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"What!?" Beast Boy shrieked as his teammates stared at the geomancer in total shock.

"You heard the lady, she's with me!" Spivak said smugly.

Terra snarled at her husband.

"I already told you John, I'm done with you! We're through!"

"Well I have a piece of paper that says we're still married." He crowed as Robin hand cuffed him. At that moment a squad car pulled up and Capt. Watanabe emerged from the driver's seat.

"We already caught him Steve." Robin reported in a professional tone.

Spivak sneered at the police captain. "You don't have a jail cell that can hold me."

"He's right Robin." Cyborg interjected.

"Steve, how about we keep him in the Tower for now?"

"You want to bring him to the Tower? I've been trying to get away from him!" Terra complained.

"Terra, what the hell is going on?" Beast Boy growled at his adulterous mate. Or was she his mate still? He wasn't sure anymore.

"Friends!" Starfire interrupted. "We must not expose the soiled laundry in public!"

"Starfire's right." Raven replied in her monotone. "We should head back to the Tower before discussing this any further."

Terra glared at Raven. "You think he's yours now, don't you?"

Raven calmly replied. "Whatever Gar chooses to do will be his decision."

Terra snorted back at her as Robin and Spivak boarded the police car for the ride back to the Tower.

Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy and Terra were waiting in the common room while Cyborg and Robin locked Spivak up in the safe room they had originally built to protect Raven from her father. There was a small bed and a portable toilet in the room.

"Don't try anything clever." Robin barked at the prisoner. "We'll be back later to deal with you."

Spivak snarled at them. "Tell the green idiot to keep his hands off my wife."

Robin chuckled as he and Cyborg walked back to the common room.

"Wait until he finds out that Beast Boy's done more than lay a hand on Terra."

"It ain't gonna be pretty." The tin man snickered.

Robin's demeanor changed to angry.

"Speaking of which, Terra's in deep shit as far as I'm concerned."

It was still midmorning but it felt much later than that to the Titans. Terra paced nervously in the kitchen while the other three sat silently on the crescent shaped couch. The tension was thick in the air as they waited for the two boys to return. Beast Boy was visibly agitated and Starfire did her best to soothe and console him. Raven sat next to him silently while holding his left hand with her weakened right hand. The trio almost leaped off the couch as the doors slid open, revealing a very angry Robin and Cyborg.

"Care to explain yourself Terra!" Robin snarled.

Terra stared sadly at the floor.

"I don't know where to begin." She mumbled.

"How about you tell us who this nut job is and why you're married to him." Beast Boy said angrily. Raven squeezed his hand and he calmed down somewhat.

Terra stared at the people she considered her friends, realizing that she had once again failed them.

"I met John after I was freed from the stone. I now know that was when Raven defeated her father and everyone was turned back into flesh and blood. John happened to be in the cave when Trigon turned everyone into stone and was standing in front of me when we became alive again."

"Don't stop." Beast Boy admonished her.

"John and I fled the cave together. John has a lot of money and he bought a house here in Jump City. He invited me to stay with him while I attended Murakami High School. After a month I fell in love with him."

"Terra, why didn't you come back to us then?" Beast Boy asked her.

"I couldn't BB. I was ashamed of what I had done to you and to all the Titans. So I latched onto John instead. We became lovers while I was in school…"

"How old is this bastard?" Cyborg interrupted her.

Terra sighed. "He was 23 and I was still 16. You don't have to tell me Cyborg, I know it was statutory rape. That's why when you found me BB I pretended to not know you."

"Why didn't you just tell me the truth Terra? It would have been easier for both of us."

"I know BB, and I'm sorry. Anyway, when I turned 18 last year he asked me to marry him."

"You sure know how to pick the winners Terra." Raven taunted the geomancer in her monotone. Terra glared at her before continuing.

