Thanks for all the WONDERFUL feedback! Please, keep it coming everyone! I also am going to apologize in advance for any incorrect behavior from Bumblebee and Jinx; I've never written for either of them before, so sorry if they aren't like you're used to. I'll do my best to keep them true to their characters, as I will do to keep this sleepover as similar to a real sleepover as possible.
I'm deciding right now that the two main couples in this are going to be Rob/Star and Rae/BB if only because 1. I'm more used to them. and 2. I'm still getting the hang of Bumblebee's and Jinx's personalities. I'll have to decide later how much there will be of Bumblebee's and Jinx's relationships.
Hope you enjoy!
"What shall we the 'girl talk' about first?" Starfire asked eagerly. She had just finished changing into her bedtime pink tank-top and fuzzy bottoms. The others were wearing pajamas of similar style; Bumblebee had on a yellow tank-top, Jinx was dressed in an oversized pink shirt that said BAD GIRL with bold, violet letters, and Raven wore a sleeveless indigo blouse. Their four sleeping bags were spread out in a circle like a sun so they could face each other while talking.
"Girl talk?" Bumblebee asked, throwing her daytime outfit off to the side. "Honey, we boy talk. I have no interest in talking about girls."
"Oh, so we are doing the 'boy talk' then?" Starfire corrected.
"You bet we are! That's the best part about sleepovers!" Bumblebee replied, grinning. "Although I dare say our pillow fight came in a close second. We probably broke a few records somewhere during that thing." She lay out on her sleeping bag so she was pressed on her stomach, causing a soft rustle of cloth. "And, as always, everything said at a sleepover stays at the sleepover, though that really needs to go unsaid. Alright, who's going first?"
"Hang on," Jinx interrupted, tilting her head. After a moment of silence, she got to her feet and walked over to the table. Reaching underneath, she detached a small object that was blinking red lights. She looked at the other girls, showing them. A tell-tale yellow R was printed on the front.
"A recorder," Raven realized.
"I shoulda known," Bumblebee sighed. "Boys. Although I thought that Robin would be above it of all people."
"The other two probably convinced him," Raven stated. She addressed Jinx. "Destroy it."
Jinx smiled, her eyes glinting naughtily. "I have a better idea." She walked over to the television, and, after a little fiddling with wires, placed the recorder on the table. The rest looked at her curiously. "I hooked it up to the T.V.'s sound. Those nosy idiots should have a good time listening to the Weather Channel all night." She sat down on her sleeping bag as Bumblebee laughed.
"You are a wicked mastermind," she chuckled, clapping her hand on Jinx's shoulder. "So, the boys are curious? I wouldn't blame them. A bunch of pretty girls gossiping about stuff, possibly some of them the subject, right under their noses and they couldn't hear? It must be driving them nuts!"
"Gotta give them props for trying though," Jinx added.
"How did you know that recorder was there?" Raven inquired, crossing her legs.
"I've been to sleepovers before, especially at Hive Academy," Jinx explained. "Some guy's always trying to hear in on our conversations. Maybe one day I should let them and see what happens," she mused. A grin stretched over her face, reminding the other girls of a Cheshire cat. "We could totally mess with the boys."
"Not tonight though," Raven stated sternly.
"Well, no duh. Alright, so back to the business at hand," Jinx said, pointing a finger at them. "Boy talk. Who do you all like?"
"Whoa, right to the point, girl," Bumblebee scoffed, throwing her hands up in defense. "Why ask us? Why don't we start with you? Who you got a crush on?"
Jinx rolled her eyes. "Kid Flash, my boyfriend. Obviously."
"See, it's no fun when you don't make it interesting!"
"It's not like it's a secret," Raven reminded.
"Exactly. Besides," Jinx smirked at her and Bumblebee, "I'll have more fun squeezing it out of you two."
Bumblebee huffed. "What about Starfire?"
Starfire opened her emerald eyes wide. "Me?"
"Yeah, you honey," Bumblebee said, slanting toward the alien princess. "How's things going between you and Robin? Anything happened ever since you kissed in Tokyo?" The Titan's vacation had been passed through the air and around the seas by word of mouth, and by now, several months later, anyone with a communicator knew about the Tokyo fiasco.
Starfire blushed, rubbing her arm. "Well, no, I suppose not. Nothing has happened, but that also means that nothing bad has occurred, yes?" Her smile faded and she sighed. "Robin is… Robin. When he is focused on other things, nothing can distract him."
"Nothing," Raven agreed.
"But I should not worry, correct?" Starfire asked, looking at her friends.
Jinx considered it. "Well, he hasn't flirted with or shown interest in anyone else as far as you've seen, right?"
"Most certainly not!"
