To those of you who are still reading this, thank you. I know I've been slackin and I'm not even going to bore you with an excuse. The fact of the matter is, I've been really lazzy. Heh, heh, but I've got it now, and I'm actually happy with the way it turned out. Anyway, enjoy.
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Ch. 14: Perfect Timing

Raven walked down the stairs to the living room were Raphael was sprawled out on the couch. She shook her head at this and carefully shoved him over to one side. He frowned.

"Don't start with me. I told you this was MY spot." The rest of the Titans had gone out to some club for the night, but both Raven and Raph opted to stay and keep an eye on things. Besides, It was movie night. It had become somewhat of a Saturday night ritual for the two of them to stay up late and watch cheesy horror movies together.
She set the popcorn down on the table and took her rightful place on the couch, propping her feet up on him as she did so.

"Try not to blow this one up, huh." He gestured toward the popcorn, and snapped the remote out of her hand.

"Fuck you." She snatched the remote back and pressed the play button. He chuckled and picked up the bowl of popcorn.

BB swayed back and forth as the crowed moved to the music. Some technoed out version of a pop song, but it didn't matter to him what was playing. All that mattered at that moment was how you moved. Nobody cared if you were Green on the dance floor, (multiple meanings, aren't I clever) just as long as you were dancing.

A big guy slammed into BB and he stumbled backwards. He'd have surely fallen flat on his ass had someone not been there to catch him. The big oaf didn't even apologize. BB was about to yell out some exotic obscenities when he became aware of the arms that were still wrapped around his chest, and the voice coming from behind him. He could barely hear it over the blaring music, but he was still pretty sure it was a guy. "Are you alright?" The voice asked as he stood back up on his own two feet, and began brushing himself off.

"Yeah, I'm fine some people are just…" Beast boy looked up and caught his first glance of his rescuer. "Gorgeous." The guy gave him a funny look and chuckled slightly. "There's allot of things I'd call a guy if he'd just knocked me clear off my feet, but Gorgeous isn't one of them." Finnally coming out of his hot guy induced daze, BB chuckled too.

"Oh no, no I was talking about you." BB's eyes nearly bulged out of his face when he realized what he'd said. "Aheh, Thanks-for-the-rescue-I-gotta-go-bye." And with that, BB ran. Carefully weaving in and out of the crowd, making his way toward the bar. "God damn it. I'm so Stupid!" He thought as he slumped back onto a bench. "Why can't I think before I start running at the mouth?" As BB sat mentally slapping himself, someone came and sat next to him.

"Now that wasn't very courteous," BB looked up and blushed with embarrassment. "I saved your butt back there, the least you could do is dance with me." BB didn't know weather to laugh, blush, or faint at this point, so he just sat there mouth agape.
"My name's Jeremy." He offered his hand out to the titan, and it was eagerly taken. "Come on." Pulling him by the hand, Jeremy led the young Titan out onto the dance floor. This was turning into a very interesting night.

One final scream echoed through the room as the screen went black and the credits started rolling. The popcorn was gone, the movies were spent, and the room was silent accept for the music playing in the background of the credi5ts and the two teenagers laughing hysterically on the couch.

"So..." Raphael leaned back on the long couch, propping his feet up on the table and his hands behind his head. "What shall we do now?"

He looked quite comfortable in that position, until Raven hoped back onto his legs, which made him wince. She lay her head down on the armrest and stared up at him. "I don know. I picked the movies, so now it's your turn to come up with something"
"Hmm…" He stroked his chin as though deep in thought. Then he looked back at her, a maniacal grin taking place of his ponderous frown. This was definitely bad.

"Tell me Raven," Very bad indeed. "Are you ticklish?" Before she could respond or move or scream his fingers were already on her stomach. She writhed a wriggled under his torment, but couldn't get away.

As Raven laughed, things began to spin and crash about the room. A lamp flew past and knocked Raph upside the head, momentarily halting his offence. She grasped the collar of his shirt and rolled them both off the couch onto the floor, where she easily pinned him down at the shoulders with her knees.

"Serves ya right, ya little shit." The things previously being thrown about the room slowly began to drift back to there rightful places. "What do you have to say for you're self." He smiled back at her.

"Yup, it was worth it."

"Come on man. My rooms up this wa…" BB stopped dead in his tracks as he end his friend in tow came upon the two Titans in a most compromising position. Raven quickly jumped off Raph, while BB finally regained his ability to think and smiled at them both. "Whoa, what's going on here?" Raven blushed scarlet.

"I should be asking you the same thing." She pointed at BB's hand and grinned. He looked down and finally noticed his fingers were still interlocked with his… friends. His fur ruffled and he quickly pulled his hand away.

"Nothing's going on, he's my friend… and he needed a place to stay tonight and… well at least I wasn't humping his face."

The two titans battled back and forth while the other occupants of the room slowly crept off to the side.

"Hey, man, my names Raphael." He offered a hand to the stranger.
"Hello Raphael, name's Jeremy." He took the offered hand and shook it. "So uh, I take it you two are uh…" The stranger slunked back against the wall and sighed heavily.

"Not really. I think I'm just a one-night stand. How bout you? You two, uhh?" Raphael chuckled.

"No, we're just friends. Just kinda fell off the couch." He said dejectedly. The same lamp went flying passed Raphael's head, and shattered against the wall. Neither of them moved an inch.

"Is it always like this?"

"Heh heh, nah. Usually, they throw chairs." Jeremy laughed nervously.

"Alright, I wont say a word and you wont say a word, got it?" Raven demanded, poking Beast boy in the chest.

"Yeah, I got it." He swatted her hand away and turned back around. He grabbed Jeremy's hand again as he ran by. Jeremy had just enough time to wave goodbye to his new friend before he rounded the corner and disappeared.

Raphael stared after them, his brow furrowed in concentration. Raven walked toward her pensive friend. He didn't look back at her as she approached. Instead, he just kept staring back the way they had gone. She reached out and placed a hand on his shoulder. He snapped around, and smiled.

"Now what's the matter with you?" She questioned. His brow re-furrowed again. He kicked off against the wall and walked the few feet to the couch.

"He didn't flinch…" Raven looked at his quizzically, but he just shook his head, and smiled at her. "Never mind, I'm just paranoid." He plopped back down on the couch and motioned for her to come sit back down with him as he flipped through the channels. "Didn't flinch?" She thought to herself. She didn't sense anything bad from the young man, assuming he was the one Raph was talking about. He looked a little rough and tumble, but nothing bad.

"Oh well, it can't be anything too bad. BB may be a little stupid, but he's still one of the best judges of character I've ever known." She thought, remembering Terra and how, in the end, she sacrificed her own life to save theirs.

Raven pushed the thought to the back of her mind, and crawled over the couch to sit next to Raph. He smiled and put his arm around her shoulder. It was a friendly touch. Nothing was meant by it… right?


Alright, I wont say that he next chapter will be along shortly, because I can't. I just hope you enjoyed it, and I look forward to hearing your opinions. Thanks for being patient, Cya.