Chapter 33. Experiment.

Raven was surprised at his words and for a moment didn't know what to say. "Gar… I don't think…"

"I know we're young and you just kinda discovered what you feel for me but…" he said while brushing a strand of hair and tucking it behind her left ear. "I know is you who I want to spend the rest of my life with"

"Gar, that is a monumental decision… you cant expect me to answer it right away" she said barely above a whisper. The last thing she wanted was to hurt his feelings. He chuckled quietly to himself and smiled while pulling her chin up so he could give her a peck on the lips.

"I don't…Raven, I'm not asking you to get married tomorrow, or next week or even next year, just… think about it" he said and pushed himself off the rock, grabbed her hand and started walking but she pulled him back to face her. He stopped inches away from her face, eyes intent on each other.

"If you didn't expect an answer right away then, why… did you… proposed?"

"Because I've known for a while how much I love you and I wanted you to know that. I also want you to consider spend the rest of your life with me." he said while resting his forehead on hers.

"I don't know about that… at least not yet" she whispered.

""Not yet"… I can work with that… in that case, would you at least consider… being my girlfriend?"

A giggle resonated in Raven's mind and tried to repress one of her own. Happy was again having a fieldtrip and already a few small rocks around them were encased in her dark magic dancing at the sound of the waves. She did give him a little smile and said "Yes". and although she was able to contain her own emotion, Garfield did not and pulled her in a hug and kissed her cheeks, her forehead then her lips, all the while saying "I love you… you wont regret it… I love you…" then kissed her neck sending nervous waves of surprise and delight to her very core making the rocks spiral around them faster until they were above the couple, crashed onto each other and pulverized on impact, showering them with tiny pieces that felt like sand.

"Sorry" they both said after a moment and she repressed a giggle while he tried to get the pieces of sand off her hair and she did the same on his shoulders and head while she thought about what Rage and Wisdom had said earlier.

"Gar…how would you feel about visiting Nevermore again?"

"Really?.. I thought I wasn't allowed back in there"

"Well, you're my boyfriend now and I'm allowing you to go in… besides… Happy said something about not getting her chance… whatever that means…" she said while looking into his eyes and for a moment, he swallowed hard while feeling a fleeting sense of panic.

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In the main time, Meliah and Kid Flash walked silently hand in hand along the beach. Her first kiss had been somewhat sweet and somewhat awkward at the same time. With the lack of experience, she doubted he had enjoyed it.

"Wally, I'm sorry if I'm not what you expected. I have no experience in this kind of things"

"you have nothing to be sorry for, I don't have much experience myself so I'm no one to judge, but maybe… with practice… we get better at it" he said while blushing. and his face was almost as red as his hair. She smiled and for the first time, she understood the meaning of the word cute.

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Cyborg was standing in front of the big window in the common room looking down at the couples on the beach not too far apart from each other. He was using his cybernetic eye to get a better look and with happy almost surprise saw when Beast Boy kissed Raven and chuckled when the rocks exploded above them. He had to admit, they were a peculiar yet cute couple and oddly enough, they complemented each other.

And then there was Meliah. She was pure animal instinct. Sensual, bold and brave, yet, with Kid Flash she seemed as if she had never gone thru all the horrors and pain she had lived in up until a month ago. He made her smile and he seemed genuinely interested in her.

He turned around and was walking towards the kitchen when his communicator went off. He opened the panel on his left arm and Robin appeared on the screen. After inquiring how everyone was doing, he found out of the possible new relationships. Starfire was also in the screen, exuberant for the news. At the end of the conversation he requested a conference call with the team early the next day for an update of what had been happening in Gotham.

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A portal opened in front of Raven's room showing the sorceress and the changeling hand in hand. They found a post it note on the door "Conference call with Robin and Star tomorrow at 8 am". she peeled it off and after entering the code on the panel, they entered her room.

"Its hasn't changed much since the last time you were here" she said while she lighted a few candles. The eeriness of the place however, kept him distracted and looking around at the curtains expecting her emotions to come out of there just like the night before.

"Don't worry, they're not out here" she said with a curious glance at her new boyfriend.

"You… remember that?"

"Not as an exact memory, but yes."

"And… you're not mad that I was in your room without your permission?"

"Well Gar, technically I asked you to come in, so no. I have no reason to be mad at you because of that" she said while rummaging thru a drawer on the dresser where she had placed the mirror earlier that day, before meditating. When she found it, she took his hand and led him to the bed to sit in the middle, across from each other with their legs crossed with the mirror right in between.

After chanting her mantra, a soft breeze blew across their faces right before a chilly dark hand of energy grabbed each one and took them thru the spiral of the tunnel and landed on a soft patch of grass. It seemed that no matter what time it was out there, in here it was always sunny and bright. The flowers were at their best as they only are in spring and their smell was both alluring and intoxicating. And with a puff of dark energy, the pink cloaked emotion appeared in front of them with a smile from ear to ear, but the moment she saw Garfield she jumped in his arms and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"BB… BB you came… I cant believe it I finally have you here with me (gasp) I cant believe you're now my boyfriend… yay! Yay!" she said while almost jumping off his arms and he almost lost his balance and wrapped his arms around her when Happy suddenly kissed him. Then as if remembering who else was there, he looked at Raven, apologetically and mouthed "Sorry" . Raven lifted an eyebrow at her emotion's less than controlled excitement with her new boyfriend then shook her head and said in her usual monotone "Don't worry. Apparently I am that happy that you're here. I think you'll be ok if I leave you a few minutes."

