Well, here we go, another chapter. I reread the last one and found a whole bunch of stuff that was just complete crap and I could have made it a lot better. hits self Bad Spongey, bad! I must do better on this one….I'm actually not quite sure where to go with this, so if this chapter is taking a long time, I apologize. I suppose I'll start now….
By the way, I don't own Teen Titans or Yahoo! Instant Messenger. Please don't sue me.
(P.S. I also noticed I neglected to put this little disclaimer on some of my other chapters. Don't sue me for that, either.)
It was late that night. The teens had all turned in, their stomachs full of pizza. Except for Terra and Beast Boy, they were the only two awake at the moment. Neither had felt very tired so they sat in the common room, flipping through TV channels. Finally Beast Boy hit the power button on the remote and turned to Terra.
"There's nothing on."
She giggled. "So I noticed."
He sighed and glanced at the clock. "It's midnight. Do ya think we should go to bed?"
She shrugged at him. "Nah, let's just sit here and talk…."
Raven sat up in bed very quickly. She'd had a nightmare. She realized she was panting and sweating. She couldn't remember exactly what the dream was, but it must have been bad. Glancing around her room, Raven drank in the scenery. Her room was decorated to perfection and she loved the way it looked, but after waking up from a bad dream, it was cold and uninviting. A quick look at the clock told her it was midnight. Shivering, she grabbed her cloak and began to head for the common room with the intent to meditate.
At the same time, Terra had scooted a little closer to Beast Boy and was looking into his eyes. He felt a little uncomfortable, but didn't say anything for the moment.
"Beast Boy?"
"Hmm?"
"Why didn't we ever….ya know….end up together?"
Beast Boy looked taken aback by the question.
"Well, I don't know, maybe because you were Slades' puppet."
"Hey! He controlled me, alright? It won't happen again." He was about to retaliate, but she put a finger to his lips. "Let's not talk about that now. There are better things we could be doing." Before he could ask what, she pulled him into an embrace and kissed him hard on the lips. At that moment, Raven walked in.
Raven was deep in thought, trying to remember her dream when she stepped into the common room and looked up just in time to see Terra and Beast Boy kiss. She let out a gasp.
Terra……
Kissing……
Beast Boy….
No way.
She had no time to think any more because at that moment, things began exploding. The remote control in front of Terra and Beast Boy glowed black for a fraction of a second before it burst into pieces. Terra pulled away from Beast Boy and dodged a button that came off of the remote. She saw Raven and glared. Without thinking, Raven headed toward the couch, little things exploding as she went. After taking a few breaths and stopping the destruction of the common room, she got very close to Terras' face.
"You evil little bitch," she hissed. "How dare you kiss Beast Boy?"
Terra smirked. "What's the matter, Raven? Jealous?"
Ravens' voice rose with every word, and she struggled with her emotions so she wouldn't blow anything else up. "I told you that you weren't going to hurt my friends again. I told you that I'm not going to allow it!" She glanced at Beast Boy who was just watching the whole thing, mouth agape, and continued. "I know you're still with Slade. You'll be out of this tower by morning." With that she stalked out of the room and headed down the hall.
Beast Boy just stared. He tried to comprehend everything that had just happened, but it had happened much too quickly. Terra had kissed him. As much as it surprised him, he hadn't liked it at all, after all she had put him through, and he wanted nothing to do with her. And Raven….she had seemed really upset. He hoped she was alright, but he wasn't thinking about that right now. At the moment, he was furious with Terra. He stood up from the couch and turned to Terra.
"What the hell did you do that for!" he yelled.
She smiled. "Oh come on, Beast Boy, you know that's what you wanted."
He glared at her. "No, actually, I didn't want that! For God's sake, Terra, I'm not in love with you or anything! And what about Raven? You really upset her! I've never seen her that mad before!" He was yelling and shaking with anger that was uncommon for the green Titan. His eyes narrowed. "She's right. You will be leaving the tower by morning." He ran out of the room. Terra rubbed her temples.
"Shit," she muttered, before going back to her room to e-mail Slade.
Raven rushed up the stairs, her eyes blurring with unshed tears. She burst through the door to the roof and sat on the edge of the tower, chanting to herself and trying desperately to calm down.
"Azerath…Metrion…Z-Zinthos…." After chanting that a few times, she had calmed down considerably. She had to tell Robin. She had to tell him about Terras' plan with Slade, whatever that may be, and have him kick her butt all the way to a small, cramped jail cell. Her friends were absolutely not going to be betrayed again; she would see to it personally. After a few minutes, she heard the door open again and Beast Boy sat down quietly next to her. For a moment, neither one said a word. Raven realized that she hadn't once stopped to think about how he felt. Maybe he had kissed Terra instead of it being the other way around. Beast Boy was the first to speak.
"I don't like her, you know," he said without looking at Raven. "She just kissed me; I didn't even see it coming."
Raven wasn't quite sure what to say next, but found the words pouring from her anyway. "I'm sorry I exploded like that. She's not a good person and she's not a Titan. She's dangerous and I can't….I can't allow her to hurt you or anyone else again." Beast Boy finally turned and looked at her. It was cold out and she was shivering as the night air whipped her cloak around her. Without thinking about it, he wrapped an arm comfortingly around her shoulder and held her there. It just seemed right. Neither spoke; it wasn't necessary. They just sat there and watched the waves lap at the shore of the island they called home.
While Beast Boy and Raven were sitting on the roof, Terra was instant messaging Slade.
Yahoo! IM now opened.
Rockgurl: I did what you said and kissed Beast Boy.
TheMaster: And?
Rockgurl: It was a disaster. Raven showed up and almost blew me to pieces. Literally. Then BB yelled at me and ran off.
TheMaster: Well, it would seem you've made quite a mess of things, apprentice.
Rockgurl: So, what do I do? They know. Or at least, Raven and Beast Boy do and they're going to tell Robin.
TheMaster: Seeing as you've completely destroyed phase 1 of my plan, it looks like we're going to have to skip to phase 2.
Rockgurl: You mean….?
TheMaster: Blow your cover, yes.
Rockgurl: Right now?
TheMaster: Yes, right now, you insolent girl.
TheMaster: sigh I wasn't ready for this stage of the plan, apprentice. Know that you will be punished for your failure.
Rockgurl: I understand.
Rockgurl has signed off.
Raven liked sitting with Beast Boy. He was warm, comforting. She was about to comment on how nice he was being when the alarm sounded throughout the tower. They exchanged glances and knew it could only be Terra setting off the alarm. They rushed down the stairs to the common room where their eyes met a terrible (but not so surprising) sight.
Well, I think this chapter is only, like, MAJORLY LONG. At first I had no idea what I was going to write, and then VABOOM! Out came words. Yay! Well, overall I thought it was a pretty intense chapter, but like I said, it's your call, so tell me what you thought. Sorry there was no more about our mystery friend, she just didn't fit into this chapter. She'll most likely be in the next one. I really liked writing the IM part of the story, that was fun and I read a book by Lauren Myracle called ttyl (Disclaimer: I don't own that either) and the whole thing is written in IM messages, which inspired me to try a little bit of it (not and overly great book, it really had no plot, but not a bad idea in my opinion). For those of you that are wondering, this one was 1,264 words and that's WITHOUT my meaningless ramblings at the beginning and the end, by far the longest. I'm very proud of myself right now. Lol, later!
