Chapter 2: Is This A Date?
Beast Boy snuck to Cyborg's room to get the keys to his car. He enter's seeing Cyborg shut down for the night, and the keys on his table. He quietly sneaks to the keys, but acciddently knock into some computer stuuff that was on the ground. Cyborg mumbled a little but then went back to sleep. "Whew," Beast Bot whispered as he grabbed the keys. Both Beast Boy and Raven made their way to the car and drove off.
"WHOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOO! Yeah, now this is living!" "Beast Boy, where are we going?" Beast Boy stop the car saying to Raven "I don't know." Raven had her usual 'why am I not surprised' look on. Beast Boy sat there thinking Where should we go? Raven is not into the same things as I am. Boy, I wish I knew where to go. He looked at Raven then he relized, I'm helping Raven, so I should ask her. "Hey Raven, this is your night out, what do you want to do?" "I think we should...no, nevermind." "Come on, Raven. Tell me." "No, if I said where I want to go, you probably won't like it." "What is it?" "You know, this going out on a night on the town may not have been a good idea." "Raven, you wanted to do this so you can sleep again and get rid of your nightmares. Enjoy the most of it. You'll never get another chance like this again." "Well...there's a club that's doing poetry readings tonight, that could..." Beast Boy shifts gear saying "To the poetry readings" They sped off in a hurry. At the club, the place was full of beatniks and Goth-like people, watching the person on stage reading his poem. Raven was listening, while Beast Boy tried to stay awake, drinking coffee. when the person finished, everyone clapped. "Wow, I never knew poetry would be so...intresting." "Yeah, sometimes, you have to listen to the poem, to fully appreciate to full value of it." "Well, Raven, what else?" Raven was thinking about it. "Let's get something to eat." "Cool. Where?" "I don't know, what do you think?" "Raven this is your night, you choose." "Beast Boy, you dragged me out of that tower. You should enjoy the night too." Beast Boy smiled realizing how much he was being appreciated by Raven. "Okay, i know of this diner outside of Gotham. Let's go." As they left the club, a shadow was watching in the distance. "Raven..." the shadow whispered as he saw them drove off.
They enter the diner and took a seat at the bar. "What will it be?" asked the waitress."Two lemon pies with ice cream on top, please." Beast Boy turned to Raven, "They serve the best pie, ever." "How did you find out about this place?" Beast Boy was silent for a moment. "Beast Boy?" "I don't want to talk about it." Raven gave a slight giggle. "What?" "You sounded like me just then." Beast Boy realizing it started to laugh, "Ha ha ha ha...Yeah, I guess I did." he took a deep breath and said, "This is where Terra brought me." Raven was surprised. "When?" "That night when Slade's droids attacked the tower. Terra and I were out that night, we went to eat and to the carnival that Terra traveled with. There I found out that Terra was working for Slade." "You must have felt terrible." "I did." The waitress brought the pies. Raven was staring at Beast Boy, who looked depressed. "Sorry I brought that up." "It's okay Raven, don't worry about it." They were eating their pies silently, then Raven said, "You really cared for her, did you?" "Yeah." "I bet the two of you were best of friends." "Yeah, she trusted me with everything, her life, her secrets, nothing was off bounds with us. When she was having trouble with her powers, she wanted me to keep it a secret, but since Robin found out, I was afraid that she wouldn't trust me anymore. Then with this whole business with Slade, her turning into a statue, and seeing her on the streets of Jump City. I've never been so...I don't know, wierd." "Try having to live everyday, in solitude in your room, with friends who thinks of you as wierd, strange, and unnatural." "That's true too." They just sat silently eating their pies. "Raven?" "Yeah?" "How was life for you? What problems did you face growing up?" "My life...is pretty much an enigma. I lived in Azirath with my mother, knowing one day I would be the one bringing the end of the world. I try to be independent so I may avoid hurting any friends I would have made. Then I met you guys and became a Titan. But, with Trigon's coming, I tried to avoid it happening, but you guys got yourselves involved. I didn't think there was hope, but thanks to Robin, I was able to defeat him. Now, I have a whole new lot on life." "You must feel good." "Yeah, so what about you? Beside the Doom Patrol, what else have you done?" "Not much, after I left, I joined the Titans." "I see." "Yeah." Both finishing their pies, they just sat silently. "Wow, Raven. There's all these things I never knew about you." "Because it's mine alone to deal with." "Not anymore. Raven, you have friends in the Titans who care about you, you shoukld know, we'll be there for you always. You just got to look over your shoulder." Beast Boy and Raven just stared into each others eyes. Then Raven akwardly said, "Um...Let's do something else." "Huh? Oh, yeah. Check, please." As Beast Boy and Raven were making their way back to the car, the shadow in the distance glared at them with fierce red eyes.
The two were driving around the city, when Raven saw the Old Library were Trigon was resurrected. "Stop here!" Beast Boy Stop and Raven rushed inside. "Raven!" Beast Boy followed her. They went into the chamber where the 'incident' happened. "I still have nightmares about this place. I never thought I would come back here. I know now, I can be free to live my life the way I should." Beast Boy just stood there, looking at the place. "This place was creepy before, and it still is now." The two were staring around the chamber. "Hey Raven, you need to laugh once in a while, it will help you out, and make you less depressing, no offense." "None taken. Besides, I can't laugh." "Oh yeah?" Beast Boy was approaching Raven ready to tickle her. "Stay back Beast Boy!" "I'm coming to make you laugh." "No stop." Raven ran and Beast Boy followed still ready to tickle. they ran up and down the halls and the stairs. Then Beast boy caught Raven and they tripped and rolled on the floor, laughing, with Raven on top of Beast Boy. They stared at each other. Then Raven kissed Beast Boy on the cheek. "Raven, what was that about?" "Nothing, just thanking you for helping me." Beast Boy sat up staring into Raven's eyes. Beast boy drew closer to kiss Raven. When he was about two inches close, BAM! An explosion next to them shocked them. It made a hole in to the wall. In that hole they saw a figure. "Hello, Raven, we meet at last." Raven stands up and confronts the figure. He looks like a male version of herself. "Who are you?"
Now things are heating up, Raven and the mysterious figure meet at last. What will happen? How does he know Raven? Does this has something to do with Raven's Nightmare? Find out in Chapter 3: "Raven's Last Conflict." The ending will be awhile so be patient with me please.