AN: This is my twenty-eighth story and I still don't own Teen Titans!

Chapter 15

Raven couldn't even get out of bed anymore. Her whole body ached and just getting up to go to the bathroom was a horrible strain on her body. Her stomach was so large it looked quite unnatural. She knew the time was coming very soon. Her body had been telling her for a couple days and the babies seemed to move nonstop. They were getting excited. They're birthday was coming.

Beast Boy kept telling her that she couldn't be having the babies soon, since she was still three weeks away from her due date. But she told him that twins tended to be born early. She felt blessed that she hadn't had them already. He wasn't sure he could handle having the babies early. In all truth, as the time was drawing nearer he wasn't sure he could handle the babies coming at all. The thought of Raven not being pregnant anymore and having the actual babies seemed too odd for him.

Raven let out a slight moan as she felt a stab of pain hit her. They came and went, but really were annoying. She was lying on her side in her bed, just holding the lower part of her stomach, waiting for the pain to pass.

Slowly her door slid open and Beast Boy entered. He saw her lying there and felt horrible. He could see that she was feeling quite miserable having to be stuck in bed all of the time and feeling achy. He went over to her and knelt down so he could see her.

"Hey," he said, sweetly.

"Hi," she said in more of a moan more than anything.

"How do you feel?" he asked.

"Not very good," said Raven. "I think the babies are coming."

That simple phrase caused Beast Boy to have a cold shiver. "Like… today?" he asked. "You think it's time?"

"Yes," said Raven, nodding.

"But, what if it isn't?" asked Beast Boy. "What if it isn't time?"

"It's time," said Raven, groaning as another contraction hit. "Help me up."

Beast Boy quickly got up and helped her to sit up. He then did his best to lift her and helped support her as they walked out of her room. Just as they made it to the med bay another contraction hit. He helped her onto a bed and then quickly phoned the doctor.

"She says she'll be here as soon as she can," said Beast Boy.

"Good," said Raven, wincing.

"She's gotta bring a few nurses to help her, is that okay?" asked Beast Boy.

"I don't care," said Raven, leaning back onto the bed. "It's not like this is a secret anymore anyway. Can you get me a pillow?"

"Sure, I'll be right back," said Beast Boy and he quickly ran out of the room. As he went he turned a corner and slammed right into Cyborg.

"Whoa, what's the hurry?" asked Cyborg, helping his friend back up.

"Ravens going into labor," said Beast Boy.

"Already?" asked Cyborg, calmly looking at his arm to see the date. "Huh, according to my biological reading she shouldn't be due for… another two days."

"Well she thinks she's gonna have them now," said Beast Boy. "I called the doctor up and Raven's in the med bay."

"I'll go make sure everythin's okay," said Cyborg, heading off towards the med bay while Beast Boy continued on to get Raven a pillow.

A half hour later Dr. Powers arrived with about four nurses. Beast Boy felt immensely relieved when the doctors and nurses arrived. Now he could just sit back and let them take care of everything.

"So… is she, you know, in labor?" asked Beast Boy, who still wasn't sure.

"Yes, but it's just the early stages," said Dr. Powers. "It'll be hours before she actual begins to push."

"And what are we gonna do until then?" asked Beast Boy innocently.

Dr. Powers smiled and said, "Why don't you go see how Raven's feeling. We just have to keep her comfortable until the time comes. Don't worry, everything's under control."

Beast Boy was never so glad to hear those three words, 'everything's under control'. He smiled back and went to see if he could help Raven in any way. She did not look happy and that made him unhappy. She was moaning and wincing every time a contraction hit. He went over to her and brushed her violet hair out of her face, which was peppered with sweat.

"You okay?" he asked.

"No, I'm not okay," she said wearily. "This hurts so much. I don't think I'm going to be able to do the actual pushing."

"Don't worry," he said with a kind smile. "You'll get through it. Do you need anything?"

"An epidural," she said as another contraction hit.

"I don't think you can have one yet," said Beast Boy.

"I don't care," Raven cried. Beast Boy would have given anything to trade places with her. He gave her his hand and when the next contraction hit she squeezed it until it passed.

The time seemed to pass so slowly Raven wondered if it was really happening. Why did every minute take an hour to pass? Was she really about to give birth? It couldn't be possible. She suddenly felt an odd pressure being released and a gush of warm water flowed out of her. Oh yeah, it was real.

