It was time for the first Titans to begin cleaning out their rooms and begin their new chapter in life.
Raven, packing the last of her bags,levitated everything through the floor to the garage where Beast Boy had his rented U-Haul waiting.
"Alright, Rave. Is that everything of yours?" She nodded, staying very quiet. Beast Boy caught on.
"Hey," he softly approached, going in for a gentle hug, "It'll be okay."
She returned the hug, but held him like he was leaving her too.
"Come on," he spoke in her ear, "We'll go back to the place, get you settled in, and go grab dinner wherever you want. And then maybe get a movie to watch tonight. It'll be just like old times here. How does that sound?"
"I suppose," she moved away wiping under her eyes, stopping the tear that was about to fall.
Starfire came out of the blue full on crying and hugging every member.
"I will miss you all so much!"
"Star," Cyborg spoke up, "I may be made of metal, but you're still crushing me."
"I'm sorry," she sobbed.
"Don't be sad, Star," Beast Boy walked over to her, "We'll all meet up again soon. Promise."
"Well, I hate Goodbyes," Cyborg turned to his best friend, "Don't be a stranger."
The two hugged one last time, along with Robin.
Starfire latched onto Raven before she could get away.
"Bye, Star," Raven gasped for air.
"Alright, Starfire," her boyfriend eased her off of Raven, "It's time to go."
Raven took a deep breath of the air she thought she would never get to breathe again. Gar walked up behind her, placing his hand on the small of her back.
"You ready?"
"Yeah, I guess," she replied. Everyone got in their vehicles and departed the tower for the last time, the New Titans waving them off.
"So how long of a drive did you say it was?" Raven asked.
Gar shrugged, "Just about an hour, nothing horrendous."
"Okay."
"Have you thought about where you want to eat tonight, Raven?"
"I don't know, I'm not very hungry today," she replied.
"It's okay. We can order take-out or if you do get hungry, we can go somewhere. There's just no food whatsoever in the house right now," he chuckled. She grinned.
"I promise, Raven, everything will be okay."
Time passed and the two of them had arrived to Gar's old home. Raven stared at it in awe.
"This has to be bigger than the tower," she gazed.
"Actually, it's 200 square feet smaller than the tower."
Raven cocked an eyebrow.
"But not that it matters," he chuckled.
Beast Boy helped her unpack all of her things from the U-Haul and into the giant guest bedroom. It had everything in there. A walk-in closet so big, it could fit a smaller bedroom. The bathroom was gorgeous with marble and glass everywhere and even a jacuzzi bath tub adjacent to the walk-in shower.
Raven could not believe that this was her room.
"Gar, this is… It's too much."
"Nonsense!" He placed her bags by the foot of the bed.
"Oh, and you don't have to ever worry about cleaning anything. I have a housekeeper who is very sweet and loyal. So everything is sparkling and ready for you. Clean sheets and all."
The feeling of guilt washed on her and Beast Boy could tell.
"Raven," she turned to him with tears collecting in her eyes.
He chuckled and wrapped his arms around her tight.
"You're helping me as much as I'm helping you."
They stood in the more-than-friendly embrace for a moment, both soaking in the other's company.
He rubbed her back and stepped away.
"I'm going to take the U-Haul back to the closet rental place. You wanna go or you want to hang here for a bit?"
She thought for a moment, "I'll just stay here and get a start on unpacking."
"Alright, well I will leave you to it and I'll be back shortly," he smiled as he left and shut the door behind him.
Raven took a deep breath and gazed around the room.
I don't even know where to begin, she thought as she looked down to her bags and boxes.
