Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans. Once again I was turned down due to lack of funds. I guess all I need is a money tree!
Upon entering this room, one would notice right away how dark it was. Light was something that did not show well in the room. The rooms owner preferred it to be a little dark, all though the resident was not a completely dark person. This person just appeared so on the outside. Within this room, everything was in it's proper place. Save the remnants of a statue, that now lie on the floor.
Floating just above her bed, in her meditation pose, was Raven. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos...Azarath Metrion Zinthos...Azarath Metrion Zinthos..."
As Raven meditated, her mind kept going over her discussion with Starfire. Was she still troubled by yesterday? Yes, she was still troubled. Yet somehow Starfire seemed to know exactly why she was still troubled. She made it perfectly clear as to why, the strong Raven, would feel this way. They almost lost Beast Boy that night, forever. But now this feeling of loss took on a whole new meaning. Why would losing Beast Boy hurt her more then losing any of the others?
'You screamed friend Beast Boy's name...'
Had she really screamed his name? She knew Starfire wasn't one to lie to her friends, or to anyone. Yes Starfire was right, she must have screamed his name. Regardless if Raven remembered or not. Even with this new information, Raven had more questions then answers. Why would she do that? Simple, she must have saw what was going to happen and tried to warn him. However, with what Starfire told her, she didn't scream his name until after he hit the transformer. Again simple, she screamed his name out of reaction.
'A reaction, or a desperate call for help?' asked Wisdom.
A call for help? She didn't need to call for help, she was helping him.
'Is it not true to ask for help when those we care for are in danger?' stated Knowledge.
Did she care for Beast Boy? Yes, she cares for him, Raven couldn't deny that. She cares for all her friends. To Raven, her friends are everything. If it wasn't for the Titans, she might not have found acceptance. The very same acceptance she longed for all her life. Without Cyborg looking out for her, as a big brother to a little sister, who would she look up to? Without Robin, she wouldn't have found someone as disciplined as herself. If Raven didn't have Starfire in her life. Where would she have found so much innocence in one person? Especially when she never had such a thing before in her life. But their was one person who Raven still didn't completely understand. Everything that Raven is, Beast Boy is the complete opposite. They are very different from each other, her and Beast Boy. Yet she felt that somehow, they were both the same.
"How can we be the same, when our personalities are very different?" Raven asked herself.
"It is because he is so different from us. That is what makes him so similar to us," Wisdom said in a matter of fact tone.
But she kept on asking herself how. How could this feeling of similarity be there? How is it she both dislikes and enjoys the constant attention from him?
"Wh-what would we have done, if Beast Boy had...died," Timid asked in a very low but sad voice. Raven shut her eyes as tight as she could at Timid's question, a few tears escaping down her cheek. That answer was simple. Raven would have finished off Overload for killing Beast Boy.
"And what is the logic behind that action?" pressed Knowledge.
Raven knew exactly why it was logical. It was only right, an eye for an eye. Taking some ones life could only be punished in the same manner, it is the only way. Yes, if Beast Boy had died that night, their was no doubt in Raven's mind that she would carry out justice.
"Would it have been right to give that judgement?" implied Wisdom. How could it not be right? Once Beast Boy shoved her out of Overload's attack... That's when it dawned on Raven, what Wisdom was implying. Just like a train wreck within her own mind, Raven finally knew just how wrong she would have been. Killing Overload wouldn't have been out of justice, it would have been out of rage and hate. In the end Raven knew she would have committed a terrible act.
"The question still hangs. What would be the affect to us, if Beast Boy was no longer here in this world?" implied Wisdom once again.
Raven began to look back through the years. No Beast Boy would have meant no more annoying jokes. No more interrupted meditations. No more useless pranks being pulled in the tower. No feuds as to why Tofu was better then meat. But as she thought more, Raven realized that those moments where no different from the usual, roommate stuff, as Robin once put it. Raven did not experience those kind of moments just with Beast Boy, but will all the Titans. Raven began once again to concentrate on memories with Beast Boy that did not involve the typical roommate stuff. Searching through her mind for anything that would have been important to have Beast Boy in her life. Good memories that left her feeling larger then life in the end. It did not take her long to realize just what she wouldn't have had happen in her life, if Beast Boy was never a part of it.
