Chapter 6 Part 3.

A few minutes later Pam came out and set two plates with apple pie on each on in front of the two teens. Again giving Tara a look as if she was trying to remember her then walked over to the next costumers.

Gar looked down at his pie and nearly drooled; he snatched his fork up and had the first bite in his mouth in seconds.

Tara looked down when Pam gave her that look. She looked up again and picked up her fork. "I'll take your word for it," she laughed. She cut through the tip of the pie and scooped up a good sized bite. The moment it was in her mouth, her mouth nearly dropped. She'd forgotten how good this pie was. She knew it was great, but not having a single bite for as long as it had been, she'd forgotten exactly how great it was. "Wow…" was all she could say through her mouthful of pie. She swallowed hard. "That is some seriously good pie…" she scooped up another bite and shoved it in her mouth.

Though Gar had been stuffing his mouth when he tried to talk, it sounded as if he had said "Told ya so!" though it was nearly impossible to tell from all the pie he had stuffed in his mouth. He swallowed then sighed, "Pie doesn't get much better."

"Yeah, no kidding," Tara said through a mouthful. She swallowed. "I've had some awesome cherry, but this has gotta be the best apple ever!" she took another bite. Whoa… De-Ja-Vu… Kinda. More of a flashback. She had suddenly remembered the time that she and Beast Boy had sat here. He had taken his first bite of pie. "This is the greatest pie… in the history of pie," he had said. Then Terra had swiveled around to face the mirror behind the counter. "There's a place about two hundred miles outside of Gotham that bakes a mean cherry!" Terra had told him. "But for apple this is the best."
Tara shook her head. She scooped up another piece of pie and shoveled it into her mouth.

Gar looked over at Tara, was she spacing out? "Earth to Tara" he laughed as he waved his hand in her face. He smiled to himself then scooped up the rest of the pie; that was all of it. That was a disappointment and a half. "My pie..." He whined.

Tara looked over. "Yeah, sorry. Space off moment," she half joked. She took another bite of pie giving him a pitiful look when he'd seen his pie was gone. "Wanna share the rest of mine?" she asked. It might be great pie, but she would share with him.

Gar smiled at her then looked down at her pie. The temptation was at full force but he shook his head no. "Thanks but you should be able to taste heaven too." He chuckled then looked around. While he waited for Tara to finish her pie he spun around for a few minutes before becoming bored. He looked over at Tara, "I'm gonna go wait outside. Get some fresh air." He grinned and then hoped down from his seat and walked outside to stretch his legs out. He felt like he was forgetting something, but couldn't think what. When he had really left the backpack in between the two stools Tara and he sat at. He had carried it around so much he had gotten used to it, and didn't notice it wasn't on his back like it should be.

"Okay," Tara called back to him. As she finished her pie she pushed the plate away. She stacked her and Gar's plates so it was easier on Pam. She pulled out her wallet a left a tip. As she hopped off the stool something caught her eye. Gar's book bag. Bending down, she picked it up to give to him. She swung it around her shoulder and started for the door. About half way to the door though, something snapped and the zipper broke. Something fell from the bag and landed next to Tara's feet with a clatter. Tara stared at it for a second before bending down and picking it up. Her eyes widened as she looked at the one of the Teen Titans communicators. Her head shot up to look out the window at Gar. She looked back at the bag and swung it off her shoulder. She cautiously unzipped it and looked inside. Her eyes narrowed as she looked over Beast Boy's Titan uniform. She glared at the communicator in her other hand and nearly chucked it in the bag. She stood up and stormed out of the diner, opening the door rather hard. She stormed up to Gar and angrily thrust the bag into his arms.

Gar was taken by total surprise. "Ah!" He yelped, wrapping his arms around the bag and looked at Tara in a confused way. "Tara?" He looked down at the bag, it wasn't zipped. He was silently cursing himself, how could he have made the mistake! He had been doing so well. But maybe she didn't look in it? Maybe she was just- no that sounded stupid. "What's wrong?" He had to gulp before saying that.

"Don't even play dumb with me!" Tara yelled at him, giving him the mother of all death glares. "I saw your communicator, and I saw your uniform, Beast Boy!" she continued yelling, though she put emphasis on his name. "You've been lying to me this whole time! I can't believe you! I can't believe I was dumb enough to fall for it!" She had a lot more to say, but she was going to give him some time to talk before she cut him off again.

