Hello, my minions lovelies! (I was told I'm no longer allowed to call people my minions...) I would just have a little mini-celebration of one of my biggest accomplishments to date. I don't know if you guys know, but this story holds a lot of my personal records as well as a lot of sentimental value. This story is my first story on Fanfiction. net, my first published BBxRae fic, the first story I've written to complete two chapters, the story with the highest rate of productivity in my writing (the first three chapters were written in mere hours), by far my most popular story in the history EVER as of this point in time, and now, once again breaks my record for my longest story ever (for the fifth time) with the installment of this sixth chapter.
Also, I'd like to point out that in the last week (Monday - How'd I not notice? Time flies!), it has been the official one-year-mark of this story! Thanks so much to all you guys that have been reading and following, even through the long unofficial hiatuses, even if it wasn't the whole journey, and still thank you even if you gave up on this story, because if you're reading this that means you decided to try again. Do you know what this means? This story also breaks the record for my longest-running story without abandonment. I remember how the first few days this story was posted I obsessed over it like it was my baby.
Yeah, this might not mean anything to you guys, but it means a heck of a lot to me. Anyway, regardless of how long you've been reading, if you like the story, if you BBxTerra ship (okay, that part kind of bothers me, but ignoring that), or whatever, thank you so much for reading my story. And for those of you who remember when the story was posted for the first time and decided to read it, thanks so much for coming along with me for the ride. I hope I can do your expectations justice (although I personally am dissatisfied with this chapter, I hope the next one is better) with this chapter and all the ones in the future. Hopefully I won't have such long gaps in between chapters (although it's very likely).
So, without further ado, I give you the newest chapter. This chapter is dedicated to my amazing readers. Enjoy!
Later, after breakfast, Raven seemed to have slightly calmed down. She had eaten Beast Boy's tofu eggs without complaint, and had even stated - quite happily and to everyone else's astonishment - that she had in fact enjoyed them. She now sat quietly on the ground in front of the window playing pattycake... with herself….. repeatedly.
Which actually proved to be a pretty difficult task. Her reflection would mirror her instead of mimicking her, thus making her confused about which direction she was clapping or which arm she was supposed to use next.
After about - oh, say - three minutes of this, the boys (minus Beast Boy, who was too busy watching; half with worry and half with amusement,) designated Starfire to try to find out what was going on.
"Friend Raven…..?" Starfire started, still slightly frightened by the sorceress' odd behavior. She stood by the edge of the couch, nervous to approach any closer.
Raven quickly spun around to face her tameranian friend. "Starfire!" she practically screamed, suddenly aware of the girl's presence. "Oh my gosh, you have to see this!"
Raven, still sitting down, was excitedly moving her arms in a "come here" motion at a vigorous pace. A few seconds later, upon Starfire's appearance at her side, Raven pointed out the window. "What's that?" she asked, her finger in the direction of the bay.
"The… ocean?" Starfire said timidly, confusion written all over her face.
"Yeah, that!" Raven exclaimed happily. "And what's that thing next to it?"
"The… beach?" Starfire asked again, getting more freaked out by the moment.
"Awesome!" Raven squealed, pressing against the window as if - should she push hard enough - the barrier would suddenly disappear and allow her passage.
Suddenly she turned around, her purple eyes determinedly seeking out the green changeling across the room.
"Beeeeeeeeee Beeeeeeeeeeee!" She said, holding out his nickname as long as possible in a high-pitched voice.
"Yeah?" Beast Boy replied, still not sure if the situation was funny or completely terrifying.
"I wanna go swimming!" Raven declared, her mouth turning up into another smile.
Robin was about to butt in about what a totally-not-amazing idea that was when Beast Boy spoke up. "Actually Rae, I'm not so sure that's a good idea."
Everyone except Raven and Beast Boy stood there in shock of the stunningly wise words that had come out of his mouth. Raven's eyes started to water, her bottom lip puffing out in a pout, wobbling up and down.