Without Beast Boy in her life, she wouldn't have anyone to knock on her door asking if she wanted to take part in movie night. Without him, she would have never begun to take part in activities outside of hero work. Without him, she would have never knew that by having all her emotions working together. She would be able to better control her fathers rage within her own being. "Not alone, but what about together? They're all part of who you are..." he told her. Without him, she wouldn't have had anyone to tell her, that her friends are here for her. To let her know that she is never alone, even after a broken heart.
That was the one memory, Raven knew, when she needed him the most. "I would be lost, without him I would be nothing."
"And now the affect of his loss has come to light. What you do from here Raven is a path we can not help you travel, only you can." Once Wisdom finished speaking, Raven slowly brought herself out of her meditation.
Floating down to the bed, her cloak flowed down smoothly on the sheets with Raven resting on her cloak. Raven sat still in her meditation position. Her eyes still closed, as she reached up to wipe away the tears on her cheek. Opening her eyes, Raven looked down to her wet fingers. Seeing her own tears was just one more reminder to herself, how much Beast Boy has come to mean to her. How could she have not seen it before? It was so obvious to her now how much she needed him. Maybe the old saying is true, you never know what you have until it's gone. But Raven knew she was lucky. She didn't lose him last night, but for a short while it felt as she did.
One question still nagged at the empath, it had been nagging at her ever since Starfire left. Did she love him? Raven knew what love was, but had she ever experienced it? "Of course I have," Raven mused, "I once had a similar feeling with...him." However Raven began to wonder, was it truly love she felt? Yes it was, she had found someone who was similar to her in every way. Raven knew she needed Malchior, more then ever did she need compassion from another. Then Malchior revealed the horrible truth to her. After it was all over, Raven was heart broken. She felt as her life was just going to be filled with pain. But Beast Boy changed all that. He was there for her when she needed it the most. A smile was brought to her face as she looked back to the memories following that day.
Since that day she was Raven again and, for once, she began to enjoy Beast Boy's company. There were still days all she wanted to do was to throw him out in the bay. But she never did that anymore. Although Raven wasn't as secluded as she use to be. She still wanted privacy from time to time. Raven knew she had opened up a lot over the years. And she had to credit most of that to a certain green changeling. It was undeniable, she did love him. Raven loves the one person, some would say couldn't be more wrong, who always felt was the same as her. "I love... I...love Beast Boy."
Raven inhaled deeply, as she stretched out her legs to lay back on her bed, her head resting on the pillow. She let out her held breath with the one sentence that would change her life. "I'm in love with Beast Boy." If admitting it aloud wasn't enough to convince herself. Then the remnants of the statue, still on the floor, would have been proof enough for her.
Slowly his eyes opened, only to show a room littered with clothes and old pizza boxes. As the changeling looked to his window he saw the time. "Just after five? Man I thought I was more exhausted then this! I only got a short ten minute power nap," complained Beast Boy as his gaze went back to the ceiling. The changeling felt like he could have slept the rest of the day away earlier. Why was it now he was wide awake? The alarm didn't sound, nor was anyone knocking on his door. The only conclusion Beast Boy could come up with was he just wasn't as tired has he thought. 'Maybe if I just turned on some music, it might put me out again,' mused the changeling.
Setting down on the floor, from the top bunk, Beast Boy walked across the room to the stereo. After tuning the radio to a rock station, Beast Boy jumped back on his top bunk. Instead of lying down, he sat straight up. Not finding sleep, Beast Boy continued to sit on his bed. His mind wondering back to his short time spent with Raven in the park earlier.
