AN: Nope, still don't own Teen Titans. Try again later!

Chapter 2: Moving In

Raven leaned her head against the window of the moving truck and watched as the city drifted away and was replaced by a more suburban setting. She and Beast Boy were wearing their special rings and just looked like a few normal people. Beast Boy was driving and he could feel how sad she was.

"Don't worry, I think you're gonna like the house I bought," he said with a comforting smile.

"It's not a five hundred room mansion, is it?" she asked in her old monotone voice.

Beast Boy chuckled. "No, it's actually a normal house for normal people who live a normal life," he said. "It's got three bedrooms, two and a half baths, it's really nice."

"With your taste I doubt it," she said under her breath.

After another twenty minutes Beast Boy slowed down and pulled into a driveway. Raven sighed and looked at the house the driveway belonged to. She was pleasantly surprised at what she saw.

"So?" he asked as he turned the truck off. "What do you think?"

"It's… nice," said Raven, surprised. "That is, the outside is. But I won't say anything else until I see the inside."

"You got it," said Beast Boy with a smile and he hopped out of the truck. Raven got out of her side and walked up the path that led to the house. Beast Boy waited for her on the steps and then dug around for the key in his pocket. He grabbed it, smiled at her, and slipped it into the keyhole.

The door gave a slight creak as it opened and Beast Boy let Raven walk in first. She looked around and was surprised again. Everything was open and each room led to the next. She could see the kitchen, a large living room with a skylight, and a parlor from where she was standing in the doorway. It was completely furnished and she was pleased to see that the furniture was actually tasteful.

"Now will you say you like it?" he asked.

"Not until I see the whole house," she said with a small smirk. Beast Boy rolled his eyes and closed the door.

Raven walked around and took a good inspection. Beyond the parlor there was a closed room and she opened it to see that it was a bedroom. Next to it was a half bathroom. She guessed it was a guest room. Beyond the kitchen there were sliding glass doors that led to a porch. She looked out and saw that there was a decent sized yard with a tall fence around it for absolute privacy as well as an in ground swimming pool.

"Now?" he asked.

"Let me see upstairs," said Raven brushing by him. Beast Boy moaned and whined as he followed her over to the stairs.

She saw that there were two more bedrooms with their own bathrooms. Beast Boy was looking for any hint of approval on Ravens face, but she was a master at keeping herself completely placid.

"Is this it?" she asked.

"Well, there is a basement," said Beast Boy and Raven was off back down the stairs. He quickly followed her and showed her to the basement stairs. She went down and looked around. A big, empty space with a lot of potential. She went back up the stairs and met Beast Boy at the top.

"Is it livable?" he asked, getting quite frustrated that she wasn't saying anything.

"Yes, it is quite satisfactory," she said in a business tone. Beast Boy wasn't at all happy with her response and he hung his head in defeat. Raven knew just how to play him. She smiled and went over to him. He looked up sadly and she said, "It's great, Gar."

Beast Boy immediately smiled and asked, "Really?"

"Yes, your taste has certainly taken a turn for the better," she said looking around again.

"Awesome, let's go move our stuff in," said Beast Boy heading for the door. Raven followed him out and watched as he unlocked the back of the large moving truck. He hoped up into it and began to move a box out.

"Mind if I help?" asked Raven.

"Sure," said Beast Boy.

"Azerath metrion zinthos," she said softly and all the boxes and suitcases phased out of the truck and landed in the living room.

Beast Boy just stood there with the box he was holding. "Uh, you do know that you can't do that in public anymore, right?" asked Beast Boy.

"That's why I teleported them into the house and didn't just move them with my mind," she said with a smirk and headed back into the house.

He rolled his eyes, with a smile, and headed into his house with the lone box. He placed it down with the others and the two looked at all of the stuff.

"Shall we unpack?" asked Raven.

"Might as well," said Beast Boy opening up a box. "This one's yours… and this one's… yours… and this one's… yours too."

