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Chapter 2: Docile Takeovers

By: Ansa

Beast Boy woke up and slammed his fist down on the screeching alarm next to him, feeling the button crack slightly under the pressure to which he swore, already having to replace two clocks already for the same reason. He rolled over to the void in the small queen-sized bed, Raven already having claimed the bathroom for her self and thus the hot water in the shower as well. This didn't really matter much considering he didn't really need the shower until after work anyways, it seemed rather pointless to shower in the morning and come home covered in grease…even if today might be his last.

That nagging thought fought its way into his mind again as he sat up on the edge of the bed and pulled open the shades. Today some big name company was supposed to by out the garage, in which he worked, and the security of his job was not assured, in fact no information on anyone's jobs was to be given out until today, make that no information of any kind. It must be bad if it's being kept a secret for so long, he just hoped that wasn't the case. This was the only job he seemed to be good at aside from crime-fighting, and that doesn't pay too well.

The water from the showerhead shut off and a split second later he could hear the clinging of the shower curtain being pulled back. Beast Boy stood up and went to the dresser, pulling open a few drawers before selecting a pair of black jeans, a purple long-sleeved shirt and a matching pair of undies, setting them down on the bed before slipping on his dark blue, "greasies" as he called them. The door to the bathroom opened to release a billowing mist of hot steam and Raven, wrapped in nothing but a white cotton towel holding a few grease stains here and there that even "The Cleaning Genie" detergent couldn't get out.

"Morning."

"Morning." Beast Boy leaned in for a kiss before heading out to the kitchen to grab breakfast, leaving Raven in the room staring at the clothes laid out on the bed.

"What's this?"

"Hmm?" Already Beast Boy had a spoonful of Cheerios in his mouth when Raven came in standing behind him.

"Those clothes…"

"Oh, I laid 'em out for you."

"So you're picking out what I can wear now?" Beast Boy gulped heavily, Raven never really lost that bit of coldness and short temper in her personality. Even though she was more warm and pleasant, she did revert back to her old self from time to time.

"Uh no…I just knew that's what you'd want to wear."

"Oh really? How is that?"

"Well you've got Comp. class today right? Then you said you were going out with Susan afterwards." Beast Boy sweated slightly, even though he was quite sure of himself, he was always cautious to try and explain things as best he could, cleaning things up here and there.

"Yeah…" Raven crossed her arms, crooking an eye and listening.

"Well, it's going to be a bit cold out today and I figured you and Susan would go to that open air café you like so much. So I thought long sleeves and jeans would be better than a t-shirt and a skirt."

"How did you know I wouldn't want a sweater?"

"Because you'll be inside for most of the day, and besides you don't like to wear sweaters until after autumn because you think it's tacky." Beast Boy sat there nervously, letting out a quiet sigh, having explained himself desperately fast leaving him almost out of breath as he looked up at the purple haired girl next to him, her eyes showing now emotion in either direction yet.

A moment passed, a long awkward moment that seemed to even freeze his Cheerios in place. Her eyes still fixed on his, arms crossed firmly as a few drops of water fell from her still damp hair. Then, all of that tension seemed to lift as she leaned down and kissed him warmly on the lips, holding his face gently in place until she was finished and smiled.

"It's sweet you know me so well…and to be honest…" her voice trailed as she headed back into the bedroom to dress, leaning out from the doorframe to stick her tongue out at him playfully, "a bit creepy too."

Beast Boy sat nervously on the duct-taped stool in the garage, his co-workers around him sitting to form a semi circle, each one just as nervous as he, if not a little more. They had already finished up the customer cars and the garage was empty, a small sign on the large roll-down doors that read "Temporarily Closed due to new management, sorry for the inconvenience." The garage felt empty and cold, somewhere the drop of car oil made an annoyingly accurate sounding that of a metronome, making the seconds sloth by even more than usual and only adding to the tension in the room. Just then the door opened with a sharp creek, making nearly every one of them jump straight out of their "greasies" and topple backwards off their stools.

"Good morning gentleman," the man who entered next to their manager…former manager, was a tall well built man with dark hair and wearing an even darker suit. He needed no introduction to them; this man had such a wide reputation that even a blind man would recognize him. This man was of course, Bruce Wayne, rich playboy from about town who owned the even richer and even wider recognized WAYNE ENTERPRISES, a company that dabbled in many things, but for the most part worked in electronics and R&D on special projects.

"I'm sure you've all guessed by now that I'm the one that's buying out this garage." Bruce made his way further into the room with a warm smile on his face, but that didn't do much to make the mechanics in the room feel any better about the situation. To them, a warm smile could mean I just bought this company and am going to save the money on paying you by transferring my own people in.

