AN: No, I still don't bloody own Teen Titans so everyone stop asking me! (just kidding)

Chapter 8

Raven sat in the warmth of the sun, meditating. She had a lot of meditating to catch up on. It felt good to have the sun on her often chilled skin and a soft smile remained on her face throughout her meditation. She was glad when she found that Beast Boy had left. Revealing the fact that she might actually have a crush on him made her feel very awkward and embarrassed.

Beast Boy reentered the tower and found nothing all that shocking. Cyborg and Robin were playing videogames and Starfire was in the kitchen doing god knows what. And Raven sat in the window basking in the sunshine and meditating. He could just see her belt glistening in the sun.

'Now how the heck am I gonna get that belt off of her without anyone seeing?' he asked himself.

"Hey Beast Boy," said Robin, catching sight of him from the corner of his eye. "Where'd you go?"

"Just went out for a walk," said Beast Boy casually.

"Friend, will you partake in the dinner I am preparing?" asked Starfire.

"Is it vegetarian friendly?" asked Beast Boy.

Starfire's face fell and she said, "Oh, I do not believe it is. I am sorry."

"Don't worry about it," said Beast Boy. "I'm not all that hungry any way."

"Hey, B, you wanna play winner?" asked Cyborg.

"Sure," said Beast Boy. 'That way I can keep a close eye on Raven and that belt,' he thought to himself.

He played videogames for hours, losing every one since his attention was barely on the game. He kept looking over to Raven, waiting for her to be done meditating. It wasn't until Cyborg had beat him for the twentieth time did he realize that Raven had somehow left. He growled and quickly abandoned the videogames.

He listened outside of her door and heard her moving about. Now what was he going to do? He had to come up with a plan. He quickly went to his room and began to think.

It was late in the night and he was positive she was asleep by now. He stealthily moved down the hall and made it to her room. All the while horrible moral questions plagued his mind. But he pushed them all out and went on with his plan. He turned into a spider and crawled underneath her door. On the other side he turned into a mouse and crawled along the floor over to her bed. He turned back to normal and got a good look at her.

She was sleeping peacefully on her side, facing him. He ever so gently lifted the sheets of her bed and saw the belt still clasped around her waist. His heart began to race and his hands shook as he reached over to it. He found the tie on the side and gently undid it.

He then realized he had a new problem on his hands. She was still lying on it. He turned into a gorilla and carefully lifted her high enough to rip it out from under her. He placed her back down and covered her up the best he could.

He held it in his hands and got a good look at it. Golden rope strung between six large, red jewels. There wasn't another belt like it. He felt the smooth surface of the jewels and then looked at Raven. She was sleeping so soundly and comfortably he couldn't help but smile a little bit. He then wondered if he really was doing the right thing.

Before he could think of any more reasons not to, he began to make his way out of there. Unfortunately, this action made a bit too much of a rattle and Raven gave a slight moan. Beast Boy froze and watched as Raven sighed and opened her eyes.

"Who's there?" she asked, startled.

"Oh, uh, just me," he said, dropping the belt and kicking it towards the door.

"Beast Boy?" she asked, still dazed from being woken up so abruptly.

"Uh yeah," he said, his heart beating a mile a minute.

"What are you doing in here?" asked Raven.

"Oh, uh, you, um, you sounded like you were having a bad dream and I came in to see if you were okay," said Beast Boy.

"I did?" asked Raven.

"Yeah," said Beast Boy. "But, since I see that you're okay, I'll just go back to bed." He quickly turned around and headed for her door.

"Wait," she said, sitting up. Beast Boy paused and only could think of the worst. "Can… can we talk?"

"Oh, uh, sure," said Beast Boy walking back towards her. He sat down and gave her a small smile, though the eyes in the back of his head were watching the belt. "What's up?"

"I wanted to talk about… what we talked about this afternoon," said Raven.

"Oh," said Beast Boy, suddenly feeling very guilty about the belt that was lying near her door.

"I just wanted to let you know that, though I very much doubt that you're attracted to me, the fact that you think I'm attractive means a lot to me," said Raven.

"Well, I promise you, that's the truth," he said.

Raven gave him a small, shy smile and began to fiddle around with her sheets. "And knowing that you care also means a lot because no one, especially not a guy, has ever shown me care or affection before."

"Oh, well, I wouldn't do it if you didn't deserve it," he said, rethinking the whole belt thing.

They sat there in silence for a small while. Finally Raven sighed and did the bravest thing she felt she would ever do. She leaned over to him and gave him a small kiss on the cheek.

"Well, thank you," she said, sitting back, blushing. She was thankful it was night and it was dark within her room.

Beast Boy couldn't believe she had done that. He knew that she had probably meant for it to be a quick peck, but it felt much different. Her lips had been so soft and caressing on his cheek and he felt his heart jump with excitement as she had done it.

