Hello there, readers! Welcome to my newest fiction, one about my favorite superhero team of ALL TIME. Hope you enjoy my sense of humor! If you enjoy this fic, you'll enjoy my other TT fic, Grocery Shopping. Currently that one isn't finished yet, but that's only because my friend has the notebook in which I wrote it in, and I can't get it back until school starts again. (Cause she's in China right now.. hehe) I had the whole story written in there, all finished. I just need to type it up and post..

Okay, I'll stop talking now! On to the story.

Auctionable Love [Title subject to change in the future.. ]

Chapter 1- Telephone Powers

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Cheesey drama music blared through the speakers accompanying the massive window-screen television of the Titans Tower.

"John, I.. have to tell you something," a lady whispered, her eyes brimming with tears. She was in a hospital bed, tubes and wires running to beeping monitors constricting her breathing. A loose patient's gown covered the heavy bandages she wore all over her frail body.

Starfire was bawling her eyes out. Cyborg was also in the same state, and Raven, although she would never admit it, was getting pretty close to it. Each held a soppy tissue; the nearly empty tissue box and unfinished bowls of extra-butter popcorn abandoned on the coffee table in the heart-stopping drama.

"I.. .. .. have cancer," the sick woman breathed. An orchestra's slow, moving music came in, adding to the dramatic atmosphere.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!" Starfire wailed, blowing her nose loudly as the words "To be Continued" appeared on the screen, followed by insanely-fast-moving credits. Cyborg and Raven dabbed at their teary eyes with tissues.

"Public Hospital?!" Beast boy exclaimed, walking in the room only to find his friends sobbing pitifully on the couch. "How can you guys put up with this lame stuff?" He eyed Cyborg especially with great disgust, judging his friend against all known stereotypes about men.

"They are truly touching stories!" Starfire cried.

"Well, you two watching soaps.. I can sorta understand that.. But RAVEN watching stupid dramas is beyond me.." Beast Boy muttered something that sounded like "The whole world as I know it is a lie.." as he snatched the remote from the coffee table. As he began flipping channels, Robin showed up. His face was flushed a bright crimson and he was breathing heavily, as usual, from heavy weightlifting or training exercises.

He sighed as he grabbed one of the few water bottles left in the fridge, and chugged most of it down before he even reached the couch. He plopped down next to Starfire and jumped before the water almost went down the wrong pipeline. "What happened?!" he exclaimed, shocked that his friends were crying like.. they had just found out someone they knew dearly revealed that they had a terminal illness..

"Dude, you DON'T wanna know," Beast Boy shook his head, still looking for some decent cartoons. "What was that show called..?" he thought aloud, trying to find his favorite cartoon in which a group of teenage superheroes defended a big city from evil while residing in an odd, letter-shaped building..

"Did I miss 'Public Hospital' again?" Robin asked suspiciously.

"Yeah," Cyborg sniffed. "Sarah finally tells John she has cancer."

"NO!" Robin gasped, horrified that he missed the moment every viewer of the network's hottest show had been waiting for since the last 7 episodes.

"Not you, too! AM I THE ONLY SANE ONE HERE?!" BB tore at his hair.

Robin ignored Beast Boy, noticing that Star was mistaking his cape for a soft, silky tissue.. "Uhh.. Star..?"

"HEY! Are YOU a teenage superhero?" asked an annoying loud announcer voice from the TV.

The Titans were immediately at attention. Well, they ARE teenage superheroes.. [Says so in their theme song!!]

"Then come to the first annual 'Teenage Superhero Convention', tomorrow at noon, downtown in the Jump City Arena Convention Center!" the announcer guy continued, pointing through the screen at the Titans like lame camera effects. "Spectators are welcome, but you must have superpowers AND be a teenager to qualify for the special tournament! Also, please note, wearenotresponsibleforanyinjuriessustainedand/orlossofimportantlimbstoanypersonlivingdeadorfictuousduringthespecialconvention. Thank you. Brought to you by your local dairy farmers [NOT the cows! xO] who ask: Got Milk?"

"That is going to be SO LAME," Raven commented, crossing her arms, now having fully recovered from crying.

"YEAH! A convention!!! Canwegocanwegocanwegocanwegocanwegocanwego---"BB begged, crushing the remote in his hands. He turned into a little puppy and gave the ever-famous "face" [except this time it's not a cat.. :3], complete with tail-wagging to add to the effect.

"Sure, if you want to so badly.." Robin said, trailing off. "I doubt anyone would try to rob a bank with all the superheroes roaming around."

"YES!" BB cheered, doing a little victory dance. Raven eyed his skeptically, making sure he wouldn't break anything.

"What is a.. a convention?" Starfire asked, having finished using her tissue.. er.. Robin's cape.

"Ummm.. Star, the tissues are over there," Robin indicated politely, wincing at the state of his cape.

"Ewww.." Cyborg cringed, feeling all too sorry for Robin, but secretly glad he didn't wear capes.

"Oops.. I am sorry. It was hard to see with all those tears in my vision," Starfire smiled apologetically, wringing out Robin's cape.

