"This is stupid, Star. Why do I have to go to a party about something I don't even celebrate?"

"Friend Raven, it is a most joyous occasion celebrating love between friends! You must come!"

Raven stared hard at her ever-cheerful alien friend. The orange skinned, red haired girl from Tamaran was staring at her with her usual green eyed happy/begging expression. Raven didn't want to go to the party and Starfire knew that but was determined to take her along anyways.

"Why, Star? Why on Earth or Azar would I celebrate Valentine's Day?"

"Please Raven, come join us." Starfire looked down at her friend with a pleading smile. "Our fellow Titans from across the whole of Earth are coming for the party, we should all be there."

Raven groaned. She hated crowds. And parties. And people, for that matter.

"Friend Beast Boy will be there too." Starfire said with a sly smile.

Raven arched an eyebrow. "He lives here. Of course he's going to be there, telling his horrible jokes, being louder than the entire party, and pestering me if I go."

"All the more reason to go!"

Raven stared even harder at her friend. "You're not going to leave me alone about this, are you?"

Starfire only smiled and shook her head.

An exasperated sigh escaped Raven's lips. "Fine, I'll go. But not for long. You know this isn't my kind of thing, Star."

The girl from Tamaran squealed with unbridled joy and flew at her friend, wrapping her in a crushing hug. Raven gasped for air when Starfire dropped her and flew out of her room to tell the other Titans that she had finally agreed to come to the party.

Raven closed her door and walked to her closet, frowning. Do I even have anything to wear to parties?

"Looks like the last of the Titans are here, bro. Go get Raven, she ain't backing out now!" Cyborg nudged his best friend hard in the ribs. Beast Boy scowled and rubbed his side.

"Dude, not so hard. And why do I have to go get her, she hates me. If I show up at the door she might slam it in my face!"

"Oh, quit whining and go get her, Grass Stain."

Beast Boy stuck his tongue out and left the room, pouting. Everyone was already chatting and joking around, since this was the first time that they'd all gotten together since the incident with the Brotherhood of Evil. That day, Beast Boy had rallied the handful of Titans that hadn't been captured by the Brotherhood and launched a surprise attack on the compound. The few of them had held off the villains just long enough for reinforcements to join the fray and bring the battle to a stalemate, which quickly tipped in the Titans favor when they freed the prisoners. It became a one sided battle very quickly. The Titans defeated the Brotherhood of Evil and froze all the ringleaders. Beast Boy remembered fondly of the joke he had made when The Brain was thrown into the freezing machine.

"Look, brain-freeze!"

It had been a few months since then and things had been different in the tower. The entire team had shown Beast Boy more respect than ever before. It had been a good feeling, but he was careful to not let it go to his head. He knew the whole ordeal had changed him and didn't deny it when asked about it. He found himself a bit more serious and calmer, though his mischievous side still peeked out when it came to a certain comrade of his.

He stopped outside of this very comrade's door, hesitant to knock. Raven and he weren't always on the best terms. She had yelled at him, hit him, thrown him in the bay, and mocked him more than a few times during their time together as Titans. But he always came back for more. He knew the reason why, though he would never have the courage to tell her.

He bit his lip and sucked on it for a moment. He would have to sneak away from the party without anyone noticing so that he could leave her present at her door. Last year he had left a box of her favorite incense, a burner shaped like a chandelier, and a bag of her favorite herbal tea. This year, he had gotten her a book that was at the top of her list (which he snuck into her room to read).

Beast Boy took a deep breath and knocked on the door. "Hey Rae, everyone's here. You're still coming, right?"

The door slid open and his eyeballs almost popped out of his skull. Raven was wearing black jeans, a dark blue blouse with a black undershirt, and a pair of bluish-black Converse sneakers. She tilted her head and gave him a questioning look.

"S-s-sorry Rae, I wasn't expecting that." He stuttered, trying very hard to keep any and all feelings of amazement from surfacing in his mind. Raven was an empath and he had worked very hard at keeping how he felt about her from surfacing whenever she was around.

"What did I tell you about calling me Rae?" She said in her usual monotonous, yet cold, voice.

"Sorry Raven." Beast Boy said meekly. He turned and led the way to the common room, where the party was being held.

