I Need You… No, Not You.

As Beast Boy stood back and watched as his friends surrounded the violet-haired girl, he couldn't help but wonder what exactly had happened before they'd found her. He knew she must've told Robin. It was only natural that she would've.

Still, something in her eyes when they'd found her showed that there was more to the story than they could ever even guess.

When he mentally shook himself from his thoughts, he found that he was being watched by a set of emotionally filled violet eyes. He looked back at her, trying to read the story behind her eyes while the doors seemed to be open. But just as suddenly as he started searching, the doors slammed shut in his face. He wasn't sure why until he felt a pair of hands and arms wrap around his right arm, and a head full of long, blonde hair lay against his shoulder. He could hear her say something to him, but he wasn't sure what she'd said. He was too busy trying to figure out what the real story was that Raven was trying so desperately to hide.

He felt the warm breath of the girl beside him hit his ear, as the gently whispered words floated in the air. He nodded and reluctantly allowed her to pull him from the room.

He wasn't sure where she was taking him, but he reluctantly followed.

They slowly walked down the hallway, and eventually found their way to the outskirts of the tower's island, near the water's edge. They walked without conversation, but numerous times Beast Boy had felt Terra's hand brush his. It wasn't until that moment that she actually grabbed it though. He intertwined their fingers.

Normally, he would've grabbed her hand the moment he saw her. But things had been awkward for him since she'd arrived. He'd been denying it to himself, but the thought wouldn't leave his mind, no matter how much he pushed it away.

The sun was setting, and the waves crashed lightly and silently against the shore. The scene was beautiful. When he looked at Terra, the setting sun flashed light hues of pink, orange, and some yellow and red. It was a mixed beauty of colors, and they only added to the beauty of the blonde.

The scene felt like something out of a child's fairytale story. But thankfully for Beast Boy, it was reality.

The corners of his lips curled up in a slight smile as he watched Terra as she closed her eyes and lifted her head as the evening breeze blew her hair from her face.

Suddenly, her eyes fluttered open, and she turned to look at him. Noticing him watching her, she smiled back at him and squeezed his hand lightly. Terra looked down at their intertwined fingers, and started to gently swing their hands. She looked back at Beast Boy, smiling.

"So, I saw you out here with Raven earlier today," the blonde started, casually.

Beast Boy looked at her, bewildered. "How do you know?" he asked, instead of denying it.

"I was outside and saw you walk over to her. You guys were talking for a while, too."

Beast Boy looked away from the lilac eyes, but not in guilt or embarrassment. He looked away because he knew he was being interrogated. She had a subtle way of showing it, but not subtle enough. And, surprisingly, it kind of made him mad to know that she thought she had the right to spy on him. He knew it had been Terra that he and Raven had heard on their way back to the tower. He wondered if Raven had known, though.

He wondered how much Terra had seen and heard. He knew she'd seen him walk up to Raven, considering she'd told him so, but he was unsure how much she'd heard them say. The conversation was quite person for Raven, he knew. He'd even promised he wouldn't tell a soul, and he'd had no plans to do otherwise.

He looked Terra in the eyes, anger evident in his own. "How much did you hear?" he asked, the feeling of peace and romance far from his mind by now.

Instead of answering the question, the blonde simply smiled at Beast Boy and squeezed his hand once more. She then looked out at the setting sun that was nearly completely gone. "Enough to know that you don't need her," the blonde stated, replying to his question.

"Don't need her? What's that supposed to mean?" asked a dumbfounded changeling. "Raven is my friend! I'll always need her!" he exclaimed.

"Did you really need her when her very existence threatened your life, and the existence of the entire world?" she questioned calmly.

Without answering, Beast Boy turned, pulling his hand from hers, and walked away. When he got inside and to his room, he paced back and forth vigorously. It was very rare when he felt anger towards the blonde, and he was never exactly sure how to handle himself. He made an almost growling sound out of frustration.

He thought back to the last question Terra had asked him. As he searched his mind for an answer, any answer, he found he couldn't find one. The question was unanswerable, at least to the way she'd worded it. He'd needed Raven before the world had ended. She was his friend; he'd always needed her. He'd needed her when the world had ended so they could save it. And now… well, he was pretty sure he'd need her forever. She kept his life… interesting. Angered, yes, but interesting.

He finally stopped pacing and sat on the edge of his bed, putting his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands. Things were becoming difficult. He wasn't sure why, but everything felt tense lately.

He groaned, massaged his temples with his fingertips, and flung himself backwards so he was lying on his bed. Eventually, exhaustion from the day's adventures overcame him.

She wasn't sure how long it had been, but Raven awoke to find herself curled up on her floor. As she lifted her head, she could feel how her tears had stained her hair and face.

