Fan Fiction ❯ Just One Night Out ❯ Not Too Late ( Chapter 9 )

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Chapter 9.) Not Too Late

d/c: I do not own Teen Titans. I never have. I never will. I do not own the song Away from me. Evanescence rocks! R & R. Enjoy.



Introduction:

Beast Boy and Starfire go 'hang out' at Selevence Carnival, unbeknowest to the pair, their is an (un)wanted hitchhiker! B.B. decides to take things nice and smooth...well, almost smooth. BTW: Am I the first B.B. and Starfire Writer??? No, right?

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Day: Number 12

Points Of View Intertwined: Beast Boy and Starfire

Location: Selevence Carnival

Setting: County Fair, complete

with rides, different types of games

of chance/skill, bungee jumping

off tall scaffolds...and home made cooking!

Time: 10:40 A.M.

'Whoo, boy...Alone...with Starfire...finally.' Beast Boy slowly parked the vehicle in the middle of the parking lot, his hands shaking slightly in anticipation. His inner voice piped up. 'Idiot, calm down! You do not want to crash the party like this!' He berated himself, as Starfire looked out the window, her eyes radiating joy and excitement. "Two minutes and twenty seconds! A new record!" B.B. cried out triumphantly. 'This is it!' Starfire turned to face the slightly nervous B.B., beaming at him with her 100,000,000 watt smile. "It has been quite some time since we have visited the fair! I cannot wait to see what is new! We have no time to waste! Come on!" B.B. grinned bashfully at the unsuspecting Starfire. 'She has no idea...,' He mused to himself. "Nor can I, believe me...," He replied as he gently switched off the vehicle's ignition.

'So...how should I begin?' B.B. sat where he was, uncertain what to do next. Starfire sat by his side, watching him patiently. Beast Boy felt a strange urge surfacing within him. 'What am I...?' He looked down at Star's delicate hands, and suddenly desired to feel them in his. 'Should I...take her hand?' B.B. had seen it a few times on television, but would it be acceptable in real life? He bit his lip in indecision, and finally shrugged his doubts off. 'Hey, at least you are trying something. What is the worst that could happen? Go ahead, try it.' His conscience encouraged him.

"So...shall we begin?" Beast Boy tenatively clasped Starfire's hand. Starfire looked down at his hand, surprise etched on her face. 'Oh!' Her surprise was replaced with a warm feeling of companionship. Starfire lightly clasped his hand and smiled. "Sure thing, B.B." B.B. tried not to show the light flush he was experiencing. 'I'm beginning to enjoy hearing her call me B.B.; I must be going off the deep end...But I like it!'

Starfire began to rock the slightly dazed Beast Boy back and forth, encouraging him to step on it. "Oh, B.B., earth to B.B.? We have a schedule today, and I do not wish to miss anything!" Her sing song tone was music to his own ears. 'I'll take that as a good omen.' B.B. recovered quickly, but not before earning a raised eyebrow from Starfire. 'Hmm...this is quite interesting,' Starfire mused to herself.

'Am I just imagining it? Hmmm...maybe.' The teens grinned at one another. "Of course, we shall!" B.B. reverted himself to his "usual" smooth self. He grinned teasingly at his companion. "All right! Last one to the booth has to go bungee jumping!" Starfire tittered as she made a head start, flashing him a raspberry. "I most certainly will not!" B.B. ran after the flying Starfire, yelling out in protest. "Hey! No fair! You're cheating! I'm going get you for that, Starfire!" The two teens teased and taunted their way in their quest to be first to the ticket booth.

Day: Number 12

Point Of View: Cyborg

Location: T-Jet

Setting: Cargo Hold

Time: 10:45 A.M.

"Heh, heh, heh...Now I can do my dirty work!" Underneath the immense T-Jet, a panel compartment began to shake erratically. Clank, clank, clankk...At first, it did not budge. A perplexed voice spoke from within the campartment. "HEY! What gives?!" The shakes ceased for about a minute, and then renewed with a vengeance, as if some banshee were trying to escape its cage. BONG BONG BONG!!! Sounds of metal fist striking stubborn metal panel rang and shook the entire ship. Muffled curses could be heard, if anyone was within ten feet of the vehicle.