"Gar, your stuff is in the boxes marks 'BB'," said Raven, pointing to a mound of boxes.

"Oh, yeah, that's right," he said laughing to himself while Raven just rolled her eyes.

"So which room am I going to stay in?" asked Raven.

"Whichever one you want," he said as he grabbed one of his boxes.

"Well, which one's yours?" asked Raven.

"I haven't decided yet," said Beast Boy.

"Well go choose so I can choose," said Raven.

"Rae, I don't really care, you go choose first," said Beast Boy.

"Gar, this is your house," said Raven. "Now go pick out a room!"

"I honestly don't care which room I have!" he said.

Raven groaned a very frustrated groan and lifted all of her belongings with her powers. "Fine! I'll just go choose a room."

"Good!" he called after her and stood up with a box.

Raven went upstairs and chose the bedroom to the right. She set all of her boxes down and took off her ring. Beast Boy made it up the stairs and looked into the room Raven had chosen.

"Oh man, I wanted this room," he pouted.

Raven shot his a death glare. "Are you fucking kidding me?" she asked through her teeth.

Beast Boy started to laugh and said, "Yeah."

"You're an asshole," she said slammed the door in his face. She could hear him chuckle his way to his new room. She couldn't help smiling to herself. He knew just how to play her.

By the time they were done it was late and they were tired. Beast Boy flopped down on the couch and sighed. Raven was sitting on the floor collapsing the boxes they had used to pack their things in. She had been done unpacking her room hours before and just needed something to do.

"I'm starving," said Beast Boy. "You hungry?"

"Yeah," said Raven. "You wouldn't have any food in the fridge yet, would you?"

"No, not yet," chuckled Beast Boy. "I know if this was your house you would have had the pantry stocked with tea already."

"Yeah, yeah," said Raven standing up and stretching her stiff legs. "Raven's a tight ass."

"Hey, I never said that," said Beast Boy sitting up. "Now let's get something to eat. What d'ya want?"

"Don't care," said Raven sitting down next to him.

"Okay, pizza it is," he said jumping up to get the phone.

Once they had both filled their stomachs with at least one slice of pizza they began to get more settled. They had both changed into comfy clothes and sat on the couch without the television on, just so they could relax.

"Gar, can I ask you something?" asked Raven.

"Sure," said Beast Boy picking up a second slice.

"Why exactly did you by a three bedroom house?" asked Raven. "I mean, I would have thought you would by a condo or something. A house is a little odd for a twenty-five year old going out on his own for the first time."

"Well, I wanted someplace I could call home, you know?" he said. "I've never actually lived in a house before, at least not one that I can remember, and I really don't want to move again. Like I said, I hate change as much as you do. So I bought this house because I knew that if I got married someday it would be perfect. Plus, there's plenty of room for when I start a family. I never have to leave."

"Wow, you actually thought that far into the future?" asked Raven. "You're already thinking about marriage and kids?"

"Yeah, I know, it sounds weird," chuckled Beast Boy taking another bite of his pizza. "But, think of it this way, what do most guys my age want to do? They want to do stuff that's cool and get that adrenaline rush. But, I've already had more than my share of exciting adventures. I just want to relax for a little while."

"Well, if you want to get married, then you better start looking for a girl," said Raven with a smirk.

"And what's so funny about that?" he asked, pushing her playfully.

"Nothing," she said and reached for another slice of pizza.

"Are you suggesting that I won't be able to find a girl to marry me?" asked Beast Boy.

"I never said that," said Raven taking a bite of her pizza.

"Well, snicker and laugh all you want," he said. "I'll have you know that I can make any girl fall in love with me."

"Oh really?" she said sarcastically.

"Course," he said simply and smugly.

"Well, good for you," said Raven, trying to suppress her laughter.

"Anyway, I'm not planning on getting married for a while," said Beast Boy eating his crust. "I'll still probably settle down young, but still not for a few years."