She showered to shake the miserable feeling from her system. It did the job, but no matter how much the shower had rinsed away the feeling, it hadn't done a single thing to the memories.

As she stood in the middle of her room, she remembered every detail from the time Terra had arrived, to that very moment. And very few, if any, were pleasant ones.

She knew that sooner or later she'd have to accept the fact that Terra was here. And sooner or later she'd have to "forget" or at least ignore the betrayal. She wished it'd be later rather than sooner. But what her team didn't understand was that this particular task was easier said than done for Raven.

Well, maybe they did understand. But not enough.

Raven opened her door and slowly peeked out into the hall. It was completely clear, aside from one muddy footprint. She recognized it immediately. As she slowly walked down the hall, she noticed the muddy prints got fainter as they reached her room. Beast Boy must've been out in the mud, and upon coming in had ventured to Raven's door. She wasn't sure whether he'd attempted to knock or not. But if he had, she obviously hadn't heard it.

When she reached her destination, she found the sun was slowly rising. She must've slept through the night.

She took the opportunity to make herself a glass of tea, and as she placed the water on the stove she heard a sound behind her. When she turned, she found absolutely nothing.

She suspiciously looked around before returning to her tea, only to hear another sound. Only, this time, when she turned around she found Beast Boy standing a few feet behind her picking up what he'd knocked down. When he saw her looking at him, his hand flew to the back of his neck and he smiled nervously with a hint of embarrassment upon his features.

"What are you doing up this early?" she spoke, using her well-known emotionless voice.

His hand stayed glued to the back of his neck as he looked at his shoes and shrugged. "I'm not sure. I guess I couldn't sleep." He looked back at her. "How about you?"

"I'm usually up before everyone else."

He nodded and looked around awkwardly. "So…"

Raven turned back to her tea, ignoring him. That was, until she sensed him looking over her shoulder at what she was doing. Apprehensively, she turned her head to look at him. "Yes?" she asked in an annoyed tone.

"Oh, uh, sorry." Once again, a look of nervousness overcame his face and he backed away slowly.

Raven merely shook her head and finished her tea. She grabbed her cup with both hands and walked to have a seat at the counter behind her. Beast boy did the same on the opposite side of the counter.

It was pretty awkward for them both, for neither knew the right words to say to hold a proper conversation.

Suddenly, Beast Boy raised his head and looked at Raven. She thought she saw a hint of concern in his eyes. "Are you alright?"

She in turn looked at him with curiosity. "Why wouldn't I be alright?"

He shrugged and looked down a bit. "Because you seemed pretty shaken yesterday." He looked back up at her to see her response.

She should've known that's what he had meant. But part of her had hoped he hadn't noticed fully the state she'd been in. She'd hoped nobody had. But that was illogical.

She looked down and then back up at him and nodded a bit. "I'm fine. I wasn't badly injured. I'm still alive."

"It looked like the outcome could've been different. What really happened, Raven? What aren't you telling us?"

She looked at him and pondered the thought of if she should tell him or not. She settled with not telling him. If she did, he, along with everyone else, would only label her as a jealousy-stricken liar.

So she slightly glared at him. "Nothing, okay? Nothing happened. I was practicing through the window and slipped up and then crashed everything into the tower."

He looked like he'd believed her. But the belief washed from his face almost instantly. "I don't believe you, Raven. You never just 'slip up' when it comes to your powers. Don't you trust me, Raven?"

Her eyes widened a bit at his last question. She knew she should be able to trust her entire team, aside from Terra. But, she knew the real truth.

When she didn't answer, he spoke again. "Raven, why won't you tell anyone? You can trust us." He hesitated but spoke again, but not before grabbing her hand. "You can trust me."

Raven closed her eyes and bit her lip. "That's where you're wrong." She opened her eyes and looked at him. "I can't." She pulled her hand from his and stood, placing her cup in the sink. She walked through the doors, leaving behind a dumbfounded changeling.

She'd only gotten halfway down the hallway before she heard the hiss of the doors behind her open. She ignored the call of her name and continued to walk until she was forcibly stopped by a strong hand that gripped her wrist.

"At least tell me why you don't think you can trust me. Give me one good reason," he demanded. She preferred to ignore the demand and started to walk away again, trying to pull her arm from his grasp.

Instead, the grip was tightened and he pulled her back, forcing her to spin around and face him. Her eyes had widened with shock. Since when had Beast Boy gotten strong? Or, at least, when had he gotten that much nerve? Raven wondered.

After a few seconds of a staring contest between and angered looking shape-shifter, and a shocked empathy, Beast Boy's eyes closed as he sighed, his features relaxed, and his hold on her wrist loosened, causing his arm to fall to his side.

