan of the city, thanks to Robin, it was time to head back after the sun had set. All of them searched high and low for the mysterious new Warp, but no luck. It must have taken Robin to circle the city at least four times before he finally decided to call it quits, and the other Titans were finally relieved. The five teenagers were in the hallway heading back to the main frame to chill. And as usual Beast Boy and Raven were in heated discussion, but to the rest of the Titans, it was simply flirting.

"I'm telling you something isn't right about this," Beast Boy stated.

"Nothing is ever right when there's an evil mysterious villain who's threatening to kill us," Raven said sarcastically. Beast boy threw her a look.

"No, I mean something isn't right about that older me," he replied, he was walking next to Raven in the back of the group. Cyborg, Robin and Starfire were up front, "it's almost like he's hiding something from us,"

"You sure about that? Because it looked like you two understood each other well enough to pass nuclear codes over our heads without uttering three words," Raven replied. Referring back to the little coded discussion the two shared, that none of the Titans understood. It annoyed Raven a bit, Beast Boy knowing something that she doesn't. Beast Boy blushed a bit at the remembrance of what his older self had confirmed to him.

"Still, I don't know, I feel like he's going to double cross us or something and he'll turn out to be the bad guy we're suppose to be after and I'm absolutely sure he is hiding something that would help us on this mission,"

"Of course he's hiding something," she said, "he can't say anything about the future without damaging it, he's already damaging time now by just being in this tower," she had a point.

"But, maybe he could 'hint' to us what the future brings. Like charades! If I know me, and I'm pretty sure I do. I know that I'm dying to let all sorts of important information out, especially when it's something really important like the fact that one of you guys are going to die within the next decade," There was silence for a moment, she realized that he had a point as well.

"You know he's not going to say who, you may not admit it, and I can't believe that I am, but you've definitely got mature enough over the years that you've learned to keep your tongue," Raven admitted, "and he may just be focused on getting back to his own time, I don't blame him either, one Beast Boy is enough under one roof,"

"Oh, c'mon Raven, you know you love me," Beast Boy teased raising his eye brows, leaning his head in her direction. Raven threw him a side glance.

"Not even in your dreams," she sparked back, pushing him gently away. He sighed.

"Why are you even defending him?" Beast Boy asked getting back to the subject at hand, "you should be on my side,"

"Who's says I'm not?" Raven asked trying to play with his mind.

"Don't you get all technical on me, saying that you're on my side when you're truly on his side because he's me," he said getting her back. Raven was a little stunned.

"I'm surprised you caught that," she said, facing him completely.

"So, you are on his side," he pointed, she rolled her eyes, that was a confirmed 'yes' in Raven's way, "why though! He's nothing like me, he hasn't cracked a single joke yet--,"

"Unless you count 'gar-bear,'" Cyborg budded in with a smirk.

"Oh, who asked you!" Beast Boy spat back. Cyborg snickered turning around to the front to continue walking.

"He hasn't pulled a single prank, and he hasn't touched the gamestation ever since he got here! I tell you that can't be the older version of me,"

"He said he had a headache, would you play video games with your head throbbing?" she pointed out, "besides, I kind of like this new version of you, you're more…quiet,"

"Well, I sure don't," he said as they had finally reached the door that entered the main frame, "before you know it, I'll be drinking tea and start reading books mor---,"

The door hissed open revealing the main frame, and Garfield sitting on the sofa in the same spot, only…he was reading a book.

"Any luck finding Warp?" he asked looking up from his book. The Titans just stood there in silence and all eyes gazing at Garfield surprised. Their words were failing them.

"Figures," Garfield said, knowing that their search was unsuccessful. The Titans looked on; Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg were bug-eyed with surprise. Beast Boy looked on with an expression that said "What did I tell you?" Raven, however was a bit impressed. Knowing that this was Beast Boy's future self, it was a sight to see Beast Boy actually reading.

"Beas-err-Garfield," Robin corrected, "ah, er, are you--?" he couldn't finish.

"What?" Garfield replied standing up, "am I what?"

"Readin'!" Cyborg said finishing Robin's sentence.

"Um, yeah, it's not like I haven't before," he replied.