"That's it!" A loud boom sounded, and the hatch finally opened up...to reveal a dirty, grimey android, who was less than thrilled with B.B.'s driving ability. Cyborg dusted himself off, grimacing at all the gunk that had collected on his huge frame. 'Doesn't anybody ever clean the other parts of this rust bucket ship?' Cyborg glowered for a moment, and shrugged. He patted something in a bag at his side. 'Least my little hardware is safe with me, no thanks to monkey boy's driving.'

Cyborg began to gingerly rub a small bump on his forehead. "Urgh...Note to self; must give Beast Boy driving lessons. Geez, you'd think after hours of playing racing games he'd be good at this," Here Cyborg stood to his full height, stretching out his limbs. He grinned mischieviously as he searched the premises. "Okay...where are those two love birds...? HEY!" Cyborg sweatdropped as he witnessed the two individuals in question were already past the ticket booth and inside the confines of the Fair. 'Not so fast!'

Cyborg swore silently as he hurried his metal ass over to the growing lines of those waiting to get in. "Uh uh, you ain't getting away from me that easily, you two!" Cyborg got in line just in time to see Beast Boy and Starfire taking a north eastern path, towards the arcades section. 'Hah! THey'll be there for at least an hour! I should make it in time!' Cyborg smirked to himself. He quickly whipped out the contents of the bag; the same camera he'd used earlier on Beast Boy. He took a quick but accurate photo of the receding figures, hands clasped together. The instant photo came out, and Cy was pleased with the results. 'Heh heh heh...let the games begin.' He relaxed himself, confident that he'd miss absolutely nothing.

Day: Number 12

Points Of View Intertwined: Raven and Robin

Location: Teen Tower

Setting: Living Room

Time: 10:55 A.M.

"My...everyone cleared out of here, and fast. Our cooking can't be that bad, can it?" Robin commented, helping Raven with breakfast. She gave him a raised eyebrow, but had to admit she was not quite certain where the others had gone. "Ha ha. Very hilarious, Robin. Anyway, I have to say, it is strange that they should go off like that...this early in the morning, I mean. Could you bring me the eggs?" Robin kissed the side of her face as she attended to the stove. "Sure thing, oh beautiful one." Raven smiled to herself as she pushed him playfully towards the fridge. "Go get my eggs, slave." Robin did a mock despairing shrug of the shoulders. "So pretty, yet so harsh, mistress." Raven poked his belly. "Move it or lose it, Wonder Boy." Robin winked, bowing low. "Yes, mistress." Raven cackled at his behavior, motioning him to get on with it. Robin began to open the refridgerator...and paused as he closed it again. Something was attached to the front of the fridge. 'What's this?'

There was a note posted on the front with a goofy looking monkey magnet. It read the following: "Dear Everyone: Gone to 'hang out' at Selevence Fair with Starfire...Gonna have a blast! -Beast Boy." 'Aw, isn't that nice.' "Hey Raven! Look at this!" Raven walked over to him and inspected the note. She arched an eyebrow at the note. 'Well, I never thought Beast Boy had it in him.' She gave Robin a serious look. Robin gave her questioning glance in response. "You have something to say, Ray?" Raven kept her straight face even as she felt like laughing inside."Well, looks like someone's out to get some...," Raven made an innappropriate hand gesture, making off like she was licking a large lollipop...or something unmentionable at present. 'Ah! I can't believe she just did that!' Robin rolled his eyes, raising his arms above his head, as Raven giggled at her own jest. "Raven! Don't be so crude about it! For God's sakes, these are our friends we're talking about! That's dirty!"

"Heh heh heh...," She stopped chuckling as she read on. 'Huh? Hmmm...that explains Cyborg's vacancy from the television set.' She pointed at some letters beneath Beast Boy's statement. "Hello, what have we here?" Robin had almost overlooked this last part. He cocked an eyebrow. "Isn't that Cyborg's hand writing?" Raven shrugged, a question mark hovering over her head. "You tell me. That is the messiest hand written piece of literature I have ever seen." Robin had to agree; he could barely decipher the words. He began to slowly read it out, with great difficulty. The handwriting was more like a scrawl. 'He's got spelling so bad, even a third grader would have better chance at an SAT test than him.' This is what could be seen from Robin's point of view:

" Helo! 'Gon hitchhikeing...Shhh! They'l never kno! Goin ta mak a scrapbok ot of this! See yu!-Cyborg :-)." Robin and Raven stared at one another, and then back at the note. Raven crossed her arms, a smirk present on her face. "Well, we know three things for a fact, now: Beast Boy and Starfire are 'hanging out' at the Fair, Cyborg's followed them without notice," Here Raven's smirk turned up a notch, "And Cyborg has chronic spelling diarhhea." Robin could not keep himself from bursting out into chuckles at the dry, deadpan method that she'd spoken this last part. He gave her an appraising look. "Seems your sense of humor has risen considerably. I like that!" Raven shrugged almost nonchallantly. "Hey, considering how all of you guys joke, I had to take a step up over your lame contributions. At least I make them sound reasonably worthy...unlike some others around me...," Robin put his arms around Raven, placing his head by hers.

"Bad mouth me all you want, Raven, you know you still want me." Raven closed her eyes contentedly...and then smelled something burning. 'Uh oh...I forgot to shut off the stove!' Robin had noticed as well. They stared at one another with embarrassed looks. "Aah! We forgot about breakfast!" They turned...to find one flaming, burning mess on the stove, slowly proceeding to consume other articles of the kitchenette. 'Great. Well, another appliance ends up on our budget list.' The couple sweatdropped at the same time upon witnessing their mistake. Raven put her hands to her head. "This is just perfect! We've gone and roasted the-!" Robin was smiling wyrly at the scene. Raven noticed and stared at him.

"What is so funny about this situation?!" Robin, ever the optimist, began to head for the fire extinguisher, turning his face to look at her. "Well, for what its worth, this is the first time we've actually gone and burned something down...Beast boy and Cyborg should be proud when they get back!" Raven stared at her boyfriend with a mixture of incredulity and devotion. Despite their situation, Raven could not help from smiling at the roguish Wonder Boy. "Robin! You know this is no time for comedy acts!" Robin winked, and quickly grabbed the fire extinguisher, as Raven prepared a quick spell. The two teens immediately set about dousing the flames, trying their best not to make a bigger clean up job than it already was.

Robin wiped the sweat off his brow, and placed the extinguisher back on its rack. He dusted his hands off, and handed Raven a towel to clean her sweat ridden forhead. The couple stared despairingly at the ruin before them; oven caked with charred remains of bacon and french toast, half a wall and its wall paper burnt with a black, ugly patch blotch strewn across the walls like some diseased fungus, and everything in between coated with white, sticky foam. Robin shook his head. "This is one mess that'll take hours to fix." Raven sighed softly, and shrugged, giving Robin a wry half grin.

"At least we'll be suffering together?" Robin glared at her with a straight face, his face twitching as he tried to hide a lopsided smile. 'It looks like he's pouting,' Raven mused to herself. "Ha ha. Very funny." Robin allowed the smile to unfold itself. He motioned to the mess in front of them. "So, what do we do? Breakfast first, or clean up?" Raven smirked at him. She stepped behind him and began to push him towards the front door. At first, Robin resisted. "Hey, aren't we going to clean this up first?" Raven silenced him by nuzzling her face on his. 'This is going to be funny...,' Raven began to dote over him, playing with his hair, and placing soft kisses on his neck.

'Mmmm...,' Robin was moaning softly at the attention she was giving him, enjoying the sensatsions she was giving him. "What do you think, Wonder Boy? The kitchen's wasted, we are hungry, and I'm feeling a bit too lazy to begin any arduous work right now. Let's make it easy and eat out. Oh yeah...," Raven began nibbling on his ear,"Last one there is paying for everything!" Raven quickly dashed past Robin, who, feeling slightly drunk from her affectations, fell over due to her sudden release. "Whoa-!" He immediately sprang up, a vein popping on his forehead. "Wha-! Why you-! Come back here! Taking advantage of me like that!" Raven winked at him. "Catch me...if you can!" Robin stood fuming for a few seconds, and then smiled mischieviously. 'It'll be fun...while it lasts! "Okay, if that's the way you want to play it...I'm coming to for you, Ray!"

Day: Number 12

Points Of View Intertwined: Beast Boy and Starfire

Location: Selevence Carnival

Setting: County Fair, complete

with rides, different types of games

of chance/skill, bungee jumping

off tall scaffolds...and home made cooking!

Time: 11:20 A.M.

'What to do? Hmmm...,' "Oh! How cute!" Beast Boy was in the middle of debating whether to feed his belly or quench the need for games when Starfire took hold of his hand. "Huh? Whoa!" He blinked repeatedly as Starfire nearly dragged him towards a booth only fifty feet away from the entrance. Beast Boy watched as Starfire's eyes began to twinkle merrily. He smiled softly at her innocent, childlike charm. 'Starfire...certainly, the name is a testament to your beauty...Hmmm...Whoa, what am I thinking?" B.B. cleared his mind for a moment. "Er, ahem...Okay, something's caught her eyes; wonder what it could be?"

Beast Boy turned to look in the direction Starfire was facing. She was eyeing over an oversized white panda, which was easily taller than Starfire herself. It was a white and pink affair, with a heart shaped nose. Cute, all right. "This will go nicely in my room! What do you think about that, B.B.?" Starfire turned to him for approval. 'Well,' Beast Boy thought, 'Pink is her theme, so I suppose. Besides,' B.B. gave her a sideways glance, 'She really adores it...I'm happy if she is...and that means I can't disappoint her!' His eyes turned up into u-shapes, his grin genuine as it was rather huge.

"It's...so...you! Well, want me to win it for you? It'd be my pleasure!" B.B. winked at her. He was about to go up to the vendor, but Starfire stopped him with a hand to his shoulder. B.B. blinked as he looked at the hand at his shoulder, and allowed himself to step down. Starfire looked at him appreciatively. "I wish to try this on my own. You were kind enough to invite me along and pay for everything...now it is my turn! I will try my best to achieve my goal. Sir! I would like to take a chance at this game!" B.B. did not like the way the vendor leered at Starfire, who was so innocent she did not notice. 'Urgh! Why is it that some humans are just plain disgusting?!' B.B. could not help but glare at the man. "Here you go, little lady. Heh heh heh...," The guy gave her a broad, solicitous wink.

B.B. couldn't believe this man. The urge to strike became almost overwhelming for Beast Boy to handle. 'The nerve of this guy! Why, I ought to-,' B.B. pulled his sleeves up to his elbows. His conscience began to yell at him, urging him to do the opposite of his intentions. 'Stop! Stop! Now is not the time!' He calmed himself down at the last moment, before he could approach the oaf. 'Do not ruin this moment for Starfire...even if the guy is in need for a lesson in manners.' B.B. growled, and decided to simply lean against the tent and watch. It was a very common carnival game; knock down stacked bottles/pins forming a pyramid, using a set number of horse hides. B.B. noted the man handing her six base balls.

B.B. brightened as Starfire stood to take aim. "Go for it, Star!" He began cheering her on. Starfire paused to look at him. 'Such a good friend I have...just like Robin! Hmm...oh, here I go!' She wound up her fist, and threw the baseball as hard as she could. The ball flew true...and yet bounced off the stacked bottles sitting atop the thick table. The vendor smirked, crossing his arms as he watched the girl try her best to knock the 13 bottles stacked in a pyramid shape.

"Why don't you let your boyfriend try it?" B.B. felt himself redden, in rage and embarrassment, "Maybe he'll have a better chance at this game!" Starfire shook her head adamantly. "He is not my boyfriend, he is my trusted companion!" The vendor shrugged his shoulders. Starfire felt a query building up in her mind. 'Why would he think that dear Beast Boy is my boyfriend, anyway?' The vendor looked knowingly at B.B., who seemed to be exuding smoke from his ears and fire from his mouth. The man winked at Starfire.

"What ever, babe." B.B. knew that though Starfire didn't take the words seriously, B.B. could not say the same for himself. 'Urgh! I'm going to-! Wait, control, control...,' With each try, the bottles did not even budge, and Starfire began to look fretful. One, two,...nothing happened! 'What is wrong with me? Why can I not knock down even one bottle?!' Starfire's despair was becoming apparent, and B.B. was not taking it very well. 'Poor Starfire...,' Beast Boy watched with growing exasperation and rage. He gritted his teeth mightilly, beginning to feel the hot rage building up.

Starfire was too set on the game to notice his fuming state. 'What is going on?! Nothing is happening to those bottles! Am I not strong enough?' Starfire wound herself up once more, and then let herself loose. 'This should be a winning strike!' Her smile fell away as the ball clunked off the top bottle, dejectedly into the dust. She stared miserably at the bottles; they seemed impenetrable! 'Looks like I won't get that panda,' She frowned.

After the third ball was thrown and no effect came of it, B.B. slapped his face and finally released the rage within. The sounds of tea kettles fuming began to fill Beast Boy's mind, his eyes beginning to turn bloodshot with boiling fury. 'That jerk! I'm quite certain he's rigged this game so no one can win! Let me test out my theory...," Beast Boy went behind the tent and formed himself into a rat. He crawled out of view, and climbed up the side of the table. Still in his small form, he inspected the bottles. B.B.'s jaws gritted even further.

'Cheater! These bottles have been weighed down! Only a really strong person can knock these babies down...No way am I going to let this snake disappoint Star like that! Son of a-! Wait!' An idea began to form in his mind. 'Well, I hate cheating, but since this guy seems to be doing it, then so will I!' The vendor was not paying any attention to the bottles; he was drooling over Starfire. B.B. paused to glare, and then shrugged his shoulders. 'Hmmm, I would rather he not do that, but that just makes my job easier! Star, go for it!'

B.B. turned into a gorilla and hid in the shadows behind the bottles. 'Heh heh...wait till Starfire shows this lout who's the boss! Beast Boy style, that is!' B.B. was watching Starfire, calculating when to make his move. The vendor began to snicker once more. "Why not try yer left? Maybe you'd get better mileage offa that! You'd be surprised!" Starfire smiled, the insult zipping over her head. "I will try that advice, thank you." B.B. grinned at this. 'You'll be surprised, all right!' He waited, ignoring his urge to knock the vendor's lights out. The vendor cackled as Starfire readied herself. Beast Boy smirked to himself, tensing himself for the right moment. 'Starfire, I promised the guys back at home I wouldn't disappoint...and I will keep it that way!'



'You think that's funny? Eat this, jerk weed!' Starfire began her wind up. 'Please, grant me strength! And maybe a little luck...,' Starfire prayed to any high power who might be listening. She threw the ball with her left hand, hope gleaming in her eyes. 'Steady, steady...now!' B.B. estimated the time to strike, and then let out his fury, swinging his fist sideways, so the bottles would go flying anywhere but Starfire's direction. The bottles exploded into every other direction, causing the cackling vendor to run for cover. Beast Boy quickly tuned into a rat and scurried behind the tent, unseen. The vendor ran away in shameless disorder, hands over his head. "Wha-! Whoa! Goddamned!" The vendor stared in disbelief at the girl before him. "Little lady...strong left! I am impressed!" Starfire grinned goodnaturedly. "Thank you!"

'YES! YESYESYESYESYES!!! We showed that bastard!' B.B. did a small dance of victory. 'Wahoo! Uh oh, gotta get back!' He quickly moved away from the tent, and morphed back into his usual self. 'Gotta get back, before anyone notices!' He rushed back around to Starfire's side. He smiled cheerilly and patted her back in congratulations. "You did it! Good going, Starfire! I never doubted you for a second! You won your prize!" Starfire's stared incredulously at the fallen bottles. 'I did it...I did it! Just like Beastie said I would!' Starfire let out a gleeful cry. She began to titter happilly, and grabbed Beast Boy in a tight embrace. B.B. was at first flattered. He calmly stroked her back in response, letting his emotions go.

'Aww...this is sweet!' And then he felt his insides flattened as she hugged even tighter. His eyes began to bug out, his face turning blue. 'Urk!...Normally, I'd like this...Starfire...you're...choking me!' She did not notice B.B. trying to squirm out for air. "Oh, thank you, Beast Boy! You gave me the courage and strength to pull off this great feat! How may I repay you?" B.B. gasped out hoarsely, "How about by letting me breathe again?" Starfire suddenly noticed his state and quickly released him. Her face reddened, and she hung her head in embarrassment.

"I am so sorry, Beast Boy! I was so caught up in my victory, and I had you to thank, but I-!" B.B. recovered himself, and placed a finger to her lips. He smiled warmly at her, and gave her his own hug. "Your apology is not necessary, Starfire. I'm just glad you won your prize! If I was in your place, I'd do the very same!' Starfire gave him an appreciative glance. "Thank you, B.B." Beast Boy beamed. "Don't mention it! Now, you have one more ball left." Here he turned and grinned at the vendor, "Why not one last try, eh?"

The vendor gave him a look of horror, and then stumbled up right, babbling away. "No, please! Be my guest, take two prizes! I'll count the fifth as a win! Just please don't...throw the ball!" Soon, Starfire was moving off with two oversized stuffed pandas. She'd picked out the pink and white one...as well as a green and white one. Beast Boy's left eye arched up in confusion. 'Huh? There were two pink pandas! Why pick a green one?' Beast Boy looked questioningly at the green panda. Starfire noticed his gaze. "Is there something wrong with the panda?" She began to inspect it. Beast Boy put a hand on her shoulder. Starfire looked up, to see Beast Boy shaking his head.

"No, but Starfire, you know one of the pandas is green and white...the vendor still had one more pink panda on the shelf. We could go back and exchange it for that other panda...it's not too late..." Starfire hugged her pink panda tightly, and twirled once around Beast Boy, winking at him sweetly. "I am aware of that. Maybe because I chose to pick out a green panda as well. Is that strange in any way?" B.B. shook his head. "Nope. Just making sure that it is what you wanted, Star." She pranced over to him and placed the green panda into Beast Boy's arms. B.B.'s eyes widened considerably; Starfire noticed this, and smirked happily. B.B. stared at the doll in his arms, a pleasant jolt rushing through his heart. 'Huh? She's isn't...is she giving this to me? Nah, she's just letting me hold it. Why not hold the other one for her?' B.B. sweatdropped slightly, a light blush shading his face. "Um, Starfire...since I'm holding one panda, may I hold the other for you?"

'He does not get it, does he?' Starfire danced about B.B., and ended up curtsying prettilly in his face. 'Calm down, boy,' Beast Boy hid the pleasure of Starfire playing with him. She cocked her head at him and grinned. "I picked that panda specifically for a reason; that is my gift to you. It is just a small token of gratitude for everything you have done for me! These toy pandas will symbolize the bond we have together, as well as remind us of this enjoyable day at the park! Besides, green does suit you, does it not?" She gave him a teasing look. B.B. nodded with a pleased smile, feeling flattery begin to creep up his spine. "Yes, it suits me just fine." He smiled, but sighed softly in his mind. 'It is too bad she still likes Robin...oh well.' "I...I'm flattered. Really, I am...honored." 'Well, it is quite a gift to recieve...it's a pleasant start!' B.B. brightened at this last thought.

Beast Boy hugged his panda to show his appreciation. "Thanks, Starfire...this means alot to me...I'll place it by my bedside!" Starfire looked at him with an arched eyebrow. "But the others may make fun of you for having a stuffed animal in your room!" Beast Boy grinned, and shrugged that sentiment off. "Hey, they can laugh all they want; this is a special gift from you, no way am I going to let them change my mind! It is my decision, isn't it?" Starfire chuckled softly. "Yes, it is." The two teens stood there silently, regarding one another with softened eyes. 'Hmm...silince is golden...,' Beast Boy thought to himself. He shook himself, and recovered his usual self.

"Now, may I store our prizes safe and sound in our ride, so we can enjoy our day without carrying these all around? They are a bit heavy, you know..." Starfire thought about it for a moment, and then nodded agreement. "Yes, please!" Beast Boy changed into a Pterodactyl and carefully picked up the two prizes. "Please wait here...I'll be back in a flash!" Starfire waved, and B.B. winked at her. He zipped off, back to the T-Jet. Starfire watched him go as she sat down on a bench, waiting for his return. She began to muse with herself, pondering something that had bothered her for a while now...ever since Beast Boy had begun talking with her, just days ago.

'I'm really starting to wonder...why does B.B. make me feel happy...and safe?' It puzzled her to no end; wasn't Robin the one who made her feel this way? 'Or is B.B. someone I never truly noticed before?' She smiled softly as she looked up to see him swooping back down in front of her. Beast Boy bowed once more to her, and again Starfire's response was a curtsy. 'Well, it is not too late to notice!' Starfire offered her arm just as Robin had the night before. B.B. paused, unsure whether to accept the gesture. His inner voice jumpstarted his decision making. 'Dude, she's offering! Go for it!' B.B. nodded cheerilly, placing his arm through hers. "Let's have a good one," He whispered into her ear. "We will," She murmured silently, "We most certainly will."