Beast Boy looked down at the ground before swapping the watch off, and returning back to his normal looks. In a way, he looked and felt ashamed. His eyes half closed as he took in a deep breath then looked up. "Terra... It was the only way!" He started. "I didn't want to have to lie! I had too..." He could feel a lump start to form in his throat.

"I should have known it was you!" Tara started back up again. "You didn't have to do anything! You could have just left me alone! But no, you had to come to my school pretending to be someone else and warm up to me, didn't you? You just had to! I knew there was something familiar about Gar, he reminded me of you in every way except he wasn't green! I should have known, and it was stupid of me to not know! You were practically dropping hints left and right! The CD you gave me with the writing, and the puppy at the mall, and pranks and jokes, and being good in gym! Everything! I'm so stupid! Why can't you just let me be?" She was practically screaming at him, almost in tears herself. She thought she'd found someone to love again. He was perfect. But no, Beast Boy had to come back and rip him away!

Beast Boy listened to her, using every piece of power he had not to cry. This hurt, more then Terra turning to stone, hurt more then the cuts and bruises from fights. Even more then his parents deaths. It hurt deep. "Terra, I can't let you be! You don't get it do you! I was always there for you! I waited for you! I was the only one who still believed in you! When you came back..." Beast Boy cut himself off and looked away. "I just wanted to be with you again..." He whispered.

Tara's eyes were near spilling with tears. The Terra part of her was crying on the inside, screaming at Tara, asking how she could do this to him. "How many times do I have to tell you! I'm! Not! Terra!" Tara yelled in protest, each word loud and clear. "You obviously don't get it either! I thought I told you last time! I don't want to save the world! I'm not a hero! I'm a regular girl, and I intend to keep it that way!" Tears spilled down her face now. "I thought Gar was a guy I could spend time with again, a guy that I actually liked more then a friend! You just had to ruin it, didn't you? Didn't you? To be honest, Beast Boy, as 'Gar' saw at school, some of those kids that I hang out with aren't exactly real friends! When Gar came, I thought I had another regular, yet REAL, friend! I don't even know why I'm telling you this! In short, I don't wanna be Terra! I don't wanna be a Teen Titan! I don't want to remember or be around anything that had to do Terra! Because I liked him, I let Gar get away with reminding me." Tara had basically told Beast Boy she didn't want to remember him, or be around him. She was crying both because of the part of that was still Terra, and because she truly thought he'd ruined it. She was both furious with Beast Boy and furious with herself. "You lied to me!" she told him yet again. She hated being lied to. But she never realized she was lying to herself. She paused, taking deep breaths, breathing hard from trying not to sob, and out of anger. She looked over at Beast Boy again, her face shining with tears. "You say you were always there for me. But you need to let go!" What scared Tara the most is that she had been falling for Beast Boy all over again and she'd only half realized it. Now she had to find a way to get over him. To get over Gar. But… if Beast Boy was Gar, then technically she had to get over Beast Boy. That's why it hurt so much to be doing this to him. As she continued yelling at him, she realized she still loved him. The more loved him, the more she wanted him around. The more he was around, the more she would remember and become Terra again. But Terra was a person that Tara didn't want to go back to. There were so many bad memories. So much to be ashamed of. Starting over, there was nothing to be ashamed of. She quickly realized though, that now she had this to be ashamed of. Screaming her heart out, and yelling her voice hoarse at Beast Boy, the guy she never really got over, just pretended to. It was a trap. She was trapped between two people she could be. Either way she went, she was ashamed and looked down on herself for something. More tears spilled down her face and she brought an arm up to wrap around her waste. She let her elbow rest on her arm, and held her forehead with her hand.

