AN: Time for a switch-up from the normal Flinx centered stuff I do, although this one grew from one of those ideas. We're gonna do karaoke! :D You know you're excited.

I wanna thank my buddy, Tara (who hates that she shares that name with a certain blond traitor), for helping me come up with songs for this escapade. You're awesome, girl!

Disclaimer: Don't own. Teen Titans, the songs, nothing. I'm "what I own" though. :)


Robin gazed directly ahead of him at the result of his defeat. He had put up a valiant fight, his ally (Raven) agreed, but there was just no real hope of winning this battle from the beginning. The damage had been done when he wasn't around to prevent it and it was far too late to do anything now. Better to just accept that this was going to happen and bite the bullet.

Beast Boy had discovered karaoke.

Not only that, he discovered that it was fun and made him pretty popular. Upon returning from Tokyo, the green teen had immediately set his sights on establishing a Titans karaoke night that would be held in the original Titan's Tower open to all their friends who wanted to or could attend. Robin had, of course, said no, but Beast Boy pushed and pushed until he managed to make a dent in the Boy Wonder's resolve. Secure that Beast Boy would never have the money to fund it himself, he had agreed to karaoke night only if the shape shifter acquired all of the equipment himself. What he hadn't banked on was that other Titans would answer Beast Boy's call for aid with so much enthusiasm. Funds, gear, and music had come out of the woodwork, even from as far away as Jericho's mountain. (And why would Jericho contribute anyway? He was mute, for crying out loud!)

The final result was a top of the line karaoke machine with a huge screen and speakers, cordless microphones so the singers could move around better if they chose, and a music selection that was frankly just staggering. Robin had to concede that if this was going to happen, at least it was starting on the right track.

As soon as he had gathered enough stuff he deemed vital to a successful karaoke night, Beast Boy had alerted everyone that the plan was a go and that, starting this very week, every Thursday night forevermore would be "Titan's Tower Karaoke Night", with a theme to be announced for each week. And, woe unto the villain who disrupted it…

With a growl, Robin continued to stare at the new machine like it was the deadliest foe he had ever faced.

"Oh, dude, would you relax?" the changeling said, having picked up the growl from where he and Cyborg were working on hooking everything up. "It's gonna be great! You just might enjoy it. Look, even Raven is coming tonight!"

The pale girl quirked up one eyebrow from her position on the couch and replied, "I'm here because I know that I won't get any peace in my room anyway. And, I know that some of our friends are coming and I might as well be a good host."

Beast Boy rolled his eyes at her as he plugged in the last wire, "Whatever, Rae. You might have fun, too. This is good for all of us, you know? It's a great, reliable way to blow off steam after a long week of crime-fighting."

"Indeed! This will be glorious!" Starfire added as she flew in an ice chest and some various snacks. "We shall get to know our new friends better, and I am looking forward to learning new Earth songs."

Seeing his girlfriend happy eased Robin's mood, and he hopped over the back of the couch to take a seat with a modicum of …contentment, if not happiness. "So," he asked, "do we know who all is coming?"

"Well, a lot of the others are far enough away that I doubt we're gonna have a packed house all the time, but I know Kid Flash and Jinx are coming tonight, and probably most nights," said Beast Boy as he fished a water out of the ice chest and went back to his position behind the karaoke machine. "Turns out both of them love to sing. They are actually the one who gave me the microphones."

Cyborg smiled, "Probably so Bolt Boy doesn't get caught in the wires." They shared a small laugh, then he added, "I know Bee is coming, too. Titans East is sending her as a sort of scout. They figure if she gives a good report, it'll be worth it for the rest of them to come sometime."

His green friend beamed, "Then this place is totally gonna be packed soon, cause this is gonna be awesome."

"So, what do you guys have to drink?" said a voice from over at the snack table. The original Titans jumped while spinning to see Jinx digging through the cooler and Kid Flash loading up one of the small snack plates with as much as it could hold.

Raven huffed at the pink haired sorceress. "Soda and water. Couldn't you have knocked or something?" she grumbled at the pair.

Jinx smirked at her grumpy friend, knowing she was more perturbed at being surprised than actually at her. "Maybe next time. Do you have any other drinks?" she said with a meaningful look.

The leader of the Titans frowned and said, "I know you aren't referring to alcohol. We're underage. All of us," he added pointedly.

