What up, ma fellow bbrae shippers! Update, you say?
There you go. *insert smirky face here*

The alarm did ring at the wrong time, much to Beastboy's evident annoyance. And to add to that, Raven seemed to be avoiding him a lot after it. At movie nights, she would always sit next to Starfire or Cyborg, or leave altogether. At the pizza place, she would find a way to sit as far away as possible from Beastboy. She somehow managed to avoid him, but it was getting pretty hard, considering that it made him go after her even more.

Beastboy was confused about all this, and had expected her to be a little more open to him, especially after Terra dumped him, but she was hardly around. He didn't really blame her, but he felt stupid now. What if she actually didn't like him, and he'd just broken up with Terra for no reason? He just messed up their relationship for nothing! Now, even Terra didn't bother to stay around him, not that anyone cared, though. It bothered him to think that she might not like him.

But Raven herself was confused and bothered, maybe even more than Beastboy, because never before had she faced these sorts of things, and it troubled her. Was she supposed to show her feelings? Was she just going to get her heart broken if she did? Did she even have feelings?

When they had bothered her more than she could bare, she pushed them away altogether. She could live without dealing with it, she had to! She'd lived with it before, and she could do it again. But alas, Raven came to realize, when you're falling for someone, all your denial and trouble will always come shooting back to you, sooner or later.

Starfire had tried talking to her stubborn friend, but it never really worked.

"Friend Raven? Might we go over it today? You seem a little…disturbed?" Starfire said, walking into Raven's room one afternoon to see the girl lying flat on her face on her bed.

"Disturbed?! Oh no! I'm not disturbed!" Raven exclaimed suddenly, shooting up to face Starfire. She herself wasn't sure if that was sarcasm or panic, but it certainly wasn't easy to control. "What even is that!?"

Starfire's eyebrows fly up. "Er… I believe you are. Are these emotions getting to hard to deal with?" she asked uncertainly, hesitantly making her way to sit next to Raven.

"I don't have emotions! I'm not supposed to!" said the still troubled Raven. "Quick, Starfire, tell me it's just a nightmare and Terra's still with Beastboy!"

Starfire looked more than startled as Raven looked eagerly at her. "I would…" - her friend looked relieved – "but that would be telling lies, and I do not do the "telling of lies,"

Raven sighed. "What am I supposed to do, Star?"

"I do not know..." Starfire pondered. "Do you have the feelings for friend Beastboy?"

"I don't even know!" Raven said exasperatedly. Starfire quickly nodded.

'Bad approach, Kori,' she told herself. "How about you..ask him? Or let him know, somehow? You have been staying away from him a lot lately, you know that?"

Raven groaned. "I can't just "let him know"!" she repeated. "It would be horrible, and he'd think I was a fool!"

"No, I do not believe he would.."

"You sure about that?"

Starfire shrugged. "I am not. But it's always worth a shot!" Another groan from Raven. "I will tell you what! What if we go together for a – how do you say? – girl's day out?"

Raven frowned. "I don't know, Star…"

"We could get our friends to come, too! Bumblebee, Jinx, Terra-"

"Not Terra!"

"-it would be most delightful!"

Raven sighed. "You sure about that? I don't think we should… I mean, I should focus on training and stuff, and I have this new book to read-"

"Raven, please do the shutting up. I will call them, and we will go together!" Starfire said firmly, or as firmly as she could get, anyway. Raven's shoulders slumped. "It will be very fun! Let us go call them!"

It had been a day since that talk with Starfire, and Raven was lying helplessly in her room once again. Starfire had invited all the girls – Bumblebee, Jinx, and even Terra – and they were almost here. She didn't want to go, but then again, it was better to just shut up and go, rather than face Starfire's scolding. That girl could seriously show some stuff when she wanted to, Raven thought, not something I wanna face today.

So, just in time to ruin her moping, the door swung open and in marched the said tamaranean, followed by two other girls.

"Get up, girl!" Bumblebee exclaimed. "You can't go the mall like that!"

Starfire nodded. "She is quite right," she agreed. "You must wear something more…proper!"

Jinx frowned. She eyed Raven's daily outfit with disapproval. "Yeah… we need something more.." she paused. She didn't finish her sentence however, and turned to Starfire. "Could she borrow some of your clothes?"

Starfire clapped her hands together. "Yes! She must!"

Raven's eyes widened. "What?! No!" No one paid any attention to her, however, and the girls all marched out as soon as they came in, saying that they would be back with some more "girly" stuff. Raven rolled her eyes. "Fantastic. What've I gotten myself into?"

Thanks all of you for replying to the author's note. Didn't know people wanted me to update, and dang that was encouraging. But you gotta know this, I need constant reminders to update, because...well.. I just forget a lot XD

See ya,
I'm out!