Chapter 4

I wake up to see no one beside me or around me. I look over to the side, and start to sit up. But that's when I see Beastboy, curled up at the end of the bed. He's a DOG!

I act upon instinct. I shift so I can pet him, and I stroke his head. I give behind his ears a little scratch, and stroke more. Oh, I am loving this right now, him, all curled up and innocent like this. I'm actually quite glad that he didn't get in bed with me. That would have been too forward, he is so considerate.

I see his eyes flicker open, and I smile at him. "Thanks." I say, "Good, you didn't go in my room?"

"Nah." He turns back into a human, smiling back at me. Oh, his smile makes me melt. "I figured it would be better if I kept away, cause when you woke up, you'd know."

"Yeah, thanks." I say, then I fall through the floor, and float to my room. I know I left very spontaneously, but I couldn't stay. I really couldn't. If I were to stay there any longer, I might've kissed him…but I had to refrain, or I would've felt terrible, I mean, c'mon, I have a boyfriend.

I stare out my window, and my communicator goes off. When I open it, I see Daniel's smiling face on it.

"Hey, wanna go for a walk?" he asks.

"Sure, why not." I answer, "Where?"

"How about let's meet by that pizza place you and your friends always go to." He says, and I nod and close my communicator, flying out the window.

Soon enough, I'm at the pizza gallery, where the team and I always hang out. I don't see him anywhere, but soon enough, I see Dan, coming towards me.

"Hey." He nods at me.

"hey back." I answer. Oh, my gosh, he is adorable.

"Where do you wanna go?"

"I don't really care, you tell me."

"Alright. Let's just walk." And he leads me down this street lined with such expensive clothing and jewelry.

"Oh, that is gorgeous." I sigh, looking at a pair of pants that are lined with beads, flowers, and everything.

"Yeah…" he says, "but I like those better." And he points to this pair, with an embroidered purple skull, on the thigh, and some embroidery up and down the legs.

"Wow!" I practically shout, "Those are awesome."

"You should try them on."

"Oh, no…" I say, "There's no way you are getting me to put on a pair of $600 jeans!"

"Oh, you'll look so sexy in 'em."

"Yeah, I know, but still!" I smiled, joking with him a little.

"Please…and I can come in with you."

"No way!" I slap his arm.

"What size are you?"

"Yeah right, I'm not telling you!"

"PLEASE!"

"If I tell you, can we keep walking?"

"Sure thing, baby."

"5-6 okay?" I sigh, "Happy now?"

"Yup!" he says, then we walk past this gorgeous jewelry shop, and let my eyes wander to this beautiful white gold and sapphire necklace. Oh, it's gorgeous. I let out a little sigh, as I realize what the damn thing costs. We went window shopping for about a half an hour, before I began to get hungry.

That's when I heard his stomach growl. "I'm hungry." I smile at him.

"Yeah, me too."

"Where to?"

"How about the pizza place, I haven't been there in ages."

"Alright." I smiled, but before I can say anything else, he looks both ways, then pulls me back down this little ally-way. But I really was thinking, 'this guy is really hungry…there must be a shortcut through here.' But the next thing I know, he's pushing me against the wall. "I've been wanting to do this all day." He smiles, then pushes his lips up against mine.

Now I realize this is really forward on his part, but I feel totally loved right now. I wrap my arms around his neck, and pull him in closer, parting my lips. I gently run my tongue in his mouth, letting my tongue just glaze over his, running it over his ring. Then, I bring it back, pushing it once again, into his tongue. He starts to fight back, and we are getting totally heated up. Oh, it was wonderful, and I wanted to let that moment last forever. But I couldn't, although the thought ran through my head. You know, stopping the clock for everyone except us…I might do that sometime.

I have such an evil mind sometimes, but I really wanted to make him chase me at the same time, so I pulled away. "I'm really hungry…can we go get pizza?"

"Sure." He smiles, and I hold his hand, pulling him towards the Pizza Gallery, where we climbed the stairs, and took a seat right at the balcony. Now the waitress knows me there, and knows exactly what I want, so instantly, she has a large cheese pizza out and in front of us, along with a glass of iced tea.

"What can I get for you sweetie?" she smiles at Dan, and he smiles back, "Oh, just water for me, thanks." She snaps her gum, and blows a bubble as she walks away.

I pick up a slice first, taking a juicy bite, and Dan follows my lead, taking a piece for himself. "Cheese, how'd ya know that's my favorite?" he smiles.

"Oh, I have my ways." I smile back and look down from the balcony, but the site makes me want to puke. Okay, when I look down at the street below, it's Robin, Beastboy, Cyborg and Star coming up to the door. "Shit." I mutter to myself, and scoot next to Dan so my back is to the door and also 'our' usual table.