Selecting a couple cans of soda for Kid Flash and herself, she laughed as she made her way over to sit on the couch. "Well, Darkwing, that depends on what country you are talking about, but whatever helps you sleep at night. Next week then, Beast Boy?" she asked hopefully.

Taking one look at his already reluctant leader's face, the boy answered, "Uhm…not likely."

Kid Flash grinned, enjoying himself already, and strode over to take his place on the couch next to his girlfriend with two plates of snacks, one of which he knew would be commandeered. Seeing her about to get into an argument with Robin, he nudged her gently and said, "Don't worry. We'll go to Germany later. Or, Jamaica, if you prefer."

She pretended to think for a moment, then replied, "Jamaica. Neither of us is that into beer." She grinned triumphantly as Robin glared at the speedster.

"Sorry. Her happiness outweighs yours, for me," he said simply. "If it makes you feel better, they don't have a drinking age at all there. Plus, if you think either of us is going to get drunk, you don't know my metabolism, or her control issues," he snorted at the last part.

Jinx rolled her eyes and kicked him hard enough to elicit a grunt, which ended up satisfying a little of Robin's irritability with the other boy. He was still gearing up for a lecture when they heard a jet land on the roof.

"That'll be Bee," said Cyborg happily, getting up to meet his long distance girlfriend at the door to the living room. Kid Flash, meanwhile, had snatched one of the books of music choices and he and Jinx were thumbing through it. Their leader sighed as he realized his chance to inform the pair about the dangers of mixing alcohol and meta-humans was gone. Oh, he could talk. But, they weren't going to listen.

Soon enough, the leader of Titans East sauntered through the door. "Hey, Guys. Sparky," she greeted with a sassy sway to her hips and a slight smile.

"M'lady," he remarked, kissing her hand, then leading her toward the couch with it. She shook her head at him slightly, but allowed herself to be settled on the seat next to the big guy. "Looks like we're all here now, BB," Cyborg said.

"Excellent!" Beast Boy cheered and further stated "Ok, dudes and dudettes, tonight's theme is… Country!" He shoved some more of the music books in the assembly's direction.

Most of the Titans just shrugged and started to consider their options, but Raven settled herself further into her seat and proclaimed, "I'm out. I don't do Country."

"But, Raven," Beast Boy started to whine, but was cut short by the look she shot him.

The empath shook her head and said, "No 'buts'. I'll stay and listen to it, but I'm not singing it." She did, however, feel a little guilt for the obvious dip in his mood and added, "Perhaps next week."

He nodded, taking a small victory when he could. "Ok, I'll try to pick something I think you'll like, then," he told her with a small smile. She rewarded him with the same and a small bob of her head in acknowledgement. Turning back to the group as a whole, Beast Boy inquired excitedly, "Who's going first?"

Kid Flash was at the mic and waiting before anyone else could consider if they would volunteer themselves or not. Snatching it out of it's stand with enthusiasm, the red-haired teen said, "Give me TT5, Beast Boy," into the microphone, then gave a little smirk in Jinx's direction. His lady met his gaze with suspicion.

"Aw, dude!" Beast Boy whined again while he plugged in the necessary information, "I was gonna do a Travis Tritt song."

Yellow-clad shoulders bobbed and he replied, "So, do it. Nothing says we can't do the same artist's stuff. You'll be going later since you're working the machine anyway, right? That'll be plenty of time."

Beast Boy muttered an "I guess so" before he punched the play button. They could have the same artist, just this once. Of course, he could just change his song if it bothered him that much, but he really loved the one he was planning to sing. It would be a great choice for the end of the night, at any rate. His easy smile slid back up as he reclined in his chair, listening to the first couple of notes for his fellow Tritt fan's song.

Kid's voice was surprisingly low and a touch gravelly as he sang, "Well it's a long way to Richmond, rollin' North on 95," moving a little in time with the music as well as tapping his foot.

From the audience came a little bark of a laugh that Jinx stifled quickly, and Cyborg nodded approval and called, "'Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde.' Good choice, man."

The singing speedster smiled around his words and gave his girlfriend a wink. "With a redhead riding shotgun, and a pistol by my side," he sang, alternatively running a hand through his hair and patting an imaginary holster. "Tearin' down that highway, like a modern day Bonnie and Clyde," and at this he paused just a moment with the music.

His voice lost the slight gravelly quality and he closed his eyes for a second when he sang, louder, "We met at a truckstop, Johnson City, Tennessee!"His change in tone was met with several "woo's" from the crowd and some clapping.

