Tet: So here is Chapter Nine…honestly, I don't have the energy to respond to the reviews, and a lot of them were about how they didn't like Beast Boy or something and I guess it kind of annoyed me. I knew this story wouldn't make everyone happy. What can you do you know?

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans or anything related to them. I only own my own ideas.

Chapter Nine: A man, a hero, a fish?

"Yeah, sit down, I'm leaving."

Raven got up and started to leave. Terra and I both jumped up and chased her out the door. As the door shut behind me, I gave her Ariel one last fleeting look of apology.

We walked to the car in silence. As we got in, Terra riding shotgun, (she had called it before we were even a block away) and Raven sitting in the back, I let out a sigh and Raven clicked her tongue.

I turned around in my seat.

"Yes?"

She rolled her eyes, but didn't say anything.

"That's what I thought." I muttered, so that she couldn't hear.

We drove home, nobody speaking except for Terra, singing loudly to the songs on the radio; She seemed to know every single song that came on.

We were about halfway there when suddenly Terra shouted, "STOP THE CAR!"

I swerved and pulled over to the side of the street.

Terra jumped out and I watched through the window as she walked into a building I couldn't see the name of.

"Where is she going?" I said, a note of panic in my voice.

She came back out after a few minutes with a bag.

"What's in that?" asked Raven.

"Oh, this?"

She turned the bag over to reveal a yellow 'Blockbuster' tag.

Raven and I both made sounds of annoyance, and I put the car in drive and we were on our way, again.

"So what did you get anyway?"

Terra pulled out a dvd to reveal the name, "E True Hollywood Story: Aqualad; a man, a hero, a fish?"

I stared at her out of the corner of my eye.

"Why that, of all things?"

"He's sexy." she said simply.

I felt a rush of jealousy from the inner parts of my stomach. I ignored it

"Oh…" I said, trying to keep my voice and face as immobile as possible.

"Yes, he is quite sexy, isn't he?"

I slammed on the brake.

"OUCH!" both Terra and Raven shouted.

"Sorry, sorry…" I mumbled.

I stepped down hard, on the gas to get us the hell home.

"You're mental, do you know that?"

"So Aqualad is sexy, huh?", I asked Raven, ignoring Terra.

"Yeah. He is. Why?"

"Just wondering…"

"Not, jealous are you Beast Boy?"

"NO!" I lied, at once.

"Defensive, much?" asked Terra.

I sped up, and as we pulled into the driveway I was absorbed in my own thoughts, swirling around my brain like a tornado on drugs.

Am I jealous? Of Aqualad? God, not that again. But who do I want, Terra or Raven?

No. I just…want to be friends with both of them.

"Come on!"

Raven was…oh my god…pulling Terra by the hand, into Titans Tower. They were discussing the finer points of Aqualad's body.

She was trying to make me jealous! Or was she? What if she really did love him? Aqualad had once told me that he would 'bang her in a second', if he got the chance. I couldn't bear the thought.

"Beast Boy?"

Terra was standing in the doorway, leaning against the frame, looking as sexy as ever.

"You coming?"

Was it possible her voice had gotten sexier since we were in the car?

No, we have to be friends. No more 'sexy' thoughts.

"Uhh…actually I'm gonna go out for a drive."

She simply cocked her head and shut the door.

I went back into the car and drove away, fast.

I felt the gasoline run through my veins. Where was I was going? I had a place in mind.

I parked and walked down the all too familiar street.

I opened the door and stepped inside.

"Ah, Ariel."

She seemed surprised to see me. She looked around the café, as if expecting to see some other 'Ariel' I was addressing.

"Surprised to see me?" I moved towards her, sitting at the same table we had vacated less than an hour ago; Terra, Raven and I.

I sat down, but she didn't say anything.

Ariel just sat there, gaping at me over her magazine; this one had a picture of Speedy with an article entitled 'What color are the eyes behind the mask? An in depth look, at the boy feared by all evil.'

"W-w-what are you doing here?"

"Can't a boy want to see a girl?"

I thought I saw a flicker of happiness shine in her eyes.

"Um, sure…do you want, want something to drink?"

"Ah…a tea seems in order." I noticed my confidence in this situation suddenly.

"Yeah,", she got up, "sure."

I pulled her magazine towards me and opened to the horoscopes.

I read,

Leo :Confusion seems to be evident in all parts of your life. Stay friends with those in the midst of your decisions. Only time will tell which path you need to take. In the meantime, have fun with those unaffected by this indecision.

"Hmm.", I thought about the thing I had just read. It seemed so...so, realistic.

Ariel came back with the tea.

"H-here you are.", she looked at me nervously.

"Thanks." I smiled.

"So…why did you come back?"

"Hmm? Oh, well precisely what I said before. I wanted to see you. A beautiful young girl running a local coffee shop? I wondered whether I couldn't have an interesting conversation with you."

Ariel looked at me as though pondering something.

"But what about those girls? Terra, and Raven?"

"Oh, well I expect Terra will come back to work here eventually. She buys so many things, I often wonder whether she could bankrupt the Titans if she actually had access to our main account."

"She doesn't?"

"She doesn't know that we even have one.", we laughed.

"Robin said it would be good for her…you know? 'Have a sense of self value.' That's Robin for you, I guess."