Raven looked her friend up and down, quietly marveled that he owned nice clothes. He too was wearing black jeans, but he had on a purple button up shirt with the top two buttons undone. The sleeves were rolled up past his elbows, revealing the black long sleeved UnderArmour shirt he was wearing under the button up. He had on his signature gloves and boots and his hair was a bit of a mess.

Does he ever take those off? She wondered. Seriously, we needn't wear our uniforms to something this formal. Even Robin will be wearing something different.

She paused, suddenly realizing that she had actually never seen her friend without his gloves and boots on. As she silently pondered if he had something to hide, they came upon the door to the common room. Beast Boy stopped and spoke to her without turning around.

"You gonna be okay with all these people?"

She noted the concern in his voice and walked up beside him to look him in the face. "You know I'll leave if it gets too much."

He gave her a small smile and nodded before walking through the opening door. "Okay Rae, just checking."

She stopped in the doorway, gazing curiously at his back. That was so unlike Beast Boy to be quiet and accept what she said that it unnerved her. But before she could stop him to see what's wrong, she was mobbed by the female Titans.

"Friend Raven, you came! You look so good in the jeans of denim!" Starfire squealed, bobbing up and down in the air in her blue shorts and shirt.

"Girl, how'd this happen? Did she blackmail you?" Bumblebee laughed.

Argent, Jinx, Pantha, and Kole all shared at a laugh at the idea of sweet and naïve Starfire blackmailing anyone. Raven rolled her eyes.

"No, but she wouldn't take no for an answer."

"Typical Star, eh?" Jinx smiled. "Long time, no see, huh Raven? How are you?"

"Same as usual. How are you and Wally?"

Jinx waved her to follow her through the crowd. They weaved their way through a couple dozen people and took a seat near the huge windows. Raven looked around, seeing so many of her friends wandering about, enjoying the time off. They were loud, but not as loud as Beast Boy on a typical day.

Jinx sighed. "To answer your question, we're doing pretty well. It's still weird to be on this side of the law but I'm getting the hang of it. And Wally is a ridiculous flirt, as usual."

Raven gave her villain-turned-hero friend a small smile. "From what I've heard, you're doing fine as a hero. And while Wally is almost as bad of a prankster as Beast Boy is, he's got a better head on his shoulders."

Jinx raised an eyebrow. "That's not what I heard."

Raven raised an eyebrow in turn.

"Word on the grapevine is that BB has grown up quite a bit since the incident with the Brotherhood of Evil. Like, he's calmed down a bit and stuff, taking things more seriously."

Raven pondered this for a moment. "That's true…but he's still Beast Boy. He still tells bad jokes, he still pesters me every day, and he's still loud."

Jinx stared at her old magical rival for a moment before turning her eyes to the crowd of people. Cyborg as chatting with the strange little fishman Tram, Starfire was very vividly explaining some Tamaran dish to Red Star (who looked both horrified and curious at the prospect of shoving zorka berries into the derriere of something called a smaqyu beast), Argent was arguing with Bumblebee about hair styling, Mas y Menos were talking to Pantha about God-knows-what (she didn't speak a lick of Spanish, afterall), Robin and Speedy were trading combat stories…

Raven too was looking at her friends. Kilowatt was looking through Robins' CD collection, Kole was trying to get Gnark to try a soda, Beast Boy and Aqualad were about to arm wrestle, Jerrico was signing to Herald a story of some sort, Hot Spot and Wildebeaste were chatting…

Her brow furrowed. Beast Boy can't beat Aqualad in an arm wrestling contest, he didn't have superstrength. She watched them, unaware that Jinx was watching her watch Beast Boy.

Beasty Boy and Aqualad were smack talking each other, as was their usual game.

"I'm gonna beat you into salmon patties and serve you up to Cy, Fish Sticks!"

"Ha! Big words coming from a sea louse like you!"

"You got no room to talk, dude. You look like a reject from a school of anchovies!"

Aqualad glared. "Anchovies! That one is too far. How about we make a bet?"

"You're on!" Beast Boy smiled, showing not only his jutting fang, but the rest in his mouth. "If I win, you gotta eat tofu for a month!"

