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[thebeastwithout]

[voice]
Whoa. Hold on. Time out, dudes. So school was pretty OK at first, and I guess there was a buncha stuff that was good to know. I had no idea Napoleon crossed the Saraha on an elephant; I thought he was just the guy who invented that triple ice cream flavor. And the difference between geometry and geography is pretty obvious now, looking back.  But this is just gettin' lame!  Why the heck is there homework every day? Who invented midterms? And how do any of you guys have time for video games after going through all of this junk?!

You're all with me on this, right? I did fine teaching myself before; is there like someone I can talk to to get outta class?  I'm pretty much set for life schoolwise already.  I before t except after g, triangles have 360 angles, blahblah, see?

[action, high school]
[Beast Boy is so over this school thing.  The next day, instead of a skinny green boy sitting in his desk, there is a small, green cat curled up on top, taking a nap.  This persists in every class apart from lunch and gym.]  

[action, makeout point]
[Sometime after Valentine's Day, Beast Boy flutters up to the top of the mountain and transforms back into his usual self, sitting with his legs dangling off the side of the cliff.  There is a dreamy expression in his eyes and he sighs deeply as he flops backwards.  ...He changes his mind half a second later and sits back up, leaning over to scream down into the town far below.]

I've got a girlfrieeeeeend!!!!

[Oh, yeah.  Felt good.]

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[thebeastwithout]

I've got a better idea. C'mon!

[Beast Boy will, uh. Beckon in the direction of the window for some reason.]

[forgotten_titan]

[She looks puzzled, but she does as he says.]

I guess we could talk about this near the window but it's not exactly what I had in mind...

[thebeastwithout]

No, silly. C'mon!

[And then Beast Boy jumps out the window. ...Moments later, a giant bird flaps up.]

What floor are they on? Ground?

[forgotten_titan]

Am I...supposed to get on your back?

I have no idea. =P

[thebeastwithout]

[...The bird nods.]

[forgotten_titan]

[OK. Easy steps then. She carefully approaches the sill of the window and tries hard not to look down, because being even one floor up from the ground is scary. Reaching forward, she wraps her arms around BB's feathery neck for support before she shifts one leg on, and then the other.]

[thebeastwithout]

[...OK Beast Boy flaps hard and sweatdrops a little as she gets on this probably wasn't gonna work new plan gotta look cool in front of the girl.

And then Beast Boy was Nall's dragon form.

Way better. He circles around for a few moments before depositing the both of them on the roof.]

I don't really know how Nall looks like, apart from the cat-like form he has. Sorry!

[forgotten_titan]

[OK, the sudden shift from bird to flying cat took her by surprise. She does shriek when BB starts flying and holds on even harder. Is she grateful that it's a short ride, because the stone roof feels a lot better than the air.]

T-Thanks. I think this is a good place to talk.

Haha, no, it's just a dragon! But no worries.

[thebeastwithout]

So? What'd ya need to talk about?

[Beast Boy looks pretty pleased with himself.]

[forgotten_titan]

[OK. Hard talk time. She takes a deep breath to steady her nerves, before she starts.]

So, about Valentine's Day...did you mean it back then? About liking me?

[thebeastwithout]

[Beast Boy looks pretty surprised.]

'Course I did! I've always --

[Oh. Right. She didn't remember what she had said to him that day, the confession of who she really was. Maybe...]

Yeah. I do. ...We probably should talk about that. But, um. ...Did you mean it?

[forgotten_titan]

I do!

[Whoops, that came out louder and faster than she intended. She blushes slightly as she continues:]

I mean, I got exposed to the flowers, but I really like you Beast Boy. That's not a lie. I think the flowers just made me more open about it. It's just...I know that there were flowers that made people like each other that day, so you could've been...

[She trails off.]

[thebeastwithout]

C'mon, Tara. I didn't write that song in a day. It's... It's always been you.

[Beast Boy tries to smile reassuringly and only manages to look slightly worried instead.]

[forgotten_titan]

Always?

[thebeastwithout]

...You told me something when you were being operated on, Tara. Do you remember?

[forgotten_titan]

I said a lot of things, and I'm sorry for them. I didn't mean them Beast Boy, I swear it. You've been nothing but a great guy to me, and if I could I'd take them back.

[thebeastwithout]

No! No, I know. I know you didn't mean it. What I mean...

Tara, you said something important. Something you could only have said to me if...

[Beast Boy pauses for a moment.]

You said, 'I don't have any friends, remember?' Just like that.

[forgotten_titan]

Y-yeah, I did. The doctor made me think that everyone who I thought were my friends actually didn't like me; that they just became my friend to betray me to the town. That's why I said it.

[thebeastwithout]

No! You said, 'remember'! ...Maybe you didn't understand why, but you said 'remember'.

Because...

Because it was me.

I told you that. I was the one who said that.

[forgotten_titan]

I don't understand. What are you talking about Beast Boy?

[thebeastwithout]

I told you you didn't have any friends. When you betrayed us to Slade.

Tara! ...You said you regained a weird mirror, didn't you? I didn't think anything of it because... I kinda stopped thinking about all of this stuff.

But it was shaped like a heart, wasn't it?

[forgotten_titan]

[OK, she's looking increasingly bewildered, confused and, for some reason, afraid.]

Y-yeah, it was shaped like a heart, but why does it matter? Beast Boy, why are you saying these things? I would never betray you, or anyone to Slade! He's the worst criminal in Jump City!

[thebeastwithout]

Tara... You have to know by now.

Because you're Terra.

I was the one who gave that mirror to Terra the night she betrayed us. I was the one who told her she didn't have any friends. I fought her, I helped convince her to fight back against Slade, and now...

I'm finally with her again. And I... I'll never not want to be.

[forgotten_titan]

No! I'm not her! I'm not Terra Beastboy!

[But even as those words escape her, she's starting to feel sick. Those dreams she's been having in the past few nights that have had her waking up, screaming, not to mention the strange regains she's been getting, are starting to cast doubt on who she really is. Why else is everyone in Mayfield getting stuff back that they own, while she gets a mirror she can't remember, and rocks in the mail? The buried questions start floating back up to the surface, and she doesn't like them at all. She tries to implore Beast Boy though; if he can believe that she's not Terra, then she'll be happy with that.]

My name is Tara, and I go to school at Murakami High. I've got a Dad and a Mom Beast Boy! Terra isn't like me! You have to believe me!

[thebeastwithout]

...

Someone must have tried to make a new life for you. For your own good. It... It makes sense. I mean, that's how I would have wanted things for you, too, if you'd just been left back home.

But we're not home. I think it can be OK if you remember here.

Terra was a hero. I... You don't have to be afraid to be her.