AN: The Teen Titans are not owned by me, myself, or even I!

Chapter 1

It was early in the morning. Very early in the morning, in fact. Beast Boy slowly opened one eye, the one that wasn't facing the pillow, and looked around. The sun had just come up and it was still pretty dark out. He moaned and turned over in his bed. He really didn't want to get up yet. But he just couldn't seem to fall back to sleep. After about a half an hour of tossing around he finally sighed and threw his covers off.

The cold air on his body really woke him up. He was only in his boxers and he quickly looked for some clothes to throw on. He stumbled down the rungs of the ladder that led up to his top bunk and stretched. He looked on the floor and saw a pair of pajama pants and a plain blue tee-shirt. He put them on and headed to the bathroom.

He couldn't believe he was awake this early, but he had gone to bed a little earlier than usual the night before. He relieved his bladder and then took a look at himself in the mirror. He was certainly not a boy anymore and he wondered if it was time to change his name. He was at least a foot taller than when he had become a Titan and his body had matured into a young man. His grass green hair was just long enough to brush his eyes and he found himself constantly swishing it away. He quickly splashed his face with some water, dried off, and headed out to the common room.

He felt a yawn coming on as the doors to the common room swooshed open. He dragged himself down the stairs and made his way into the kitchen. As he did he saw Raven sitting in front of one of the large windows with a cup of tea. She was in her normal uniform, black leotard and deep blue cloak, and was levitating in the air. Her hair was a bit longer now, just going below her shoulders.

"Morning Raven," said Beast Boy as he poured himself a cup of coffee.

"You're up early," said Raven, not turning around.

"I know," he laughed fixing his coffee the way he liked it. He took a seat on the couch and slowly began to drink his caffeine filled drink. "Fell asleep early last night."

She didn't give him any reaction to let him know she was listening. She just sipped from her cup and let the warmth of the sunrise bathe her. Beast Boy couldn't help but stare at her with a smile. Maybe there was an upside to getting up early every morning.

He stared at her for a while until he finished his coffee. She didn't budge once. He couldn't believe that it was possible to stay motionless for so long. He decided to make himself another cup of coffee and some breakfast for himself… and her if she wanted any.

"You want some breakfast?" he called to her.

"No thank you," she said in her monotone voice.

"Are you sure?" he asked. "I've got enough tofu here for two."

"No thank you," she said in a bit of an annoyed tone.

He sighed and made his breakfast. As he was sitting down at the table the doors opened and Robin entered. His hair was still askew from sleeping and he looked tired. He was always up after Raven, but this was the first time Beast Boy was up before him. He made himself some coffee and sat down across from Beast Boy.

"What are you doing up so early?" asked Robin sipping his hot cup.

"Not really sure," said Beast Boy with a mouthful of tofu eggs. "Just woke up and couldn't fall back to sleep."

Robin smiled and let the coffee wake him up as it ran down his throat. Raven touched down and walked to the kitchen, not even looking at the boys. But that didn't mean she wasn't being watched. She went to the sink, washed out her cup, put it away, and then headed out of the room. Beast Boy watched her the whole time, and Robin watched Beast Boy watch Raven.

"What was that about?" asked Robin once Raven was out of the room.

"What?" asked Beast Boy snapping back.

"What's with you watching her like that?" he asked raising an eyebrow. Then his face turned serious. "You're not pulling a prank on her, are you?"

"What? No! Why would you jump to that conclusion?" asked Beast Boy eating his breakfast, which was growing cold now.

"Because whenever you watch any of us like that you've got something devious in mind," said Robin taking another sip of his coffee.

"Well I'm not pulling any pranks," said Beast Boy, feeling offended that Robin would immediately think that.

"Then why were you staring at her?" asked Robin.

"Dude, I was not staring," said Beast Boy chuckling.

"Beast Boy, you didn't let your eyes leave her for a second. I watched you," said Robin putting his cup down.

He had to think quick. "Uh… well, what were you watching me for?"

Robin just stared at him. He wasn't going to be thrown off of the subject that easily. "Beast Boy."

Beast Boy sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "What does it matter? Maybe I was curious as to what she was going to do. I mean, I've never been up this early before. And I offered to make her breakfast, and she said no, so I was going to see if she was going to make herself something after I offered to."

"That's two explanations," said Robin. "So which one was it? Or was it neither and you're hiding something from me."

"Dude, what the hell! I'm not hiding anything," said Beast Boy standing up angrily and taking his empty plate into the kitchen.

"Well if you're not, you're sure acting like you are," said Robin calmly. He took another sip of his coffee and then stopped. He watched as Beast Boy cleaned his plated and cup and put them away. An idea struck his brain. "Wait a second…" Beast Boy didn't like the sound of those words. "Do you… do you like Raven?"

Beast Boy felt his heart stop and before he could calm himself down he heard himself say, "What?" in a high squeak.

"Do you like Raven?" he asked again, his eyebrow rising once more.

"No!" he said quickly. A little too quickly. A smile spread across Robin's face.

"Oh my God," he said trying not to laugh. "You like her!"

