Christmastime! BBRae, like I promised!

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Tinsel and popcorn strings lay everywhere around the Ops center. Strings of lights tied themselves in knots, randomly blinking on and off as they were tested. Spheres of every color, shape, and size were scattered across the room, half of them broken, and the other half about to receive the same fate. Plastic reindeers and snowmen with strings sticking out of their heads were scrambled i boxes and boxes around the room. Sparkly glass snowflakes, only to be touched by Raven, were in a neat pile near the couch. A golden, light-up star was lost somewhere in the clutter, among the ornamental angels and presents and who knows what else. In the middle of all the mess stood a gigantic Christmas tree.

It was Christmastime in Jump City, and the Titans were having a hard time decorating.

"Move it a little to the left, Raven, it blocks the T.V. from here," Cyborg instructed.

"No, it blacks the T.V. from here, too!" called Beast Boy, glancing up for only a second from his very important occupation of making weird faces at the reflection of himself he could see in the ornaments.

Robin scratched the back of his head. "I think we need a smaller T.V."

"Agreed," mumbled Starfire in exasperation.

Finally, the Titans decided on a spot way in the corner, where only a little bit of the T.V. would be blocked. The entire back side of the tree would have to be left bare, since no one would see that anyway. In honor of her first Christmas ever, Starfire placed the first ornament on the tree. The rest of the Titans soon followed suit, and in no time, the front and two sides of the tree were loaded with Santa Clauses and penguins and sleighs and candles and fake snow. "There's no space for the rest of the stuff," Robin declared. "Let's just put on the tinsel, lights, and popcorn and be done with it."

"Be done with it?" Beast Boy asked incredulously. "You forgot the most important thing of all!"

"What may that be, friend?" Starfire inquired.

"We have to put the star on top of the tree, duh!"

Starfire was very hesitant in replying. "I apologize for ruining tradition, friends, but I would much rather not sit on the tree until Christmas arrives." And then, of course, Robin had to launch into a half hour lecture about what Beast Boy really meant, and why they did it, and where the tradition originated from, yadda, yadda, yadda. Starfire listened attentively, but the rest of the Titans were soon bored. Raven set up the remaining items, and Beast Boy begged to put the star on.

He climbed the ladder, reached to put it on top...

The ladder wobbled...

The star was set...

The ladder fell on to the tree with an almighty BOOM!

Ornaments flew everywhere. The fake snow covered the five Titans from head to toe, and then the tinsel was added. It was snowing Christmas characters, or rather, hailing. Poor Rudolph and Santa and Frosty...

"Beast Boy. Is never. Helping. Again," Raven growled. No one argued.

"Raven! Hey, Raven!" Beast Boy called frantically. "Come here, quick! It's URGENT!" Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg turned their heads interestedly, but Raven did not seem to care all that much.

"Can you not firgure out how to open the bathroom door again, Beast Boy?" the empath asked dryly. Beast Boy pouted.

"No. I know very well that you have to turn the knob the other way. Just get over here, please? It's really, really, really, really important!" Sighing, Raven got up from her place on the couch and walked over, glaring at the anxious changeling.

"What?"

"Hold this." He handed her the end of an electrical plug that was supposed to go in the socket, and picked up the other end, which was connected to the huge, light-up star that was supposed to be on top of the Titans's Christmas tree. Key word there: supposed. Beast Boy would never leave anything in it's actual place. Surprisingly, though, he transformed into a giraffe and placed the star on the top carefully, and then morphed back to his human form. "You ready?"

"For what--" She was cut off by Beast Boy's lips on hers. Her eyes widening and a blush spreading across her cheeks, she gripped the plug so hard, she was sure it would burst. Her emotions were totally out of control, but strangely, nothing blew up. Beast Boy pulled away, glanced at the Christmas tree, and grinned broadly.

"You reek-a! I did it! Presenting...the Raven-powered Christmas star!" Raven pulled her hood over her head quickly, so Beast Boy wouldn't see her very red face. Her emotions crowded her mind, begging to be heard about what they thought of this, but Raven forced herself to look where Beast Boy was pointing. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Robin and Cyborg doubled over in laughter, but her hearing was dulled.

The golden star on top of the Christmas tree was now glowing black, as the energy flowed from Raven's hand. She realized what he had had in mind since the beginning, and dropped the plug before she broke it. "You kissed me so you could try an experiment?" she asked furiously. Beast Boy's smile faded, and he was now throughly terrified.

"When you say it that way, it sounds so--" At the look Raven was giving him, he took off running. Robin wiped tears of mirth out from under his mask.

"That was good. Although I have to admit, it was pretty smart of Beast Boy to use Raven as a power source...though the kissing thing wasn't the best way to go." Cyborg grinned evilly and picked the star off the top of the Christmas tree, handing it to a very confused Robin.

"Oh, Starfirrrrre..." Robin took off running, too.

Ech, not that great, but I tried...