Oh, look, it's Beastboy…whatever, I love Dan now…Beastboy was too late.

Now I look at Dan, oh, he's gorgeous. I smile at him, he smiles back. Then he does something pretty unexpected, he picks up another slice of pizza, and starts to feed it to me…okay, that is kinda weird, but I play along. I take a bite, then after I swallow, I feel his lips against mine once again. I get that flying sensation again, but at the same time, I'm sure I can feel Beastboy staring at me. This kiss was smaller, and less passionate, but it still makes me soar.

I pick up my slice of pizza and start to finish it. Now someone's tapping on my shoulder, and I turn around.

"Is this the 'Daniel' that you were speaking of?" my best friend says to me, "So I hear your name is Daniel, your favorite color is black, and your hair color is defiantly black, oh, and will you be my friend?" sheesh, this girl can get on my nerves sometimes.

But my Danny makes me feel so proud, "Yes, I'm Daniel, my favorite color is black, and yes my hair is also, I died it. And I guess I'll be your friend, sure." He chuckles a little.

"Why black?" she asks…

"Because it is like a bottomless pit which is what I feel like I'm falling in most of my life, except with Raven, she gives my life some meaning."

"OHHHHHH!" Starfire squeals, "THAT IS SOOOOO CUTE!"

"Come here." I sigh, and grab Dan's hand, it's about time I did this, "Team, this is Daniel, my boyfriend."

"Robin." Boy wonder introduces himself.

"Hey man, I'm Cyborg. What's up! You gonna take care of our Raven aren't you?"

"Of course, she's my best friend and I love her so much." He places his arm around my waist and pulls me closer.

"Just friends…puleeeze." Beastboy mutters under his breath, but I can hear the disappointment in his voice. And I can tell he's totally pissed off.

"Anyways, this is Beastboy, one of my very best friends. I don't know what I'd do with out him, even though he can be one of the biggest pests around." I smile, then continue, "We better get a move on."

"Wait, Rae, I still have to pay."

"Don't worry about it, Dan, we can put it on the Titan's tab."

"No, I want to pay, when we are together, I pay…I'm kinda old fashioned like that."

"Are you su-."

"YES" Then he goes and talks to the waitress, gives her a couple of dollar bills, and we take off.

Let me tell you, that is NOT how I wanted to spend my date with Daniel…I could've done without running into those guys, but I guess it was about time I told Beastboy. Oh, the look on his eyes made my heart break…But I guess it'll get him to look at me at a more adult level.

He frustrates me sometimes, but really, I love the guy…wait, no! I love Daniel…back to what we did. We walk past the shops, and he looks at me and smiles, "Hey, wanna go back to that place you really like?"

"You mean me secret get-away?" I smile back…oh my gosh, I love the way this guy thinks. "Sure."

I grab his hand, and soon enough, we are floating towards my building.

We sort of tumble out onto the ground as we land, laughing.

"That was awkward." I say, relieved.

"Yeah, just a little. Beastboy had a mix of jealousy, lust, sadness, and pure hate in his eyes. Sheesh…can't that guy make up his mind?"

"Wow, you really thought he was jealous or even sad?"

"Yeah, it's totally obvious the boy loves you. But you're with me."

"I know, and I'm so happy." I say, and I sit down in his lap, smiling.

I lay down, cuddling up next to him and gently falling asleep. When I wake up, about 30 minutes later, Daniel is laying next to me. My cape is covering us like a blanket and he gently kisses my neck. I turn around, smiling at him.

He takes his hands, wrapping them around my head, and he kisses me again on the lips. But just as I get that wonderful sensation like I'm floating. Just when he started to part his lips, we hear Beethoven's 5th in the background. We part, and Daniel picks up his cell phone letting out some cuss words under his breath.

"Yeah Mom?" he practically yells in the phone. "Uh huh…fine whatever" he hangs it up and throws the cell phone on the ground. But when the cell was inches away, I caught it within a ball of black magic. "Here ya go." I say, giving it back to him, "What's up?"

"My mom…got to go to dinner." He sighs, "Guess I'll see you tomorrow."

"Alright!" I smile, and we land gently on the ground.

I watch him walk away, slowly, and I turn around and run towards the tower.

Beep I hear my communicator go off. "…" I don't really say anything…

"Raven, we need you. Get over to the Jewelry store on 36th and Main St. now." Robin orders then hangs up.

Now this is funny, because that is the jewelry store I was just in earlier today. But I float to the store, landing next to Beastboy. He doesn't even speak to me.

A few feet away from me, the manager of the store is describing the criminal. Then he points at me. ME!

"Her!" he yells at me.