"No I don't," he said firmly and slammed the cupboard doors.

The door of the common room swooshed open and Raven reentered with a book in her hands. Beast Boy watched as she floated down the stairs and sat down on the couch to read. He realized that he was staring at her again and looked to Robin, who had a smirk on his face. He hated Robin at that moment.

"I'm going to take a shower," said Beast Boy in an agitated voice and then left.

Raven had heard the tone in his voice and turned to see him leave. She looked to Robin and said, "What's up with him?"

Robin did his best to hold his smile back and said, "Oh, nothing. Just not a morning person I guess." Raven seemed satisfied enough with this answer and turned back to her book. Robin let the smile come out again and he chuckled to himself.

That day Beast Boy stayed away from Robin. He hated the knowing smile he would get on his face. He, of course, knew he liked Raven. He had known this for some time now. It was a crush that had grown over the past few years and now fully consumed him. Everything she did was so graceful, as if she was doing a secret dance. Her beauty shocked him and caressed him all at the same time. He couldn't believe that he had gone for years without noticing how stunning she was.

The problem was that now Robin was catching on and he couldn't afford that. He didn't want anyone to know because, well, he was embarrassed about it. And he never wanted Raven to find out. He knew that she wouldn't feel anything similar for him that he felt for her. And that was because she couldn't afford to because of her powers. And that's what really hurt. Knowing that even if she did feel the slightest of feelings for him, she could never act upon them. But even knowing this he couldn't seem to pull himself away from her. He couldn't forget her and move on. This was far different than a crush. At this point, he wasn't sure what it was.

Beast Boy sat in his room listening to music and practicing his latest video game. He was having a video game-a-thon that Saturday with Cyborg and he had to make sure he was in top condition. He was at the ninth level when he heard his door being knocked upon. He paused the game and jumped up. He casually threw open the door but felt his heart stop when he saw who was on the other side. There she stood, looking less than enthusiastic at having to be a messenger.

"Oh, hey Raven," he said trying to act as cool as possible.

"Robin's calling a meeting," she said plainly.

"What about?" asked Beast Boy, slightly nervous.

"I'm not sure, but I don't think it's anything serious," she said and then turned around and left. Beast Boy closed his door and quickly followed after her. The two walked down the hall side by side, but silently. Beast Boy couldn't help feeling his eyes wander over to her as they walked. But she looked straight ahead with her placid face being covered by the shadow of her hood.

"So… what have you been up to today?" he asked, trying to be nonchalant.

"Meditating, reading, the usual," she said without a hint of emotion in her voice.

He smiled, but she kept on walking without even turning her head for a moment. They continued to walk silently until they reached the door that led to the common room. There they saw the other three Titans waiting for them.

"Okay, I got him," said Raven floating over to the other three. "So what's this meeting about?"

"Starfire had a great idea," said Robin putting his shoulder around her. "Go ahead and tell them."

"Well I have discovered a wonderful thing called kar-a-oke," said Starfire with a large smile. "And Robin says that we can go out and do some tonight."

"Alright!" said Cyborg. "I'm gonna go put on my holographic ring right now!" And he sped off. Whenever they went out they liked to dress casually so they wouldn't be recognized so quickly. His ring made him appear not only normal, but normally dressed. No one ever recognized him.

"No thank you," said Raven and she turned to leave.

Starfire quickly flew after her and stopped her. "But Raven, we all must go! Robin said so."

"Well I'm not going," she said firmly.

"Please?" pleaded Starfire. "It will not be as much fun without you."

"Trust me, it won't be fun with me," said Raven pushing past her.

"But Raven…" started Starfire again.

Raven stopped and turned around to face Starfire. "I am not going! And here's why, I don't like crowded places, I don't drink, and I know that the four of you will spend the entire night embarrassing me and trying to get me to sing. So you can all go and have fun, but I'm not going."

"Come on Raven, at least come out and support your friends," said Robin.

"What do you think I'll do?" asked Raven. "Clap and cheer or something?"

"No, but just having you there is nice," said Robin. "You're our friend."

Beast Boy had been very quiet this entire time. He wasn't sure what to do. He knew that he wanted Raven to go with them, but if he said anything he knew that Robin's suspicions would be confirmed.

"Beast Boy, do you not wish for Raven to go?" asked Starfire, snapping him out of his thoughts.

"Uh… yeah, sure," he said, not exactly knowing what she had asked him.

"Does that mean you do or you don't?" asked Starfire.

"I do or don't what?" asked Beast Boy.

"Do you want Raven to come with us?" asked Robin, giving him a sly look.

Beast Boy paused for a second, trying to think of the right words. He felt all of their eyes on him, especially Ravens. "Yeah, you should come," he finally said. "That way you can find something else to make fun of me for." He gave a nervous laugh and waited for them to stop staring at him.

Cyborg returned with his ring on. "Alright, let's go!"

"Uh, we're not ready yet," said Robin.

"What? What have you guys been doin out here all this time?" asked Cyborg.

"Trying to convince Raven to join us," said Starfire. "So will you?"