Chapter 7

Beast Boy knocked on Cyborgs door. He felt sick to his stomach he was so nervous. He knew that Cyborg was never going to let him live this down, but something had to be done and Cyborg was the only one who could help him. The door opened and there he stood.

"Hey BB, what's up?"

"Cy, I kinda have a problem," said Beast Boy trying not to look too pathetic. "And I was wondering if you could help me."

"Sure, man, come on in," said Cyborg opening the door fully so Beast Boy could come in. Cyborg pulled up two of his chairs and sat down. "What's up?"

"Well, I need to know if it's possible to get the part of your brain that develops crushes removed," said Beast Boy in all seriousness.

Cyborg just stared at him for a second. "What? What the heck are you talking about?"

"Okay, I have a crush on a girl," said Beast Boy standing up and pacing around the room. "The problem is that I know that I shouldn't have a crush on her. We're totally opposites! Not only that, but I know that she would never like me back. So the problem is that I really really don't want to like her anymore."

"Uh… who exactly are we talkin' about?" asked Cyborg.

"I don't want to say," said Beast Boy shyly.

"Come on, man, how the heck am I suppose to help you if I don't know who it is you're crushin on?"

"You're just going to laugh at me. Heck, I'd laugh at me!"

"Beast Boy."

"Fine! It's… Raven," he said in a whisper.

"Huh?"

"It's Raven!" he practically shouted. "I have a crush on Raven, okay!"

Cyborg tried not to look too shocked, even though he was of course. He also tried not to laugh, knowing that Beast Boy would just get upset and leave. "Okay, let me get this straight. You have a crush on Raven?"

"Yes."

"And you don't want to anymore?"

"Yes."

"Well, I hate to tell ya BB, but I'm not really the person you should be telling this to."

"What? Then who should I tell?"

"You should tell Raven."

Beast Boy couldn't believe what he was hearing. His jaw dropped and he went into a panic. "What? Dude, are you insane? I can't tell Raven that I like her!"

"Why not?"

"Because it would ruin our friendship!"

"What if she likes you back?"

"It doesn't matter. Even if she did, her powers are going to come back at anytime and then we really could never be together."

"Well I don't know what to tell ya, B."

Beast Boy sighed and sat back down in the chair. He put his face in his hands and shook his head. Now he really had a problem. He had counted on Cyborg knowing what to do. Now he was stuck with two options. Keep this inside of him and just let it fester, or do the bravest thing he would ever do. Tell her how he felt.

He walked back into the kitchen and saw her sitting at the table, eating a sandwich. "There you are," she said swallowing. "What happened? You just disappeared."

"I just had something I had to talk to Cyborg about," said Beast Boy trying to sound normal. For a moment he just stood there, watching her eat. She looked up at him and gave a goofy smile.

"What?"

"Nothin," he replied quickly and went into the kitchen to make himself something to eat. When he was done he sat down next to her and started to eat. By then she was done and was drinking the last of her milk. He watched her all the while.

"Do I have something on my face?" asked Raven wiping her lips.

Beast Boy snapped back into reality. "What?"

"You keep looking at me weird, do I have something on my face?" she asked again.

"No, I was just… thinking," he said with a nervous smile.

Raven rolled her eyes and gave him a smile. She got up and put her plate and glass in the sink. She then went over to the stereo and turned it on. She switched around and found a station she liked. She turned around and smiled at Beast Boy as she started to dance. "I LOVE this song!" she said as she danced over to him.

Beast Boy could feel his heart racing as she wiggled her hips and danced over to him. She grabbed his hands and brought him to his feet. She started to dance around him, a large smile on her face.

"I didn't know you liked to dance," said Beast Boy nervously swallowing the food in his mouth.

"Only to good music," laughed Raven.

Beast Boy just watched as she danced. She looked so happy, so care free. Something he never thought in a million years he would see Raven doing. He just stood there, as if he was frozen.

"What's the matter with you?" she asked going back over to him. "Don't you know how to dance?"

"Well, yeah, but…"

"Then come on, work it!" she smiled playfully. She grabbed his hips and moved them from side to side. Beast Boy couldn't believe what was going on. He had to get out of there. He grabbed her hands and pulled them off of him.

"Uh, I have to… go," he said quickly and started running away.

"Wait! What's wrong?" she asked and stopped dancing.

He didn't answer her, he just ran to his room, where he knew he would be safe. 'This is so wrong! I need help. I seriously need help. What am I going to do? Darn you stupid hormones!' His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of knocking at his door. He almost jumped out of his skin.

"Beast Boy?" It was Raven.

'Perfect, just the person I really don't need to see right now,' he thought. "Yes?"

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Well you sort of just bolted out of the room. If something's wrong you can tell me."

'That's the problem. You're what's wrong with me and I can't tell you.' "No, nothing's wrong."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, I'm sure."

