"I err....um" Beast Boy gulped "have you ever been to a fair?"
"What?"
At that exact moment, in Raven's room
"WHAT?"
"What?" Robin startled by Raven's yell, turned to see her glaring at the image of Beast Boy in the mirror.
"Did that idiot get me to have girl talk with Terra, just so he could ask her if she's been to the fair?" Raven hissed and absently ran her fingers through her hair. "She deserves better than this beating around the bush. I wish he would just bloody ask her out already!"
"Hush now, little one," Robin said soothingly, patting her hand like one would a frustrated child, earning a furious glower from Raven. "Don't worry; I think Beast Boy knows what he's doing..." She looked so cute when her dark eyes flashed with irritation.
Meanwhile, in the meditation room
Terra was confused. Whatever he had come talk to her about; fairs had definitely not been what she was expecting.
"Uh...no, I haven't."
"Err...good..." Beast Boy felt as if he was burning inside.
'Just ask her man!' said a voice in his head.
'I can't! What if she turns me down?' cried a hysterical voice.
'CHICKEN!' another voice yelled, joining in the fray.
'I am not!' whined the other
'Chicken boy! Prk, prk, prk, prk, prk!'
'QUIET!' Beast Boy yelled mentally and the voices stopped.
"Beast Boy, why did you wanna know?" Terra said smiling her brilliant smile at him
"Because...I...cause...err" all of a sudden, he couldn't think.
'Prk! Prk! Prk!'
'Be silent!' he thought crossly
'Tell her the truth' the first voice said.
'I can't!' whined the wimpy voice.
'PRK!PRK!'
'SHUT UP' yelled the first and second voices.
"I wanted to know because I'm taking you to the fair." Beast Boy shouted, driven to his wit's end from the annoying voices in this head.
Raven's room
"Wow...that was masterful." Raven said sarcastically at Beast Boy's outburst.
"I think his eye is twitching..." Robin said, peering intently into the mirror.
"It's the voices in his head."
"The what?" said Robin, giving Raven a look of utter confusion.
"The voices in his head are his inner voices." Raven said plainly. When Robin's face showed no signs of enlightenment she continued in an exasperated voice, "his conscience! His scruples! His sense of right and wrong!"
"What about them?" Robin asked innocently, staring at her with all the keenness of an young interested mind.
Raven shut her eyes, took a long deep breath and counted mentally to ten. Opening them, she explained through gritted teeth. "The voices in one's head are usually a form of their conscience or ways in which..." She paused slightly at the sight of the giant smirk forming on Robin's face- the jerk was deliberately teasing her. Narrowing her eyes, she continued on smoothly, "In which their mind tells them to fry annoying little robins who ask stupid questions in hot boiling oil. Do we have an understanding or am I going to have to give you a practical lesson?"
Robin grimaced at her threat and said apologetically, "I get the message, loud and clear."
Raven gave him a wicked smile, "That's a good boy. Now shut up."
Raven turned from him and focused her attention to the forms of Beast Boy and Terra in the mirror. She didn't feel Robin's gaze linger on her face and didn't see the happy grin on his face.
In the Meditation room
Terra was speechless. Never had she seen Beast Boy so serious and frustrated before. It was definitely something she could get used to....
"So, are you going to come with me or not?" Beast Boy demanded, his hands clenched tightly at his sides.
"I...uh..."Her eyes downcast, cheeks burning and heart racing, she was aware of him staring fixatedly at her, waiting for her answer.
"I really like you and have wanted to ask you out since last month," said Beast Boy hotly, clutching her hands in his, "so will you please stop tormenting me and say yes!"
Terra felt her heart soar. So, the feelings she had for him wasn't an unrequited love after all. Barely stifling a happy cry, she lunged into his arms and kissed him on the lips.
Beast Boy felt a river of molten gold flow through his veins as he held on to Terra. Her lips, butterfly light on his, were making his world spin in giddy swirls around him. Wrapping his arms tighter around her waist, he deepened the kiss, taking in all that was her. At that very moment, everything faded away till nothing existed but them.
They finally parted, breathless and hearts racing, both sharing silly grins.
"So, should I take that as a yes?" said Beast Boy
"Would you like some confirmation?" she said playfully and promptly threw her arms around him for another taste of heaven.