Disclaimers are lame, yo. Only lame people put disclaimers. Psh, I never put disclaimers - I live on the edge. I'm not lame.

Beast Boy woke up in his bed, alone. But that really wasn't a surprise; it was completely normal. But what did surprise him was seeing his ceiling above him, rather than his top bunk.

But after a few minutes of blinking in confusion, he remembered that he had asked for a new bed a few days ago, and that he was given one.

And it was a great bed.

It had a metal frame, with no headboard. It was low to the ground, which made it the perfect bed to walk to and flop down on. The mattress was firm, but Cyborg had custom-made the topper, which was basically a cloud. Beast Boy even bought himself a new bed set, with perfectly fluffed pillows, silky smooth sheets, and a large, thick comforter. And to convey his new, mature persona, he even opted to get it all in solid grey, rather than the space-ship set that may or may not have caught his eye.

And the new bed inspired him to get some new furniture as well. Of course, Robin had only agreed to spending some of the budget on Beast Boy's new bedroom if the changeling promised to clean his room, and keep it that way. So the green titan hurriedly complied; after all, he was already embarrassed that Raven was sleeping in his messy room as it was, and the new furniture thing was a great excuse to clean.

Everyone had been extremely impressed when he left his room an hour later, carrying down bags of garbage and boxes of junk. Even Starfire left the med-bay to poke her head into the changeling's bedroom, just to see if he had actually cleaned it.

And he had!

Sure, his brand new desk was already cluttered, his bed wasn't made, and last night's uniform was lying on the floor, but the room was basically spotless. There was no trash, no obstacles, and, most importantly, no smell. It was a clean room. Beast Boy's clean room.

The changeling smiled to himself as he stared at his ceiling. The sunlight pouring in through his window splashed across the walls, announcing cheerfully that it was going to be a beautiful day. Well, when it came to the weather, anyway.

Robin had scheduled a meeting for today, in regards to Starfire's health. She had declined a bit over the past few days, resulting in more hours spent in the med-bay. Physically, she had improved; her flu-like symptoms were gone, leaving her with only a minor headache. But according to her blood work, she was still a risk to the public.

That wasn't the problem, though.

Cyborg theorized that the virus was getting stronger, and he urged the other titans to keep their distance. But it only caused Starfire to feel even more isolated, and her mental health was declining rapidly. She was now showing signs of depression, and Cyborg feared that she would give up on finding out what was wrong with her. Luckily, Raven had dismissed the robotic titan's advice on avoiding the alien, and took it upon herself to visit her friend several times a day.

She even opted to skip out on Robin's meeting, and instead asked the changeling to fill her in later.

Beast Boy sighed tiredly as he climbed out of his brand new bed and headed towards the door. He neglected to change out of his pajamas, even though he knew it would only irritated his leader. But he really didn't care.

What he did care about was what the meeting was going to entail. Robin had already extended Kid Flash's stay with them, and Beast Boy guessed that the two were planning on bringing Jinx into the mix. He had time to get used to the idea, and though he wasn't certain, he figured this meeting was really just a lecture on common courtesy, and being accommodating for their newest teammate.

So it did come as a surprise to find Cyborg sitting at the head of the table, rather than the boy wonder.

Beast Boy cautiously entered the common room, his eyes darting between the grim expressions on his fellow teammates' faces. Kid Flash looked downtrodden and confused, whereas Cyborg looked completely stumped. And despite how hard he tried to seem passive, Beast Boy could see the worry written all over Robin's face.

"What's going on, guys?"

All three of his teammates directed their attention towards the green titan as he slowly took his seat beside Kid Flash. Nobody spoke for a minute, and instead the four superheroes silently exchanged uneasy glances.

Finally, Cyborg took the initiative, clearing his throat awkwardly.

"Uhm, yes, well, we should probably began," he started, before glancing around the room in confusion. "Wait, where's Rae?"

Beast Boy prayed that he came off as casual as he hurriedly answered. "She, uh... she decided to keep Star company, and asked that I, er, uhm, we fill her in later."

The half-robot shot their leader a questioning look, and with a solemn nod from the masked titan, he cleared his throat once more.

