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

Chapter 15

"No, no," said Raven in a frustrated voice. "I want it over there!"

"Okay, calm down," said Beast Boy sweetly. He was helping her turn her library into a nursery and at the moment was moving the crib to where Raven wanted it. She was six months pregnant and not only was it very clear that she was pregnant, but her mood swings were in, well, full swing. "Here?"

"No!" she said and she felt tears welling up into her eyes. "Jesus, why can't you just put it where I'm asking you to put it!"

"I'm trying," he said feeling like he was going to cry as well. "Why don't you just stand exactly where you want it?"

"Oh, so now I have to do all of the work!" she shouted.

"No, no!" he said quickly. "I'll do it." He began to push the crib very slowly and waited for Raven to tell him to stop.

"Stop! Right there!" she said quickly.

Beast Boy nearly screamed he was so startled by her outburst. He quickly released his hold of the crib and looked to Raven, for approval.

"Finally!" she sighed. She went over to it and began to feel the soft wood of the crib, smiling. "Oh, I can't wait until she's here." She looked to Beast Boy and then went over to him, giving him a large hug. "And it's all thanks to you."

To say that Beast Boy was scared of Ravens ever changing moods would have been an understatement. He lightly hugged her back and hoped that he wouldn't send her off into another screaming emotion. "Uh, you're welcome," he said hesitantly.

"You're so good to me," she said looking up into his eyes. "And you're so hot," she said in more of a seductive tone.

"Awe, you don't mean that," he said, doing his best to keep his own emotions at bay.

"Yes, I do," she said, holding him closer.

"Rae, you know that you don't like me like that," he said, taking her hold off of him. "It's just you pregnancy hormones."

Raven frowned and pushed him away. "I know what it is," she said in a tearful voice. "You just don't want to be with a fat, ugly cow like me!" And with that she began to cry and ran out of the room.

"I don't think I can take much more of this," he said, feeling just as stressed out as she was. He quickly followed after her, calling, "Rae, you're not fat or ugly."

"Yes I am," she said and went into her room, slamming her door.

"God, help me," he pleaded and weakly walked over to Ravens door. He knocked and said, "Rae, you're beautiful and you're pregnant. You look absolutely radiant, so don't think any differently."

"Shut up!" she shouted through the door. "I'm going to take a nap."

Beast Boy sighed and decided to leave her alone. He went back over to the nursery-in-progress and continued to do work. He still had a few things to remove and then start assembling other things. Hopefully Raven would be asleep for a little while and allow him to do some work in peace.

About an hour later Raven emerged from her room, feeling much better. She knew that her emotions were getting out of control and she decided to do some meditation instead of taking a nap. With or without her powers, meditation always helped her calm her mind. She went to the nursery to see what Beast Boy was up to. She found him sitting on the floor putting a changing table together. He heard her walk in, thanks to his sensitive hearing, and looked up.

"Oh, hi," he said, feeling slightly scared.

"Hi," she said with a soft smile. She looked around the room and saw all of the work he had done. "You've been busy."

"It's not final or anything," he said quickly. "I mean, I can move anything if you don't like where it is."

"No, it's fine," she said. "Look, I'm sorry for how I've been acting."

"You don't have to be sorry," he said, standing up. "I mean, this is all natural, right?"

"Yes, it is," said Raven. "I just hate that I'm basically putting you through hell."

"Don't worry about it," said Beast Boy with a smile. "It's not all that bad."

"Yes it is," said Raven.

"Yeah, you're right," he said in a sigh. "But, I don't mind."

Raven smiled and said, "I'm going to sit on the couch for a little while. My joints are starting to bother me the larger I get." And with that she left the room and went over to her living room.

It took Beast Boy another half hour to finish the changing table and then he went to join Raven for a little while. He was in need of a break as well. Raven had him running ragged, but he just couldn't say no to her.

"I still can't believe you're going to Japan," said Raven.

"Yeah, well, they made the best offer," said Beast Boy. "Not to mention they were the only ones who agreed to let me wait until the baby was born before I have to start working for them."

"I think you made the right decision," said Raven.

"I hope so," said Beast Boy. "Japan is cool, but it's sucks that I have to learn Japanese. I'm taking some classes right now and let me tell ya, it's not easy."

"Well, it'll get easier once you're there," said Raven. "Having people speak it to you on a regular basis will really help you become fluent."

