Dealing With Two Lives

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A/N: It's been years. :) But I chose to update even after so long. I thought I'd just finish it up. Yes, my writing style has probably become different. Maturity does a lot to one person. Haha. Anyways... my writing might as well be rusty. I can't really remember what I wanted to write in the previous years. The other chapters have my former penname in them. Just to let you know my penname has been changed to Little Pixxie. Thanks!

Chapter 5

Hanging Out With the Mystery

"RAVEEEN!" yelled a voice as they banged on the door. Raven suddenly jumped out of her bed and groaned, rubbing her temples. She heard something explode right outside her room and then she heard some muffled voices, "Yep, she's awake..." .

"Raven, it's almost noon," said the voice, which sounded like Cyborg's, "It ain't like you to oversleep. Come down for breakfast, kay?" She heard loud clanking footsteps, and heard them fade away as he walked away from her room.

"Ugh..." Raven groaned. Grabbing her cloak, she made her way to the kitchen.

"I wish rehearsals weren't in the mornings..."she whispered to herself. She had band rehearsal that morning and got back before the titans "woke" her up. She thought she could rest for a while before they pounded on her door.

"Hey Rae! You're up!" said the quirky changeling, "'Bout time! We thought you were out in there."

"Yeah, you've been oversleeping quite a lot recently," Robin piped in, "Anything up?" Raven quickly shook her head, "I'm fine. There's nothing to worry about." The other titans shrugged, getting back to their daily routine.

Raven groggily walked over to the counter and pulled a box of herbal tea from one of the cabinets. Beast Boy scooted next to her.

"Guess what, Raaae?" he said tauntingly.

"It's Raven," she murmered.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Guess what?" he grinned. Raven stayed silent. A vein throbbed in his head, "You're supposed to ask what." Raven sighed.

"What." It wasn't a question. It was more of a statement.

"I've got a date today," he said mockingly, "And she's reaaally pretty." Raven looked up from her tea.

"So what does it have to do with me?" she said, monotonously, secretly keeping her nervousness to herself, suddenly reminded what she had to do that day. Beast Boy's ears drooped.

"Uh..." he began. "I-" He got broken off by Starfire.

"Friends! Do you wish to partake in the dueling of the games on the station of games with us?" she squealed. Raven and Beast Boy both looked to where Cyborg and Robin were, playing games on the Gamestation.

"Sorry. I have to meditate," said Raven, picking up her herbal tea, about to walk away.

"Yeah, me too." Raven stopped dead in her tracks and the other titans turned to look at the green bean with weirded out looks. Realising what he had just said, Beast Boy put his hands up trying to protect himself.

"No, no! I mean I have things to do, so I can't," he said quickly.

"What you gotta do, BB?" Cyborg questioned, putting the game on pause. Beast Boy tugged on his collar, sweat trickling down his face.

"I got a date," he said in a low voice. Cyborg's eyes bulged out of his eye sockets.

"SAY WHAT?! WITH WHO? KITTEN?!" Beast Boy waved his hands around.

"NO WAY, DUDE!" he retorted quickly, "With this girl I met at the music store a few days ago."

"So, she's a stranger? You better be careful, Beast Boy," Robin warned him. Hearing enough, Raven walked out of the room. Beast Boy turned quickly to follow her. Cyborg, Starfire and Robin returned confused looks.

Outside, in the corridors, Beast Boy was following Raven. Raven spun around.

"Why are you following me?" she demanded. Beast Boy looked like he really didn't know what to do.

"Okay, I lied. It's not a date, Just... hanging out," Beast Boy muttered. Raven crossed her arms, still supporting her mug of herbal tea in her hands. "The girl I'm meeting said she was bringing a friend along." He sighed.

"Oh, too bad for you then," she turned heel, when he stopped her, grabbing her by the wrist. "Think you could give me some back up?" he asked, hopefully. Raven retrieved her wrist hastily. Beast Boy was startled by her action.

"Ask someone else," she lowered her eyelids at him.

"Oh, sorry..." he looked down, twiddling his thumbs. Raven sipped on her herbal tea, realising it had started to become cold.

"Why not the others anyway? Why me?" she asked him. He looked up ho meet her glare.

"Starfire would probably weird her out. Cyborg would probably crush her, cus she's so tiny. And Robin... well, Starfire wouldn't like the idea of him going out with me and two girls. Think about it."