"So I accepted his offer and married him, and that's when everything began to change. He changed overnight. He used to be sweet and romantic but became mean and abusive. He became obsessive and wanted to know everything I was doing and control everything I did. I was still a senior in high school and he wouldn't even let me hang out with my friends."

"After two months he became violent with me. He didn't know about my powers and I used them to fight back. I attacked him with the granite countertop in our kitchen and that's when I found out about his powers. I was able to knock him out and escape. That was eight months ago."

"So Terra, when were you planning on telling me about this?" Beast Boy frowned at her. "Or were you just having too much fun dragging me into an adulterous relationship."

"BB, I was going to tell you just before the alarm went off. You have to believe me."

"So why didn't you divorce him Terra?" Robin asked.

"Because I didn't want him to find me, and he would have using the the court records. The whole fighting at school was a ruse. I wanted him to think that I was running away from them and not him. I left clues that I was in the canyon lands but I was planning on running even further away. Then that poacher shot you BB, and you know the rest. You have to believe me BB, don't you?"

Beast Boy looked pensive for a few moments.

"I believe you Terra."

Raven was flabbergasted and opened a telepathic link to Beast Boy.

You can't be serious Gar! She's a compulsive liar.

Beast Boy ignored Raven's mental intrusion.

"Oh BB! I knew you'd understand. I'll get an uncontested divorce as soon as I can and then we can get married and …"

Beast Boy held up a hand to silence her.

"I'm sorry Terra, but that's not going to happen."

Terra's face fell.

"BB, what are you talking about?"

Beast Boy sighed and addressed his whole team.

"As you all know I grew up in a small village in western Africa. I got my moral code from the villagers and I still follow it. One part of that code is that one picks a mate for life. We can't be mates or be married Terra, because you already have a mate, and divorcing him changes nothing. I'm sorry, I can't marry you Terra."

Raven's heart did a triple somersault, which did not go unnoticed by Starfire.

"BB, you can't be serious!" The geomancer wailed.

"I'm very serious. And to make matters worse you dishonored me by tricking me into committing adultery with you."

"So you're saying there's nothing I can do?" Terra sobbed.

"Actually, there is." Cyborg interrupted. "You could get an annulment."

Raven glared at the tin man.

"A what?" Terra asked.

"It's a legal declaration that your marriage is null and void. It means you were never married to begin with."

Terra looked hopeful. "How do I get one of those?" She asked.

Cyborg shrugged. "Go talk to a lawyer I suppose."

Terra beamed at Beast Boy. "You see BB, everything will be fine."

The changeling sighed. "Maybe, but until then we aren't mates anymore Terra. Actually, we never were mates…"

Terra gave him a desperate look.

"… and I'm moving back into my room."

"But BB…"

"I'm sorry Terra, that's the way it has to be."

Raven gave Beast Boy's hand the tightest squeeze her disabled hand could muster.

Thanks for not saying 'I told you so'. He finally replied over their telepathic link.

Do I even need to? I think you've already taken care of that yourself.

I suppose you're right. Wanna go have lunch with me? I need to get out of here.

Sure.

Beast Boy was busy hanging his clothes back in his closet in his room when there was a loud rapping on his door.

"Terra, there's nothing to discuss. You already have a husband." He shouted as he opened his door. Much to his surprise it was Starfire.

"Friend, may I come in?"

Beast Boy gestured her to come in with a gallant motion.

"Mi casa es su casa!" He welcomed her.

"Huh? Oh you are speaking in Spanish. It is interesting how there are so many languages on Earth, unlike my home world of Tamaran…"

"What's up Star?" He asked her as resumed hanging his clothes. Terra had begged him not to move out of her room, but he told her that he had to do just that.

"Oh yes, I come to speak with you about Raven."

The green teen stopped hanging his clothes.

"What do you mean Star?"

The princess crossed her arms. "You know what I mean."

The changeling sat down on his lower bunk.

"Star, Raven deserves better than a guy on the rebound."

Starfire frowned.

