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

Chapter 4: A Rush

Two months. Two very long months. Raven was sitting behind a desk in the local library stamping books and categorizing them into the computer. She had gotten the job as a librarian a week after moving in with Beast Boy. She did the same thing everyday. Stack the shelves with the returned books, check peoples choices out, and categorize the books in the computer.

She had thought that this would be the perfect job for her, but she was miserable. She liked how quiet it was, but she was always used to something going on around her. Everyone was so polite and kind it was really distracting her.

Finally the day was over and she could finally go home. Her shift ended at five and Beast Boy picked her up everyday. As she was finishing up her last stack of books a handsome blond young man came up to her desk and leaned on it.

"Hey Rae, ready to go?" he asked.

"Just let me sign out," said Raven in a sigh. She signed off of the computer and then slowly stood up.

Beast Boy watched as she went to the backroom of the library to get her coat and purse, which she had to start carrying around since she had to be normal. He could tell she was unhappy just by her movements. She looked so… bland, for lack of a better word. As if she was so bored that she was stuck in a monotone state. She came out with her things and walked over to him.

"Let's go," she said and started heading out with him right behind her.

As she stepped out of the door a cool breeze brushed her and she shivered. The sky was darker than usual, and that was because it was full of percolating storm clouds. She gave a depressed sigh and headed to the car, which Beast Boy had bought a month and a half before.

She was quiet the whole ride home and just stared sadly at her feet. Beast Boy wanted to say something to lift her spirits, but the nasty weather affected him too and he couldn't think of anything. When they got home she quietly got out of the car and went to the door. She pulled her key out and unlocked it. She walked in and left the door ajar for Beast Boy.

Beast Boy was in a few seconds later and he closed it. By the time he got in she was heading up to her room, her ring already off of her finger and in her pocket. He soon heard her room door open and closed. He sighed and flopped down on the couch, waiting for her to come back down once she changed into her more comfortable clothes.

He waited a few minutes and sure enough he heard her door open and close. She floated down the stairs and soon appeared in a pair of gray sweat pants and sweatshirt with a black tank top underneath it. Her violet hair was in a messy bun because she could care less about how she looked. She slowly took a seat down on the couch next to him and relaxed into it.

"What are you watching?" she asked without any interest.

"Nothing, just surfing," he said. Raven nodded and brought her legs up onto the couch. "Raven, why are you so unhappy?" he asked feeling that now was as good any time to talk to her about it.

"I'm not unhappy," she said in a sigh.

"Yeah you are," he said turning the television off. "And I hate seeing you like this. If you hate that job so much then why don't you quit?"

"Because I need the money," she said plainly.

"For what?" he asked.

"For an apartment," she said.

"Rae, I told you, you don't have to get an apartment right away," he said getting upset. "Just quit that librarian job and wait until you can find something you'll enjoy. I don't care how long you're here for."

"Gar, librarian is the only thing I'm qualified for," she said sadly.

"No it's not," he said. "I know there must be something out there that you can do and be happy doing it."

"Yeah, it was being a Titan," she said solemnly. "It's the only thing I'll ever be good at. So if I can't do that, then I'll just have to settle for anything else I can do. And being a librarian is the best job for me." She swung her legs off of the couch and stood up. He watched as she headed for the kitchen. He quickly got up as well.

"Well, if you can't find a job that you'll enjoy then forget about the whole job thing," said Beast Boy. "Just take a vacation like me."

"I can't, I have to…"

"No!" he said firmly and went right up to her. "You don't have to get a job to earn money for an apartment. You're just using it as an excuse to fill this empty void in your life. I've told you a hundred times that I don't care how long you stay here and that you're not using me. I would rather see you happy and living here for ten years then being miserable."

"I am not miserable," she said in a slightly irritated voice.

"Yes you are, Rae," he said getting closer to her. "I've never seen you this unhappy before. I don't like it."

"And you think I do?" she said in a soft, painful voice. She got her teakettle out and began to fill it with water. By this time it had started to rain and the sound of the droplets hitting the skylight in the living room echoed.

