PAST BROKEN MIRRORS
Mirror 4: Days
"Days go by in the blink of an eye
It fades as quickly like a passing sigh
Waiting for that one special day
Where work can wait, and I can play!"
Tuesday
"Huh?"
For a moment Raven couldn't help but stare at him. She didn't know how she should digest the situation of this awkward scenario at all.
Then a red-faced Beast Boy hurriedly tried to explain,
"I mean, since you're not doing anything – err, might not be doing anything this weekend. Then you and I – I mean you and me…Well, actually – we, can go out for a bite, you know, to tryout that new vegetarian bar downtown. That is, if you want to…"
Her hand over her mouth, Raven tried not to laugh as she answered the stuttering green-guy whose 'cute' pointy ears were drooping to either side of his burning face:
"Sure. That would be nice."
"Really?" Beast Boy brightened up. "I mean, yeah. That would be great."
"Okay, then. Catch up with you later?" smiled Raven as she turned to go in the direction she had been originally heading for earlier.
"Later."
He waved as she went off, somehow feeling really great.
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Wednesday: Lay back day
"Ooh. Looks like someone has got a 'hot' date this weekend"
R-Kat or Kat as she was simply called by her friends teased as the members of the Little League were gathered in one of the rooms of the Titan Tower. She laughed as Simon smiled politely while the other two younger ones reacted differently: little Aliya – a confused sort of look since she did not fully get it, and Energizer – whose indifferent expression remained unchanged towards Beast Boy who had turned an even greener shade of his usual green.
"I do not," Beast Boy replied defensively.
"Then what do you call you and Raven going out this weekend then?"
"It's just 'going out' – as in, hanging out." Beast Boy said it to point out that it was exactly the most common thing in the entire universe.
"Besides, where did you hear it from?"
He hadn't mentioned it to anyone else yet, and knew that Raven wasn't one to make a big deal about matters like this.
"Oh, the walls have ears" Kat crooned, dismissing subtle reproachful looks from the ever orderly Simon to drop the issue.
"I like Raven," piped Aliya making Beast Boy smile. "And Starfire and Robin and Cyborg…"
"You like everybody," Kat rolled her eyes though she let slip in a grin, because she did adore the girl even when she found her a trifle annoying at times.
"Raven's a special person," Aliya continued, ignoring Kat's usual sarcasm.
Beast Boy patted her head, quiet in a moment's thought,
"Yes, she is…"
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Thursday: Crime fighting day
Ravaging claws tore apart the metallic flesh of the machine that had been rampaging across town earlier.
"You'd think he'd have called in an early retirement," Beast Boy muttered earlier before the fight ensued as he, Raven, Cyborg and Simon arrived to answer a distress call. Only to find it was Gizmo from the former Hive Five, attempting to rob a bank in the middle of the day with the help of his machinery army.
Blasting the last of the mindless-bots, Cyborg now held the struggling Gizmo by the cuff of his shirt. Even after the years went by, Gizmo apparently remained considerably in his midget size.
"Let go of me, you booger-brain!" he yelled. Even his name-calling habit was still intact.
"Looks like it's time out for you – again," grinned Cyborg.
"Guess that wraps it up," Beast Boy was saying to Raven as Cyborg and Simon were walking ahead with the captive of the day.
Turning to add on to that remark, Raven opened her mouth to speak but instead let out a cry of surprise as Beast Boy came stumbling over her – evidently having caught his foot under one of the broken metallic parts.
"Uh…I see you haven't lost your sense of coordination," mumbled a dizzy Raven as she tried to lift herself up and suddenly found how close their faces were. They both blushed as they hurriedly looked away, Beast Boy quickly getting back to his feet and helped her get up,
"Sorry."
"Just… try to be more careful, okay?" she told him, carefully avoiding his gaze as she tried to calm her heart from beating so rapidly.
"Will do," he assured her, sheepishly as both headed back to the tower.
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Friday: Meditation day
"Concentrate. Focus on your center."
This particular part of the tower was completely curtained in silence as Raven went through her teachings of meditation with a number of students who were interested in the lesson.
Cross-legged and floating on mid-air, there was only the serene flow of focused energy.
"Friend Raven! I heard you are doing the dating with Beast Boy tomorrow?" burst in an overjoyed voice belonging to the often lightheaded Starfire.
Thud!
Concentration absolutely dispersed, closed eyes opened to see Raven having come into contact with the floor.
"Oops, a thousand pardons," apologized Starfire as Raven composed herself and gestured to everyone else in the room that class was over.
Alone in the now empty room, Raven shook her head as she poured a cup of tea for herself and Starfire,
"You should really learn to lower that volume of yours, Star."
"Ha-ha, I will see how to do so…" Starfire laughed nervously which Raven knew meant that she didn't really get what Raven had actually meant.
"But I was so excited about you and Beast Boy-"
Raven coughed as she was half-way drinking her tea.
"About what?" she repeated.
"That you and Beast Boy are doing the dating."
Putting down her tea, Raven replied firmly,
"Star, we're only going out together to have a meal-"
"Exactly – 'going out together', means the dating, right?" Starfire continued insisting cheerily.
Attempting to take another sip of her tea, Raven felt she was about to have a headache.
"Just like me and Robin…"
Pausing yet again, Raven took a glance at her beautiful alien friend who had a positive glow of happiness radiating from her. Raven couldn't help smiling, as she knew well of the joy dancing in Starfire's heart. Again, she had to forgive Starfire for simply being 'Starfire'…
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Saturday: Evening of the 'Day of dating'
For a moment she stopped and looked carefully at her reflection in the mirror: an uncertain girl stared back at her and Raven could read clearly what was on her mind.
What was she doing?
She shook her head as she put down the hairbrush that Starfire had given to her as a gift. She was only going out to have dinner – with Beast Boy.
Nothing out of the ordinary, nothing to make a fuss about – nothing different…
She rolled her eyes to the company in her mirror and they both agreed that she was being silly.
Taking a deep breath, she ordered herself to stay calm, assuring that any thoughts of Beast Boy she had been having were simply because of his presence that had been absent for a long period of time.
Just then, Raven's communicator beeped.
She answered it and heard his voice on the other end of the line.
"Raven?"
"Hey, I'll be there in a sec-"
"Um, actually…"
"Yes?"
"I… wanted to tell you that I'll have to take a rain-check on dinner," he told her.
"Something came up."
"Oh," she replied, wondering where this sudden feeling of disappointment had come from.
"I'm sorry, I hope it's okay with you-"
"Of course it's okay. It's only dinner. Nothing special, right?" she laughed – nervously.
"Right…" his voice seemed to have caught on with her made-up cheeriness. "But I'll make it up to you, 'kay?"
Raven wanted to tell him he didn't have to, but wanted to end the conversation even more – she didn't trust herself to say anything else right now though she was unsure as to why, so she gave in,
"Okay."
After he hung up, she just sat there. The next second she had her hand to her forehead; wondering if she was falling ill. If she was, that would be an easy answer to everything that she had been feeling lately. Then her thoughts wandered over to what she had sensed from Beast Boy: a feeling of uneasiness had emitted from him. What was that about?
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As the conversation came to an end, Beast Boy assured himself that he really would make it up to Raven later. But as of right now, he had something else to deal with – or someone, as he gazed straight on to the person next to him.
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DreamChild's Sidenotes:
Whee! I'm so tired. LoL. I'm afraid I can update at most, weekly. Hehe, I'm watching reruns of the show. Wondering if there's news about the Teen Titans Movie?
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