"This garage has had quite the reputation for being one of the best in town, so you can see why it caught my eye." Bruce continued to walk into the middle of the semi-circle and smile at every one of the workers as he talked, making sure to make eye contact, whether that was some kind of important business technique they had no idea, but they didn't like it much. "Now I'm sure you're all worried about your jobs, this garage is known for being one of the best, and if I would like to keep it that way under my company. However…" They all cringed at that word… "however" didn't sound very good at all.

"However, I have decided…" Here it came, the moment of truth; they all quietly began to plan out their resumes in advance. "To keep you all on and have you work for my company." They all blinked, if you listened carefully you could probably hear everyone's heart skipping a beat simultaneously.

"E-excuse me?"
"The way I see it, the workers make the job great and give it a good reputation, so why should I replace them if they are doing their job the best they can? I would like to get that same reputation from them under my company." Even their former manager was shocked by this, his mind racing, asking himself it that meant he still had a job as well…which, he would find out later that he did. "My men will be here soon to help move things out to the garage at my company, it's much bigger than this place and open to the public as well, so you can let you customers know of the transfer. For now, you can get some rest; the garage should be ready for you by tomorrow morning."

"Why tomorrow? Isn't it already stocked?" Beast Boy forgot to be nervous in asking his question, his mind plagued with this mind boggling situation.

"We're expanding; you'll be based on a new addition so things aren't quite finished yet." Mr. Wayne didn't mind the question and answered it warmly, checking his watch before moving back to the door slowly. "I need to get going; I have a meeting with some of our stockholders. In the meantime I've provided some information on the company for you, be sure to read it before you come in tomorrow."

"Y-yes sir…" They all sort of nodded watching as the playboy left them stunned with a batch of small packets in the arms of their manager. After a few moments to let things sink in they started to grin, starting from one corner of the mouth to the other until they couldn't hold it in anymore, bolting up from their stools and jumping up with both relief and joy.

"I-I can't believe this…" Beast Boy continued to shake his head in amazement as he read the then packet, forking in a mouthful of potatoes with his free hand from his dinner plate.

"Can you not read at the table?" Raven sort of glared at him, he had had his face in the bundle of paper ever since she had gotten home and it was starting to get on her nerves. She knew it was a big deal, and she was quite happy for him, but other than the big news he hadn't said a word to her all night.

"Listen to this…we get health insurance, dental, and LIFE insurance…to a certain amount of course."

"Really? Does that cover the both of us?" For the first time that night she actually showed interest in what lay printed on those papers and stood up to read over his shoulder. "Wait a minute…is that number right? That's not your annual salary is it?" Raven's eyes nearly bulged out of her head as she read, money never really seemed to important to her…that is until she needed it.

"No…that can't be right, that's um…" Beast Boy flipped the pages before flipping back, reading over the page again and again before stopping. "…"

"What?"

"That's right…that's my annual salary…"

"You've got to be kidding!" A slight smile grew on Raven's face as she grabbed her fiancé by the shoulders, looking at him, then back at the number.

"I'm not…do you know what this means?" Beast Boy looked at her, his own smile starting to form. "No more hand-me-downs from Susan and Derek…"

"No more coupons…"

"I can actually afford to pay off your ring…"

"I can…wait what?" Raven stopped and blinked at him, then looking down at the ring wrapped carefully around her finger. "You…couldn't afford my ring?"

Beast Boy hung his head a bit in embarrassment, setting down the packet for the first time since he got home. "Not really…I actually had to cash in a few things just to make the down payment on it."

Raven looked at him deeply, looking into his eyes with compassion as her arms moved around him tighter, her voice trailing to a soft whisper. "Then why…"

"Because I love you…I want to spend the rest of my life with you…and…" He let a hand up to her cheek gently to which she placed her own softly, a cold tear running down from the corner of her eye, the face of her love reflecting on its surface. "…I just couldn't wait any longer. I had waited so long, my heart ached everyday until I finally bought it."

"…Beast Boy…" Raven clung to him tightly, letting her self fall into his arms, wanting so badly to feel his arms around her. Ever since that day when she was saved by Beast Boy when he turned feral and even more beastlike from an accident with chemicals, she had always felt safe around him…especially in his arms. Even though it didn't happen much before they got together, every time he carried her, or caught her from falling, some part of her always wanted to hold on to him forever…that part, however, was always pushed down deep into herself and forgotten for the most part. Perhaps she didn't want to admit it to herself at that time…or perhaps she was just scared as to what it might mean. Either way, it didn't matter now. Right now she was warm and safe in his strong arms, her face pressed into his chest…his heart beating softly in her ear…his heart that beats only for her.

WOOT Chapter 2! Guess I am doing much better than with my other sequels, I usually don't make it this far. Well, hope you like things so far, right now I am just setting things up before the wedding, the actually ceremony won't be for a few chapters I think. But, anyways, that's it for me today, later days!