I'm not dead! Sorry for not updating sooner, I've been kinda busy. This isn't the longest chapter, but the next one hopefully will be. Oh, I don't own that quote at the begining, I don't know who owns it. Sorry if it's yours.

Chapter 5: Memories

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."


I'm not sure what time it was. Maybe 10 or 10:30? I remember that it was late. That was when he finally came home. When he came home from Terra's grave.

I didn't get a good look at his face, for he went upstairs quickly. But I did get a glimpse, and it was not the Beast Boy I once knew. The guilt gripped me stronger than ever, but I hid it well.

Sometime later, I went upstairs and passed his room. I was about to keep going when I stopped. I went back and drew closer to his door.

He wasn't in there. I could tell. Pulling away from the door, my feet took me down the hall to another room. Terra's room.

I didn't open the door, but I could sense that he was in there. He was in there crying his heart out. With a sickening feeling in my stomach, I went to my own room.

After that I knew that things would never be the same.


It was about two weeks after Terra died. Beast Boy has gotten slightly better, but not by much. Cyborg somehow managed to get Beast Boy to play a video game, but afterwards the he went sadly upstairs.

"He'll have to get over it soon," said Robin as he watched the changeling go.

Raven, who had been wondering whether Beast Boy was going to his own room or Terra's, looked at the Boy Wonder in surprise. "What?"

"I said he'll have to get over it."

Raven just stared at him. How could he be so heartless? In fact, Raven's opinion of her leader had been slowly declining lately.

He went on. "The villains will start attacking again soon, so he'll need to shape up. And we need to find out what Slade is planning-"

At this, Raven lost it. "Is that all you ever think about! You're too busy worrying about Slade to think about your own teammate! We were always there for you, why can't you be there for him!"

Robin was shocked at Raven's outburst. "Raven, I just thought-"

"No, you weren't thinking! You never do! He's had his heart broken countless times and you were never there for him! You don't know what it feels like, Robin! YOU JUST DON'T KNOW!"

At this, Raven turned and stormed angrily up the stairs, leaving a very scared, not to mention guilty Boy Wonder behind. Going in her room, she reminded herself to add Robin to her hate list.

Raven paced angrily around her room. After a few minutes, she finally calmed down enough to think clearly. She couldn't believe Robin said that, but she also couldn't believe what she had said to him. It just wasn't like her.

Well, I can't take it back now. Some moments later she left her room to go meditate.


The next day, all of us got a strange surprise. It was morning; Robin and Cyborg were playing a video game with Starfire watching them, and I was reading a book when Beast Boy walked in. But the strange part was that he was acting like himself. He said good morning to each of us then got out some cereal.

Cyborg and Robin looked at him like he was crazy. How did he go from sad to normal in just a day? After he ate breakfast, he joined Cyborg and Robin in a three-player game. After that, everything seemed to go back to normal.

Or so we thought.


Meh, this isn't the best chapter I've ever written. The next few chapters will be about their time at the beach, and trust me, it isn't going to be as happy as you may think...Sayonara!