Chapter 2

The disclaimer (kind of forgot it before) - I don't own Teen Titans

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Garfield Logan watched Wally quietly out of the corner of his eye. He was the only one who didn't join in on the boisterous laughter, which was unusual to say the least. After all, wasn't he the clown? The hilarious one? But… he had a serious side, and times like this brought it out.

Ever since the Teen Titans had disbanded, Wally had gone into a stage of utmost carelessness with absolutely no handle on responsibility. How Uncle Barry expected Wally to marry anybody just proved all the Wests were spontaneous or insane. Either will do.

Gar knew that he missed the old days, but did Wally? He never showed any sign that it bothered him at all, as if the problem slid off him to someone else. He had asked once, only once, Kid Flash had answered, "Those days are over, Gar." Not Beastboy, Gar. He had never asked about it again.

He sighed. He wanted the old gang back together again; he wanted to see Raven again. But no use wondering about the past, that was all it was, the past. The best he could do right now was laugh. Laughing was his cure to everything.

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Grumbling, Jade began throwing clothes randomly into an unzipped duffel bag on the floor. She never did like suitcases, and in five minutes, her entire wardrobe was packed. She didn't have many outfits.

Now. She was ready. With her black combat boots, striped stockings, and her pink hair up in their signature pigtails, she stepped outside her room, and looked in the full-length hall mirror. She nodded at herself in approval. Very edgy chic. Wait. After she flung a purple-black striped scarf around her neck to compliment her black long-sleeved shirt, and black cut-off capris (yes, capris over striped stockings), she sauntered down the hallway for breakfast.

As soon as she appeared, she was instantly given a dose of Rachel's magic as she was levitated into the air inside a ball of energy. Immediately, Jade felt ticked off, and wasn't afraid to let her know.

"I thought you said no magic. Raven." Jade growled, trying to let herself out with hexes.

"Don't you mean Rachel? Besides, I'm a demon's daughter, I have an excuse for breaking the rules." At this Jade spluttered in anger. She was a demon's daughter? Well, she used to be a villain and a bad-luck witch. Two against one. Hah.

"Besides!" Kory was all smiles. She always was. "It's fun to dress you up, and you wouldn't let us do that to you, intentionally!"

"Yep." Tara rolled up her sleeves in anticipation. It would be a nice payback from yesterday.

"Now what should Jade wear…" Kory eyes grew bigger and bigger. "Should she wear this outfit of hello kitties or this dress made of feathers from peacocks that looks exactly like the one in style on the planet of Tameran, or…."

The ball of dark magic blew up, and a furious Jade was radiating pink energy. Rachel blinked. Jade had never been able to do this before, she must be really angry.

"I am going to wear this." Nobody argued. Not even Rachel.

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Jade looked around at the fancily decorated room in the private jet she was taking to Star City. She chuckled in amusement as she remembered her friends' stunned faces as the jet landed in front of the apartment building with the banner "The Bachelor" hanging from it.

Served them right for trying to switch her outfits this morning. She smirked; the perks to being a contestant weren't really all that bad. She looked out the window, nothing interesting there. She took out her Walkman and listened to music for the rest of the ride.

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Wally was entertaining the contestants who had arrived early that morning to try to get an edge in his interest. Actually, coming early for the advantage must have been the plan for nearly every woman in the contest, but Wally didn't mind at all with the amount of attention he was receiving. It wasn't long before he noticed a new contestant had just walked in, a lovely one at that. He decided it would be rude not to greet her.

"Hello." Wally flashed his brilliant smile. "I'm the bachelor, Wally West. So nice to meet you." He bent to kiss her outreached hand. As he did so, the woman giggled on cue.

"I'm Jessica Philips." Her voice chimed softly. Wally observed her slowly. Blonde hair, blue eyes, soft pink lips. He would love to get to know her. And as was his typical way…

"I for one would love to get to know you, Miss Philips." He winked, making her blush prettily. He groaned seeing another contestant enter the room. "Most unfortunately, duty calls, a new contestant has just walked in, I must greet her. I'll be with you in just a moment." With another one of his smiles, he walked off, satisfied with his charming self.

Now, for this new contestant…the last one too. He looked at her outfit, what a weird style of clothing. Capris over striped stockings? And pink hair? Why couldn't women just keep their hair natural?

"Hello." Another perfect smile. "I'm Wally West, the bachelor. Very pleased to meet you." The girl stared stonily back at him. He frowned, had he said something wrong? No…he had not. At the awkward silence, he decided to comment on her unusual hair color as charmingly as he could. "Nice hair." He dimpled.

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Jade scowled.

"What." It was once again, a statement, not a question. She had just walked in, and the guy starts hitting on her - what nerve.

"Nice…hair?" Inside his mind, Wally was in chaos. He was tearing his hair out, and little Wallys were running around in circles screaming. The impossible had happened. He had dimpled and the girl did not melt in puddles at his feet.

"You think its fake, don't you." Saying so, Jade stalked off. Meanwhile, he was unable to speak. She had read him like a book. Wait…the hair's not fake? Whoa.

"Hold up…" Wally ran after her, and then struck a pose when he had caught up. "I'm Wally West, the bachelor of the show you're on…" he waggled his eyebrows as a hint, but still, no dice. She was obviously unimpressed.

"Yeah, you told me that already." Jade watched the boy deflate tremendously. How amusing.

Wally was getting very frustrated. What was she doing on this show? She wasn't flirting, she wasn't even friendly, and she had made him chase her across the room…what was going on? His face brightened as a light bulb went off in his head.

"You're playing hard to get, aren't you?" Wally smirked. Jade's eyes widened in shock. Oh, she was going to wipe that smug look off his face. Smack.

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Okay…so I was planning to make this longer, but I wanted to end it like that. And just a note, I don't normally update in a day, I was just insanely happy with how many reviews I got. Thanks you guys!