Long chapter for the weekend!

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6 months later…

"I felt the baby kick."

Raven laughed softly and placed her own hands on her very pregnant belly. "I'm excited to see her. She's due any day now."

"You're excited? I'm excited."

Raven chuckled and continued rubbing her stomach.

James got up from the couch and walked to the kitchen area. "You want anything to drink?"

"Tea, please."

"Coming right up."

James was Raven's neighbor. They first met at her workplace, which was the library. He at first tried to hit on her, but Raven shot him down real quick. However, he continued showing up. On a daily basis, he would stop by to return and check out books. Sometimes he would return the books a day later and Raven knew very well that he hadn't read the thick books in that short amount of time. She figured out that it was a simple way for him to see her. He asked her out to lunch, as friends, and from then, their friendship flourished. James was Raven's secret angel. He helped her in so many ways throughout her pregnancy. Since he lived right above her, he was always at her place helping with the baby's room and providing company. He purchased numerous items for her such as a crib, stroller, and diapers.

Raven remembered the moment James and she found out they were neighbors vividly.

Raven locked the apartment door behind her before throwing the keys into her bag. She shivered and brought the winter jacket over her pregnant stomach. It was early and she was off to work. She turned the hallway and onto the stairway that led to the entrance on the first level. On a normal day, she would take the elevator to avoid any dangers of falling down the stairs, but it was out of order at the moment.

She sighed and carefully walked down the metal stairs. She held onto the railing next to her with a tight grip. Stairs became her enemy when she could no longer see her feet. She exhaled when she met the solid ground. It was a good 15-minute walk into the city where the library was. It drained a lot out of Raven, but she made the commute without any complaints. Her feet scurried to the exit when she saw that she would be late.

"Rachael!"

Raven stopped and looked back. She gasped when she saw James walking down with dress pants and a light blue dress shirt on. He had a long dark jacket on and a hat covering his black hair. He hurried down the stairs and lightly jogged to her in his dress shoes. "What are you doing here?"

"Um, I live here."

His eyes widened. "You're kidding! I've been a resident here for years. How come I never noticed you?"

Raven was shocked to know that he lived in the same apartment complex. It was..strange. Nice, but strange. She shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. I always take the elevator down since.." She trailed and gestured to her stomach with a small smile.

James laughed. "Maybe that's why. I take the stairs...I live on the third floor. You?"

"Second."

He nodded. "That also explains it. I guess I should be more aware of my neighbors." James could tell that Raven was itching to leave. He soon remembered that he also had a job to go to and was getting late himself.

"I have to go."

"Wait, uh, where do you work? You need a ride?"

Raven bit her bottom lip and thought. She didn't know James long enough to simply trust jumping in a car with him, but time was eluding her fast and it beat running in the cold with her swollen feet.

"Sure."

"Here you are, princess."

"Thank you." Raven slowly sipped the hot contents and sighed. She could feel her uneasy baby settling down, easing the pain.

"It's so quiet in here. How can you live without a TV?"

Raven shrugged. "I like the silence."

"Tomorrow, we'll go and buy you one."

"It'll be a waste of your money. I don't like watching TV. It rots the brain."

James rolled his eyes. "You may not like TV, but your baby will." He pointed to her midsection with a smirk. "My nephew is only 2 and he can unlock my iPhone and work Siri better than me."

Raven chuckled softly at his comment, but that didn't change her stance. "My child will learn how to open a book instead."

"Just let me take you shopping." He insisted.

"Do you treat your other friends with such gifts?"

James laughed. "Not all, but it's good to be single with money."

It's been months since Raven left the team, and slowly things were getting back to normal. Crimes still happened and there were fun times; however, everyone knew that there was something missing among them. Robin and Cyborg did their very best to find her. Robin quickly noticed the documents taken from his filing room. He insisted on Cyborg to check the records of the city to hopefully find some form of information under the name Rachael Roth, but it only led them so far. There was little information under her name, and they simply couldn't find an address linked to her. Beast boy and Starfire searched in the airs and even traveled to different cities, but it was futile. They struggled to find anything that could trace back to her. Raven knew exactly how to hide from them and did a damn good job doing it.

