AN: Despite my hardest efforts, I still do not own Teen Titans or anything associated with them.

Chapter 4

Beast Boy sat in the waiting room. His hands were folded in his lap and his right leg was shaking anxiously. It had been a month since they, or more like Raven, had decided to become impregnated by in vetro fertilization and at the moment she was having the procedure done. He was going to drive her back to her condo afterwards to make sure she was okay. It had been a very interesting month, especially for Beast Boy. The two talked every day, but it was only about baby business. Raven had been acting a little more distanced since Beast Boy had confessed to her, but he didn't blame her for that.

Finally the doors opened and Raven came out, looking a bit dizzy from the drugs they had given her to make sure she was calm. Beast Boy quickly hopped up and went to her.

"So is that it?" he asked. "It's done? You're pregnant?"

"Please don't talk," she said groggily. "Get me home and then we'll chat."

He nodded and then helped her out of the clinic and to his car. As soon as she was in she passed out, feeling quite drained and drugged. He was full of questions, but he wasn't about to pester Raven. He was lucky she was letting him drive her home. She had refused when he offered, but her doctor told her it was a good idea to have someone else drive her home.

He got her home and helped her to lie down on the couch. He made her some tea and she was soon feeling better.

"So… now what?" he asked.

"Well, I won't know if I'm pregnant for a few days or even weeks," said Raven. "So don't be surprised if we have to do this again, because it usually doesn't work the first time."

"Do you feel okay?" asked Beast Boy.

"Just tired," said Raven as she sipped her sweet tea. "Thanks for taking me home."

"No problem," said Beast Boy with a smile. "Do you need anything else?"

"Not right now," said Raven, as she settled into her couch.

"Well, I better be going then," he said and stood up. "Call if you need anything."

She nodded with a slight smile and closed her eyes as she sipped her tea again. Beast Boy gave her a small, sort of sad, smile and left. Of course he didn't want to go, but Raven wasn't in the mood to entertain him or even talk. Not that she ever was. He wanted to be there for her and show her how much he really did care. He was starting to think that doing this was a bad idea.

He got back to his apartment and saw that he had a message on his answering machine. He quickly pushed the button, thinking that it might be Raven in distress. But it wasn't.

"Hey Gar!" said Cyborg's voice. "It's Vic. Where've you been, man? We haven't talked in weeks. Ya said you would call me up, but I'm sicka waitin. So call me up when ya geta chance."

Beast Boy sighed and picked the phone up. Raven and he had talked about if they should let their friends about what was going on. She had told him that they could, but only if it came up. Meaning that he couldn't go calling up their friends and telling them, he had to wait until they somehow brought it up.

"Hello?" asked Cyborg.

"Hey Vic," said Beast Boy.

"Gar! Man, it's about time ya called," said Cyborg chuckling. "What's up?"

"Eh, a little of this and a little of that," he said nonchalantly.

"And what the hell is that supposed to mean?" asked Cyborg, a little confused.

"I've just got a few things going on, that's all," said Beast Boy. "You know, school."

"I've never heard ya talkin about school like this," said Cyborg. "You always seem so excited. So what's really goin on?"

"Well… did you know Raven's back in town?" said Beast Boy.

"No way!" said Cyborg. "I haven't heard from her in like a year. What's she up to?"

"She's, uh, well… are you sitting down?" asked Beast Boy.

"Yeah," said Cyborg.

"No you're not," said Beast Boy.

"Yes I am!" said Cyborg.

"I can hear you pacing around!" said Beast Boy.

Cyborg sighed and cursed Beast Boy's sensitive ears. He took a seat and said, "Okay, I'm sittin, so what's up with her?"

"Well, she was off traveling around," said Beast Boy.

"Yeah, I know that," said Cyborg, growing frustrated. "Tryin to find a good place to meditate and all that."

"How come you knew this and I didn't?" asked Beast Boy. "I met up with her a month ago and she told me. Why did you know and not me?"

"Gar would you just tell me what's goin on?" asked Cyborg growing even more agitated.

"Okay, well, she met this oracle guy… do you know what that is?" asked Beast Boy.

"Yes," sighed Cyborg, who knew that Beast Boy probably hadn't the first time he heard the word.

