Don't own them, just borrowed them...uh, bologna! (my bologna has a first name...) yes, i am crazy...

Beast Boy was at the end of his rope. He actually found himself wishing for a bad guy. A really bad guy that would be tough to beat so that it would take a while and when he got home he would be so tired he just passed out. But alas, it was nearing noon and no such luck. He had already worked out a bit, until that bored him; then he organized his drawers and desk (his room was looking cleaner than it ever had); and read all of the comic books he had bought that year (and it was June so he had bought a lot).

"What I wouldn't give for a bit of trouble." he told his ceiling. He then gave an audible sigh and decided to brave the main room again to get a sandwich.

When he reached the main room, however, a distraction came his way in the form of Speedy, thinking he was alone in the Tower as everybody else was on the roof, and who was whispering sweet nothings into the phone. At first Beast Boy didn't look at the screen and just slumped into the kitchen, unnoticed by Speedy and the person on the other end. It wasn't until Beast Boy heard a male voice respond that Beast Boy actually paid them any attention. He gave a very loud yelp.

"What the-" Speedy said, then, "Beast Boy! What are you- ? I mean- When did you-? I mean- Its not what it looks like!"

"Then what is it?" Beast Boy said, rubbing the blinding mental pictures out of his eyes.

"Its- its-its-" but what exactly it was, Speedy could not put to words.

"I think I'll give you two a moment." the person on the other end said, the lisp giving it away all to clearly that it was indeed what it looked like.

"No!" Speedy said, "Don't go!"

"Its alright, babe." the guy on the other end said, "I'll talk to you tomorrow. I think you have some 'splaining to do." he teased in an imitation of Ricky from "I Love Lucy".

"See you tomorrow." Speedy said, then the screen went blank. Speedy then rounded on Beast Boy, "Why did you have to come in?"

"Dude! I live here! I just wanted to get a sandwich!" he defended, then said, "What are you doing using our phone line for phone sex!"

"It wasn't phone sex!"

"Dude, I was in here for a few minutes before I noticed it was a guy! And your fly's still unzipped!" Speedy quickly corrected this.

" I- must of accidentally left it down when I went to the restroom last!" Speedy argued.

"Yeah! And Cyborg's a vegetarian, Raven is the most happy-go-lucky person I know and Bumblebee's allergic to bee stings!"

"She is!" Speedy said.

"Really? Whoa!" Beast Boy said, "Talk about irony."

"Yeah. But look, "Speedy said with the air of bracing for the worst, "Could you not tell anybody about this. None of the other's know."

"Deal." Beast Boy said, " Just don't be offended if I don't shake your hand, I don't want to think about where it's been."

"Deal and no offense taken."

The rest of the day Beast Boy and Speedy hung out, though Beast Boy was sure to keep a certain amount of space between the two.

Leia didn't do much that day. She called all the martial arts studios in the area, but none were taking students at the time. A few places were, but they were too far to walk (even by her standards) and she would need to depend on a ride, be it one of her parents or the city bus system, both of which sent shivers up her spine.

She walked around a bit and found her mind wandering. Her mind eventually wandered to her sister. She too had had a "problem", as their mother called it, and had gone off to seek help. They received word that she had indeed found someone to help her and that he was teaching her well. She sighed that was the last letter they had received from her. They had heard that she was in the area, which is why they had moved here, to find her. They had also heard, however, that she had been trained by an evil mastermind (if you'll pardon the cliché) and that she had become an outlaw. Whether she still used her name, or had adopted a craft name, they hadn't heard as what information they did get was from an anonymous "friend". They had been so excited that they just packed up and moved here, so that in the event that she was a criminal and in jail, they could visit her. Also, while the letter gave them enough information to get here with a fair amount of confidence that they would find her, there was still the possibility that she might not be here. The only reason that they did move was that her father had been offered a job position here if he wanted it with a slightly higher pay so they could to take days off to look for her. However, they had looked in the jails and prisons and hadn't found her. The cops said that had a criminal look out for a girl that loosely fit that description, but the only description her parents had been from a few years previously when she first set out to find help. The only help they could semi-solidly provide (and it had all the solidity of set jello) was that rumor had it she had disappeared due to a change of heart and had given up her life of crime, ultimately betraying her then mentor.

She missed her sister. Granted she had only been 10 when her sister left and she was now almost 16, they had had that bond. That bond that meant the, if fate allowed, they would do everything together. She missed that. They used to play together all the time, often driving their mother up the wall be playing "good girl/bad girl" with their "problems" alternating between who was who. Her sister always included her in on everything, even though she was two years older than her, even let her go to the movies with her and her friends just because Leia had looked sad about not going. Her sister had been great.

What could have caused her sister to go bad, if she had indeed gone bad? What could have drove her to those lengths? What ever is was it was either really bad or really powerful.

It started to rain. Leia didn't mind, she loved the rain. Her parents, on the other hand, would insist that she was begging for pneumonia so she turned to go home. This had been a waste of a day.

Beast Boy had chatted amicably with Speedy for a while. He learned that Speedy, like Robin, had no "Super powers" in the conventional terms, but that, under the tutelage of the Green Arrow, had learned to be pretty handy with a bow and arrow and wasn't all bad at hand to hand martial arts. He then learned that Speedy had had a crush on Robin, but Beast Boy promptly changed the subject.

