There it was again. The ever bright sun. It had shone since the world began and would continue shining until the day it died. But that would be long after the girl had lived and gone.
The girl, if she were to even be called that, was marching down the road with a croissant in one hand and an overflowing shopping bag in the other. Her dark hair swished around her face as she walked and occasionally tried to insert itself into her open mouth. She wore basic army poser boots, with non-basic neon pink laces that one of her friends had given her. She couldn't give them back or not wear them, no matter how weird they might look. Above those said laces was one of the most horrid outfits the girl had worn in her life.
It was the uniform that she wore at work. Work being the community clean up and remodel service. The pants, or slacks as her managers called them, were a greenish orange that looked like something scraped from the inside of a queasy airplane passenger's bag. There was a large spot of dried mustard (or so her fellows told her) on the right leg that resembled Mt. Rushmore turned upside down. There had been a matching gray -green belt but the previous inhabitant of the uniform had never returned it. The shirt was a button down that was about four sizes too large for the girl. Apparently parents didn't want to see community workers wearing tiny outfits around their children's schools. The shirt was a mysterious array of colors. In some places pink, others blue some white spots and black. It had originally been designed to include all the colors of the rainbow...but the washer was never kind on the garment.
The girl squinted her eyes against the morning sun. She was just returning from work after the night shift and had stopped to get some groceries and breakfast.
A full day of sleep sounds so good after...mending that old chicks fence. Stupid crone stayed up half the night yelling at us and the other half sitting in her chair sleeping and farting.
There was a roaring noise behind the girl and she almost looked back before deciding that if it was coming then it would come, no matter if she looked back or not. That was just fate. Or at least that was she called it. Or, more accurately, what her mother had called it.
"Hey there! Still working with the dorks, pretty Raven?"
The girl gritted her teeth together and tried to stay calm.
"Oh come on! It's just me! You know, you could still take that job my dad offered you. It'd pay a lot more and be less humiliating."
The car was starting to speed past Raven as she started to slow her walk. The boy in the car was no other than her second of two friends. She didn't like him at all, though.
Once he realized the car was going too fast he swore and turned to his friend driving the old pick up. Raven heard some yelling before the truck drove off leaving a mini dust storm for the girl to walk through. She glared as the boy hung out the window waving at her madly. He shouted something but it never reached her.
Oh well. That's just fate.
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The first thing Raven noticed as she stepped through her front door was loud humming coming from the kitchen. That was strange. She had locked her door and hid all the cookware. Just so this kind of thing wouldn't happen...again.
"Look what I have made you!"
Dark eyes searched the plate and tried to decide what exactly she was supposed to see in the slop.
"Umm...I see a reflection of my uniform."
The red head giggled and handed Raven a spork. She made motions to eat with her hands. Her green eyes danced merrily as she watched Raven scoop a small mouthful into her mouth.
The outcome hadn't been pretty. It involved the stomach flu and Raven losing about a week's wages. It hadn't been her friend's fault. It was just-
"Fate!"
"Huh?"
Raven hadn't noticed Kory walking up and talking to her. All she heard was the familiar word spoken through her friend's mouth.
"Were you not listening? I have just discovered that fate is wonderful! I cannot believe I did not notice before."
The smaller girl edged past her friend while trying not to state that she already knew that Kory had caught a wonderful man for herself. Kori never came over to cook without good news.
"Fate has found me a most perfect boyfriend."
"You mean Richard?"
Kory giggled and she put a hand over her mouth. She had never heard anyone call her Robin that before. It was usually Dick or Robin. She could never figure out how he had gotten his nickname, Robin. But it suited him well enough.
"I'm going to change, then we're going to buy some food. I'd rather use a week's pay on food then eat your...creations and miss getting that pay."
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This is the stupidest thing I have ever seen. How can anyone wear something so small? Maybe I can take someone else's and give them mine.
"Get to work! New customers coming and they need a waiter!"
Dude, it's a fast food place. There aren't any waiters.
"Chop chop!"
The boy stepped out to the front counter in his nearly spandex uniform. It wasn't quite as stretchy as spandex would have been. And it was bright green, with two crisscrossing yellow lines on the front of the button down shirt. There was a small dark green clip-on bow tie hanging halfway off.
"Welcome to Great Taco, home of the Great Taco, may I take your order?"
The boy looked up slightly and gasped. In front of him stood an absolutely gorgeous girl. She was barely taller than him and she had a taller friend with her. She noticed he was ready to take her order and gave him a small smile. He nearly fainted.
"I'll have..."
Her friend burst in before she could say anymore.
"Two small fruit salads, two large classic beef burritos and one Great Taco. And three medium drinks."
The boy gave the order and stood in front of the girl he had first noticed, smiling shyly. She smiled and was about to say something when the food came up. They parted ways with smiles.
The boy stared after the mystery girl even as two new girls came to the counter. The short one drummed her fingers on the counter as the red head stood looking at a packet of her favorite yellow sauce.
"Oh...Welcome to Great Taco, home of the Great Taco, may I take your order?"
Once he got a good look at the girls he saw they weren't quite as attractive as the girl who had just left. The tall one had startling color of hair that stood out, her eyes were lively green and were also unique. It looked as though her eyebrows had lost a fight with some tweezers because the eyebrows were small and only existed in two small circles. Which was near the center of the forehead and were slightly darker red than her hair, which was kept in a low braid. This girl wore a knee length denim skirt, slit down the side. Above rested a hot pinkish-purple tank top with a bit of frill on the sleeves. Below all that was a pair of plain white sneakers where a small bit of pink sock could be seen.
The other girl was short and forbidding. Her hair was dark, a bluish black and her skin was a strange grey color. Her eyes were a cold violet that seemed to shoot hatred at him. She kept her hair short, only shoulder length, and had swept it into a very untidy bun. The girl wore dark, baggy jeans, underneath which rested army style boots with pink laces. Atop all that was a dark blue sweatshirt which hung off one shoulder and whose hem was frayed.
The boy took their orders and looked for the blonde girl he had smiled at before. He groaned as he realized her friend had ordered take out.
"That's just fate."
The boy turned toward the sound of the grey skinned girl who was sitting in the corner with her friend. Nothing else they said reached his ears and was left to wonder what fate meant.
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Update...I changed kismet to fate. Thanks Elihu for correcting me. Please humor me when the boy wonders what fate is. I know most people do know what it is but let's just say he doesn't know the true meaning of it.
Hmm...shorter than short. But it's better that it's out there so that I can at least say I have contributed to TT fics. Also, I will be using The characters' real names. So, for those who haven't guessed, Kory is StarFire. Richard is Robin. Victor (not in this chapter) is Cyborg and Garfield is BeastBoy. I'm not positive on the character's real names so if I made a mistake correct me. And yes the blonde girl in the fast food place was Terra.
This is AU, because I think the actual plot of the show is too dramatic and angst-y.
Congratulations to all or any of you who caught the old All That line in there. Even if I changed the name from Good Burger to Great Taco. -
