Oh. My. Gosh. I am sooooo sorry! I should have updated sooner! It's just, school's back and I have other stories I'm working on. Anyway, I am back with another one! R and R please and enjoy!

Birthday Surprises

Chapter One: I Got Nothin'

It was that day. A birthday. Raven hated this birthday; it rivaled her own, in its own way. No, it wasn't Starfire's birthday, the day they had all been forced to enjoy her cooking to make her happy. It was worse.

Beast Boy's.

Now, the thing about Beast Boy is, with various animals he could turn into, hiding presents was difficult. But that wasn't the hard part. What was hard was finding a present for him, the guy who liked a very small assortment of things, most of these pertaining to watching TV or playing video games.

At least, for someone like the Titans it was. Actually, that was untrue. Cyborg, who had managed to find some free time to actually do things that had nothing to do with his car, was finally building Beast Boy his long-desired moped.

Robin, he was buying him a gift card for a specific brand of expensive tofu.

Starfire had wanted to make him a special birthday cake, but Robin had talked her out of it, with the promise that they could share Robin's gift, and Starfire could give Beast Boy a handmade card.

Raven though, Raven was a different story. She was currently sitting on the roof, meditating over birthday ideas.

What could I, someone with no money or skills to make anything he would actually want, give to a person like Beast Boy? What does he actually want? Tofu and mopeds are awesome, but something a little deeper, a little more thoughtful?

She shook her head, sighing. She stared off into the distance, watching the birds soaring through the pale pink sky, the sunset glowing a beautiful orange. It's rays shimmered off their wings, and they seemed to think the world had no problems.

"Must be nice, never having to worry about anything." She muttered dryly to herself. Then another thought struck her.

Wait, why do I care? The last time the other Titans had a birthday, all I remember doing was buying a cheap birthday card. And the only reason I could afford that was because I would spend the night before signing autographs for money.

Raven shook her head again, deep in thought. She was so deep in thought, she almost didn't hear someone coming up behind her. Almost anyway.

"What do you need? I'm trying to meditate here." She said, scrunching her eyes shut in annoyance. She thought she heard something shift, so she turned around, ready to toss them off the roof if need be. As she saw who it was, her eyes widened.

"Hey, I just wanted to make sure you were okay." Robin said, approaching her carefully, heading slightly to her left. When she didn't respond he sighed, then sat down next to her.

"You know you can always talk to me." He said, staring into her eyes, which were currently looking back at him with a mixture of annoyance and exasperation.

Raven shook her head, looking away. She stared at the sunset, purposefully trying to ignore the boy sitting next to her. With a sigh she slowly stood up, her cape draping around her body.

"I'm fine thank you." She said quickly, walking away to the door leading back inside the tower. Her hand was on the knob; she could feel the cool metal rub against her skin when he spoke.

"This is about Beast Boy's birthday, isn't it?" Robin said, giving her a look as he stood up, his arms crossed.

Raven turned around, mentally screaming at herself to just leave. She looked him in the eye as she put her hood back up.

"Why are you always so interested in my business?" She said, leveling her gaze.

She noted his movements in her brain, watching him shift slightly, eyes drifting away from hers. Raven saw him open his mouth to speak, when Starfire flew through the door to the roof.

"Friends! Beast Boy and Cyborg are doing the, 'remote fighting'! This time though they seem quite serious about it!' Starfire exclaimed, landing beside Robin.

He nodded, walking back down the stairs, inside the tower. Starfire followed him, and he held the door open for her, but not before giving Raven an extra long glance, his eyes clearly saying they would talk later.

Raven sighed as the door closed. Staring out at the sunset, she was about to do an early patrol of the city when she heard a crash, followed by muffled yells.

She sighed, then sunk through the floor, teleporting to the main room of the tower. Once she got there, she was not amused by any means.

As Starfire said, Beast Boy and Cyborg were fighting over the remote. Although Raven felt it unnecessary to fight over something as silly as a remote to the TV, she was quite impressed Cyborg was able to hold Beast Boy in a headlock, give him a noogie and flip through the channels simultaneously.

Beast Boy glared at him, opening his mouth to complain.

"Dude! I need to surf through the channels to find stuff I want for my birthday!" He protests, struggling against Cyborg's tight hold.

Cyborg only tightens his grip, smirking slightly.

"You shoulda' just made a list little green dude." He said, moving Beast Boy quickly to his other arm.

Beast Boy glowered at him, wiggling out of his grasp. Unfortunately for Beast Boy, Cyborg had been prepared for this, so he just scooped him right back up.

"Come on, let me go! And I did make a list!" He growls.

Raven, who had been standing in the corner of the room, rolling her eyes, suddenly perked up. Glancing around casually, she had an idea.

I can just look at what he wants on the list, and get him that. But only because he would probably tear the birthday card. Yeah, that's it.

She assured herself, then teleported through the floor to Beast Boy's room. It was a horrendous mess. There were random piles of clothes laying everywhere, and what was moving in them even Raven couldn't tell.

She wrinkled her nose in obvious disgust, walking around the room quickly. She stopped at what she supposed used to be a bookshelf, now too covered with dust and mold to tell.

Her eyes skimmed over it, carefully studying it for any sign of the list he was talking about. A piece of bright colored paper caught her eye, but as she reached for it, footsteps were heard. She pulled her hand back immediately, stiffening. If someone caught her now, it would be difficult to explain why she was currently in Beast Boy's room, and standing near a book shelf which had no books, unless you count comic books, on it.

Glancing around anxiously for an exit, she looked back at the paper. Reaching her hand out, she-

"What are you doing in my room?"

Cliffhanger! Sorry it's so short, but I needed to get this out here before I just gave up on this story completely. Anyway, if you want me to update faster, leave a review! Even if all you say is update, at least I know you cared! Also, if anyone appears out of character I sincerely apologize. Another thing, I ship BB and Rae, RobStar, and Flinx. (The last one is just a note for later stories.)