All was quiet in the early mornings of Titans Tower. It was about 5:30 A.M. and all the titans were asleep, except for one certain green changeling in a white muscle shirt and shorts, who has been up for half an hour already. He has lately been an earlier riser after one night a few months back…

3 months earlier…

"No!!!" Beast Boy screamed. Awake from his nightmare he was breathing heavily and quickly looked around his room. Sighing he put his damp and sweaty into his gloved hands. Beast Boy had been so tired from fighting three super villains one after another that he and the other titans went directly to bed without so much as dinner. He was too tired to find his pajamas, so he slept in his uniform.

He could feel the sweat dripping down his body. Sighing again, Beast Boy began to recollect the dream he just had. The Brotherhood has escaped from their icy prison and captured him.

"What do you want with me?" Beast Boy shouted struggling through his chains.

"We want nothing from you," the Brain stated in his evil robotic voice. "We merely want you to watch," And as if on cue a light came on, "as we annihilate your friends one by one."

Beast Boy looked on with wide eyes as he saw all of his friends chained to a wall, unconscious. "You can't do this!" Beast Boy yelled with all his fury.

"We can and we will," the Brain said. "Madame Rouge show him." And with that Rouge stretched her body in front of Robin getting ready to attack.

"Stop it!!" Beast Boy yelled again, but as he did this Madame Rouge used her stretched and pointed fingers and pierced Robin's heart. With that Beast Boy began to stare wide eyed as blood escaped his chest and mouth as he screamed.

Once Rouge was done with Robin, the Brain told the others to do the same. General Immortus used his robot army to cover Cyborg's body in a barrage of deadly energy blasts. As for Mallah, he took his new and enhanced energy cannon and blasted Starfire with it till her body went limp. At the sight of this, Beast Boy wanted to scream but nothing came out as he stared wide eyed and his mouth was gaped. Until they all approached Raven.

With each step they took towards her, Beast Boy's heart began to sink. "P-Pease d-don't hurt her," Beast Boy pleaded, "I'll do whatever you ask, just don't hurt her," Tears began to form in his eyes and roll down his face.

"No Beast Boy, they will all die," the Brain spoke. And with that said all of them simultaneously attacked Raven.

"NO!!!" Beast Boy screamed in horror.

Sighing deeply once more, Beast Boy jumped off his top bunk, exited his room and began to walk about the tower. He hoped that walking around would help him. He began to walk towards the Common Room when he passed the door that led to the roof and decided that it would probably be better to let the cool night air relax his tense muscles. He opened the door and walked up the staircase that led to the roof. He reached the top step, opened the door, and walked out onto the roof.

"This feels nice," Beast Boy stated as he basked in the cool spring breeze. Closing his eyes he could feel all the stress from his dream flow out of him, and his once tense body began to feel loose and calm again.

As he began to open his eyes, he noticed that the sky was lighter then it was when he came out. Soon he saw the sun peer over the horizon and a warm feeling began to flow through his body. "Dude, maybe I should get up early from now on," Beast Boy said. Chuckling lightly he headed back to his room, happy that he was calm once again.

Beast Boy entered his messy room avoiding old pizza boxes, dirty laundry, and other various items; he climbed back into the top bunk of his bed. He wanted to stay out longer, but he did not want to raise suspicion amongst his friends. So he closed his eyes and drifted slowly back to sleep.

Present…

Dude, to think that 3 months ago I would still be asleep," Beast Boy said. As he said this the sun began to rise and its bright light began to illuminate the Common Room, "And miss this." He smiled and closed his eyes, soaking in the sun's rays. He was so happy that he failed to notice the doors open. As the doors swished open, they revealed a dark blue cloak around a gray skinned empathy, with short violet hair, and deep amethyst eyes that stared at the silhouette of the person near the windows. Adjusting her eyes to the blinding sunlight that filled the room, "Hello," Raven said in a light monotone voice. She was startled by the fact that anyone in the Tower was up this early. She walked slowly to the figure still trying to adjust to sunlight. Finally adjusted to the light, she stopped walking when she saw who it was. 'Beast Boy, since when is he up this early? Since when is he an earlier riser? Why is he up this early? And why does he feel so calm and content?' Raven thought as she continued to stare at him.