Raven, still lying on her bed, couldn't believe she didn't figure out her true feelings sooner. But it wasn't everyday someone finds out they are in love with a person they have known for years. Still it's a great warm feeling to have, and that's when it hit her. By having finally found these feelings, it meant she could destroy something, or someone. Now sitting up on her bed, Raven knew she had to do something about this new emotion. Her eyes began moving from side to side as if she could find the answer written on the walls. What was the answer? What was she going to do? As Raven moved to the right side of her bed, letting her feet sit on the floor. The books on her shelf began to shake violently. While other items, setting on her dresser, began to fly around the room. Becoming frightened, she put her hands on her forehead, resting her elbows on her knees. The empath began to regulate her breathing, forcing herself to calm down. "Calm down Raven, you can get through this. You just have to look through your options at this point," she spoke to the floor, her eyes still closed.
Breathing in and out at a slow steady pace, Raven began to calm down. Slowly her belongings floated down to the floor, while her books stopped shaking as well. Now feeling more in control, Raven began to logically figure out a solution to her new problem. The first possibility that came to her was something she had been doing ever since before she banished her father from the earth. She could simply acknowledge her feelings and push them away, never to dwell on them again. But this solution only came to her, because it was a forced habit for her. Since Trigon had been banished, Raven could feel just a little more without her powers going haywire on her. However she was still finding it hard to do just that, since all her life she would push her feelings down all together. Raven didn't want to do that. She knew she could feel a little more, and she wanted to do just that. However, even five years after she fulfilled the prophecy, she couldn't kick her old habit.
Deciding the first wasn't the only, if not the best, choice. Raven formulated another option. Ignore her feelings, and go on with her life. Raven opened her eyes, and sat straight up. Followed by slapping herself in the face, just to make sure she was actually awake. The slight pain she felt in on her left cheek confirmed she was indeed awake. Knowing that if she followed this option, Raven would have done just what she was trying to avoid. By ignoring her feelings, she would have had to bottled them up tight. So tight that, eventually, her powers would cause a lot of destruction.
Mentally tossing her second option out of her head, Raven came upon a third. As with the second, she didn't like her third very much either. Raven inhaled deeply before releasing a long sigh. She sat her chin on her left hand, while her elbow rested on her knee once again. Raven could just tell Beast Boy that, she is in love with him. Closing her eyes once again, Raven knew this just wasn't possible. How could someone care for a person like her. She just knew that no one could love a grey skinned, ugly half demon such as herself. No she couldn't just take that kind of rejection. There just had to be another option, that didn't involve her heart being broken again. Raven then stood up and began to pace back and forth in her room. Trying to find that elusive answer.
Having now finished his sandwich, Cyborg was just about to leave the common room. He was on his way to the garage to fix up some of the dents and scratches, the T-car received from the chase downtown earlier. Upon walking out of the double doors, Cyborg could see Starfire just making her way down the hall. Judging by the enormous smile on her face, Cyborg knew she was very happy about something. Wanting to know what that something was, Cyborg couldn't help but ask.
"Hey Star, you seem to be pretty happy about something this evening," he said waving his right hand to her.
Starfire stopped her trek, now standing next to her robotic friend. "Oh friend Cyborg! Something glorious has happened!"
"And that something is what Star?" He asked, now slightly confused.
The Tamaranean looked down to each end of the hall, almost certain that someone else was listening in. Slowly she leaned in close to Cyborg, as he did the same. "I believe," she began in a low whisper, "that friend Raven has the feelings of the heart." Standing up straight, Cyborg couldn't believe what he heard. Raven has feelings for another? Could it be that she has these feelings for someone he doesn't know? Or could it be that she has these feelings for a certain green shape shifter?
Knowing he had to get his question verified he was slightly startled to see Starfire no longer standing next to him. Looking to his right, he saw her just rounding the corner, "Star wait up!" Cyborg jogged to catch up with the Tamaranean. Once he caught up with her, Cyborg began to try and make sense of this new information. "So," he began, walking next to a floating Starfire, "Raven has feelings for someone?"
"Indeed she does!" Answered Starfire, still smiling from all the unbridled joy she was feeling.
