AN: Theres a little 'easter egg'in this story. I wonder if anyone will get it.. (an easter egg, for those who don't know, is a little hidden tidbit from another thing. I.E: Toy story toys in Finding Nemo. Just little tidbits from other things. I doubt anyone will get this one though...)

Chapter 2 - Timid

Thunder crashed outside the Titans tower as rain pounded and streamed down the windows. Inside, the Titans were sleeping peacefully, all except two.

Beast boy moaned as he sat up in his king sized bed that he had traded in after realizing he was getting too big for his twin sized bunk beds. At first, he thought it was the storm that had awoken him, the crashing thunder and rain tapping on his window but he soon hearda gentle rapping of someone at his door and a quiet whimper when the thunder crashed over head. He shifted the blankets from atop his figure and stumbled slightly in the dark as he headed for the door and opened it groggily.

He was startled to see Raven, cowering before him as lighting illuminated his room. "Rae?" he asked quietly.

She looked up at him with apologetic eyes. "I'm sorry for waking you." she said softly. "But I woke up when the storm started and I can't fall back asleep, I'm too scared"

He scratched the back of his head, a blush rising to his cheeks as he realized he was only wearing his boxers. "Uh, did you want to come in"

She nodded. "If it's not too much trouble." he shook his head an ushered her in before closing the door. She stood in the middle of his room, looking around, fear evident in her eyes.

Beast boy hesitantly placed an arm around her waist and led her over to his bed where he sat her down. "Did you want to talk"

She nodded and inched closer to him, away from the window, as lightning once again illuminated the outside sky. Beast boy grabbed his blanket and wrapped it around both of them. Raven looked up, slightly startled but said nothing.

"What did you want to talk about?" beast boy asked softly.

She shrugged and stared off for a moment before whispering. "I'm sorry to wake you, I really am." she looked up at him. "I didn't want to go to Starfire, or anyone else." she leaned her head gently on his shoulder.

"Why did you come to me?" he asked, trying to stray his mind from her leaning against him.

"You make me feel safe." she replied, stifling a yawning. Suddenly, she blushed and pulled away. "Sorry." she squeaked, not meeting his gaze.

Momentarily stunned at her actions, it took a moment for Beast boy to gather his thoughts and place his arm around her, pulling her back against him. "It's fine Rae." he said with a smile.

"Are you sure?" she asked, slightly tearful.

He nodded and hugged her gently. "You can be honest with me, I don't care what you think about me"

She whimpered slightly as the thunder grew louder and cowered in his arms. "I'm afraid you hate me." she whispered softly, her voice barely audible over the storm.

He gave her a small smile. "I thought we already established the fact that I like you." he caressed her cheek gently. "You should get some sleep."

She drew closer to him, whimpering. He chuckled and drew her back further on the bed. "I never said you had to leave." He helped her settle back against his numerous pillows and pulled the blanket up around her shoulders before settling on top of them with his back turned to her.

"Beast boy"

"Hmm?"

"Thank you"

He glanced over his shoulder and gave her a toothy grin. "Your welcome Rae"

"...and I'm sorry for getting angry at you over wanting to hunt down Slade all the time and telling you that you need to spend more time with the team and not in your room searching for clues. Also, not telling you about why Slade is after me and who my father was and..."

"Enough Raven!" Robin yelled desperately. She had been going on with apologizes for most of the morning, to every one except Beast boy and Cyborg. Then again, according to them, they had their fill of Timid when they were in Raven's mind.

"Try going through a whole maze with her going on like that." Cyborg had said, after putting in earplugs to drown out her constant apologies.

After Robin's outburst, she cowered back behind Beast boy. "I'm sorry." she whispered.

Unsure of what to do, Robin merely stood, staring at Raven for a moment before shaking his head and sitting down at the table. "It's fine, just, please stop apologizing"

She nodded and took a seat next to Beast boy as Cyborg dumped his 3 meat spaghetti sauce in the middle of the table with a huge bowl of pasta. "Dig in y'all"

Beast boy rolled his eyes in disgust and finished making his salad and plopping down on his seat with the green platter in front of him.