Beast Boy listened, the lump in his throat grew bigger with each word she spoke. His eyes tried to stay locked in hers, but he had to look away. When he heard that she didn't even want to remember him, all those good times they had together, he thought he would break then. She hated him, but... he still loved her. "But you ARE Terra!" He insisted, now taking his turn to talk. Though not wanting to. "You can't keep running away! You have nothing to run away from! And just because you're going to turn your back on me doesn't mean I'm going to do the same to you!" He tried to yell, but it came out as more of a harsh mix between a whisper and regular tone. "I didn't want to lie about who I was! You don't know how many times I wanted to tell you! But I knew this would happen! You're so worried about not hurting yourself anymore you don't see who else you're hurting..." He whispered the last part and looked away. His hands curled into tight fists, as if the pain from his digging finger nails would help him ignore the pain in his throat and chest. But it didn't, in fact he didn't even feel the growing pain in his hand. No matter how hard he tried. His eyes stole a glance at Tara, He knew he would never let go, He had suffered more then his share of losses in the past. He didn't, no couldn't deal with another.

Tara closed her eyes and shook her head to all of it. She wasn't Terra. She didn't wanna be. She wasn't running. But she had everything to run away from. The last thing he said hit her hard. "You don't understand," she said quietly as she shook her head again. "I don't want to be Terra. Everything I did… I don't wanna go back to that! I don't want to be that person anymore. I hurt so many people. That girl, Terra, she's just about everything I don't want to be. She was always lost, and confused; she was too easily talked into things. And in the end that's what caused her to do everything she did," Tara could hardly look at Beast Boy now. She still mad at him. But at the same time mad at herself.

Beast Boy looked over at Tara once more. "Terra was a hero, she saved everyone. She was willing to take her own life to save us; she paid back any debt to this city by doing that." He pleaded once more, taking a step closer to her. Half of him was saying this would work, that Terra would come back. But his other half, well it knew for sure it wouldn't.

Tara forced herself to take a step back, shaking her head again. The part of her that was still Terra wanted to just stop and stand there crying. She wanted to hug him and tell him everything, including that she was sorry. But Tara was determined to never go back to being like Terra. She quickly realized that she didn't know what else to say. All she wanted was to get back on that bus and get back to Melody's house. Part of her wanted to stay though. But she ignored it.

Beast Boy stopped, just staring at Tara. She didn't want to be here he could tell. His eyes threatened to water up, but he wouldn't let himself cry. He swallowed once more, trying to gulp down the lump in his throat. But it didn't work. "You should go... the next bus will be here soon..." He whispered, looking down to the left and closing his eyes. Hoping that would lessen the chance of crying.

Tara sighed, her eyes closed, trying to stop tears. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but stopped herself. She turned on her heal, not able to look at Beast Boy anymore, and left. She just left. Her head was bowed, and her face shined with tears. She walked slow enough that by the time she got to the bus stop, she only had to wait a minute. She got on the bus and paid the driver who was giving her a funny look for being in tears. All the bus passengers were. She went to the very back where she slumped down in her seat, unable to stop crying.

You are heartless! Terra told her. You don't care about anybody but yourself, do you?

Thinking all this to herself only made Tara cry harder, though she stayed silent.

Beast Boy waited till Tara was gone to start walking home. He stopped at a gas station and changed in the bath room. Later then throwing his clothes (back into his uniform) and book bag into the dumpster. They were no use anymore. He then morphed into a falcon and soared through the cool night. Yeah night, sun had set awhile ago. The whole way home Beast Boy's head was filled with thoughts about both Tara and Terra. He needed someone to blame, and this time Slade wasn't an option. So he blamed himself for an unknown reason, calling himself stupid for trying such a dumb plan. He had ended up feeling worse then when Terra rejected him the first time.

The tower was in sight in only minutes. It was amazing how much faster flying was compared to a bus. The green falcon made a quick landing on the little island that held his home, then started to the door. He didn't know if he was supposed to be angry, or sad. So he was kind of in a mixture, and those two ingredients didn't go well together.
Beast Boy walked into the tower with out a word or even a glance at the others, he just wanted to go to his room for the night ... and maybe the rest of the week if he could. His plan had failed, he failed.

Robin looked up as he heard the door open. He saw Beast Boy. He didn't look to good. At all. Robin kept his mouth shut, looking back to the others. He didn't want to draw attention to Beast Boy if he didn't want to be noticed. Robin would talk to him later. But, maybe he needed to be alone? He looked as if that's what he wanted. Robin decided to give Beast Boy some time, then maybe talk to him later.

