Chapter Six: Costumes
BY Beta Tester
Edited by the Lovely and Omniscient Rhichi
What to do…what to do…hmmm…just so you people know Rhichi hasn't had the chance to really edit my stories yet so there are some grammatical errors you have to deal with…sorry all you grammar Nazis…This chapter is based off of a Picture done by Donna Pesani…her art is on DeviantArt under the name Darkpersian…oh and I rewrote chapter 1 quiet a bit, it plays into the story better now…and in chapter 2, I added one more sentence towards the end…
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Beastboy stood there in front of the sink. Warm soapy suds weaved through his fingers as he viciously scrubbed the charred frying pan. Cyborg had forced him to clean the mess he left earlier. Well he didn't exactly force Beastboy, though. He had more or less coaxed the changeling into the chores, threatening Beastboy with telling Raven that he liked her. Beastboy stood there, still trying to piece things together, why did I agree to this? I could have let Cyborg just tell Raven; she wouldn't have believed him, right? But she might think about…the other day. God damn this pan!
Beastboy sprayed more steaming water onto the pan. His hands were pruned and numb from the burning water. He pulled the plug on the drain; the water swiveled into the draining pipes gurgling along the way. Beastboy pulled the now clean pan out of the sink and pulled a large roll of paper towel out, drying the dish. He put it away and stepped back, sighing in relief, "well after wasting 2 hours cleaning, it's done. Cy can't pull any more tricks on me today."
Beastboy began to walk over to the hallway door. There was a faint beating of steps coming from the other side. Beastboy froze. His stomach lurched, Raven? He instinctively shifted into a small fly, just in time as the door opened. It wasn't Raven who emerged though, Beastboy noted as he escalated towards the ceiling. It was Robin and Starfire. Whew! Beastboy sighed in relief as they brushed by him, heading towards the main door.
"Don't worry Star, I know there are plenty of costumes at the store." Robin exclaimed as the two left the tower. The main door shut, slicing the air into a bitter silence.
Beastboy drifted back down towards the floor once again, just about to resume his normal form, but another slice of the hallway door caused his nerves to rise. He zipped quickly back up to the ceiling for safety. This time it was Cyborg. Cyborg moved about the living room, searching for Beastboy. "Man where is he? He's done with the dishes." Beastboy was happy that he managed to avoid Cyborg; he didn't want another confrontation with the robot about Raven. "I hope he isn't stupid enough to go following Raven."
Follow Raven! That's not a bad idea! Thanks Cy! Beastboy drifted back down to body level in the main room, following Cyborg as he hastily walked out of the room, the door shutting right behind Beastboy the fly.
He hovered there, thinking where Raven might be, as Cyborg turned left into another hallway. Oh, Duh! Her room, where else? Beastboy began weaving through the hallways, his mind not thinking about the consequences of being caught, or why exactly he was going to spy on Raven. It was that subconscious action which usually occurred in the changeling's mind as he went to prank or spy on someone, particularly on Raven.
He arrived at Raven's door. It was quiet, Typical. He thought as he squeezed beneath the door in the small crack that existed under all doors. He came into the dark musty room. Rising to head level. There Raven was, reading her book, the same one she had been reading when Beastboy burnt his breakfast. Beastboy lifted himself over to Raven's location, plotting himself within the strands of her hair. He carefully maneuvered, avoiding the movement of the hair, so as not to alert the quiet girl. He felt a strange peace now, as he sat there attempting to observe the text from which her eyes scanned over. The room, although dark and creepy, radiated a strange aura of calmness and order. It contrasted sharply against the décor of Beastboy's room. The light greens and purples that existed in Beastboy's room were now replaced with the dark indigos, blues, and blacks of Raven's ancient furniture. And the sent steamed into Beastboy's senses as lavender and other assortments of smells from the burning candles poured into his mind.
Beastboy's mind was erratic as it switched from sense to sense. His room was not nearly as exciting to exist in, although Raven's room was creepy, he felt drawn to it now. His enjoyment didn't last long though as there came a knock on the door. Cyborg! Beastboy angrily thought as Raven closed the book, rose, and moved to the door. She opened it, and there stood Cyborg. "What?"
"Hey, Raven, um you haven't seen Beastboy around, have you? He's not in his room, nor is he watching TV."
"Nope"
"Oh, man where could he be?"
