"Are you in the habit of body slamming people while they're rendering aid to others?" The tall gray girl asked in a monotone that barely betrayed her annoyance with the green midget standing before her.

Little Beast Boy looked over his shoulder, hoping to perhaps get some help from his doppleganger. Unfortunately his taller twin had been intercepted by bobblehead Raven, and were engaged in conversation of their own. He looked back at the towering Azarathian and gulped.

"Am I in what?" He asked innocently. Raven glared at him, flames appeared to dance in her eyes in a cmenacing way. He felt a shiver go down his spine. His Raven mama could be scary, but this girl had her beat, hands down.

"You shoved me aside while I was tending to Raven. Why?"

Her gave her a blank look.

"I asked you a question."

"She's my Raven mama. I just wanted to see if she was OK."

Raven crossed her arms and her expression softened. "You could have done that without shoving me."

The little green elf rubbed the back of his neck.

"I was worried about her."

"We were all worried about her."

To her surprise he glared at her with a feral look she had only ever seen in The Beast.

"Don't you get it? I love her!"

"You … what did you say?"

"I said that I love her … and she loves me too!"

Raven shook her head in disbelief.

"No … way."

"Yes, way."

"She tried to kiss you, for reasons that elude me, and you rebuffed her."

"I rewhat her?"

Raven face palmed. "I used to think my Beast Boy was an idiot; but compared to you he's a genius."

The green lad grinned at her. "Oh, so he's 'your Beast Boy', huh?" He said as he wagged his eyebrows.

"Don't be ridiculous, it's just a figure of speech."

"Uh huh, you tell yourself that, mama."

"Don't call me that … and you don't know what you're talking about!"

He morphed into a gorilla and was now about as tall as she was. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder.

"I saw the way you looked at him."

"You're imagining things."

"Am I? You looked very relieved when you saw him."

"Of course I was. He's a teammate and a good friend."

He wagged a big gorilla finger at her. "Nuh-uh! You didn't look at the others that way … come on, admit it … you like him."

Raven sighed. "If I admit that I do, will you leave me alone? And would you please morph back into a human .. or whatever your default form is? Talking with a gorilla is weird."

He obliged her and resumed his normal form.

"Listen, mama, just be honest with him. It'll work out. Between you and me, you could use some BB. I'd be happy to help you out with that, but as you already know, I'm taken."

Raven face palmed again. As she dropped her hand, she saw her counterpart approach, with the other changeling next to her, trapped in a dark energy field, squirming as he tried to escape. She felt a lump form in her stomach.

-(-)-

"So you're my boyfriend's counterpart." The little Raven remarked.

Beast Boy looked at her with a troubled look.

"What's the matter?" She asked.

"You sound just like Raven."

"I am Raven."

He slowly shook his head. "I don't know …"

"It's the black hair, right?"

"Uh, no."

"Because I'm shorter than her?"

"No."

"Well then, why? In every other way I'm just like your Raven."

"You're dating him." He said as he nodded his head at the other pair who were talking.

"You mean she isn't your girlfriend?"

"Are you kidding? Of course not."

"Why not? Don't you like her?"

"Of course I do. But she doesn't like me."

Little Raven lowered her hood. "I thought you were smarter than my Beast Boy, but you're just as clueless as he is."

"I don't understand."

Raven floated up so they were face to face. "She's crazy about you."

"You're koo koo labonza. Raven isn't in love with me, she can't stand me."

The short girl sighed. "You're just as stubborn as mine. Fine, I'll show you."

She trapped Gar in her eldritch light and dragged him over to the other pair. Tall Raven at first looked concerned, but quickly changed her mood when she saw that her counterpart had restrained Gar.

"Raven, let him go!" She bellowed.

She released him. "Sorry, I knew he wouldn't come on his own, he's all yours now."

Gar quickly stepped next to Raven. "She's crazy, Rave."

"So is he, I think they all are."

"She says you're in love with me. Can you believe that?"

"He said the same thing about you. I think they're projecting."

Gar crossed his arms. "Like we'd be a couple just because they are."

"No kidding, as if that would ever happen."

"You fools don't know what you're missing." Little Gar said in a very cross tone with a frown on his face.

"And what would that be?" Raven replied. "Kissing and groping?"

"Yeah, that." Little Raven replied.

"Pass." The two taller Titans replied in unison.

Little Raven frowned at them, then turned to her beau. "I know we've been having a fight, but how about we make up?"

"Sure thing, mama. What were we even fighting about?"

She shrugged. "I can't remember."

The two bobble heads embraced and began to kiss very passionately. Raven and Beast Boy stared silently at them, exchanging furtive glances with each other. Little Raven then opened a portal, which swallowed them up while they continued to smooch. Raven and Gar stared at the empty spot were they had been standing.

"Well, that was awkward." She said as she broke the silence.

"You can say that again."

They stood together in silence, exchanging quick looks.

"They sure looked like they were having a good time." He remarked in a very offhanded way.

"They certainly did."

They fell silent again, and both stared at the ground.

"I've never kissed a girl." He blurted out, before blushing.

"Not even Terra?" She asked, unable to conceal a hint of surprise in her otherwise deadpan.

"I almost did, but I didn't."

They fell silent again.

"I've never kissed a boy." She volunteered, without really knowing why.

"Do you ever wonder what it would be like?"

She nodded. "I do wonder, do you?"

"All the time."

They watched silently as their teammates talked with their counterparts.

"Gar, would you like to … kiss?" She said, as if she was possessed, not believing that she had just said that.

"Kiss?" He was unable to hide his disbelief.

"Forget it, I don't know why I asked you that." She said as she blushed.

He also blushed and stammered in reply. "Actually, I would like to do that. Do you really want to? You aren't pulling my leg, right?"

She closed her eyes and nodded. "Just one kiss. That way we'll know what it's like without having to get all wrapped up with the whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing. So, are you up to it?"

"Let's do it."

They timidly approached each other, shifting their heads awkwardly as they clumsily tried to align their lips. Their lips slowly approached and finally they made contact and exchanged a very chaste and brief kiss, pulling away quickly and stepping back from each other.

"That was more pleasant than I expected." She mumbled as her cheeks reddened,

"I liked it too … Rave? Uh, do you want to, you know, try again?"

"Sure. Why not?" She replied, once again not believing that agreed to a second smooch,

They locked lips again, this time remaining in contact a little longer. Again they separated.

"That was a lot better." He remarked in a breathless voice

"I agree." She replied between deep breaths.

They stared at each other for a moment before pouncing on each other. This time they did not separate, not even after losing their balance and falling. Unfazed, they kissed while laying on the ground. Just then, Cyborg came looking for them.

"Where are you guys? The bobble heads are going home and if you want to say goodbye ..."

He found them behind some rubble, rolling on the ground, kissing with wild abandon.

He smiled before discretely walking away.