Bring on the Rain

Summary: The Titans have all left to help the Titans East with their security system leaving Beast Boy and Raven in charge. When a storm hits Raven admits that she's terrified. Beast Boy comforts her and shows her that it's okay to be afraid.

Dark threatening clouds were gathering over the large city known as Jump City. Out on the bay a figure floated on top of a large T shaped tower. The figure was female, her eyes were closed and her cloak covered her whole body despite her cross legged position. Suddenly a crack of lightning lit the sky and her eyes flew open.

Raven bolted from the roof and quickly flew down the corridors until she reached the dark sanctuary of her room. She buried herself under the blankets trying to block out the noise.

Then through the din came a knock on her door. She floated over and opened it knowing who it would be. Beast Boy of course since the others were all in Steel City

"Hey Raven, the TV said there's a big storm coming this way and Cyborg called and told me to get in the basement just in case."

"Alright. You get some food and stuff and I'll meet you there in a minute okay?" the changeling nodded and jogged down the hall towards the main room. Raven crossed over to her shelf and took down a large book. She tucked it under her arm then went to her closet to bring out her feather quilts and pillows.

Beast Boy struggled down the hall carrying several boxes of food, a hand held video game and several other games under his arms. He pressed the button for the basement door humming to himself, walked in and proceeded to trip on the first step

"Dude!" he yelled waiting for impact and pain. Instead nothing came. He opened his eyes and found himself floating in midair with the food and games all around him. Raven was at the bottom of the stairs laying out blankets. She let him down and looked at him with her hands on her hips

"Mr. Dumb Luck." she said. Beast Boy grinned

"Not dumb luck Rae. Dumb skills." Raven rolled her eyes and flopped down on a makeshift bed. Beast Boy copied her and grinned to himself. Here he was all alone in the basement with Raven; who in his opinion was the most gorgeous girl in the world

"Hey Raven?"

"Yes?" the girl asked looking up from her book. The changeling felt his mouth go dry as he tried to remember what he had wanted to say

"Never mind." he said lying back down. He was always tongue tied whenever he was alone with Raven. Why did he have to sound like such an idiot?

"Beast Boy, did the TV say when the storm would be over?" the changeling shrugged

"No, just that a bad storm was coming."

"Oh." the girl seemed worried about the storm or maybe it was being alone with him. Most likely the first one. Raven didn't get nervous it just wasn't what she did but he asked anyway

"Is everything okay Raven? You seem… a little anxious." Raven shrugged and looked away from his piercing gaze

"I'm just worried that something might happen." it was a lie but Beast Boy let it slide by for risk of getting the Gothic beauty angry

"So, what ya wanna do?" he asked propping his head up on one hand. Raven shrugged and looked around the basement. She never went down here. Robin kept all his crime files and evidence down here and she found it rather disturbing. Raven only kept one thing down in the basement and she never wanted to see it again

"I'm tired." Beast Boy announced. Raven rolled her eyes

"Then go to sleep."

"With all these lights on?" Raven shook her head and flicked a hand. The lights dimmed to where you could see but not their normal blinding brightness. Raven then slid under the blankets

"I'm going to sleep." she said "Don't touch me and you can keep your life." Beast Boy grinned sheepishly and scooted his bed a little ways away

"No touching Raven. Got it." with that he buried himself under the blankets and was snoozing within moments. Raven on the other hand lay awake listening to the sounds of the storm until she fell into a restless dreamless sleep.