"Then you're fine," Jinx decided. "Just make sure he knows you still like him and vice versa, and you're good. Maybe sneak a surprise kiss in there once in a while too," she winked mischievously. Starfire reddened again, but dipped her head in consideration of the idea. Jinx turned on Bumblebee abruptly. "Quit dodging the question, Bee; it's your turn. Now spill it."
"Hm," Bumblebee deliberated, putting a finger to her chin. "Well… Alright, but only if you guess who it is. It's more fun that way," she beamed. The girls were quiet for a moment as they thought it over. "And here's a hint," Bumblebee added when the silence grew. "You all should know him."
"Is it not Herald?" Starfire asked first. "I thought you liked him before?" A rumor had been floating around that the two had dated, but when asked in person, both denied it.
"Eh," Bumblebee shrugged. "Nothing happened, and I got bored. He didn't show any interest, so I moved on."
"Aqualad?" Jinx guessed.
"No. Despite his good looks -which we can all acknowledge- he smells too much like fish."
Starfire bit her lip, thinking. "Is it Speedy?"
Bumblebee actually recoiled at this suggestion, falling back on her sleeping bag. "Ugh! No way! That guy spends way too much time on his hair! It takes me like fifteen minutes to get this mess dealt with-,"-here she pointed to the buns in her hair-, "-and I'm still out of the bathroom before he is! I swear he never goes anywhere without a comb and a mirror! Most of the time, I just want to grab him and shove his head in the ground and…" She demonstrated, holding an imaginary Speedy by the hair and rubbing his nose in pretend dirt. She caught sight of the looks the other girls were giving her and grinned, putting her hands behind her back. "But other than that, he's a great team member!"
"Uh huh," Jinx doubted. She paused, trying to think of who else it could be. "Is it…?"
"It's Cyborg," Raven sighed.
Bumblebee's jaw dropped, and she whipped her head to the empath. "How did you-? Did you do some weird spell thing and read my mind or something?"
"I didn't need to read your mind to figure out something like that," Raven replied, balancing her elbow on her leg and propping her head up with her fist. "It seemed obvious to me. You were like a child on the playground in here today, except that instead of it being the boy pulling pigtails, you were the girl pushing buttons."
"Smart," Bumblebee admitted, only slightly annoyed that Raven figured it out so easily.
"So you have the crush on friend Cyborg?" Starfire asked. "How glorious!" She clapped her hands. "How long have you done the liking of him?"
Bumblebee lifted her shoulders. "I don't know for sure. It just kind of came up. We'll have to wait and see if anything happens with Sparky though; he's a lovable nut job sometimes." She sighed happily, pausing as she stared off into space for a moment, and then shook her head. "I mean, what's not to like? He's super smart, has always been in good shape, and, best of all, I can easily bait him into whatever competition I want him to be in with me."
"Yes, because that is always something to look for in a guy," Raven muttered sarcastically.
Having heard, a smiling Bumblebee fixed her gaze on Raven. "Alright then girl, if you're so smart, then how about you tell us who you like? My turn's over, and now it's yours. We all said who we like, so now you gotta tell us yours," she insisted sternly.
Raven raised an eyebrow. "Who says I like anyone?"
"Come on," Jinx ganged up with Bumblebee on the dark empath. "You've got to like someone. It's just like a rule." Raven shook her head.
"Unless," Bumblebee realized suddenly, "you like someone that we already like?!" She narrowed her eyes. "You don't like Cyborg, do you?"
Raven almost laughed. Almost. "I guarantee that I do not have a crush on Cyborg." Bumblebee seemed to believe her, and the Titans East leader moved back, nodding with acceptance.
"Please friend Raven," Starfire pressed, clutching her hands together in a pleading gesture. "I would like very much to know who it is that you have the crush on! We are the best girl friends, remember?"
Raven rolled her eyes. "Even if I did like someone, I wouldn't tell any of you," she stated stubbornly. "I'm not going to give away my thoughts for free. I've been used to showing no emotion my whole life, so why should I start now?" She leaned back, crossing her arms, but Starfire pushed closer, her eyes wide with persuasive intent. Raven glared at her. "Beast Boy taught you those puppy eyes, didn't he?" she asked, annoyed.
"It's Beast Boy!" Jinx cried, causing everyone to jump. Raven looked at her. "I'm right, aren't I?" Jinx inquired, staring at the darker girl intently.
Raven brushed a strand of hair behind her ear. "I never said that you were."
"But I am," Jinx smirked. "Look at you! You pushed your hair back when I mentioned him and you're blushing!" She laughed, rolling back on her sleeping bag, small sparks of pink jumping from her fingers out of excitement. "I'm so right!" Raven glowered at Jinx, ashamed that she had been powerless to hide the red that rose in her face at the mention of Beast Boy. Starfire put a hand on her friend's shoulder.
