Robin, listened for any other sound, but there was none. After a few moments of hesitation, he quietly opened the door to his room, where Cyborg and Beast Boy were already in the hall.
"Dude, did you hear that?" Beast Boy whispered.
"Yeah, sounded like an intruder." Robin whispered back, "Cyborg, go check on Crystal and Tara, I'll go check on Star, BB make sure Raven is up. Titans, go."
"Raven," he whispered tapping on the door. When he did not hear an answer, he nervously pushed the gothic style door open an inch. "Raven." He whispered again. When no answer came he pushed the door open a little more. Peeking inside, Beast Boy noticed that Raven was not inside her room at all. He did not think about where she was, until he looked around the room. He found the room was almost identical to the one at titans tower, except for the window. Just as Beast Boy turned to leave, he felt a breeze, and turning quickly around found that the window was broken. Carefully stepping over the glass, he peeked outside, just in time to see Raven turn the corner.
He
silently followed Raven up the street. They seemed to be alone at
first, but then he saw Chance step out of the shadows in front of
him, behind Raven.
Raven clearly did not notice Chance was there,
but Chance followed Raven up the street. Chance turned the corner
onto the main street, but Beast Boy decided to remain hidden behind
the building for a while, knowing if Raven caught him, he'd be in
trouble.
He considered turning back around and going back to Robin, until Beast Boy heard Raven's muffled scream. Suddenly, he jumped out, and morphed into a bear. Chance was on top of Raven, and had her pined to the floor.
Beast Boy ran forward, and threw a paw at Chance to knock him off.
Both Chance and Raven froze, as Beast Boy ready for the next move. Raven simply raised her hand, to block Chance from Beast Boy. It took a while, but Beast Boy looked at her, and slowly realized that he had made a mistake, because Raven looked at him angrily.
"What. are. you. doing.?" Raven said, her lips barley moving.
"Robin said to check on you cause there was a crash sound. Your window was broken, and I saw him attack you, and. . . what is going on here?" Beast Boy asked, confused about how his actions were wrong.
"We were just playing around. I've known Rae longer then you have, since we were kids, and she had to come to my fathers shop for books. That's how we met." Chance said. Beast Boy listened carefully.
"Raven was about 4 years old, I was 5. My father owned the book shop at the time. Raven, Arella, Arista and Linda, those are Ravens sisters, and Arella is her mother, in case you did not know, came to town once a day for shopping, which Arella, Arista and Linda loved to do. They could shop all day. Raven on the other hand, would take the first distraction, and disappear to the book shop. My father let her read for free if she helped me study, being as I was not the best student. She tutored me, and I recommended her books. We hung out together all day until we were nine, then her mother found out where she went one day." Chance said.
"That is why she did not let Chance into the house yesterday," Raven finished. "She did not like that I read more then shopped."
"Well, we devised a system of communication. A very simple one too." Chance said. "We hung out at night. I would come by, and throw a pebble to the window, and run."
"And I would wait a little bit, then fly out the window, and onto the alley way. Chance quickly grew to the habit of trying to jump out at me." Raven said, "And when I got home, I fix the window with my powers."
Beast Boy stood in front of the two of them, with mixed feelings. First he felt stupid, for making such a mistake, second he felt jealous angry at Chance, because he convinced Raven to sneak out without telling the rest of the team, and last felt joy, that Raven was not in any real danger. Raven's communicator rung, "Its Robin." She mumbled, walking out of earshot for privacy.
"So, how long have you had a crush on Raven?", said Chance, catching Beast Boy off guard.
"What! I- Who- how- What makes you think that? I like someone elseā¦" Beast Boy said, trying his best not to sound like he was lying.
"You make in too easy to tell. So how long?" Chance said, smiling.
"I DO NOT have a crush on her." Beast Boy said strongly.
"I am like a brother to her, so as a brother like figure, I demand you tell me!" Chance said, sticking his nose up into the air importantly.
"I don't." Said Beast Boy walking away towards Raven.
"I really wonder who likes who more, they both make it to noticeable." Chance whispered to himself.
