OK, here's the BB talk!
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Hexagon was defeated and the Trigons were … gone. The city was a wreck but the carnage and destruction were over. Local Robin raised the whirlagog over his head and portals appeared everywhere. The menagerie of alien and strange Titans began to head back to their respective dimensions, their portals closing behind them, until the only ones left were the short ones with the large heads, the ones Robin described as "the jerk versions of us". The portal back to "bobblehead" world was still open and the tall changeling and his shorter counterpart exchanged all sorts of bumps as they prepared to say goodbye.
"Later, good looking!" The short changeling bade his counterpart farewell, then began to walk to the portal.
"Dude, wait! I want to ask you a question."
The pint sized Beast Boy stopped and turned around to face his taller twin
"Fire away, brah."
"So, what's with you and Raven? You body slammed our Raven to get to yours. I'm surprised she didn't send you to another dimension for doing that."
"Me and Raven? What can I say, we're in a relationship."
"You mean, she's your girlfriend?"
"Signed, sealed and delivered."
The taller Titan saw the two Ravens chatting away. His Raven gave him a furtive glance before quickly averting her gaze. He looked back at his semi doppelganger.
"You're pulling my leg, right? You can't be dating Raven. No one dates Raven."
"Why not, brah?"
"Because she's Raven."
"So you saying that that you don't like your Raven, fool?"
"Of course I like her. I like her her a lot." He relied in an exasperated tone.
"So why aren't you dating her?"
"I … I don't know … I mean, I know she can't stand me. I'm too goofy for her."
"Listen, dude, I'm goofier that you are, and my Raven mama likes me just tfine."
"That's because she's goofy too. You all are."
The shorter teen scratched his chin. "Now that you mention it, your Raven mama almost never smiles. She's kind of a downer, even more than mine."
"Duh! That's what I'm trying to say. I've been trying for years to get her to smile. I'm always telling her jokes and all she does is roll her eyes when I do." He replied as he frantically waved his arms.
"Brah, you're going at it the wrong way. You're trying too hard. Just be yourself."
"That's what I've been doing!"
"Uh, no. You've been trying to impress her. Go gotta be chill, dude. Totally aloof."
"So that's how you won your Raven over? And dude, you won her over. She even tried to kiss you."
The short changeling made a dismissive gesture with his hand. "No biggie. It's not like I haven't kissed her before."
"Now you're bragging."
"Well, duh, of course I am. Rae-Rae is my girl, and she could be yours too, I mean your Raven could be yours."
"How? How did you do it? You had to be more than indifferent."
"Well, for starters, she's jealous of Terra. That got her attention."
The taller changeling's ears drooped.
"My Terra died. But she came back from the dead, but then she dumped me. The jealousy angle won't work for me."
"That's rough, brah. Can you sing?"
"You won Raven over with a song?"
"I sure did. Did I tell you that we almost got married once?"
The taller teen slowly shook his head. "Now I know you're just messing with me."
"No, dude, I'm not. We almost tied the knot, except the wedding was interrupted and, well, then we didn't."
"Singing to Raven isn't going to work for me. She isn't like your Raven."
"A Raven mama is a Raven mama."
"If I call her mama, she'll kill me."
"No, she won't. I've been watching her. She sneaks peeks at you all the time. Trust me, she's crazy about you. Plus you have it easy. My Raven used to date Aqualad."
"Get out of here. You won her away from Aqualad?"
"Sure did, brah."
"How? All the girls are in love with him."
"Raven had us fight to the death for her."
The taller teen's eyes boggled. "You killed Aqualad?"
"Relax, I just kicked his butt. He's fine."
"OK, now I know your Raven is nothing like mine. Mine would say 'dueling is pointless' or something like that". He replied in a deadpan as he tried to imitate Raven.
"Wrong! They're more alike than you think. Dude, just ask her, it'll be OK."
The taller changeling sighed. "So, all I need to do is just ask her out on a date?"
"Exactly, just go for it. And whatever you do, don't forget to kiss her, fool!"
"Say, why didn't you let her kiss you?"
"We're having a fight. Sometimes a dude has to hold his frame, no matter what. Amirite?"
Their conversation was interrupted by the short Robin, who shouted "Titans Go! Back to our Earth!"
The green shrimp grinned. "Gotta go."
"Hey, Gar?"
"Yeah?"
"Next time we get together, you gotta teach how to talk when in my animal forms."
The little guy make a pair of pistol gestures at his counterpart. "Will do, good lookin'! See you next time."
The visiting Titans leaped into their portal, and were gone. The portal vanished and the Fab 5 stared at the wreckage of their home.
"What a mess." Raven deadpanned. "Where are we going to stay? The Tower is wrecked."
"We can stay with Batman." Robin said in a deadpan. "He has lots of room."
"Oh joy." Raven replied. "An all expenses paid vacation with the Bat in Gotham. Maybe we upgrade and stay in Bludhaven, I hear it's beautiful this time of year." She deadpanned.
The changeling slinked up to the gray girl.
"We could stay with the Doom Patrol, just you and me." He said in a hopeful tone. Raven didn't immediately reply. She slowly turned to look at the green lad.
"I suppose that would be somewhat better than staying with the Bat. But just you and me?"
"Sure, Robin can take the others to Gotham, introduce Star to Batman, and chrome dome will want to see the bat cave. So we could give them their space. Right?"
"If I go with you, the others are going to talk."
"Talk?"
"Yes, talk. They're going to speculate that I'm your girlfriend and you're taking me home to formally meet your adoptive parents."
Gar sweat dropped. "And you don't want them to 'talk', right?"
"I don't want them to speculate about what kind of relationship we have."
The smaller changeling's words echoed in his mind "just go for it."
"How about you come with me as my girlfriend? That way they can't … speculate." He blurted out, immediately regretting his words. Raven didn't reply and instead began to walk to the Tower. She stopped and turned around.
"Aren't you coming?" She asked.
"Huh?"
She rolled her eyes. "We need to get into a clean change of clothes and pack our bags before we go to your parent's house."
"You want to get changed?"
"Of course I do. I want to make a good impression on your parents. The last time they saw me was in a hot and sweaty jungle and I wasn't looking or smelling my best. Or do you want them to think your girlfriend is a slob?"
He took her hand and walked with her.
"I would never want them to think my girlfriend is a slob … mama."
Raven arched an eyebrow. "Mama? Is that your pet name for me?"
"Uh, yeah?"
She leaned over and pecked him on the cheek.
"Not very original, but acceptable."
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I don't think this was as good as the Raven chat, but I didn't make you wait.
Let me know if you have other ideas. I a StarxStar extended chat could be in the works.