"Well, I'm sorry. Because I can't help," she turned around, walking away. "Be a man, Beast Boy. Learn to do things yourself." Beast Boy watched her walk away and hung his head.

"What is up with her?"

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Raven quickly entered her room, carefully putting her herbal tea on her bed-side table. She puffed a sigh of relief. She looked over at a slim, leather wristband sitting on the same table where she put her herbal tea. It had silver linings on it with a small picture of a dragon. She picked it up and stared at it in her hands. She closed her eyes, and took one deep breath. She slurped up the rest of her herbal tea and put it down.

"Let's just get today overwith." She tied the wristband around her right wrist and kneeled on the ground. She lifted her right arm into the air. Her eyes glowed white and so did the wristband.

"Mutatio." White light came out of the wristband and engulfed her into it. Still covered in white light, she stood up.

"Guess it's time."

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Beast Boy was out downtown, leaning against the wall near Jump Jump Cinema. He was wearing a green hoodie and blue baggy jeans. He pulled up his sleeve, checking the time.

"Geez. I wonder if I came too early," he swore to himself.

"BB?" Beast Boy looked up and saw Illarae, with another girl. He walked over to them and studied them. Illarae was wearing an AC/DC band t-shirt with skinny jeans. Illarae pointed over to her friend.

"This is Rae. Rae, this is Beast Boy." Beast Boy blinked. Did she just say... Rae? Raven? He looked at her. The girl had long flowing black hair that reached her back, which was tied up in a braid. Strands of hair covered one of her eyes, which were brown. She had freckles on her cheeks. She wore a pair of skinny jeans and a black plain shirt, which hugged her figure perfectly. Over that, she wore a purple cardigan. He blinked again, looking up. Obviously, she slightly stood over him.

"Uh, hey there," He greeted, offering her a handshake, "I'm sorry, I thought-" he started but she suddenly grabbed his hand and shook it viciously. "Nice to meet you! It's really cool to know that I'm hanging out with a Teen Titan." Beast Boy sweatdropped, noticing how fake her big grin was.

"Heh, well, this is interesting," he coughed when she put his hand down. Illarae and Rae both looked at him.

"What is, BB?" Illarae wrinkled her nose. First, he pointed to Illarae and then Rae.

"We have an IllaRAE and RAE." Illarae and Rae both looked at each other and burst out laughing.

"Funny," Rae snickered and nudged him in the arm. Beast Boy grinned sheepishly and rubbed his arm.

"Thanks." No, this was not Raven. She looked completely different and acted completely different as well. What are the odds of other people having the same name as your friend? Well, it wasn't zero, that's for sure, in this case. Beast Boy was stopped dead in his thoughts as he was grabbed by Illarae.

"Come on, guys," she beamed, "Movie's gonna start."

The three of them made their way to their seats and sat down. Beast Boy sat in the middle, with both girls sitting on each side. Well, this was awkward, he thought. He looked at Rae, staring at the side of her face. Rae looked at him.

"What's the matter?" she asked, curiously. Realising that she had noticed him staring, he quickly came up with something. Even if it was stupid.

"You look cool?" Rae looked at him for a few seconds and snickered again. "You're so amusing. You got an interesting personality, you know that?" And then she turned to look back at the screen and said something to Illarae. He breathed a sigh of relief and suddenly the lights dimmed to darkness. The movie had started.

It was half an hour into the movie and Beast Boy wasn't enjoying himself much. First, he felt awkward sitting in the middle of two girls. Second, he swore he had sat in a chair with gum in it. Third, Illarae was grabbing his arm because she was getting scared. All of a sudden, his communicator went off, emitting a loud beeping noise. Everyone in the theatre turned to look at him, with annoyed glances. He quickly took it out of his pocket and looked up at the annoyed audience.

"Heh, when there's trouble you know who to call?" he scratched his head and he exited the theatre, to answer the transmission.

"Beast Boy! Where are you?" Cyborg yelled through the communicator.

"At the movies. Why, what's going on?"

"What's going on is that I'm kicking Robin's butt at video games, and you're not here to watch!"

"Dude! I'm in the middle of watching a movie! I'll watch when I come back!" Cyborg looked into the communicator, getting quite distracted.

