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The elevator ride was significantly more awkward than expected. Richard and Kori had opted to visit the gift shop before turning in, Jinx had left dinner early to call Wally, and was most likely already in the room, and Victor had to talk to Ms. Mae about something.

Which left Raven and Garfield alone in the elevator. Well, technically they weren't alone at first- there were a couple other students from the other schools riding up with them, but they had gotten off a few floors below theirs. So now it was just the two of them. Alone. In a small, confined room. That was moving up towards-

The elevator suddenly jolted to a stop, causing Raven to lose her balance and stumble forward. Garfield, who had surprisingly quick reflexes, caught her before she fell. He helped her straighten back up, and blushed furiously as she looked up at him.

She wanted to say thanks, but their faces were suddenly so close again, and that weird tension from before was filling the room. She felt like she was drowning. Or suffocating. Or-

Before she could ponder further on what it was she felt, the elevator started up again. Which caused them both to stumble backwards as her back hit against the wall and their heads knocked together.

They both let out a groan of pain as Garfield rubbed his head tenderly, unaware of the fact that he was accidentally cornering his pale teammate. She seemed to not notice as well as she, too, rubbed her head in pain.

With a final jolt, the elevator came to a stop on their floor and opened with a hiss.

"Oh, am I interrupting something?"

Both teens eyes widened as they stared at each other, finally realizing how close they were. Again. It was as if the universe had planned on making things as awkward as possible.

Raven finally tore her eyes away from Garfield's and directed her attention towards the blue team's president. Even though Raven hadn't really talked to the girl, she could understand why Victor was seemingly so terrified of her.

Bee stood there with her hands on her hips and a smirk on her lips, arching an eyebrow at the curious situation in front of her.

Garfield finally had the sense to turn around, and surprisingly sighed in relief that it wasn't one of their own teammates who had caught them. Nope, just Karen Beecher. Which was maybe even worse.

"You must be Raven," the confident girl assumed, stepping into the elevator before the doors shut. She reached her tan hand towards the pale girl, maneuvering around the blonde, who was still a little too close to her for comfort. And least, Raven told herself it was uncomfortable.

She quickly shook the other girl's hand, offering a shy smile.

Bee smiled back. "I'm Karen, but feel free to call me Bee."

Raven opened her mouth to respond, but Garfield beat her to it.

"Don't even bother, Bee- Rae doesn't do nicknames," he smirked, leaning back against the wall beside her.

"It's Raven," she replied automatically.

Garfield bumped her shoulder playfully with his own. "See?" he laughed, sparing a fleeting glance at her.

As he expected, she was glaring at him.

Bee let out a snort of amusement at the little "lover's quarrel" she was witnessing. "Don't be like that, guys," she smirked, crossing her arms in a smug manner. "Come on, kiss and make-up."

Raven's eyes widened in horror as Garfield's jaw dropped. Why was this happening to them?

Bee continued to look amused. "Don't be shy, guys. I feel bad for interrupting your little make-out session, so go ahead and give each other a quick peck- I won't look!" she snickered, turning her back towards the teens and pushing the button for the lobby.

They realized bitterly that they were about to go all the way back down, meaning they'd have to go all the way back up again and stand awkwardly beside each other for even longer.

And Raven couldn't handle it much longer.

Obviously realizing the couple was too flustered to do what she said, Bee let out another laugh. "No offense, Raven, but Gar never talked about you," she mused, peeking over her shoulder with another smirk.

Because he didn't even know me, the pale girl thought in exasperation.

"Rae didn't want to advertise it," Garfield lied as he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "She's not allowed to date til she's eighteen."

Hearing his explanation, Bee turned around all the way. "Dang girl, that sucks," she replied, giving Raven a sympathetic look.

The dark-haired girl nodded timidly. "Yeah, but I'll be eighteen in a month, so it's not for too much longer," she shrugged, feeling slightly strange for going along with her blonde teammate's story. Again.

Hell, at this rate, the two were probably going to tell people they were getting married if he kept it up. Apparently lying about dating her was one of his hobbies. Along with always being too close and cracking corny jokes and hitting his face against hers.

Raven wasn't even sure why they were keeping the façade up; Adonis didn't seem to care if she had a boyfriend, and she was making the blonde lie to his friends. They should come clean- or at least fake break-up and remain friends.

Unbeknownst to her, though, was the fact that Garfield wanted to do the opposite of that and actually start dating her. It was a win-win to him- she'd be his girlfriend and he wouldn't be lying about it to his friends. But he knew not to get his hopes up; she was barely warming up to their friendship, and he wouldn't risk it by planting a kiss on her. Though if the situation presented itself again, he knew he'd act on it. He guiltily hoped that maybe Bee would teasingly suggest they kiss again, and he could actually go through with it and claim it was to "keep up the act". And then maybe Raven would realize that she liked him too and they could start dating for real.

Or she'd slap him and refuse to talk to him ever again.

Sadly, the latter seemed like the most probable outcome.

He hadn't even realized that he was idling playing with her fingers as he got lost in his thoughts. Raven had, though.

Her hand was gripping the bar behind her tightly, and he had been absently rubbing his thumb over her knuckles. Bee was talking to her again, but she couldn't concentrate on what the girl was saying as her eyes kept darting to the blonde next to her, who was staring into space.

Either he wasn't aware of what he was doing, or he was amazing at acting like a legitimate boyfriend.

They finally reached the lobby. As the doors hissed open, Bee gave them both a smug smile before saying farewell and getting off the elevator.

The doors closed again, and Garfield quickly hit their floor button, idly wondering why Bee had gone back down. Maybe she had to talk to Ms. Mae too?

He shrugged internally and resumed standing next to the pale girl, who was giving him a strange look. His gave her a sideways glance, feeling himself blush at the intense way she was staring at him.

He arched his brows in confusion, and she, too, began to blush when she realized she had been caught.

She had been trying to figure out how he could always be so casual with their "relationship" and make it seem like he was honestly dating her. And it wasn't like he was screaming it out and showcasing it; he was so subtle, like brushing her hand tentatively or letting his eyes linger on her as they spoke. Even they way he smiled at her gave outsiders the actual impression that they were dating.

But once it was just the two of them, he reverted back into his somewhat awkward, goofy self. She wasn't sure if it was because he did legitimately like her like Jinx suggested, or because he was just as embarrassed as her.

She realized in horror that she was hoping it wasn't the latter.

So I decided to write Bee into the story a bit more, since I tend to under-utilize her in all my other stories, and I think she is a pretty cool character. I like that she's like super confident and whatnot. It's cool that they actually have her be the Titans East leader. Whoohoo girl-power!

Also, she seems super observant as well, and no doubt picked up on the awkwardness between our two lovebirds. Does that mean their little facade is crumbling down, and they'll be exposed? Or are they going to have to work even harder at keeping up appearances? Ah, the suspense!

Anywhoo, review? This has reached 50 followers, which is super duper cool! And we're almost to 200 reviews, which is incredibly awesome! You guys are seriously like soooo amazing! Thank you for putting up with me and my teasing ways! I promise there is more BBRae to come- I just happen to build things up excruciatingly slow ;)