Beast Boy sighed and walked over to the glass sliding doors that led to their backyard and pool. Everything looked gray and wet outside. It looked just as depressed as Raven was. He watched as the pool looked to be boiling from the thousands of raindrops hitting it. He turned back to Raven and saw her putting her kettle on the stove. She stood there and watched her kettle, waiting for it to warm up.

Ravens eyes seemed to blur as she lost focus of the teakettle and just drifted into her own little world. She felt nothing inside of her; like she had finally achieved an emotionless state. Suddenly she heard one of the doors leading onto the deck open and she was snapped out of her dazed state. She looked over to the door and saw that Beast Boy had just closed it, but he was outside. She found this to be odd and walked over to watch him.

Beast Boy walked right over to the pool, bent down, and dipped his hand in. It was frigid, just like the air. He looked to the kitchen and saw Raven standing there quite puzzled as to what he was doing. He looked back at the pool and then began to take off his shoes. Raven quickly opened the door.

"What the hell are you doing?" she called to him.

"I'm going for a swim," he called back to her.

"Are you insane?" she screamed at him and stepped out into the rain. "It's freezing! Get back in here now!"

"Just go drink your tea," he said casually as he took off his other shoe. "I'll be fine."

"No you won't!" she said and marched out over to him.

"Rae, go back inside," he said and got ready to jump in.

Raven quickly grabbed him and said, "What are you, high? It's cold, it's raining, and we haven't even cleaned the damn pool yet."

"I'm just gonna jump in for a second," said Beast Boy.

"Why?" she cried.

"Because I need a rush of adrenaline," he said simply with a grin. Then he jumped in and splashed into the deep end of the pool. The shock of the cold water was electric. He pried his way to the surface and screamed with both pain and excitement. "Woo hoo! Dude, that was great!"

"You're messed up, you know that!" she said, crossing her arms. She was pretty wet from standing out in the cold rain.

"Come on in," he said and motioned for her to come in. He was swimming around to try and warm up his cold body.

"I am not jumping into a pool in the freezing ran," she said in a sarcastic laugh.

"Why not?" he asked. "This is just what you need. If you miss saving the world and all that, then what you need is a good old adrenaline rush. Trust me, you'll feel like a whole new person."

Raven looked down into the pool and then back at Beast Boy. He had a large smile on his face and soon dove back under to swim around. She couldn't believe him. The idea of swimming around in ice cold water during a storm was absolute idiocy. She watched as he glided around under the water without a care in the world. Every time he came up for air he would let out a gasp or a satisfied sigh. He looked up at Raven with that signature grin of his.

"Come on, Raven, you know you wanna," he said wiggling his eyebrows. He let out a small chuckle to himself and then saw something he had never seen before. Raven closed her eyes, walked forward, and without a single pause fell right into the pool.

The cold water seemed to soak right into her body and fill her veins. It covered every part of her, absorbing into her clothes and weaving in between every strand of her violet hair. The few seconds she was beneath the water seemed to last hours, within her own mind. Finally she pushed off of the bottom of the pool rocketed to the raining surface.

Beast Boy watched as Ravens head came shooting up and gasped for air. Her eyes were wide with shock as well as a rush she had never felt. Beast Boy had been in shock for those five seconds when this all took place.

"Holy shit!" he exclaimed when Raven was finally able to steady herself in the water. "I can't believe you did it!" Raven didn't know why, but she let out a laugh through her shivers that had covered her. "Why the hell did you do it?"

"I d-don't know," she said through her chattering cheeks. "I j-just c-couldn't stop m-myself."

"Well hurry up and swim around before you go numb," he said swimming over to her shaking her around.

"Are y-you n-nuts?" she asked. "I-I'm g-g-getting out." She slowly began to swim over to the side of the pool.

"Rae, you're already in, just go with it," he said swimming with her. She couldn't understand how he wasn't shivering like her. "Besides, you can't get any wetter at this point, so embrace it. Just let your mind go and enjoy swimming in the rain."

He went under again to push his hair out of his face. Raven could feel the cold stiffening her and making her feel all tight again. She slowly began to swim around and once she could feel warmth returning to her she swam a little faster. Soon she was doing laps in sync with Beast Boy. They finally stopped after a few minutes to catch their breath and hang off of the side of the pool.