Beast Boy was surprised. What was with that face, and where had she learned to do that?! He started to waiver when her eyes filled up even more, and broke when a tiny tear almost escaped her eyes to fall down her cheek.
"But…. if you want…. I guess we could go play on the beach. That couldn't hurt, could it?"
Raven gasped, no longer looking sad, her eyes sparkling to match the giant smile that crossed her face as she jumped up and practically tackled Beast Boy in the biggest hug she could muster.
"Yay!" she exclaimed, bouncing up and down clapping her hands, while still somehow hugging Beast Boy. He blushed, and tried to make Raven let go of him.
"I think we have some beach stuff downstairs." he half-lied, "Why don't we go get that now?"
Raven quickly let go, only to grab his wrist and start pulling him to the door. "Okay!" she chirped, not bothering to question him. Beast Boy had just enough time to send one fleeting glance to his remaining teammates before the automatic doors closed behind him, cutting off any chance of pleading for help with his eyes. Like it or not, it seemed that Raven was going to be getting her way today. He only hoped it wouldn't get out of control, and that there weren't any serious consequences.
Raven had been walking around the tower in circles dragging Beast Boy by the wrist for ten minutes before a thought struck her.
"Beast Boy? Where are the stairs?"
After a good five more minutes with ample resistance and cajoling, Beast Boy was finally able to haul Raven back to the hallway where they has started fifteen minutes prior, and promptly pushed the button to call the elevator.
"It lit up!" Raven exclaimed in amazement, backing up for a second before pushing closer. Beast Boy watched silently as she commenced poking the aforementioned button on the wall tentatively, reminding him of one of those cat videos on the internet. Once successfully pushing the button without any apparent repercussions, Raven smiled then continued pushing the button repeatedly in rapid succession.
Tap…..Tap…..TAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAPTAP!
Fearing that she might actually end up breaking the button - and thus somehow getting him in trouble eventually - Beast Boy lightly placed his hand on top of hers to make her stop abusing the poor piece of equipment.
Raven looked at Beast Boy with a slight pout for a split second before the elevator dinged, the doors opening to reveal the tiny room inside. Raven quickly forgot all about the button in turn for the sparkly new environment. That is, until she spotted the wall of buttons next to the door. Raven quickly darted inside, her hand still connected to Beast Boy's.
Beast Boy managed to be dragged inside mere seconds before the doors closed, the elevator awaiting further instructions.
Curious if these buttons were the same as outside, Raven pressed a random button. Upon seeing it's light, she then proceeded to press all the numbered buttons.
Every. Single. One.
Beast boy, upon seeing this, groaned and held his face in his palm, closing his eyes for a few seconds in exasperation. Thanking whatever deity may or may not exist that she only pushed the buttons that lit up - and not, say, the alarm, - Best Boy then placed himself between Raven and the wall of buttons, forcing her to move a bit closer to the other side of the elevator.
They then proceeded to go to every floor in Titan's Tower.
Every. Single. One.
Four floors in Beast Boy had to resist the urge to hit his head repeatedly on the elevator wall.
Okay, I know that I never put little author's notes on the bottom (I think it inhibits the reading experience) but I didn't think that it would be fair to put this at the top. (Spoilers and that much. Some people get upset about that.)
So, I'm going to start working on the next chapter soon, so now's the time to let me know! I'm going to have a contest; You guys tell me (either in a pm or in the chapter review right below) what you guys want to see/read/have happen at the beach. The idea I like the best will (obviously) incorporated into the story, in addition to a shout-out and dedication to the person who came up with the idea (if you don't want me to mention you, just say so) with said chapter. I know it doesn't sound like much, but you guys have lots of great ideas! It would be stupid not to listen. Not to mention, hey, the better the idea the more likely someone will think "Hey, maybe they have more great ideas! Let's go check out their page and read their stories!" I personally know a few friends who read this story who have awesome ideas. I might use more than one. Either way, I'm really curious as to what you guys can come up with while reading some stories.
I'll talk to you later, my lovely readers!
(Woah, wordy update, much?)