I didn't expect this to be finished so quickly . . . or at least it seemed quick. There might be about three chapters, at most. Most likely two. One being an epilogue. Who knows, I haven't decided yet. BUT THERE WILL BE NO SEQUEL TO THIS ONE! THIS IS IT! SORRY!

Enjoy!

Chapter 22
"Home"

The seven Titans fell out of the portal, groaning as they all managed to somehow fall on their chests, scattered across the rooftop.

Wait, rooftop?

The Titans were then relieved to find that they were home, back in Jump City and no longer . . . wherever those older 'Titans' had ended up. They hoped it was in Jump City though. The area had looked so clean and fresh it was a wonder their successors were needed at all. If they could get Jump City to be like that . . . well, one could hope.

"Ugh, does anyone else like, never want to hear the word 'time-travel' again?" Beast Boy groaned out, rolling onto his back as he rubbed his now sore head. Ella had conveniently forgotten to mention this side effect of her portal. It was actually quite painful.

His friends were all in similar conditions, each with at least one hand nursing their foreheads. It was almost funny to watch. Except none of them were in the mood to really laugh at the moment.

"Everyone in agreement say 'aye'," Cyborg mumbled, joking.

"Aye," they all groaned in response before the sun, to their amazement, shot up a huge green light, like when someone has hit a telephone pole. And that would've been their first thought of what the light was until they saw it open up and many images flash before their eyes. It was only visible to them but it shocked them at all the things that had happened over the past month or so. The light then disappeared, along with the flashes, leaving them all to pass out where they lay.

When the Titans awoke, they still found themselves on the roof of the tower, yet it was now dark. The only supplied light was that of the moon and a few of the floor lights they'd placed outside just in case. Although they often weren't changed. This was just a stroke of luck they had turned on and hadn't burned out.

They all sat up at the same time, with a groan. Raven, regaining her strength and lying next to Beast Boy, smacked him upside the head with as much strength as he could muster. He winced at this, but remembering the twenty-eighty odds, he did not question why she had done it. Just flinched and rubbed his now once again aching head. Although the rest of their bodies weren't exactly in top shape either.

"Alright . . . team," Robin said, pausing to push himself to his feet. He gritted his teeth at the sore feeling but was otherwise fine. "Let's . . . get inside."

Raven took one look at her struggling team before clenching her teeth and using half of her resolve to teleport her team safely inside. Immediately afterwords she got whiplash but made no objection to it. It was better then going down the stairs and into the rooms. She could deal with a little headache.

"Thanks, Raven," Jinx sighed, hoisting herself to her palms. She shook her head to clear off the haze and everyone managed to sit up, at least a little.

Beast Boy noticed Raven's much more difficult struggle. He inwardly debated for about two seconds. Why not push his luck of not getting maimed yet?

Raven felt a pair of hands under her arms, helping her gently to an upright position. She looked to see Beast Boy, watching her carefully to make sure she was not in pain. He smiled when she looked at him and reluctantly and to our changeling's surprise, she smiled back weakly.

"You okay?" He asked. She nodded and he left his hand on her back to support her if she ended up lying. But it turned out he was not needed in the end.

"Friends?" Both looked up to see Starfire, looking at Kid Flash who remained unmoving. "Is he alright?"

Jinx prodded him and he groaned. She then assured Starfire he was just being lazy and then had to explain what exactly 'lazy' was. Beast Boy then felt his strength regaining and decided to try his hand at standing. Soon enough they were all able to and stretched.

"Man, I'm going to bed." Cyborg said eventually, yawning.

Robin turned to Kid Flash and Jinx. "You two are welcome to stay in the extra rooms . . ."

Raven wasn't sure if he'd said anything else. The whiplash suddenly shot up, and her head went blank. Raven felt herself passing out, a feeling she was getting tired of. If she never did it again, it would be too soon. As everything began to fade, the voices continued.

"Friend Raven!"

"Yo, is she alright?"

"Raven?"

"Rae . . . ?"

Raven awoke to find herself in her room and realized she was surprised at this. Half of her expected to wake up in the hospital wing but upon sitting up (relieved the after affect seemed to have disappeared for the moment) something crumpled beside her. Raven turned her head and lifted her hand to find a wrinkled slip of paper that had fallen off her pillow. She picked it up.

Raven,
The guys wanted to put you in 'special watch' or whatever
but I convinced them you were just tired. So, if you wake up
and you feel like crap, you know who to blame . . . or well, I
hope you don't feel like crap but . . . alright well I hope you
feel better and don't have to go the med-room cause then I'll
feel bad but yeah. This is a bad message . . .
-Beast Boy

P.S.
I'm kind of waiting for you on the roof. You don't have to
go but there was something I wanted to talk to you about. It's
kind of important.

P.P.S.S or whatever
Feel better!

Raven snorted at the crudely drawn smiley face next to 'Feel better!' before frowning. What was so important Beast Boy just had to talk to her about? A part of her wanted to pretend she didn't feel well and not go but checking the clock too see it was just around noon, she sighed. Raven knew she'd feel guilty leaving him on the roof to fret. She could practically feel his awkwardness from the two stories that separated them.

Reluctantly, she rolled out of bed, placing the note back on her bed for some reason unknown to her.

Calling Beast Boy nervous was the understatement of the century. Calling him terrified was closer, but barely. He was sure you could feel the thickness of his fear in the air, making it harder to breathe and just making things worse. Finally, something inside of him just tranquilized him randomly. All his fear was gone with an entirely new scent, which he quietly inhaled to see what it was before freezing.