Raven placed a cup of tea next to his plate and gave him a small smile while sipping at her own and picking at her plate of pasta.

"You alright?" Beast boy asked after noticing this.

She nodded and continued to roll around the meatballs, not bringing any morsel to her mouth. "I'm not very hungry"

Cyborg looked crestfallen. "You don't want any of my famous sauce?"

"It's not that I don't like it." she said quickly. "I'm just not very hungry"

He nodded and slopped down his own food quickly before grabbing some more. Raven stood and excused herself from the table and made her way over to the couch where she picked up her book and started to read.

"Hey, I got an idea!" beast boy said suddenly. "What if we have a movie night? Wicked Scary III is supposed to be out." he started bouncing excitedly in his seat.

"The last two were really scary." Raven said quietly, kneeling on the couch and resting her chin on the back of it.

"Don't worry, BB will be here to protect you. Just don't try to deny that your not scared and we'll all be fine." Cyborg said chuckling.

Beast boy blushed and said nothing. ' I knew I should have never told him about last night.' he frowned.

Raven seemed to ponder this fact. "I... guess... it would be ok." she said slowly.

Starfire, who had been silently watching the whole time, nodded and chimed in. "Excellent! I shall get the non-cotton candies for tonight's festivities!"

She went to head for the door when Robin grabbed her arm and pulled her back. "There will be plenty of time to get things. Let's just eat lunch now"

Starfire was clinging to Robin as the girl crept around the corner, she screamed and created a chain reaction of Starfire and Raven both screaming and ducking behind their respective 'protectors.' Jinx, who had been invited over by Cyborg, merely sat staring, too horrified at the carnage (vocab word!) And graphics to bother to hide.

The movie ended and the credits started to roll, no one moved.

"I will say it once again, I've fought psychotic villains, robot commandoes and giant oozing monsters but that was the scariest thing I've EVER seen. It was worse than the first two put together"
Starfire nodded, whimpering once more and burying her face in Robin's shoulder.

"I'll have that last image burned into my eyelids and it'll haunt me for the rest of my life." Jinx shuttered. She glanced outside then back to Cyborg. "You wouldn't mind taking me home would you?" she asked quietly.

Cyborg blushed but nodded and waved to the group as they headed for the elevator.

Beast boy glanced at Raven who's eyes were clamped shut. He attempted to get his arm back from her clutching hands but she refused to let go. He reached over and caressed her cheek softly. "It's over now. Nothing's going to get you Rae." he whispered softly.

She opened one eye and nodded and loosened her grip but didn't let go. Beast boy smiled and glanced at Robin. "I'll see ya in the morning. Night guys"

He stood with Raven still clinging to his hand and walked down to his room. He didn't even bother asking her if she wanted to stay as he opened the door and they entered. She sat quietly on his bed as he grabbed some clothes and headed for the door.

"Don't leave." she whimpered.

He crossed the small space between them and knelt before her and caressed her cheek. "I'll be right back, I promise." he whispered.

She nodded and climbed under the blankets as he left and curled up into a ball. She heard the door swish open and she curled up tighter, all the possibilities of who, or what, it could be running through her head so that when something touched her shoulder, she jumped, pulling away.

The blankets were removed from her head and she saw a smiling Beast boy once again only attired in boxers. "It's only me." he said softly as he laid down next to her, this time under the blankets. The normally sweltering hot days had been changed to thunderous and cold and his room was no exception to the cool house.

Raven wrapped her arms tightly around his waist, surprising him greatly. She rested her head against his chest and sighed in contentment, the familiarity of his scent and warmth soothed her into a lull of sleep. The stress of Timid's presence slid from her body and she relaxed even more.

This went on unbeknownst to Beast boy. He wrapped his arms around her waist hesitantly, pulling her closer and she merely responded by nuzzling his chest and moving closer to him, a small smile crept onto her lips as she fell into a deeper state of sleep.

Beast boy sighed happily and he too soon fell asleep with his angel of darkness nestled safe within his arms.

AN: Yay! I actually liked this chapter. Now, there is no foreshadowing, cause I myself have no clue who is next XP.

Don't forget about the little 'easter egg', I will give a hint, it is not what Robin said after the movie.

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Hoshi