Here's the next chapter! Sorry it took so long for me to update...hehehe...I have, like, 8 other stories to attend to...
Niol :) (me very happy right now...) (lol...) (ok, on with the story...) (lol...)
When the girls and boys returned to their homes, Raven and Starfire went immediately to Terra's room. Terra was sitting there, broken emotionally, and if she didn't have common sense, she would be broken physically too. Starfire nearly burst into tears herself at the look on her friend's face. "Terra, I would like to ask you a question." Raven spoke up suddenly. Terra looked up. "Hm?" Raven glanced at Starfire, then back at Terra. "Terra, do you still like BB? Do you want to be with him still?"
Terra bit her lip in thought.
"I...I don't know. He did hurt me, so the aggressive part of me says to basically cancel him out of my life. But, the quiet part of me says to give him another chance, to give us another chance."
Terra burst into tears again.
"This is all my f-fault. If I h-hadn't h-hugged Gar, th-this wouldn't be h-happening... I-I wouldn't break down at the s-sound of BB's n-name..." Starfire plopped down beside the sobbing Terra and began to pat her slim back. "Shhh, Terra, this isn't your fault. It's not BB's either. We have to take what time hurls at us. We must find a way to get you and BB back together." Terra looked up, her face tear-stricken. "You guys don't have to do this. This is my problem, BB's problem. OUR problem. You don't need to get into part of it, we can handle it." Starfire raised her hand in protest. "Not when you two are too scared to look at each other."
Terra's face hardened. "I am NOT scared!"
"Yes you are."
"No I'm not."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"NO!"
"Then prove it. Phone BB. Tell him what you think."
Terra stopped at this. "Fine, you win. I am scared..."
Starfire grinned. "Like I said, phone BB and tell him what you think." Raven spoke up. "Terra, this is only advice. We won't push you if you don't want to do this. We won't make you do anything. We're just trying to help." Terra smiled. "I am so lucky to have you guys as friends..."
With the boys, things were going pretty much the same way.
"BB, man, you look pooped." Cy walked in on BB as BB sat there, moping about. BB didn't bother to yell at Cy for walking in on him. Cy noted this. "Not yelling at me for walking in on you? Man, this is serious," Cy joked, then sobered up when Robin shot himn one of his death glares.
While Cy consoled BB, Robin sat with his brow furrowed in thought. Suddenly, he had an idea. He reached for the phone. Picking it up, he dialed the number to the girls' house and waited for one of them to pick it up. He was sweating slightly. 'C'mon, c'mon... pick up the phone, any of you, it doesn't matter, just pick it-'
The phone stopped ringing.
"Hello?" came Raven's exhausted voice. Robin started guiltly as he heard muffled crying sounds in the background.
"Hey Raven, it's Robin."
"Robin, can we talk later? I-"
"No," Robin interrupted. "I have an idea on how to bring BB and Terra back together."
At this Raven silenced. She silently urged him to go on.
"The Valentines Day dance is in, like, half a week from now, right?" he said.
Raven nodded, then remembered he wasn't in front of her. "Yes."
"We could go to the dance and drag BB and Terra along. We won't say anything about the other being there too. Then, when they do realize, they'll avoid each other, right?"
Again Raven gave her answer that started with 'y'.
"So, sometime in the middle of the dance, we'll find some excuse to leave them alone and watch them from afar. Knowing BB, he'll start apologizing the instant we're out of earshot. We'll let the two talk for some time, then we'll go back and admit that that was the reason we dragged them along to the Valentines Day dance."
Silence.
Finally, Raven spoke up in her quiet tone.
"Robin, you realize how many 'if's there are in your plan."
Robin sighed. "I know, I know. What, do you have a better idea than me?"
Raven paused at this. "Well...no, I guess not..."
Robin grinned in triumph. "Well there you go. We'll go by this plan until we come up with something else."
"Right. See ya Robin."
"By Rae."
"Do NOT call me that."
"OK Rae-Rae."
"RoBIN..."
"OK, OK, fine, sheesh...see ya RAVEN."
"Much better, and Yea, see ya."
The two hung up.
Raven told Star the plan while Terra was sleeping and Robin the same to Cy. The others agreed, so the plan was settled.
That meant one thing.
Shopping spree.
To Star and Cy, YIPEE!
To Raven and Robin, oh no.
