Disclaimer: Chapter 9- Romance in the Hills
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Underline = Beast Boy
Bold= Panic/worried side - LOOK!
Italic= confident/snobbish side
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Beast Boy's POV:
Raven had collapsed.
"AAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed, as the black bubble that had encased me faded into nothing, and I was hurled at the ground at a rapid speed. The air around me whistled deafeningly as I fell swiftly. Ok, don't panic. You can do something about this, one of my confident sides told me as two of them appeared on my shoulders. But then again, the other side is not exactly like the other one. DON'T PANIC?! ARE YOU CRAZY?! WE ARE PRACTICALLY A MILE FROM GROUND, HARD BLACK CONCRETE, AND YOU SAY DON'T PANIC?! THERE IS NOTHING, NOTHING WE CAN DO! WE ARE FALLING FAST, AND THE GIRL OF OUR DREAMS IS UNCONSCIOUS! DON'T PANIC?! YOU ARE CRAZY!! Did I mention not exactly?
Are you sure you can't do anything? You can shape shift, STUPID, my other side, somewhat snobbishly, retorted.
I really don't have time for this! I yelled to them silently as my two sides battled on. YOU are the crazy one! Panicking while in a dangerous situation is the fist sign of immaturity, my confident side said haughtily. He turned his back to the conflicting/other side. WELL I DON'T THINK YOU'RE TOO PSYCHED ABOUT FALLING AND DYING IN OUR TEEN AGE YEARS, my panicked side yelled.
I really, REALLY don't have time for this! I said, as I looked down at the still nearing ground. Ok, think, think, think, Beast Boy, I thought and racked my brain (A/N: What brain? I know, mean.) for what to do, while my other two sides kept vilifying each other. Ok, pterodactyl time, I decided finally as I shape shifted into one and swooped down to catch Raven. I aimed and caught her lifeless body in my claws. Once I had done that, I strained my wings and soared up.
My two sides looked at my third with awe. Actually, just my panicked side did. My snobbish side told us both, We could have done that earlier if it weren't for him! He pointed to the worried side. Well, I was to worried about the-
Ugh! SHUT UP! I yelled to them in frustration. We have to land somewhere quick! My wings are getting tired! And no one regularly sees a green pterodactyl flying in a small neighborhood in the middle of the night! Both sides became quiet instantly. Umm… you could land on top of that hill not too far way, my confident/snobbish side said with a feeble smile. Thank you. Finally you are at least a little bit useful and not bickering every two seconds, I told him. Yeah, sneered my worried side, tuning to face his opponent. You are finally useful a little bit!
Hey! You're not exactly a picnic either! I yelled at him. Both of you are just in the way, I said as my green self landed gracefully on the top of a beautiful grassy hill. I carefully set Raven down on a grass slope. I was guessing she had rendered unconscious from all the work she did to fix the street damage.
I changed back into my own self and knelt down next to her. I put head in my lap and cradled it in my arms. She wasn't moving, and it scared me. I didn't know if she was going to be ok, and that scared me even more. What if she wasn't even unconscious? What if she was… dead?
"Oh, god, please be ok. Please… I need you…" I whispered softly as I looked lovingly at her pale face. She was not waking. Her eyes were closed and she looked as if she was in a deep, deep, sleep. I turned her head so that her face could be seen clearly. Oh… she was so peaceful… It was so strange… unconscious yet beautiful. But it was no surprise to me; she's beautiful in everything she does, from sleeping to walking or reading.
Aww… How cute! my confident side said in a mock baby voice (A/N: bb_tiger, remember MBV? That's what it was!) . He hopped down to my lap where Raven rested. Wittle Beast Boy got a giwl fwiend! He put his small hands together and tucked them underneath his tilted head and batted his eyes.
I made a face at him. Why don't you go somewhere else? You aren't doing any good! I told him as I pushed his small self off of my lap and turned my attention back to the unconscious girl lying beneath me. Uh! Fine, I could hear him say, just as the two of my sides disappeared with a small *poof*.
I looked down at Raven and tucked a lock of lavender hair behind her ear. She wasn't waking up no matter what, and she still was not even moving. I did not hear her breathing. I shook her hard, but she was still not waking up. I was really, really getting worried by then. What if she never woke up? What if she had worn herself to the end?
"Come on! Wake up! Please!" I groaned and put my head in my hands. "This can't be happening! Not now! This cannot be happening." I groaned again.
"Or can it?" said a shaky voice below me suddenly.
"Huh?" I looked up from my hands and down from where the source of the voice was coming. "Raven!" I shouted as she sat up and rubbed her head. She waved at me and managed a weak smile.