Beast boy couldn't help but feel guilty. He believed that the reason why she left was because of him. He didn't have proof, but it made the most sense.

He sighed and leaned into the crook of Terra's neck. She wrapped her arms around his back and played with his hair. She could tell that something was wrong.

"Are you still upset about Raven leaving?"

Beast boy didn't say anything but snuggled closer into her. Terra hugged him tighter and continued playing with his soft hair. She didn't like how Beast boy was acting. Terra understood that the absence of Raven was quite hard on them all, but she was confused on how hard Beast boy was affected by all of this. She doesn't remember the last time seeing Beast boy and Raven talk in person, and if they did, it was simple jokes or insults made to each other. Terra questioned if he had done anything to make her leave, but she hoped for him to return back to normal very soon.

"Do you want to talk about it?''

Beast boy looked back up at Terra and sighed. "No. I'm good."

"You don't sound good. Beast boy, are you not telling me something?" She insisted.

Beast boy grunted and shook his head. "No. Not at all. I'm sorry that I've been acting weird; I'm just taking her leave so hard."

Terra didn't really look apologetic. She didn't talk to Raven when she was here, so her being gone didn't really change much in her own little world in the Tower. She and Raven were...acquaintances. They talked when necessary and gave each other their own space. Her absence did affect her love life because Beast boy was so stuck on her and the Tower had a despondent atmosphere, making her a bit uneasy and dampening her happy mood.

"Just try not to think about her." Terra pulled Beast boy's face close to hers and pressed her warm lips to his. He soon replied to the kiss then wrapped his arms around her waist. "You're right." He said.

"Raven left...I have to get over her."

"Can I sleep with you?"

Raven stared at James and briskly shook her head. "I already have one person sleeping with me." She smirked and pointed to her stomach. "How about I make you a comfortable bed on the couch?"

James sighed. "It was worth a shot but fine."

Raven started setting up the blankets on the small couch. James decided to stay with Raven til the baby was born. She didn't have a car, but he did; therefore, it would be a lot easier for Raven to contact him when her water breaks.

"All done."

"Thank you, princess." James laid his body over the sheets. "Not bad."

Raven nodded and waddled to her own room. "Goodnight."

5 days later…

March 31st 1:09 PM

"You're doing great, Rachael. Keep breathing."

Raven breathed in shallow breaths. James held her left hand and was struggling to not throw up. Raven's face was flushed and her hair was soaked with sweat and stuck to her forehead. James looked back at Raven then to the doctor who was trying to get her to push. The scene in front of him only made him even more scared to have a wife and kids. There was so much blood that it made him hurl. He was very thankful that he had a penis instead of a vagina.

"It's crowning!" the doctor exclaimed. "Keep pushing Rachael. You're almost there."

Raven screamed as she felt another wave of pain fill her body. What seemed like forever was actually seconds. The doctor sat back and pulled the baby from out of its womb. The umbilical cord was cut and the infant was sent with nurses to the back of the room. Raven went limp and continued taking sharp breaths. James smiled. "You did it, Rach!"

"Congratulations. It's a healthy baby girl."

Raven looked down at her still wet and flushed cheeks. The baby had a small patch of blonde curly hair and a light skin complexion, similar to Raven's holographic image. Raven kissed the small forehead of the baby and continued smiling. She looked up at James. "Want to hold her?"

James got nervous and lifted his hands defensively. "I don't know. What if I drop her, or she starts crying, or she…"

"Shut up and hold the damn baby!"

James groaned and cautiously took the baby out of Raven's tired arms. He took a seat in the chair next to the bed and rocked the newborn. The baby fidgeted slightly in his arms and opened her eyes. She looked up at James for a quick moment before closing her eyes again. He turned to Raven and smiled. "She has bright blue eyes."

Raven smiled, but she was confused. She wasn't expecting her baby to have blue eyes. If anything, green eyes. She knew that Beast boy was a blonde before he turned green, so she guessed that his gene transferred to their child, but blue eyes?

"What are you going to name her?"

