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First off, thanks to everyone who reviewed, I really love getting reviews even if their short. Secondly, everything in italics are like a flashback, just so you know. Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 1
Raven sat in her chair, slowly reading theblack book in her hands. Groaning, she looked up.
"Please, sit down. I've read the same line five times." She complained, looked up at Robin.
The masked boy stopped the pacing he had been doing for the good part of an hour. Starfire watched on silently from the couch.
"Well, what am I supposed to do?" he asked, annoyed.
"Sit down and wait for him to get back would be my suggestion," replied Raven, looking back down at her book.
"I can't just sit around and wait for him to get back," said Robin, though he sat down next to Starfire on the couch. "He's way past curfew. He might be in trouble."
"If he were in trouble, he would have called in on his communicator," replied Raven. "He's probably just goofing off somewhere."
"I'm not even getting a signal from his communicator, and even Beast Boy knows better than to stay out half the night when we have combat practice the next day," said Cyborg, walking over from where had had been standing in the kitchen.
"Still-" Raven continued to reason, before she was cut off by the doorbell being ringing.
All four Titans stood up and rushed to the front door. Cyborg got there first and opened it to find a grim looking police officer standing there.
"Is this the Teen Titans residence?" he asked.
"Do you know any other giant 'T' shaped buildings nearby?" asked Raven sarcastically.
"Officer, is there a problem?" asked Robin, ignoring Raven's comment.
"Yes, a twenty-one year old male was driving while under the influence. He caused a crash."
"Uh, we generally deal with… super villains and burglars. Car crashes are usually handled by the police force, aren't they?" asked Robin.
The officer sighed and looked down. He didn't want to be the one to break the news.
"We did deal with it. The intoxicated man caused a five car pile up… including a white moped."
The Titans gasped, thinking of Beast Boy's new moped, affectionately named the B-ped 2.
"W-what happened?" asked Robin, fighting the growing lump in his throat. The police officer looked at them pityingly and handed a small device to Robin.
Looking in the palm of his hand, Robin felt tears burn in the back of his eyes, as he saw Beast Boy's now smashed up communicator.
"We found the body under an over-turned 4x4. We recognized the green skin immediately."
Raven would never forget the next few minutes.
A loudclang was heard as Cyborg's fell heavily to his knees, staring blankly ahead. Starfire gasped and uncharacteristically fainted. Robin didn't even catch her, and instead pounded his fist against the wall so hard that a dent was made.
Raven just stood there.
'He's fine,' she thought stubbornly. 'He probably just asked this cop to come here and tell us this to see how we would react. This is just another one of his stupid pranks.'
She repeated this to herself the rest of the night. She had gone back to her room, as the rest of her friends cried in the front foyer over their green friend.
The next day, she had still told herself that he was fine.
'It's a pity they're fooled so easily,' she thought, as she watched them slump around the Tower, mourning the loss of their friend.
Even when Beast Boy still hadn't shown up two days later, Raven refused to believe it.
'They really shouldn't do this to themselves over a stupid prank,' she thought, as they looked through photo albums and reminisced sadly.
Even four days later, Raven remained convinced that it was just a prank.
'What a waste of money over someone, who's not really dead,' she thought, as they grimly made preparations for his ceremony.
Even as she sat through the funeral service, Raven continued to tell herself that the green boy lying in the open casket was just pretending.
'He's going to jump out any minute now, and I'm going to have to kill him for being such an insensitive jerk.'
She watched as the coffin was carried out to the already dug grave. She nearly gasped as she watched the coffin being bolted closed.
As the casket was slowly lowered into the ground, Raven felt her confidence in Beast Boy's prank start to diminish.
'Come on Beast Boy. Enough is enough. Just turn into a gorilla and smash your way out.'
Final words were spoken and a shovel waspushed into the dirt pile next to the headstone.
As the first shovel full of dirt was dropped into the grave, Raven felt her world shatter.
It wasn't a joke. It was never a prank, and Raven knew it. She had known it all along, but denying the truth had been so much easier than accepting it.
Suddenly another truth was accepted in Raven. She loved Beast Boy. She loved the way he tried to get her to laugh. Loved the way he smiled, and annoyed her. Loved the way he stuck up for her, even though she was fully capable of doing it herself. She loved everything about him, from his lame jokes, to the little fang that popped out of his mouth.
But it was too late now... he was gone.
Raven groaned, opening her eyes. Once her eyes had adjusted to the darkness, the tears started to flow again. Not sobs this time, but the silent tears of a broken heart.
"Please don't cry, Raven."
Raven sat up quickly, ignoring the head rush. Her eyes scanned the bright room. Her curtains were open and the early morning sun lit up every corner of her room.
Seeing nothing, she lay down again.
She had been sure she heard Beast Boy's voice. But how could she? Beast Boy was dead.
"Raven, please. Close your curtains and you'll see me better."
There it was again! Raven sat up, eyes scanning the room more carefully this time. Her eyes stopped at the corner of her bed. The light in that one spot seemed hazy, like the streets on a hot, hot day. Crawling across her bed she slowly reached out and ran her fingers through the air.
Raven pulled back, suddenly very cold. On an impulse she closed her curtains with her powers. Darkness filled the room and Raven let out a short but loud scream. Falling back, Raven scrambled across her bed. Her face had gone paler than usual and her eyes were wide as she stared at the one spot.
Short seconds later, a loud knock could be heard from her door.
"Raven? Are you all right? We heard you scream," Robin's worried voice filtered through her door.
Raven tried to reply, but couldn't find her voice.
Not receiving an answer Raven's door was forcefully opened. Raven lookedover to seeCyborg, Starfire and Robin run into her room.
"What's wrong?" asked Robin, looking around the room. Starfire and Cyborg looked at her in concern.
Raven looked back at the spot by the corner of her bed.
He was gone.
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