"That's being pretty old by today's standards," said Raven. "You're already twenty-five."

"I know," said Beast Boy. "What about you? You wanna get married someday?"

Raven stopped in mid chew and thought about it. The she looked blankly at the floor and swallowed. "No, I don't think I'll ever get married."

"Why not?" asked Beast Boy.

"I… I just don't see me as the wife type," said Raven.

"Well, maybe not right now," said Beast Boy. "But I'm sure someday you'll make some guy a good wife."

"I doubt it," said Raven grumpily. She stood up and said, "I'm going to bed now."

"'kay, good night, Rae," said Beast Boy, unsure of her change in attitude.

"It's Raven!" she said and phased to her room.

Beast Boy was a little startled by Ravens sudden switch from comfortable to angry. But, he was used to it. He barely let it affect him anymore. He ate one more piece of pizza and headed off to bed himself.

The next morning Raven woke up and for a moment forgot where she was. She sat up quickly and gasped with shock, causing one of her books to explode, sending pages everywhere. Then she remembered where she was and sighed. She rubbed her temples and prayed that she would be able to get used to living outside of the tower. She wasn't sure how long she was going to stay with Beast Boy, but she knew it wouldn't be wise to over stay her welcome.

She slowly got out of the bed and stretched. It was still pretty early and she knew that Beast Boy wouldn't be up for another two hours. Since the kitchen was still bare, she decided to take a walk to the store and get them some groceries. It was the least she could do after yelling at him when he was being so generous to her. She threw on some clothes, her ring, and headed out to find a store.

As she walked she looked around at the little street that they were living on now. It was very calm and slightly classy. She never thought Beast Boy would have such good taste when it came to buying a house. He never ceased to amaze her. He was such a great guy and wonderful friend. She really was lucky to have finally found a friendly relationship with him.

But with those thoughts came others that she didn't like. She hated feeling like their friendship was one sided. It seemed like he was always helping her more than she was helping him. Was she really that needy? She knew that Beast Boy had had just as hard a life as her, but he never complained or brought up things from the past. He lived in the here and now. They really were complete opposites.

Beast Boy yawned and stretched as he sat up in his new room. He was pleased with it, but felt a little homesick for the tower. He guessed Raven must have felt the same way. He crawled out of his bed and threw some clothes on, since he slept in his boxers. He scratched his grass green head and lazily walked down the stairs.

"Raven?" he called in more of a yawn than a voice. There was no response. She was always up before him, so he knew she wouldn't have been asleep. Just then the front door opened, causing him to jump. A young woman with black hair and pale skin walked in. For a moment he wasn't sure who it was. Then his mind woke up and he gave a relieved sigh.

"Morning," she said as she made her way to the kitchen with six heavy bags.

"You went shopping?" he asked. "Dude! It's like ten in the morning!"

"And I was up at eight," said Raven as she put all of the bags on the counter. "I figured I could make you breakfast."

"Oh no, you really don't have to do that," he said growing nervous. Raven had a reputation for being almost as bad a cook as Starfire. "I wouldn't want you to go through all that trouble. You know, I am a picky eater."

"It's no trouble," said Raven plainly and began to take the food out of the bags. "Unless you're afraid I'll cook you something inedible."

"Well, you gotta admit Rae, you don't exactly have the best track record when it comes to cooking," he said with a nervous smiling, hoping she wouldn't throw something at him.

"I know, but I want to get better," she said. "And I can't get better unless I practice."

"Yeah, but, this is my breakfast," he said innocently. He did love his breakfast.

Raven rolled her eyes and reached into one of the bags. She threw a box of donuts at him. "I had a funny feeling you would react like that," she said and then continued emptying the grocery bags. "You eat those so I can make my tea, then you can make yourself a proper breakfast."

Beast Boy smiled and opened the box. Raven knew him so well. Better than he knew himself, even.