Disclaimer: If I owned the Teen Titans, this would be an episode. Terra would never have died if I owned the Teen Titans.
Chapter 3 – Consequences
Terra was lying awake in bed thinking. She stared at the ceiling of the familiar room. Her first real bedroom she actually owned for a long time. But back then, she had been flooded with guilt over her friends and had been unable to appreciate the beautiful room.
Now, she had the chance to appreciate it. Terra sat up and looked around the room. Most of the room looked pretty trashed, but the rest of the room looked fine.
There was a soft knock on the door. If Terra was sleeping, she wouldn't have heard it. But she was awake in her bed, her ears picking up the softest sounds.
Jumping off her bed, she stole a glance at her alarm clock. She always had it set to ten in the morning, but always seemed to wake up earlier, due to nightmares.
The clock said it was three in the morning. Terra opened the door and saw a green boy standing in his pyjamas in front of the door.
Beast Boy gave a weak chuckle. "Um…I wasn't sure if you were awake," Beast Boy mumbled. "You seemed to be tired lately and I was just worried…"
Terra looked down at the carpet. It was soft against her bare feet. "Yeah, I've been having nightmares for the past few weeks."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
Terra frowned. What did she want?
"I don't know," Terra mumbled. "Excuse me."
Without another word, Terra stepped back into her room and closed the door in the green love struck Titan's face.
The next morning, Terra woke up earlier then any of the Titans, even earlier then Robin. She wandered around the cold and dark Tower, shadows scaring her with their eerie shapes.
She headed straight for the kitchen and opened the fridge to find herself staring at an empty fridge. So much for comfort food, eh?
Terra sighed and slammed the fridge door shut. Her stomach gave a loud growl and she groaned. Blame it on the guys for emptying the fridge.
Terra spent the next hour searching through the cabinets searching for something to eat, but only came up with tofu…that expired two months ago.
Finally, giving up, Terra headed for the phone and dialled the familiar number.
"Hi, I'd like to order five pizzas. Three with the lot, one vegetarian and uh…one with pickles, bananas and mint frosting. Charge it to the Teen Titans. OK, thanks. Bye."
Terra hung up and waited for the pizza to arrive. After ten minutes, the doorbell rang and Terra pounced on the door.
"Hi!" the delivery boy said eagerly. "I'm a huge fan!"
The boy stopped and starred at Terra. "Oh. It's you," he said, his voice filled with venom.
Terra flushed and looked at the floor.
Betrayal – it was cold and harsh. No one could ever forgive her for what she did. Sometimes, Terra believed she couldn't even forgive herself.
The boy shoved the pizza into Terra's hands and stalked off angrily. Terra looked sadly as he drove off with guilt and sadness flooding her heart.
She closed her eyes and a single tear fell down her cheek.
Yes, this was the price she had to pay. All actions have consequences, and only the brave will accept them.