"Okay, l-let's g-get out," said Beast Boy with a frigid smile.

Raven nodded, but felt a fire burning within her. Rain was falling harder than ever and they practically had to swim into the house. She had never done anything like this before and she felt slightly queer from it. Beast Boy pulled himself out first, then grabbed Ravens hands, and hoisted her out of the water.

They made it into the kitchen and stood there, dripping wet. Raven was in shock about what she did, but for some odd reason she was pleased with it. Beast Boy couldn't believe she had done it and wasn't sure how she was going to react now.

"I'm going to change," said Raven. She turned the heat under her teakettle off and then phased up to her room.

Beast Boy decided to just strip there so he wouldn't drag water through the house. He took his cold, soaked clothes off, left them in a pile on the kitchen floor, and then ran to his room in his wet boxers. Once he was in completely dry, very comfortable clothes he headed back downstairs to take care of his wet clothes. He tossed them in the washer and then took a seat on the couch. His skin was still cold and he felt very tired now. That adrenaline rush had just about wiped him out. He grabbed a large blanket off of the back of one of the chairs covered himself with it.

Raven slowly came down the stairs in another set of sweat clothes. Her hair was still wet and she had combed it straight. She looked tired and she dragged herself over to the couch. She sat down next to him and sighed.

"How do you feel?" asked Beast Boy.

"Tired," said Raven, closing her eyes and letting her head rest on the couch.

"I can't believe you jumped in," he said shaking his head and laughing.

"Neither can I," she said with a small smile. "I don't know what came over me. I guess I was just tired of not doing anything exciting. I can't believe I just said that." She tucked her knees up to her and held her cold body.

"Blanket?" he said and stretched the blanket so it would cover her too.

"Yes," she said with a soft smile and scooted closer to him so they could share the blanket. Beast Boy smiled back and got closer to her as well. Now their two cold bodies were close together and they slowly began to warm up. The rain was still falling and it was quiet. Raven lay her head on Beast Boy's shoulder and closer her eyes. "Alright if I take a nap?"

"Course not," he said and rested his head against hers. "I was thinking of doing the same thing."

"You're a great friend, Gar," she said in a sigh. "Thanks."

"For what?" he asked. She didn't respond. "For what?" he asked again. He lifted his head and looked at her and saw that she was already asleep. He smiled and rested his head back on hers. He wrapped his arm around her and brought her even closer. He sighed happily and closed his eyes, soon following her to sleep.

Two hours later Raven slowly opened her eyes and found that she was in the living room. She felt herself resting against something soft and her head was slowly rising up and down. She lifted her head and saw that she was lying on Beast Boy's chest, who was practically lying down, if he hadn't been propped up by the arm rest. He was still fast asleep and had his arm on her back.

Slowly she sat up and moved off of him. She stretched and still felt tired, but no longer cold. She slowly got up, her muscles still felt shaky from that rush of adrenaline she had had, and headed to the kitchen to remake her tea. She filled it back up, since most of it had evaporated as steam, and placed it on the stove. She decided to make herself something to eat as well.

Beast Boy felt his chest grow cold and this woke him up. He looked around and saw that Raven was no longer with him. He noticed that he was almost lying down now, as well, and he looked to the floor, hoping he hadn't kicked her off of the couch. He saw that she wasn't down there and he was slightly relieved. But now he was curious as to where she was. He sat up and gave a good stretch, which cracked his back.

"Wow, you're awake," said a familiar voice from the kitchen.

He smiled and turned to see Raven in the kitchen pouring her tea. "How long have you been up?"

"Ten minutes," she said shrugging and taking her tea over to the table, where she had a sandwich and chips waiting for her. Beast Boy rolled off of the couch and lazily got to his feet. He walked to the kitchen and felt his stomach rumble as well. "You're sandwich is in the fridge. I wasn't sure when you were going to wake up."

Beast Boy smiled at her and headed for the fridge. There was a veggie sandwich waiting for him. He took it out, got himself some chips, a can of soda, and sat down across from her. "Thanks Rae," he said taking a bite.

"It's Raven," she said and sipped her tea.