"I was gassing up my Firebird, when I heard her calling me, mmm hmm. Said 'Which way are you headed, boy? Do you need some company?'" Not surprisingly, what with the song and his natural tendencies to move, he couldn't keep still on the stage. He mimed putting gas in his car and then wiggled his eyebrows suggestively at the last little bit.

"She had me stopping at a quick mart, before we made it out of town. Next thing she was runnin' at me, tellin' me to lay that hammer down!" he said, straining against a gas pedal that only he could see. "Cause there's a man right behind me, doin' his best to slow me down," he explained, relaxing. Then, he returned to the chorus, repeating some of the dance-like gestures he had done before.

Suddenly, Jinx found herself on the stage at the start of the musical interlude of the song. He gave her a second to orient herself, and with another laugh she started to dance with him, granting him something to do and the viewers something to watch. Shortly after he gave a "woo" that the screen called for, she was back in her seat. The other Titans clapped for the dancers and she gave a mock bow.

His voice was low and secretive now, as he continued, "Well we pulled up to a motel, in the middle of the night. We were countin' all the money, smokin' stolen Marlboro Lights." He gave them a little two finger salute as if he had a cigarette in his hand, and his voice again returned to a regular singing level, "Lord we never saw 'em comin', 'til they read us both our rights."

"Yeah, it's a long way to Richmond, rollin' North on 95. With a sheriff right beside me, pistol pointed at my side. Oh, lord! Such a disappointing ending, for this Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde! Yyyeee-aaahhh!" he sang, finishing big by gripping the microphone with two hands and squeezing his eyes shut as the room burst into applause. Kid Flash, grinning, returned the mic to the stand and strode back to plop down in his seat.

Jinx turned to him thoughtfully and remarked, "No, I distinctly remember there was a museum." He rolled his eyes at her bad joke and ruffled her hair as punishment, while she snickered. "But, for real," she added, turning back to the group, "did you know Bonnie and Clyde actually did love each other? Some people think that it was one-sided and Clyde used her, but there are several times where he did things that prove it wasn't. Really though, Bonnie was too smart for that. She did well in school, won a Spelling Bee, and even wrote poetry." Bonnie and Clyde just happened to be the subject of a report that she had done back in the HIVE, and she still admired them based on what she had learned they were really like, instead of the way their story was often spun.

The Jr. speedster smiled at her, "Well, who can blame Clyde, then? Smart, bad girls are hot," he claimed, kissing her briefly.

Bumble Bee shook her head in mock exasperation, "Get a room, you two." To which one pink cat-eye quirked a bit, meaning "That's an idea."

"Ok, ok. Way to open things up, Kid Flash," Beast Boy laughed, "Who's next?"

Having been leaning against each other on the couch, Robin tipped over a bit when Starfire suddenly shot into the air, her eyes alight with excitement. "Oh! Me, friend Beast Boy! I wish to perform combination TS2, please," she shouted as she landed on the stage and took up the microphone.

"You know the song right, Star?" the DJ asked, plugging in her request.

The Tamerainian giggled, "Of course. It is one of my favorites, and this musician is, as well."

Robin, ever the detective, immediately filed the information away for later. Date and gift ideas did not always come easy for him, so any hints as to what they might do or what he might be able to give her on various holidays (he had twice as many to consider now) and occasions were very welcome.

Her song started and she smiled as she sang, "You were in college working part time waiting tables. Left a small town and never looked back. I was a flight risk with a fear of falling, wondering why we bother with love if it never lasts."

Raven groaned quietly and whispered to Jinx, "Taylor Swift. You don't need a prophecy to have seen this coming." She and Kid Flash, who had overheard, chuckled a bit, but were shushed by a stern looking Robin. The three smiled sheepishly and muttered apologies as Starfire's song continued.

She sang, and it was instantly clear that her style of singing was far different than Kid Flash's. While he had to move, she was content to stand, maybe gesture a bit, and simply sing to her friends and, more pointedly, to the boy she had admired since shortly after crashing on Earth.

For his part, Robin was just watching her and smiling with equal parts encouragement and affection.

Cyborg nudged his leader. "Hey, man, are you sure you shouldn't be singing this to her?" he smirked. Robin frowned, and that only made him laugh. His girlfriend elbowed the fleshy part of his arm with a sever look, though, and that stopped the teasing before he could add to it.