His opponent grimaced, but didn't back down. "Fine! If I win you gotta ask a girl to dance tonight!"

Beast Boy raised an eyebrow. "How bad can that be?"

"You gotta ask Raven." Aqualad smiled darkly.

Beast Boy's eyes almost popped out of his skull. "Dude, are you trying to get me killed! She already hates me as it stands!"

"You chickening out, tofu brat?"

"NO WAY, YOU'RE ON!"

At that moment, Cyborg popped up and slammed his hand on the table. "ALRIGHT FOLKS, YOU HEARD'EM! WE GOT OURSELVES A DUEL! THE STAKES ARE SET AND THERE ARE NO RULES! BOTH COMBATANTS MAY USE ALL THE POWER AT THEIR DISPOSAL, BARRING DESTROYING THE TOWER. NOW….GOOOOOO!"

The boys, who had slammed their arms down and locked hands as Cyborg spoke, braced and started pushing against each other as soon as Cy said go. Aqualad almost slammed the smaller green Titan's hand into the table immediately, but then the changlings' arm began to shift from one animal to another.

With each shift, Aqualad's arm raised a bit more, higher and higher. When they reached the starting point, Aqualad looked into his opponents face and blinked in confusion. Beast Boys' eyes had faded out and a feral look was on his face. His arm shifted again and became much larger and then shifted twice more, now leaving him with a huge and hairy arm with claws. Aqualad looked into those feral eyes and couldn't suppress a shiver.

Sensing weakness, Beast Boy roared and slammed his opponents arm down through the table.

Aqualad bounced off the floor and sat up quickly, looking at his green friend in horror.

Beast Boy smiled at his Atlantian ally as his arm shifted back into its usual unimpressive self. The primal look in his eyes and face had faded back to the smarmy grin that stayed on Beast Boy's face.

"Dude…what the hell was that?" Aqualad said as Beast Boy helped him up.

"That was you losing a bet." Cyborg shook his head in amazement.

The cheers for Beast Boy vibrated the windows behind Ravens' head, making her wince at the volume. She went back to watching her friend, who was getting pats on the back like he was some kind of celebrity.

He really has changed…

The sound of someone clearing their throat brought Raven's attention back to the area around her. She glanced at Jinx, who was grinning.

"You keep staring at Beast Boy like that and I'm gonna start thinking you're secretly into him." She laughed.

Raven couldn't keep the horrified expression off of her face. "By Azar, no! He's loud, annoying, his tofu is awful, and he's got to be the most immature person I've ever met!"

Jinx kept laughing. "So why can't you keep your eyes off of him?"

Raven rolled her eyes. "I'm not looking at him; I was watching them arm wrestle. Boys are so easily entertained it's ridiculous."

"Haha, ain't that the truth." Jinx started waving. "Over here! Grab one an extra one!"

Raven didn't bother asking who was coming, as the yellow speedster popped up almost immediately with three fair size cups of whatever punch was on the table. He handed one to Jinx and one to Raven, then plopped down next to his girlfriend.

Jinx sniffed the cup suspiciously. "What is this odd smell? Fruit punch and…raspberries?"

Kid Flash shrugged. "Dunno babe, I didn't make it."

She stared at him hard. "Did you roofie my drink, Wally West?"

He leaned over and kissed her cheek. "Nah, I value my life."

Raven stared hard at Kid Flash, well aware of his reputation for taking some pranks too far. She'd never been able to read his emotions though, it was always as if he was constantly milling through them as quickly as his powers let him move his body. Looking around, she saw that many of the people had cups of the odd drink, most half full. Beast Boy had just drained a cup and was refilling another as he joked with Cyborg and Robin about Aqualad eating tofu.

She took a tentative sip of the fruity drink. It wasn't unpleasant, just a little sweet for her liking. It left an odd aftertaste on her tongue that she couldn't shake but being around so many people made her uncomfortable and the cooling liquid calmed her nerves. Something was off though….

At this moment, Beast Boy wandered by. "Hey Wally, Jinx, how's it going?"

"Pretty good." Wally stretched out and propped his feet on the coffee table in front of him. "The fun should be starting any minute now."