"Is she correct?" she asked Raven quietly. Raven, unable to meet her eyes due to embarrassment, stared at the ground and nodded. "Oh, but how cute!" Starfire exclaimed. "You and Beast Boy would be such an adorable couple!" She lowered her voice, though her tone was bright. "I had believed Beast Boy to have the crush on you, Raven! I did not realize you thought that fondly of him!" Raven's eyes widened.
Bumblebee interrupted. "Whoa girl, hold it! You had suspicions and you didn't say nothin' to us? I figured we were on the same side here!"
"But Raven," Jinx jumped in, "if Starfire thinks that he likes you…"
"Don't even go there. Just shut it," Raven growled, growing even hotter. "It's only temporary. I'll get rid of my feelings soon enough."
"What?" Jinx chuckled. "No, you won't! Don't pretend to go all emotionless empath on us. You aren't about to put those feelings aside, because we won't let you!" Raven rolled her eyes, still not looking at anyone. Jinx crossed her legs and rocked back and forth, pleased with herself for figuring out Raven's crush.
Even Bumblebee was having fun with this new discovery. "Oh, you've got it bad, girl!"
Raven massaged her temples. "Can we please stop talking about this? I prefer to keep my emotions, whatever they may be, unsaid."
"No, see that's the kind of talk that will make sure Beast Boy never figures out you like him!" Jinx stated firmly. "You've got to let those feelings out!" Raven grumbled. She wasn't sure she wanted the green shape-shifter to know how she felt, now or ever. She wasn't good at expressing her emotions, and whenever she had done so in the past, something bad always happened. In her opinion, it was better to keep them bottled up instead of out in the open.
"So," Bumblebee started, leaning closer, "why is it that you like him?" The other girls nodded, curious as well. "Is it his jokes?"
Raven scowled at her. "No."
"Is your favorite color secretly green?"
"No," Raven sighed.
"His ability to lose at the easiest of video games even when playing against Cyborg?"
"No."
"Um… His love for tofu?" Bumblebee guessed. Everyone looked at her strangely on that one. "What? I'm grasping at straws here! Help me out, girl," she begged. When still Raven didn't say anything, Bumblebee threatened, "If you don't tell me then I'll just have to go ask Beast Boy some questions of my own."
Raven's eyes flashed dangerously. "You wouldn't dare. I could do the same to you with Cyborg."
Bumblebee shrugged. "Go ahead. I'm not against him finding out, and you wouldn't have the nerve to do it anyway." She smirked, placing a finger on her chest. "But me on the other hand…"
"Fine," Raven snapped. "But know that if you ever repeat this, keep in mind that I know where you live. And sleep." Bumblebee ignored the shiver that darted up her spine and nodded, anticipating what Raven was going to say. Raven took a deep breath, closing her eyes. "When he's not being stupid, or an idiot, or playing pranks on everyone, or telling obnoxious jokes, or complaining, or playing loud video games, or trying to include me in everything," she began, and the girls exchanged glances; that was a long disclaimer. "…He is actually kind of… sweet. Underneath the irritating habits he has, he can be serious when he wants to, and has made me feel better when I was upset various times in the past. He knows what to do or say if I'm troubled." She paused. "I… also think he has cute ears," she confessed with a cough.
"Awww!" the three listening girls cooed. Raven exhaled again, opening her eyes and thinking that she was never going to hear the end of it now. However, sensing that Raven wanted them to change the subject, Starfire came to her friend's rescue.
"Do not be embarrassed, friend Raven," she comforted. "I find 'the cuteness' in Robin as well." She smiled. "He has quite attractive hair."
"Thanks… Starfire," Raven mumbled, not feeling very aided.
"What about his eyes?" Jinx interrupted, finally moving on from Raven and addressing Starfire. "What color are his eyes?"
Starfire hesitated, fiddling with her sleeping bag. "I… don't know."
"What?!" Bumblebee and Jinx gasped.
Looking down at her fingers, Starfire dipped her head. "Yes… I do not know what color his eyes are. He wears a mask, and I cannot see through the mask, so I do not know." Raven nodded. Robin never removed his mask, and none of the team ever asked him to. It was an unspoken rule to respect the secrecy of his identity.
"But-but-," Bumblebee stammered. "You two kissed! How has he not-?!"
Starfire interrupted quickly. "I would not ask him to do something so important without his wanting to do so. I respect his privacy, and he respects mine."
"He respects all of our privacy," Raven added. "We don't need to know his identity."
Bumblebee grumbled, rolling onto her back. "Well, I can understand the whole team, but Starfire! Girl, I thought in the very least he would show you!" Starfire shrugged, still playing with strings on her sleeping bag.
Jinx chuckled. "Well Bee, you're one to talk. You've only ever seen one of Cyborg's eyes," she stated, recalling his one electronic eye and one human.
"And it is a gorgeous blue-gray color," Bumblebee defended, sitting up again. "At least I've seen one of them."