Hours later she shot up screaming from a loud clap of thunder and crash of lightning. Beast Boy jumped up and was at her side in a moment

"Easy Rae, calm down K?" he murmured in her ear while she shook from fear. After she calmed down she pulled away from him looking humiliated. Beast Boy resisted the urge to pull her back into his lap and keep her there until she wasn't afraid anymore

"Thanks." she whispered

"No problem." he responded. The two sat in an awkward silence until a loud clap of thunder broke it. Raven whimpered

"Raven, are you sure you're okay?" the girl nodded firmly not trusting her voice. Beast Boy knew she was lying so he tried a different tactic

"It's okay if you're scared Rae. It's not like I'm going to make fun of you for it or anything." the girl's shoulders sagged and the changeling knew he had won

"Alight, I'm scared. I hate storms." Beast Boy smiled softly

"No big deal. Everyone's afraid of something. Star's afraid of rejection, Cy's afraid of people being… well afraid of him and Robin's scared of failure."

"I know but compared to them my fear is silly." Beast Boy shrugged and lay on his stomach facing her

"So? Those were just things I already knew or could figure out anyway. You really think Robin would admit he's afraid?" Raven gave a small smile

"I suppose you have a point there." Beast Boy chuckled and closed his eyes relaxing his long lanky body. Unlike his two male companions Beast Boy never worked out and never trained unless he had to. At least to Raven's knowledge. She also lay back down then sat up a question burning in her mind

"What are you afraid of?" she asked. Beast Boy looked up

"Huh?"

"You said one thing that everyone's afraid of but not you." Beast Boy shrugged and leaned his head on his crossed arms. Raven waited for a response

"I'm afraid of loosing you." the moment the words were out of his mouth he buried his head in the pillow "I can't believe I just said that." he groaned. To his surprise Raven giggled

"Neither can I." Beast Boy lifted his head and his mouth fell open in shock

"So, you're not mad or anything?" Raven's face became serious

"No, I'm not. You've always been there for me Beast Boy. Especially when my father came. You gave me the courage to face my greatest fear."

"Glad I could help." he said smiling "You've always been there for me too Rae. At first you had no idea how to help but when that whole Beast thing was going on you trusted me. And you pulled me away from the brink. I was so scared and angry but having you believe that it wasn't me… that meant the world." Raven shrugged

"It was no big deal." Beast Boy smiled and kissed the girl gently before rolling over and going back to sleep. A loud clap of thunder soon found him rolling back over and pulling a whimpering Raven into his chest. He stroked her hair and murmured comforting words into her ear and soon the two fell into a peaceful sleep.

"Robin, I can not locate friend Raven or Beast Boy. They are not in their rooms or in the training gym." the Boy Wonder scratched his head after hearing the alien princess's report. They had just gotten home and he couldn't find the two either. Suddenly Cyborg rounded a corner and waved them over

"They're in the basement. Most likely from the storm last night. Come on." the trio trooped down to the basement doors then went down into the dark room. Robin flipped on the lights and heard a groan. Beast Boy pulled the blankets over his and Raven's heads. Hold on… Raven was right next to Beast Boy. Cuddled in his chest actually

"Dude! Some of us have sensitive eyes!" the changeling complained from under the darkness of his blankets

"And some of us do not like being woken up with a bright flash of light." Raven muttered. The three Titans closed their open mouths but Robin started opening and closing his like a fish

"What are you doing?" he finally yelled

"We were sleeping until you so rudely turned on the light." Raven replied drawing her head out from the comforting darkness. She gave Robin a look

"You know if you tilted your head back two more inches I think I could look all the way down your throat and see what you ate for breakfast."

"You know what I mean." Raven got to her feet and began gathering up all the things she and Beast Boy had brought into the basement. She snapped her fingers and they disappeared

"I think you need to take that mask off once in awhile Robin. It's affecting your eyesight." Beast Boy said before looking over at Raven "Let's go eat. I'm starved."

And the tow disappeared up the stairs leaving two laughing teens and a steaming Boy Wonder. Cyborg wiped a tear from his eye then looked at the two Titans in front of him

"Now all we have to do is get you two together and I won't have to watch anyone flirt ever again." Robin blushed and Starfire giggled.

Life will throw all kinds of things your way. You gotta learn to go with the floor and dance in the rain…

BlueRaven678