"Star, this is Raven were talking about here. Now, are you sure about this?" Cyborg knew this couldn't be a figment of her imagination. But he just had to be sure. Especially if it concerned Raven having these feelings for Beast Boy.
Cupping her hands together, just under her chin, Starfire looked up to the ceiling. "I am most certain!"
The two rounded one last corner. Cyborg just couldn't seem to get her to tell him what he wanted to know. "Come on Star, you can tell me who it is can't you?"
"Who what is," asked Robin. Both Titans stopped dead in their tracks just in front of Robin, who was standing in the doorway to the gym. Cyborg was startled, seeming as Robin came out of no where. But before the robotic teen could come up with a little white lie, Starfire answered Robin's question.
"Oh Robin! Friend Raven has the feelings of the heart, for Beast Boy!"
If it wasn't for Cyborg's back-up power supply, he would have completely shutdown right there. Fortunately it was their, so he wasn't completely out of it. Looking to Starfire, he could see she had that smile on her face again. Floating up high enough she could almost touch the ceiling. Robin just stood in the doorway, eyes closed slowly shaking his head.
"I knew it," said Robin.
This brought Starfire back to her senses, standing on the floor. She looked to Robin with confusion written on her face. "Robin, if you knew before, why did you not tell no one?"
"After the way she acted today at training toward Beast Boy this morning..."
As Robin continued, Cyborg was still in his shocked state. Robin talking about how he figured it out, wasn't what had him shocked. But knowing that the one person, Beast Boy cares for the most. Raven had the same, genuine, feelings for Beast Boy! What was he going to do now! Two of his close friends love each other, but they don't know the other feels the same. As Robin continued to speak, Cyborg kept asking himself what was he going to do now.
After losing track of the time. Beast Boy wasn't for sure just how long he had been sitting on his bed, staring at the wall. 'I need to get out for a bit. Sitting here just isn't doing it for me,' the changeling thought to himself. Once again, jumping down from his top bunk, Beast Boy walked back to his stereo turning it off. Deciding some fresh air, out at his spot on the shore, would do him some good. The changeling headed out of his room. As his door closed, Beast Boy saw Raven heading down the hall. Curiosity getting the best of him. The green Titan decided to follow the dark beauty, who was just now rounding the corner at the end of the hall.
Having just finished telling both Starfire and Cyborg about his suspicions, Robin noticed that his half robot friend hadn't moved the whole time. "Cyborg, everything alright?"
Cyborg shook his head, finally clearing away his shocked expression. "What? Oh yeah, I'm fine Rob not to worry." Looking to Starfire he could see her, once again, floating to the ceiling as before. Saying over and over, how happy she was for Beast Boy and Raven. However one look to Robin, showed that the boy wonder wasn't convinced of his answer.
"Are you sure, you're ok?"
"Is who ok," asked Raven, now standing between Cyborg and the Tamaranean.
Starfire was the first to react to the empaths arrival. "Oh friend Raven," said Starfire, reaching for a hug, "I am most happy for you!"
Raven put raised her left hand up to Starfires face, stopping the hug. "Charmed I'm sure." Not wanting to make this anymore difficult that it already was, the empath cut right to it. "Robin, I need to talk to you alone please."
Suspecting what she had to say, Robin had a feeling this had something to do with what Starfire just told him. "Well Raven, what ever you have to say. I'm sure Cy and Starfire would like to hear it too." Instinctively Raven was about to argue with the boy wonder. But knowing how hard this was going to be, Raven didn't hesitate to answer him. She just wanted to get this over with.
Beast Boy was just about to round the corner and join with the other Titans when he heard Raven answer the boy wonder. "I'm leaving Titans Tower." The changeling stopped just at the halls end, still out of sight of the others. Did he just hear her correctly? No that couldn't be what he heard, he must have just mistaken what she said somehow.
"But friend Raven, why," asked Starfire, sounding as if she would cry any second.
'No I had to have heard her wrong, there just isn't anyway Raven would leave,' Beast Boy tried to reason with himself, leaning against the wall now. His eyes wide open with shock and disbelief.
