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Disclaimer: I don't own teen titans. Wow… that has got to be the shortest disclaimer ever. I think I'll just write randomness to take up space… Doo Doo… Potato…hum hum hum hum hum… do do do do do… Okay, I think that's enough. On to the story!

"Raven!" Beast boy screeched.

Raven was lying on her side, her back to him, bleeding profusely. Melody was hunched over her.

"Mel! What happened?" He asked.

"The mean man hurted her." Melody said simply. Beast boy followed her gaze to a crater by on of the near by buildings. Cautiously he approached the edge of the depression and peered over the edge. An ugly, half naked little man lay unconscious in the bottom. He was beaten up fairly badly. Some of his hair had been pulled out of his head, and lay in clumps around him, and his lip was broken and bleeding.

"My god… Raven sure did a number on him." He let out a low whistle before shaking his head and turning to face the toddler who was hunched over Raven protectively. "Go find Star, okay? Can you tell her that I'm going to take you and Raven back to the tower?"

"Nu-uh!" Melody crouched over Raven and buried her face into Ravens side "Inna stay with momma!"

"Don't worry. I'm gonna make sure Raven's alright. I need to bandage her up a little so we can get her back without hurting her. So can you go get Auntie Starfire and tell her?" Beast boy said, soothingly.

Melody's lower lip trembled slightly.

"Why did the mean man hurt momma?" she asked

The child's question caught Beast boy off guard. He stared at her for a few moments, before noticing that small tears were streaming down her cheeks. He shook his head before pulling her into his arms, and rocking her slightly.

"I don't know baby. Sometimes…" he paused, trying to figure out exactly how to say what he wanted too "Sometimes, people do things that aren't nice. Sometimes it's 'cause their mad… or scared… and than other times, it's just because they like to hurt people. Plasmus hurt Raven because he doesn't know better than to do that, because he can't think right when he's awake. Does that make sense to you?" he asked lifting her chin up so he could look at her face. She looked confused and shook her head.

"Nu-uh…"

Beast boy sighed. "It's okay. Maybe you're too young to understand." He set her down gently "Can you go tell Starfire?"

Melody nodded before turning and running off.

"Come right back after you tell her!" The teenage boy called after her. He than turned his attention to Raven. Dropping to his knees he took hold of her wrist, checking her pulse. It was normal. Her breathing was a bit raspy, but it didn't seem like it was going to cause any damage to her. Her back was what was really worrying him.

Carefully he adjusted her so that she was resting against his arm, and he ran his fingers down her sides, checking for any broken bones. She moaned, and he breathed a sigh of relief. At least she wasn't dead…

"Raven? Can you hear me?" he asked.

"Beast boy?"

"Yeah?"

She groaned and shifted her weight to the side as much as she could.

"You're hurting my back." She muttered "Move your hands please."

"Sorry!" he apologized quickly, and moved his hands so they weren't touching her wounds "are you okay?"

"No. Not really." She replied shortly, pushing away from him and trying her best to get to her feet. She glanced around than asked "Where's Melody?"

Beast boy shrugged.

"I told her to go tell Starfire that I was going to take you and her home so they could take Plasmus to jail without having to worry about you."

"You did what!" she asked indignantly "Beast boy! Have you, by any chance, noticed that she's only a baby! What in the name of all that are stupid were you thinking!"

"She's a big enough girl to go find Starfire and tell her not to worry Rae!" Beast boy said, his cheeks turning slightly red "I'm not completely incompetent Rae. I know more about children than you do."

"Just because your mentality level is the same as a three year olds, does not mean that you know that's best for her!" Raven spat "I do NOT want her wandering around looking for people! Especially not after a fight! She could get seriously hurt, Garfield!"

"Raven! You are so over protective of this kid! She's not staying with us for long Rae. You shouldn't get attached to her!"

"I am not attached to her. You are an idiot to think that I could feel any affection for a person I have just met." She poked a finger into his chest "I just… I just don't want to be blamed for child neglect… and I don't want her to get killed or… something." she took a step back from him, and turned, but groaned slightly. Twisting her body had pulled on the sides of the wound.

"We need to get you back to the tower. It looks pretty serious…" Beast boy said, all of the resentment he had felt, melting away at the sight of her in pain "As soon as Melody get back, we're… Well! Speak of the devil."

Raven crossed her arms sulkily, unable to think of anything to say, as Melody toddled up to them, pulling Starfire along behind her.