Raven looked down at the babe swaddled with white blankets and stared at her for a few moments. She thought of a few names before but never finalized to one. She rubbed her chin and thought over her options briskly before finally deciding.

"Farah."

4 days later…

"Dig in ya'll! We deserve it after beating Overload's electric butt."

Cyborg placed the two large pizza pies on the table and opened them for all to eat. The Titans dug their hands into the pizza, placing as many slices on their plates and eating away like hungry pigs.

"Overload was exceptionally easy to defeat," Starfire said with a bottle of mustard in her hands.

"Guess he's losing his charge!" Beast boy looked around at his friends with a big smile, hoping someone would laugh, especially Terra, but everyone continued eating. He groaned and slumped back in his seat then took a sad bite of his cheese pizza. "Raven would have laughed." He looked down from the balcony where their table was settled. He ogled at the passing women, ignoring the conversation his friends were having next to him.

He glanced at all the passing blondes, staring at their asses in their tight jeans and shorts as they walked by. He was content with Terra's developed body but he was starting to crave a body with more meat. He continued staring at the females walking by when someone caught his eye. He noticed a shapely woman walk down the street with medium length black hair that was a little past her shoulders. She wore tight dark jeans and a loose gray shirt. She was walking next to a taller man who also had black hair and jeans with a flannel shirt. Beast boy was going to look at her body, but he didn't. He had a feeling that he knew her, but he couldn't pin where. For some reason, she reminded him of Raven. He leaned in to try and see her face, but he noticed something in her arms. He looked closer and saw that it was a baby. He relaxed and stayed in his seat. "That can't be Raven. First off, she has a baby and looks nothing like Raven. That might be his baby anyway."

Beast boy snapped out of his thoughts when he felt a strong hand smack him in the back of his head. He yelped and rubbed the stinging pain.

"What was that for!?"

Terra gave him an angry glare. "Why are you looking at another woman!?"

Beast boy blushed. "Terra, can we talk about this later?" He said, looking at his friends who were silently eavesdropping.

"No! We're not going to talk later. This is the third time I caught you staring at another woman. Am I no longer good for you?"

He shook his head nervously and gave a nervous smile. "No, bae. You know that."

"Apparently I don't. I didn't say anything at first because I wanted to make sure I was right, but it seems that I was. " She stood from her seat, completely forgetting her pizza. Terra stomped to the exit of the pizza parlor, leaving a shocked Beast boy and nosy teammates behind.

Beast boy rolled his eyes and stayed in his seat, still rubbing his head. "She overreacts to everything. I don't know why I deal with her sometimes."

"Don't talk like that, man. You know you love her deep down inside." Cyborg said with a sly smile.

"Yeah. Deep down alright."

"I think we should wrap this up," Robin said awkwardly.

The team headed for the exit but Beast boy stayed behind looking down at the balcony again. He tried to find the woman he was staring at, but he couldn't. He sighed sadly and met up with his team.

"Why are you staring at another woman!?"

James and Raven both looked up at the scene in the pizza parlor's balcony. Beast boy was leaning on the railing, giving them a clear view of him and the blonde. James stared in confusion, but Raven grew anxious. If Beast boy and Terra were there then that means the team was with them, and if Cyborg saw her, he would be able to distinguish who she was since he created the image of her holographic ring.

"What's going on up there?"

"I don't know, but let's go." Raven grabbed James' arm and dragged him, being cautious of her child. She sped walked down the street, keeping her head down and making sharp turns.

"Why are you going this way? I parked the car over there?"

Raven looked up and bit her bottom lip. "Um, I think this is a shortcut."

James raised a brow and shook his head. "No..It's right there." He gestured with his keys the direction of the parked car.

Raven swore in her head and faked a smile. "Oh, right! I forgot. Let's go." She almost sprinted to the parked vehicle. She climbed into the passenger seat, holding the sleeping Farah closer to her chest.

James gave her a confused look but didn't ask any questions. He started the car and smoothly pulled out of the parking spot and onto the busy road.

Raven tried to keep her eyes open. She looked down at her newborn daughter who was sucking the milk from her breast eagerly. She glanced at the clock on the wall.

3:07AM.