Tara had her forehead pressed against the glass window of the bus. When it slowed down at her stop, she stood up and walked down the aisle. She waited for the doors of the bus to open and hopped off the bus. She started her walk back to the house, walking slowly. She was still crying, mentally beating herself.
How could you do that to him?
I don't like him.
You love him!
Tara fought wither herself again. No. I. DON'T! Terra loved him! Not me!
You ARE Terra!
I don't care! I might be Terra, but I don't want to be! And if I don't want to be, I don't have to! I have a choice here! A choice to be Terra or not, and I-
You don't have a choice. You were born Terra Markov. For fifteen years you lived Terra Markov. You have no choice. You can change everything about yourself-
And I will!
-but you're still Terra Markov.

Tara came to the house finally. She took the handle, but didn't open it yet. She stood there for a moment before turning it, and opening the door. She closed quietly, and without a word to anyone, went straight to her room. Melody and Melinda were both in the kitchen, laughing and talking. It smelled as if they were baking cookies. Usually Tara would have helped, but she didn't want to. She wanted to be alone. She closed her door quietly and went straight to her bed. Her music was still playing. She sat on her bed with her back to the wall, bringing her knees up to her chest and wrapping her arms around them.
You are alone Terra told her as she thought it miserably to herself.

Beast Boy made hasty strides to the hall. He was blocking out thoughts that wanted to enter and haunt his mind. Most about Terra. The hall door opened on its own and Beast Boy kept going, he didn't stop for anything. He made sure to take a longer route and avoid Terra's old door. His anger was messing with him at the moment. But he wasn't sure who he was mad at! Terra or himself? He couldn't decide, so blamed both. The thoughts came to him despite his attempts. Why do we even keep Terra's room? Not like she is ever coming back! She doesn't want to be around us 'freaks' anymore right? Not like she's one or anything! His angry side was yelling. And for a minute, Beast Boy believed it. What else could he believe? She straight out told him she wanted nothing more to do with him or the Titans. He walked to his room and slammed the door shut. He needed something to take his anger out on, and wondered if he should have gone to the gym like room instead of his messy bed room.

Tara looked around her room, tears still spilled down her face. She looked in her mirror, staring into her pathetic reflection. I hate you she thought to herself. Who did she hate though? Herself? Or Tara? But, she was Tara, so wouldn't it be herself or Terra? She was stuck in between to people, dead confused. She didn't know who she wanted to be anymore. Terra or Tara? The girl who she used to be, carefree and fun, always joking around and often smiling, enjoying her time with her friends, or the other girl? The girl that was quieter, less of a talker, didn't smile or laugh nearly as much as Terra, but when she did it was nearly always fake. The girl who was broken. The girl who had screamed and yelled at Beast Boy… the only person that seemed to really care. Right now… Terra was looking like the better person. She was a horrible person! The blonde told herself. She didn't know what to call herself anymore. She betrayed her friends, tried to kill them, was glad when she thought she did, destroyed and took over the city, and she was a coward! Tara hardly blinked, more so moved, as she thought all this.

Beast Boy looked around his room for something to throw, almost anything would work. He scooped up an old shoe that didn't even fit him and chucked it at the wall.

THUMP

Well... that was amusing, okay not really. Beast Boy sighed and threw himself on the bed. His gloved hand grabbed a old red bouncy ball. He started throwing it ageist the wall then catching it from where he sat on the edge of the bottom bunk.

THUMP-THUMP

With each noise from the ball hitting the wall an image of Terra popped up.

THUMP

Terra laughing along with his jokes, those always humored her.

THUMP

Terra crying in his arms in the cave last year, or longer?

THUMP

Terra leaning in towards him, right before his eyes closed for their kiss at the old carnival. Right before everything went terribly wrong.

THUMP

Terra making him leave the cave before she turned herself into a statue, and saved not only the Titans but the entire city.

CRASH

Beast Boy snapped out of his thoughts and looked around for where the ball had gone. It had gone off target and smashed into his now shattered mirror. Beast Boy snorted, that was going to be fun to clean.

Downstairs still at the bar, Robin stood up. "I'll be right back, guys," he said to his friends. He left the room at a walk and headed up the stairs. He was going to talk to Beast Boy. He felt like he had to. It looked like something was really bothering him when he came back. Robin hoped it was nothing bad. He hoped that Beast Boy just went to the wrong place to eat and all they had was meat or something. Though somehow, Robin knew that wasn't it. He stopped outside Beast Boy's door and raised a fist. Maybe Beast Boy needed to be left alone? Well… it was worth a shot. Robin knocked on Beast Boy's door three times.