"Okay."

He heard her slowly walk back down the hallway. He slid down his door and sat on the floor of his messy room. "How the heck did this happen?" he asked himself aloud. "Four days ago she was my friend. My quiet, slightly creepy, dark friend. I wasn't attracted to her then. Sure, I thought she was pretty, but in the same way that I think Starfire is pretty. But now that's she's all peppy I can't help liking her. Wait a second, that's it! All I have to do is wait this out until Raven gets her powers back. Then she'll be all gloomy and reserved again. You can do it Beast Boy. You can wait this out. I mean, how long will it take for Ravens powers to come back? Probably only another day at the most. I just have to avoid her until then."

The next day he made sure to stay as far away from Raven as possible. Luckily, she had gone out with Starfire to enjoy another day at the mall. Beast Boy felt a little better now that he had a plan on how to get over her. He told Cyborg that he had everything figured out and made him promise that he wouldn't tell anyone about his little crush. When they returned Beast Boy made sure to keep a good distance away from her.

"Hey Beast Boy, look what I got," said Raven going over to him. He quickly started to walk away and headed out of the room, pretending not to hear her. She was holding a new video game that she wanted to try out.

A little later she was looking in the paper and found a movie that she thought would be good to see. Beast Boy happened to enter and she smiled. "BB, do you want to…" she didn't even get to finish before he quickly exited.

Raven walked into the common room and found Beast Boy watching a comedy. He started laughing and she sat down next to him and laughed to. "What movie is this?" She turned to Beast Boy, but he wasn't there. She turned and saw him quickly leaving the room.

The rest of that day was like that. Every time she would approach Beast Boy he went scuttling off. By the fifth time she knew that something was going on. Not only that, but she began feeling hurt. She tried to confront him about it, but he just kept walking away.

It was night and the other Titans were in the common room watching a reality show. Beast Boy entered, checked for Raven, and then took a seat on the couch. He felt quite proud of himself for keeping to his plan and couldn't help letting a little smile grace his face. He was finally starting to get her off of his mind.

"Have any of you seen Raven around?" asked Robin.

'So much for that,' he thought.

"I believe she is up on the roof," said Starfire. "She seemed quite upset, but she would not tell me why."

"Maybe one of us should go check on her," said Robin. "Beast Boy, why don't you go?"

"No!" he said quickly.

This caught Robin and Starfire off guard and they stared at him for a moment. "Why not?" asked Robin.

"I… uh… just think that maybe this is a job for Starfire," he said trying to sound cool.

"But I have already said that she does not wish to speak to me," said Starfire. "I do not think she wants to speak to anyone."

"Beast Boy, she might talk to you," said Robin.

"Why me?"

"Because the two of you have gotten kind of close these past couple days," said Robin. "Now go."

Beast Boy looked to Cyborg for help, but he just shook his head. There was nothing he could do for Beast Boy at that point. Beast Boy sighed and headed up to the roof. He cursed at Robin under his breath as he climbed the stairs.

Slowly he opened the door that lead to the roof and looked around. Then he saw her. She was sitting on the edge of the roof, her arms wrapped around her knees. Beast Boy wasn't sure why she was upset, but he knew Robin would pester him until he found out.

"Hey Raven," he said walking over to her.

She quickly turned her head and saw him. She leaped up and looked like she was wiping her cheeks of something. "Oh, I'm sorry," she said not looking at him. "I didn't think you would want to be up here. I'll just go and leave you alone."

She headed for the door, but Beast Boy stopped her. "Raven are you okay? You look like you've been crying or something."

"It's nothing," she said, still not looking at him. "Now I'll leave you to be up here alone." She pulled away from him and kept on walking towards the door.

"Raven stop!" he said running after her. "Why are you being like this?"

She turned to him and he was shocked to see tears streaming from her eyes. "Why do you hate me all of a sudden?"

Beast Boy was taken aback by this. Of all the things he felt for her, the last thing was hate. "What are you talking about?"

"Every time I tried to talk to you today you just ignored me," she said trying to stop crying. "You're acting like you hate me."

"Raven I don't hate you."

"Then why did you leave the room every time I came in?"

Beast Boy could feel his palms getting sweaty. His heart was beating faster and faster with every passing moment. "Raven… I… I'm sorry. I just, I can't tell you why."

"Why not? Are you mad at me?"

"No."

"Then what is it?"

"It's… it's complicated. Just believe me, I don't hate you."

"How can I believe you when you won't tell me what it is? Of all the people to do this to me, I thought you would be the last. I liked you Beast Boy." Beast Boy felt his heart stop and his stomach drop. "I liked you a lot." And with that she started crying again and ran inside and went to her room. Beast Boy stood on the roof for a long time, trying to figure out what had just happened.