She gazed her eyes out the window of the baby's room and saw a nice view of the busy city and its bright lights. She could see people walking down the streets, cars driving by and the lights of other rooms and buildings, but what caught her gaze was the Tower that was far in the background, but still could be seen. She missed her friends and being in her own bedroom, but she couldn't go back. No longer is everything about her. Her daughter is now in the picture. Her life revolves around her now. Would she change it? No. The love she has for Farah in the short amount of time they have been together being so great, she wouldn't trade the baby for anything or anyone else, even if it meant shunning her old life.

However, she would love to not have to do this alone. James was a large help, but she didn't want to burden him with her child. She also didn't want Farah growing up, believing that he was her father because he wasn't. It would be a large lie, especially when she didn't resemble any of them. Raven played with the small amount of hair that was on Farah's small head.

"You're so beautiful."

Raven easily concluded that Farah took up the appearance of her father. Raven never saw what Beast boy really looked like before he turned green, but she knew that he was blonde with supposed blue eyes.

She didn't anticipate it to be this hard. She thought that she could have easily handled her daughter by herself with no help or support, but she was completely wrong. Having small to no family support made things even harder. She was grateful for her child, but if only someone could be there for her to help would only make it a lot easier. Raven knew that the Titans would help her with anything, but she didn't know if that rule applied to children, and she wasn't going to take the risk to find out.

Farah stopped sucking and started to fall asleep once more. Raven brought the infant over her shoulder and began to burp her. Once Farah was taken care of, Raven swaddled her in the white blanket and gently placed her back into the crib. She looked down at her for a few more moments before dragging herself back into her own bed. She was still sore and very tired, but it was worth seeing Farah sleeping.

Raven sighed and looked out the window again. She was angry with what Beast boy did to her. What he did affect her deeply, but she couldn't help but wish that he was here with her. She didn't want to admit it, but she still harbored feelings for him. She didn't know why, but she did.

He didn't see the same towards her before she left, but she assumed that he was having a better time, knowing that she and Farah weren't there to "ruin" his life.

Beast boy yawned and walked toward Terra's room. The couple has been sharing her bedroom since the sixth month of their relationship. Once the team made it back to the Tower, he and Cyborg started battling each other in video games for hours straight. He looked at the clock and saw that it was 2 am. It was a long day and he was ready for bed. He punched in the code for the door, but it didn't go through. He was confused and repeated to punch the code in slowly, but it continued to decline. He groaned and knocked on the door.

"Terra, can you open the door? The lock is broken."

The door opened. She held a blanket and pillow in her hands and had an angry frown. "It's not broken." She threw the materials at the man then went back into her room.

"Don't act like this Terra. I said I was sorry."

"Beast boy, that was the last straw. If you want to look at other whores and fuck a different girl then go ahead but don't do it in front of me." She said through the door.

Beast boy didn't even argue with her. He was too exhausted to give much of an effort. He rolled his eyes and grabbed the objects. "Whatever."

He punched the code in forcefully and barged into his old room. He didn't bother turning on the lights. He yelped when his shin hit something hard. He cursed and saw that it was his dresser. He completely forgot that it was placed there. It really has been awhile since he slept in his own room.

He mumbled a few more obscenities and complained about the geomancer while throwing all of the clothes off of his small bunk bed. He squeezed himself in the bottom bunk and struggled to get comfortable. His bunk bed was too small for his now tall, grown body. He sighed and tried to make the best of what he had. He ignored the discomfort and looked out the large window that gave him a perfect view of the bay. There was a full moon and it brought a beautiful light over the shimmering waters. As he stared at the beauty, Beast boy thought back to the female he saw. He didn't know why, but he felt a connection to her. It was like he had already met her. There was a scent attached to her that reminded him too much of Raven. He wished he had the chance to swoop down there and look at her face because he couldn't get her out of his mind.

"But she had a baby and was with that other guy. He might be her boyfriend." Beast boy thought again. Raven didn't seem like the person to get into a relationship quickly. She's been gone for only half a year. "What if she left to be with her boyfriend?" Beast boy thought on this topic. He was really starting to believe what he was contemplating, but he shot that down with a shake of his head and a small chuckle. "Nah. I don't think Raven would leave us for a dude she found in the streets."