"Oh really? Why's that?" Jinx asked him, suspicious.

"Cause everyone is finally starting to loosen up. Look at them." He waved his hand out to the many Titans, who were laughing and joking around even more.

Jinx however, knew something was up. Wally wouldn't look at her as he said any of it. It was the only way to tell when he was lying. "Wally West, what in the nine hells did you…"

The sound of a several hiccups came from her other side. The three teens turned at looked at Raven, who was staring intently at her empty cup as she hiccupped.

"My god, she sounds like a chipmunk." Jinx murmured.

Beast Boy cautiously sat down next to Raven as she continued to hiccup. "Hey Rae…are you okay?"

She pulled her attention away from the cup and looked at him wide eyed. When she spoke, it was a quiet voice, as if she was in awe. "Oh…hi Garfield…when did you get here?"

Garfield Mark Logan, better known as Beast Boy, looked his friend in the eyes and flinched. Her eyes were changing color constantly; Red, green, pink, orange, yellow, blue, purple, and several shades of each of those.

"Raven…are you okay?" He asked slowly.

She nodded and looked down into her cup, yellow eyed and still hiccupping. "I…I think there was alcohol in this."

Garfield, who had started to feel woozy several minutes before after two drinks but had assumed it was from using a partial transformation of the Beast, sat back against the couch. "Oh, that's great. That's just lovely. Are you telling me you can't handle alcohol?"

Raven shrank away from him, her eyes taking on a timid gray. "I-I'm sorry…I wasn't trying to bother you with it."

He shook his head, which only made him dizzier. "No no no, Rae, its fine, it's not your fault."

"Really?"

"Yeah, of course." He looked at her again. "Are you going to be okay?"

She nodded and looked away as her eyes shifted to a pinkish-purple. Garfield looked at her for a moment then shrugged. I'll never understand her.

The Titans around him were beginning to show the effects of the alcohol. There was singing, dancing, and a lot more laughter than before going on. Starfire was dancing with Red Star while a jealous Robin stood to the side mumbling to himself. Argent was openly flirting with Hot Shot and Jerrico. Cyborg was looking at everyone oddly, as if he had no idea of what was going on. Beast Boy waved him over.

It took a minute to get past the small sea of bodies, but soon enough Cyborg stomped his way over and sat next to his friends.

"Dude, what the heck is going on?"

Cyborg shook his head. "I think someone spiked the fruit punch with some high grade alcohol 'cause it looks like everyone is drunk or on their way to being drunk. How ya holding up?"

Beast Boy grimaced. "This is pretty crappy. I thought being drunk was supposed to be fun, I just feel all wobbly and it's hard to think. I don't think I can shift either."

"That's probably cause your physiology, being mostly animal now." Cyborg shook his head again. "Don't let Raven have any, it'll probably…"

His words trailed off as Raven, still hiccupping, grabbed Beast Boy's cup and drained it. The four friends around her looked at her in surprise. She hiccupped for a moment before handing the cup back to its owner. She looked to him, teetering slightly.

"…wreck her system." Cyborg finished his sentence with a sigh. "Oh boy, this aint gonna end well."

Raven looked to Cyborg and gave him a big grin, her eyes pink again. "Hiya Cy!"

Before a bewildered Cyborg could reply, she turned to Beast Boy. "Oh, hi Garfield. When did you get here? Why do you have my cup?"

Garfield stammered, unable to reply as she once again took his cup. Upon seeing it empty, she frowned and held it out to him. "You pointy eared elf, you drank it all. Get me some more please?"

He gulped. "Uh, Rae, that's, uh, my…"

She leaned in close to him, looked him in the eyes with her purple eyes, and asked again. Her voice was as sweet as honey to him right now. "Please, Gar? I'm thirsty."

He nodded dumbly and hopped up and practically ran from the couch. Jinx and Cyborg looked at each other in amazement.

"What just happened?" Jinx whispered.

"I have no idea but something tells me I need to save this recording!"

Neither noticed that Kid Flash had vanished.

It didn't take Beast Boy long to return with another cup, which Raven took immediately. She drained half the cup within moments, then handed the cup back to him with a happy sigh. She was still hiccupping occasionally, but as she rocked from side to side the hiccups subsided. She was humming something that nobody could figure out as they sat around and chatted for a bit.

