Here we go again, dudes and dudettes! This one will have a few more chapters, but I still don't own them! So sit down, enjoy and SMILE!

Chapter 1: Going undercover

"This is way creepy, dude! You even made the point of my ears disappear!" a young blond man with a tanned complexion complained to his companion as he put on his holo-rings.

Cyborg didn't get why this would annoy Changeling, as Beast Boy was known since he had turned eighteen two years ago and had hit his growth spurt making him the second tallest in the team. It would have been odd if they would have gotten on with calling him 'boy'.

"You know exactly that I had to, this is supposed to be an undercover mission, green bean!"

"But chicks dig the ears, Vic!" Garfield continued. They all had started to call each other by their real names in private from time to time; it had become natural after becoming closer, more like a family. Although Raven still got by Raven, because it actually was her birth name, no one thought of her as an outsider. Their team had bonded even more as Karen, also known as BumbleBee, had joined them, leaving Titans East under Jess' and Wally's lead (aka Jinx and Flash).

Nontheless, this comment earned him a loving slap on the back of his head from his brotherly best friend.

"You won't attain the engagement party to flirt! You're supposed to mimic a married man, remember?"

"Dude, relax!" the usually green man stated rubbing his head, "Anyways, why on earth have I to be married to Raven out of all of them?"

Victor sighed before he explained for the thousandth time since Nightwing had explained the plan for the first time: "Because Kori will go with Dick, Karen with me and Jess with Wally; we agreed that the original couples would act the best as married couples. So except if you want to play a gay married couple like Roy and Garth, just go ahead and say so." He snickered at his younger friend, knowing exactly the answer he would get.

"NO FREAKING WAY!" Gar yelled and gagged at the thought. He had no problem with Speedy and Aqualad dating, as long as they left him out of it, he was fine with it. "But I still don't get why this is supposed to be for couples only…"

"Come on, we've been through this a billion times: It's Bruce's engagement party with Selina and being the paranoiac bat-bloke he is he only allows couples…"

"Low self-esteem for a super if you ask me… But the singles could just stay out of the mission in that case…" Garfield argued.

Still Vic got on pretending he didn't hear him: "… and because Dick is a good adopted son he promised that as much of the Titans he could get would attain to his party making sure that nothing bad will happen and he won't get into Batman-mode at all. Plus we all would come as couples."

"Stupid bird-brain… He's even worse than back when he still was Robin…" Changeling grunted as he got up, "So let's get it over…"


As they all were ready, they met at the common room where Nightwing got through the orders with them once more before they would be leaving. Some considered him as control-obsessed, although most of them just didn't listen anymore, because they already knew it all by heart.

"Did Vic make Rae's holo-appearance curvier?" Flash mumbled to Changeling on his left.

When Gar shortly gave a glance in her direction he felt his heart beat slightly fasten as always but he kept his calm on the outside, then he retorted grumpily: "Nah, he was just changing her color compilation."

Wally quietly wolf whistled. "So she is a hottie under her cloak," he stated, earning a nasty glare from the younger man, "But why the hell did he make her a blonde?"

That was when Vic decided to chime in from behind: "To do the husband-for-the-night a favor, even if he isn't appreciating it… Seems like he lost his interest in blondes."

That caused Gar to glare even nastier at his friends before turning his attention back at their leader's speech while the other two snickered in silence, being punched for the act by their girlfriends Jess and Karen, standing each next to them.

It was an open secret in the superheroes world that Changeling and Raven had really major crushes on each others. It was obvious to everyone except the two heroes in question, who were both avoiding the subject, so they kept doing the 'egg-shuffle' around each other, as Wally had once called it. It described their way of acting towards each other so perfectly that the term had stayed even as it started to get more violent sometimes. They were a half-beast and a half-demon after all; you couldn't always count on them acting civilized. At least they didn't hurt each other too much and when they accidentally did they fixed it. Just like good old friends always do…


At seven p.m. they all were supposed to fetch a limousine as the assigned couples, only the two of them in one ride to make the act work, except for Wally and Jess who would take Mas and Menos as their adopted sons along. No one would question it considering Jinx' current 'condition'. Her belly could hardly be hidden anymore.

As Raven and Changeling had mounted into their white stretch-limousine he couldn't stop himself chuckling: "Like we really would get married…" But he did stop himself pursuing at least as he saw the threatening look in her eyes. They had been friends long enough to know each other's boundaries, although they often preferred to take it the one step too far, just to annoy the other (and keep the other taking notice of themselves, not that they would admit this to anyone). Due to the upcoming mission, he took the hint and shut up for a while.

