Jinx huffed, crossed her arms & leaned against the counter. "I just don't understand why he has to come here."

Raven sighed & prepared to go over it again. "Melvin wants to have Thanksgiving here with us instead of at school with just her brothers as usual because she wants to spend it with Gizmo- Thaddeus. She thinks it's more family like."

"Ugh! He's going to be here! In our tower! I can't believe this!"

"Jinx, I'm sure it'll be fine. Melvin says they're doing really well."

Jinx gave her a mild glare. "He can bide his time. He's a patient little bugger."

"Jinx." Raven sighed. "She says he's changed."

"Humph! Why do they want to come here? They're already come for Christmas. Except for last year. Did they ever tell you why not?"

Raven shook her head. "No. They just said they didn't want to come."

Jinx shrugged. "I can't believe you're encouraging this."

"Like he pointed out, you changed. Why couldn't he?"

"I don't trust him. Deep down, I know he's no good."

"Well watch him. Until he gives me a reason, I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt."

"That's so unlike you." Jinx grinned.

Raven glared. "I'm open-minded!"

"No, you're not." Jinx shook her head.

"Yes, I am."

"Not even a little bit."

Raven stewed. "I'm getting my tea & going away."

Jinx laughed as Raven grabbed her mug & stalked out. "You're not!"

G-I-V-E

Melvin rang the doorbell. She looked around the island & buried deeper into her coat. It was nippy out.

"Do you think Raven will like this?" Teether lifted his pinecone centerpiece.

"Sure." She ran a hand over his hair.

The door opened & Cyborg peeked out. "Three kids on the doorstep? Seems legit."

Melvin smirked. "Happy Thanksgiving!"

"Happy Thanksgiving, nutmeg."

"Happy Thanksgiving, Cyborg!" Timmy waved.

"Happy Thanksgiving!" Teether held up the pinecone. "Do you think Raven will like this?"

Cyborg looked it over. "It looks killer. She'll love it."

Teether grinned.

"Come on up. We're just cooking & watching TV." Cyborg ushered them in. The group headed to the elevator & rode it to the top floor.

They walked to the common room & went inside to see the girls in the common room watching TV while the guys were in the kitchen mixing up food.

"Happy Thanksgiving!" Melvin waved.

"Happy Thanksgiving!" Everyone responded.

Christopher, Charlotte & Calvin ran over. "Hi!"

"Hi, guys." Melvin hugged each of them.

"Hi!" Timmy waved.

Teether held up the pinecone. "Look what I made! It's for the table!"

"That's so cool!" Christopher poked it. "How did you make it?"

"I found a bunch of pinecones at school & used scissors & glue to make it. I even found some leaves to use on it." Teether thrust it at Charlotte. "What do you think, Charlie?"

Charlotte looked it over carefully. "Is it clean?"

Teether's face broke. "Yes?"

Charlotte stared at him.

"I didn't wash it off or nothing." He admitted.

"I'm not touching it." He looked so sad that she had to go on. "But I like it."

He perked up some. "Want to hold it?"

"No." Did he miss what she literally just said?

He pouted.

She grimaced. "How about you show Mommy?"

He smiled. "Okay! Do you think she'll like it?"

"Um…"

Cyborg laughed. "She'll love it, T."

"Come on. Let's go show her." Charlotte mouthed a thank you to Cyborg & took Teether's hand to lead him to Raven.

Teether blushed.

Melvin saw & chuckled to herself.

Teether presented the pinecone to Raven while squeezing Charlotte's hand. "Hi, Raven. I made this. Do you think it can go on the table?"

Raven looked it over. Was that a worm? "Is that a worm?"

Teether let Charlotte go to quickly pull the wiggly fat worm out. "No!"

"Go throw that away & wash your hands."

Teether bowed his head. "You don't like it."

She stopped him before he could leave. "I think it was a wonderful gesture. It can be the centerpiece. It'd be very appropriate."

"Yay!" He shoved the pinecone at Charlotte & ran to throw away the worm & wash his hands.

Charlotte had a disgusted look on her face. "This is dirty."

"Go put it on the table & wash your hands." Raven said before she threw a tantrum.

Charlotte quickly left to go do so.

Bumble Bee snickered.

