Part 9
He didn't know how it happened, but after the driving range they ended up at the dreary café. She got her herbal tea as usual and he well he was surprised that there was no soda. He didn't know what to get so she ordered him a hazelnut coffee. He didn't care for it at first he thought it rather bland, but then she added some packets of sugar in it and mixed it around. He was a fan of hazelnut coffee after she did that, he nodded is approval to her and she simply smiled. He had never seen her like this, she seemed almost free, she was quietly laughing and smiling, he felt happy for her. It was something he had been trying to do for a long time, make her happy.
He closed his eyes and listened to the jazz music that played throughout the café, saxophones, trumpets, and acoustic guitars. "Beast Boy," he opened his eyes and looked over at her, "call me BB, or Garfield," he grinned at her.
"Okay Greeny, I need to ask you something," she twirled her spoon in her tea staring down at it now, "Can you see us doing this?"
He blinked, "What do you mean?"
She looked up at him, "Can you see us having more days, evenings like this?"
He instantly responded, "I don't see why we can't?"
"Well," She sighed, "First off we're superheroes, we're not going to have time to do this often. Second you and I are having trouble with are emotions and feelings what if we have a fight? And third what will this do to our friendship?"
He shrugged. She waited for a response and got none, "Aren't you going to say anything?"
He sighed, "I don't know what to say."
She gaped at him, "Somehow that doesn't surprise me."
He moved his head left and right as though it were a metronome, he finally stopped and reached over and took her hand, "We won't know unless we try."
She blushed his simplistic answer was the one that made her ponder, and inevitably he was right.
"Besides, you would beat me in a fight any day," he chuckled.
She felt the corner of her lips move up, "Don't you forget it."
"I don't know," he paused, "Me forgetting things is my specialty."
Her head fell down into her hands and she shook her head and sighed.
"Come on Rae, it wasn't that bad!"
"Don't call me Ra-," she stopped, "No call me Rae."
She watched him grin, his lone fang hanging out, "Really?"
She shrugged, "Okay don't."
He frowned, "Awwww!"
She rolled her eyes, "You know we can't tell the others about this."
He cocked his head, "Tell the others what?"
"You know all of this," she said sipping her tea.
"You mean that we're going out?"
"Du'h, what did you think I meant?"
He shrugged his shoulders once more, "Well what excuse are we going to give them?"
She looked up thinking, "That we went out to get control of your powers," she replied.
He sighed at her, and his face became somber.
"What?" she asked.
"Is that the real reason we're out? To just figure out how to control my powers?"
She nodded, "That's halfway true, the other half is because I wanted to go out, with you."
This cheered him up instantly and he swig down his coffee and wiped his mouth, "I feel like dancing!"
Raven glared at him, "I don't dance," she said sternly.
"Aww come on Rae Rae, you know you want to!" Beast Boy said getting out of his seat.
"No, I don't!"
"Fine, but I do," he began to let his body sway back and forth to the jazz music. Raven hid her face and peered through her fingers as people turned to their table watching in interest, she felt as though she was going to die of embarrassment. The last thing she wanted was attention. Suddenly she felt her hands being pulled away from her face, before she knew it her hips were saying back and forth and her body was against his. 'I am not doing this. I am not doing this.' She kept repeating to herself, but she was doing it, she was dancing, and she doesn't do dancing.
"People are staring," she uttered lightly.
"We're Titans, and I'm green, I am used to people staring," He whispered in her ear.
"I wish I could be more like you sometimes."
"I wish I could be more like you."
They looked into each others eyes and kissed.
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"Robin where are our friends?" Starfire questioned.
Robin looked at her calmly, "I've seen Cyborg around are you talking about Raven and Beast Boy?"
Starfire nodded.
"Have you tried their rooms?"
"I am much too scared of Raven's room to dare see if she is there and Beast Boy's room is something as you would say a pig in a sty."
"It's pigsty and they may have just decided to go to bed early," Robin looked over at the clock, "In fact it's already ten so I think I am going to hit the hay."
"What hay?" Starfire asked looking around.
"It's another expression Star."
Star shook her head, "Sometimes I don't understand your vinacular."
Robin gulped, "Yeah, right, no prob. I'm just saying that I am going to bed."
"Have the night be good for you!" Starfire called out as Robin went down the hallway.
He motioned a wave to her and then made his way to his room.
Starfire looked around the living area, alone. She let out a small sigh and began putting things back in place, game controllers, pillows, dishes, cups, and anything else that was up. She didn't feel very tired, so she flipped on the TV and began watching a documentary on extinct creatures; she thought Beast Boy would find the show very amusing, if she knew where he was.
She looked over as she heard a noise and saw the door open. She gasped at what she saw, Beast Boy and Raven holding hands.
Raven gulped, "I thought everyone would be in bed," she quickly let go of Beast Boy's hand, "You didn't see anything." She looked at Starfire, "Right?"
Starfire stared curiously, "But I saw you and Beast Boy doing the hand holding."
Raven glared, "No you didn't!" She looked over to see Beast Boy cringe at her tone and words.
"But friend Raven why do you wish me not to see what I saw? Where have you two gone? I thought you both were in your rooms!" Starfire exclaimed.
"We just went out to find a way to cure my … problem," Beast Boy said lightly.
Raven nodded, "We think that I can control his Beast like state."
"How?" Starfire pondered.
"Well um," Raven found herself staring at the floor.
"It's complicated," Beast Boy just, said a word that never applied to him, 'complicated.'
Raven nodded, "Very, that is why we were out so late."
"I think I understand," Starfire said slowly.
"So anything interesting happen while we were out?" Beast Boy questioned, changing the topic.
"Oh! Well Cyborg was making upgrades to the T-Sub, and Robin and I watched a funny little movie about a pig that talked, and then he went to bed and I was watching a show with funny looking animals."
"You and Robin watched a movie together?" Raven restated Starfire's remark.
Starfire nodded, "Yes we were planning on going to the mall of shopping tomorrow," quickly Starfire put her hand in front of her mouth. "I was not supposed to say that!"
Beast Boy grinned, "Night Star," he looked over at Raven, "Night Rae," he then made his way to his room.
Raven looked over at Starfire, "I hope your date goes well tomorrow."
Starfire gulped, "Date?"
Raven crossed her arms in front of her and stared at Star for a minute, and then waved to her, "Night Star," and Raven proceeded to her room.
-end of part 9