"Hel-" I grasped her in a tight hug before she could finish. (Beast Boy's POV stops)
Raven's POV:
When I woke up, was lying in Beast Boy's lap on the top of a grassy hill.
"Come on! Wake up! Please! This can't be happening! Not now! This cannot be happening," I heard him say, head in hands. He groaned.
"Or can it?" I said, looking up at him. I sat up and rubbed my head.
"Huh?" he said, looking around for the source of the voice. His eyes finally landed on me, and I waved at him.
"Hel-" Before I could finish my greeting, Beast Boy was hugging me tightly.
"Beast Boy. Don't overdo it," I said in an emotionless tone. He didn't stop. "Beast Boy. Stop?" He still didn't get off me. "Don't make me force you." He still was hugging me. "Fine." I sighed. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos," I chanted for the millionth time in my life, of course in the ever so popular dull voice of mine. His torso grew black, while my eyes grew white. He was lifted off of me and set down a foot in front (of me).
"Heh. Sorry." He blushed a little and looked away. " It's just-" He sighed. "I thought that maybe you were- well-" He sighed again.
"Yes?" I questioned him.
"Well- maybe that you would-never wake up. Or something horrible had happened that no one could ever fix. I just-" He sighed for the third time. "I'm sorry." He looked to the ground ashamed, then back up at me.
"Oh… Well, that's ok. I'm fine. I just overdid it a little. How long was I out, by the way?"
"Oh, um… I don't know. Maybe, I don't know, 15 minutes or so."
"Oh…" We sat in silence for a long while as we both turned to face the lightening sky. It was currently a deep indigo with little clouds to obscure the lovely color. It was great being there, considering I had blacked out half an hour ago.
The deep blue sky lightened every so often and soon became a navy blue, turning into a dark blue. White clouds came and soared across it quickly, leaving trails of white straining to catch up.
Then a feeling came from nowhere. I felt like someone was watching me. I looked around, then finally at Beast Boy. It seemed he had been gazing at me ever since- ever. He blushed a deep shade of red and looked away at some nearby trees.
"Umm… We'd better go now," I said after five minutes of watching the sky, or in Beast Boy's case at me. I started to stand up.
"NO! I mean… Uh… Wait! Umm... We can… uh... watch the sunrise! We're already up! Might as well! Hehe… Right?" He said, grabbing my arm tightly and squeezing it. I thought it was about to break with all the pressure he was putting on it. "Or, we can go back. It's up to you." He loosened is grip on my arm. I jerked it back.
"I don't care. If we stay, it's not like anyone would care that I'm gone anyway. But they'd probably be looking for you. Your choice." I checked my arm. It was red where he had gripped it so tight. "Ow," I groaned as a tree beside us wilted and crashed to the ground.
"Ok. First things first. One: The team would care if you were gone. Two: I don't care if they're looking for me. And Three: If you don't mind, I'd like to stay here. With you, of course." I shrugged.
"Ok. Fine with me. They'll be looking for you though." I sat back down ad waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited some more. Finally Beast Boy broke the silence.
"Raven? Can I ask you a question?" he said, looking at me.
"Um… Ok."
"Why did you feel like no one would care that you were gone? If you don't mind my asking, of course."
"Well- I- I-I- I um… feel that they don't care about me?"
"The real reason?" I sighed.
"I suppose you want to know." I sighed again and took a deep breath. "In these past few days, I haven't been able to sleep. I tried meditating, but it just didn't work. I had too many emotions to handle. Every time I tried, something just ended up broken and I've gone there ever since or cracked. So I looked around for a place to, you know, let my feelings out. I found that place with the waterfalls the night that I found it. There I let out my feelings and as you know, I'm not allowed to let my feelings out or else my powers will be set off and something will explode or break. I'm not allowed to have fun or feel anything, so I'm left out. I don't participate in anything, because if I have fun my powers will go crazy. There's no point in doing something not fun, so I don't. I can only read a book, and even that can set my powers off sometime or another. (A/N: Can it? I just made that up. Hehe! Well, enjoy and review!) So I figured, since I always read a book quietly in the corner, no one would notice if I'm even there or not because I never cheer anyone on, I never join the game, and I always just… sit and… well… insult. And no one cares for insults." I looked straight into his eyes and paused for a second. "Now it's your turn."
"My- m-my t-turn?" Beast Boy stammered.
"Yes. Why did you follow me?"
"Well I was-" I cut him off.
"And don't say you were curious."
"How do you do that?" He looked defeated.
"Lets just say… I know you. By the way, nice try. Answer the question."
"Sheesh! I don't know how the heck she does that! Seriously!" I heard him mutter to himself. He exhaled loudly with a groan. "Fine. The truth?" I nodded slightly. He took a huge breath.