As the song continued, Starfire gleefully remembered her first time seeing fireworks and being on a Ferris Wheel with Robin, then some of her more recent memories of their time together, including "patrols" on the roofs of Jump City.

"And I remember that fight 2:30 AM as everything was slipping right out of our hands. I ran out crying and you followed me out into the street. Braced myself for the goodbye, 'cause that's all I've ever known. Then you took me by surprise. You said I'll never leave you alone," she crooned with a soft, reflective look on her face as she looked as Robin. They had fought and he had made her feel bad plenty of times, they both knew, but even at their worst it was acknowledged that they would always be there for one another.

The alien girl smiled gently, "You said, 'I remember how we felt sitting by the water, and every time I look at you, it's like the first time. I fell in love with a careless man's careful daughter. She is the best thing that's ever been mine.'" The backup singers on the disk sang a few lines and Starfire finished with a few repeats of key phrases as they were called for on the screen.

Her friends clapped for her presentation, and she blushed a little and said, "I thank you. That was most enjoyable, Beast Boy," before resuming her spot on the couch next to Robin. He made a point to hold her hand as soon as she was settled.

"Alright, mushy moment's over. My turn. Gimme TC19, Animal," declared Bumble Bee as she slipped out from under Cyborg's arm and took the stage. She pulled the microphone out of its stand and draped an arm over the prop, looking completely relaxed as her song began to pour out from the speakers. "She said she can't go out tonight again, her sister's sick she's gotta baby-sit. Yeah, that sounds like a pretty good excuse," she sang. Jinx gave a hoot of approval and clapped, and Raven even cracked a small smile.

Bumble Bee smiled conspiratoriously and put her hand beside her mouth to 'whisper', "Now, you didn't hear any of this from me, but things aren't always what they seem. Brace yourself, this may come as a shock to you. Girls lie, too!" Which was met with many a howl from the females (excluding Raven, who was not ever likely to do that), and a few grumbles from the guys, but then, this song was almost guaranteed to elicit that response.

As the stripe costumed girl continued to sing, Jinx leaned over to Raven and quipped, "She's giving away trade secrets. Shouldn't we stop her?"

The empath's mouth quirked up a bit on one side and she said, "No. Terri Clark gave it away long ago. We can't blame Bee if our guys haven't heard the message, yet."

Having overheard, Starfire leaned around Cyborg and said, puzzled, "Please, this Terri Clark was the first to allow boys of your species to know that girls were not always truthful? They did not deduce as much on their own?"

Jinx laughed at the other girl's confusion and answered, "More like they suspected it, but they didn't expect to have it explained to them in song."

Meanwhile, Beast Boy was visibly paler at the thought of "deer heads hangin on the wall". Ugh…he knew that deer needed some outside population control, but that didn't mean he still couldn't sympathize with them. And, why so-called 'good ol boys' needed to hang their heads or antlers on everything was beyond him completely. For him, it would be exactly like walking into the lodge of a head-hunter and seeing scalps and shrunken heads everywhere. 'You wanna remember killing a deer? Take a picture,' he thought, before trying to refocus on the song in hopes of distracting himself.

"Yeah, girls lie, too. We always forgive and forget. The cards and flowers you never sent, will never be brought up again. Girls lie, too. Old grey sweatpants turn us on. We like your friends and we love your mom." Bumble Bee sang, voice just dripping with sarcasm.

Kid Flash looked at his girl and said, gravely, "I have never once forgotten a flower." Then, he cracked a grin and kissed her forehead, "And, you love my old sweatpants just as much as I do."

She rolled her eyes and shoved him away playfully, saying, "Yeah, yeah. So, not every guy is you, Romeo." But, she smiled coyly at him as she popped a pretzel from one of his snack plates in her mouth.

And now, Bumble Bee had finished her song and was making her triumphant return to her seat amid polite clapping from the guys and more enthusiastic praise from the girls.

Cyborg abruptly got a wicked grin on his face, consulted the selection combinations, and stood up to take his turn at the game. "Well, if Bee is going to be so honest with us guys, I figure we can return the favor. BB, I would like to sing number TA9, please."

No one missed the self-satisfied way he made his request, and Kid Flash grabbed the song book to scan through it at super speed while the song cued up. He found the combo and shut the book again, "Oh, boy," escaping his lips before even he could stop it.

Narrowing her eyes, Bumble Bee stared down the speedster with enough power that his girlfriend began to wonder if she would have to defend him. "What? What's Sparky singing?" she ordered.