"I don't think my brain can do that," he said, feeling scared. "Videogames is my intelligence limit."

"I think you underestimate yourself, just like everyone else does," said Raven.

"Rae, you of all people should know that my brain has little space as it is," said Beast Boy. "If I put anymore into it, it may explode."

"Well, you don't really have a choice, now do you?" she said.

"I guess not," he sighed. "And, actually, I have something I need you to sign. I'll be right back." He jumped up and headed out to his car. He came in a few minutes later with a packet.

"Oh no," said Raven with dread. "What's this?"

"Just a small contract thingy like the one you made me sign," said Beast Boy.

"And what's it for?" she sighed.

"Well," he said, sitting back down and handing the packet over to her. "It just says that you'll send me pictures and an update of the baby every month. You know, since I'm gonna be living in Japan."

"Let me read this," she said and began to scan over his contract. Beast Boy waited nervously and hoped she wouldn't disagree to it. He didn't think he was asking for all that much. After all, he was leaving her and her child be by moving to the other side of the world.

"Pen," she said, holding out her hand.

"You're gonna sign it?" he asked, shocked.

"Sure," said Raven. "It's a reasonable request at the very least." Beast Boy smiled and grabbed a pen for her. She signed it and then gave it back to him. "There you are."

"Thanks, Rae," said Beast Boy.

"No problem," said Raven with a small smile.

"So, have you thought of any names for the baby?" asked Beast Boy as he folded his contract and put it into his pocket.

"A few have crossed my mind," said Raven.

"Wanna run them by me?" he asked.

"No, not yet," said Raven. "But when I come up with a final list I'll let you know. You haven't thought of any names, have you?"

"Oh, um, not really," said Beast Boy. "But, if I did, would you actually take them into consideration?"

"Depends on the names," said Raven. "And something tells me you have given it some thought."

"Well, yeah, but I figured you wouldn't want to know what I thought," said Beast Boy. "After all, naming a baby is kinda the parent's job and I'm not… I'm not gonna be her parent. So I decided to leave it to you."

"Well I'm open to suggestions, if they're any good," said Raven. "So, what names have you thought of?"

"I don't think you'll like them," said Beast Boy humbly.

"I won't know until you tell me," said Raven.

"Just forget it," said Beast Boy. "Besides, why would you wanna take name advice from a guy named Garfield?"

"You didn't pick your name," said Raven. "And Garfield's a fine name."

"No it's not," he said, shaking his head. "Everyone thinks I'm named after than damn cat from the comics."

"Well I didn't think that," said Raven.

"You didn't?" he asked. "Then why did you make fun of me for it?"

"Because I knew you didn't like your name and it was finally a way for me to get back at you for all of your jokes," said Raven.

"And you really didn't think I was named after the cat?" asked Beast Boy.

"No," said Raven with a small smile as she shook her head. "I thought of the president."

"The president's name is Garfield?" asked Beast Boy, feeling confused.

Raven just stared at him for a second, wondering if he was serious. "I meant President James Garfield the twentieth president."

"Oh," said Beast Boy. "Sorry, like I said, my brains only full of videogame stuff."

"We're getting off subject," said Raven. "Now what names have you thought of?"

"Rae, I really don't think you'll like any of them," said Beast Boy.

"You always have so much confidence in yourself when it comes to something petty and stupid," said Raven. "Why don't you actually believe in yourself when it something important?"

"Because whenever I do that I turn out to be wrong," said Beast Boy. "And I hate feeling stupid."

"You can only feel stupid if you actually are stupid," said Raven. "And you have proved to me that you are certainly not stupid. A little slow at times, but not stupid."

"How can you be slow and not stupid?" asked Beast Boy.

"Albert Einstein didn't learn to talk until he was three," said Raven.

"Really?" asked Beast Boy, a little bit of hope in his eyes.

"Would I lie to you?" she asked.

Beast Boy thought and smiled. For some reason, Raven felt herself smile as well. He really could be cute when he was thinking things over. As cocky and full of himself as he was, he was just as unsure and humble.

"I kinda like the name Emma," he said at last.

"Emma?" she repeated.

"Yeah," said Beast Boy. "It's not stupid is it?"

"No," said Raven smiling. "It's a beautiful name, Gar."

"Really?" he asked smiling.

"Yes," she said nodding. "And it's definitely going on my list of names."