As their limousine drove on to Gotham City, Gar kept looking out of the window. He and Raven exchanged some thoughts about their mission and how stupid/ pointless it was, but he never looked at her once. She didn't like to admit it, but it majorly annoyed her. In all their conversations and bickering, even in their worst fights, he had at least looked her in the eyes, she gave him credit. No matter how angry and frightening she had been, ha always had looked in her eyes, until today.

She couldn't keep her annoyance to herself. Not caring the slightest for their mission she droned: "What's wrong with you?"

"What do you mean?" he said still talking to the window. Suddenly she remembered the conversation she overheard during Nightwing's speech between him, Wally and Vic.

"You not looking at me. Is it that annoying to you that I'm blond today?"

He shrugged his shoulders in indifference, causing her anger to rise. She could of course figure out what his problem was, she wasn't that slow, she thought and if he absolutely wanted her to point it out that badly…

"So you're not looking at me because I remember you of Terra?" she said, bracing herself for the surely upcoming outburst. She never mentioned her at all in respect that he never mentioned Malchior. But the outburst didn't come. He continued to stare outside, but at least he talked more into her direction.

"Jup, and of Sandy and Mable and Carrie and every other stupid blond babe who I have dated and has dumped me. So please, Rae, excuse little me of not being overwhelmed by your sight. I just had it with blondes, it's not funny seeing one of your best friends in the attire of your ex-girlfriends."

"As much as I understand your situation, Gar, we'll have to display a married couple, as I may remember you, and Dick wants us to display a happy couple to not draw to much attention. You'll have to look at me from time to time and smile…"

He heavily sighed and rubbed his front, closing his eyes like he was fighting a nasty headache coming up. As calmly as he could he explained: "Look, Rae, I'll do my best to figure out how to deal with this when we'll be there and I'll be the happiest husband this evening, but I probably won't look at you directly at all or I most likely will rip of those damn rings from your fingers, alright?"

She raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms in disbelieve. "Are you sure you're up to this undercover mission, Gar?"

"Positively, just… can we stop talking for a while?" he asked still rubbing his front.

She sighed but gave in. Usually she was the one asking for silence; maybe he really had a headache although it was rather uncommon for him. She moved closer and placed her hands at the front and the back of his head. First, he got confused.

"Rea, what…?" but then his features softened, he closed his eyes again and leaned into her touch. "Thank you, Rae," he stated with a smile but he still kept his eyes away from her, as if he was talking to someone else.

Raven pushed her hurt aside and asked: "What's wrong? You're not one to get headachs."

"I hadn't slept well for a few nights," he confessed to the window which caused her to arouse her suspicion.

"How much are a few nights?"

"I didn't count, you know…"

"Garfield, how long did you not get any sleep?"

"Who said I didn't get any sleep, Rae?"

Now she really got concerned and kind of angry. He wasn't one to beat around the bushes, but neither one to admit weakness either. Still why hadn't he come to her if he had trouble sleeping? She could have helped.

More than just a bit annoyed she grabbed his shoulders and asked: "How. Long. Gar?"

"Just two or three months, stop worrying, Rae. It's nothing serious, just some personal stuff troubling me, no big deal," he shrugged her off.

She lowered her head in deception. "Why didn't you say anything? I thought we are friends. I could have helped." But it seemed like her words annoyed him now. She had no clue that SHE was the cause of his sleepless nights and he intended to keep it that way.

"Rae, just… drop it, will you? I'll figure this out on my own. Don't. Worry. If you really want to help me, let me sleep a while during the ride, okay?"

"Fine," she agreed. As he closed his eyes and leaned his head on his hand he suddenly was dragged down by two delicate hands firmly placing his head on her lap. How was he supposed to sleep when his heart beat at this rate, he asked himself. As he tried to tell her his concern in a non-offending and not-self-revealing way she just shushed him.

"Sleep, Gar. I'll wake you when we attain Gotham." To his utter surprise he felt his eyelids drop heavily. She had cast him a spell, he mused as he drifted into a blissful slumber.

Raven watched her companion relax under her enchantment. Quietly she took of his hol-rings and watched him sleep in her lap.

"You'd better not drool on my dress, Gar," she whispered softly while she started to caress his green locks. She sighed again. How had they become like this?

After Gar had finally let go of the girl that resembled Terra this much, they had gotten along pretty well. Of course they still fought on a daily base, but they talked normally too and had fun together, enjoying each other's company more than ever before.

Then, they had started dating other people, she got with out with some Goth-guys until they bored her with their pessimistic nihilism, he chased after 'blond babes' as he had called them until he had had enough heartbreaks. They remained friends who fought occasionally (maybe more than occasionally) but took care of the other in their hours of need.