"Yeah, yeah, okay. Have fun with your girlfriend!" And it was off. Beast Boy stared at his communicator. Actually, he couldn't wait to get back to the tower and play video games. Video games were better than what he was doing now. No offense to them, but he wasn't used to hanging with two girls he didn't know very well. If only Raven hadn't had refused to go with him. He would've felt better.

All of a sudden he noticed Rae exiting the theatre, running towards the girls' washroom. But there was something strange about her at that moment. Her hair... seemed to have changed colour. He rubbed his eyes and she was gone. He ran towards the girls' washroom and pressed his ear against the door.

"Potato" was what he heard and then silence. He then heard a cough from behind him. And there stood Illarae. Beast Boy flushed beet red.

"If you were getting bored of the movie, you could've just said," she smirked, "And I never knew you were the type. To do this." Beast Boy retreated from the washroom door.

"No, you've misunderstood!"

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Inside of the washroom, Rae splashed water on her face. She then looked up in the mirror, seeing Raven, her real appearance, peering back at her.

It's hard keeping this up when a fellow titan was around. The wristband only worked effectively when she wasn't nervous. She just had to calm herself down, and she'd be fine. The only constraint with this wristband, is that she couldn't use her powers. Her powers were completely neutralised when using the wristband. She was like... an ordinary teenager.

Rae walked out of the girls' washroom and raised her eyebrow.

"Uh..." Beast Boy and Illarae looked up from where they were sitting.

"Oh, hey, Rae," Illarae stood up, "We.. got bored of the movie. So, what you wanna do now?" Rae looked over at Beast Boy, giving her a curious expression. Rae looked at her feet.

"What about some ice cream?" she suggested. Illarae nodded and pulled her friends out of the cinema.

"Sounds like a great idea."

They arrived at the ice cream parlour, ordered and took their seats.

"So, BB," Illarae had started the conversation, "Which titan do you admire the most?" Beast Boy jumped out of his seat.

"What... what... What the?!" he cried out. Rae looked over at Illarae.

"Quite the straight-forward one, aren't you?" she said teasingly. Illarae laughed.

"Come on, tell us. We won't tell them," she said, assuringly. The waitor came over with their ice cream.

"Chocolate for the AC/DC fan, strawberry for the innocent girl and..." the waitor looked at Beast Boy disgustingly, "T-To..fu for the green machine..." He set the bowls of ice cream onto the table and walked off.

"Tofu? That's weird," Illarae snorted. Beast Boy picked up the bowl and put a spoonful in his mouth.

"No, it's not," he retorted, with his mouth still full. Illarae grabbed the bowl from his grasp.

"If it isn't, then let me try," she cooed, slowly putting the spoon of tofu ice cream closer to her lips. Rae watched on with fear and disgust. This was... this was... indirect lip contact! Rae quickly swatted the spoon away before it reached her lips and it landed on the ground. Beast Boy and Illarae both gaped at her in surprise.

"Uh... sorry," she blushed, getting angry at herself. Illarae grinned evilly at her, realising what was going on.

"Chill out, Rae, I was only kidding." Illarae smirked at her and then looked back at Beast Boy.

"You're her fave titan. So sh-" she couldn't finish as her mouth was clamped shut by Rae's hand.

"Say anymore and die," she warned. Illarae pulled away her hand and laughed.

"So anyway, back to you, BB. Which titan you admire most?" Beast Boy gulped.

"Uh... all of them?" he answered. Illarae shook her heard. "One in particular? I know there is." Beast Boy didn't answer.

"It's Raven, isn't it?" she asked. Beast Boy's face started to burn out of embarassment.

"N-No! It isn't!" he stammered. "How would you know?"

"It was written all over your face!" Hearing the conversation, Rae's nerves started to act up. She couldn't do this any longer. For if it kept up, her real identity would be shown. She stood up to leave.

"Rae, where you goin?" Illarae asked her. Beast Boy looked up at her as well.

"Ahaha, um, I'm sorry, I... gotta go." She ran out of the shop, forgetting about her ice cream as well.

"That was weird. She seems so out of it today," Illarae made a face. Beast Boy looked after her.

"Yeah. Weird..."

A/N: Oookay. End of chapter 5. I'll be updating the next chapter soon, Chapter 6... and I haven't decided the next chapter's name. Anyway, til next time! Oh, by the way, I prefer to update, when I know there are people actually reading... so, R&R! :)