Melvin leaned on the back of the sofa. "So you guys are just watching TV?"

"Yup." Terra nodded. "We made it a tradition to watch Supernatural on Thanksgiving."

"I love Supernatural!" Melvin ran around the sofa to crash into a chair. "Dean is perfect!"

"Yes!" Bumble Bee yelled.

Sebastian flailed his arms as if agreeing.

"Hey, Charlie! Melvin likes Dean, too!" Bumble Bee danced in her seat.

Charlotte ran in, dripping water from her hands. "You like my dog?"

"Not Dean the dog but Dean our one true love." Bumble Bee corrected.

"What?!" Cyborg & Teether obviously overheard.

Charlotte clapped her hands & went to hug Melvin. "Isn't Dean the best?!"

"He's so gorgeous!" Melvin fangirled. "I've always wanted to make one of their appearances!"

"We should go!" Bumble Bee's eyes lit up. "All of us! We'll get to see Jensen, Jared & Misha!"

"I would very much enjoy that experience, yes!" Starfire clapped her hands to her cheeks.

"That's the best idea you've ever had!" Jinx stomped her feet.

Raven sighed. "I would like that."

The guys in the kitchen frowned.

"What are they talking about?" Timmy whispered to Christopher.

Who whispered back, "My mommy & aunties like a show that Daddy & my uncles hate."

"Why?"

"I don't know. Grandfather hates it, too. My Uncle Tim likes it & so does Charlie's Grandma Diana."

"What's it about?"

"Brothers fighting monsters."

"That sounds cool! That's what they do anyway. Why don't they like them?"

Christopher shrugged.

"We need to check when they're having another panel." Bumble Bee was saying.

Kid Flash walked over with a plate of snacks with a carrot hanging from his mouth & offered it to the women. "Isn't it going to be too cold for them to have one?"

"Where's my tablet?! I'm looking it up right now!" Bumble Bee popped up.

Cyborg sped into the common room & halted her. "Wait a minute. You don't want to do that."

"I don't?" She lifted a brow.

"No." He looked back at the guys. "Because…"

"Because then you won't get to see if we followed your turkey & dressing recipe right." Nightwing said smoothly.

Bumble Bee frowned in bewilderment. "I'm sure you got it right. You didn't add anything, did you?"

"How about you come over here & taste it to make sure?" Changeling enticed.

She went to the kitchen & grabbed a fork. She dipped it into the pan & tasted it. "It's fine."

"What's turkey & dressing?" Teether asked.

"Dressing is like stuffing except it doesn't go inside the turkey. Then the turkey part is because I put turkey meat inside it. It's good."

"Can I try?"

"Sure."

Cyborg wiped away sweat. She was officially diverted.

G-I-V-E

The doorbell rang. The television was interrupted to display the security feed. Two men stood at the entrance.

"Grandpa!" Christopher pointed.

"Yay!" Charlotte patted Teether on the shoulder. "I have two grandpas & they're both here."

Teether smiled at her.

"I can let them in." Terra walked out. "But pause the show!"

Bumble Bee was closest to the remote & did nothing.

"Aren't you going to pause it?" Melvin asked.

"She's seen this part."

Melvin snickered.

Minutes passed & then Terra was back with Clark Kent (Superman) & J'onn J'onzz (Martian Manhunter). "Hey! You didn't pause it!"

"You're okay." Bumble Bee smiled at her.

"Ugh!" Terra ran back to her spot. "I'm missing Dean getting the mark of Cain!"

"Who?" J'onn was confused.

Clark shrugged.

Christopher & Charlotte got up & ran to their grandfathers. "Hi!"

J'onn patted Charlotte on the head while Clark picked up both she & Christopher. "Hello!"

"We're watching Supernatural." Charlotte told them seriously.

"Supernatural?" J'onn had never heard of it.

"Bruce told me about it." Clark put the kids down. "He hates it."

"Daddy does, too." Christopher & Charlotte said in unison.

"Why?" J'onn asked.

They shrugged.

Charlotte turned away from them. "I'm missing Dean."

"Your puppy?" Clark wanted to make sure.

"She's talking about the man on TV." Christopher whispered as Charlotte ran away.

"What do you think about this show?"

Christopher shrugged. "It makes Mommy happy."

