Hello! OMG THNX SO MUCH YOU GUYZ! I loved reading the replys! yea but now on to more important issues ok, umm its the holidays over here, so it may be awhile before i get another chapter up. thats why this one is so long. so yea. Enjoy!
The silence that had grown between the friends felt awkward. Raven was looking at the clouds that were starting to form. She prayed for rain. Beast boy was looking at the children he had seen before; they were playing a game of tip. He wished he could just run around with the titans like he always used to. But that was in a way hard because then he might be persuaded into joining the team again.
It's not that he didn't want to be on the team, but lately it hadn't felt to right for him. At first it just seemed it was the lack of sleep and his hormones and such mucking about with his head. But then released it was, the truth. He didn't want to be apart of the team. Sadly enough, he felt worse because now he knew that Raven really liked him. He had liked her for quite some time and the fact that he wasn't on the team to actually consider dating her made the whole situation worse.
He wouldn't see her any more, or be able to attempt to make her smile or join in on the fun. He was going to miss her if he decided to never come back on the team. So he had to make a choice, ask her out and:
Be heart broken when she rejects him
Be conned into joining the team again
Feel awkward when she accepts and visits her while at the tower
Not asking her out at all and forgetting about it
Or sadly never really see her and end up breaking her heart
Beast boy started to get a head ache; he really wished he could ask Raven if she could heal it. Problem being she might ask why he has one. 'Man this really sucks!'
"Gee, Beast boy, you're really quiet. Are you ok?" Raven laughed.
"Yea, I'm just thinking about something. Why?" He asked trying not to sound nervous. He saw the look she gave him, the 'you better not be thinking of attacking me or pulling a prank' look. "Raven, it's nothing like that, I swear."
"Ok, just checking. Beast boy, you don't look so good. You ok?" Her expression changed from the 'you better not be thinking of attacking me or pulling a prank' look to the gentle look of concern. How much he loved that look, especially if the look was for him.
"Just got a, ummmm... head ache." He said sort of embarrassed.
"Beast boy, you know I won't make fun of you."
"But you usually do."
"I know. I'm sorry. Would you like me to heal that for you?" She smiled quickly
"That would be nice."
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"I think we should find Raven and go back to the tower." Robin said as they started to pack up their food, drinks and blanket.
"Nah. I mean, Raven and Beast boy never talk. When they do talk, it's them either yelling at each or Raven is making a joke about him or some thing. I think this is good for them both." Cyborg said with a smile.
"Why is friend Cyborg smiling like that?" Starfire said to Robin slightly worried.
"It's nothing Star, he's just being stupid. Isn't that right, Cyborg?" His hand gripping Cyborg's shoulder very tightly.
"Yea, just being stupid."
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The boys were cleaning the house pretty well. Their kitchen sink looked like Christmas lights; the living room was rearranged, so that the couch was in front of the window instead of the TV. A large mat had been put over the stair case and the hand rail had been dusted. The photo frames that had been slanting slightly were now sitting on the wall perfectly; the stereo that was in the kitchen was now in the living room above the DVD player. The fire place had new logs in it and was cleaner than before.
Finally when the boys sat down they had actually looked at what the house now looked like. It was so different, and they were proud to know that they were the ones that cleaned the house.
"Never again, is this house going to see mess!" Michael said once he had gotten himself and Chuck a drink.
"Good, cause I'm never cleaning that much ever again! But the house does look better hey." He took the drink and let the soothing liquid run down his throat.
"All for a female. But Beast boy needed it. He's so depressed."
"True." And that was the last word they spoke for quite some time. They were drained and they were pleased at the same time.
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"Beast boy, could I ask you something?" The silence had once again grown, and it was becoming very uncomfortable.
"Well you just did, didn't you?" He laughed. "Yea, course you can."
"What were you thinking about? I mean, it must have been important, you were extremely quiet." She asked, just a little curious.
"Well, I was thinking... Hmm I don't know how to tell you. It's sort of complicated." He scratched his head. Trying to think of a nicer way of saying, 'I was thinking about you, and what would happen if I asked you out.'
"You don't have to say if you don't want to."
"No, but I owe it to you." She smiled, and he laughed.