Cyborg was too stunned to say anything. He just couldn't believe that she would leave the tower, their home. 'What will Beast Boy do after he finds out,' Cyborg asked himself.
Robin couldn't believe it, no wouldn't believe it. "Raven are you sure you want to do this? I just can't see you making this kind of decision, without a good reason."
The changeling knew Robin would snap her out of this crazy talk she was saying. Beast Boy just knew he could do it! "Yes Robin," said Raven, forcing her sadness to not show on her face in anyway. "I am sure of my decision." That's when the changeling couldn't take it anymore. That's when he brought both of his hands to his ears trying to block out all he heard. Beast Boy was terrified, he had already lost one person he cared about. And now he was losing another one. He couldn't handle it anymore. He was so terrified and angry that his body finally just reacted on instinct.
"No! You can't do this! You just can't!"
The four other Titans looked down the hall to see Beast Boy facing them. All four of them, looked to the changeling with pure shock, not believing what they were seeing. But none of them were more shocked then Raven. Looking to the changeling, Raven didn't need to use her powers to see that he was terrified. Beast Boy walked up to Raven now, hoping against hope he could talk her out of it, "Raven, you can't leave. You just can't leave us...leave me," he said his voice breaking.
Starfire, Robin, and Cyborg just stood by silently unable to think of anything to say about what was going on. Raven turned her gaze away from the green Titan, unable to look in his eyes. "I have to Beast Boy."
Beast Boy broke down, letting his tears flow down his face. He reached out and took one of her hands with both of his, "But why? Why Raven, just please tell me why," the changeling pleaded. Had he waited to long? Did it have to end like this?
Raven never looked to his face. If she did, Raven would have told him that she was in love with him. She would have told him how much his being here meant to her. But she couldn't do it. He wouldn't feel the same way. Raven knew she couldn't take that chance, she couldn't take another broken heart. Slowly, Raven removed her hand from Beast Boy's.
Letting his arms fall to his sides, Beast Boy felt as if his heart had stopped. She rejected him. He had been right this whole time, ever since he pulled that rubble off of her all those months ago. Raven could never love him, as he loved her. He hung his head, staring to the floor, tears dripping from his cheeks down to the floor. He began to slowly walk backwards away from the others. "Then I have lost you."
His words caught Raven's gaze, tears running down her face, her own eyes wide open from his choice of words. But he had already turned around facing his back the other Titans. Cyborg sensed his best friend was about to do something rash, "Yo B-" But he never got to finish what he was going to say, for the changeling then sprinted down the hall at top speed.
"Beast Boy wait!" Shouted Robin, as they all gave chase. They followed him down the hall and into the common room. Just it time to see Beast Boy, morphed into a gorilla, crash through the window on the far left side of the room. The others ran to the windows edge, praying they wouldn't see Beast Boy's broken form lying on the ground. Instead, upon reaching the broken out window, they saw a green hawk flying away toward the city.
Robin was the first to react, "He can't get far. Star follow him, try to keep up with him as best you can."
"I shall try friend Robin," said Starfire, whipping away some tears before she flew off in Beast Boy's direction.
"Cyborg, check the computer for Beast Boy's communicator signal. Then relay that info to the rest of us."
The robotic teen looked to his leader, with sadness in his eyes. "Sure thing Rob, I'm on it." He turned from the boy wonder toward the computer. He sat down in the chair typing in the search commands.
Robin nodded to Cyborg, "All right then, I will start searching the south end of the city. Raven I want you to-"
"I will search the north end," Raven finished for him.
Not even phased with Raven finishing his sentence for him, Robin just gave her an approving nod. "If any of you find him, be sure to contact everyone." With that Robin began to make his way down to the garage for his R-cycle.
Raven was just about to step out the broken window when Cyborg's voice stopped her. "Raven are you ok?"
Still standing next to the window, she reached behind her head and put up her hood. "Shouldn't you be looking for Beast Boy's communicator signal?"
