YAY, everybody! Now, everyone just needs to shut up and like this, because I worked very hard on it. My best friend requested this pairing, so if you aren't her, and you don't like it: TOUGH. And if you ARE her, and you don't like it: TOUGH. WELL, let's all read and be friendly now!

Disclaimer: I do not own either a) the Teen Titans, or b) "It Ends Tonight" by The All-American Rejects...but if I DID, oh MAN I'd be rich...

A girl with long blonde hair walked silently down the early morning streets of Jump City. Her pace quickened, as she became closer and closer towards her destination: Titans Tower. Terra wove in and out of the light traffic, waving at the few people who were up so early.

Finally reaching the tower, she quickly punched in the access code. The giant metal doors loudly unlocked, and Terra slid one open, slipping inside. She yawned. These early-morning jaunts are killing my sleep pattern… she thought, her mind dragging.

Terra walked through Ops. Center, and into the kitchen. She hopped onto the counter with her knees, and strained, reaching up towards a mug. Finally reaching one, the earth shifter pulled it down groggily, and hopped off the counter. Terra reached over to the coffee pot, and poured its contents into the large red mug in her hand. She thankfully gulped some down.

"We obviously need to get a stool in here," a voice sounded from the other side of the kitchen. Terra jumped up, spilling some of her coffee onto the floor, her breathing hastening.

The geomancer looked over to the table in the corner, and spotted Raven sitting with a smirk on her face. A mug of steaming herbal tea was grasped firmly in her hand. "And I think that we obviously need to get you a tracking collar. Raven, you scared my powers right out of me!" Terra said, breathing slowly now. She placed her mug on the counter, and bent with a paper towel to wipe the brown liquid off of the tile floor.

Raven chuckled slightly, her usual monotonous face showing signs of humor. She blew gently over the top of her mug, before taking a sip out of it.

Terra grinned despite herself. "I'm just a little tired," she said, tossing the wadded-up paper towel into the garbage can. The girl picked up her own mug, and sat across from Raven. "So, what are you doing up this early?"

"I always wake up at this time, Terra," Raven answered, taking another sip of tea. "What about you, you're usually a pretty late riser."

Terra shrugged. "I've been…having a little trouble sleeping lately. Nothing big," she said.

"Like what? Are you having nightmares?" Raven asked calmly.

"Not…exactly…more like…too much on my mind. Sleep just seems so…well…impossible, at the moment," Terra answered, a sleepy grin making its way across her face.

"I understand," Raven stated. "You just need a way to get your thoughts out at night, before you sleep. I use meditation, so I don't usually have troubled sleep."

"I don't think that meditation would work for me, Rae," Terra said, chuckling. "Too much sitting still."

"Do you write, Terra?" Raven asked, taking another swig of tea. Her pale fingers traced circles on the hard surface.

"Do I write what?" Terra asked, confused.

"Like, poems, or stories or songs? It's a good way to keep your thoughts, but not letting them clutter your head," Raven said.

Terra nodded, her face becoming pensive. Maybe keeping her feelings towards the empath on paper would make sleep come easier. "What kind of thoughts clutter your head, Rae?"

Raven looked up in surprise. She certainly wasn't expecting that question. "Nothing of importance, Terra," she said, looking slightly embarrassed.

"Come on, Rae, what's on your mind?" Terra asked with a smirk.

Raven stayed quiet, looking down at her fingers drumming on the table. "It's just…Robin…I…I like him, and with my powers, it's really dangerous…"

Terra's smirk fell from her face, and was replaced by a frown of hurt. "Oh…sorry to…hear that, Rae…well…I'm sure it'll all work out, right?"

Raven blushed, looking doubtful. "Not many things have been working out for me lately, Terra. This is probably the same thing. Just someone who'll never see me the way I want them to," she said, sipping down the last of her tea.

"But we still have each other, right, Rae?" Terra asked, her voice taking a slight monotone.

"Yeah…" Raven murmured. "Each other…"

After she and Raven mindlessly chattered for a few minutes more, Terra made her way up to her room. She had barely closed the door behind her, when the geomancer was taken by tears. They silently streamed down her face, as depression took her. "I know what you mean, Rae…about someone who'll never see you the way you want them to…" she whispered, clutching the bottom of her shirt.

Terra wiped viciously at her eyes, refusing to cry more. She had expected this anyway…so why did it feel like her heart was being ripped out? The earth shifter had spent weeks preparing herself for rejection and hatred. So why couldn't she take this?

She walked over, trudging her feet, towards her dresser, and pulled open the top drawer. Rummaging through for a few minutes, Terra soon turned from the wooden drawers, and flopped onto her bed. In her hand, she grasped a small brown book. In the other, a black-inked pen.

Terra flipped to an empty page, and began writing. Words flowed out of her hand, like she had turned on the faucet. She wrote, and began to cry again. But Terra refused to let anger and sadness take her. The pen was mightier than the sword.

Your subtleties
They strangle me
I can't explain myself at all.
And all the wants
And all the needs
All I don't want to need at all.

The walls start breathing
My minds unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone.
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow.

When darkness turns to light,
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.

A falling star
Least I fall alone.
I can't explain what you can't explain.
You're finding things that you didn't know
I look at you with such disdain

The walls start breathing
My minds unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone.
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow.

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Just a little insight won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.

Now I'm on my own side
It's better than being on your side
It's my fault when you're blind
It's better that I see it through your eyes

All these thoughts locked inside
Now you're the first to know

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Just a little insight won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,
It ends when darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Just a little insight won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.

When darkness turns to light,
It ends tonight.

Down the hallway, unbeknownst to the geomancer, another girl was holed into her room, tears rolling down her cheeks. The empath pulled her cloth around her for comfort, though it did nothing.

"I'm sorry…" she whispered. "I knew what you felt about me…and I felt the same way…but…this is how it has to be, Terra…please understand…"

Raven floated onto her bed, and curled up to a ball, her body wracking with sobs. Books exploded from her many bookshelves, but she paid them no mind. She wanted to be alone with her thoughts.

When darkness turns to light,

It ends tonight…

Well, WOO-HOO! I hope the lyrics aren't too bunched up...I'll repost if they are...but I'll repost TOMORROW if they are...MAN i'm tired...bleh...well, R&R! And dudes, I don't need any flames saying "eew, eew, eew", because I'll be forced to kill you...PAINFULLY...and I'll ask my friend Kiba for help, and you do NOT want to mess with Kiba. HA HA HA.

-Switchfoot13