Chapter 7

The sun slowly rose into the sky, kissing the land and warming the air. Its golden rays shined through the windows of the Titans Tower. It shone particularly bright through one Titan's room and upon two Titans faces. The changeling held Raven in his arms, her back pressed against her bare chest. He rested his chin on her shoulder and held her close to him while lying on his other arm like a pillow. He and Raven were holding hands, loosely.

The warmth of the sun spread over their bodies and made them glow. Raven sighed and slowly opened her eyes. The sun blared right into them and she quickly closed them again. She felt Beast Boy's chest against her back and she smiled and snuggled in closer to him. She held his hand a little tighter and she tried to fall back to sleep. She had gotten used to waking up with him, but every morning seemed special. She never wanted the day to begin.

Beast Boy suddenly breathed in deeply and woke up. He took his hand from Raven and rubbed his tired, blurry eyes. He looked around and then saw his beauty in his arms. He smiled and put his hand back in hers. He then kissed her shoulder and held her closer. She turned her head so that she could see him. She smiled and the two kissed. Then they both snuggled back in and closed their eyes.

It had been two months since their first night together. Raven had finally come to terms with the fact that she and Beast Boy were meant to be. It had been that magical romantic night they had. But it had happened before they made love. She had realized that they were truly soul mates and true loves when they were slow dancing and he lifted her into the air to spin her. That was when she realized it.

"I don't want it to be morning," said Raven pulling Beast Boy's arm closer to her.

"I know," said Beast Boy resting his face on her back, feeling her warm, soft skin. She turned over and pressed her cheek to his chest, sighing.

"What time is it?" she asked.

He twisted around to look at her alarm clock. He groaned and turned back over. "Almost nine."

Raven groaned as well and then sat up. "Time to get up," she said with a sad sigh. She slid to the edge of her bed and grabbed her robe off the floor. She wrapped it around her bare body and stood up to stretch. Beast Boy sat up and stretched himself.

"I'm starving," he said stretching his arms over his head.

"Me too," said Raven going to her bureau. She opened one of the draws and took out a black leotard, neatly folded and still cool to the touch. She then grabbed fresh panties and a bra and placed them with her one piece. She threw her dark blue cloak over her shoulder and turned to Beast Boy. "I'm taking a shower, so don't wait for me to have breakfast."

"Okay," he said sliding out of the bed. Once Raven had left he grabbed his boxers off the floor and slipped them on. He then put his pants on, stretched one last time, and headed off to breakfast.

Robin was sitting at the table drinking a cup of coffee and finishing off a plate of eggs and toast while he read the paper. Cyborg was cleaning his own dishes, which were stacked pretty high. Starfire sat on the couch watching "World of Fungus" with Silkie in her arms. Beast Boy entered and made his way to the kitchen.

"Morning all," he said happily as he went to the fridge.

"Mornin BB," said Cyborg.

"Raven up?" asked Robin looking over his newspaper.

"She's taking a shower," said Beast Boy taking out some soy milk. He grabbed a bowl and a box cereal and sat down across from Robin.

"A shower?" asked Cyborg raising an eyebrow and smiling at him. "You two seem to be taking a lot of those lately."

"Shut up," said Beast Boy eating a spoonful of cereal.

"Yeah, let's try not to talk about anything like that at the breakfast table," said Robin going back to his paper.

"You're still uncomfortable with me and Raven being together," said Beast Boy to Robin.

"No, I've just not gotten used to it yet," said Robin putting his paper down.

"How long will it take for you to get used to it?" asked Beast Boy. "It's been five months since we found out Raven and I were soul mates."

"I'm not sure I'll ever be used to it," said Robin. Cyborg gave a small chuckle and dried his dishes. "And would you please put a shirt on or something?"

"No, I'm good," said Beast Boy with a defiant smile.

Robin rolled his eyes and stood up. Beast Boy finished his cereal and went to clean his bowl. Raven finally entered and went to get herself breakfast. As she passed by Beast Boy they both kissed quickly. Robin looked away and decided to go see how Starfire was doing.

"What's wrong with him?" asked Raven.

"He's just creped out by the two of you," said Cyborg.