"Don't you think you should have given him an answer," he asked now standing up from the computer, as it did its search.
The empath didn't even turn to face him. She knew very well what Cyborg was asking of her, but she couldn't bring herself to answer. She just stood next to the window, hugging her arms under her cloak. She had her eyes tightly shut, tears beginning to stream down her cheeks. She didn't even notice that Cyborg had walked up right behind her. Quickly he grabbed her shoulders with both of his hands, and turned her to face him. She was so startled, by Cyborg's actions, she didn't even try to force him away with a blast of her powers. She just stood there looking up into Cyborg's eyes, wishing they were Beast Boy's eyes she was looking into.
"Don't you think you should have told him, that you love him!" He shouted unintentionally.
That was all it took for her to finally break down. Raven buried her face into his chest, still hugging her arms, and cried. Cyborg put one of his arms around her as she cried. She needed this, and he didn't care that everything electrical was bursting into a shower of sparks. Cyborg just hoped that he wouldn't be next. But as suddenly as it started, it stopped. Looking down, he saw that Raven had finally calmed down and stopped crying.
Slowly he brought her out of the embrace, "You have to find him Rae," he said, hands back on her shoulders. "You find him and tell him how you truly feel."
Raven looked down to her feet, she was afraid, terrified was more like it. "Cyborg I can't. What if he-"
"He won't reject you Rae, and you know why?" Raven shook her head. "Because he cares for you to damn much."
Raven couldn't believe what she just heard. 'He wouldn't reject me, because he cares for me? Could it be that maybe, just maybe?' Looking back to Cyborg, she hoped he was sincere. He was, and at that moment, Raven knew she had to find Beast Boy. She had to take the chance, because her heart was telling her too. Stepping away from Cyborg, she readied herself for the flight into the city. "Has the computer located his communicator yet?"
Looking over to the console, Cyborg was relieved to see it did not explode from Raven's powers. He typed in one last command, then the computer responded, "He must not have had it Raven. It says he is in the tower yet," said Cyborg with much worry in his voice.
Raven's face turned to one of despair for just a second, when a thought occurred to her. "I think I know where he is."
Cyborg rose from the console, "Then don't wait. I will begin searching the north end of the city. And Raven?"
The empath looked over her right shoulder to the robotic teen, "Yeah?"
Cyborg gave a reassuring nod, "When you find him, listen to him. Their is more to him then you know."
Raven returned the nod along with a small smile of hope on her face, "I promise I will, thank you Cyborg." Facing the window once again, she floated out and into the air. Heading northeast, toward the canyons outside the city.
It was always cold here, in this place. Right now he couldn't feel the cold, for he was colder now then the natural cold of this place. Once this place held someone important to him here. But as time went on, that someone disappeared. He still visited this place from time to time. One could say he was just trying to remember the good things about the person who was here. That wasn't true, he never had any good memories when he was here. All he could remember was how painful it was for him here. Tonight, that pain was replaced with a different pain. A pain he never knew existed, and one that had him considering to leave Jump City for good.
With a loud thud, Beast Boy fell to his hands and knees in front of Terra's plaque. Terra had long since disappeared from her "tomb" so to speak. Beast Boy thought he found her in the city. He was sure Terra was back, finally after all this time she was back. However she did not know him, nor did she have any memories of being a Titan. He tried to get her to remember, he wanted this girl to be Terra. He just wanted things to go back to the way they were before. But this school girl told him what it was he had to accept from now on, "Thing change, Beast Boy. The girl you want me to be is just a memory."
Closing his eyes tight, Beast Boy cried. He cried for never being able to save Terra. He cried knowing she was gone forever. But mostly, he cried because he lost Raven. The only person who gave him a sense of living, had thrown him away. He continued to cry, not knowing what he should do. Would it be easier to just leave the Titans, or to just leave the country all together? How could he escape this pain?
Upon entering the cave, Raven felt the extreme cold, and sadness within. She only hoped she wasn't to late. Then she saw him, with is hands and knees on the hard stone floor, crying. Raven stood, her hood up, just a few feet from him, "Beast Boy?"