The trio went to the sitting area & spoke to the girls, who shushed them. "Shhh!"

Clark & J'onn were surprised. The girls weren't usually rude. They went into the kitchen. "What's with them?"

Changeling rolled his eyes. "It's no use talking to them when that trash is on. They don't care about anything else."

"Def. not us." Kid Flash muttered bitterly with a petulant glare at the TV.

"Stupid Supernatural!" Cyborg & Nightwing spat in unison.

"It's that bad?!" Clark exclaimed.

"Ask Batman." Changeling snickered.

"He says he hates the show & that he caught Tim watching."

"I don't know why Tim thinks they're cool!" Nightwing frowned. "They're not cool! They're douchebags!"

Changeling, Kid Flash & Cyborg high-fived him.

"It's just a television show." J'onn pointed out. "Is the malice necessary?"

"Try to get their attention." Kid Flash taunted. "Even Melvin & Charlie are hooked."

J'onn looked back at the girls. "I wonder what's the appeal?"

"I couldn't tell you." Changeling shook his head.

"Well how are you doing besides your girlfriends ignoring you?" Clark asked.

"I'm good. Bas is sleeping for hours at a time & he doesn't cry a lot. You wouldn't know he was a good baby by that colic stuff."

"Yeah, I heard he had it."

"That dude cried for a month." Kid Flash shuddered.

"Took care of my want for another kid." Cyborg muttered.

"Do you want another?" J'onn asked.

Cyborg blinked. "Bee says we do."

"Meaning no but she won't let it go." Clark knew how that went.

"She's like a dog with a bone but she hasn't talked about it since Bas was born. I think seeing a baby be born scared her."

"Fear is a healthy thing."

"If it gets me out of changing diapers, I'm game. I can't wait for Cal to give up pampers."

"Is it really difficult?" J'onn queried.

"It is when he pees on you. & he thinks it's funny. I know he does it on purpose."

"Bas has got me twice." Changeling admitted. "Always the face."

Nightwing chuckled. "I'm so glad Chris is four!"

"They're sitting up here complainin but I'd kill for a kid." Kid Flash pouted.

"J said she rethought her stance on no kids." Cyborg frowned. "What's up? She changed her mind? Again?"

"Like they all do." Changeling whispered.

Kid Flash smirked. "No, she's still okay with having kids but she wants to wait eight years."

"That seems like so long from now." Nightwing noted. "Chris will be twelve. A preteen."

"Charlie would be eleven & Bas would be eight." Changeling counted. "Our next kid would be five."

"Cal would be ten. Wait! What?! Your next kid?!" Cyborg did a double take.

"Yeah, Rae said she wants to plan our next child & for it to be three years from now."

"She wants them evenly spaced out." Nightwing could see the logic in that. "Chris will be seven or eight years older than our next kid & that's if we get pregnant right away."

"At least he'd be able to help you with stuff." Changeling pointed out. "Charlie can't change a diaper or feed Bas. She can't dress him or rock him to sleep."

"Plus she doesn't understand you missing her bedtime rituals to be there for him." Cyborg mentioned.

"She's noticed it's been a lot?"

"Oh yeah. She comes down to the garage to complain."

"Isn't that what her mother does?"

"Yup. But I don't mind. I like the company & I'm teaching Charlie the different tools."

Changeling groaned. "I gotta do better. But I'm so tired! Why didn't you tell me that having a baby would be so exhausting?!"

"How is it my fault you thought she was going to push out a two year old?!"

Nightwing, Kid Flash, Clark & J'onn laughed.

"I knew it would be a baby but I just thought it'd be easier than Cal. Bas doesn't seem to have any powers yet." Changeling pouted.

"Oh yes, he does!" Nightwing denied.

"Dude, he hasn't done anything but poop & eat."

"I saw him turn his mobile."

"That thing's always on."

"No, I'm serious. I was in his room with Raven, going over her week to teach the kids & the mobile was still. She was looking over some papers & I went to the crib. I saw his eyes glow white & the mobile started."

"Really?! When was this?!" Changeling gaped.

"Two weeks ago."

"I wonder if we can get him to do it again?"

"I suppose if you put him in his crib & turn the mobile off?" He shrugged.

