AN: I've never owned the Teen Titans, so why would I now? Quite asking!

Chapter 3

They headed back to the tower and went their own separate ways. Raven wasn't sure she had ever conversed with Beast Boy for so long in their whole friendship. She hadn't realized he actually had a brain… and could use it for thinking, no less!

Beast Boy felt much better now. He had gotten to talk things over and he even felt better about himself. The truth was that he had wanted to talk to someone for so long; he just didn't know who to turn to. He had always been too afraid of Raven to ask for her help, but he had been desperate and now he was glad he had summed up his courage and talked to her.

Later that evening Terra and Starfire returned, both happy and laughing together. They had a few bags of clothes and evidently had had a good time. Raven and Beast Boy knew that something wasn't right, but they weren't about to corner Terra and ask her what was wrong with her.

But the oddest thing was that Terra remained like this for days. She was acting like nothing had happened between her and Beast Boy. She smiled and laughed and talked to everyone. She was even pleasant to Beast Boy, which scared him. Robin and Starfire still didn't know that they had broken up, and they had no reason to.

Raven was curled up on the couch with her book. It was thundering and lightning out and it was just a good day to stay inside. It had been pretty quiet around the tower, and she was thankful for that. Cyborg was still at the Titans East, and that helped with the quietness. Starfire and Robin had gone to see a movie together and so that just left her, Beast Boy, and Terra alone in the tower.

The common room doors swooshed open and Beast Boy walked in. He had slept in and had only gotten up about an hour before. He had been sleeping better now that he had broken up with Terra. He saw her sitting on the couch and decided to see what she was doing; like he didn't already know.

"Hey Raven," he said plopping down on the couch.

"Hello," she said dryly and turned the page of her book.

"Reading?" he asked.

"You're a quick one," she said, a little bit of a smirk crossing her face, but quickly fading away. "What are you up to?"

"Nothing much," said Beast Boy relaxing into the couch. "Pretty bored at the moment."

"Why don't you find something to do?" she asked plainly.

"I am doing something," he said, a smile growing on his face. "I'm talking to you."

Raven looked up from her book for a moment. Their eyes made contact, but then she quickly looked back down to her book and Beast Boy looked away. 'That was weird,' they both thought at the same time.

The doors opened again and this time Terra walked in. She was whistling to herself and seemed quite pleasant. "Hi!" she said walking over. "What are you guys up to?"

"I'm reading," said Raven in her monotonous tone.

"And I'm just sitting here," said Beast Boy, less than interested in talking to her.

"You wanna watch a movie or something?" she asked with a smile.

"No thanks," they both said together.

"Come on, BB, you know you wanna watch Attack of the Protozoids: Part Deux!" said Terra going over to him and playing with his hair.

"Terra!" he said pushing her hand away. "I don't know what's been going on with you lately, but you haven't seemed to have gotten the fact that we've broken up."

"That's because we didn't," said Terra. "We're just on a break. But that doesn't mean we can't still be friendly."

"What?" he asked shocked. "We're not on a break! We've broken up!"

"Oh, Beast Boy," she said sighing. "You sure can be stubborn."

"Me!" he shouted, standing up. "You're the one who can't accept the fact that I've broken up with you."

"You're just going through a phase," said Terra calmly. "Don't worry you'll get over it soon."

"I can't believe this," said Beast Boy and he left the room.

Terra sighed and sat down on the couch. Raven didn't really feel comfortable sitting there with her, since they didn't exactly have a good friendship together, so she decided to leave. She stood up, said, "I'm going to my room," then left.

Of course she wasn't going to go to her room. She was going to check in on Beast Boy. Over the past few days they had talked a little more and more. She was growing more comfortable talking to him and she was seeing that he did have an intellectual side to him, even if it was buried far beneath his thick exterior. She knocked on his door and hoped he wouldn't be so angry that he would take it out on her.

He opened the door and saw Raven standing there. He had hoped she would come because he really needed to vent and he knew she would listen. "You okay?" she asked.

"No," he said shaking his head.

She could feel the frustration exuding from him, so she felt his pain. "She's just in denial, Beast Boy," she said kindly. "Give her a little while longer. And if need be, just ignore her. She'll get the picture eventually."

"How do you know all of this stuff about relationships?" he asked.

This caught Raven a little off guard. "Well… I guess I don't," she said, putting the hood of her gray sweatshirt that she was wearing up. "So, perhaps, you shouldn't listen to me." She turned to walk away, but he quickly stopped her.

"No, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings or anything," he said. "I just don't know how you can know so much and give such good advice when you've never been in a relationship."

"Well, that's just it," said Raven. "Because I've never been in a relationship, my mind isn't clouded by past experiences or anything."