"Right, well, let's began, then." Taking a deep breath, Cyborg pulled out a large file hidden in his lap and set it on the table. "These are Star's medical records, since she first became a titan," he explained, opening the file. "Due to growing up on the opposite side of the universe, her immune system was not prepared for the onslaught of germs and diseases she was faced with on earth. I'm sure you guys remember how sick she had been after the team was first formed?"

Beast Boy and Robin nodded hesitantly, before the leader spoke up. "But she got over all of that fairly quick, didn't she?"

"Yes," Cyborg answered, shuffling with a few pages within the file. "She built up her immune system remarkably fast - most likely due to being Tamaranean. Her people are known for being nearly indestructible."

Robin nodded again, a small smirk forming on his lips. Beast Boy continued to glance around at his teammates nervously, noting the confused expression on the speedster's face.

"Wait," Kid Flash began slowly, giving the half-robot a quizzical look. "If Starfire's all immune or whatever, then it has to be some alien disease, right? But then how did she get it? I doubt anybody here on earth had it."

Cyborg nodded quickly as he looked through the alien's file, before pulling out a few pages.

"My thoughts, exactly," he agreed, "but then I remembered this." He gestured towards the pages in his hands, before explaining what they were. "This here is from when Starfire had gone through that 'alien puberty' thing a few years ago. I took a couple of tests back then, and the results are similar to the results of what she's currently going through now."

The tension hanging in the air seemed to lift ever so slightly as the other titans straightened in their seats.

"So she's just going through another metamorphosis?" Robin asked hopefully.

Unfortunately, Cyborg responded with a half-hearted shrug. "I can't say for sure."

Immediately, Robin slumped back against his chair in defeat.

Beast Boy let out a disappointed sigh, waiting for the robotic titan to continue.

"I had asked Starfire if she thought that this could be what was happening to her, but she said she had never heard of anything like this happening to one of her people. Also, she said it was rare to go through one metamorphosis - two was completely unheard of."

"So in other words," Robin interjected coldly, slamming his fists onto the table angrily, "you have no idea what is happening to her, and this meeting is completely pointless!"

Beast Boy flinched slightly as his leader raised his voice, though he didn't blame him. Robin was head over heels for Starfire, and learning that Cyborg had no explanation for the alien's sickness was bound to get a negative reaction out of him. Especially since he was banned from even going near her. The changeling tried to imagine what his leader must have been going through, and the image of Raven hovering over a bed in the med-bay flashed through his mind. He quickly shook away that thought, unsure of why he'd choose to remember something like that. Instead, he focused back in on the conversation. Or, rather, argument.

"I just wanted to give everyone an update," Cyborg defended, his own voice rising in the slightest. "It's not anybody's fault that she's sick, Rob!"

Beast Boy watched as Robin stood from the table, his breathing sharp and his stance rigid.

"But it's your fault she's not getting better," he growled, before turning from the others and hurrying towards the exit.

Cyborg's expression remained passive, though Beast Boy knew Robin's words must have stung. Slowly the changeling stood from the table, giving both his teammates an apologetic look.

"It's not your fault, Cy," he assured cautiously, glancing between the exit and his friends. "Robin's just upset."

"I know," Cyborg replied curtly.

Sensing that he couldn't say anything to cheer up his friend, Beast Boy quickly made his way towards the door. He was relieved to catch Robin's scent heading in the opposite direction of the med-bay, meaning his leader wasn't risking his health by seeing Starfire.

Though Raven was potentially risking hers, and he didn't really want that, either. Taking a deep breath, Beast Boy made his way towards the med-bay.

He hated the fact that he was about to pull the empath away from Starfire, but he knew that his teammate wanted an update. He also knew that Cyborg was bound to be on his way to run a few more tests on the alien, and Raven would have to leave anyway.

Luckily, just as he stepped off of the elevator, he caught sight of Raven exiting the med-bay. She noticed him at the same time, and quickly made her way towards him.

"What happened?"

Beast Boy let out an exasperated sigh, stepping back onto the elevator and motioning for Raven to join him.

"But if it has nothing to do with another metamorphosis, then why would he even bring it up?"

