I am back with a bang! BANG! See? There was the bang…*cough* Anyway, I hereby give you the next chapter.

I do not own Teen Titans. Yeah, my therapist says I'll get over that someday. I don't believe her.

Chapter Nine: Attack of the …Fan Girls?

Beth sighed in relief. She had gotten to the restaurant in time (barely), explained that everything was a sick accident (barely), and kept Raven from killing Beast Boy (barely). All in all, Beth had saved the Titans. What would the world do without her?

Beth looked around at the shell shocked dining room and chuckled to herself. These people were so crazy. They could barely get their minds around their salads, let alone the fact that two superheroes had just about had a fight to the death before them.

These people needed a life.

"Excuse me, ma'am, but are you Elizabeth Annette Hayes?"

Beth flinched at her whole name and turned to see a very official looking officer standing stiffly. He was accompanied by another officer that looked more like he belonged in a clown suit, not a uniform.

"Actually, I go by 'Beth". Now what do you want, Buddy?" she said bluntly.

The first officer looked appalled by being addressed to in such a manner, but the second one seemed pleased.

"I like her! She's got sass!" he shouted so half the room swiveled their heads. The first officer slapped his forehead.

"My name is Officer Donavon, Marian Donovan-"

"Marian…?"

"- and this is my partner, Officer Cheswick -"

"But you can call me Bernie!"

"- and we're here because we have been informed that an individual by the name of Elizabeth Annette -"

Beth flinched.

"- was caught threatening and disrupting the peace and, worst of all, cutting in line! That would be you."

Beth put her hand on her hip and gave Donavon The Look. "Donny (I am not going to bother asking because I'm going to call you 'Donny' whether you like it or not.), I was on a mission to save a life. Now, how about you scurry on home to your room in the basement and have your mommy fix you a snack. I have places to be."

Bernie burst out laughing. "Old Marian can't do that! His mommy doesn't know how to cook!"

Beth raised an eyebrow and inwardly shuddered. Officer Donavon, on the other hand, was turning an impressive red. "Ma'am, I am forced to take you into custody until -"

"Donny, I am forced to tell you that you need to stop letting your mommy dress you," Beth interrupted with a smirk.

Bernie slapped his knee and started laughing even harder. "I told you, Donny, I told you! You can't let your mommy pick out your clothes after you turn forty!"

Beth had no idea a human face could turn that shade of purple.

"Ma'am!" Officer Donavon sputtered. "You will be taken into a holding center until-!"

Beth figured now would be a good time to remove herself from the scene. "Well, it was nice talking to you, but…later!"

Beth was out the door and down the street before Officer Donavon could even take out his radio to call for backup.

Bernie hadn't even stopped laughing.

BB/Rae

Beast Boy nervously reached for Raven's hand. He knew he had just escaped a painful death and probably wasn't on the best of terms with his date at the moment, but common sense had never been his thing.

Raven looked startled as a warm gloved hand found her cool one. "Beast Boy…"

"Yeah, Rae?"

"…don't call me 'Rae'."

"Okay, Raven," he said cheerfully.

The two walked together across the fresh green grass of the park. It was so peaceful. Rosy tendrils were rising from the sun and flicking out to the soft orange and yellow sky.

Beast Boy led Raven to the edge of the park where a line of trees acted as a wall. Raven trustingly followed him until she saw what the trees were hiding.

"It's a creek."

"Yeah," Beast Boy answered. "I found it one time when I was flying as a bird over here. Some kid knocked me in the head with a Frisbee, and I took a nose dive for the water."

"You said that you had flown through a cloud."

Beast Boy shrugged. "I thought I'd save this place for a special occasion."

Raven felt a blush color her face. Did he consider this a special occasion? This time he was spending with her, he thought it was special? Raven searched herself for a reaction, a feeling in response for this realization. But there was none, just a warm sensation she didn't quite have a name for.

I'm happy, she thought, finally realizing it herself. I'm actually enjoying myself. The newfound knowledge shocked her so badly that a distant rock on the creek bed exploded.

"Raven, do you want to sit here?"

