"Morning, Speedy," he greeted.
"Buenos días Señor Speedy!" the twins said through a mouthful of pancakes.
Speedy nodded, and sat down and poured himself a cup of coffee, then dumped some sugar and cream and stirred it around. He raised it to his lips and took a sip, then looked back around.
"Where's Bumblebee," he asked and glanced around again. "And Terra?"
"Oh, she took her out for the day, girl bonding," Aqualad said shrugging. "You two were up awfully late,"
"Yeah well you know how it is..." the archer muttered into his cup and took another sip.
"I don't, why don't you fill me in?" Aqualad asked smiling slyly.
"I don't like Terra, okay!" Speedy shouted at him, and Aqualad stared at him slightly, and the twins burst into giggles.
"Gee, what's this about Terra?" the black haired boy asked, recovering from the small shock.
"Nothing! There's nothing!" Speedy defended quickly. The twins made kissing noises at him, and Speedy got up, but they quickly jumped off they're stools and ran away giggling again.
"No, but seriously, what is this about Terra?" Aqualad asked, smiling and sipping his mug again.
"I don't know, I just," Speedy shook his head and ran his fingers through his short orange hair. "I find it strange she's even on my mind at all!"
"Speedy likes someone other then himself, that's interesting," Aqualad joked stroking his chin.
"Oh shut up,"
"Ah but your quite the catch," Aqualad said, pretending to wink. "Look at those muscles, that mysterious eye mask, tight red uniform-"
"Enough!" Speedy said standing up. "There's nothing exciting about her, she just...stands there...with her blond hair...blonds are so over rated! She's got those big refreshing navy eyes, and she's-" he stopped talking noticing how much he was going on. Aqualad simply laughed, and Speedy, fuming starting stomping the other way.
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Beast Boy paced around his room. It was mid after noon, and he had been in his room for a long time. He was leaning against his door at one point, and overheard Robin telling Starfire to leave him be, he probably needed to work things out. Do I ever, the green titan thought. He liked Terra. He liked Raven. Technically, he liked Terra first, but she's been gone for months...and then shows up while he likes Raven, but if she never showed up, he could have had something with Raven...but if Terra had never turned to stone in the first place, he would be with her.
"Dude, what am I going to do?" he asked looking at his reflection in his mirror. His reflection was sympathetic, so he turned away. He had already sort of talked to Terra about where they stood, but she wasn't ready yet. He'd have to talk to Raven, surely she must knew there was a spark between them.
So that was it. He'd talked to Raven first, and see what happened from there. He gulped and slipped out of his room and into the main area. Robin was demonstrating a new fighting technique to Cyborg, and Starfire was playing with the loveable Silkie.
"Uh, hey, where's Raven?" Beast Boy asked them all.
"Outside, meditating," Robin replied to him, and turned back to Cyborg. Beast Boy nodded shakily, and turned and headed up there. He could hear her meditating as he walked up.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos...Azarath Metrion Zinthos..." she repeated, drifting in mid air, eyes closed.
"Raven?" Beast Boy quietly asked.
"Yes, what Beast Boy," she said not bothering to open her eyes.
"We need to talk, right now," he said quickly. This time she opened her eyes and looked at him, then floated down so she was sitting crossed legged on the floor. She looked at him blankly with one raised eyebrow.
"I'll just say this down to the point, no interruptions, no swerving off subject, if I even slightly go off topic"
"Just say it!" she said loudly, over lapping his voice.
"Sorry," he said quickly. "Raven, is there anything between us?" he asked, and her eyes widened slightly. "There has to be...I know it, I mean all those moments, I know you must have had them, and we've been getting along so well, you've let me in your room! So what's the deal?" he said speaking in a fast voice most of the time until the last part.
"Beast Boy," she began in a quiet voice, and he had immediately regretted saying anything at all. He closed his eyes and rubbed his hands together anxiously. She didn't say anything else until a few moments later. "There just isn't, I'm sorry," she said finally.
"How can they're not be?" he asked angrily, wondering why this was hitting him so hard.
"I tried, once I tried," she said glancing at him. "I tried to like you, I did for a bit, but Beast Boy it's just to much to manage if you must know, I couldn't properly control my powers for days because my mind was stuck on you, not on what I was suppose to be doing,"
"So...so there's no chance then?" he asked, ears drooping slightly.
Raven shook her head, slowly. "I don't think so," she said trying to put it nicely, but Beast Boy felt the sinking sensation in his heart, the one he had experienced before, many times. "Not for a long time, until I have total control over my powers, but that day could never come, and who knows, we might not even be together in a group anymore,"
"Of course we will," he defended quickly. "We're the Titans! We'll never split up,".
She rolled her eyes slightly but decided not to argue with him, then closed her eyes and went back to meditating. Beast Boy just sat there for awhile, before he silently got up and drifted down into his room, where he moodily fell onto his bed, face first into his pillow. So, Raven didn't like him. She did like him, but she doesn't anymore, and she can't handle it. But there was still Terra, he thought and a small bubble of hope formed in his chest. There was still Terra..
(So, this one appears longer now that I am double spacing between talking, gosh darn it I want to post this chapter up badly, but I'll wait a day or two, cause then I will look annoying.
Oh and sorry to you BBxR lovers. But, don't get your hopes down yet, the story isn't over. This goes to everyone ;) )