"Uhh…bro…what the heck?" Cyborg whispered after about fifteen minutes.

"I have no idea what's going on anymore, dude, so don't ask me!" A very shaken Beast Boy choked out. "She's drinking from my cup and humming and smiling and I'm trying not to be freaking out and…"

His eyes widened and his mouth was slack. Cyborg tilted his head a bit to look at Jinx, who was just as wide eyed. He leaned over and found that Raven was laying her head on Beast Boys' shoulder, still humming and pink eyed. This time, however, she caught the looks thrown her way.

"What? He's so warm." She gave them such a huge smile that they were beginning to question if this was Raven or not.

Cyborg laid a heavy hand on his best friends shoulder. "If was nice knowing you, BB. When she kills you in the morning, I'll be sure to throw out all your tofu."

Beast Boy's pleading for help was drowned out by someone singing loudly nearby. When it died off, there was a chorus of applause followed by demands of someone else to sing next. Raven giggled.

"He sounded like a bucket of squirrels being choked by a crab."

"Must have been Speedy or Aqualad then." Beast Boy shook his head then stopped as a stupid idea struck him. He turned to Raven. "Hey Raven, why don't you get up and sing for us?"

Her eyes shifted to orange. "That's stupid. How can anyone have fun singing?"

His eyebrow raised. "So you can't sing, okay."

Instantly her now crimson eyes split into four and she yelled at him. "ARE YOU SAYING YOU I CAN'T DO IT?!"

He shook his head as carefully as he could without falling over. "No no no no, I'm saying that if you don't want to you don't have to."

Green eyes glared at him now. "I can do it! I can do anything anyone else can do and kick their butt at it too!"

"So why don't you do it?"

Gray eyes now. "But what if they hate my singing? I'm terrible at it."

Beast Boy sighed and rubbed his head, resolving to never let Raven drink again. Regular Raven was hard enough to deal with at times; booze-fueled bi-polar Raven was proving to be both a blessing and a headache. "Look, Raven, they'll all like it. Not so much the singing but the fact that their friend, you, decided to sing for them."

He watched her eyes shift the full spectrum several times before settling on pink/gray. She spoke slowly. "Okay…I'll try it."

"Awesome. What are you gonna sing?"

She stared at him for a moment, her eyes shifting to full purple again. "I have a good idea…"

He waited for her to tell him, but she just smiled again and left the couch. Cyborg, who had gotten up moments before, handed the teetering teenage sorceress a microphone.

"You sure you wanna do this?" He asked her quietly.

Raven looked up to her brother-like friend, her eyes green once more. "If I don't do this now, I'll never be able to do it again."

"You're…uh…not gonna blow anything up, are you?"

Raven shook her head, her eyes shifting to yellow. "I think the alcohol has mostly disrupted my powers because of my physiology, since I'm half Azarathian human and half demon. With my powers disrupted, it's making all my emotions come bubbling to the surface. I can't stop them, so I'm just going to ride it out and deal with it when I sober up."

"Are you sure you just don't want to go back to your room then? Wouldn't it be…safer?"

The girl gazed off into the crowd, back the way she came, and murmured softly. "It's now or never, Vic."

He stared at her hard for a moment. None of the titans used each other's name unless it was something serious. "Raven…what are you gonna sing?"

She grabbed his arm and pulled him down to her height to whisper in his ear. He stood back up and looked at her in amazement. Her eyes were gray again and she looked frightened as she looked around to the Titans watching her, waiting for her to sing. Victor Stone, aka Cyborg, shook his head again and loaded the song onto the surround sound system via the wireless connection between it and himself. His little sister was about to do something very much unlike herself and he couldn't bring himself to stop it.

Raven pressed a glowing hand to her throat and cleared it. Her voice changed pitch twice before she settled on something that was considerably softer than her usual voice. She nodded to Cyborg, who started the music. The music started softly and Raven began to sway, her eyes half closed. And then she sang.

