Trip to Hawaii

"Great," said Raven. "I'm in love with a green, pointy-eared, fanged moron." "Oh, come on," said Love. "I know you don't mean that." "If I do, I mean it in a very loving way," said Raven. "So how do you expect me to cope with the fact that I can't love?" Love just shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know," she said. "I really doubt that it'd be too much of a problem." Raven just glared at love with a look that could kill. "How can that not be too much of a PROBLEM?!" she screamed. Love backed up a little bit to get away from the crazy Raven. "If you calm down first, maybe I'll tell you," she said. Then Raven calmed down a little bit, but still looked like she could kill someone. "That's not calm, but it'll have to do," said Love. "Now, this whole 'love' situation isn't a first. You loved someone before you loved BB. Remember who he is? Wrapped in bandages, big black and purple dragon……any of this ringing a bell or do I have to smack you on the head to make you remember?"

"I remember who he is," said Raven. "I just make it a point to forget him." "Did anything blow up there?" asked Love. Raven knew Love had a point there. Whenever Raven felt affection for Malchior, nothing ever blew up. During his teachings with her, she developed feelings for him. That is until he revealed himself to be evil. Then Raven thought of something. "Wait, if I felt love before, how can you be considered a new emotion now?" she asked. "Let's just say I wasn't in full bloom to be considered a new emotion just yet," said Love. Then Raven spoke. "And me falling in love with Beast Boy was…" Love finished for Raven. "Just the extra boost I need to fully bloom into an emotion." Raven raised an eyebrow. "So are you an emotion or a flower?" she joked. Love just looked at her with a "shut up" look on her face. "Very funny," she said. Raven let out a little bit of a chuckle. "Sorry, I couldn't help it," she said. "You just keep talking about 'blooming' and things like that."

"Whatever," said Love. Raven decided it was time to leave the mirror. She left Love's area and searched around for Starfire, but she couldn't find her anywhere. She asked all of her emotions where Starfire was. Then she remembered that she left her over in Happy's area. One problem: neither Starfire nor Happy were there. "Darn it," she said. "Where is she?" There was only one place she hadn't checked, and that was the one place Raven feared Starfire might have gone. "Rage" she said.

As it turns out, Raven feared right. She looked around in horror as Rage's area was covered with…..flowers. "She didn't," said Raven. Then she spotted Starfire and Happy with armfuls of flowers and they tossed them all over Rage's area. Rage was angry already, but this just pushed her over the edge. "GET AWAY FROM HERE BEFORE I TEACH YOU TWO THE TRUE MEANING OF PAIN AND SUFFERING!!!!!!!" she screamed. "But, Angry Raven, your home looks much too dark and spooky," said Starfire. "Happy and I must put these flowers in to make it more presentable for company."

"I DON'T WANT ANY COMPANY!!! WHY DO YOU THINK IT LOOKS DARK AND SPOOKY?!!! IT KEEPS EVERYONE AWAY FROM ME!!!! AND SINCE YOU'RE NOT LEAVING ME ALONE, I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU LEAVE!!!" Then Raven stepped in. "That won't be necessary Rage," she said. She grabbed Starfire and Happy and left Rage's area with them. When they finally got to an unactivated portal to take them back, she turned to Happy and Starfire. "Next time, I'm not letting you two near each other," she said. "Let's go Starfire." Starfire waved good-bye to Happy, and Happy waved back. Raven and Starfire walked towards the portal. Raven stretched her arm out. "Hold onto me Starfire," she said. Starfire did as she was told and grabbed Raven's other arm. Raven focused on opening the portal and said, "Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!!!"

The portal was activated and Raven and Starfire were sucked into the portal and sent back to the hotel room. "So did you get the information you desired Raven?" asked Starfire. Raven was hesitant at first to tell Starfire what she discovered. "You're in love with Beast Boy, aren't you?" asked Starfire. Raven just looked at Starfire with a depressed look. "Yes," she said. "I am." Starfire jumped for joy. "Friend Raven, this is something you should be happy about, not depressed!" she screamed in excitement. "I'm just concerned," said Raven. Starfire stopped jumping and put on a serious face. "Concerned about what?" asked Starfire.

"I'm just worried," said Raven. "What if my emotions go berserk? What if I try to love him and I end up hurting him with my powers? Or worse?" Starfire put on Raven's shoulder. "Love is nothing to be worried about, Raven. Love is pure. Love has no evil. It's in no way a destructive force." Then Raven's eyes started to shed some tears. "There's one other problem," she said. "What if he doesn't love me back?" Then Starfire spoke again. "Raven, I don't mean to sound rude, but you have the intelligence of a flopgorn if you think that Friend Beast Boy doesn't love you back." Raven looked at Starfre with a confused look. "I'm going to guess that means you're calling me stupid," she said. "In a way," said Starfre.

Then there was a knock on the door. "Starfire, are you in there?" It was Robin. "Yes, Robin," she answered. "Raven and I were just talking." On the outside, Beast Boy started to use his key to open the door, until he stopped. "Is it safe to come in?" he asked. "Yes, Beast Boy," said Raven. "What, do you think we're changing or something?" "I just want to be sure," said Beast Boy. He unlocked the door and opened it. "Where were you two?" asked Raven. Beast Boy hesitated at first. He didn't want to let her know about his and Robin's conversation earlier. "Uh, just went out for a cup of coffee," he said. "Oh," said Raven. "Well, I think it's time for all of us to get to sleep," said Robin. "Come on Starfire. Goodnight BB. Goodnight Raven." Robin and Starfire left the room.

Beast Boy walked over to his bed, got under his covers and lay down. "Goodnight Raven," he said. "Goodnight Beast Boy," said Raven. Then they both fell asleep.

Here it is. Ch. 15. As you can see, I had a little more time on my hands this week. For anyone who likes the movie Over the Hedge, I just posted a fic for it called Over the Hedge: Vincent's Return. Check it out. I hope this chapter was good. I wouldn't want to disappoint the readers who take some of their precious time to read this. Thank you, all of you for doing so.