"Hustlers shootin' eight ball, throwin' darts at the wall. Feelin' damn near ten feet tall. Here, she comes, Lord, help us all," the half-robot sang with an exaggerated twang in his voice. Beast Boy almost instantly identified the song and laughed. Well, that is until Bee's narrowed gaze shifted to him.

Cyborg jerked a thumb in Kid Flash's direction and added, "Ol' T.W.'s girlfriend done slapped him outta his chair. Poor ol' boy, it ain't his fault. It's so hard not to stare at that honky tonk badonkadonk."

Blushing, the fastest boy alive barked a "Hey!" while the human Bee rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Really, Sparky? 'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk?' Beast Boy, why is that even an option?" she asked their host.

He just smiled and shrugged, "I dunno. It might have been donated, or it might have been part of a CD I bought. I didn't keep records on where the music came from."

"Now, honey, you can't blame her for what her momma gave her. It ain't right to hate her for workin' that Moneymaker!" Cyborg continued, obviously enjoying himself at this point.

Bumble Bee groaned as she stood up to get herself a drink. Maybe Jinx had been on to something when she requested alcohol (she just couldn't imagine that a normal soda was going to cut it for listening to this). 'Maybe, we can come to some sort of arrangement for next week,' she thought as she twisted the cap off of her drink. "Write it down from now on, ok? That way I know who should be yelled at for poisoning the song selection," she called, trying her hardest to ignore the music being blasted at her.

Raven's eyebrow arched and she droned, "You can't really expect to love every song in that book."

Mid-sip, the Bee shook her head, "Mm, not at all. But, don't tell me you are loving this one."

The girl from Azarath snorted, "Hardly. Remember, I opted out of Country night all together. But, you have to admit, he's doing well." To which, Bumble Bee did incline her head slightly in agreement.

"That's it right there, boys. That's why we do what we do. It ain't for the money, it ain't for the glory, It ain't for the free whiskey. It's for the Badonkadonk," he finished triumphantly. Everyone clapped, even his girlfriend, who did so with an eyeroll to punctuate it.

Cyborg was feeling pretty good until Starfire spoke up with, "That was most pleasing, friend Cyborg. But, please, what is this 'badonkadonk', of which you sang? I am not familiar with this term."

The updated Tin Man and his leader shared an embarrassed, panicked blush while the others in the room (save Starfire) stifled giggles, and he stuttered, "Well… it's…uhm…The thing is- "

"Beast Boy! Why don't you pick me a song, huh?" Robin solicited with mock enthusiasm.

The changeling's eyes didn't leave Cyborg as he grinned predatorily and said, "Sure, Robin, sure. Just as soon as he explains what a badonkadonk is to Star."

Gritting his teeth and doing his best to turn that into something his girlfriend might interpret as a grin, Robin hissed, "Beast Boy, I would really appreciate it if you would give me a song.

Gulping, the green boy quickly consulted his book, then plugged in a number while the only other male who hadn't sang yet stalked up to the stage. He chuckled a little at his own joking selection, "Here you go, dude. Have fun!"

Suspicious, Robin started to ask what that last part meant when the words cued up for him to start singing, "Well a man come on 6 'o clock news said 'Somebody been shot, somebody's been abused. Somebody blew up a building, somebody stole a car somebody got away, somebody didn't get too far'. Yeah, they didn't get too far." During the first pause he had, he asked, "Beast Boy, what is this song?"

"Just sing, dude!" the maestro yelled back, earning laughs from the members of the audience, who seemed to be in on the joke based on their expressions.

The vocalist huffed and almost missed his next lines, "Grandpappy told my pappy 'Back in my day son, a man had to answer for the wicked that he'd done.' Take all the rope in Texas, find a tall oak tree, round up all of them bad boys, hang 'em high in the streets. For all th- Beast Boy, I don't agree with this type of vigilante justice, at all." Robin was frowning as the music went on without him.

Green eyes rolled as he huffed, "And Cy isn't into the heroing thing for the bu- badonkadonk! Loosen up, will ya?"

Cyborg jokingly muttered, "I might be…" into his drink, looking like a deer caught in the headlights when he realized Bee heard him.

Robin grumbled, "I'm just saying that, as heroes, we shouldn't really be-"

"Sing!" yelled the crowd of frustrated Titans.

"Fine!" their leader bellowed back, before jumping in on the second verse, "We got too many gangsters doin' dirty deeds. Too much corruption and crime in the streets. It's time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground. Send 'em all to their maker and – Beast Boy, why did you give me this? Do you even know who I used to work with?"