"But he-uh-you-him…whatever, Beast Boy never reads!" argued Cyborg.

"Yes, the only stories that Beast Boy would read are those of the comic books," commented Starfire.

"Oh, I still read those," Garfield said, "who could ever stop reading the classic series of Zombie Invasion?"

"With you there, dude!" Beast Boy agreed raising his hand in praise. Garfield returned to his seat to the sofa and the Titans settled in as well.

"Don't let the book fool you," Garfield said, "this is pretty much the only one I've read, and it's one of my favorites, read it three times actually," he set the book he was reading aside on the couch and leaned back. He turned back to the Titans with a serious look on his face "so, seriously, no luck finding Warp?"

Robin was sitting in the middle of the sofa, turned to Garfield and gave him a blank stare before telling him of the report of their search.

"No, nothing, we circled the city three times--,"

"Four," said the other Titans. Robin scowled, but sighed. Gar snickered.

"Four times around the city and found nothing, so either he's hiding really well, or there's something that you didn't tell us?" Garfield thought, Robin was hoping that he would get more information out of him, but to his disappointment, Garfield ignored his question.

"So, I guess I'm stuck here until we find Warp," Gar stated rubbing the back of his neck. The Titans said nothing, he was right. He was to be stuck in the past until Warp could be detected. Unless Cyborg somehow figured out how to time travel, Garfield was stuck in time with no where to go. Not that he wanted to go back to the future; he was able to see Raven alive here, even though she's ten years younger then him, at least he gets to see her alive. And going back to the future would give him back the pain that he'll never get to see her again.

He sighed and turned to Robin to speak.

"Look, it's…late and I really can't do much for you, so would be cool if I stayed in the spare?" he asked. Robin got up to go to the computer to check messages, but turned around to face Garfield standing up.

"That'd be for the best, it would be too risky if you went out in public so you might as well stay here. We'll discuss more in the morning," Garfield nodded and stood up to leave the main frame and into the hallway. The younger Titans were left in the main frame to debate what they should do next.

"So, what's our next step?" asked Cyborg to Robin. Robin started pacing and he began to run a hand through his spiky hair, pondering what to with this situation.

"This is tricky; we're dealing with the dangers of the space time continuum here. Our only shot would, obviously be, to find Warp, take him down and use his suit to send Bea-ugh-Garfield back to the future," stated Robin as he stopped pacing. The others nodded and saw his point. However, Beast Boy wasn't convinced.

"But what if the real threat isn't Warp?" Beast Boy brought up, "What if this new Warp doesn't even exist? What if the real threat is me?" he pointed towards the door where Gar left with his thumb. Raven groaned, she thought they went over this in the hall. Robin was at least considering the possibility.

"His story does fit his profile, the only other explanation would that someone invented a cloning and aging device with your DNA, but I highly doubt that," Robin stated professionally, "there's really no villain that we've fought that has that kind of technology. Well, except for Slade, Dr. Chang, maybe Brother Blood, …and Trident…,"

The other Titans raised their eyebrows at their leader. Robin just rolled his eyes and sighed, "Okay, maybe we have fought a few, but I seriously doubt that anyone would want to clone one of us and aged them for their advantage, what's the point?"

"Who says that's really me? Who says there's truly another Warp out there?" Beast Boy stated.

"Beast Boy…," Raven groaned.

"I'm just saying," Beast Boy interrupted so Raven wouldn't remark, "that I have a funny feeling that this other me is trying to get rid of one of us or something, or he could, in fact, may be trying to take my place!"

"Beast Boy, don't you think that if he was trying to get rid of one of us, he would have shown some sign for it right about now?"

"What about him not playing games or telling jokes?"

"---gar-bear---," Cyborg sneezed. Beast Boy growled at him.

"You're now an adult in the future, your maturity has grown over the years, everyone's does," Raven stated.

"What about the way he suddenly got up to turn in when we came back?"

"He's from the future, he's probably still stunned seeing his teammates ten years younger then him," she fought back.

"What about him reading that book?" Beast Boy replied. Raven paused for a moment and thought.

"What about it?"