Beast Boy shrugged helplessly as he sat on his bed, watching Raven pace back and forth before him - something that was now possible, since his floor was cleared. He had just finished filling Raven in on what had gone down in the common room, and she was not very happy.

"Cyborg has obviously made some sort of connection to it - he's just not telling us. He doesn't want to give anyone false hope," Raven concluded, talking more to herself than to the changeling.

Beast Boy weighed her reasoning in his head. It was plausible, but he doubted that was the case.

"Maybe," he offered anyway, despite his own reservations. He could see how much all of this was affecting Raven, and he was scared that she was spiraling down with Starfire - especially since she was surrounding herself in negative energy by being near the alien.

"We're just missing something," she continued, ceasing her pacing and opting instead to sit beside the changeling.

Beast Boy looked at her with concern as she stared ahead of her at nothing in particular. He knew she was going to drive herself crazy if she kept thinking about it, so he decided to distract her.

"Have you even noticed that I cleaned my room?" he joked, playfully pushing her shoulder.

She whipped her head towards him, blinking a few times, before his words seemed to have finally settled in her mind.

"So that's why it smells better," she deadpanned.

Beast Boy scoffed in mock-offense, turning away from her and crossing his arms. "Well, the smell obviously wasn't too bad, since I seem to recall you sleeping in here for the past week."

He stiffened slightly at his own words, praying that Raven wouldn't be embarrassed by his teasing. Thankfully, she responded with a snort of amusement, before a comfortable silence settled between them.

Beast Boy turned himself back to face her, watching as the humor in her eyes slowly faded. She was looking off at nothing again, though he wasn't sure what she was thinking about. It hurt him to see her so empty, and it hurt knowing that Starfire had to have been feeling the same - probably even worse. She was the most social of the group, and yet quarantined from everyone, whereas Raven was the most private, but gave up that luxury to make her friend feel better. Both were selfless and strong, and he couldn't have been more proud to call them his friends - but being friends with them hurt.

"I know what you're doing," Raven announced dryly, breaking his thoughts and the silence.

Beast Boy gave her a bewildered look, his mouth opening and closing as he tried to think of something intelligent to say.

But Raven spoke again, not waiting for a response. "You're trying to distract me, but you're doing an awful job at it. And you know you're doing awful, and you can't help thinking about it. And thinking about it causes your aura to dull, which isn't making me feel any better." She gave him a pointed look, before a small smirk surfaced. "So I think you need to find a better way to distract me."

Scared of what she meant, Beast Boy continued to stare at her quizzically, electing an exasperated.

"I'm giving you permission to steer the conversation; tell me a joke, talk about video games - anything to take my mind off of Starfire and her sad eyes," she explained dryly.

"Oh!" Beast Boy exclaimed, wanting to slap himself for having his mind in the gutter. "I thought you wanted me to kiss you or something!" he laughed, shaking his head in embarrassment.

His laughter faded though when he noticed Raven wasn't laughing with him. Instead she was staring at him inquisitively, her head cocked to the side and her lips turned in a small frown.

"Actually," she began, scooting herself closer to the changeling, "that's probably a better idea."

He didn't even have time to protest as Raven smashed her lips against his in a hard, passionless kiss. It oozed need and agitation, as if it annoyed her that she even had to go through with it. But he knew that was most likely the case, and decided that despite her not wanting to kiss him, he'd make sure she at least enjoyed it.

He kissed her back softly, ignoring the urgent way her mouth parted against his. He could tell she was getting frustrated, but he wasn't going to let her kiss him angrily. She wanted to be distracted from all of the negative energy, after all.

Her hands snaked around his neck, pulling him closer to her and tangling up in his hair. It hurt a little, but Beast Boy tried not to react. Instead, he kept himself upright and gently pulled her arms down.

She broke the kiss at the motion, sending him an irritated glare as her face remained inches from his.

"What's wrong?" she growled, the dullness in her eyes temporarily replaced by annoyance. "I thought you wanted to help me?"

Beast Boy gave her a sheepish smile, hoping not to upset her further. "I do wanna help, Rae, but I don't think this is gonna do any good."