The boy just glared at the person who was supposed to be singing!

With a growl, Robin started on the chorus, "Cause justice is the one thing you should always find. You got to saddle up your boys, you got draw a hard line. When the gunsmoke settles we'll sing a victory tune, and we'll all meet back at the local …saloon? We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces singin', 'Whiskey for my men, Beer for my horses'? Now there's drinking in this song? There are a bunch of cowboys out hanging people and they're drunk!"

Without further ado, Beast Boy cut the song off. "Dude," he said, exasperated, "just get off my stage. 'Beer for My Horses' is a great song, and for someone so against murder, you just killed that tune."

Jinx picked her head up off the back of the couch and grumbled, "Shit, that was hard to watch. Looks like I have to save us," then she patted Kid's leg and added, "I'm going in." She sashayed up to the mic, and threw, "Play KE1, Beast Boy," over her shoulder. She remained with her back to the crowd as she waited for her song to begin.

When it did, it was the twang of a mouth harp that suddenly changed to a hard, almost Rock, guitar riff that pounded itself into existence. Jinx dipped to the right, rubbing one leg down the microphone stand, and threw her hand up to grab one of the metal hoops holding her hair in their trademark horns and lift it off and away, tossing it safely onto the couch for later retrieval. She ruffled her hair a bit so that it cascaded down her back, a rolling pink tide. When the song repeated its opening chords, she elegantly changed to the other side and repeated the actions, her hair now completely down and mussed in a way that Kid Flash found unbelievably sexy. She didn't see when he edged forward on the couch, slowly for a change, but she was quietly pleased when she got to see the hungry look in his eyes when she turned around.

She all but purred into the microphone, "Hey, baby, whatcha doin' this evenin'? Can ya meet me down at the railroad tracks? I got Tom Petty playin' in my Silverado, and I've iced down a six pack." Cat eyes dancing mischievously, Jinx continued to rock and slink to the music in a way that made most of the boys in the room a touch warm. Most of them…

"More liquor! Do country singers do anything but drink?" Robin raged from his seat, choosing not to confront the singer on her dancing as that would probably just make it worse. Though Starfire pet his arm comfortingly, all the boy could do was gulp as Kid Flash stared him down with massacre blazing in his eyes.

When he saw Robin successfully quelled, Kid turned back to gazing at his girlfriend like a man dying of thirst looks at water.

"Baby, whatcha say we go pickin' wildflowers? I got a spot way back in the woods. Sneak away for a couple of hours. You and me, baby, pickin' wildflowers," Jinx warbled, looking slightly predatory and a lot suggestive. She loved this game. 'Oh, look,' she thought deviously to herself, 'time to level up.'

She ran her hands behind her head, further messing her hair, and bit her lip while closing her eyes, before quickly popping them open and grabbing the mic possessively. "Hey, baby, Mother Nature is waiting, and love's bloomin' like a cherry tree. Let's buzz around, maybe do some pollinatin'. Dive in, like honeybees," she sang, running her hands down her body slowly and grinding a bit on the mic stand.

"Jesus, Jinx," Kid Flash muttered as he wished with every fiber of his being to any and every star, well, and/or genie that might be listening on this planet or any other to be that microphone stand.

Raven, though her shields were up against feeling anything from the assembly, was receiving inklings of longing, love, and anticipation from the ginger. She rolled her eyes and easily increased her defenses. "A little self-control would be nice," she rumbled at him.

"Uh," he grunted, clearly not hearing her.

"You are getting drool on your uniform. And, my mind," she aimed pointedly. Maybe a little guilt would jar him?

"Yeah…'cool'."

She could practically feel the aneurism. "I tried to be nice," she warned him. It wasn't completely his fault, Jinx was still taunting him, but Jinx wasn't spilling her mood all over the place. She levitated some of Cyborg's water out of his bottle and let it drop directly on Kid Flash's head.

The boy yelped at the sudden sensation, and his girlfriend had to fight hard not to bust into giggles before her song was over. She took pity on him though and, while she continued to dance a little as the song took her, she stopped moving provocatively.

Meeting Kid Flash's bewildered expression, Raven said simply, "You needed to cool your head," and turned back to the stage.

