Back at the Tower, the party was nearly over and everyone was now relaxing, thankfully, there were no missions for the Teen Titans, for now anyway.

"Next time, let's go to New Mexico." Beast Boy suggested.

"All in favor of going to New Mexico next time, say 'aye'." Atticus said.

"Aye." most of the others replied.

Robin seemed distracted with Starfire. Patch and Colette were even lying down on a pillow next to each other and smiled as their tails lightly wagged. Atticus and Mo were now holding hands, ready to kiss each other on the lips. Cherry rolled her eyes, disgusted with the love fest.

Forte sat right next to her though and gave her company as she was technically alone here without romance. The moment he was next to her; Cherry began to feel something in her heart. She placed her hand over her chest and looked quite curious, she was thinking back to something that happened not very long ago, but not too recent either.

It was the summer after Forte had come back into Cherry's life, there was a summer party at her house. This was before Patch and Mo had come into everybody's lives.

"Forte, I just want to know," Cherry asked as she was sitting on the edge of the pool with her feet in the water. "When am I going to die?"

"That's a hard question, Cherry, I don't know when you'll die." Forte said.

"I think it's sooner than you think..." Cherry got up from the pool and walked off, sliding on her shoes and went out of the yard.

Forte watched that Cherry was leaving the neighborhood now and he ran after her. "Cerise!"

Cherry had walked onto a very high cliff and looked down at the very low bottom that had frigid water with sharp rocks at the bottom and she did not know how to swim.

"Cerise, what are you doing!?" Forte rushed over.

"Something that should've been done a long time ago," Cherry turned herself to face him. "I don't want to age, have responsibility, or grow up... This is the only way to get my wish..." she then flung herself off the cliff to fall to her death.

"CERISE!" Forte jumped after her, then grabbed Cherry and bit her neck, revealing his vampire fangs, once he had drained her human blood, the two splashed into the water.

After a while, Cherry woke up, seeing that she was still alive. Forte had put her on shore and wrapped his tail coat around her to keep her warm.

"What did you do that for!?" Cherry glared. "I wanted to die! I didn't wanna live anymore! I-"

"Didn't want to age," Forte reminded her. "And now you never will... I bit you before you dropped... Cerise, you are now immortal like me and you will only die when someone murders me."

"What...?" Cherry put her hand behind her neck, then winced and hissed in pain. "GAH!"

"Yep, now you won't have to worry about dying." Forte said.

Cherry narrowed her eyes. "Take me home."

"What about your party?" Forte asked.

"Home... NOW!" Cherry demanded. "I can't believe you did that for me!" she then stormed off. "Why did you do that for me!?"

"You didn't want to age." Forte told her.

Cherry growled as she kept walking home.

"And I love you..." Forte then whispered, but she did not hear it.

Cherry shook her head as she remembered that moment and tried to ignore some personal facts. Forte was more gentle and calm with her compared to the others. He may have scared her nearly to death when she was younger, but he actually never wanted to hurt her like he did with the others.

"So what now?" Forte asked.

"I need a shower now that I'm freezing..." Cherry glowered.

"Oh, okay." Forte said.

Forte decided to wash Cherry's clothes while she would shower.

Cherry held her heart again in present day, but she was in stunned silence. She realized that Forte always stood by her side, he always comforted her, he always did anything to impress or please her, he even offered to make her dinner on numerous occasions. She then looked blankly to the composer, but on the inside, she was deeply emotional.

"What's wrong?" Forte asked.

"I'm not sure..." Cherry avoided eye contact.

"I could get you a drink." Forte said.

"Okay." Cherry gave a nod to him.

Forte nodded back and went to fetch her some of the drinks that were laid out, he noticed that everybody liked a certain kind that was out, but she preferred a different one like Raven did, possibly to symbolize how she viewed herself as a non-conformist. He decided to get that one.

"I wonder what the next adventure will be." Cherry muttered to herself.

"Hey, I brought you back a drink." Forte told her.

Cherry looked up, she muttered out a thanks, then took the cup and drank the punch she favored over the other. It was hard to say what the next adventure would be as this one was wrapping up, but no doubt about it, it would be an unforgettable one that uses friendship as safety and a powerful lesson.

"I'm so glad I came along." Colette smiled.

"Wouldn't have been the same without you." Patch smiled back to her. "So, um, you think you'll come again?"

"Sure, I'll ask Mom and Dad though first," Colette replied. "I just hope Daddy doesn't get too worried about me..."

Patch yawned. "We'll tell him about it when we go home and maybe he'll let you come with me."

"I hope so." Colette smiled.