Chapter 1: Pinch and a Punch…
It was a beautiful winter's morning. Rain had poured all night long so the ground was wet and slippery. A beautiful rainbow was shining in the sky above Jump City. All was calm and quiet, not a single creature was awake…
"Pinch and a punch for the first day of the month!" Raven woke with a start. She turned and looked over at the impish, green teenager grinning at her. She scowled and turned over, blocking out the murderous thoughts that had just popped into her head.
"Ha ha! I found ya, B!" Cyborg came running into the room; his huge, metal feet making the whole tower shake. "Pinch and a punch for the first day of the month!" Beast Boy yelled. "Flick and a Kick for being so quick!" Cyborg retorted.
"Squeeze and a tease for replying with ease!"
"Jump and a bump for makin' me a chump!"
"Whack and a hack for having a knack!"
Raven finally cracked it. "You have the same stupid competition every month! If you have to have this pointless argument, can you NOT DO IT IN MY ROOM!" She yelled, sending the two boys flying out of the room with her powers.
"Man, she's really uptight this morning." Cyborg said picking himself up as the door to Raven's room slammed. "Perhaps she was having the nice dreams, which you disturbed." Starfire remarked, having just exited her room. "Hey Star, nice to see you up this early. Wanna go get some breakfast?" Cyborg asked her.
"Yes, I have been dreaming of the mustard drink. But let me adorn mu attire before I join you." She smiled and backed into her room. "See ya!" called Cyborg as he and Beast Boy wandered into the kitchen.
"They are gone now. You may exit safely." Starfire whispered into her room. Robin quickly ran out of her room and into his. Starfire soon left her room, too and saw Raven standing in the hallway. "Did I just see Robin in his underpants run out of your room?" she asked a blushing Starfire. Star's eyes darted around for a while before she said, "no…"
"Well that did really look like Robin in his underpants." Beast boy commented, morphing from a fly on the wall to his real shape. There was a dull 'thump!" from Robin's room, followed by a quiet, "Oh, crap!"
Only Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg were at the breakfast table as Starfire and Robin were hiding in their rooms.
"-and then Robin was like, "Oh Crap!" and Star was like all, "he he" and she turned SUPER red!" as Beast Boy finished his recount of the encounter in the hallway, milk and cornflakes spurted out of Cyborg's nose. His crazy peals of laughter echoed through the tower causing Raven to spill hot tea on her hand. A tiny, strangled squeak was the only sign that she had felt it. That and that a nearby salt shaker had melted. Raven picked up the melted piece of silverware and threw it in the bin. "Gee, you really are uptight today. First you get all "Get out of my room!" and then you melt a salt shaker!" Beast boy commented as Raven sat down to drink her tea. "I'm not uptight, just up a bit earlier than I would've planned. That, may I remind you, is your fault." She replied monotonously. Beast Boy grinned sheepishly and said quietly, "He he, sorry." There was no reply, only a blank stare.
"Well, if you two love-birds are done arguing, I'm gonna play X-treme Speed 5000, 2!" Cyborg called as he wandered over to the TV.
"No, you're not. It's Monday, time for training," Robin walked into the room (now fully dressed) and Beast Boy smiled, "Finally showing your sorry butt, eh?" he said. Robin blushed. "At least his sorry butt's got pants on now!" Cyborg cackled. The two boys were falling over themselves (and the couch) laughing. Robin turned bright red and started slowly sliding out of the room. As soon as he disappeared from view, he called out, "Just… Just come to the gym."