"No, I mean get him to do something else." Changeling went to Raven & lifted Sebastian from her arms. He came back to the kitchen & jostled his son lightly. "Okay, Bas. We're going to have an experiment."

"Here." Cyborg picked up the measuring spoons. "Levitate these, Bas."

Changeling took the spoons from Cyborg & jiggled them in his son's face. "Take the spoons, Bas."

Sebastian simply looked at his father.

"Come on, Bas. You can do it."

Sebastian blinked his large eyes.

"He's not going to do anything. Are you sure you saw him turn on the mobile, Nightwing?"

"Positive." Nightwing said.

"Maybe he doesn't understand what you want?" J'onn stared at the child.

"You do have psychic abilities!" Clark realized.

Changeling held the four month old out. "Try to talk to him."

J'onn took the baby & cradled him awkwardly. "I've haven't held a child in a while."

"Like you would a football." Cyborg helped.

"I've never held a football."

"Just hold him here & here." He pointed out sensitive spots.

"Bas is good. He sits still. That's how you know he's Rae's." Changeling said.

J'onn grew accustomed to holding the baby. He stared him in the eyes & formed a psychic connection. He gave the baby back to Changeling. "Try again."

Changeling shook the spoons in front of Sebastian's face.

Sebastian looked at J'onn & his eyes glowed white. The spoons were enveloped in black energy & lifted from Changeling's hand.

"Whoa!" Changeling grew excited.

Cyborg, Kid Flash & Nightwing applauded. "Go, Bas."

Sebastian's eyes went back to normal & the spoons fell to the floor.

Changeling made the baby dance. "That's my boy!"

"I told you he had powers." Nightwing smirked.

"I gotta show Rae!"

"Uh…" Cyborg stopped him. "Have you forgotten that they are watching their favorite people?"

"This is more important!"

"Don't cry when she kills you."

Changeling gulped. "She wouldn't kill the man holding her child."

"I wanna see this." Kid Flash fit his fist under his chin.

Changeling drew himself up & marched over to the couch. He stood in front of the TV. "Rae!"

"Move, C!" Terra waved him away.

"Your daddy ain't a glassmaker!" Bumble Bee added.

"What does that mean?" Jinx stared at her.

"That he's not see through."

Jinx's brows moved. "Got it." She turned to Changeling. "She's right. We can't see through you. Move!"

"Please leave, brother!" Starfire beseeched.

"You're in the way!" Melvin frowned.

"Daddy!" Charlotte glared.

"Move, Gar!" Raven folded her arms.

Changeling gulped before holding the baby out. "Bas's got powers!"

"What are you talking about? No, he doesn't."

"Yes, he does. I just saw them!"

She glared. "If I indulge you, will you move?"

"Promise!"

"Show us."

Changeling looked around frantically. He spotted a stuffed animal that Raven's powers conjured up that Calvin had taken a shine to. "Can I borrow that, Cal?"

Calvin gave him the stuffed pig.

Changeling wiggled it in his son's face. "Come on, Bas. Do it again."

Sebastian just looked at him.

The girls stared at him, too. He sweated. "I swear he can do this!"

"Uh huh." Bumble Bee was unconvinced. "Can you move now?"

"He can do it! J'onn, can you make him do it again?!"

J'onn stared at the baby.

Sebastian looked at him before looking at Changeling. He looked at the pink pig next & his eyes glowed white. The swine lifted from Changeling's fingers & danced in midair.

All of the girls' mouths fell open. "No way!"

Changeling grinned. "Toldja."

Raven stood up & went over to him to take the infant. "How is he doing this?"

"I don't know. 'Wing said he saw him turn on his mobile two weeks ago."

Raven was amazed. Sebastian's eyes returned to bluish purple & the stuffed pig dropped. "This is incredible."

"I wonder if he can shift?"

"We shouldn't rush him. But this is simply amazing. I didn't have my powers as a baby. I had to grow into them."

"Well it's just one parlor trick. I'm sure he doesn't have all our powers yet."

"I hope not. I have no way of training him until he at least understands me."

"We'll worry when we have to. Let's just be glad he can do something besides chew on his toes."

Raven went to sit down & crossed her legs Indian style to keep Sebastian trapped. "You've showed us. Now move."

Changeling's face dropped. "Harsh!"