"So tell me about yourself. What's it like?"

"What is what like?"

"Being a Teen Titan! Rich, famous, beautiful!"

"Beautiful? Am I really?"

She looked at me with incredulity.

"I'll take that look, for a yes.", I winked at her.

Ariel blushed. I drank deeply from my tea. It was bitter and sweet, at the same time.

"Wanna get out of here?"

"Not here, surely? Don't you have to run 'Tragic Misery?'"

"No one will miss it, if I close it for fifteen minutes or so. I don't even usually have a customer in here every hour and fifteen minutes.", she said dismissively.

"Oh…where do you want to go?"

"You pull the car around here, and I'll take you some place you'll wish you had been all your life."

This girl had cheek.

"Beam me up, scotty."

She smiled and went to get her jacket.

I ran out of there and went to get the car. I suddenly wondered whether I should just drive away, and not enter our little adventure.

I got in the car and pulled up to the door. She walked out, sexy as ever. All thoughts of departure left me.

Ariel opened the door and sat down.

"So, where are we going?", I couldn't help but notice the nervousness in my own voice.

"Wherever you feel most comfortable.", she put a hand on my leg, and I shivered.

She raised her eyebrows and I stepped on the gas, perhaps a little too hard, the car sped down the street.

"Um…perhaps the park, then?"

"Okay."

We reached the park all too soon, and as I stepped out of the car, I felt a sense of dread. The first time since I had been in the company of Ariel.

"Let's go to a more private place."

"HUH?"

"Of the park.", I thought I sensed a note of amusement in her voice as she said that.

"S-Sure."

We walked, hand in hand, (she had grabbed mine first) to a darker part of the park, the trees throwing shadows onto the deserted benches. There was no one around.

"Here will do the trick."

She led me to a bench, it was silent except for the sound of crunching leaves under our feet.

I sat down on the bench, the farthest from her as possible. Raven and Terra's faces were implanted in my mind, and I felt guilty and dirty all of a sudden.

I shivered. It was really cold out.

"Come closer, Romeo."

I moved an inch to my left.

"Look…if you don't feel comfortable, I'll underst-"

"No! I mean, no. I'm fine. What are you, er, planning to do anyway?"

Ariel placed a hand seductively on my leg.

She squeezed gently and moved it up, towards…well, you know.

I squeezed my legs together as tight as they would go, and as she inched closer, I jumped up.

"Um?"

I had to get out of there.

I ran to the car, but found someone blocking the path. There was a little girl in front of me and I stumbled over her.

She grabbed my pants leg in the haste not to fall, and I felt my pants being tugged down.

I looked down and saw them hugging my ankles. My red boxers were exposed.

I tried to pull them up and I heard someone shriek with laughter. It was Ariel.

In the moment of panic of seeing her, I tripped and fell onto my butt, onto the icy cold ground. Ariel just laughed louder.

I decided to just run for it. I left my pants there on the ground and ran to the T-car, opened the door and slammed it.

I was pulling away as I looked into the rear-view mirror and saw Ariel picking up my pants, still doubled over with laughter.

Crap. What was I going to do now? I had to sneak into the tower somehow without anyone seeing me in my underwear. Oh screw it. I don't care. Friends need to be comfortable with each other right?

I reached the driveway and walked to the door. Here we go.

As I entered the living room I heard Aqualad on the screen. "I sometimes cry at night. It's the sensitive part of me…I'm lonely, you know? I feel like my life is a battle between good and evil, I, on the good side, don't have time for ladies. Or is it just that I'm not making enough time for them?"

I pondered this for a second and then swaggered into the living room.

"Woah."

Raven blushed, and Terra got up and pushed me out of the way of her viewing the T.V.

"Okay then.", I left the room.

I heard footsteps behind me and turned to find Raven.

"Yes?"

"Where did you go? And why did you come back with no pants?"

"My, my, you certainly are the curious type."

"Don't give me that crap."

I narrowed my eyes.

"What?"

She glared at me.

"Raven….I don't know what you want from me. I want to be friends. With you, and Terra."

"I know that.", she said quickly.

"So then why are you attacking me on a constant basis?"

She looked at the floor, and then back up at me.

"Can't we just be friends? At least for now. I want to get to know you better…and Terra. Isn't that good enough for you?"

"Yeah…it is." There was no denying the sadness in her voice.

I sighed.

"If…if we get to know each other, me, you, and Terra, I think we can become great friends. Love, can come, eventually, between friends.", I added.

"Just, friends?"

"Well, when the friendly relationship,", I moved closer to her, "turns out feelings."

She moved closer to me.

"What if it already has?"

I moved closer to her, and-

"HEY! Come on! You're missing the best part!", shouted Terra, from the other room.

We broke apart…We had been so damn close.

"I-I should go."

She turned her back on me and walked to the other room.

I realized I still wasn't wearing pants, so I walked to my room in search of a pair.

I was about to enter, when I heard a moan from the other room.

I opened a door at random and found myself, once again, a witness to a show of fierce emotion between Starfire and Robin.

They broke away form their kiss and stared at me.

"Umm…"

I shut the door and walked back into my room.

What a crazy world we live in.

Tet: So...there was Chapter Nine. R&R. I'll see you all for Chapter Ten. Adios.

Thanks for reading.