"Oh really," said Raven with a smile. "Hey Robin!" she called. Robin turned around and as he did Raven grabbed Beast Boy and shoved her tongue in his mouth. Robin shuttered and turned around. Raven released a very stunned, but happy, Beast Boy and went back to getting herself breakfast. Cyborg started laughing and knew he had to get out of there. Ever since they had gotten together Raven had loosened up and got a little more comfortable with herself.

After breakfast they had a quick robbery to handle. It was nothing major, just a simple band of thieves that had a couple plasma canons and almost destroyed half the city. Just another morning in Jump City.

They returned to the tower tired, sweaty, and dirty. They had nearly been crushed by several falling buildings. They crawled into the common room and quickly found somewhere to sit and rest. It was lunch time and their stomachs growled.

"I think I'm getting too old for this," said Beast Boy collapsing on the couch.

"Oh man, if I could feel my joints they would be in pain," said Cyborg sitting down.

"Yes, that was quite a challenging battle," said Starfire wiping the dirt off of her, but not seeming all that tired.

"Well it's good for us to have a challenge once in a while to keep us on our toes," said Robin.

"'Nice' isn't exactly the word I would use," said Raven putting her hood down. "This sucks, I need another shower."

Beast Boy and Cyborg's stomachs gurgled and moaned. "Well I gotta eat before I do anything else," said Cyborg.

"Me too," said all the other Titans. None moved from their spots.

"Anyone want to make lunch?" asked Robin.

Raven sighed and rolled her eyes, "I'll do it." She went into the kitchen and began to make sandwiches for everyone. They all said, "Thanks Raven," and relaxed. Raven really didn't mind making them lunch, she wasn't all that tired from that mornings events.

The other Titans cleaned themselves up and by the time they were done the sandwiches were done. Raven handed each of them their own, personal sandwich as they sat down at the table. She knew exactly what each of her friends liked and disliked. She grabbed her own sandwich and proceeded to sit down with her friends, but she suddenly felt light headed for a moment. Then she felt her knees go weak and everything around her fade into black.

Raven slowly opened her eyes and felt a throbbing pain in her head. She saw five blurry figures kneeling around her. "Raven, can you hear me?" she heard a familiar voice say to her softly. She felt someone's hand lightly pat her cheek. Her eyes began to focus and she saw her four friends, and Silkie, all around her. Beast Boy's hand was on her cheek.

"What happened?" she asked raising her hand to her aching head.

"You have done the fainting," said Starfire.

"I did?" she asked groaning.

"Yeah, and you hit your head pretty damn hard," said Cyborg.

"Get me off the floor," she said trying to sit up. Beast Boy scooped her up and brought her over to the couch, lying her down. She could feel that the back of her head was bruised.

"You feeling okay?" he asked.

"My head really hurts," she said closing her eyes and rubbing her temples. "Can you get me some aspirin?"

"Anything you need," he said kissing her forehead and then running off.

Starfire cleaned up Ravens sandwich that had fallen all over the floor and Cyborg made her a fresh one. Robin went over to talk to her.

"Are you alright?" asked Robin sitting down.

"I think so," said Raven.

"Any idea on why you fainted?" he asked.

"I think I'm just hungry," said Raven. "I mean, I really can't think of any other reason for why I would just pass out."

Beast Boy returned with the aspirins and Cyborg gave her a new sandwich. She ate and this allowed the others to eat their own lunches. Raven claimed that she felt better once she had eaten and this made everyone else feel better. The aspirin helped her headache, but it didn't go away. She decided to lie down in the dark for a while to see if that would help.

"Is Raven feeling well?" asked Starfire.

"She just has a headache," said Beast Boy. "I would too if I just dropped to the floor like a sack of potatoes."

"She sure did pass out quickly," said Robin.

"Well that is how people tend to pass out, quickly," said Cyborg.

"What I mean is, she just went down without any warning," said Robin. "She didn't even have a chance to say she was feeling odd. Something just seems weird."

"Dude, she was hungry," said Beast Boy. "That's all."

"Okay," said Robin backing down. "I just want to make sure that it's not something serious."

"Robin, what the hell else could it be?" asked Beast Boy laughing. Robin shrugged and decided to drop the subject.