A/N: I'm thrilled that you all are enjoying my story! You don't know how much your reviews mean to me! By the way, a slight Video Games Are Fun (El Queso de Malicioso) reference in this chapter.
Beast Boy and Raven danced together. Beast Boy was a little surprised that Raven knew how to dance. She really didn't seem like the dancing type. Then again, she didn't seem like the type to go out with him, either. Go out with him. It sounded so weird. It was like living a dream. He really hadn't know how much he liked her until this moment. Dancing, her head on his shoulder. Beast Boy didn't have a crush. He was in love.
He had to admit though, she had been acting different lately. As much as he loved the change; laughing at his jokes, smiling all the time, hugging him, crying joyfully; he kind of missed the old Raven. He missed struggling to make her smile and the rush of joy he felt when he did. He missed her adorable annoyed looks that were often directed at him. He even missed arguing with her a little. He knew people changed, but Raven's change was too sudden and too extravagant to be normal.
He quickly shook the thoughts out of his mind. He was on a date with Raven! He needed to be enjoying himself, not worrying himself. Before he knew it, the ship had ported. They held hands as the walked off of it and into the limo. They sat closer than they had. In fact, Raven allowed Beast Boy to put his arm around her. She rested her head on his shoulder and his heart pounded. They stopped again. Raven raised her head, looking at Beast Boy curiously.
"What?"
he asked. "I have one more thing planned."
He took her
hand and a blanket, leading her out of the car. They were in the
park. He walked on and on, reaching the end of the clearing and the
beginning of a thick forest. He continued through the trees, dragging
Raven behind him.
"Where are we going?" she asked in frustration.
He ignored her. Finally, he stopped. Raven gasped. It was a beautiful place. A large lake was a couple yards away from them, and they stood on a clearing overlooking it. The moon bathed the clearing in light. He smiled at her.
"This is my secret spot."
"It's beautiful."
He sat the blanket on the grass and waved Raven over. She sat in between his legs, leaning back onto his chest. They sat like this for a long time, until they both heard a familiar sound.
"Uh-oh," Beast Boy said as they both took out their communicators.
"BB," Beast Boy responded.
"Raven," Raven said at the same time.
"Guys, where are you?" Robin asked. He looked angry, but very tired. He yawned, glancing at his watch. "It's 2:00 AM!
"Oh god, Robin, we didn't realize..." Beast Boy stuttered.
"We're on our way." Raven finished plainly.
Robin nodded and the connection was broken.
The two were greeted by three tired titans when they made it home. Starfire hugged Raven tightly and began asking questions about every aspect of the night. Cyborg pulled BB aside and asked about how it went.
"Oh, Cyborg, it was great!"
He explained everything from what they ate to what they danced to. Cyborg smiled and they returned to the others.
"Alright, team." Robin muttered sleepily. "Everyone to bed."
Beast Boy walked Raven to her room. They hugged tightly before letting go. Well, they stopped hugging. They still held each other's arms, looking into each other's eyes. Before Beast Boy knew it, their lips met. Shocks flew through his body. He couldn't believe what was happening! His heart was beating a million times a minute when they pulled apart.
He tried to say something, but he couldn't do anything but grin goofily at her. She laughed and disappeared into her room. He sprinted to his own, falling into bed. He pinched himself 10 times before he was convinced that he wasn't dreaming. For a second he considered that he had actually died and gone to heaven.
The next morning, Raven was incredibly cheerful. She floated into the common room humming loudly. She did flips and cartwheels in the air, beaming happily.
"Erm, Raven?"
"Yes, Robin?"
"Are you... okay?"
"Oh, Robin, I'm more than okay! I'm great, wonderful, perfect!"
"Uh,
okay..."
He glanced at Starfire, who beamed knowingly. Cyborg
did the same. Beast Boy looked pleasantly surprised.
"Am I
the only one who doesn't know what's going on?" Robin whispered
to Cyborg.
Cyborg nodded, still beaming.
BB
and Raven played the glance and blush game again that day as they had
been doing for quite a while. That afternoon, Raven actually agreed
to play some "Zelda" game with Beast Boy: and she was
good!
"Wow, Raven..." he said when they finished.
"What?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
"You're amazing at that game!"
She blushed. "Thanks. It's not really that hard. A simple game, actually."
"Simple? Ha! I wasn't close to that good when I started!"
Raven smirked. "Well, that was probably due to the fact that your brain doesn't have the ability to comprehend small problems such as the one presented in the video game."
"Yeah, well... grr!" He stuck his tongue out at her.
"Oh, mature." She smiled.
"Thanks, I know I am." He grinned at her, doing the Beast Man pose.
"You're such a dork."
They playfully fought like this all afternoon and evening until they went to bed. That night, Beast Boy decided to finish the book. He was shocked that the two had done the exact same thing for a date that he and Raven had done, but that wasn't half as surprising as the ending. The boy became possessed by an evil demon and killed the girl that he loved. BB laughed.
"Can't
expect a happy ending from Rae's book. Well, I guess my days
following this book are over."
He tossed the book to the
ground. Suddenly, he heard a shrill laughter. He jumped down and
gasped. The book laid open on the ground, and the text of the two
visible pages had formed a face.
It softly whispered, "Thank again."
A/N: Teehee! Bet no one was expecting that! Sorry for the shortness, but I didn't want to drag it out and I had to stop the chapter here! Heehee, review! Oh, and a couple of questions...
1. Do you think I should add Humor as a genre, as well as Romance?
2. What do you think would be a better title for choice B(Raven falls sick) in the poll? Achoo! or The Doctor Is In?