Jinx eventually finished her song and slunk back to her seat amid applause and one gigantic grin. She pocketed one of her metal hoops and used the other as an impromptu pony-tail holder. As she was fixing her hair, she caught sight of Robin's disapproving frown and smirked. "And, that, my dear Bird Brain, is how it is done," she told him. "Better luck next week. For all our sakes."

" 'Wildflowers', huh? I like picking flowers," the teen speedster said innocently, but wiggled his eyebrows in a way that meant he totally understood the meaning of the song. "Why don't we go find that 'little spot in the woods' you were talking about?" he said huskily, as he made to scoop his girlfriend up off the couch.

"Wait, wait!" Beast Boy yelped, waving his arms from behind the music table, "You can't leave till after my song! C'mon, guys, I listened to both of yours."

Jinx bat Kid Flash's hands away playfully and snickered a little, "Later. I think the World's Shortest Green Giant over there won't let us come back if we don't let him have his turn. Besides, you know things are better when you have to wait on it."

Beast Boy grinned happily while Kid Flash groaned, "I hate waiting". He sighed deeply and turned to the DJ, "Ok, man, but for the love of all that's good, please sing a short song."

"Just chill for a minute, dude. Well, actually, about four of them. The other song I was gonna sing is shorter, but I'm not ready for it…yet," the shapeshifter admitted cryptically. The assembly seemed intrigued, but he changed the subject with, "I decided to go ahead on the Travis Tritt song, anyway. I'll show you guys how it's really done," he smirked challengingly and was met with several outraged protests. He pushed in his combo number, then raced for the stage.

For him there was no opening interlude. Just a countdown to begin and he was off with, "I got rice cookin' in the microwave, got a three-day beard I don't plan to shave, and it's a goofy thing but I just gotta say 'Hey, Imma doin' alright'." Beast Boy smiled happily while his gathered family showed their approval for his song.

"Oh, this is a good choice," Kid Flash said. He put his arm around Jinx, pulling her close and melting into the music a bit. He smiled warmly as she put her head on his shoulder without any hesitation while he sang along quietly.

Cyborg nudged Robin and muttered, "As if Green Bean could grow a beard," making Robin snicker, glad that, for once this evening, he wasn't the butt of the joke.

Bee leaned over and quipped, "At least he wouldn't look like the Terminator and Shaft had a love-child, Sparky," which made her boyfriend sputter protests and Robin actually burst out laughing. If there was one person on this planet guaranteed to be able to put Cy in his place, it was the girl sitting next to him on the couch with the smug look.

"Now, I look in the mirror and what do I see? A lone wolf there, staring back at me. He's long in the tooth," Beast Boy sang, pointing to his protruding fang with a wink, which earned a few groans that he shrugged off, "But harmless as can be. Lord, I guess he's doin' alright."

Suddenly, Kid Flash had an idea. Eyes alight, he leaned forward and said, "Robin! Quick, where are the emergency candles?"

Their fearless leader just frowned. "You mean the ones for emergencies," he replied with 'that look'.

Shaking his head, the other boy just said, "Why do I bother?" before speeding off to look for himself. Everything like that was meticulously labeled (by Robin) anyway.

Jinx smirked and crossed her arms as she gazed at Robin with an already triumphant look. "You know he'll find what he's after soon enough, right? It's only a matter of seconds really," she enlightened, holding out her hand like she was waiting to be handed something. As if on cue, the main lights went out, leaving only the ones above the stage and each member of the audience found a candle in their grasp. Without changing her expression a bit, she tipped her candle in mock salute at Robin, who just growled.

Beast Boy pointed at Kid Flash, thanking him for the mood lighting as the music took on a melancholy sound. He got serious as he sang, "Sometimes it's lonely. Sometimes it's only me, and the shadows that fill this room."

Raven was a little surprised as she watched him sing this part. She had noticed that look in his eyes before he started; that look that said that, while he usually played the role of the silly kid, he had encountered more of the bad things the world had to offer than he let on. On a whim, she had lowered her guard to him a bit and, sure enough, he was putting actual sadness and loneliness into the lyrics. It brought to mind a time not so long ago when she was feeling alone and hurt, and he was the only one who seemed to know exactly what she needed to hear, the only one who didn't sugarcoat it or tell her that it wasn't her fault. He just told her a simple truth that she had somehow overlooked, but instantly seemed the most important thing she had ever heard.

The changeling closed his eyes and added, "Sometimes I'm fallin', desperately callin', howlin' at the moon," and because he couldn't stand to be bogged down like that for too long he opened his eyes again, the playful gleam returned, and he shifted into a green wolf, tipping his head back to sing "Ah-wooo!" in its most pure form. He wagged his tail as his audience laughed and waved their candles in time.