"Sorry," Speedy had said, "its just that I've kept it inside for so long that now that I have someone who knows, I just want to tell you everything!" Beast Boy said he understood, though he really had no clue. "But have you ever felt that way about anyone?" Speedy then asked Beast Boy.

"Felt what way?" Beast Boy asked, not entirely sure where the former Robin-clone was coming from.

"Like you just want to stand up (which he did by the way,) and shout, 'Yes! I like this person, and there's not a thing you can do about it, World!' or you just want to scream at the top of your lungs that you love them, or-"

"You love him?" Beast Boy asked.

"Yeah, I guess I do! Wow! I never knew that before! Thanks Beast Boy!"

"Uh…no problem?"

"But have you ever felt that way?" Speedy asked again.

"I did with about Terra." Beast Boy sighed.

"I'm sorry about that, bud." Speedy said.

"No need."

"I'm sure someone else will come along."

"I think someone may have."

Leia was still walking home, but was going slow about it, taking the long way. This lead her to the coast line near the Bay. She looked out a the sea tossing and turning from the rain that was slowly turning into a storm. She looked out to the gigantic T-shaped building that she had learned housed the Titans. She wondered if Beast Boy was in there, or if he was out and about doing hero things. She wondered if he thought about her. If he could ever think of her as she thought of him. Yes, over night she had come to develop a bit of a crush on the funny green guy. Well, it was more that a bit of a crush, but she didn't want a battle in her mind over the size of said crush, so "a bit of" would do. She sighed and started to finish her walk home.

She reached her house, glad to discover that her parents weren't home yet and that she could say that she got in before the storm got too bad. She changed into dry clothes, hanging the wet ones on the line her mother had hanging in the basement. She then went to her room and grabbed her yoga mat and went back to the basement to do her work out.

When that was done, she grabbed a shower and tended to the chores she had neglected earlier. She then fixed herself a small lunch and grabbed her book and began to read.

"What do you mean?" Speedy asked.

"Remember how I wasn't here yesterday when you guys showed up?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I was at the comic book store. And I met someone there."

"And you've been getting on my case for being gay!"

"What! No! It was a GIRL! A girl!" Beast Boy all but shouted.

"Oh, sorry man. Just when someone says 'I met someone at the comic shop' it tends to be a guy." Speedy defended himself.

"Well, it was a girl," Beast Boy said sternly, then got a dreamy tone and said, "And she likes Marvelous Monkey Men!! And best of all-" he paused to sigh a contented sigh (and, though unknown to him, added slight drama), "she laughs at my jokes."

"Well good for you!" Speedy said, he then stood up again and headed for the kitchen, "Want something to drink?" he shouted to Beast Boy.

"No thanks." Beast Boy shouted back. He then picked up a controller for the Gamestation. "Wanna play?" he asked Speedy as he walked back in from the kitchen.

"Sure. What we playing?" Speedy asked.

"Auto-racers 3000?"

"Sounds good to me." so they sat down and played. The others came in from the storm and they soon had a tournament going among all of them. Even Raven played a round at Aqualad's plea. (The latter let the former win.)

That night, as Beast Boy climbed into bed, he thought about his day. It wasn't all bad, though he was afraid of the nightmares he was going to have tonight, which were sure to include a certain archer and a man with a lisp. He shivered and lay down. Trying to rid his mind of that, he thought about Leia. This was a much more pleasant image in Beast Boy's opinion. He turned off his lamp and went to bed.

By the time Leia's parents got home, a small cold had started to settle in her. "Great!" she cursed her immunity system as her mother went to get the Nyquil gel caps and Vicks Vapo-rub stuff, "The one time I can get away with being out in the rain, I get sick!"

"I think you'll have to stay in out of the weather for a while as it is supposed to rain for the next few days." her mother advised her, "Is there anything you need me to do for you?"

"I reserved a movie from the library a few days ago, that might come in soon. If it does, could you get it?" her father asked.

"I wasn't talking to you, silly!" her mother play scolded, "I was talking to little miss 'I won't get sick from being out in the rain!' here." Leia shock her head, saying that she was fine, being unable to speak as her mother had a thermometer firmly placed under her tongue. Said thermometer then gave a beep and her mother read the digital results. "You don't have a temperature, must just be a strong cold. Do you want a bucket?"

"No, mom. I'm fine. Just got a bit of a cough and a runny nose. No biggie."

"But seriously, can you run to the library for me tomorrow, honey?" her father asked again.

Her mother threw up her hands and shook her head, "I give up with you two!" she mock scolded as she left the room. Her father told her he hoped she got better, then followed her mother out of her room.

Leia read until the Nyquil took full effect and she then went to sleep, dreaming the euphoric dreams that one can only get when in a cold medicine induced sleep.

That night, two people in jump city had smiles on their faces as they slept. Well, actually more that just two people in Jump City had smiles on their faces, but you get the point.

Yeah for people who review! I owe Spirit1s and DarkDizzyMerryGoRound either of the following: Pizza Rolls or Cookies (triple chocolate!) yep and YEAH! Please review this! I think I can haNdle it (still at a loss as to why spell check missed that...hmmm...) but lemme know! and please maybe check out my other stories...their BBxRea! but i think they're good, but i would...so...yeah...