When the dating had slowly stopped, they hung out more and in the result bickered more. The bickering sometimes even took a, well, violent twist, considering both of their natures it had to happen. But as it got on they also fought more vicious against each other. Raven knew she acted like this against him because of the frustration of unrequited love she held for her best and greenest friend. He was the source of her bad feelings, so he also should be on the receiving end. She was too afraid to confess and chase him away with her strong feelings that she drove him away with her venom. Somehow she knew he deserved better, that he wouldn't want her anyways. But he was stubborn and persistent. He just got as vicious as herself, matching her despite with an equal amount of his own.

They still talked sometimes, still were there for the other even if they choose to stay away more often, but the unspoken feelings lingered inside the space they had put between them. They couldn't get over it without pointing them out.

Raven couldn't tell him the way she felt, she certainly would lose him, but if she wouldn't, she dreaded she would lose him as well.

"How will we get it over, Gar? How can we get out of this mess?" she whispered to her sleeping companion. To her surprise he stirred in his sleep, grabbing her knees possessively and slightly smiling without waking up.


Two hours later they reached the city limits of Gotham City. Raven put him his holo-rings back on and much to her dismay causing the green to disappear again. She wasn't too fond of blond either. Then she lifted the sleep-enchantment but he didn't wake up yet. Realizing how tired he must be not waking after an artificial sleep it almost broke her heart a little to shake him gently out of his slumber.

"Gar, we'll arrive any minute." He groaned at her words, squeezing himself more tightly into her lap.

"Gar! Wake up!" she called more pressing. She couldn't stand the embarrassment if they would open the doors of the car and he would still be lying on her lap.

Slowly, he opened his eyes and as he realized where he was he jerked up. He yawned and stretched his arms, rubbing his eyes in the process.

"I'm awake. All is fine. Let's get it over." Although he still didn't look at her she smiled at his childlike awakening.

"Let me fix your hair," she achieved to monotone, nonetheless thrilled by touching his hair while he was awake. Such a shame it had to be blond for tonight, she thought.

He slightly blushed as she proceeded, but didn't object or look at her in the slightest.


A few moments later, they drove into the alleyway of Wayne Manor. The car stopped and someone opened the door for them, so Garfield got out first, turning around in the opening and lending her his hand.

"Milady?" he smiled and for the split of a second she thought he FINALLY looked at her – until she saw he fixed a spot right above her head. But it was show time now and if he was up to act this out she'd be able as well despite the current turmoil of her feelings towards him.

She gracefully smiled in the most un-Raven-like way and placed her hand in his, allowing him helping her out of the limousine. As she got up he bowed at her and placed a soft kiss on her hand he still held, causing her to blush furiously. Instead of letting her go then, he hooked her arm under his, gently holding on to her hand while they walked to the entry. Somehow his whole behavior made her feel secure and taken care of like she rarely did. Plus she had to admit, he displayed the loving husband perfectly until now, even without looking at her.

They arrived at the gate where a young servant greeted the arriving couples, checking their allowance to the party with a list placed on a high desk in front of him.

"Good evening. You are…?"

"Gary Marc," Gar announced. They all had gotten aliases close enough to their real names in case someone had a slip of tongue. "And my wife Rachel."

The servant checked on the list before he shamelessly stared at Ravens cleavage.

"I see… welcome Mr. and Mrs. … uhm…"

She could feel her anger rise but she also felt Gar tense up beside her. His temper had gotten even shorter than hers in the last few months. Now she knew it had to be due to his sleep deprivation, so it didn't surprise her as he spoke up rather harshly with venom in his voice:

"Marc. And if you don't take your eyes out of Mrs. Marc's cleavage, Mr. Marc will tear them out and smash them on your bloody list. Am I making myself clear?"

She could even hear a low growl escape his throat at the end. The effect on the disrespectful servant was hilarious.

He immediately covered his eyes with both his hands, lowered his reddening face in shame and mumbled: "Of course, Mr. Marc, I deeply apologize Mrs. Marc, please enter…"

Raven merrily chuckled as they had passed the gate. After her father's defeat she could display her feelings slightly more openly, but she was too uncommon with this kind of behavior, so she rarely did.

"So now you laugh, when I can't look at you," her 'husband' snorted half in amusement.

"No one forbade you to look at me," she teased.

"Richard surely would if he knew how it would endanger the mission," he stated, trying to appear grumpy but failed due to the grin adorning his face as he heard her chuckle more, "Let's get it over before I'll unmask you…"