Raven, on the other hand, grabbed her newly released wrist in her free hand, shocked at the pain he'd caused from his grip, and the marks he'd left from his fingers. She observed her wrist, waiting for the marks to fade, but they didn't. She was sure she'd be left with light bruises for a few days. How he'd gripped her that hard was beyond even herself. It wasn't like Beast Boy to get that angry. Angry, yes. But never violent. At least not to anyone who wasn't the enemy or a villain.

"I'm sorry," he stated. He opened his eyes and looked anywhere but at Raven. "I was just frustrated and didn't understand why you don't think you can trust me." When he finally looked at her, she was looking at him back. But instead of anger being evident in her eyes like normal circumstances would've showed, her eyes were full of shock, and even slight fear. Not fear of Beast Boy himself. No, never would she fear Beast Boy. But the fear was visible because she never would've thought he would've reacted to anything in such a way.

When he saw the look in her eyes, his own eyes lowered to her wrist. The marks he'd left appalled him. It was obvious he himself hadn't even known he'd been holding her that strongly. He gasped and looked at her, his eyes full of apologies that wouldn't escape his throat. When he reached towards her, she stepped back.

"Raven, I didn't mean to." He took another step, and she once again backed away. She didn't know how to respond to the moment, but she sure wasn't going to be stupid and step closer to him. He had wanted to know why he couldn't trust her. Well, if she hadn't had a reason before, she sure had one now.

She quickly turned around, retreating down the hallway as she had tried to do earlier, leaving behind an obviously guilty Beast Boy.

As she ran towards the front door, she could hear the other Titans waking up and walking down the hallways. Luckily, she was outside before she was able to run into anybody.

She speed-walked from the tower, and out into the bright, breezy morning. She wasn't completely sure where she was going, but she knew she wanted to be anywhere except the tower.

As she neared the edge of the island that Titans Tower sat upon, she slowed her pace until she was at a slow, calming walk. She walked up to the water's edge and, closing her eyes and lifting her face slightly, she breathed in her surroundings. She took a few more deep breaths, attempting to calm herself. When she was, she though about what had happened before she dashed from the building. Looking at her wrist made the confusion of the situation worse. So many questions ran through her mind. Why had he been so intent and determined on getting her to trust him? That was her biggest wonder. She pushed all other questions away and focused on that one.

She wasn't sure how long she'd been standing there, staring at the ocean, wrapped up in her thoughts. But, suddenly, she felt the presence of a certain teammate to her left. She knew exactly who it was. It wasn't Cyborg because the ground hadn't rumbled the least bit with his heavy footsteps. It wasn't Starfire because she would've flown over. It wasn't Beast Boy because his annoyingness, if that was even a word, would've given him away. So, that left only two people. She was pretty sure it was Terra because terra wouldn't have stood there in silence with her, most likely. So, the only person left was the masked Boy Wonder. Sure enough, when she looked to her left, she saw Robin looking at the water and the city beyond it. She, too, turned to face the view.

"I think we have the best view a home could have," he said.

She nodded her agreement, recalling the day that she'd first met her friends. It was a new start for them all. She wouldn't change that day even if she'd had the chance.

They stood in a comfortable silence until she felt his eyes on her. She turned to look at him as he placed his hand on her shoulder. When he spoke, it was calming, gentle, and caring. It wasn't the accusing tones she'd found the past few days. "Are you alright?" he asked. "You haven't seemed like yourself the past few days."

She wouldn't like. She was shocked. "Is it that obvious?" she asked. He only nodded for a reply. She looked down towards the ground. "I'm not jealous," she said, quietly. When she looked back at Robin, she found his eyes were raised in confusion and shock, and once again, showed no signs of accusations.

"I never said you were."

She could tell he'd meant it, too. Either way, she bowed her head.

"I know you didn't. I was just scared you thought I was. You wouldn't be the first." As she looked back at the water, she glared at nothing particular in front of her. It was merely the reaction she'd gotten when she thought of Beast Boy and his jealousy cracks. She was all too aware that she was being watched by a certain Boy Wonder.

"First of all," the boy next to her started, "who thinks your jealous? And secondly, what do they think you're jealous of?" The care in his voice was obvious. But, she could also hear the protective side of him coming out. She knew he'd never do anything rash, but he'd always been a little protective of Raven, even though he and everyone else knew she could handle herself in a fight, and could control her emotions better than anyone else they knew. Nevertheless, Raven was like a sister to him, and protectiveness came with the brotherly love.

Never taking her glaring eyes from the water, she spoke, a tad of acid in her tone. "Beast Boy. He thinks I'm jealous of Terra." She seemingly growled the earth-mover's name.

