"I'LL PROTECT YOU!" Body leaping, more like stumbling blindly, before hers, the changeling threw his hands out, spread eagle, then proceeded shouting from the rooftops. "I'M BATMAN!"

Raven scoffed. As if sober Beast Boy wasn't exuberant enough.

"Shhh!" Flying up behind him, the girl smacked her palm over his open mouth. "Geez, Gar. Could you shut up a sec? Robin's going to hear you." Whipping her head around, the sorceress surveyed the roof quickly for her leader. Even if the strict alpha Titan wasn't in the Tower, if Dick even caught wind of the thoroughly wasted changeling, he'd race back to Jump City to surely deliver a six hour lecture.

Luckily, Robin and Starfire were on a trip to Gotham and wouldn't be back until the next evening. Still… Raven couldn't help disapprove of the haphazardly planned party that raged beneath her feet. The second Cyborg and Beast Boy had heard Robin's return had been delayed, they'd called everyone they knew. Raven had simply shrugged it off, convinced it was only a few of the Titans East. But when she'd heard an odd smacking sound outside her door, she dared venture from her room only to find Jinx and Wally making out right outside her bedroom door, Cyborg, Speedy, and Aqualad yelling about videogames, and a slap happy Beast Boy jabbering away with the rest of the honorary Titans.

It was a small disaster, to say the least.

Thirty minutes earlier…..

A sea of red plastic cups and disposable bath cups-turned makeshift shot glasses littered the floor. The air reeked of every alcohol imaginable, most prominently cheap beer. Laughter and the bass of whatever grating electronic beat vibrated the whole floor, and she couldn't help but notice the gigantic disco ball miraculously still hanging despite the chaos beneath it. The sparkling glass orb was the size of a small planet; the sorceress was convinced that if she stared at it too long it would blind her. Raven thanked Azar as she flicked open the large windows.

The whole place and everyone inside was absolutely trashed.

Shaking her head, Raven fought her way past Pantha and Red Star, eventually opting for levitation once Mas and Menos got a hold of her. Eyeing Cyborg, who was currently enthralled in a sloppy round of Mario Kart, the sorceress reluctantly landed beside Beast Boy.

"Hey, Bea-"

"Hey beautiful," the changeling leaned back, dragging her closer by the back of her neck until his lips could reach her cheek. It was an odd, upside down, casual sort of motion, but the sorceress felt her cheeks burn nonetheless.

"Garfield," retaining her growl, Raven pulled away, instead pinching the pointed tip of his ear and dragging him towards the hall. "We need to have talk."

A trail of cheesy oohs and overexaggerated ahhs polluted the air behind her, and Raven felt her lip curl in disgust. She should've known! The second Cyborg had called Bumblebee, Raven knew she'd be doing some major housecleaning. Not this major, although.

Finally, the two Titans reached the rooftop, safe from the earsplitting beats and blinding disco ball. Releasing him, Raven frowned, staring at the lake before her. What exactly should she say, anyway? She didn't want to be the bad guy, per say, but she desperately needed the others out. It would take the rest of the evening just to put the boys to bed and clean their mess.

The girl felt her eyes roll. It was like she was their darned mother.

"Beast Boy, I think… I think Robin might get home sooner than you think." Raven sighed, crossing her arms and casting a sidelong glance at the changeling. He was watching the lake as well, moonlit waves reflecting in his deep emerald eyes, glassy with intoxication. He seemed to be in deep thought, body still and his gaze intent. "Beast Boy?" Raven started to reach for her shoulder, only to stop herself just as quickly. "Garfield, did you hear–"

"Rae, get out of the way! There's a SHARK coming!"

Suddenly, the sorceress was tumbling across the roof, knees scratched, gravel in her palms, and temper seething. He couldn't be serious. There weren't any sharks in the lake surrounding the tower, Beast Boy himself had confirmed as much with a snobbish "sharks don't live this kind of freshwater." She was almost certain he'd seen nothing greater than a couple silvery bass flipping around at the surface of the lake.

"What the he-"

"Don't worry Rae, I'll protect you!" Beast Boy flung himself in front, eyelids squeezed shut. "I'M BATMAN!" Somewhere along the flurry of events that had just transcribed, he'd snatched her cloak, and now he was flapping his arms wildly with her cape billowing in the wind, a touch too close to the edge.

And that's how they got to where they were. Raven, her hand smacked over Beast Boy's loose lips, dragging him back and away from the ledge. What a pain…She grumbled, growling with effort as his loopy body clumsily tried to walk backwards. His broad back pressed a bit too close to her chest; his breath was warm against her palm, hot even, as his tongue flicked out to press her petite hand.

"Hey, quit it!" Retracting her hand quickly, Raven stared at him with an incredulous look. "What… where you.. where you licking me?"

The drunken boy shrugged, a fazed smile teasing his lips. "You taste nice, Rae." He sang, twirling with his hands over his heart. "My darling Raven, your hands taste like mint and romance. I can only imagine how delicious your lips must taste."

Raven rolled her eyes for the millionth time that evening, pointedly ignoring the heat that flourished over her neck.

"Listen, Gar. Everyone has to leave. What if Robin gets home tonight? Then what, huh?"

"Well…." Beast Boy tapped his chin, and for a moment she thought he was in his sober mind. "Robin will get in trouble if he comes back early, right? Doesn't Bat-Dad have to excuse him?"

Raven nodded. They both knew full well that Robin's mission had finished this afternoon and he'd already been cleared to come back to the tower; his return was only delayed because Starfire had wanted to explore Gotham. So what was Garfield getting at? Amethyst eyes stared into contemplating emerald ones.

"So if he comes home too early, Batman won't be happy."

"Batman's all the way in Gotham, I doubt he'll care what-"

"I meant the other Batman!"

A dark brow arched at her teammate.

"Well then, I'll just have to stand in." A green thumb poked his own chest proudly, before his index fingers snuck behind his head into two tiny points. With her cloak on, he really didn't make a bad Batman. Voice lowering to an eerie monotone, Beast Boy pressed his mouth into a tight line, his devious grin fighting through. "Don't y'remember, Rae?"

He couldn't possibly…..

"I'm Batman."

Raven just smacked her forehead.