Oh geez. He felt like peeing his pants and thankfully did not.

"Beast Boy?"

The sound of the door opening had either gone unnoticed or she'd phased through the door. Probably the first, if she still wasn't in top shape. And he had to admit he was still feeling a little groggy himself. Turning to look over his shoulder he stared at Raven. He didn't mean to. His eyes just wouldn't shrink. Hoping he didn't look like a complete idiot, he managed a squeak before slapping his hand over his mouth and turning. There was a dead silence from behind him before her extremely quiet footsteps began heading towards him. Just as quiet she sat down, only the ruffling of her cloak broke the silence. The wind was warm on their skin.

"You wanted to talk?" She asked after a moment.

Beast Boy nodded. "Er, yeah . . ."

". . . About?" She pressed, turning to look at him.

Clearing his throat, he attempted to start the discussion. "About . . . us."

Raven stiffened. She regretted not staying in her room. "W-What do you mean 'us'?"

Sighing, Beast Boy realized this was going to be a lot harder then originally anticipated. And that was pretty difficult. "Raven, we can't pretend . . . well, we can but it'll permanently awkward forever that . . . that Ella doesn't exist in some time period. And well . . . over through out this whole thing . . . I don't know Raven, we've both changed. I just know it."

There was a long pause.

". . . So . . . what do we do?" Raven finally asked, looking up from her lap to look at him. Beast Boy was looking at the sky, unsure.

"You know, I really don't know." He replied.

Then, something seemed to click in Raven's head. Checking to see if anyone was near them and finding they were all fast asleep in their rooms she felt an odd feeling of triumph. Raven smirked and looked at him. He wasn't paying attention still and was unaware of the look. "Well . . . I do know one thing."

"What's that?" he asked, still too nervous to look at her.

Raven, seeing the two of them were about a foot apart and their hands just centimeters, allowed her pale hand movement. She let her fingers barely brush his and that got notice at once. He practically jumped and pulled and, although not moving his hand, Raven had. He stared at her. She shrugged, shyly, apologizing silently. Swallowing Beast Boy turned away again now that he knew it was an accident. Although something didn't feel right . . . but it didn't feel bad exactly, either.

"I know that I don't hate you." She replied. He looked at her, his brow rising.

"You don't?"

"Nope. I don't think I ever did." She said, now ignoring him with a smirk on her face. Beast Boy blinked, confused as he tried to shake off the image. Maybe Raven still wasn't feeling very well? "You know, I think I kind of opposite-hate you."

"Opposite-hate?" He repeated. That was not a Raven word. That was something he would say.

"Yes, that's what I said." Raven turned to him and got the satisfaction of feeling something within him heat up before being snuffed down by his fear at what was happening. It wasn't what she wanted but it wasn't far from it. Just a little more. Beast Boy's hands were on his knees now and Raven scooted closer. Beast Boy leaned backwards. They were now only half a foot apart. "Why, did you not understand?"

No. Way. Was. This. Happening. Beast Boy looked away, wondering if he was hallucinating. There was no way Raven would ever make herself do this. Not for anyone in the world and especially not for him, of all people. "I-I don't think I-."

Raven was suddenly right next to him as he turned his head and he nearly jumped back again. Raven was no longer looking at him but just the way the light was hitting her . . . did she have any idea how attractive she was looking right now?

"R-Raven?"

"Hmm?" She turned and looked at him, her head tilted down she was looking up at him from her eyelashes. It was curious, not flirtacious, but she might as well have been trying to be just that. Beast Boy gulped. "I-I guess I . . . opposite-hate you too."

Raven's eyes brightened and panicked at the same time. So she accomplished it. Now-?

Beast Boy's mouth lightly brushed hers and stayed there, barely touching for a few moments before pulling away. Both were blushing madly and had to turn their heads away from the other. All of Raven's confidence had gone with his actions and she was now uncomfortable.

"So . . . you like me?" Beast Boy finally said, turning back to his old self at once. Raven smiled, a smile only she could give before turning back to him and nodding.

"I like you very much, Beast Boy." She replied before they both leaned in again. But just as their mouths were about to touch, Raven felt his mouth turn up into a smirk. She pulled back at once, questioningly. "What?"

He smirked at her. "You know where this is going, don't you?"

Raven gave a disapproving look, but couldn't help but smile and blush shyly. She smacked him, giving off a satisfying thumping sound. But nonetheless he was laughing at her look and enjoying the coloration on her cheeks.

"Don't count on it. At least not for a long time, Beast Boy." She snapped, still blushing.

He laughed onwards. "Well duh Raven! Do you know what Robin would do to me if-?" The boy suddenly paled and shivered. "Ugh. Never mind." Raven gave off a rare laugh, which was short lived and quiet, but Beast Boy heard it anyways. "Did you just laugh?" Raven nodded and smacked him again. "Ow! What was that for?"

"For being a perv." She said. "All the times you will be, and have been while Ella was here. I let you get away with a lot you know," she said, turning her head towards him.

"Like what?" He demanded.

Her brow rose. "Remember a year ago? You had me pinned against a tree while Ella went off to get the others?"

Frowning, he crossed his arms. "Well . . . alright fine. You win."

"Get used to it."

"I-." Raven's lips pressed against his, interrupting him. They stayed like that before Raven pulled back, smirking at his dumbstruck expression. "Could get used to that." He finished.

Raven rolled her eyes. This was going to be a very . . . interesting rest of her life.

There will be an epilogue! You just gotta wait for it! I'm sorry this chapter took so long!