"Beast Boy," Raven said in her monotone voice. When he didn't reply she said it slightly louder, "Beast Boy." He opened his eyes slowly and turned his body to the direction of the voice saying his name. He then saw the dark empath standing in the room.

"R-Raven what are you doing up so early?" Beast Boy asked as he stared at the empath in front of him. The fact that anyone in the Tower besides him was up this early put him in such a state of shock that his mind no longer registered that there was a reality.

"I could ask you the same thing," Raven stated as she walked closer to where her green teammate was standing. She soon stood at least their kitchen table length apart from him and looked into his deep emerald eyes which seem to hold fear, confusion, and embarrassment as she examined them. "So why are you up this early, Beast Boy?" Raven asked.

Beast Boy was so out of sorts with reality that he did not even register the question that Raven had just asked him. In his mind raced a multitude of questions that he knew would not be answered unless he asked. He soon brought back to reality when he saw a hand wave in front of his eyes. "What?"

Raven began to grow slightly irritated, she really hated to repeat herself. "I said why are you up this early?" Raven restating her question with a bit more irritation in her voice.

Trying to think of an answer to her question without revealing his true intention for being up so early, he began to stammer. "Well I… You see… It's like this…" He soon realized that he was caught and no matter what excuse he could come up with, he doubted Raven would believe him. Sighing deeply, he turned his head to the side and looked out the giant window once more. "I like to watch the sunrise in the morning," Beast Boy stated.

Looking at the green changeling with his head turned at the windows and his gaze set on the sunrise of the morning, Raven was surprised to say the least. "Really, why is that?" Raven asked as took another step towards him.

Turning his head back to the violet haired girl, he looked at her as though trying to find out her true intentions. After a moment of utter silence, he closed his eyes and sighed deeply. He opened them once again and looked at her and said, "Because it's calming in the morning and no one is up yet to disturb me. I go see the sunrise and let its warmth calm my nerves and a feeling of complete bliss washes over me." After he said this a small smile appeared on his face. Unlike his trademark, ear to ear toothy grin, this one seemed to be more genuine and nice.

Looking at his smile, Raven could not even reply to his statement for a moment. "Oh, that must be nice," Raven quietly spoke after their moment of silence. Raven was more then taken back, she was shocked and surprised as well. The Beast Boy she grew to know was usually loud, obnoxious, and annoying and really could not sit still for anything. And yet here he was, alone in the Common Room, being the complete opposite of how he usually is.

"It is, even if it only lasts a few moments," Beast Boy said still with the smile on his face. After yet another moment of silence Beast Boy asked, "Now, why you?"

"Huh?" Raven asked with slight confusion on her face to his question.

"Why are you up this early?" Beast asked.

Embarrassed by the real reason she got up early, she decided she would do something she would not normally do. "I-I came down here to meditate so you all couldn't disturb me," Raven lied while not even making eye contact with him. Ordinarily, Raven wouldn't do this, however she was too embarrassed to tell him the truth. Still keeping her gaze away from him, she began to hear some chuckling. Looking at him she then saw that he was the one laughing and quickly asked, "What's so funny?"

"You are," Beast Boy replied

"What do you mean?" Raven asked

"Well thanks to my animal senses and me being as calm as I am, I can tell that you're lying," Beast Boy stated with small amusement in his voice for catching Raven lying.

'Oh no, he knew I was lying; now he will never drop it. Wait, just calm down Raven, just tell him another lie. But what if he catches me lying, I can't just keep doing it till he gives in.' Raven thought. While musing around in her thoughts, she was blushing and she also forgot that her hood was down, so Beast Boy was able to see the crimson on her face.

Seeing her redden face only confirmed his suspicion and so he began to walk towards her. "Now tell me the real reason why you're down here?" Beast Boy demanded.

Beast Boy stopped just in front of her so he could talk to raven without being too far away. Taking a step back, Raven averted her eyes from her green friends gaze and said quietly, "You'll laugh."