Robin gaped in horror as there was a chorus of "ewww"'s and shudders as the efforts of Star's wringing dripped to the floor with a sickening splatter.

Beast Boy shut off the TV, causing the screen to disappear, revealing the squeaky clean windows and a darkening sky with a lit city behind it. "It's late; who's up for a snack?" he asked, not waiting for an answer as he ran off to the kitchen.

"No way, dawg, that last slice of pizza is MINE!" Cyborg yelled, racing after him.

The other three teens sat silently for a moment before hearing loud insults, a couple swear words, and several crashings of dishes.

Raven sighed and stood up, pulling her hood over her sleek violet hair. Wordlessly, she stalked off to the kitchen, gliding eerily along the floor like a ghost about to wreak havoc on two noisy troublemakers.

So it was just Robin and Starfire. Together.

Alone.

And the steady drip of Robin's cape.

Starfire giggled nervously. "Allow me to express my apologies, Robin, and wash your cape for you!"

"N-no, really. It's fine.. it should dry in---"he stammered, but stopped as he noticed how disappointed Starfire looked. Thus, he unfastened it and handed it to her. "Just don't wash it with bleach," he suggested, remembering how the last time Star did the laundry, Raven's cape and Beast Boy's plaid boxers ended up stark white. And the fact that merely touching the victimized clothing caused your skin to burn in an acrid sensation.

Starfire nodded eagerly and hurried off, leaving Robin all alone. [sniff.. T-T]

He sighed and turned to the window, to gaze at the lights of the city. But something was stuck to the window.. it looked a lot like a homemade Valentine. Probably another crazy fangirl love letter. It wasn't even close to February 14 th.. Cut-out heart, lined with fancy lace.. Only this heart was black instead of pink. The writing was scribbled in an elegant cursive hand in pure white ink:

Roses could be white,

Or they may be blue.

Sometimes they're yellow,

Or a darker hue.

But not as shady

As the one I see.

Soon you shall know

What I hold in store for you.

With love,

Your Secret Admirer

Robin read the letter out quietly, not quite sure what it meant exactly. It must be a crazy fan-letter. Probably from some rich girl who could buy a helicopter or something in order to reach all the way up here on the tower, on a private little island..

But why was it on the inside of the glass?!

.. .. ..

Yep.

A REALLY rich girl..

Robin blinked a few times to make sure he was seeing properly, and peeled the letter off the glass. "There's no way anyone could have gotten in here..so it must have been.."

His thoughts were interrupted by two terrified screams from the kitchen and one loud "AZARATH METRION ZINTHOS!!"

"EEEEEEEEK! SHE'S GOT A KNIFE!!!!" Beast Boy shrieked, now hiding behind Robin for protection. The idea of an angry Raven with a knife did not sound too good. Now Robin was feeling slightly terrified, also..

"I do not have a knife," Raven muttered, gliding darkly towards her room like the messenger of death. One that was chewing something.

Robin watched her leave with a puzzled look.

"She got the last slice of pizza.." Cyborg muttered sadly, shuffling off to his room also.

It took Robin a moment to pry BB loose from his leg.

"Knife, telephone powers.. same difference.." Beast Boy mumbled.

"TeleKENETIC!!" came Raven's voice from the heavens. [LMAO! xD]

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The sunlight streamed through the window panes of Raven's windows. The sun was now high enough over the ocean to reach her eyes, causing her to blink awake.

She sat up slowly. The curtains were open. Of course. She must have fallen asleep again while watching the glittering stars last night from her bed, as usual. Still, she didn't regret that, even if she did have to wake up earlier than usual.. the ocean matched the sky so perfectly. One picturing the heavens in space, the other a mirror of mystery, reflecting the light in waves of motion..

"WAKEY WAKEY!!" came Beast Boy's voice from the hallway, banging loudly on everyone's door as he paraded around. "IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK! WE ONLY HAVE 5 MORE HOURS TILL-- oh! You're up, Raven!" he paused as Raven slid open her door with the push of a button.

"Do that again this early in the morning and I'll rip your tongue out," Raven informed as she made her way to the bathroom before everyone else.

"Good morning to you too," Beast Boy grinned, rediscovering a mental note that Raven was crankiest in the mornings.

Slowly, everyone else filed out of their bedrooms, yawning and stretching. "What d'ya guys want for breakfast?" BB asked as Cyborg, Starfire, and Robin formed a line for the bathroom.

"Pudding.."

"Cereal," Robin shrugged, rubbing his masked eyes.

"Anything but tofu eggs."

BB glared at Cyborg before shuffling off to the kitchen.

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Chapter 1 is complete! Hope you liked! I know it was short, so I'll post the next chapter ASAP. I started writing this fic a long time ago, so because of all the jokes I put in constantly, it's hard to find breaks to end chapters in it. I don't like to have extremely long chapters for some reason..

The plot hasn't quite emerged yet. But things will unravel slowly as the story goes on. So just stick with me and REVIEW!