I don't own Teen Titans; otherwise you wouldn't be reading this fan-fic right now…

I think that's about it actually, bring on chapter 2!!!!!!!!… no I'm not actually that excited either. Please review, love or hate. But not too much hate, just a good, constructive amount…

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Sitting down at the table, Beast Boy was finishing off the tofu salad he ate quickly, having a small food fight with a few waffles, and watching some stupid show for twelve year old girls that Starfire turned on. Called Hannah Montana or something.

It was somewhere in between the waffle to his face and someone in the show tripping that Raven walked out of the hallway into the kitchen and living room area. Beast Boy realized the image was coming back into his head as he watched her move so he quickly turned away and buried his head in his tofu. He had decided to maybe apologize. He always tried to be nice, even though he didn't think it got him anywhere. It couldn't hurt anyway. But he'd do it later. It wouldn't be hard to be alone for a few minutes.

She glanced at Beast Boy, but then turned her attention to the book she was reading. It was a paperback with an all black cover. It looked like another one of those gothic novels she was always reading. She said hello's to everyone, and actually smiled a small bit at Beast Boy, though it looked more like a smirk with her lack of experience. Everyone went back to his or her routine, talking, eating, or in Starfire's case watching some girl on TV. Raven still on his mind, he had to try hard to block out the images of her dancing around in her underwear that started to form. He REALLY didn't want her to accidentally see that. Of course, he wasn't sure if he should make a big deal about it, since it WAS only underwear. It was really just that he cared a lot about what she thought of him, even though most of the time she seemed withdrawn or slightly put off. He always loved when he could make her smile.

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Raven walked into the kitchen and saw Beast Boy look away quickly after Cyborg hit him with a waffle. She almost forgot that she shouldn't smile. Over time, after going through all they had, she had been slowly growing fonder of the little green guy. Now that he was 16, 17 in a few months, he was a bit taller than before, a little less stunted looking, and slightly more muscular, but she thought of him the same as always. His hair and face were even mostly the same. Though they didn't always hit it off well, the only person she got along with better than was Robin. He was like and older brother to her. Beast Boy managed to make her smile, and that was a rare feat. They could actually, on some occasions, have a conversation.

She sat down next to Cyborg, who was busy with his ham, eggs, and waffles he had been throwing at Beast Boy. Robin was at the other end across from Cyborg reading the newspaper and drinking coffee. Didn't seem like he was paying much attention, but said 'good morning' and asked how she was. Cyborg muttered something through his food. She didn't understand it, but assumed it was friendly. She called over to Starfire on the couch, who didn't look but waved while keeping her eyes glued to the television. Raven had no idea how Starfire could stand that horrible show. She then looked to Beast Boy across from her, and actually without trying smiled a bit, but then stopped herself. That was too much happiness displayed already this morning. Besides, she could tell something was already bothering him, no doubt what. She pulled out her book and started reading. It was, for a change, a romance novel, but she colored the cover black with a marker so no one else would notice and ask questions. Raven couldn't pin point why she bought it, but it seemed like she could identify with the characters.

After they had all finished eating, and Hannah Montana finally ended, Robin stood up.

"Okay team, today's hopefully going to be slow. It would be nice to not have anything happen, but we can't guarantee that. You all have your communicators with you, right?"

A dull murmur of yes responded to him. He tried to sound too official sometimes.

"Okay, well, just in case, we need two people to stay at the tower. Since that big parade is today in town, we need to be prepared. Since it's nearing on Christmas, I don't see anyone starting anything, but it happens."

Cyborg said something about going into town to visit some mechanics. Starfire was going to go shopping, and Robin himself was going to go visit a friend in a neighboring town called Gotham. Since Raven and Beast Boy didn't have plans, they both volunteered to stick around and notify the others if anything happened. Soon, they were the only two left. They were sitting around on the couch watching the beginning of Blair Witch II.

"Wow, that doesn't look fake at all," Raven commented.

Beast Boy, who was currently cringing and hiding under a pillow, said "Y-y-eeaa-a, its, really, uhm, f-fake looking. Mhm."

Raven noticed that, though it might have been the movie, every time she looked at him it seemed like he got nervous or was trying to shake it off. When she saw a flash of his subconscious, she decided to ask.

"So, Beast Boy, something on your mind, or is the fake gore making you jittery?"

"Actually, yea. It's just –EW, please turn that off for a minute!"

Raven decided to actually smile and oblige. Thinking back, she realized that she wasn't always very nice to Beast Boy. She didn't have anything against him, just that he sometimes could be a bit annoying, but he was growing on her. Especially after that bout with Adonis, then with Terra and Slade, and finally even her father, Trigon. She was even going to look up from her book.

After Beast Boy's initial moment of shock from the display of emotion, he remembered what he was going to say, if only he could find the words. Which was hard when Raven was giving you a slightly put off 'death stare.'

"Yea, I actually wanted to apologize for the whole pa- I mean underwear-ish, hallway, thing."

"For what? It wasn't your fault." Raven looked back to her book. "You aren't the one that forgot to put clothes on."

"Yea, but, I didn't have to look…"

"Uhm, Beast Boy, I'm forgiving you. Are you really going to argue?"

"Right, sorry," he finished with a Cheshire cat grin. (I'm not kidding, he turned into the Cheshire cat…. Yea, I made a bad joke, sue me).

"Well, now that's cleared up, I'm going to take a shower. Are you going to stay here by the monitor?" Raven decided to not sound to warm, she felt a surge of energy coming on, and needed to calm herself. She really had lost control this morning.

"Yea, okay, I'll stay and put on something that isn't disgusting," he said with a smile.

As she walked down the hall to the bathroom, she put on a bit of a smirk, but kept no emotion into it. She didn't understand what was happening today. Maybe this morning had thrown her, she didn't finish meditating. A shower would help. She forgot to get her book; she had left it on the table, but decided nothing would happen. Its not like Beast Boy would read it and find out what it really was. Raven wasn't even sure he could read. She stepped into the bathroom, took her clothes off, made sure to put them somewhere she would SEE them, and put on a bathrobe. As she waited for the water to warm up, she decided to not let what had happened phase her. She didn't want another incident like Halloween a few years back, even though after it was over the others asked her to do it again.

From outside the curtains, she started to feel steam, so she dropped the robe, opened the curtains, and stepped inside. She let it go too long, it hurt at first, but then it felt good. The heat and steam seemed to help calm her subconscious more than any meditation or spell. It had been a long time since he had heard her fathers voice whispering commands to her, and she wished to keep it that way. She usually used her own Zen shampoo from the metaphysical store, but she thought Starfire's rosebud spelled nice. There seemed to be a black hair by it. Raven didn't give it a second thought, since hairs fall out occasionally. Her last, meaningless thought was on the charm she placed on her book, before her mind began to go blank.

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Beast Boy was flipping between Friends and Drake and Josh. Usually, Cyborg controlled the remote at all times, since his arm was one too, so it was nice to be able to do it on his own. The show couldn't keep his attention; it kept going to Raven's book. He was annoying curious about what she was reading, and decided a quick peak wouldn't hurt. He just had to be careful to not leave a mental signature on it, and not lose her bookmark. He expected something dark, from the black cover, but then opened it and was utterly surprised (if he knew what utterly meant) when he saw that it was romance about two people that met at a poetry reading. After a few seconds, he realized that something began to feel strange, like a shadow was moving towards him.

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Mhm, that's chapter two. After the underwear thing in the first chapter, don't expect an end of lowbrow humor. Please review!!!