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Chapter 2

The Boy who Became a Man

She couldn't concentrate. What in God's name is going on! She thought to herself. She held her head in her hands and took deep breaths. In her mind she called out for Beast Boy. I need you!

She sat for only a minute and Beast Boy rushed into her room. She turned to see him standing in her door way and she ran to him, throwing herself into his arms. She battled back tears with all of her might.

"I'm so scared." She choked out.

Beast Boy held her close and ran his fingers through her shoulder-long violet hair. "What happened?"

"I don't know. I'm sorry to say it but I think I have to go and see my mother." Beast Boy looked at her with concern, "Do you want me to come with you?"

"No. I don't think you can." Her heart was aching, "Just hold me for now."

Raven… He pulled her closer until he could feel every beat of her heart, each one conveying to him the fear she was feeling.

Raven sat in her room and used every ounce of strength she had to send herself through the divide between Azarath and Earth. Finally, she found herself walking down the same familiar streets she'd been born into. The scent of flowers and wet stone hovered. Though the streets smelled of life, the streets again were barren. She peered up to a balcony and caught sight of her mother. Slowly floating to the ledge, she called out to her, "Mother!"

A slender woman hidden beneath a white cloak turned and gazed hollowly back at Raven.

"You know why I have come. I need you to give me an answer."

"You already know that answer."

"But, will it –"

"No. Your father has nothing to do with it."

"DO NOT EVER call Him that Arella!" Raven growled.

She cloaked woman just stared at her blankly for a moment. Then she lowered her head and turned around. "You got what you came her for. You should return. He is worried for you." And she disappeared through thick, burgundy curtains.

Raven bowed her head and flew back through the divide. Well, that's one weight off my mind. Now I have to tell Beast Boy.

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Beast Boy paced the floor of his bed room. All over, all he felt was numbness. What more could he feel? I'm scared. What was she so afraid of? I've never seen her so scared…

"Beast Boy!" Starfire called through the door, "Are you in there?"

He didn't mean to be rude, but he didn't have the patience to deal with her. In these last four years, Beast Boy still had a love of making those around him laugh, but in his 2nd decade of life he had given up on his childish life and decided that it was time he grow up. He would always love Raven and so he needed to be a man that she could turn to. Evening was coming quickly and made him increasingly anxious. She left this morning! She should be back by now! In almost the blink of an eye, the sun had fallen below the horizon and been swallowed by the waves encircling the tower. … Now… that's not normal…

He stared out his window for a moment, rubbing his eyes and looking again, to see if somehow he just wasn't seeing the sun still hanging onto the periwinkle sky.

"Beast Boy," He whirled around and caught the gaze of those indigo eyes, he wrapped her in his arms.

"I've been so worried about you!"

She rested her hands on his back and held tight, soaking in the warmth from his body. "Beast Boy," She began again. He pulled apart from her and looked into her eyes which seemed to be being absorbed by despair.

"What is it?" He held her tenderly, still gazing back into those tragic eyes.

"… I… I am…" She looked down at the ground below her feet. Beast Boy lifted up her chin and held her gaze.

"You can tell me."

Letting out a light sigh, she looked back into his eyes, "I'm… I'm pregnant…"

Beast Boy's eyes grew for a moment and then returned them to their normal state. "I had an idea."

"You WHAT!" Raven cried.

He laughed lightly. "I didn't know but I did have a hunch." He flashed a light childish smile.

"What will we do now?" Raven looked at him concerned.

"Well, our wedding's only two weeks away and after that, we'll tell the others. They don't need to know before that."

"But what if something happens while I'm pregnant and I need to help!"

He took her with him to the foot of the bed. "That first night that we made love, we knew the decision we were making and we knew the responsibility we were undertaking." He ran his hand lovingly from the top of her head down the length of her hair. "If something comes up, and you can't go, we will figure something out. We have time." She set her head on his shoulder.

Who would have ever known that that same boy who used to drive me crazy to the point of wanting to kill him, would one day be the man who held me through the night and taught me to love.