Tara stared into her mirror still. She wanted to break it. She didn't want to have to look at herself anymore. All she could ever do was hurt people. It didn't matter if she was Tara, or Terra, she still found a way to hurt someone. Even without meaning to. Terra had tried so hard to do good, but her powers would always backfire, and only hurt someone. She was always on the run, trying to stay away from people so she wouldn't hurt anyone. She thought that maybe Tara wouldn't be like that. Tara wouldn't hurt people left and right. Now look at her. Not only had she hurt herself, but she'd hurt Beast Boy too. Probably more then he knew. If he had just left me alone, this never would have happened! He wouldn't have gotten hurt.

Beast Boy looked at the door, he wanted to be alone. "What?" He snapped as he got up and walked over to where the shattered mirror pieces where scattered to retrieve his ball. The glass could wait a little bit.

Robin's brow furrowed as he stared at the door. "Beast Boy?" Robin asked a little unsurely. "Are you okay? You seem a little… mad." Robin knew that was a little bit of an understatement.

Tara looked at her clock. It was so early for bed. She sunk down to lie on her bed, her back to her door. She lay there, staring at the wall, tears still sliding down her face and listening to her music. She sighed.

Beast Boy rolled the rubber ball around in his palm before looking back at the door. "I'm fine, if you guys would stop asking me that all the time I would be better." He snapped again, not really meaning for those words to come out. In fact, in a way he was glad that the other Titans asked. But he was still mad at someone, for some reason he couldn't find out. Maybe it was because he didn't get his way? That sounded childish, maybe because he should have taken the whole issue to Robin or someone instead of taking it on himself. Whatever the reason, his emotions were still trying to make there minds up. Angry, sad, depressed, what?

Robin half glared at the door, half gave an angry, questioning look. "Okay… sorry. Just wondering if there was anything I could do to help. I'll just tell the others to leave you alone then," he said in a kind of angry voice. It was both angry and sympathetic. He turned around to walk away. All he wanted to do was help. He couldn't help if he didn't know what the deal was though.

Beast Boy didn't say anything in response to Robin; he went back over to the bed and sat down before resuming his little game of catch.

THUMP-THUMP-THUMP

The ball kept steady rhythm.

Cyborg was walking down the hall from his room. He had been updating a few of his computers to make sure they kept virus free, that was an important thing to have. He should know. "Yo Robin!" Cyborg joggedto catch up with his spiked haired friend; he took note on Robin's face then said "What's up?"

Robin looked over at Cyborg. "Oh… nothing. Just Beast Boy again. He wants to be left alone. I came up to ask him if he was okay. He said he'd be better if we would quit asking him. So, I'm not asking him anymore."

Tara's eyes slowly drooped closed. The music from her computer played softly, putting her to sleep in the next few minutes. She had horrible dreams. Terrible nightmares. She couldn't seem to wake up though. Everything she had said to Beast Boy and done replayed in her head. She also remembered things from before. When she was still with the Titans, and even when she was with Slade. It was one of the worst nights she'd had to sleep through.

"Again?" Cyborg more said to himself then asked. This was getting old really fast. "I think it's about time to use Raven's plan on how to get him out here." He wasn't really joking.

Beast Boy was caught in day dreams again, trying to get himself to admit he had lost, and Terra wasn't coming back. He had to let her go, she told him to let her go. He couldn't though, that wouldn't settle in his mind, he wasn't going to let her go, he wasn't going to pretend he didn't care. But what else was there for him to do? What else in his power could he do?

Robin looked down for a moment. "Yeah, right now that's not sounding too bad," he said. He was half way seriously considering it. "But… Beast Boy would probably be furious with us."

"Yeah well it's not good for the little dude to do this to himself." Cyborg pointed out. "I bet he isn't going to tell us on his own. And I don't have any other suggestions. Talking obviously isn't going to get us anywhere at the moment."

"Yeah…" Robin said. "Do you really think we should?" he asked. "I mean it seems a bit… harsh," he added. Maybe it really was the only way to get anything out of him though. And Cyborg was right. It wasn't good for Beast Boy to do this to himself. And Raven could help. She was empathetic. If only a little, it would still help.

