BB thought long and hard what he would do to pay Raven back for dressing him up like a girl and then adding Titans East to share in his humiliation. It could have been worse, he reasoned. Although he would never admit it to anyone he kinda liked how smooth his legs were at the moment because of it.

He thought back to what one of Raven's emotions had said about him. She was new, he didn't recall seeing her on his trip into Nevermore. Although they had all worn the same colour as Raven did, in the moment before she sent them back to Nevermore, they changed back into their original colours. This one had worn a lilac robe. She had defended him against Rage and Knowledge had kept putting her hand over her mouth mid-sentence…this meant that Raven was hiding something from him. Who was the lilac one? What new mood did she have?

Cyborg came out onto the roof and sat beside him. He didn't even have to ask what BB was thinking about.

"Cy, remember when we went to Nevermore? Was there a mood with a lilac cloak?"

"Not that I can remember. It's a new one."

"Did she tell you about it?" BB looked at Cyborg and realised that he was avoiding his eye contact.

"Not exactly. I've seen her album. And I know what is inside it."

"Stop with the cryptic. Does she keep a diary?"

"Why are you asking me?"

"She tells you everything."

"Because I listen to her. If you took the time to listen to what she says you would see what hides behind the dry sarcasm. It's also in what she doesn't say. What she doesn't need to say."

"Sounds like you're in love with her."

"I'm her friend, of course I love her, like I do all of my friends."

"Does she keep a diary?" BB asked again.

"If I said yes, what would you do with the information?"

"I would read it."

"You can't do that. If she ever found out then we would be finding pieces of your body on Tameran or Azerath."

"Good point. But you know that won't stop me."

"Don't do it, man. She is pissed off with you enough without you reading her darkest thoughts. And trust me you really don't want to know her darkest secrets. I know what they are and how much they cost her."

"She told you her secrets?" BB looked puzzled. Why would the goth tell Cyborg?

Cyborg looked at him and shook his head. He knew.

"In a way. Some of them she told me herself…others…her moods told me."

"You went back to Nevermore? She let you?"

"She came with me. She wanted my help."

Beast Boy was silent. A new idea was forming in his mind. It was risky, and Raven would be super pissed if she found out.

"When you are in Nevermore, does she know you are?"

"No, BB, you can't. Yes she does. That's even more risky. B, I won't let you do this. You don't know what that girl can do."

"What can she do?" BB asked scornfully.

Cyborg looked at him and thought for a moment.

"If she concentrated hard enough, and lost complete control she could blow up the entire universe. And I mean all of it. You must have noticed how things keep exploding when she slips up a little and gets nervous? I know more about her than you ever will, my friend, and I don't think that's likely to change."

"You're going cryptic again."

"Brave she may be, undoubtedly, but when it comes to certain things, she has as much guts as any young girl in lo- in her situation."

"You were going to say 'in love' weren't you? Is she in love?" for the first time Beast Boy looked hurt.

"I should go, I promised to drive her down to her favourite café."

"Answer the question, first. Is she in love?"

Cyborg looked down at him and the look he gave was filled with pity.

"Yes, she is. But I won't tell you who it is."

Cyborg wrenched his arm out of Beast Boy's grip and went back indoors. As he went into the stairwell he heard Beast Boy curse and throw something across the roof in frustration. He made his way to Raven's room and knocked gently on her door.

She called him in and tentatively he stuck his head in the room.

"I like to know that Cyborg still has a body." Raven said glancing up and smirking.

He inserted himself into the room and went to sit by her on the bed. An album was perched on her knees. And a tear was threatening to spill from one of her eyes. Cyborg laid a hand comfortingly on her shoulder.

"Hey, what's up honey? Come on you can tell Cyborg can't you?"

Silently she handed over the album. It was black leather and had Teen Titans engraved in silver on the front. The page she had been looking at was a picture of Beast Boy and Robin fighting over what to have for supper. Robin held a few steaks up and BB a slab of tofu. Cyborg stood in the background rolling his eyes at them and you could just see the concealed pizza box he held.

Cyborg chuckled and turned a page. There was the picture of BB's recent punishment at the hands of Raven and some response shots beneath it from the Titans and Titans East.

"I took it out to add these, and then got lost down memory lane. You don't think I was too hard on him, do you?"

"No, he had it coming. He has been a bit of a prat recently. If you hadn't done it then I would have. He's such a twat."

"Don't say that." Raven said quietly. And a big tear rolled slowly down her cheek. Cyborg wiped it away and she crawled into his lap for a cuddle.

"Oh you poor girl. I'm sorry. I shouldn't really poke fun. Feeling's still there, then?"

"I'm having trouble hiding it. Whenever he comes near me something explodes. He's bound to notice soon. If he won't then Robin or Starfire will. And they'll make a fuss of it and I can't deal with that. I told you because I can trust you implicitly. There's nothing I haven't already told you. Why do I trust you so much? It can't be safe. You remind me of a friend I had on Azerath, I suppose. Actually there's one thing you don't know about me…and that's my connection with another team mate. Robin. He doesn't know his family because at an early age he was sent to Batman to be trained as the sidekick and then he came here to lead the titans. I didn't know him before, but I know his family, at least, some of them. I don't know who his father is but I know his mother and two of his brothers."

"How do you know?"

"Because they're also mine. Robin has a twin brother who, I realised, stole the Red X costume and used it. He also has an older brother, who is also a villain. Slade is his brother. He trained the other twin because our whole family is in the destiny books. Heck! We have a whole chapter to ourselves! Most of it is mine, thanks to my father. Robin is just over a year older than me. My mother had to send the boys away because my father, the demon Trigon, raped her and got her pregnant with me. Destiny read that I couldn't meet my brother until we met that first day outside the tower, when it all started. He doesn't know that I'm his half-sister. Please don't tell him. He'd want to know all about his mother…and…I …let's just say it would be too painful for me to tell him."

"What happened to your mother? If you don't mind me asking."

"When I was seven, my father murdered her…in front of me. At the end of the world…by my hands…I shall be overjoyed to know that I am destroying him…although I will be sorry to see the world go, and all my friends."

"How long have we got until you destroy the world? Because that would be good to know."

"You have at least two years. The prophesy says that on my eighteenth birthday the world will come to an end. I wish it wasn't so, but it is. For years I have been trying to find a way to reverse the prophesy, but the only thing I found…well, let's just say that it's too late for that one. I wouldn't be here if my mother had less heart. If the worst comes to the worst I'll take my own life before my birthday. Hopefully that will prevent the inevitable."

"So…if we're going to do something about your love then I suggest we do it soon. Also, I'll look and see if there is a way of avoiding the prophesy without your death."

"Cy, how will you do that?"

"Maybe Jinx knows some magic that can help."

"Do we have to include her in everything we do? I know she's your girlfriend but have you forgotten that she used to be a part of the Hive?"

"This from the girl who risks blowing up Titans Tower whenever BB pays attention to her."

"Shut up!"