The Ways of Love
It had been a pretty quiet month. Most of the criminals were in jail. Mumbo Jumbo was taken to an asylum while Cinderblock, Plasmas, Overload and other half-way sane criminals went to prison. Jinx, Mammoth, and other juvenile delinquents were put on probation and put to work at different charity works such as the WMCA and VFW.
Since it had been so quiet, each Titan took up their individual activities. Raven went through seven to ten horror books a day, and Starfire was at the stove morning, noon, and night. Robin pored over newspapers and police reports in his constant search for Slade (seriously, that guy NEEDS a hobby), and Beast Boy took up sketching. Cyborg was the only Titan seldom found in Titan's Tower these days, as he had began helping out at the local YMCA.
Here it comes
Cyborg was, at the moment, teaching a group of young men basic mechanics. He didn't know, of course, that he was being observed by a celestial being.
The thing about love
Cupid looked down at Cyborg. I know what's on his mind, he thought. But things like Love are difficult to control. Cyborg pointed out the engine to his pupils and let them tinker for a few minutes, giving him time to think about certain things. Cupid waved a bejeweled hand over his mirror to make it show another Titan, two to be exact, Robin and Starfire to be even more exact. The two were dancing on the roof of Titan's Tower. Cupid smiled at the image: Love at work.
Love has a way to find ya'
Sneaks up right behind ya'
There ain't no particular way
You don't know when it's gonna
Come runnin' round the corner
There ain't no particular way
Cupid turned back to Cyborg and saw that, to his disappointment the teen was still down in the muck.
So don't give up—(Don't give up 'till you get your share)
You're gonna get your share
The thing about love (The thing about love is it's)
—Is that it's everywhere
There ain't nowhere it won't hide
There ain't no speed it won't drive
There ain't no law it won't break
There ain't no chance it won't take
There ain't no, no particular way
Hmm, the prince murmured to himself. His case is strange: I've never seen Love hold out this long. Then he chuckled. Of course, there have been stranger, and with a wave he turned to Beast Boy and Raven. Now THERE'S an interesting couple. And colorful.
Beast Boy had just knocked on a certain bird's door, and was now chewing on his fingernails. The door opened a fraction, and a face with large, violet eyes stared out. Then, before Raven could say anything, the changing planted a quick kiss on her cheek. He rapidly turned pink, and so did the bird. Then she opened the door completely and responded with a kiss of her own. The proof that opposites attract, polar opposites they are.
Oh, it could come so fast it fools ya'
Might take it's time to move ya'
There ain't no particular way
It might just drift in while you're dreaming
It don't sleep, always scheming
There ain't no particular way
Cupid flipped back to Cyborg, who was going over the class's work before it would be dismissed.
So, don't give up—(Don't give up 'till you get your share)
You're gonna get your share
The thing about love (The thing about love is it's)
—Is that it's everywhere
There ain't nowhere it won't hide
There ain't no speed it won't drive
There ain't no law it won't break
There ain't no chance it won't take
There ain't no, no particular way
Cupid sighed and turned his gaze to a certain pink witch. Jinx had been assigned a job at the YMCA by the judge that had heard her case, and she was now in a starched white uniform scrubbing down the hall outside the cafeteria. She had been working there for five weeks so far, and was slowly beginning to enjoy it. Oh, she hated the work of course, but she'd made a couple of friends too. Like the cute Matthew with his cute brother Thomas. But Jinx was not dealing with boys anymore, they were uncharted and dangerous. No more was what she had sworn. She had been rejected too many times.
It comes when you least expect it—
When you thought you'd been rejected
There ain't no particular way
He did a flip over to Speedy and Bumblebee, beginning daters. What a true example of the predictable type of lucky Love.
Love ain't for just the lucky
It's there for everybody
There ain't no particular way
Cupid looked back to the cybernetic Titan. He had dismissed his class and was currently walking down the hall on his way to lunch before going home to the Tower. Cyborg's mind was wandering down his memories of past girlfriends. There had been several when he had been completely human, like Dory-Olga Gill, Elizabeth (Lizzie) McGuire, and the top cheerleader: Bonnie Bosse. But when he became half-robot and then a Titan, girls were still plentiful. Like when he had studied at the H.I.V.E., Jinx had crushed on him and he had felt very guilty of deceiving her. Bumblebee had been his first girlfriend since the accident, but it had been a bumpy relationship with them being on different sides of the city. They had split with only their friendship remaining. Sarasm had been another love, but the two of them were split up by time itself. She had lived in three thousand BC, and that had been the end of that.
So don't give up— (Don't give up 'till you get your share)
You're gonna get your share
The thing about love (The thing about love is that it's everywhere)
—Is that it's everywhere
There ain't nowhere it won't hide
There ain't no speed it won't drive
There ain't no law it won't break
There ain't no chance it won't take
There ain't no, no particular way
Just than Jinx pushed a big, soapy bucket of water around the corner to scrub the spot it had covered, and Cyborg, who was absorbed in his own thoughts, tripped right over it. Ouch!
"Ahhh!" the teenaged witch shrieked as the suds splashed down on her. The bubbles covered the floor, drenching both robot and sorceress in its wake.
There ain't nowhere it won't hide
There ain't no speed it won't drive
Cyborg stood up uncertainty. Then he noticed the young girl slipping in the suds, and the gentleman in him took over as he kindly helped her to her feet.
"Wow! I'm really sorry about that" Cyborg stuttered as he helped the ponytail-girl brush herself off. As if you can brush off water.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
There ain't no way
"Yeah, well, you should be." The girl straightened out her hair and stooped to pick up the now empty bucket.
"No, no, I'll get it!" and they both tugged it up and it went flying for a second time.
Oh, there ain't no way
The tow teens stared at the watery mess they had just added to, as if really seeing it for the first time. And they started to laugh. Soon, peals of laughter rang down the halls.
"You know" said Jinx through giggles. "I was almost done with today's work. I had thought, "Something messy is gonna happen, Jinx, just you wait". And it did!" And that set off another round of hysterics.
There ain't no time
"You know" Cyborg managed after the giggles had subsided somewhat. He took a look at his clock. "It's almost quitting time, isn't it?"
Oh, there ain't no way
Jinx's grin answered before her voice did. "Yep, I know a nice café down on Cheery. No time like the present", and they locked arms.
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"And they all lived happily ever after! Nope, that sounds too used."
"How about this: Night all!"
"Yes", agrees the editor, "That will do nicely."
"Okay", responds the young writer.
Night all!
JA