"We tried everything else, he brought it on himself. Besides, he'll forgive us for helping him sooner or later." Cyborg joked weakly.

Robin sighed. "When are gonna do it?" he asked. He still thought this might be over the edge. But Cyborg was still right.

"I dunno, ask Raven, it's her powers that's involved here." Cyborg said then looked up at the giant TV as they entered the main room. It was still blaring the news, re-running what they had played this morning.

Robin spotted Raven sitting on the couch, reading. "Hey… Raven?" he asked her.

"What?" she asked without looking up.

"We were wondering… Beast Boy, he seems worse then before," Robin informed his dark friend. "We were thinking about interrogating him. Or-"

"Getting me to use my powers to find out what's wrong," Raven finished for him.

"Yeah," Robin said.

Cyborg stood beside Robin, listening to see if Raven would agree or not. "So... are you going to do it?" He asked her.

Starfire walked over from her spot at the bar, she had been feeding Silkie. She was wondering what was going on.

Raven merely sighed. "Is it the only way to figure out what his deal is?" she asked.

Robin nodded. "Pretty much. We can't think of anything else."

Raven closed her book and stood up. "Fine," she said.

"Please, inform me of the going ons" Starfire said, looking from each Titan to the next.

Raven went to a wider place in the room to sit down. She got into her meditating posture and levitated into the air.

"We're finding out what's wrong with Beast Boy," Robin said simply.

"Azarath… Metrion… Zinthos," Raven's eyes flashed open, glowing white and her soul self in the form of a raven separated from her. She'd done this before, most recently to Robin a while back.

"Oh.." Starfire whispered, not wanting to make noise and disturb Raven.

Cyborg crossed his arms and waited, hoping this would only do good.

Beast Boy swung the ball at the wall once more; He had been doing this like a mindless zombie for what? Half a hour? Maybe more, maybe less. He didn't care.

Raven could see everything the raven saw, it was pretty much her. After it had vanished through the ceiling, and turned down halls, it didn't even stop outside Beast Boy's door. She didn't need to control it. All she had to do was tell it to find Beast Boy. It flashed right into his room, and then into Beast Boy himself without much warning.

Beast Boy flinched; it felt as if something had come over him. At first he didn't know what had happened. It felt like something was in his head wiggling around, Raven. His teeth clenched at the thought of anyone invading his privacy like that, which was sorta weird for him. "Raven! if that's you GET OUT." He growled deeply.

Beast Boy Raven thought to him. She saw something from his past. Like she had Robin. It looked like a green monkey. She paid no attention to it. What is wrong with you? She saw a quick glimpse of something exploding; it looked like a boat maybe. What you're doing to yourself, it's not good! Tell us what's wrong. There was a quick glimpse of Beast Boy, it looked like he was becoming part of the doom patrol right there. She still paid no attention to it. You brought this on yourself. What's so wrong with you that you need to block us out entirely? Another past memory. It looked like it was on a Farris Wheel. Terra was there, they were talking…

Beast Boy put his hands to his head, as if trying to block out Raven's powers. "It's not your guy'es problem! It's mine! It has nothing to do with you!" He knew that was a part lie, it may not have had as much to do with the others as it did himself. But still it had something to do about them. "It's between me and Terra! Just get out!" He had already told more then wanted. His voice was caught between a growl and a yell. Often starting at a growl then going up to an angry yell. He could feel her power moving through his mind and memories it felt like a static power just whizzing in his brain as the old memoriefiles where opened for brief moments. He started trying to focus his mind on Raven, that way he could get her out before she uncovered anything else.

Whatever Beast Boy had done, had worked. The connection she had with him broke and the raven formed soul self was back in Raven. Her eyes opened and she let her feet touch the ground again. She heaved a sigh.

"Well?" Robin asked.

"It's about Terra," Raven informed. "It's all been about Terra."

Beast Boy felt Raven leave his head faster then a jolt of lightning. Now his angry side said he had someone to blame for invading like that. Though he knew that Raven or the others if they where in on it too, just wanted to help. His hands dropped down to his sides and the changeling sat back down and stared at the floor.

"Terra? Figured" Cyborg mumbled.

"But does this mean that our friend has truly returned?" Starfire asked, she was hoping so. But then, why wouldn't Terra come here? "Or is Beast Boy merely having the illusions?"