"Of course he's gonna be ok Rae-Rae, but the others will be here soon and I want him for myself for a little longer. Go do whatever you need to do, I'll keep a close eye on him" Happy said while leaning on his chest.

"What do you think Gar… will you be ok?" said almost smiling.

"I… I think so… go ahead, just… don't take long" he said and Happy squealed in delight and pulled him towards a tree while Raven walked away slowly. She dared a glance back before taking off to the library of her mind and saw how Garfield was being pulled further behind the tree by more than two arms. She came back only a few minutes later when she had found no one at the library, that's when she heard the giggles and laughs, and at some point heard Garfield as well "No, not there…" he laughed. "Wait, wait, what are you doing… ow.. Did you just pinch me?"

Raven raised an eyebrow, "We have discovered interesting facts" said the one in yellow. that's when she noticed two of her emotions floating above the ground with their legs crossed, slightly smiling while watching what was happening. "That I'm a pervert?" said Raven.

"Far from it" said the one in blue. "He was… kind enough to help with our research and shyly complied"

"He is however ticklish if you kiss his neck, purrs like a kitten if you stroke his ears and the muscles on his legs, thighs and buns are hard as rocks and the tiny claws under those gloves can retract or come out at his will" said Knowledge in her calm and analytic monotone.

"And you found all this out in less than five minutes?"

"Well, there are more of us than parts of his body" said the one in blue still looking ahead and Raven followed her gaze. Rage had untangled herself from the rest and walked towards her mistress and said "Careful when you bite his lower lip… he bites back"

"Noted" said Knowledge who now had a clipboard on her lap and a feather on her hand while a small bottle of ink floated in front of her. Rage disappeared and Raven could not take it anymore.

"Ladies!" she called out, getting their attention. "Garfield and I have to go"

A collective "awww Rae-Rae" and one by one started to disappear after saying goodbye to Garfield who was kneeling on the ground while the one in purple was wiping off lipstick off his face.

"Lipstick?" asked Raven and glanced curiously at the ones next to her.

"Part of our research. He doesn't mind lipstick but prefers bare lips" said the one in yellow while nodding towards Garfield. Raven turned to see the one in purple approach while a sleeping Garfield laid comfortably on the grass.

"So you're the one performing that sleeping spell" the other girl nodded once with a smile while lifting her right hand to the level of her lips and blew what seemed to be powder to Raven's face.

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When Raven woke up the next morning, it was almost six thirty. The sun was barely making its appearance and the bed felt more comfortable than usual. She was laying down on her right side when a soft snore got her attention, but when she tried to get uo, she found a green arm wrapped around her waist from behind. She blushed immediately at the intimacy of their position. Slowly she looked about her gave a sigh of relief when found her clothes and his still intact, covering their bodies along with a sheet that covered their legs.

Very carefully she turned around to face him. He looked so peaceful in his sleep with a trace of a smile on his lips. His hair was tussled and she could see his fang sticking out of his lips. For a moment she wondered how was it possible that she had not felt it when they were kissing the night before. Another blush warmed her face and made her very aware of how close she was of his lips again and without any more hesitation, placed a soft kiss on them, then decided to run her finger thru his hair. But he started to stir and slowly opened his eyes.

"Good morning" Raven whispered, not sure how awake he really was. He closed his eyes again and smiled and said "Good morning babe" he said but reality suddenly hit and he opened his eyes wide in surprise and tried to move away but their feet were tangled on the sheet and he was too close to the edge that with a jerk of his arm, lost his balance and fell backwards on the floor pulling Raven off the bed and fell on top of him.

"I don't know about you but I don't know what's more awkward, you sleeping with me on my bed or you making me fall off it"

"um… I don't know about awkward but I call it practicing…" he said with a nervous laugh. She raised an eyebrow at his joke and tried to get up, but the tangled sheet was also caught at the corner of the bed and so with a swift move, he grabbed her by the waist and turned them around to where now he was on top of her .his knees on both sides of her hips and his hands cradling her head while her hands rested on the sides of his ribcage.

There was silence they look into each other's eyes. He lower and placed soft kisses on her chin and along her jaw line, all the while he was purring like a kitten and she gasped when he got to her neck. "I better go" he whispered in her ear and before he got completely off of her, he placed a kiss on her lips, then helped her to her feet. That's when he noticed a few of her knick knacks floating around them. He smiled, kissed the hand he was still holding and said "I'll see you at breakfast" she nodded once and watched him go. Once he had left, the floating items fell back into their respective place and she smile broadly to herself.

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Ok, so i know i said this might be the last chapter, but as i kept writing i remembered more things that i wanted to add and other things that i had completely forgotten so i hope you guys dont mind a few more chapters.