Robin removed his hand from her shoulder and crossed his arms. "Raven, look at me." After a moment, she did. She found a smirk on his face. "Beast Boy? Really? And you're going to let him get to you?"

"…No," she said. She knew he had a point. She was getting worked up over Beast Boy. Of all things, Beast Boy.

As she looked at the boy before her, she couldn't help but chuckle after a few moments. He, too, broke into small giggles.

After they both stopped relieving themselves from a tense, yet funny, conversation, Robin nodded his head towards the tower. Raven followed him back inside. She didn't ask him how he knew where to find her. She didn't need to know.

Once they reached the common area, she found Cyborg engrossed in his video game, and an eager Starfire in the kitchen with a cookbook, waiting for Robin. What she didn't see however, were Terra and Beast Boy. But she didn't mind. She was perfectly happy without them being there.

Raven gave Robin a reassuring smile as he ventured towards Starfire. The flirted so much, but never did anything past it. She smiled and shook her head as the two read over a page in the cookbook.

Finding an isolated spot in the middle of the room, Raven crossed her legs and got into her mid-air meditation position and repeated her mantra. She knew her friends wouldn't mind, seeing as she was speaking softly. And she found it a nice spot to meditate. The sun was coming in through the window and it was a peaceful setting. She didn't mind Cyborg's video game, or Robin and Starfire's low bickering over why flour was needed.

As her mind became blank, she felt more relaxed. That was, until the hissing sound of the door behind her caught her attention, pulling her from her meditation. She could've ignored it, had it not been for the obnoxious giggling from the two missing Titans that pulled her abruptly from her position, causing her to fall on the floor.

As Terra saw this, she laughed harder. "Did gravity get the better of you, Raven?"

Raven glared at her. "No, not at all. I was just interrupted, was all." She mentally made a vow to herself that she'd keep as calm as she could whenever she felt like ripping the girl's throat out.

Standing from her fallen position from the floor and ignoring the blonde's defiant look, Raven walked to the windows, took her position again, and attempted to meditate.

Somewhere in the back of her mind, she could hear whispered voices. She was almost positive they were memories attempting to come back to her mind, but she refused to allow it.

Why these horrid memories were suddenly coming back, she wasn't all too completely sure. But for now, all she could do was wait it out and keep them as far away as possible until they stopped coming back involuntarily.

When she heard the dig go off behind her, Raven turned her head to make sure it wasn't something blowing up again. But to her disbelief, Starfire (with Robin's help, of course) had managed to make a full lunch big enough for the entire team to have seconds. Maybe even thirds. At the sight of the food, Raven's stomach growled, reminder her that she'd missed breakfast.

As she eyed the food being placed on the table, a gloved hand belonging to a certain green boy appeared before her face. She looked at the hand being offered to her, and then to the face belonging to the hand. He smiled slightly down at her. She knew he felt bad about what had happened that morning, and she didn't want him to.

She gravitated herself and accepted his hand. As he helped pull her up, she returned the smile on his face with on of her own, not noticing that they were being watched by Terra.

As she started towards the table, Raven was stopped by a gentle hand placed lightly on her shoulder. "I'm sorry about this morning," he said, removing his hand when she had stopped and turned to face him again.

"It's fine, Beast Boy," she replied. "It was an accident and you didn't mean it. There's no need to dwell on it. It's over and done with now."

The green changeling nodded and looked out the windows to his left. She looked out the same windows, the only difference being that they were to her right. When she looked back at him and saw he was still staring intently at something outside, she realized he was still a bit guilty about his actions.

Raven placed her hand on his shoulder and gave him a reassuring smile when he looked at her. "Don't worry about it. I'm fine. Just forget about it, okay?"

He gave her a single nod. She grabbed his hand and started pulling him behind her towards the table. As they neared her friends, she let go and took her place at the table.

As they ate, Raven looked at each one of her friends, and realized just how lucky she was for each one, including even Beast Boy. They may be keeping a traitor under their roof, but at least she had her friends beside her.

Okay, well, I'm really sorry for how long it's taken me to get this chapter up. I'm not entirely sure why, but I found it pretty difficult to write. But, I've been having state testing assessments for the past 2 weeks or so. So, when I finish my tests, I pulled out paper and wrote the chapter! Granted, I got my paper taken away the first time because "it could be used to cheat." How my fan fiction story could be used to cheat on a math, reading, or writing test, I will never know. But, since then, I took my own paper and folded it right before our material was collected and I hid it in my reading book. Hah, I'm a smart cookie!!!

Well, I hope you like this chapter. I don't particularly like it. I'm not completely sure why.

Anyway, Read And Review!!!!!!! :) Reviews make me smile. Plus it encourages me to write more. Haha.

-Autumn,(: