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Except for Raven's faint sobs the flight home was quiet, and even though it took only 20 minutes it felt like an eternity to Cyborg, Robin and Starfire, who could help but feel that they had failed both Beast Boy and consequently Raven.

Cyborg as usual was stewing in his own juices, blaming himself for not being all knowing and all seeing.

I should have known Terra wanted to keep BB, I shouldn't have let them go to Los Angeles.

Robin was preoccupied with trying to understand the motive behind Terra's "truce".

Why does she care about what happens between Bane and Slade? Was she really worried about an underworld war in Southern California? She was ready to destroy the whole place!

Starfire was furious with Terra's behavior. She had stolen their friend and Raven's beloved from them and threatened kill millions if not allowed to get away with it. In her opinion Terra had become an especially dangerous criminal.

She should be destroyed before she actually does trigger the earthquakes! The princess thought as her eyes glowed.

Raven looked out of her canopy, still in Starfire's comforting embrace, watching the coastline quickly slip by below the T-Ship. She was beginning to wonder if this was some sort of cosmic justice being meted out to her, the natural consequence of the evil that lurked deep within her soul, an evil that she had always struggled to fight and contain and failed to do so more than once.

I don't deserve him.

The Titans' return to the Tower would be unpleasant to say the least. For one thing, it was still trashed from Ivy's failed attack when they left. The lower half of the Jump City landmark was wrapped in dead vines and every single window had been broken. It was worse than when Saico-Tek had damaged the Tower the year before. Only Slade's long ago infiltration had caused more damage.

Cyborg sighed when he thought about the Tower's sad condition.

"Some time's I don't even know why I bother!" he mumbled out loud. "Why fix it? It's just gonna get trashed again!"

"I'll help you clean up Cyborg." Raven said in a hoarse voice, her throat was clearly irritated from all her crying.

"Forget it Raven, you just get some rest." He replied. "I can handle it."

"I agree friend Raven, you have had the bad day. You should rest." Starfire agreed with the tin man. "I will help Cyborg with the process of cleaning up and the repairing of the tower."

"Thanks guys." She replied. "But maybe it's better if I keep myself busy today."

"Whatever works for you Raven. Robin, would you mind calling the glass company?"

"Sure Cyborg, no problem. I have a hunch that they already know and are waiting for our phone call."

As they approached the Tower they were surprised to see that all of Ivy's dead vegetation was already gone and that a third of the windows had already been replaced. Cyborg's communicator chirped and when he opened it he saw Bumblebee's cheerful face on the display.

"We were wondering when you would all come back Sparky." She grinned. "We heard about Ivy's attack and decided to come over and give you a hand with the clean up. So how did it go?"

"Thanks for cleaning up Bee. Let's just say that we've had better days."

"What happened?" She asked in a concerned voice.

Cyborg sighed. "Terra got away with BB. She threatened to trigger an earthquake on the San Andreas Fault if he didn't go with her."

Bumblebee scowled. "I knew that girl was bad news the first time I laid eyes on her. How's Raven doing?"

"Not too good." He replied quietly. "She's taking this really hard. There's no telling when BB might come back. Maybe never."

Cyborg landed the T-Ship and after quietly disembarking they all went straight to the common room. Starfire still had an arm draped around Raven and the two boys were silent as they walked alongside their friend.

The room hadn't changed since they left. The windows were still broken and there was still dead vegetation littering the room. The four of them began to clean up, throwing the dead vines out the window and everything else into the trash. Raven kept herself busy, sweeping trash up and tossing it into a dust bin. She focused on the task to help distract her from the truth at hand, and it worked, that is until she swept up the smashed remains of Beast Boy's green game station controller, which is when she broke down and began to cry again, drawing everyone to her side.

"I'm sorry; I'm being such a wimp. I'm sure all of you miss him as well." She apologized.

"Oh Raven!" Starfire consoled her once again. "I wish I could do something to lessen your suffering."

Raven patted her friend's hand. "I'm OK Starfire. I know he will come back to me someday, and when he does I'll never let anything ever come between us again. Ever."

The Tamaranian held her friend tight and noticed that she did not squirm or feel uncomfortable in her embrace. Eventually Starfire released Raven and got up to help finish cleaning up the room, and that's when her supersensitive alien eyes saw the distant spec approach the Tower.

"Friends, something is coming our way." She pointed out the broken window. The others looked in the direction she was pointing, but only Cyborg with his bionic eye could discern the distant object.

"Well I'll be the son of a badger pup!" he exclaimed.

"What is it Cyborg?" Raven asked as she squinted her bloodshot violet eyes. "I can't see anything."

"If I'm not mistaken its Terra and BB."

Raven recoiled. "Is she coming back to rub her victory in my face?" Raven said angrily. "I wouldn't put it past her."

"Be positive Raven. Maybe it's good news." Robin reassured her.

"Yeah, right." She said under her breathe. "Since when do I ever catch a break?"

Terra and Beast Boy floated into the common room, his arm draped around her neck and hers was wrapped around his waist. He leaped off the boulder and ran to Raven, who looked like she was about to cry again.

"I'm back Rae!" he shouted as he scooped her up and spun her around him. "The deal's off. Terra's decided to release me!"

Raven looked astonished. "Please tell me this isn't a joke."

Terra was wide eyed, taking in all the damage that Ivy had inflicted before she turned to Raven and replied in a very grave and serious voice.