"Do you not love her? And not as a friend like me, but as a woman?"

Beast Boy sighed.

"Yes, I do. You know that I do."

"Then what is the problem? Why are you not a couple? I do not understand."

"It's not that simple Star."

"I do not understand. Is there something wrong with Raven?"

"There's nothing wrong with her Star."

"Would you please explain, for I am confused? You say that you love Raven, but you cannot be her mate. Why? She would be so happy if you chose her to be your mate. She would accept your offer, so do not fear the rejection."

"Star, I need to get over Terra first. It would be wrong for me to ask Raven now; it would be saying that she was my second choice."

"No friend, not the second choice, she would be the correct choice. And if you do you not make with the haste you might lose her forever."

"What are you talking about? Lose her? How?"

The princess shook her head in disapproval.

"Friend, you can be so stupid sometimes."

"Now wait a minute Star, I struggled to get Raven to stop calling me stupid. Now you're going to start doing that?"

Starfire poked repeatedly him in the chest with her right index finger. It hurt. A lot.

"Yes I will, because you deserve it. Do you think she is going to wait for you forever? Has it not occurred to you that maybe she might return to Azarath, heartbroken and live the rest of her days in the monastery?"

Beast Boy looked shocked.

"She told you that?" He asked incredulously.

"She did not have to, but I have 'read between the lines' as you Earthlings would say. The pain of your rejection is too much for her to bear. She cannot last much longer, of that I am certain."

Beast Boy began to feel wave after wave of panic course through his body.

"But Raven can't leave…" He whimpered.

"Why not?" Starfire harrumphed.

Beast Boy remained silent for almost a minute before finally replying.

"Because I need her in my life."

The Tamaranian picked him up by his shirt collar and led him to his door, shoving him out into the hallway. He fell to the ground.

"Good, now go tell her that."

Beast Boy stared at his teammate, whose eyes were glowing green.

"Ok, I'll do it." He said as he picked himself off the ground.

"It's about time friend." She shouted to him as walked down the hallway . "Oh Beast Boy, one more thing!"

He turned around, still walking, but now backwards, down the hall to Raven's room.

"Yes Star?"

"Don't you dare blow it!" She shouted.

Beast Boy found himself standing at Raven's door, petrified. He knew what he had to do and he wanted to do it right, yet he couldn't bring himself to knock on her door. That is until he heard a familiar voice in his head.

Gar? Are you OK? You're nervous as hell. What's the matter?

I'm outside your room. I know it's late, but I'd like to talk, if you don't mind.

Raven's door slid open, revealing a still sleepy looking empath clad in her night gown.

"Come on in Gar. What's wrong?"

He sat down on the edge of her bed, not knowing where to begin.

"Raven, you know you're my best friend, right?"

"Yes Gar, I know we're best friends. What's wrong? You can tell me."

The green teen began to cry.

"I've been so unfair to you Rae. You've been there every step of the way and I let myself be distracted by her."

"I know. She broke your heart again. I'm so sorry Gar."

"No Rae, I broke your heart. You were right, she doesn't love me. And I ignored the girl, the sweet beautiful girl who does love me." He began to sob. "Please forgive me Rae. I'm such an idiot."

Raven pulled back from him and frowned.

"You're right, you are an idiot."

And then she smiled.

"But now you're my idiot."

The two lovers finally embraced.

"Thank you Rae." He whispered to her. "Thanks for waiting for me."

Later that night the two soul mates became as one, sharing the sweet ecstasy of their pure and true love. Time stopped as their souls became as intertwined as their bodies, the boundaries of which melted away. Raven fought back tears of joy as the impossible had happened.

Somewhere in the deepest recess of Beast Boy's mind the Wild Man roared with rage. Garfield did not hear him. But he would be meeting him again soon.

A short chapter. But this is what you've all been waiting for, right?

But have no fear. This story is far from over. You really don't expect Terra to give up easily, do you?