"You don't owe me anything. I was just curious, that's all. Don't worry about it." She could tell he was slightly apprehensive about what he was going to say so she didn't want to pressure him into saying it. "Beast boy, honestly don't worry." She smiled a reassuring smile just so he knew she was telling the truth.
"But, I want to tell you. Well more to the point ask you." Now Raven felt uneasy, 'Ask me? What was he going to ask me?'
"Ask me?" She practically chocked out. "What do you mean ask me?" She was scared in away. It could be any thing. Beast boy noticed she was a little bit scared. 'Well that makes two of us.' He smiled. He stood up and then gave Raven his hand.
"Come on. We'll go for a walk." His face had a warm glow that she trusted. She took his hand and stood up next to him.
"Where are we going?"
"You see those trees?" She nodded, still holding his hand. "Over there. Is that ok with you?"
"Yea." She finally noticed she was holding his hand and let go. He did the same. They started walking over to the trees when they saw the rest of the titans.
"Oh Raven!" Starfire yelled as she ran towards the two of them. "How are you and friend Beast boy?"
"Ummm, fine?" She said nervous. Beast boy laughed.
"Hey Rae, BB! How was your time together?" Cyborg asked a teasing grin on his face.
"Why must you ask?" Raven said looking him square in the face.
"Just wanted to make sure nothing happened that we might want to know. Did anything happen?"
"Nosey aren't we today Cyborg?" Beast boy laughed punching his old friend in the arm.
"Yea." He smiled.
"Raven, are you going to come back to the tower or you going to stay with Beast boy?" Their team leader asked.
"Ummm, I have things to do, so I'll stay with Beast boy for awhile. I won't come home to late dad." She joked. "I have my communicator with me so you can tell me if something is up ok?"
"Ok. See you later then." Cyborg said.
"Don't be too long Raven."
"Yes dad." She said, getting an evil glare from Robin. "Sorry?"
"Goodbye friend Beast boy!" She gave him a big hug. "I will do the seeing of you later yes friend?" She said to Raven
"Yes Starfire." She waited for the hug but got none so she and Beast boy continued walking. "Beast boy, you still haven't told me what you were going ask me."
"A moment ago, you were telling me, that it was ok, and not to worry about it." He mocked her
"Yes well that was before you said you were going to ask me something." She thought about what he had said and the tone he said it in. "Beast boy, don't mock me please, you know I don't like it."
"Raven, you don't like a lot of things, and any way, I wasn't gonna ask you right out there. It had to be more private." Now she was really worried.
"Your not going to kill me are you?"
"Is that what you think I brought you out here to do?"
"Not really. It was just a thought, considering you wanted privacy."
"Sorry Raven. I didn't mean you to think that." He said and stopped walking. "You wanna sit?" Raven looked at the tall tree they had stopped at. The sun was slightly seeping through the leaves and branches. The small patches of light that did make it through the leaves landed on big tree roots and on the ground.
"It looks nice here." She said sitting next to Beast boy who had already sat down.
"Yea, I found it just after I joined the team. I'd come here when I wasn't sure of myself or I was upset."
"Wow, I don't think I've seen that side of you before." She looked at the ground. There was a small stick lying against an old log. She floated it over to where she was sitting and into her hand. The dirt looked like it was able to be drawn on so she started to draw swirls and patterns.
"You like drawing? You're pretty good."
"Nah, I only draw when I can't meditate. It's only because I can't concentrate that I can't meditate." She smiled.
"Heh, sorry." He smiled. 'When should I ask her? And what should I say?'
"It's ok. I didn't mind, drawing was another way to meditate, it kept my emotions under control." She remembered about the question Beast boy was going to ask her.
"So what things did you have to do?" He asked changing the subject before she could.
"I had to see you. You remember how I said your friends rang? Well they told me to come see you."
"Oh yea." He chuckled. "Raven, you know that question?"
"Yea." 'Finally' she thought.
"Hmmm, I don't know how exactly I'm going to ask it. Rae, do you think you and me, would ever you know...Umm go out?"
"Wh-What? Beast boy, I'm not sure I heard you correctly. Did you... Ask... me... out?
Well there you go, my new chapter. I hope ill see you guys soon
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