Chapter 9-Here We Are In Missouri

It had been a few hours before the T.V finally passed the sign that said "WELCOME TO MISSOURI" Every titan blew out a sigh of relief. Aqualad started looking at brochures for "Grant's Farm" Terra watched him and didn't seem to be very interested. Terra took it out of his hands and scanned. "Whoa!" She exclaimed, "this place has like camels and stuff! Those don't belong on farms!" Speedy then grabbed it from Terra. "Awesome!" He said, "you get to feed the goats with like...baby bottles!" Robin quirked an eyebrow. "What's so special about that?" He asked. Speedy stared at him like he was crazy. "Dude, goats and baby bottles, what's not special about it?"

Robin rolled his eyes. "So, what's the St. Louis Arch?" Raven asked. "You've never heard about the St. Louis Arch?" Speedy asked. "No," Raven replied, "I read about spells and incantations, not about arches in Missouri. So Speedy, enlighten me. What have you heard about the St. Louis Arch?" Speedy thought for a minute and then replied, "Absolutely nothing!" Beast Boy kneeled down to Raven's ear and whispered "What an idiot." Raven nodded. "And it takes a lot to be more idiotic then you,"she said. Beast Boy growled.

About 10 minutes later, the T.V stopped at "Grant's Farm" Starfire "oohed" and "ahhed" in delight. "This place looks most joyous and wonderful!" She exclaimed. Beast Boy smiled. "A place full of animals," he began, "this is home to me!" Aqualad looked around and whispered in Terra's ear, "You don't think they'd sell fish here, do you?" Terra shook her head. "Nah, this place should be like...totally vegetarian!" Beast Boy did a victory dance while Cyborg cursed under his breath.

"Oh yeah, baby!" Beast Boy exclaimed. He then grabbed Raven's arms, wrapped his arms around her waist and danced with her. He picked her up and spun her around, he pushed her hips to his own tune. Raven was madly blushing. "Wow Raven," Bumblebee began. "What?" Raven asked. Bumblebee continued, "The others told me you had a thing for Beast Boy, but I never thought it was true."

"IT'S NOT TRUE!" Raven shouted out, causing a few people to stare. "Well," Bumblebee said, quirking her eyebrow up, "if it's not true, how come you haven't stopped dancing with him?" Raven blushed as she realized Beast Boy was still moving her body around and ended with Raven practically falling on him. "Thank you! Thank you!" Beast Boy exclaimed. 'My lovely assistant and I will be back on Thursday!" Raven pulled away from his grasp. "I am not your lovely assistant," she said crossing her arms, "I don't dance." All the titans smirked.

Beast Boy would not take no for an answer. "Raven," he began, "you are lovely! Why do you always hide it? Why can't you accept the fact that you're the most beautiful girl in the world!" Raven turned around slowly and stared at him. His eyes blazed with love and anger. "He thinks I'm the most beautiful girl on the planet," Raven thought, "oh, wow. No! I can't be in love! He'll hurt me just like Malchior did!" As Raven had a fight with her thoughts Robin grabbed his team's arms. "We're gonna see the llamas!" He quickly lied and they rushed away from the two.

Beast Boy still remained staring. When he realized Raven still did not answer he blurted out, "Do you not feel the tiniest bit of attraction to me?" Raven's eyes widened, her eyes, full of fear. Raven did the only thing she could think of...she ran off to find her team.

Beast Boy stood there, rejected. He slowly trudged to find the others. Sure enough, they were all feeding the llamas and Raven sat on a bench. He wanted to sit with her, he really did, but Raven was already annoyed with him enough. Starfire noticed Beast Boy trudging to the llama food and Raven sitting on a bench. Starfire quietly sat down next to her best friend. "Anything you would like to talk about?" She asked, "I see you and Beast Boy are not sitting next to each other." Raven let out a noise that sounded like a whimper. "I'm here to help you, Raven," Starfire continued, "to do the "girl talk" so...I am willing to listen. But you must be ready to talk."