"Ok. Here we go. I wanted to know what you were doing because- well- I heard you talking to yourself in your room. And you sounded so sad that I-" I cut him off again.
"Wait. You were spying on me?!" I tensed up, ready to yell.
"No, I was going to return your book…um… It was called… um… um…" I could see he was stalling for time. Might as well, I thought. He's not going to get it any time soon. He just wants to get out of this question.
"Wild Magic?" I asked.
"Oh yeah, Wild Magic! Yeah, that was it. Oh, by the way, I'll give that back when we get back to, you know, the tower. I finished it quickly." I relaxed some after hearing this.
"Ok. Go on," I ushered him. "You didn't think you were going to segue into another subject just by stalling?" He slumped a little. He exhaled sharply and had a look on his face- a defeated look. I smirked inside. Defeated? I scoffed. He looked at me with a raised eyebrow.
"Sorry. Thinking about something else." He still looked suspicious.
"Rrrriiiiight. Uh, huh. Let's just pretend like we were suddenly transported into a world called Kythlone where that was true. Come on. What were you thinking about? Really."
"None of your business." He started to say something.
"Really? How s-" But then, I figured it out. All he's going to do is try to change the subject, I thought. And I knew what he was going to say.
"Well, because it's my thought, not yours, and this still does not get you of the hook." He sighed. "Let me guess. Go on?" He sighed ruefully.
"And you sounded so sad that I wanted to see what it was all about… because I care about you." I looked at him. He realized what he had just said, and his green eyes opened wide. " 'Cause you're my friend," he added on quickly. I eyed him suspiciously. He smiled a feeble smile that said, 'He-he…'
"Ok… Is that all?" He nodded.
(Raven's POV stops)
They sat in silence for what seemed like a million years. Then…
"Oh, look!" shouted Beast Boy a little bit too loud. He gasped and covered his mouth, surprised at the somewhat shrill sound he made, and pointed to the sky above the plain before the two.
Raven looked up and gasped at the beautiful sight. An orange-yellow sun was sending a brilliant glow across the waving grass. It was peeking out behind the flat field in front of them. Raven held her breath, as if the sun would set if she didn't.
Behind the strangely colored couple, trees and plants were wilting because of the telepath's admiration for the slowly rising sun. It lit up puffy white clouds soaring above with a shining gold, and its beauty transfixed her. She looked behind herself at the shadow that was hers, and that stretched all the way across the plain. And that's when she saw most of the nature wilting or burning up. Now it was her turn to gasp and cover her mouth with one pale colored hand.
Beast Boy tugged on the back of Raven's cape.
"Come on, Rae, you're missing it!" The green boy turned around to find a slowly chanting girl fixing up the wilderness. He kept quiet, not wanting to disturb her and turned back to the scene that was displayed in front of his green self.
I only wish Raven would be sitting beside me, enjoying the view with me… Then this would be perfect… he thought sadly. The lavender haired girl that was once seated next to him was walking, not towards him, but the other direction now. He sighed softly.
Raven finally came back to sit down next to Beast Boy. He turned around to look at what she had done. His eyes grew wide at the sight. It was not only fixed up, but also beautiful. He looked at the pretty girl beside him, watching the last of the sunrise. She had done this all by herself?, he wondered. Wow.
Flowers were fully bloomed and a variety of colors were spread out on the grass. The thin wavy wheat-like grass danced wildly in the wind, looking stronger and elegant. The trees had whatever they were supposed to, from peaches and cherries to just plain leaves. And most of all, the grass looked greener than ever.
Beast Boy stared back at Raven. She had done this- this some sort of miracle. He looked at her, observing everything about her, even the way she breathed. He studied her well, looking for some idea, some sign that maybe she liked him the same way he did her.
"Do you mind?" she said a little harsh, making him snap out of his daze. She was looking at him, and he was staring at her, drooling and eyes blank. She waved a hand in front of his face.
"Hello?"
"Oh! I, uh… Sorry." Beast Boy looked away and scratched the back of his neck. "I was just…um… thinking about something." Or someone, he added silently. "Um…" there was an awkward silence that filled the air.
Raven looked at Beast Boy. Will he ever love me? She thought with a sigh. She slumped down a little. The sun was now in the sky, shining brightly. The stars disappeared, the moon soon following. The couple found themselves looking at each other again. Beast Boy moved closer to Raven. Raven put her hand on his and smiled slightly. They both knew what was going to happen, or what they thought was going to happen. They leaned in…
A/N: Another cliffhanger. Sort of. Sorry for the big wait. I was really busy. Now, press the small button that says go, and REVIEW! PLEASE!