Raven shook her head in a way that said that said she didn't know. Part of her thought maybe Beast Boy was just hallucinating. Another part of her believed Terra was back.

"I think she's back," Robin spoke up. "Where do you think Beast Boy's been going this whole time? To walk around aimlessly and alone? No, to see Terra. I bet that's it. He's been hanging out around here less so he can hang around Terra. But why hasn't she come here? And why is Beast Boy so upset again? Why was he upset in the first place?"

Cyborg nodded his head in agreement with Robin, his arms still crossed. "Think now is a good time to talk? Or later? None of this is making sense, I would think BB would be bouncing off the walls and doing nothing but chattering about Terra... not just leave everyday and not talk about it." He said, glancing at the floor then back up at his team mates.

Starfire wrapped her arms around her waist; she was looking down at the floor while trying to figure it out.

"You'd think he'd tell us what he was doing everyday too," Raven said. "I mean, why wouldn't he tell us he was hanging out with Terra?"

Robin looked around at his friends. "Maybe he wanted time alone with her?" No, that didn't sound like Beast Boy. He turned to Cyborg. "What do you think? Now? Or later?" Robin really didn't know. He didn't know whether or not they should give Beast Boy a little time, or if they should march right up there now, break his door down if they had to, and try to talk to him.

Cyborg looked down at the floor as he thought about it. "I don't know. You think I would as much as we hang. But the way he's been, I'm not sure anymore." He admitted.

Robin looked expectantly at Raven and Starfire.

"He's going to be a little mad at me, so I don't want to talk to him just yet," Raven said. She knew more then well that Beast Boy would more then likely be angry with her for invading his personal space.

"So... if we do go to talk to him are we all going up but you Raven?" Cyborg asked, looking around at his three friends.

"But what if the talking is unsuccessful? What if he does not wish to talk to us?" Starfire chirped in.

"I'll go," Raven said. "I probably won't talk much though." Then again, Raven always spoke less then her friends.

"I dunno," Robin answered Starfire. "We'll think of something though. So are we going?"

"Guess so," Raven said with a shrug.

Cyborg nodded at Robin and Raven then looked towards the hallway that would lead to Beast Boy's room. Again, he hoped their actions would only do good.

Starfire's hands had found themselves to her chest once more. A common action for her to do when worried over something.

Robin started for the stairs once again. Raven followed behind him as he led them to Beast Boy's closed door where he stopped. He raised a hesitant fist again and knocked on Beast Boy's door, only this time a little softer then the first. He braced himself for Beast Boy's welcoming.

Raven stood behind him a ways, kind of staying away from the group a little. She didn't want to get on Beast Boy's bad side even more.

Cyborg stood beside Robin and Starfire was trying to squeeze her way in as well but gave up when she couldn't fit between the two boys.

Beast Boy grunted then shouted "WHAT NOW?"

Raven flinched. Wow… what a… warm welcome.

Robin hardly moved. He knew that had been coming. "Look, Beast Boy," he said. "We just wanna talk to you! We want to talk face to face. I have no problem with busting this door down if I have to."

If you listened hard enough you could probably hear Beast Boy grumbling about something before the door swung open. "What?" He asked in a snappy tone, while looking over at each Titan. His hand stayed gripped on the door as if he was ready to slam it back shut if he felt he needed too.

Robin stared at him for a moment. "What is wrong with you!" he half snapped. "First you're all excited that Terra's back, then a day later you get all mopey and wont come out of your room hardly at all. Then all of the sudden, you're happy as could be again, now you're snapping at anyone who talks to you! What's wrong with you? What happened?"

Raven only listened.

Beast Boy looked away then made a motion to close his door but Cyborg was quicker and held it open.

"C'mon B, just tell." Cyborg said in a stern yet friendly tone.

Beast Boy looked around at the others, his jaw set tight. "It's none of your business."

"It as much our business as it is yours," Robin said.

"She was our friend too," Raven said.

"You're our friend, whether you like it or not, and we're all worried about you," Robin told him. "You were perfectly fine earlier today, then you come back more mad then ever before. Obviously something happened."

"Please Beast Boy, we wish to help." Starfire put in as she peeked past the boys at her green friend.