"He could be reading it just to impress you and may be trying to get closer to you," he pointed out. Raven turned her head to face him; her look was one of her special curious looks.

"What?" she replied almost stunned by his comment, "Why would he want to get closer to me?"

He opened his mouth to say something, but then quickly shut it because he realized the trap that he just fell in. Beast Boy didn't have an answer for that, he…couldn't really find the words to say it. He sighed and turned his head.

"Nothing, forget it," he said softly. Raven wasn't convinced.

"No, why would he want to get closer to me?" she repeated, "What do I have to do with him replacing you?" Beast Boy looked up at Raven, and she was staring right into his face. Her look softened as she finished her statement, "Unless…you are the one hiding something from us?"

Beast Boy was lost for words, he grunted and hesitated, trying to think up an excuse but nothing could come out. His words would trip on the tip of his tongue and just wouldn't come out. He looked at Raven, who was waiting for some kind of answer. Oh, how he hated it sometimes when she outsmarted him, it made him feel like the dumbest person on Earth, yet when she did it, he could learn from it and then try to outsmart her back, it still doesn't work the way he imagined it would. Not that he minded, her intelligence was one of the many qualities he loved about her. He really didn't want to speak about his true feelings for her right now, especially when the whole team was present in the room listening into their debate. What would he give just to kiss her right now and let out his feelings, if only the other Titans weren't in the same room.

Raven could tell by the look on his face and the stutter in his words that he was definitely keeping something from them. She was somewhat a tad bit disappointed at him for keeping something from her, even. Because, nowadays, she and Beast Boy were a little bit more open with each other, after the incident with Terra and the night that she turned traitorous on the team, and played with his heart, Raven had been there to give some comforting words to let him move on. And especially after Raven's encounter with Malchoir, and how he had used her and broke her heart with lies. She planned on staying locked in her room for the rest of her life, but that was before Beast Boy had said that she was not alone in this world.

Since then, they shared some things in common, a broken heart from people they thought loved them back. An understanding of each other because they've both been through the same problem and now they have someone to talk to about it. They were able to mend each other's hearts to a point at which both could move on. But, did they both still love those who betrayed them? Of course they did, no one could ever forget a first love, especially when that first love burned you in the process. Those are scars that will never heal.

Now that scarred love fueled something else inside the both of them, something that both never wanted to come out. Raven's emotions were a dangerous thing to be played with, once that pain of hurt, because of Malchoir, turned into hate, it began to fuel the rage that she had little control over because of the influence of her father. But she had to keep it at bay, for the sake of the others. Beast Boy's hatred toward Terra for betraying the team, that he kept building up inside of him, to have it only be released through his shape-shifting abilities, also to have that power negative emotion be unleashed and broken because of a taste of a toxic chemical. But now, he still must bury that pain for the sake of the others or else that beast within him will take over, and he may not be able to get control back.

Raven raised her eyebrow at Beast Boy, she was still waiting for an answer.

"Well? Anything?" she asked again. Beast Boy lowered his gaze away from her violet eyes.

"I've…got nothing to hide," he lied quietly. Raven relaxed her face a bit, she could tell he was lying, she could tell through his emerald eyes and the guilt that shadowed them. Raven lowered her head about an inch, disappointed that he wouldn't tell, but she would wait. The Cyborg, Robin, and Starfire were watching and listening intently to the two Titans. An awkward silence lingered around them, until Robin called it a night by clearing his throat.

"Okay, well, we should probably head in for the night. We'll talk about this more in the morning when everyone is fresh from a good night's sleep," Robin stated breaking the silence. The Titans agreed with him.

"Yeah, sleep sounds good right 'bout now, Night y'all," said Cyborg stretching his robotic arms. Cyborg started heading to the door to his room, but he turned around to Beast Boy, "especially you, gar-bear,"

Beast Boy growled and kicked him in the side, but because he was half metal, he didn't really feel it. All of the Titans exited the room, leaving Raven behind. She got up from the sofa to retrieve the book that Garfield had left behind. The book was facing down when she picked it up. She turned it over to read the title. The cover bind was black that stated "Edgar Allen Poe's Tales and Poems." It was one of her books. Raven eyes grew wide as she scanned the book, then she shot back at the door that the team had left from.