They changed her bedding and then she got back in. She had begun to dilate, but it was all going very slowly. The doctor reassured Raven and Beast Boy that this was all normal, but both couldn't help thinking that perhaps something was wrong.

Cyborg had informed Robin and Starfire about what was happening and passed their blessings along to Raven. He was the only one who felt like he didn't have a place in this whole situation. He felt awkward being in the room with Raven who was in labor, so he stayed out of there. He decided to just play videogames to keep his mind off of what was going on. He knew Beast Boy would come running out when something happened.

The hours passed and still Raven wasn't all that far along. Eventually Cyborg went to bed and told them to wake him up if anything changed. Beast Boy wanted to go to bed, too, but he couldn't leave Raven. She was in pain and miserable and he would feel awful to just go off and sleep and leave her alone.

But it wasn't long before he fell asleep in the chair that he had set up right next to Ravens bed. She was so relieved that he was passed out. He was acting more nervous and jittery than anyone in the room and she was glad for his silence.

"Why is this taking so long?" moaned Raven.

"This is your first pregnancy," said Dr. Powers. "They tend to be a little more difficult. And you're having twins."

"Then shouldn't it all be going twice as fast?" asked Raven. "I don't know how much longer I can put up with this." Her contractions had been getting a little faster and she had dilated a little more, but she was still far from ready.

"You're doing just fine," said Dr. Powers sweetly. "Actually, you're doing much better than him." She referred to the sleeping Beast Boy nearby.

"No kidding," said Raven. "When he wakes up give him a tranquilizer or something because if he asks me one more time if I need anything I'm just going to snap."

"He cares about you," said Dr. Powers.

"I know," sighed Raven. "But if he hadn't hugged me eight and a half months ago I wouldn't be in this mess to begin with."

"True," said Dr. Powers. "But, you also wouldn't be a couple. I've been with you for a few months now and the change I've seen between the two of you has been quite amazing. At first you were very resentful towards him and look at you now. You're a couple; and that wouldn't have happened if these two little babies within you hadn't come along."

Raven thought about this smiled. Then another contraction hit and that smile disappeared immediately. She sighed and just hoped that this would be over soon enough. She was sick of the pain and she was sick of the waiting.

Nine hours later Raven was finally ready to start pushing. It was early morning and Cyborg was just waking up when Beast Boy burst into his room to tell him what was going on.

Raven couldn't believe it was actually time. Like, it was actually time! She was about to start pushing and then the babies would be here. They had been kind enough to give her an epidural and now the pain wasn't there. But she was still feeling tired already and just wanted it all to be over with.

"Okay, Raven, the next time you feel a contraction I want you to push as hard as you can," said Dr. Powers.

"Okay," said Raven and a few seconds later it hit. She held her breath and pushed as hard as she could. As she pushed everyone cheered her on and Dr. Powers counted to ten then told her to breath. She collapsed back and began to breath. But the next contraction came and she had to push again.

Beast Boy was in the room with her, of course, but he wasn't allowed to look below her waist. He had to stay up near her head where he wiped the sweat from her forehead and cheered her on.

This was how it went for a while until finally a head could be seen. This meant she was almost done with one of the babies. After about three more pushes the head was out and then after one more push they were able to free the child.

"It's a boy," said Dr. Powers, handing the baby off to a nurse. "You're half way done Raven."

"Thank Azar," said a very tired Raven. "How does he look?"

"He looks fine," said Dr. Powers. "Alright, I need another good push, Raven."

"Can't I be done?" whined Raven. "I already had one, can't you just go in and get the other?"

"Come on, you can do it," said Dr. Powers. "Take a breath and then push."

Raven moaned and when she had finally focused her mind she began to push again. While she was pushing the other baby out, Beast Boy couldn't help looking over at his little boy that was being weighed and measured by the nurses. He could already tell that he took after Raven by the fair skin, just a tinge of green pigment, and light strands of violet hair. But he had noticed one thing that came from him, though. The ears.

"Very very good," said Dr. Powers after Raven had been pushing for about five minutes. "The heads almost out. Just another couple pushes and you'll be done."

Knowing that Raven decided to give it her all and get this over with as soon as possible. She took a big breath in, gritted her teeth, and pushed with all of her might. Then, finally, two minutes later she heard, "She's out!"