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Chapter 33

Beast Boy waited outside of their bathroom, unsure of what to do exactly. For a few seconds he paced around, but realized there was no point in it. He sat down on the bed, but within five seconds knew he couldn't keep still. So now he was simply standing, slightly rocking back and forth on his heels, with his hands in his pockets. Finally Raven stepped out and closed the door behind her. She gave him a small, nervous grin and joined him in looking anxious.

"So, how long do we have to wait?" he asked.

"The box said ten minutes," said Raven.

"And how many did you do?" he asked.

"All three," she said. "That way we'll be absolutely sure."

It'd been exactly thirteen days since the hopeful conception and now they were going to find out for sure. Inside the bathroom lay three pregnancy tests that were going to tell them their fate. The two weren't sure they'd ever been so nervous before.

"Beast Boy?" she said to break the silence between them.

"Yeah?" he answered.

"What if… what if I'm… not?" she said, looking at the floor, nervously.

He wrapped her in his arms and said, "Then we keep trying until you are."

"But, if I'm not, what does that mean for my health?" she asked, melting into his touch.

"Well, we can't really be sure that Cy and NW's theory is right," said Beast Boy, rubbing her back affectionately. "I mean, like I told them, for all we know you could be all better because you're not a virgin anymore."

"If that's the case then I'll never forgive myself for being such a prude," said Raven.

Beast Boy laughed. "Hey, you were saving yourself for the perfect guy," he said.

"Too bad I had to settle for you," she fake sighed.

"Hey!" he said. "I'll have you know I'm just about as perfect a guy as you can get."

"Yeah, because my ideal man is green with pointed ears and an ego larger than his fat head," said Raven, rolling her eyes.

"Oh, is this the part in the marriage were you start degrading me?" he said.

"When have I not degraded you?" she chuckled.

"True," he said.

A few more minutes past and Beast Boy couldn't help looking at the clock every twenty seconds. The two had converted Ravens room into one for the both of them and Cyborg had even thrown together a nice bathroom suite for them. They decided to convert Beast Boy's room into a nursery for the baby; if there was going to be a baby.

"How much longer?" asked Raven, holding her arms.

"Two minutes," her husband answered. She nodded and continued to look at the floor. She then let out a yawn and closed her eyes, leaning against the wall. "You tired?"

"Yeah," she said. "I swear I'm still suffering from jetlag."

"I don't think jetlag lasts two weeks," he said.

"You never know," she shrugged.

Finally the two minutes were up and it was time. When Beast Boy told her it was time to see the results poor Raven found her feet frozen to the floor. She finally gathered up the strength and moved towards the bathroom. She slid the door open and urged herself to pass through the doorway. Beast Boy was right behind her and was equally as nervous. She went to the sink, where she'd rested the tests, and picked all three up. She took in a deep breath, said a prayer, let it out, and looked down at the results on each stick one by one.

Beast Boy felt as if his stomach had dropped and time stood still as he watched her look down at the tests. He looked from the tests to her then back to the tests, waiting for her to say something.

"Well?" he said, at last.

Ravens face seemed to collapse on itself and she placed it into her palms, tests in hand and all. He sighed and felt a heavy weight on his heart. Several items in the bathroom were encased in a black aura and either exploded or melted away.

"Aw, Rae," he said, sadly. "It's okay, we can-"

She looked up from her hands and, to his astonishment, she was smiling!

"It worked!" she said, victoriously.

"What?" he said, confused.

"I'm pregnant!" she said, throwing her arms around him. Startled, for a second he just stood there. Then he finally realized what was going on and wrapped his arms around her, smiling as well.

"Oh my God!" he said. "Don't ever do that to me again!" He pulled her back a little and kissed her deeply, to which she gladly reciprocated. "I thought you were upset because it was negative!"

"No," she said. "I'm just… I'm so happy." Everything in the bathroom was shaking, flying about, melting, or exploding. Needless to say they quickly moved out of there before Cyborg needed to redo their new bathroom.

"Alright," said Beast Boy. "First thing you need to do is calm down. Your powers are all attached to your emotions again, remember?"

"You're right," she said, wiping her tears of joy away. "I should focus before I ruin the tower."

"Good," he said. "Once you're all relaxed and calm we'll go tell everyone."

"Okay," she said, agreeing. The two looked at each other and they couldn't help smiling. They then leaned in and kissed again. This kiss lasted for some time and both felt quite content. A wave of relief spread over them and they finally felt like life was looking up.

After Raven meditated for a few minutes the two left their room to inform everyone that it was official. As they walked down the hall they held hands and walked very close together. Never had they felt so connected and pleasant in each others' company. It was as if their past grievances had never happened; that they'd never quarreled and bickered as teenagers. He saw her with new eyes as did she with him. It had been a long, rocky, and unstable road, but they'd made it to the end. And what had been waiting for them had been well worth the wait. But, then again, love always is.