Beast Boy smiled and said, "Sometimes I envy you."

"Why?" she asked.

"Cuz you don't have to worry about impressing anybody or having to deal with the drama of a relationship," he said. "It must be nice."

"Not exactly the word I would use," she said with a hint of sadness in her voice. "I may not have to worry about being broken up with, but you know that spark you've talked about? I'll never feel that. And sometimes I'll just sit and wonder what it must be like. I ponder what creates this spark that I've heard so much about and why it's so special and so wanted. I try to imagine what life would be like if I could love and be loved, but I can't really come up with anything. Yeah, "nice" isn't exactly the word I would use."

"I guess the grass is always greener on the other side," said Beast Boy.

"I guess so," said Raven.

Just then there was a loud clash of thunder that shook the tower and made the electricity go out. Now the two were standing in complete darkness, thanks to the windowless hallways.

"Well… this day just seems to get better and better," said Raven sarcastically.

Beast Boy chuckled and the two decided to go to the common room where they might be able to see something. It was a little brighter in the common room, but not by much. They looked for Terra, but saw that she was no where to be seen. They looked around for her, even though they really didn't care, and found her lying on her bed singing along to a CD player she had turned up all the way.

The two walked to her room and talked along the way. They had waited about half an hour for the power to come back on, but nothing was going to happen for a while. So Beast Boy decided to push his luck and see if he could borrow a book from Raven to keep himself entertained.

"Are you sure you want to borrow one of my books?" asked Raven.

"I've got nothing better to do since the power's out," said Beast Boy. "Besides, you've got all the books in the tower. We should really rename your room "the library"."

They reached her room and she slid her door open. It was pitch black within her room and even Beast Boy's sensitive eyes could barely see anything. Raven walked in first and went straight to her candles. She knew her room by heart and made her way in without stumbling over anything. She lit a couple candles and Beast Boy entered. She put the candles about the room so they could see and then went over to her bookcase. It was in a triangular shape and was certainly unique.

"Wow," said Beast Boy looking around the whole room. "You know, as odd as it is, your room isn't quite so creepy with the candles."

"Really?" asked Raven, surprised. "I would think it would make me seem… darker."

"Is that what you were going for?" asked Beast Boy.

"No," said Raven. "I never really try to go for dark. It's just natural. Now which book do you want?"

Beast Boy looked at her library of books and felt overwhelmed. "Uh… what would you suggest?"

"Let me see…" she said, thinking. She looked up and down her shelves. "What kind of stories do you like?"

"I dunno," said Beast Boy. "Action/adventure, I guess."

"Okay," said Raven looking up and down. She took out a book and said, "Try this one."

Beast Boy took it and looked through the pages. "Cool… so what's it about?"

"It's about a pair of brothers who end up starting a war against each other," said Raven. "Of course, one is good and the other is evil. But at one point they were both good. It's got a lot of fighting and action. You should really enjoy it."

"Thanks," said Beast Boy with a smile. "Uh… mind if I read in here? I mean, since there's no light anywhere else? Or would I be intruding on your privacy."

Raven thought. "Well… I guess if you're just going to read, that'll be fine," said Raven sitting down on her bed. Her book lifted off of her nightstand and went to her hand. "Just be quiet, okay?"

"You got it," he said with a smile and took a seat on the floor. Raven rolled her eyes and threw him a pillow. "Thanks," he said kindly and stuffed the pillow under his bottom. Raven sighed and new she was going to have to wash that pillowcase.

After a few minutes Raven looked up to see how he was doing. The poor guy looked thoroughly confused. He had a quizzical look on his face and he was scratching his head as he concentrated.

"You alright?" she asked.

"Uh… yeah," he said with a fake smile. "It's just… wow, these words are big. I mean, there should be a law about words having more than five syllables."

Raven chuckled and said, "Maybe that book was a little too advanced for you." She slid off of her bed and went back to her little library. "Let me find you something else."

"No, you don't have to," said Beast Boy getting to his feet. "I mean, it's a little difficult to read, but I can manage."

"I don't want you to manage," said Raven as she looked through her bookshelf. "I want you to enjoy reading. I'm sure I can find something better." She looked around and then grabbed another book. "Okay, this one should be a little easier." She handed it to Beast Boy and he exchanged it for the book he had been holding previously.

"Alright, so what's this one about?" he asked curiously.

"That is one of my favorites," said Raven. "I hope you don't mind a little bit of romance. Most of it is adventure, but it's driven by love."

"As long as it's not too mushy, I think it'll be fine," said Beast Boy with a smile.

Raven nodded and went back to her bed. She reopened her book and got back to her reading. Beast Boy sat back down and started this new book. He found it much easier to read and let out a sigh of satisfaction as he finished a whole page without a problem.