Cracked

Robin had been silent the magority of the training session. Normally he would have cracked a joke or laughed at something. The entire Team were now hanging out in the kitchan/living room. M' gann stood at the counter sturring some cake mix. Superboy sat watching static. Artemis and Wally were flirting. Aqualad was out helping Aquaman. Rocket sat board on the sofa. Zatanna sat next to the silent Robin. She looked at him with a puzzeled look.

"That's it! Robin why haven't you said anything all day?" she asked.

Everyone looked in his direction, only now realizing. Robin shrugged.

"Come on Rob. Say something," said Wally.

Robin shook his head. No way was he gonna speak.

"Talk, talk, talk, talk! Talk, talk, talk, talk!" everyone started chanting.

Zatanna started giving him a shove. They couldn't see it past the shades but Robin was glaring at them all. After 5 minutes he snapped...

"All right all ready!" Robin exclaimed, his voice cracking.

Everyone looked at him. His voice had broken and it was now obvious he thought he soundeed funny... because he did. Wally started to giggle but he clamped his hand over his mouth. Robin went red. M' gann floated over.

"Why does Robin's voice sound funny?" she asked.

Robin turned scarlet.

"Ya see M' gann. On Earth there come a time for every teenaged boy when their voice starts sounding like a broken car horn. When this happens we say their voice has cracked. That's what's happened to Robin. It's apart of growing up," Wally explained "Once his voice has settled he won't sound so funny,"

"Wait a minute..." everybody looked at her "Robin's a teenager?"

Everyone burst out laughing. Only a few days ago someone had mistaken Robin for an 11-year-old.

"I'm fourteen M' gann," he said.

Rocket looked at him.

"I thought you were 13," she said.

"He was when the Team started. His birthday's the 1st of December," said Wally.

"Can we drop the subject of my growing up? Please?!" Robin had started feeling awkward with everyone talking about him in such a way.

Wally snorted. Robin's cracked voice was gonna take some getting used to...