Beast Boy looked around at them once again and sighed "Terra's gone. She goes by Tara now and doesn't want anything to do with us happy?" He half snapped.

Robin's brow furrowed slightly. "Is that where you've been all this time? Hanging out with her?"

"How? If she doesn't want anything to do with us?" Raven asked.

Beast Boy shrugged "Sorta I guess..." He looked away then back at the Titans. He had that feeling they wouldn't leave this alone till he told them what he had been doing. "I went under cover I guess you could say..."

Cyborg raised his eye brow "You? You're green man, I don't see you-"

Beast Boy dug the watch out from his pocket and tossed it at Cyborg and gave a guilty grin. "Works pretty well." He said in a tone that asked Cyborg not to get too mad at him for taking it.

Cyborg caught the watch and looked it over, it had blue lines running on the back of it, yeah that was his. He looked back at BB "I thought I noticed something missing." He said, though not really mad. "Now, I think it's story time." He gave BB a 'start talking!' look

Beast Boy looked up at Cyborg then at the others as if saying 'do I have too?'

"Please friend, tell." Starfire said, now floating up to see.

Beast Boy gave an annoyed look before starting. He told them that he had been going to school so he could be friends with Terra again, or Tara. He told them that he was hoping to get her to come back as soon as he was able to tell her who he was. He didn't go into detail, leaving out their flirty moments, and definitely leaving out the sprinklers at the mall. He told them when she found out on her own by his own stupid mistake and then bits and pieces of what she told him. Leaving out the more personal parts of course. Not only did he not want to share that, he didn't think he could bring himself to repeat those words.

By the end, Robin didn't know what to say. He was nearly speechless. So… she didn't want to be around them anymore because of what she did before? This was kind of confusing. "Oh…" was really all he found himself saying. "Wow…"

"Well…" Raven half knew this would probably be a mistake to say. "I say let her be then. If that's what she wants." She was kind of annoyed with Terra. Or Tara. Whoever she was. She couldn't believe that she would try and just forget them. Her friends. At the same time, she kind of understood.

Robin glanced over at Raven. Why did Raven have to choose to speak NOW?

Beast Boy couldn't keep the small glare at Raven off his face. There was no way he was going to let this be, he had been fighting with himself over this. But like he had told Tara, He wasn't going to turn his back on her and try to forget her. And try to forget everything they had like she was trying to do.

Starfire looked ready to go into tears. She was in a way hurt that Terra didn't want to come back. She missed her long lost friend greatly.

"And you didn't tell us this before... why?" Cyborg asked.

"Thought you guys would think I was going nuts and wouldn't let me." Beast Boy said, letting his hand fall from the door and crossing his arms.

Cyborg looked over at Robin as if he was asking 'so what now?'

Robin really didn't know what to say. He let a silence fall over them, not saying anything. He looked from Beast Boy to Raven to Cyborg to Starfire, god he couldn't stand seeing her like that, then back to Beast Boy.

"I'm going to bed," Raven said before turning and walking back down the hall way without a word. She knew all she needed to know. Terra didn't want to remember them, and that was that. Fine.

"Night Rea." Cyborg said though not looking over as his goth friend went to bed.

"I believe... I need to go and rest as well." Starfire said grimly before landing on the floor. "Good night friends... good night Robin." She said before walking off to her room.

Beast Boy watched as the two girls went to bed. In a way he felt better for letting it out, but in another way he felt even more determined to get Terra back. There had to be a way, in his words: It was never too late.

"Night Star… see you in the morning," he watched Starfire go before looking down at the floor. "I'm going too," he said. "See you guys tomorrow." Robin turned and walked off down the hall towards his room.

Cyborg watched Robin go then turned back to his green friend "Hey little man, thanks for telling." He ruffled Beast Boys hair as if he where five before walking towards his own room.

Beast Boy grunted slightly but smiled. "Later Cyber butt." He laughed.

"Yeah same to you green bean." Cyborg laughed as well then went to bed.

Beast Boy closed his door then changed into his night clothes which where merely a pair of boxers and an old stained white t-shirt then went to bed.

Alright! YOU MADE IT THROUGH TO THE END OF CHAPTER 6! GO YOU, WHOO! Okay, I'm done now. So, yeah, I pretty much said everything needed to say at the end of Chapter 6 Part 1. R&R and we're working on Chapter 7.