The common room doors opened and spread about the room stood all of the adults and most of the children since two were still in school. Ravens heart raced and she felt excitement overcome her at the pending reveal. She thought that perhaps they'd go up to their friends one at a time and tell them the good news. But her husband had other ideas.

"We're pregnant!" he yelled at the top of his lungs from atop the stairs that led down to the common room. Everyone turned and now all of their attention lay on the couple. Raven felt her self blush and placed her hand over her eyes at her husband's poor choice of how to announce the news. All at once their beloved friends flocked to them and they were quickly enveloped in hugs and congratulations.

"Oh, how wonderful!" said Starfire as she wrapped her arms around Raven. "I am so happy for you!"

"You're absolutely sure?" asked Cyborg.

"Yup, 100 positive," said Beast Boy with a smile.

"Well thank God!" exclaimed Bumblebee. "We can all finally breathe again."

"And we can finally give your doctor a call and tell him you're cured," said Nightwing with a smile.

"I'm sure he and his team will be quite upset," said Raven with a small smile. "Did you ever tell him your theory?"

"No, but I'm going to," said Nightwing. "I'm sure he and the rest of the doctors will be stunned at how obvious your diagnosis was."

"Speaking of doctors, we've got to get you set up with an obstetrician," said Beast Boy. "Now that we know you're actually pregnant we've got a lot of stuff to do."

"And just when I thought I'd get a moment to relax and bask in the fact I'm no longer dying," Raven sighed.

"Welcome to motherhood," said Bumblebee, putting her arm around her.

"Oh, I am so happy my plans for the baby shower have not been for naught," said Starfire. "It will be most spectacular, I promise!"

"I'm sure it will be," said Raven as she yawned. "Now, if you'll all excuse me, I'm going to go lie down."

"We've got our first symptom!" said Bumblebee. "Fatigue!"

"Oh my God, duh!" said Beast Boy in realization. "Why didn't I think of that? Okay, time for you to get to bed." He wrapped his arm in hers and proceeded to lead her out of the common room and back to their room.

"Why do I have this funny feeling every time I feel the slightest symptom it's going to be noted and celebrated?" said Raven.

"Because it will be," Beast Boy chuckled.

"But I'm not the first one in the tower to get pregnant," said Raven. "I'm the last. This should all be boring by now."

"It would be if it wasn't you," said Beast Boy. "Not to mention that we never thought we'd have any more babies in the tower. We thought the twins were it. So we're all excited we're gonna have another baby around here."

They reached their bedroom and Raven was put down for her nap. Beast Boy would've loved to stay with her, but he had to pick up Crystal at school. So he gave her a quick kiss and ran out of there so he wouldn't be late. Raven was actually grateful to be left alone for a little while.

She lay in bed with a soft, subtle smile resting on her lips. As happy as they'd been these past two weeks they knew they couldn't really count all their eggs just yet. But now that it was confirmed that she was pregnant she finally felt relieved and exhausted from the anticipation. Her biggest dream had finally come true; she was going to have a baby and the family she'd always wanted.

As this realization came over her she suddenly became very scared. Things were never this good for very long; they could only go down from here. She could have a miscarriage. She could begin dying again. She could destroy the city when her mood swings kicked in and be hated and have to leave Earth forever and end up dying alone on some godforsaken planet! She shook these thoughts away and knew she was thinking far too much. She decided that the best thing to do, for now, was to be thankful for this blessing and to take things as they came.

When Beast Boy returned with Crystal it was clear that he was in a very good mood. He had a grin from ear to ear and looked like he was walking on air. Even Crystal could tell he was happy, though she wasn't exactly sure why. She'd already been told her mommy-Raven was pregnant, so to tell her that they hadn't been sure before and now they were sure would've been a waste of breath, since the result was the same in the end.

"Daddy, when's mommy-Raven getting up from her nap?" asked Crystal.

"I don't know," said Beast Boy. "Why?"

"Well I wanna bring her to story time to read to us," she said. "A lot of the kids in my class know her from the library."

"I'm sure she'll say yes," said Beast Boy. "Anything I can do?"

"Can I bring you in for show and tell?" she asked.

"Why? Because I'm a superhero?" he asked with a proud grin.

"No, cuz we all want a classroom pet," said Crystal with an innocent smile. "And you can be any pet we want!"

"Is that all I am to you?" he said. "Someone who can turn into animals? What about how I've saved the city a bunch of times?"

"Well, Uncle Cy says he does all the work when you go off to fight the bad guys," said Crystal, shrugging.

"What?!" said Beast Boy. "Cyborg!"