I was given wine

We're feeling okay

And quite all right

You wash my tears away

And make me wanna stay

And bonfires lit up the shores

Walk far far away

To go beside you

Is where I want to be

Walk far far away

To laugh, to love

Days of roses and wine

Drifting astray

With your hand in mine

You stroke my fears away

And make me wanna stay

And bonfires lit up the shores

Walk far far away

To go beside you

Is where I want to be

Walk far far away

To laugh, to love

The whole room was speechless as Raven wandering through the crowd, singing softly and clearly. Her eyes were closed now, but she didn't touch a single person as she weaved her way

Walk far far away

Where to go and hide?

We're going to the sea

Walk far far away

To laugh, to love

And this is how it went;

I am here to stay

Roaring with the wind

There's life within'

This is what I give

A circle is complete

Another circle spins

There's life within'

Within'

Beast Boy, Jinx, and a recently reappeared Kid Flash were watching Raven appear and disappear in the crowd as she sang and did some odd sort of incredibly graceful dance. Beast Boy had never seen her do anything like this before and it was incredibly unnerving and an amazing sight to see.

Hell, I didn't know she could sing! He thought to himself as she sang the last notes. To his surprise, she popped up in front of him, twirling. Mid twirl, she tossed the microphone into the crowd (it bounced of Wildebeasts's head).

But at the end of her twirl she climbed into his lap where she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into a deep kiss.

The sound of dozen gasps and cups falling and spilling was followed by a silence for profound that you could have heard a pin drop into an ocean of cotton balls.

"What the actual f-" Cyborg started say, but was interrupted by Argent as she shushed him.

Jinx, sitting next to the kissing teens, could hardly breathe. "My God, Raven…I was joking."

Her boyfriend pulled out her cellphone and snapped a quick picture.

Beast Boy was in heaven. The girl of his dreams was sitting in his lap locking lips with him. She pulled away and brushed her hair back from her smiling face, gazing at him with soft pinkish-purple eyes. "Happy Valentine's Day, Gar."

"Happy Valentine's Day, Rae." He choked out, still disbelieving what was happening.

"What's wrong?" She asked before kissing him again, her arms back around this neck.

"Absolutely nothing, Rae. I couldn't be happier." He smiled at her, his arms wrapping around her waist.

She giggled. "Awesome. You're my first kiss. You taste so sweet and smell like a forest. Its…intoxicating."

Beast Boy marveled at her giggle as she kissed him between her sentences. They were little kisses, soft and tender; almost shy, but willing at the same time. She tasted like licorice and smelled like lavender and old books.

This is too good to be true! Beast Boy's mind screamed at him.

After about ten minutes of more kissing, Raven stopped and put her forehead to his and sighed so happily that Beast Boy's heart almost exploded in the chest. Literally.

"I'm so glad I finally got to do this, I've been waiting a long time." She smiled at him, her eyes full purple now.

"You…uh…what?" He said distractedly as he looked around. Many of the Titans were still standing and staring at them, but others were whispering to each other and glancing at them.

Raven turned to see what he was looking at. She stiffened at the sight of the audience, her eyes splitting and turning crimson before she yelled, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LOOKING AT? GET BACK TO PARTYING!"

The crown scattered instantly and she turned back to him, pink eyed and wide smiles. "There, all gone!"

She scooted closer to him until she was practically sitting on his crotch. It was a genuine struggle for the green teenaged shapeshifter to keep his composure as she wiggled on top of him to get comfortable. However, she saw his face grimacing face and her eyes shifted to gray again as her own face dropped to a sad frown. "What is it? You don't want me here, do you? I can go away if you want, not bother you."

Beast Boy shook his head vigoursly (stupid thing to do with a booze filled head, he thought afterwards). "No no no, you're fine Raven, really. This is just…a slightly embarrassing way to sit together."

Her eyes shifted to pink yet again and she smiled. "Oh, thank Azar. I thought you hated me."

Still smiling, she pulled his head to her chest and smothered him in a hug.

Beast Boy whimpered. Oh my god they're so soft and bigger than I thought! Do I feel a…wait, this is Raven! Keep it clean, keep it clean, keep it clean, keep it clean….

Raven heard him whimper and released him from her hug, a questioning look in her eye.