Raven looked at her. The wind caressed her violet strands of hair. "Well," she began, "I just don't wanna get hurt again," Raven whispered. "Hurt?" Starfire questioned. "You won't understand right away," Raven said. Starfire nodded and Raven continued, "Don't tell anyone," Raven said, "but...I guess I do have certain feelings for him. But...I can't express them. It's hard too." Starfire nodded. "So, you do like him as more then a friend but you just do not know how to express them," Starfire repeated. Raven nodded. "OH! THAT IS SO WONDERFUL!" Starfire blurt out.

Raven covered Starfire's mouth and hissed "What are you trying to do, get the whole state of Missouri to know?" Starfire shook her head. "No," she replied. Raven stood up, "Look Starfire, I know that this is my problem. I'm the only one who can solve it. Thanks for trying, but I don't think you can help. I know what must be done. You worry about your own boy troubles, okay?" She asked. Starfire glanced over at Robin and nodded.

"C'mon, girls!" Cyborg shouted, "we're gonna ride through the forest! They have all kinds of elk and deer and stuff!" Starfire immediately flew right over. Raven continued walking a little slowly.

"I have to do what I know is right," Raven thought, "I just hope I can do it." The titans walked on the bus that would take them through the forest. Robin rushed over to sit next to Starfire, Aqualad sat next to Terra, Cyborg and Bumblebee, Speedy by himself...again, leaving Beast Boy and Raven sitting together.

Beast Boy pretended not to notice her. He continued to stare out the window. "Look, Beast Boy," Raven began, "I don't hate you, if that's what you're thinking, okay?" Beast Boy crossed his arms and sat up taller in the seat. Raven sighed. "I know I deserve the cold shoulder, but would you please just listen to me?" Beast Boy looked at her then said, "What do you need to tell me? That I'm an idiot? Look Raven, I think I know that by now!" His eyes then softened with the words that just escaped his lips. He looked over at Raven, a small tear slid down her cheek. Beast Boy felt ashamed. What had he done? "This is the reason," Raven whispered, "this is the reason I won't fall in love. I'll wind up getting hurt again!" As another tear slid down, Beast Boy wiped it off. "Raven, I'm sorry," he said, "I didn't mean to say those words." He took her hand in his own where it belonged. "And from here on out," he continued, "I would never, ever hurt you." Raven looked back. "Do you really mean that?" Raven asked. 'Of course," Beast Boy replied. Raven lay her head on his shoulder.

"I don't wanna hurt you," she said. Beast Boy lifted her chin up so she had to look at him. "The only way you would hurt me," he began, "is if you didn't kiss me right now." Raven blushed but pointed at a couple of kids on the bus. "Not in front of the kids," she replied. Beast Boy smiled a huge smile. "SCORE! Raven likes me back! She likes me back! I can't kiss her right now, but she likes me back! Doesn't she?" Raven rested her head on his shoulder again. Beast Boy blushed. "Oh," Raven began, "the answer to your earlier question is yes."

Author's notes-BB/Rae! BB/Rae! I love this couple! Okay, the earlier question Raven referred to was when he asked "Do you not feel any attraction to me?" yeah, so thanks 4 the awesome reviews yet again. And please try to give me some ideas! It's really hard to think of a place! And enjoy "Homecoming Part 2" this Saturday! My friend Sarah says kitten is supposed to be in that one! NO! I hate kitten! She's a damned jackass!

RobxSF Luver14789-wow! What a coincidence! I'll try as fast as I can!

iluvrobbie-okay total peace! You're right! No one is to old for cartoons and people better start admitting it! Cuz I know people at my school watch cartoons, they're just afraid to tell.

Overactive Mind-yeah, I guess ur right. Mento's supposed to get nicer in "Homecoming Part2" I hope!

Iuz the Old-most likely yes! No one is to old! Never be normal!

Yessika-well, thanks for giving me the honest truth about what u thought of the chappie. I appreciate that!

Slytherin's Silver Dragon-thank you! Thank you! I update on Thursdays! (Just kidding:))

getXyourXownXhanyou-I notice that to! But I wuv inuyasha and teen titans! I can't stop watching them! I'm obsessed! First tt fic? I feel SPECIAL!

blaze543-thanks! I like to put fluffie moments and some humor.

loaned-ha-ha! That's funny! I just don't know what they'd do on the moon...

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