Beast boy sighed and looked at the clock again. 3:30AM.

Sleep started to cloud his cognition. He yawned again and started to drift off into a dream. "I'll think about it..later."

7 months later…

"Rach, are you sure you don't want to take her to the hospital?"

Raven continued her task in the kitchen and rolled her eyes. "Yes. Why would I take her to the hospital?"

"Gee, I don't know; maybe because she has purple eyes!"

"Don't yell in front of her. She'll get scared." Raven said calmly.

James continued staring at the now 7-month-old. Farah continued to grab at her toys that were laying around her and nibble on them innocently. She had on a lime green onesie and her hair was a blonde curly mess with a small headband around her head to keep her hair from irritating her eyes. James was correct that the baby did indeed have purple eyes, but it only fascinated him. Raven wasn't concerned one bit because although she shares the same eye color as her baby beneath her disguise, James didn't know that and will continue to be oblivious. Farah did have blue eyes but as time progressed, they started to slowly change color. It alarmed Raven at first, but she didn't think much of it when Farah stayed healthy and was not discomforted with the color change.

Raven walked to the couch and took her bubbly baby into her lap. Farah started to coo and wiggle in her mother's arms. She noticed the baby food that was in Raven's hands and instantly reached for it, but Raven pulled her back.

The baby ate the pureed carrots contently when Raven started to feed her.

James continued staring. "I really think you should get her checked out."

"She's a healthy child. I find no reason to take her there, and besides, she hates hospitals. Right?" Raven looked into her baby's eyes and smiled when Farah only giggled back at her, simply excited to have her mother's attention. The carrots that were in her small mouth spilled out, staining her pink bib.

"If you don't take her, I will. She might have one of those rare diseases!"

"I promise you she doesn't."

"Mhm." James continued to be skeptical, but Farah wasn't his child to take care of. "Whatever you say, mommy."

Farah ignored the food and spat it out, making another mess. Raven sighed and stopped feeding her. "So apparently, you're not hungry." She said while she lifted the baby in her arms.

Raven sat Farah on the floor with her toys around her while she cleaned up.

"She is so adorable, Rach. Who knew you had it in you to have such a cute baby." James said with a sarcastic tone.

Raven smirked. "Thanks. I didn't know either, but she doesn't look like me."

"Do you know where her father is?"

Raven stayed silent. James rarely asked questions about Farah's father, but whenever he did, she would always make some weird lie.

"Um, no not really. It was a one night stand, you know?" And in reality, her night with Beast boy was similar to just that.

"Oh." James didn't believe her for a second that Rachael had a one night stand with a guy. He knew how she operated and she wasn't the one to have sex for the fun of it. He can tell because he tried. It was a touchy topic, so he stopped talking about it.

"When do you go back to work?"

"Very soon."

"Where are you going to leave Farah? I would love to do it, but I have to go to work too, and I don't know if my parenting skills are up to par like yours." James said, still playing with Farah.

Raven sighed. "I know that there's a daycare not too far from the library. I'm going to enroll her in there. I just hope to afford it."

James looked at her. "Rach, money is no problem. Just tell me how much, and I'll help you pay for it."

Raven smiled. "Thanks, James, but I don't want to keep taking your money. I like to do things on my own."

''Rach, don't worry about it. I don't have anyone else to spend my money on, so it doesn't matter."

Raven thanked James for the millionth time. Sometimes she asked herself why she never made James her boyfriend. He was stable and truly cared for her and Farah. He's been more involved than the actual father of her child. She was truly grateful to have him in her life, but she didn't see him in that way. She didn't know why. James was handsome, funny and caring. Also, Farrah loved him. Maybe she'll give him a shot, but for now, the only relationship she cared about was the one between her and her daughter.

Okay, quick A/N. Farah's name is pronounced as "FAIR-RUH"..Just say those two words quickly together. The first 'a' in her name is long and the second 'a' is pronounced as a short 'u'. I just wanted to clear that up because I don't want to confuse anyone, so...yeah!

What do you think of the name and did you like the chapter?

Have a nice weekend!