Could Beast Boy be right? Could Garfield really be trying to get closer to me? she focused back on the book, thinking...why though? She kept thinking until her mind couldn't ponder another thought. Raven lowered the book to her side and flew over the sofa towards the door to go to her room for some sleep.

…………………………………….

On the other side of the city, there was still the sound of busy bodies working the night away in there offices and factories. One in particular was Dr. Garvitz who was still inside some storage room filled with proto type devices, and he was having a field day. He tore open every box, every crate, and everything down to the last nut and bolt of the last device. He found tools that would help him mend together his damaged Warp suit.

Dr. Garvitz smiled wickedly as he worked on a plan in order to fix his suit, he was like a little boy at Christmas building up his new train. Little did he know, that he had tripped the silent alarm in the building.

"Get the doctor, there's an intruder in sector 8 area 5," commanded a security guard. A blinking light over his computer screen signified that there was in fact an intruder in the facility. A second security guard hovered over his shoulder.

"Aye, sir," he said and he went off and proceeded with his orders. He came back with a new person following him.

"What is it this time, Clarkson?" He growled. He didn't like intrusions on his property.

"Sir, there's an intruder in the prototype storage area," muttered the first security guard.

"You two, follow me, we'll get to the bottom of this," All three men walked out of the security halls down into sector 8 area 5 of the prototype storage areas. Once they had reached their destination, they paused and listened. The doctor and the two security guards heard the sound of sawing, drilling, and perhaps the blaze of fire from a welding torch.

"Open it," commanded the doctor. One of the security guards pressed a coded key into the wall and the air pressured door hissed opened revealing who was inside. The two security guards were on their toes with their phaser guns ready to fire.

The doctor who started welding his vortex regulator back onto his suit in a hurried fashion, stopped what he was doing to see who had interrupted him. He stared on wide eyed at who was standing at the foot of the door, unaware of the two guards who had just cocked their guns at him. He only had one word for the man.

"Father?"

……………………………

"Idiot!" Beast Boy banged his head against his fist as he walked down the hallway alone, "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Ugh, I cannot believe I was almost about to blab out to the entire team…"

He had finally reached his room, he gloomily beat his head against the door and sighed slowly, "…and to Raven,"

He opened his room with his head still leaning against the still surface. He purposely stumbled down and hit the floor with a thud, slowly tapping his head against the soft fabric of his carpet.

"When am I going to learn to keep my mouth shut?" he said.

"Never,"

"Yah!" Beast Boy shouted, alarmed by the new voice that was in his room, "Who's there?" He quickly turned around to find the source of the voice. He soon did and he found his future self lying on the top bunk of his bed with his legs crossed and his arms behind his head, looking relaxed.

"Nobody but you," Garfield joked. Beast Boy relaxed and the fear of intrusion resided, a little. Instead a look of sarcasm crossed over his features, a face only Raven could love.

"Ha, ha, good one," Beast Boy said sardonically, "What are you doing in here? I thought you were staying in the spare?"

"I am, but," he paused for a moment, "I wanted to see if my old bedroom was still the same," he took a good look around the room, his computer desk cluttered with papers and comic books, the small pile of clothes next to his closet, the animal toys he liked to keep around to occupy his time, "Looks like nothing's moved,"

"Funny, so what are you seriously doing in here?" Beast Boy knew when he was joking or not, he admits that he's an easy book to read. Garfield sighed and his looking stiffened with seriousness.

"I was just thinking, really, all these old memories coming back, all the good times I had here, and also…thinking of a certain someone," he closed his eyes remembering the color of her eyes, the sound of her voice, the happiness in her smile.

"Oh," that's all Beast Boy could say, and he sat down in his computer chair near the desk. They were there in silence for a moment, then something crossed Garfield's mind.

"So, what happened in there? From the way you stumbled in here, I'd say something big just happened," Garfield asked. Beast Boy lowered his ears a bit.

"I almost admitted my feelings for Raven out to the entire team," He muttered. There was silence, you could almost hear crickets chirping. Beast Boy waited for a remark or a reply, some kind of sound from Garfield, "Uh, you okay?"