Kid got another idea and prodded Jinx and Raven on either side of him, quirking his head in the direction of the screen that displayed the lyrics and giving them a 'you know we gotta' look. Raven rolled her eyes and Jinx shook her head, but when the time came all three of them, and the others once they caught on, joined Beast Boy in his second howl; a symbolic pack singing as one to show their support for each other…And, because sometimes howling is just too much fun to pass up.

A huge wolfy grin became an equally large human one as Beast Boy shifted back into a man to sing the last verse, changing the motorcycle to mo-ped to suit his own tastes. "And it's a great day to be alive. I know the sun's still shinnin' when I close my eyes. There's some hard times in the neighborhood, but why can't every day be just this good?" he finished, once more earning a round of clapping from his pals. The lights came back on and the candles were gone by the time he added, "And every Thursday from here on out will be! See you dudes next week!"

Various people nodded, and Kid Flash walked over and clapped him on the back with a grin, saying, "Definitely, man. We'll totally be here."

Abruptly, Jinx was on her boyfriend's back. She playfully slapped his shoulder and exclaimed, "Hyah, boy! To Jamaica!'

Cyborg laughed and called, "Looks like somebody's whipped."

Holding on to Jinx's legs, the speedster turned and said, "No, she used her hand, I'm not whipped, yet." He smiled smoothly and said, "Besides, we're picking flowers after that," with a wink. The boy didn't give his friends a chance to recover before saying, "Next week, guys!" and instantly the pair was gone.

Bee shuddered and said, "I soo didn't need to hear that. I'm gone, too. I need to get back to Titans East and contact a therapist."

Laughing, Cyborg replied, "I'll walk you to your ride," and the pair went up in the elevator together.

Robin yawned and murmured something about getting up early the next morning, bidding the remaining Titans 'good night', and Starfire cleared the snack table before doing the same.

Beaming at his karaoke equipment, Beast Boy silently congratulated himself for a successful evening, then carefully pushed the supplies into the corner. Being a night owl by nature, he flipped the TV back to satellite and settled on the couch beside Raven for a few more hours of wakefulness before guilt more than actual fatigue drove him to bed.

For her part, the Azarathian seemed content to stay put for a little while as well. She levitated her latest read from the kitchen table and opened it to where she had left off.

Glancing over, her companion selected a channel then turned the volume down. "I'll lower the sound so you can concentrate better," he told her. With heightened senses, he could hear it well enough anyway.

Raven smiled slightly and looked up long enough to say, "Thank you," to which Beast Boy nodded and smiled back. After another moment, she stopped reading again and said, "Beast Boy?"

"Yeah?" he asked, inclining his head toward her, but keeping his eyes on the screen.

"I had fun tonight," she replied with a touch of shyness. Fighting a blush she added, "You sing well," and went back to her book.

Surprised, Beast Boy broke eye-contact with the sci-fi movie he had chosen and regarded the girl next to him for a second. Then, he broke into a large smile and warmly said, "Thanks, Rae." He watched her nod an acknowledgement before turning back to his movie, the two of them sitting in comfortable silence for some time.

-Somewhere in Jamaica-

Jinx and Kid Flash laughed as they clinked their glasses together, his a margarita and hers a banana daiquiri.

Blue eyes dancing with leftover adrenaline from the run over, Kid Flash said, "You know, none of them would ever believe the most we've done is make out. Especially with you dancing like that when it was your turn!"

"Mmm!" Jinx returned as she let go of her straw with her mouth. She swallowed her drink and added, "Oh, I know! They totally bought it. I'm not sure if I should be insulted that they think that of us or particularly pleased with our acting skills."

They shared another laugh, then Kid said, "Be pleased. We'll both enjoy that more." Giving his best crafty smile, he asked, "So…same thing next week?"

"Hell, yeah!" his girlfriend replied, laughing. She leaned across the table and gave him a quick peck. "And, we have got to figure out how to smuggle at least some wine coolers into that tower."


AN: Woo! Country Night is over and out! So, what do we think guys? If you wanna see more, I'm gonna need at least 5 good reviews.

Also, if you have a theme you'd like to see, let me know and I'll see what I can do. I have the first three nights sorta figured out, but after that (if there is an after that) I'll probably let my readers vote between themes.