It's Never Too Late
Okay, so the disclaimer is that unfortunately I don't own Teen Titans or anything to do with it (well apart from this fanfic) and I appreciate all your reviews. Thank you!
Well, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter and I thought about what Atomizer86 (thanks for the review!) said about it being rushed. I agree with you completely, so have tried to slow this down a little. I hope you like it
(Just so you know I am not a vegetarian and am not being mean about people who choose to eat meat in BB's flashback, but I think this is how he would react.)
Every day was identical to the other at Murakami School, but Beast Boy knew that every second he spent with 'Tara' brought him closer to getting the real Terra back; and besides, he loved his best friend's company. She was so sweet and always helped him find his way to class. Her two friends, Megan and Fiona never really talked to him at first, but they were getting used to the fact that if they wanted to stay friends with Tara they had to put up with Garfield.
After 5 weeks of being at school, Tara came up to Garfield saying, 'Hey, Gar! My mum was wondering if you wanted to come over for dinner tonight, if it's okay with your parents-of course.'
Something inside Beast Boy hardened when he heard that word. 'Parents'. He hardly remembered what it was like to have real parents after they had died when he was young. After that he had been tossed around in Foster Care until he found the Doom Patrol at the age of 12. Even they had let him go after a while. The Teen Titans were the closest thing he had ever to a family, let alone his own parents. His train of thought was broken when he saw Terra's expectant expression turn into worry.
'Garfield? Is everything okay?' She asked. Garfield was her best friend-she would hate it if he was upset.
'Oh, nothing I'm fine, I just sorta zoned out for a moment.' He gave her his friendly smile.
"Somehow, that smile feels familiar, but where have I seen it before?" Tara thought. It was a smile she had once taken comfort in, one that had turned to stone.
'So, can you come over tonight?'
The expectant gleam in her eyes was persuasion enough.
'Sure! I'd love to! But about my parents... Well... I'm adopted.'
'Seriously? How are you gonna pull this off Beast Boy?'
"Shut up!" he thought.
He couldn't tell Tara he had parents when he didn't, he was sure Robin and Raven would understand if he ever had to ask them to play along.
'Oh, I'm so sorry!' she whispered, flinging her arms around his neck.
'It's okay, Dick and Rachel are amazing people, and I wouldn't change my life for the world.'
Tara smiled a smile he hadn't seen since they had been on their date at the cafe.
*flashback*
As he opened the door to go inside, Beast Boy found a little country cafe with hillbillies playing pool and old men at the bar. For a moment he forgot why he was there-until he saw the beautiful blue eyes staring at him.
Terra's eyes.
She was sat at one of the barstools smiling over at him. He went over there and sat with her, while she peered at the menu before her. As he started to scan the menu himself, he realised all the food contained some form of meat. This was disgusting! How could people slaughter poor animals and then get for money for having merciless people eat them?!
He looked up at the waitress and asked,
'Um.. Don't suppose you guys have a... Veggie Burger'
Judging by the expression on the ladies face, he took it as a no. Terra, being the kind, wonderful, beautiful girl she was, put his menu down and said,
'We'll have the usual, Pam,'
'So I'm guessing you've been here before.'
'I've been everywhere before. Remember, I was quite a traveller before I became a titan.'
'Okay, where's the coolest place you've ever been?'
Terra's expression changed from joy to doubt.
'Don't know. Probably Titans Tower.' She replied as she looked at her sad reflection in the spoon.
'But there's plenty of cool stuff out here! Who knows? If you're really nice to me, maybe I'll give you the tour!'
The waitress came over and put down two lovely looking cream pies on the table.
'Dig in!' Terra urged me, picking up her spoon and eating a mouthful of her own pie.
As he took his bite the flavours he could taste were overwhelmingly sweet. It was amazing!
'This... is the greatest pie in the history of pie.'
Terra smiled at him, a smile that could only be described as pure joy. He hoped he would be able to see that smile every day.
*end of flashback*
'I'm so glad you're coming! Megan said you should come over so we can get to know each other more.'
Megan said that? The very girl that hated his guts more than sprouts? Well, something must be going on there. Maybe Fiona put her up to it as a dare to see if he would go.
Speak of the devil, Fiona appeared out of the blue and was walking towards them.
'Hi Tara, Garfield.' She spat out his name like it was poison.
'Me and that kid would be very good friends you know.'
"Don't you have anything better to do than to pester me and my mind?" He asked him, or is it a her; does it even have a gender?!
'So, Garfield, are you going to Tara's house tonight?' She asked.
Her tone of voice made him want to throw up.
'Yes, I am, how come?
'No reason. But anyway, if you try anything you'll have me to answer to.'
The bell for form time rang.
'See you later, Fiona!' Tara said, and walked off with Garfield.
Yay chapter 2 is up! Hope you all enjoyed it and thanks to Atomizer86 and Fruitloops25 for your great reviews, I really appreciate it.
R&R please? :)