Raven furrowed her brows at his answer, slowly leaning away from him. "What do you mean? This was our agreement - or are you saying you don't want to help me anymore? Did I cross a line?"

Beast Boy let out a dry chuckle, shaking his head in response. "You're upset, and with you kissing me, I can literally feel your anger, and I don't think that bottling it up is good for you."

"But kissing releases everything; bottling it up is when I do the opposite," she protested.

He could tell that she wasn't thinking clearly, and figured that all of her emotions were jumbled up in her head. She probably had no idea what emotion she needed to release at the moment, and was just blinding guessing.

"But this isn't what needs to be released right now, Rae," he replied, rubbing her shoulder soothingly. "Acting like a hormonal teenager isn't what you need -"

Beast Boy's reasoning was cut off by a sudden gasp from the half-demon, and she stared at him with wide, horror-filled eyes.

"Oh my god," she breathed, somehow managing to look paler than usual.

Scared that he had said the wrong thing, Beast Boy mirrored her expression. "What -"

"'Hormonal teenagers'," she repeated, interrupting him once more.

The changeling cocked his head to the side, unsure of what the empath was talking about.

"What -"

"What if Starfire's pregnant?" Raven blurted.

Beast Boy felt all of the color drain from his face as her words soaked in. Starfire and Robin had been 'together' for quite some time; it wouldn't come to a shock to learn that they were already at that level of intimacy. Everyone had just assumed that they were waiting - the life of a superhero didn't leave one with many romantic opportunities, and Beast Boy doubted Starfire would do it just to do it. She'd undoubtedly want it to be 'special'.

"What?!" Beast Boy exclaimed, startling Raven.

She stared back at him with a determined look, obviously intent on justifying herself.

"Think about it, Beast Boy - she's been nauseous and grumpy for weeks, as well as -"

"As well as having a cold and sore throat - not necessarily the formula for pregnancy," Beast Boy interjected. "But those are the signs of the flu, and mixed with her weird alien virus, it's the most probable cause for her illness!"

"But she's lethargic and moody, and her skin has been looking rather radiant for being so ill," Raven pointed out dryly. "Maybe the mix of her Tamaranean genes and Robin's human genes are causing all these weird side effects."

Beast Boy couldn't believe what he was hearing as Raven continued explaining her theory. Crazy, crackpot conspiracies were his thing, and yet he was the one thinking rationally.

"But have they even had sex?" he interjected, feeling uncomfortable at the thought of two of his surrogate siblings getting it on. It was one thing to know that they were dating, but to think of them as being that close was a little unsettling.

Raven opened her mouth to respond, before knitting her brows together quizzically.

"I... I don't know," she admitted.

Beast Boy was a bit surprised by her answer - he had assumed that Starfire told Raven everything.

"You don't?" he repeated incredulously.

Raven shook her head, obviously embarrassed by her lack of knowledge on the subject. It was one thing to accuse their pure and pristine teammate of being pregnant, but not even knowing if said teammate was sexually active really discredited her theory.

"Well then we shouldn't jump to any conclusions, Rae," Beast Boy laughed, hoping to ease a bit of the tension.

It didn't appear to work, though, as Raven suddenly stood from his bed.

"Well, there's no harm in ruling it out, is there?" she deadpanned, before crossing his room.

Beast Boy quickly followed behind, feeling uneasy with the whole situation.

"What are you gonna do?" he asked hesitantly as his door hissed open.

Raven shot him a glare from over her shoulder, as if the answer was the simplest thing in the world.

"I'll have her take a pregnancy test, obviously."

Well, that sure took an unexpected turn! Lol

So, I know spoilers are often hated, so don't read this if you don't want to know, but regarding whether or not Starfire is pregnant... it's probably a no. But something is wrong with her (not that being pregnant is wrong lol), and we'll find out soon enough. Hopefully. Lol

But this red herring type of thing is really just a lead-in to what I plan on doing, so I hope this doesn't turn anyone off of this story. It'll make sense in the end (well, not the end of the story, but the end of the plot point these next couple of chapters will be focused on). So please keep reading!

Also, reviews are so appreciated! As are follows and/or favorites! :)