Terra sat at the kitchen counter again. Beast Boy and Starfire were continuing to give the new girl – Raven and Dove's sister, Jessie – a tour of the Tower. Dove had decided to go and try to meditate for a while, and Raven had gone off with the man that had shown up to "fix up the Tower", leaving Terra alone to her thoughts.

College had thus far been the highlight of Terra's life; after graduating high school, she'd gotten a scholarship to Boston University as an archaeology major. She had somehow managed to get good grades and study hard, while partying just as hard. It was a good two years there, and then she'd gotten the call to return to Titan Tower. Surprisingly enough, she still had the communicator she'd been given years prior.

She'd loved studying archaeology. It was fascinating to learn about the history of artifacts that one could find.

She was popular in college. She'd made a lot of friends there. Sure, it was cold in winter, but that's what alcohol, wild parties, and hot guys were for.

Coming back to reality, Terra though of this Damion Cyber guy. He seemed so familiar, like she knew him from somewhere. She could swear she'd met him before… maybe in her high school days. She'd partied so hard back then that two entire years were blacked out of her memory. Of course, the doctors said that she'd hit her head and gotten amnesia just after graduation, but who honestly believed that? Not Terra, that's for sure.

"And this is the room of the work outs… though it has seen the better days," Starfire was saying to Jessie.

Beast Boy was more interested in what Raven was doing with that Damion guy, and how they knew each other. She'd said something about just getting back from travelling the dimensions for five years… right? His jaw tensed, imagining what they could be doing.

Jessie gave some kind of sarcastic response to Starfire, which caused Starfire to giggle about her "use of the sarcasm".

"I'm going to go see what's up with the workers," Beast Boy announced, walked off towards were the other pair had headed.

When he passed by Raven's room, Dove popped out. "Couldn't focus," she declared to him. "I'm gonna follow you."

Beast Boy shrugged and continued walking towards Raven and Damion.

"Really, it's an awesome café," Damion insisted. Raven smirked and shook her head. He'd been trying to get her to go check out the café he'd spoken about at the book store.

"I'm sure it is, but there's just too much going on here at the Tower," she argued yet again.

Damion laughed. "I'm sure you could spare one evening."

Raven couldn't help but return him a small smile. His laugh was intoxicating, the kind of laugh that made everyone want to smile or laugh along with him. Even for Raven it was hard to resist.

"We'll see," she said as Beast Boy and Dove walked over to them. Dove was practically jumping up and down with energy. Raven wondered what could have made Dove so energetic. Then she saw Beast Boy's face. He looked like he was trying to keep it cool, but at the same time it was painfully obvious that he was having some kind of negative reaction to either herself or Damion… or both. Since Dove was buzzing, it was likely jealousy.

'That's ridiculous; why would he be jealous?' she thought.

"How's the work going?" Beast Boy asked nonchalantly.

"Quite well, actually. With all the workers my father hired, the work should be done in about two or three weeks, maybe sooner," Damion responded.

Beast Boy nodded, as if it was exactly the answer he'd been looking for.

"Maybe we should move this party up to the kitchen?" Raven suggested, suddenly getting the sense that the hallway was far too small for the four of them.

Damion smiled and nodded, indicating for her to lead the way.

EJ hit the wall hard, panting.

"Again," Slade ordered

EJ swallowed, then ran at Slade, swinging a punch at him with all her might. Slade easily caught her fist and threw her to the ground.

"You lack in motivation, child."

EJ growled and rolled to her feet, swinging one leg to his ankles. Slade kicked her leg up and caught it, lifting her so that she was dangling just above the floor.

"How precious; you think you're intimidating." He threw her to the ground, towering over her. "You're a weak, petulant child, ElectroJinx."

EJ ground her teeth in frustration. She could practically hear electricity crackling in her fist, she wanted to hit him so bad. She took a chance and swung at his leg full force. This time, though, he yelled in pain. EJ's eyes widened as she watched an electrical current go through him. She quickly stood up and looked down at her hands. Unclench; nothing. Clench; electrical currents running over her skin. She felt something hit the back of her ankles and she fell on her back, knocking the wind out of her; Slade had sweep-kicked her.

"Better," he said. "Again."

Damion had been trying to get Raven alone all afternoon. But so far, no luck. Just when he'd been about to get her to agree to a date with him, Beast Boy and her sister, Dove, had interrupted.

He was relieved when Dove said, "Beast Boy, Terra, come train with me! I wanna practice fighting against two opponents!"

That was the other issue; Terra. Damion hadn't expected her to be back in Jump City. She was supposed to be in Boston, studying archaeology with the help of the scholarship his father had given her. Granted that she was really only given the scholarship so that she'd be separated from Damion…

Damion shook his head. Now was not the time to think about that. The trio had left the room, and he was finally alone with Raven.

"About the café…" he began.

"What about it?" Raven asked, tilting her head.

"The invitation still stands; tomorrow night is both an open mic and a poetry slam. I really think you'd enjoy yourself."

Raven gave a small chuckle. "Do you now? Well, in that case, I suppose I'll have to join you, won't I?" she teased.

Damion smiled, which caused Raven to smile a little. "You'll be my date then?" he asked somewhat eagerly, but still sounding like his smooth self.

Raven smiled at him. "Sure… It's a date," she finally agreed.

Damion's smile grew. "Would you like me to pick you up, or would you like to meet there?"

Raven shook her head, still smiling. "I'll meet you there."

Damion stood and bowed. "Until then, milady." She rolled her eyes at him and walked him down to the front door of the Tower.

"See you then," she said, sounding like what he sincerely hoped was eager.

"C'mon, White! If we don't hurry, we won't make it to Titan Tower before dark!" a girl with brown hair that had blue tips called eagerly down the hill. Her friend, a young man with white hair and pale skin, looked up at her apologetically.

"I'm going as fast as I can, BR," he called to her.

'BR', whose real name was Blue Rose, jumped up and down impatiently. "It's gonna be dark soon, and we're not even in the city yet!"

White frowned at Blue Rose as he walked up to her. "I'm not as strong or fast as you; maybe you should go ahead and tell them we're coming."

Blue Rose shook her head. "No; we're partners, we travel together!" she insisted.

White smiled. He liked it when his best friend called them partners. It gave him a sense of belonging.