"I promise I won't," Beast Boy told her reassuringly.

"You will," she said back at him.

Taking a step forward again, Beast Boy said, "I promise I won't, if I do you can throw me out a window."

Startled by the fact Beast Boy would offer to be thrown out a window for making fun of her, all she could say was, "Ok," in a quiet tone.

Grabbing her hand, Beast Boy began to lead Raven to the couch so they would be more comfortable while they talked. Sitting down Beast Boy asked, "Ok, so what's the real reason?"

Still hesitant on telling him the truth she waited a moment for her to collect her thoughts together. Sighing she cupped her hands together and leaned forward slightly and said, "Well I was asleep and I had a dream, or rather a nightmare. I awoke from it and decided that maybe if I had a cup of herbal tea it would calm me down so I could sleep again. That's when I noticed that it was a bit passed 5:30. I was happy because I did not expect anyone to be up yet. So I walked down to the Common Room and saw you."

"I see," Beast Boy said reclining back into the couch to get more comfortable. Being true to his word he did not laugh at her. "So what was your nightmare about?" he asked comfortingly while rubbing her back.

She was shocked to say the least. Not only was Beast Boy not laughing but he was also being very comforting as well. Still keeping herself in the position she started with, Raven said, "I-I'd rather not say if you don't mind."

"That's fine," Beast Boy told her as he removed his hand from her back.

"Thank you," Raven said finally picking her head up and looking at Beast Boy. 'Usually he is more pushy then this, I hope he isn't sick or depressed?' Raven thought.

As she was still musing around in her mind, she failed to notice that the entire time she was staring at him.

"Is something wrong?" Beast Boy asked.

"What? Oh nothing, just um… thinking," Raven replied finally snapping back into reality and realizing that she was staring at him the entire time.

Chuckling slightly, Beast Boy stood up and said, "Alright." Once he was standing up fully turned and offered a hand to Raven. Looking at him with an elevated brow, all Beast Boy did was give her a small smile.

She was amazed at how polite Beast Boy was being right now. Usually he is nothing but obnoxious around her. However right now he was being a kind gentleman to her. Although she would never admit out loud she was happy that she got to see this side of him. She was still hesitant on taking his hand. She thought it was some kind of trick or prank that he was going to pull as soon as she grabbed his hand. But she soon pushed that thought out of her mind when she remembered how he has been acting this entire time. Raven lightly placed her hand atop of Beast Boys and he began to grip her hand and began to pull her off the couch.

Raven didn't realize how tired she truly was during this conversation with her green friend, and with the added surprise of seeing Beast Boy be the complete opposite of himself, kept her mind in a state of being dazed and shocked at the same time. As she began to rise from her sitting position on the couch, she did not have her complete footing and began to fall forward. Expecting to hit the floor, Raven closed her eyes and waited for the impact. After a moment when she did not feel the hardness of the floor, Raven opens her eyes to see that she was looking at white shirt. Putting two and two together she realized that it was Beast Boy's and tilted her head up to look at his face which seemed to have a combination of concern and amusement in it.

"Watch your step," Beast Boy spoke with a little laugh in his voice.

As they continued to look into each other's eyes, Raven noticed how close their faces were to one another, and without realizing it she began to move closer to his face. With each passing second she inched closer to his face, and once she saw that she was only a few centimeters away, she closed her eyes and hoped that something would stop her and yet at the same time, she felt compelled to do what she was about to do.

Feeling his hot breath on her lips, she continued to move closer to his face. Seeing this Beast Boy also closed his eyes not knowing what he was doing but at the same time not really caring. So as they went with what they were thinking as they continued to move closer. As their lips were mere millimeters apart the Titan's alarm went off causing both of them to slowly open their eyes and look deeply into each other's. They both groaned at the lousy timing and he helped the dark empath stand up again. Reluctantly he let go of Raven and walked over to the computer. Pressing a button he transferred the computer screen to their window which was also a giant screen for their television and computer. On the screen it revealed his old leader.

"Mento, what is it?" Beast Boy asked slightly worried by his sudden call.

"Beast Boy, we've got trouble," Mento spoke in his serious tone.