"I've brought him back, BB's yours Raven. And guys, I'm really sorry about all this. I'll pay for everything that was damaged, I swear."

"Thanks." Raven replied uneasily. "But why?"

Terra sighed before answering, still astonished at all of the destruction that surrounded her.

"Because you're his true love." She answered with a tone of resignation. "He would always be miserable with me. When all is said and done, I want him to be happy, and he can only be happy if he's with you."

"You're giving him up? Just like that?" Raven asked.

Terra nodded. "He made me understand that he didn't love me, and never would."

Beast Boy looked at Terra with a thankful expression in his eyes, grateful that she omitted telling everyone about his attempted suicide. Raven would have completely freaked out had she learned about it. There was some truth to the saying, sometimes it best to let sleeping dogs lie.

Terra then apologized to Bumblebee and Menos for her behavior back in Steele City and offered to take both teams out to dinner that night.

After that Terra quietly approached Raven and grabbed her elbow, leading her into the privacy of the conference room and closed the door behind her.

"I want you to understand something Raven. He's yours and I'm giving up any claims on him. But I'm warning you and I want to be perfectly clear about this. You'd better be good to him, really good. Because if you hurt him or mistreat him again, I'll come back and be your worst nightmare."

Terra paused, fighting back her tears.

"You can be so cruel to him sometimes. I still haven't forgiven you for beating him so savagely."

"Neither have I." Raven remarked softly. "But thank you, thank you for returning him to me. I'll be good to him, I promise."

Terra sat down on one of the chairs in the conference room.

"We've always butted heads, haven't we Raven?"

"I suppose so." She replied diplomatically. Then she chuckled. "But when we first met I never would have guessed that we would eventually fight over him."

Terra nodded. "And did we fight. Also, for the record, I was bluffing about the earthquakes, I can't start them."

"So now you tell us."

Terra nervously drummed the conference room table with her fingers.

"So when are you gonna marry him?" the Geomancer blurted out.

Raven was shocked by the bluntness of the question.

Terra responded with a coy smile.

"You know you will."

"I, I don't know." Raven stammered. "I haven't really thought about that yet."

"I'm surprised you haven't."

"I was a little busy worrying about rescuing him from you."

Terra nodded, still smiling.

"So, are you gonna wait until you're married? I envy you Raven. He's gonna be a heavenly lover, I just know it."

Raven glared at the Geomancer.

"I know, I know, I'm out of bounds." She said as she raised her hands in a mock defensive posture.

"Just don't forget Rae, they don't sell life insurance to super heroes for a good reason. Our lives can be exciting, but they can end suddenly and with little or no warning."

"I see your point Terra. But I'd rather not talk about that now."

Terra stood up and walked to the door. "It's time for me to go. Always remember, Raven, you're the luckiest girl in the whole world. I'll see you at dinner."

"You don't need to remind me of that, I already know it. See you later Terra."

Raven's room incurred minimal damage during the attack and once the windows were replaced that afternoon all Raven had left to do was pick up the broken glass from the floor, which Beast Boy helped her with. After that Beast Boy headed off to work on his own room, which had incurred some damage and needed more work. Raven had offered to help him, but he declined her offer. The hours went by and he didn't show up for dinner. Everyone was hungry after all the repair and cleanup work and were becoming impatient waiting for him. Raven wondered what he was up to and went to check on him.

As she approached his room she saw that the door was open and took a quick peek. She gasped in surprise, as it was the cleanest she had ever seen it. All the trash was gone, the beds were made, all of his trinkets had been picked up and put away and Beast Boy was busy folding his clean laundry.

"Would you like me to run the vacuum cleaner?" She asked.

He looked up at her and grinned. "Sure, that'd be nice."

She unwound the vacuum cleaner's cord, plugged it in, turned it on and started cleaning the floor.

"So." She began, shouting over the cleaner's din. "Why is your room so clean now?"

He grinned as he replied. "After spending so much time in your room I guess I got used to things being clean and tidy."

"I knew I was a good influence on you."

"You sure are. Of course, now that I'm moving back into my own room, well, I just had to clean it up, you know."

Raven shut off the vacuum cleaner.

"You're moving back into your room?"

"Well yeah, you know, I'm not in danger anymore, right?"

"Oh, of course." She replied. "It's just that, well, …"

He stopped folding a pile of T-shirts and looked up at her.

"What is it Rave?"

"I guess I'm going to miss you."

"Why don't you get yourself one of those full length body pillows, maybe a green one?"

"I'm not joking Garfield. Just a few hours ago I didn't know when or if I'd ever see you again. And now, with no warning you're back. I don't want to let you go again."

He nodded. "Sorry. It is gonna be kinda lonely without you. But we can't live in the same room and sleep in the same bed together every night. It's not like we're married. At least not yet anyway."

Raven perked up upon hearing his last remark.

"Do you ever think about that Garfield? You know, being married someday."

Beast Boy stopped folding his clothes and sat down on his lower bunk, motioning Raven to join him, which she did.

"I did when we were bunking together. I'd pretend that we were married when we went to sleep." He admitted with a slight blush.

There was a long pause until Raven broke the silence.

"So what do we do now?"

"I dunno." He replied. "I guess I could just keep on sleeping in your room, but …"

"But?"

"What will the others say?"

"Does it matter?" She replied. "I mean, were just going to sleep together … "

"Of course." He replied. "We wouldn't do anything like that."

She gave him one of her small Raven smiles. "Of course not …" Her smile grew. "At least not right away."

THE END