"What? Y-yea," Garfield stuttered, "I just had major Déjà vu,"

Beast Boy chuckled, "I bet that's happened a lot since you came here,"

"Surprisingly, no, it just happened after you said you admitted your feelings to Raven," he smirked knowingly.

"Wha-? No! I said I almost did," Beast Boy stood up and defended himself, a blush seemed to appear slightly. Garfield started to laugh, Beast boy narrowed his brows, "I'm serious!"

"Okay, okay, I believe you, don't get all defensive," he toned him down, "So…what did she do? Did she notice?"

"I hope not, that's the last thing I need is Raven to feel uncomfortable around me and to think that I am even more annoying to her then I already am to her now because I know that she doesn't love me back," he ranted. Garfield rolled his eyes.

"What makes you say that she doesn't feel the same way?" he asked still in his relaxed position on the bed.

"Uh, her constant sarcastic remarks about every little thing I do, her insults about me, her threats about sending me to another dimension, did I miss anything?"

"…She could be flirting," Garfield pointed out. Beast Boy had to laugh at this one.

"Oh yea, let me tell you, the ever dark and neutral witch is flirting with the funny and comedic changeling,"

"You never know,"

"I know," Garfield once again rolled his eyes.

"Such confidence in yourself," Garfield remarked. Now it was Beast Boy's turn to roll his eyes, "Raven is a mystery, you will never know what she thinks unless she wants you to. The only thing, is trying to figure out what she wants,"

"And how do you know that?" Beast Boy came back.

"I'm married to her, how else would I know? I thought you already knew that little fact," Garfield chuckled and it quickly died away. They both fell into a moment of silence, Garfield kept on day dreaming, as Beast Boy was going over his situation about his infatuation with Raven. He knew he had a crush on her, he always did; yet he had a crush on Starfire at the same time. Those raging teenage hormones got the best of him in those days. Probably what attracted him to her, at first, was her smooth, thin legs that were always showing because of the way she dressed. That was then, but this was now. Now, ever since the first day he met her, he always wanted to get to know her, to see if he could make her laugh, or at least snicker at a joke of his. Now, what attracted to him was her determination, her will to keep life alive and when she was the threat to destroy it, and the chance that she could be vulnerable every time she showed some glimpse of emotion in her face.

He knew more about her through her personality, even though it was the hard way, but even so he knew and he had respect for her, in his own way. And after all the adventures and tragic events that they have gone through together, that respect seemed to grow into something more. Beast Boy suddenly had a thought, and had to ask.

"Why do I love her?" He asked in a some sort of desperation for a clear answer. Garfield slowly sat up and slowly turned to face him, having his legs hang over the side of the bunk. His look was a soft concern and serious. He looked at him in the eye and spoke.

"Now that is a question I can't answer," he said. Beast Boy frowned and closed his eyes, he was hoping for some kind of solution.

"Why not?"

"Because I would be going on and on for days you'd probably get sick of her," he said. Beast Boy banged his head against the back of his chair at his answer, Garfield continued hopping off the bed, "The answer you're looking for is right in front of your nose, you just need to take a good wiff before you can figure out what you are really smelling," he walked over and flicked his nose, Beast Boy started to rub it.

"Enough with the metaphors, dude, please, you are as bad as me," Beast Boy groaned.

"Duh," Garfield said, "I'm turning in, it was nice talking to myself,"

Beast Boy sighed, "Yeah, same here, you gave me lots of help," he said sarcastically. He leaned his head onto the palm of his hand. Garfield opened the door and headed out into the hallway and closed the door behind him. He stood there for a moment thinking about the conversation he had with his younger self.

"Wow," he said, "guess Raven was right about saying how much of an idiot I really was back then,"

Next chapter: Beast Boy speaks morewith Garfield, he tries to uncover some secrets of his untold, almost untold, future. Raven is starting to feel a little more suspicious over Garfield and starts to agree more with Beast Boy, but something that Garfield does with her, makes her change her mind completely and ignores the fact that Garfield wants to get closer to his future wife.

(Oho! Hee hee, I'll eat your heart out in the next chapter :mwahaha: )