"Well, he told her only one thing," said Beast Boy, continuing on. "He told her that she was gonna die in twenty years."

"Shit, that sucks!" said Cyborg.

"Yeah, no kidding," said Beast Boy.

"Is she okay?" asked Cyborg.

"She's Raven," chuckled Beast Boy. "Probably the only person in the world to find out their death date and accept it without a second thought. Anyway, because she's got twenty years left she's decided to have a baby."

There was a slight pause on the other end. "She… wants to… have a… baby?" Cyborg asked, thinking that maybe he had misheard his best friend.

"Yup," said Beast Boy. "She wants to be a mother, but she doesn't want to wait too long because she doesn't want to die and leave a child alone in the world."

"That makes sense," said Cyborg. "So what's she doin about it?"

"Well, today she was impregnated by in vetro fertilization; which I'm gonna guess you know what that is, too," said Beast Boy. "But we're not sure if she's actually pregnant or not yet."

"How come I wasn't told of this sooner!" said Cyborg. "This is a huge thing and she didn't even call me? And how come she told you? She doesn't even like you!"

"Well… I'm kinda… helping her," said Beast Boy.

"How?" asked Cyborg. "Like driving her around and stuff?"

"Yeah, that and… I'm kinda… fathering her… child," said Beast Boy, who immediately held the phone away from his ear. He knew what was coming next.

"WHAT!" exclaimed Cyborg. "Are you shittin me!"

"No," said Beast Boy, who hesitantly put the phone back up to his ear. "Raven came to me and said that she wanted to have a kid and asked me if I would give her my DNA to make a baby."

"And you said yes?" said Cyborg. Then something clicked in his mind. "You're still sweet on her, ain't ya?" he sighed.

"Well… yeah," said Beast Boy. Cyborg was the only person he had ever told his crush to.

"Man, just because she wants your DNA doesn't mean she likes you," said Cyborg in a big brother tone.

"I know," sighed Beast Boy. "Trust me, I went through this conversation with her."

"So she knows?" asked Cyborg.

"Yeah, I told her right before we got under way with this whole in vetro process," said Beast Boy. "She made it quite clear that she just needs my genes, nothing else. But at least I get to be her friend again."

"Do Rich or Kori know?" asked Cyborg.

"No," said Beast Boy. "Raven doesn't want to make a big deal about this. I can only tell them if they call me first. That's why I had to wait to tell you."

"So can I call em and tell em?" asked Cyborg.

"No!" said Beast Boy. "Next time they call I'll tell them."

"Ya know, you don't sound very happy," said Cyborg. "Are you sure this was a good idea? I mean, helping Raven have a baby?"

"Actually, I am starting to second guess it," sighed Beast Boy. "But, I told her I was in it until the end, and I'm not about to go back on my word. It's just… it's hard for me to go through all of this for her and know that she just wants my DNA. I really like her, I might even be falling in love with her since we're spending so much time together, but she's never gonna feel anything for me. It's just… frustrating, that's all."

"I hear ya," sighed Cyborg. "And I really don't know what to tell ya."

"Yeah, I know," said Beast Boy, feeling a bit low.

They talked for a few more minutes and then hung up. Beast Boy was glad to have gotten all of that off of his chest. Cyborg really was the only one he could talk to about this stuff. And he knew that at that very moment Cyborg was calling Robin and Starfire up.

Sure enough, about an hour later he was called by Robin and had to go through the whole story again, of course in more detail. He was with Starfire, so he would tell her everything Beast Boy was telling him.

Another hour passed after he hung up with Robin and he was then called by an agitated, still slightly drugged Raven. He calmly told her that he hadn't called them, they had called him. Raven was a little upset that this all came out to them at the same time and she had had to talk to each of them after having a very serious procedure done, but she decided not to take it out on Beast Boy. She was also pleased to know that he hadn't told them that she was the famed author R. Nevermore.

They didn't really talk all that much for the rest of the week. Beast Boy would call her up to check on her and ask if she took a pregnancy test yet, but that was all. She kept telling him that she would call him when she found out if she was or wasn't pregnant and that he didn't need to pester her about it.