"Well he's not here as you can see."
Cyborg caught a glimpse of something moving in Ravens hair. "Hold on Raven, I think you have something in you hair. Let me get it." Cyborg leaned forward as Raven calmly bent a bit allowing Cyborg to take a closer look.
Crap! Crap! No! Beastboy struggled to get free of Ravens hair before Cyborg could get him. It was too late though, the half man already had his hands cupped around the poor fly, and was gently picking Beastboy out.
"There, just a fly!" Cyborg commented as he pulled the defenseless Beastboy out.
"Thanks, anything else?" Raven muttered as she resumed her normal position, hoping Cyborg would be done.
"Nope that's all, sorry about that Raven," Cyborg apologized as he began leaving the vicinity of her door, taking the fly along with him. Raven wondered why he didn't just kill the fly like he would normally, but feeling little need to think on that, she closed the door and resumed her stance on her bed, reading her book.
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Why did I do that? Perfect, I think Cyborg knows now. Why else would he not try to squish me? Beastboy was in a panic as Cyborg trotted off to the living room.
"Man I can't believe you Beastboy! You know better than that! Why would you go stalking Raven like that?" Cyborg was obviously talking to the fly, cause it certainly wasn't the walls. Cyborg stopped in the main room, opening his hand to allow the fly to flee. "Alright Beastboy I know its you don't even bother to try and get away."
Beastboy reluctantly flew to the ground morphing to human form once again, remaining low to the ground and avoiding Cyborg's glairing red eye. "I mean Come on BB I know you like her, but you don't have to go doing that!"
Beastboy's mind flared, I don't like her! He remained quiet though; he didn't feel like arguing against Cyborg. His mind weakened, though, thinking about the experiences he had with Raven. His mind faltered thinking for a brief moment that maybe, just maybe, he really did like her.
Cyborg could sense the turmoil arising in Beastboy mind, the changeling's expression shown, unmistakably, that he was deep in thought. Cyborg left Beastboy alone for the rest of the evening. It was a long day for Beastboy. Probably the longest he had ever realized.
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The following day was Halloween. Robin and Star fire had each found their outfits. Cyborg had been running about trying to make sure his outfit was just right. Beastboy had slowly managed to recover once again. He wasn't going to let his thoughts about Raven cloud his mind before this party. He was all ready to set Raven up for the biggest prank ever.
It was evening now and Beastboy was guiding and coaxing Raven to his room as he gleefully thought about what was about to happen. "Alright Beastboy! We're here now what are you forcing me to dress into now?"
Beastboy excitedly went into his closet and unraveled some wrapped up articles of clothing. He pulled them out and grasped them by the shoulders, allowing them to drop. Ravens mouth swung wide open. How did I get myself into this? "I'm not wearing that."
"Oh yes you are Raven, You agreed to this and now you have to wear it to the party." Beastboy could feel the flies in his stomach fluttering about as Raven approached, lightly grasping the costume for herself.
"I'm going to hate myself in the morning," she exclaimed.
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Down in the main room Robin, Cyborg and Star stood there. "Okay is every one ready for the party?" Robin asked as Star wrapped her arm around his. He was in an Indian costume, lacking a shirt, and yielding a small axe. Starfire on the other hand was in a skimpy purple bunny suit, purple ears extending from her head.
"Raven and Beastboy are not with us!" Starfire exclaimed with curiosity.
Cyborg in his Sherlock Holmes out fit replied, "They're still getting ready. BB promised Raven that he would stop telling jokes for a month if he could pick out her costume."
As Cyborg finishes he speech the two come from out of the hallway. Both Cyborg and Robin struggled to maintain their composure as Starfire squealed, "Oh, look here they come! Marvelous!"
Beastboy stood there, one arm extended around Raven's shoulder, another gripping the spandex of the costume he wore. "Dude! Check us out! We're wearing our underpants on the outside!"
Beastboy was in Superman's outfit and Raven stood there, slightly hunched in embarrassment of her Wonder Woman costume. "Let this be a lesson to me," she mumbled.
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I'm ending this one here, to let you all imagine the rest…go on…you know what you want to happen next…Okay…as of now I am officially 18 yes this is perfect timing the one chapter I have been waiting for now and it comes out on my birthday!…WHOOH! So it's not the longest one…who cares? Really…