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Hey! Sorry it's been so long! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I know this is really short, but I do hope you enjoy it!
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Chapter 5
Don't Take Her From Me
Beast Boy sat in a small, cheap-metal chair beside a wooden side-table. The table was a light birch color and a large bouquet of pink, yellow and white flowers. The pot was wrapped in bright yellow aluminum foil, and every time Beast Boy saw it, he just thought, "Wow Star. You've Known Rae for how long?" The room smelled of disinfectant and was completely silent except for the light beeping of the heart monitor, five feet away from his chair and 1 foot away from Raven; who lay limp on a stiff matress with washed out, navy blue sheets and pillow that seemed to at one time have been purple. Everything about the room was as far as it could be from what home was supposed to be like. Stale, life-less, faded. But, though Beast Boy hated to admit it, it had, sadly, become their home.
Raven had been asleep for 6 weeks already, and the doctors told him she might not wake up for many more. As her disease slowly inched its way through–out her body, the slower her heart rate became. While she slept, the doctors used that time to work at doing what they could to slow the demons that were slowly dragging her deeper into emptiness. Their many tests nad procedures seemed to have been successful, but never once did Raven wake up. Day after day, the doctors told him to prepare himself, and day-after-day, he refused to think he needed to.
Rayne now lived with Starfire and Robin, while Beast Boy refused to leave Raven's side. Everyday, Starfire would come and visit him, carrying the day's news paper and fast-food. (She'd stopped making him food after the doctors told her that if she kept it up, that he would no longer be a visitor at the hospital.) A very old black tv hung near the ceiling about three feet away from Beast Boy's Chair and, though Raven could not have heard it, Beast Boy still refused to turn it on, for fear of disturbing her gentle sleep.
As the daily routine, the door creaked open, and Star walked in cradling Rayne in one arm and the food and news paper in the other. Star smiled brightly at him as he plucked the smiling, giggling baby from her and she set the food and paper on the table. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and gave him a light squeeze, she kissed Rayne's temple, and sauntered to Raven's side, kissing her hair that now gleemed with a clear coat of oil. Despite Beast Boy's desperate tries, he couldn't completely clean her while she laid in bed. With one final smile in Beast Boy's direction, she slid silently out the door.
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"Please, give me some sort of news!" Beast Boy pleaded Doctor Tucker. "I beg of you! Anything!" His patience and relaxed demeanor were dissolving before the doctor's eyes.
"I'm sorry. We're still waiting on the last series of tests. The moment the first test comes back, you will be the first to know." He silently continued to stroll down the empty hallway, leaving Beast Boy to collapse on the ground in front of Raven's door.
"No!" Beast Boy sobbed, tears pouring from his tired eyes as he pounded his fists into the carpet-covered cement floor. "Somebody tell me something!"
A hand came over and gripped his shoulder. Curious as he might have been to who was showing him such kindness, his pure agony and frustration for not knowing what to do to save his beloved wife kept his eyes closed and his head down.
"Gar. Please. Don't cry."
His ears perked up and he whipped his head around. There, standing behind him, stood the very woman that he had been crying for. "Raven."
Smiling, she fell to her knees and wrapped him in her arms. It took a few seconds before it truly hit him, that his wife was truly there, her arms around his neck, her body pressed against his. Suddenly, the reality of it flooded over him as he flung his arms around her body and began once again to sob. The paper hospital gown Raven wore began to pop and rip in their embrace but neither of them paid any attention to modesty.
After a long period of time, a nurse turned the corner and let out a loud gasp, dropping her clip-board. Picking it up quickly, she sprinted the ten feet from the end of the hall to the couple wrapped in a tender embrace. Raven looked up at the shocked nurse and gave her a light smile. She returned the pleasantry and burst off down the hall to find Doctor Tucker.
Gathering himself together, Beast Boy lifted Raven in his arms with a slight bit of strain and carried her into the small stark room.
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Well, there you go! That's what happened next. I'll be sure to send in the next chapter within the next few days to a week. Love ya guys! Please review and tell me if you hate it. Is it too corny that she came back? Should I have just killed her off? What? If you really don't like it, maybe I'll re-write the chapter.
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