He looked at her, seeing how shy and slightly embarrassed she looked. He had a funny idea that she didn't know how well he could see in the dark. He wasn't sure why, but something clicked inside of him and he leaned in to give her a real kiss.

He gently brushed his lips against hers, causing her to gasp out of shock, and then when he knew she wouldn't reject him, placed them right upon hers. Both were quite surprised when they each, at the same time, let out a pleasurable sigh as their lips began to slowly dance. It was as if something inside of them had been waiting for this much longer than they realized.

Raven became lost in what they were doing and didn't care if her room tore in half from her powers. She had been waiting for someone to make her feel like this for what seemed her entire life. She felt her face light up with happiness and she even smiled against his lips.

Beast Boy couldn't believe what was happening and he in no way wanted it to stop. Anyone would think that Raven and Beast Boy kissing would feel awkward, but nothing had ever felt so right in their entire lives. He slowly reached up and ever so gently brushed her cheek with his hand. He was quite surprised when she placed her hand over his and kept it there, so that he was cupping her cheek.

Suddenly he remember the belt and he nearly jumped back from Raven. In mid kiss he pulled away and dropped his hand from her cheek, quite to her dismay.

"What's wrong?" she asked, out of breath.

"Oh, uh, nothing," he said softly. "It's just, it's late and you should go back to sleep."

"Oh," said Raven, feeling like something was wrong. "Okay."

They sat there for a few silent seconds, that were about to turn awkward. Beast Boy knew he had to get out of there. "Well, good night," he said and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He quickly jumped up and headed for the door. He slyly kicked the belt out into the hall and then closed her door, giving her one last smile before completely shutting it.

He leaned against the door and let out a sigh of relief. He looked down and saw the belt lying in a tangled heap on the floor. He slowly bent down and picked it up.

'Am I making a mistake?' he asked himself. 'I mean, what do I do? I've wanted Terra back for so long and now I've finally got a chance to get her back. I should take it, right? But what about Raven? Kissing her felt so… good. It felt so right and perfect. But she's not Terra. And Terra's not Raven. So which one do I want? Terra or Raven?' He sighed and headed for his room with the belt clasped tightly in his hand.

Raven curled up in her bed with a soft smile on her face. Her lips were still hot and tingling from kissing and she felt a bit light headed. But, something didn't feel right. She felt like something was missing, as if she was empty. She also felt a little light headed. She blamed that on the kissing. But still, something wasn't right within her. And, as good as she was feeling, another bad feeling was creeping over her.

The next day the team noticed that there was something odd going on with Beast Boy. He was extremely quiet and whenever they attempted to talk to him he would jump as if he was startled. It was clear that his mind was on other things. They just weren't sure what, exactly. And then he disappeared.

Beast Boy made it to the park at the time he and that mysterious man had agreed upon. He had the belt in his hands and he had made up his mind. He was going to get Terra back. He knew that she was going to come back someday and he felt guilty for giving up on her. Raven was nice and all, but Terra was his first love.

"So glad you decided to come," said a deep voice that made Beast Boy jump.

He turned and saw the man. "Oh, it's you," said Beast Boy, trying to get his heart rate back to normal.

"Do you have the belt?" he asked.

"Yeah, it's right here," he said, holding it up.

"Wonderful," he said in an odd voice that didn't send Beast Boy a good vibe.

"You're gonna give it back, right?" asked Beast Boy. "Cuz if you don't you should probably know that we have various tracking devices in it and we'll find you."

"Don't worry," said the man holding out his hand. "You'll see it again."

"Oh, and here's that autograph," said Beast Boy reaching into his pocket.

"Naw, keep it," said the man, his eyes never leaving the belt.

"Uh, okay," said Beast Boy putting the autographed picture back in his pocket. "Now, um, what about Terra?"

The man looked up from the belt and gave Beast Boy a smile that sent a shiver down his spine. "Go to the fountain, she's waiting for you there," he said. Then he held out his hand and said, "Pleasure doing business with you."

"Uh, yeah," said Beast Boy taking his hand and the two shook.

And with that the man turned and walked away… with Ravens belt clasped tightly in his hand. Beast Boy watched him walk away and then remembered Terra. He quickly headed for the fountain in the park and there he saw her. She was holding her arms, looking around.

"Terra?" he called out to her. Her reaction would tell him if it was true or not. If she did have her memories back.

Terra turned and their eyes met. She clasped her hands over her mouth in shock. She then revealed her face and a large smile. "Beast Boy!" she cried out and then ran towards him.

He couldn't believe it. It had worked. She had her memories back. She ran right into his arms and the two embraced. He was so happy he was sure that this was fake. He took another look at her and saw that it was, indeed, her. He smiled and wrapped his arms around her as tightly as he could. He never wanted her to leave again.