Shaking his head, Beast Boy mumbled a quick lie. "You, uh, were pinching my ear…"

"Oh! I'm sorry!" She leaned down and kissed him deeply once more before pulling away again. "Does that make it feel better?"

Garfield Mark Logan could only nod dumbly, his face flushed with embarrassment.

A voice rang out from the crowd behind them. "Will you two get a room already?!"

"YER JUST JEALOUS, YOU SCALY PUNK!" Raven roared back, then turned back to her companion. She suddenly froze, her face slowly turning crimson as the implication of what was said sank in. Beast Boy cleared his throat.

"He was kidding, Rae."

She nodded but couldn't maintain eye contact now. Her face didn't lose any of her blush and her eyes were shifting colors almost too rapidly to keep track of. Then she started trembling.

Beast Boy reached up, took her chin in his hand and guided her to look into his eyes. "Hey, Rae? I really don't understand what's going on with you right now and while this is amazing, I think that would be moving a bit too fast for my liking. So just put it out of your mind, okay?"

The young sorceress took several deep breaths before she nodded, her eyes shifting to their standard blue-gray. "Yeah, okay."

Her shoulders slumped a bit and she pressed a hand to her head. "You're right, this is moving too fast. I think I should go to bed."

"Alright. Want me to take you?"

"No, I'm fin-"

Raven had gotten up and taken a step towards the door when she teetered a little too hard to the side and almost fell over. Fortunately, Kid Flash appeared and caught her. He passed her off to Beast Boy, who had jumped up to help her. Wrapping an arm around her waist, he wobbily led her to the door.

Someone snickered in the back. "These weebles are wobbling, let's see if they fall down!"

Beast Boy stopped and the door and threw a glare over his shoulder. "If I were you guys, I'd figure out who spiked the punch. When Raven sobers up, she's going to be royally pissed."

The room quieted down as the two teenagers left.

"Uhh…shouldn't we stop them?" Asked Red Star. Several voices spoke out.

"Maybe."

"Probably."

"Yeah.

"Are we going to stop them?" He asked a bit more persistently, his brow furrowing.

"Maybe."

"Probably."

"Nah."

He shook his head. Robin looked to Starfire, who was apparently unaffected by the alcohol. It was probably because she had nine stomachs, but you could never tell with the orange skinned alien girl.

She caught his look and shrugged. "I'm sorry friend Robin, but I am not knowing of what to do right now. I'm happy that friend Raven finally expressed her feelings to Beast Boy, but I know that she will be most upset when she does this 'sobering up' that Beast Boy spoke of."

Robin started forward to follow his friends when Cyborg stepped in front of him.

"Let me make sure the Grass Stain don't do anything stupid, iight Rob?" He said, looking to his team leader. "You're looking a bit wobbly right now."

"Why aren't you affected?"

"Half of my digestive system is machine. Alcohol doesn't work on me at all." Cy chuckled. "I'll be back in a few minutes with Green Bean."

Cy stomped after his friends. It took him a few minutes to reach the hall that had Raven's room. He peeked around the corner and spotted the two teens making out again in front of her door. He shook his head. He better get what smoochin' he can tonight, 'cause she'll kill him in the morning.

He watched them separate and Raven walked in her room. But before the door closed, she stuck her head back out.

"Hey Gar…thank you. You don't know how much it means to me…"

Beast Boy put a gloved finger on her lips and smiled softly. "It's alright Rae. It's not easy for you and I understand that. That's half the reason why I try so hard every day to get you to come out of your shell, even if it's just a little bit. You deserve to be happy, you know. And…I want to see you smiling…always."

Raven was crimson faced again and Beast Boy was pretty red too. It did not mix well with his green complexion. Her door slid shut slow and silent. Beast Boy sighed and turned away from the door, the happiness he felt oozing from every iota of his being.

Cyborg couldn't help but chuckle as he rounded the corner. "Alright lover boy, let's get back to the party."

His friend laughed. "You're right Cy, we should get back."

"I want you to know that I'm proud of you, bro. It took a real man to not take advantage of a girl like that…"

Raven's door slid open once more. Raven reached out, grabbed a startled Beast Boy by the back of his shirt, and yanked him inside. The door slid shut and was sealed magically.

Cyborg could only stare at the door in disbelief.