Raven, so caught up in her thoughts, didn't realize that her companion had sat down at the edge of the creek. She mimicked him.

Beast Boy let a small smile rise on his face. He had done it. He had created the perfect romantic moment. He and his date were sitting on the grass gazing at a beautiful sunset and listening to the trickle of a bubbling creek. Perfect.

Beast Boy scooted a little closer to the beautiful sorceress. "You know, Rae? I think your really pretty. And you definitely know how to kick some bad guy butt."

This is thought of as a compliment in the superhero world.

Raven didn't know what to do. Part of her wanted to run away to a different dimension and then blast Beast Boy through a wall for good measure. But part of her wanted to lean a little closer…a little closer…closer….

Beast Boy could now smell her scent, a soft violet lavender. It was intoxicating. There was no other place he would rather be right now…not even beating Cyborg at Mega Monkeys 9.

The two leaned closer and closer and…

But, of course, it couldn't last.

Because this is Beast Boy and Raven we're talking about.

"OMG! It's Beast Boy! And some other girl. But BEAST BOY!"

Raven never saw it coming. A wave, no, a hurricane of people stampeded past her in a rush of screams and plowing feet. She looked and saw the people, she now noticed that they were all teenage girls, pick up her date and cart him off.

Beast Boy thrashed his limbs desperately and shouted at the top of his lungs. "Help me! Help! It's attack of the fan girls! They're going to rip me open and boil me alive! Help me! Agggghhhhh - oof!"

One of the girls stuffed what looked to be a sparkly scarf in poor Beast Boy's mouth.

Raven stared dumbstruck as her date was carried out of sight by vicious crazy mental hospital escapee fan girls. That is not something you do everyday.

Raven sighed. Why did these things always happen to her? She gave a last wistful look to the romantic spot where she had shared a…moment, and then flew off to go save her date from debatably cannibalistic fan girls.

BB/Rae

"Man, did you just see that?"

"Yeah, and I wish I didn't."

"Oh my! Our friend has been taken by carnivorous Earth girls who wish to harm him!"

Cyborg turned to Star and tried to give her a reassuring smile. It might have worked better if the human half of his face wasn't ghostly pale. "Don't worry, Star. Raven will kick their butts and save Beast Boy."

Robin shook his head disbelievingly like he was still trying to come to terms with what just happened. "Beast Boy was just carried off by savage fan girls," he said as if in a trance.

Cyborg nodded as Starfire tried to keep from weeping.

Cy gazed off in the direction they disappeared in. "Maybe we should help…you know, just in case Raven can't handle them."

"Cy," Robin answered. "Raven has taken down a lot of criminals on her own and even brought down Trigon the Terrible, the most feared demon in the universe…yeah, you're right. She's going to need backup."

BB/Rae

Beth skidded to a stop and leaned against the side of a store, panting heavily. Dumb and Dumber had been chasing her for twenty blocks. What was their problem?

"Hey, kid! Come back!" came Officer Donavon's distant pleading shout.

Beth breathed heavily and tried to think of where to go from here. She could try to blend in with the citizens. That might work. Or she could keep running until she lost them. Nah. She could always give in. That was a big N-O. Maybe she could hide out somewhere. But where…?

"I've got you now!" Mr. Too-Big-For-His-Britches smirked triumphantly and he motioned to the at least fifty officers behind him. "There is no point in running. You are outnumbered."

Beth's thoughts raced. This did not look good. She backed slowly in the alley between two stores until her back hit a wooden wall. An idea popped into her mind as she surveyed the huge dumpster place oh so strategically.

"You know, Donny, I'd love to hang around with you and your losers, but I've got other things to do. See ya!"

Beth jumped on to the dumpster and then took the easy leap over the wooden fence. She hit the ground running, but that didn't stop the officers from hearing her last yell.

"Get a life! Or a girlfriend!"

Officer Donavon gritted his teeth furiously. "I want every officer in the city out patrolling for that girl," he commanded his crew.

Bernie simply stared at the wall, looking bemused. "I like her. She's got sass."

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