The changeling looked over his left shoulder, tears blurring his vision. Slowly he stood up, whipping his tear ridded face, turned and looked to Raven. He didn't know why she was here. She was the one who rejected him after all.
Raven didn't know what to do. She knew she should just tell him right now, but the words just hung in the back of her throat. She tried to force them out, but those three simple words just seemed to be just beyond her reach. "Beast Boy, there is something I have to-"
"Save it," he said coldly putting a hand up toward her. "I can't take it anymore Raven, I just can't take it." Slowly he began to walk toward her and the exit, sadness deeply etched into his face.
He was leaving her, and she knew she was the reason. She had to stop him, but she just couldn't say it. Instinctively she reached out, grabbing onto his right arm, "Please don't leave Garfield."
Beast Boy stood next to her frozen. He wanted to stay, he wanted to tell her everything. But he knew she didn't need him. With his left hand, the changeling removed Raven's hand, "I can't do that Raven. It would hurt just to damn much." He took two more steps before he heard something. Something that he himself had been doing just earlier. He heard crying.
Turning around he saw Raven, her hood still up, tears running down her cheeks. The two made eye contact, his deep forest green eyes was all Raven needed to find that hidden courage. It was then, that Raven realized he was her strength, "I can't let you leave, without telling you something first," she turned to her right facing the wall. "I'm afraid of losing anyone I care for. I can't live knowing I could have done something to keep that someone here."
"Raven if this is about what I did last night-" but she cut him off.
"What happened last night, brought out something. It has always been there, but I have just now figured out what it is." Reaching up she put her hood down, then turned to face the changeling. Her tears were falling down her cheeks at full force now, "After I knew what it was, I was terrified. If I let it out, then it would cause so much pain. Not just to others, but to me the most. But I have to listen to what my heart is saying."
The changeling now began to take one small step toward the empath, hope was once again in his eyes, "What is it saying?"
She was hugging her arms under her cloak, once again, as she answered the changeling. "I'm in love with you Beast Boy." She instantly regretted finally saying it. She knew he could never feel the same for her, for demons are never to know happiness, only destruction. She could see him standing there, just staring at her. He was disgusted, by her loving him. Already she could feel her heart begin to crack in two. She had to get out of that cave, she had to get away from his stare of pure loathing. But before she could teleport out, something happened that couldn't have been any better. Beast Boy was hugging onto her tightly, tears running down his face once again, soaking onto her right shoulder. She stood frozen, Beast Boy's arms wrapped around her. Staring toward the caves entrance, her eyes wide with shock. Could it be?
Holding on for dear life, Beast Boy finally knew what it took. He had tried to say it twice already. But he finally found his strength, Raven was his strength. "Raven, last night I had to save you no matter the cost. I had to do it, because I love you too."
She couldn't believe it, Beast Boy is in love with her. Raven wrapped her arms around the changeling, giving in to her emotions freely. She was a little startled when Beast Boy released himself ever so slightly. It was then that Raven finally realized that he was just a few inches taller then her. The two looked into the others eyes, both lost in them. Slowly the two grew closer together. It was like they were opposites of a magnet. Not able to be apart from each other, the force of their connection was just two great. And then they felt each others lips pressed against each other. They shared that first kiss, of many, until the last rays of sunlight no longer showed in the cave.
Author Note: I'm sorry for the very long period of nothing. Truth be told, I lost the plot of the story. Sad isn't it? Well I did find it once again, so here is the fourth chapter! I did plan on this being the last, but I have decided to do an epilog. However, right now I'm in the process of moving to another city. So don't expect the epilog anytime soon. For a first story, I believe it went ok. The first chapter was my favorite. It is so apparent that I rushed chapters 2 & 3. So when I began this chapter I made sure to get it right the first time. Of course I just know I, or my readers, will find a mistake or two. Oh and please if any reader does find one, let me know. But any ways this chapter is dedicated to all my readers, I really do hope this chapter was worth the wait.