"Oh Raven!" Starfire exclaimed "You are injured!"

"I'm fine Star, really. I've had worse…" Raven said, embarrassedly as Starfire dropped to her knees to inspect her better.

"You must get back to the tower so that we can tend to these!"

"That's what I just said." Beast boy pouted "Listen, I can take these two" he pointed to Melody and Raven "back to the tower while you take Plasmus back to jail. I'll have a look at Raven, and she should be fixed up by the time you get back."

"Oh, that is a marvelous idea!" Starfire clapped delightedly "but… only if it is alright with Raven. She may prefer to have a girl look at her seeing as it would be necessary for her to take her shirt off in order for you to examine her totally."

"It's alright with me." Raven said shortly "Robin and Cyborg will need your help taking Plasmus back, and besides I'd kick his scrawny green butt if he even thought about doing anything perverted."

"Me? Think something perverted about her?" Beast boy laughed "Not even. No offence, but the whole 'non-emotional Goth' is a big turn off for me. Besides, the whole super-hero thing doesn't hold much sex-appeal, you know?"

Raven could feel herself blushing. She turned around and pretended to busy herself with straightening Melody's jacket.

"Let's just get back to the tower, okay?" She said quietly, once she was sure her blush has subsided. She stood up strait and turned back towards Beast boy, holding Melody's hand.

"Mel, can you go up to my room and get ready for bed please? You can borrow one of my shirts as pajamas okay?" Raven asked.

"Okay, mommy." Melody skipped off down the hall.

The telepath aloud herself a slight smile before she shook her head and closed the infirmary door.

She watched Beast boy gather some medical instruments and place the on the table. She shifted her weight to her other foot, tentatively but grimaced as her back gave a painful throb of protest.

"You can sit down, you know."

"Oh. Yes… right." She sat down gingerly on the table, and tugged on a lock of her hair uneasily. She hadn't been alone with Beast boy since his "beast episode" as she called it. It had been almost a year since then. She wasn't quite sure what to do now.

"Can you take your shirt off?"

"Y…Yes… just a second…" she tugged her sweatshirt off over her head and placed it on her lap.

Beast boy walked around her uncertainly. He knew he was pushing his luck by simply asking her to take her shirt off, so he wasn't quite sure what he was going to be aloud to do. With great care, he rested his hand on her bare back. She shuddered violently, and he drew his hand back.

"Did that hurt you? I'm sorry, I didn't…"

"No. I'm fine, keep going." She said hastily

"Okay, but don't be scared to tell me if it hurts."

She nodded, and he continued his inspection.

"Um…" he started "Would it be too much to ask you to… um… take you bra off?"

Raven stiffened.

"Pardon?"

"I can't do anything; your bra is in the way. I'm not going to look, I just can't..."

She cut him off by reaching back and unfastening the clasp. The sides fell apart and she pulled it off, placing it on her lap with her shirt. She crossed her arms bashfully over her chest.

"Is that better?" she asked

"Much. Thanks."

They sat in a rather awkward silence as Beast boy put ointment on her back.

"Did you really mean that?" Raven inquired suddenly "You know… that I have no sex-appeal?"

"What?" Beast boy asked, taken aback.

"Did you really mean that?" she said again.

"I… um… well…"

He sighed in relief as he was interrupted by a loud knock on the door. Starfire, Robin, and Cyborg walked in. Raven shrieked in embarrassment, and whipped around so that her back was facing them, clutching her chest tightly.

"Do you mind?" she asked incredulously.

Beast boy started to laugh at her sudden, out of character display, but covered it with a cough as she gave him a withering glare.

"Sorry Rae. Robbie needs to get his leg looked at." Cyborg grinned.

"Yeah, yeah." Raven blinked twice, and wrapped her arms around her chest, before she stood back up "Just hurry up and get over there so he can finish up here."

"What ever you say Raven."

As soon as the three of them were gone, Beast boy returned his attention to Raven.

"Okay, let's bandage you up. Raise your arms."

Raven did what Beast boy told her to, reluctantly taking her arms away from her breasts.

"You didn't answer my question."

Beast boy didn't say anything for a moment.

"Rave..."

"Listen… If you don't think I'm pretty that's fine. I just want to know the truth."

"I'm really not sure what to think of you sometimes." He tied off the ends of the bandages "There you go. All set."

R&R. Comments and Critiques very welcome. Flames accepted, but will most likely be ignored.