"Are you ever going to ask him out?" Jinx pried.
"Maybe. We'll see how it turns out. If he ever makes the first move," she deliberated, examining her fingernails.
Jinx chuckled. She hadn't had such entertaining talks about boys in a long time. Ever since she'd teamed up with Kid Flash, the pink sorceress's company had been greatly lacking other females. Not that spending time with her boyfriend was a bad thing, the opposite really, but it was nice to get away from all that testosterone once in a while. In truth, it was one of the reasons Jinx agreed to come to the sleepover.
The girls had started to fade from conversing and on into their thoughts when Bumblebee suddenly straightened, her head snapping up. "I just got an idea!"
"That's an evil look in your eye," Jinx observed, grinning. "I can't wait to hear this."
"We've all got our crushes, and nothing seems to be happening, right? So the next time we have a sleepover, there will be nothing for us to talk about! I propose we do something about it!" She cracked her knuckles, scanning over the other girls who were watching her with a mixture of caution, interest, and anticipation. "By the time that we have another sleepover, say in two weeks, we will have to have convinced each of our crushes to kiss us!" Raven visibly paled, blanching even whiter than her ashen skin already was, but Jinx and Starfire seemed to consider it. "Think about it! You're winning no matter what!" Bumblebee encouraged them. "You get a kiss, and we have something to chat over at the sleepover!"
"Forget it," Raven said, no longer pale, instead an angry blush having settled on her cheeks. "There is no way I would even consider that. How would it happen anyway? The only one who would be likely to accomplish it would be Starfire because she and Robin have already kissed." The dark empath folded her arms over her chest, stubborn.
Bumblebee pondered this. "You're right. So, let's change it for her." She faced the Tamaranean. "Instead of getting him to kiss you, get him to take his mask off," she ordered.
Starfire's eyes grew wide. "W-what?! I could never do that! That is Robin's privacy!"
"And this is our deal." Jinx smirked, all for the idea. She knew she would be able to get Kid Flash to kiss her without a problem. While they had yet to have their first kiss, there'd been a few times where they'd been close, and the pink sorceress knew she had to give him but a little push to get it to happen. "But let's make things more interesting," she proposed, glancing over the other girls. "If one of us does not get their kiss by the end of the given two weeks, then they will have to do any one task the rest of us decide on. And that includes anything. I'm thinking chores, dares, or-," she said, glancing at the others, "-revealing their crush. And we can't tell the boys about the deal." she added, pounding her fist into her palm as if to strengthen the rules. "Also they have to kiss us, but we can make the first move."
Bumblebee nodded, pleased with the guidelines. Starfire was uncertain, but, despite her wishes to respect Robin's privacy, she was curious what color his eyes were. And since he hadn't exactly respected her and the other girls' privacy by placing a recorder in the room to listen on their conversations, after a moment of reluctance she too bowed her head in agreement, leaving Raven to stand against the deal all by herself. The empath turned from them. "There is no way you will convince me to do this."
"Oh yeah?" Bumblebee asked, standing. "I guess I'll just go have a talk with Beast Boy then." She'd taken barely a step away when a mass of black wrapped itself around her leg. She looked at Raven who lowered her glowing hand.
"Sit down," she scowled, the empath's eyes emitting a light similar to that of her fingers.
"Only if you agree to do this with us."
"You're asking for trouble ," Raven uttered.
"I know."
"This can only end in disaster."
"That's one of two results to get from it." Bumblebee rolled her eyes. "Are you going to do this or not, because I can just go talk to Beast Boy and get this over with right now. That way you won't have to be involved in our little deal."
Raven snarled, her magic fading from her eyes. "Do kisses on the cheek count?" Bumblebee thought it over, and then nodded. "Fine," Raven growled. "I'll do it."
"Wonderful," Jinx smiled, her teeth glinting. "I can't wait."
"What on earth are they talking about in there?!" Beast Boy complained, pressing his sharp ear up against the closed door that led to the main room. "Your radio thing is broken!" he protested at Robin, the young leader fiddling with his gadget. "This is the Weather Channel we're hearing! I don't have any interest in the weather! That's the one channel I avoid when I watch T.V.! I want to know what the girls are talking about!"
"I don't understand what's wrong with it," Robin said, perplexed. "This has never happened before. It's always performed flawlessly." Frustrated, he smacked the bottom of his device.
"Man, hurry up and fix that thing!" Cyborg groaned. "I'm sure we're missing tons of good gossip!" The trio was clustered in the hallway just outside the ops room, trying to catch a word of the girls' conversations in vain. When unfamiliar voices announcing the weather tomorrow was going to be sunny with a chance of clouds in the evening, followed by a twenty percent chance of thunderstorms, the three Titans realized something was very wrong. Robin had been trying to repair his device -which he didn't know was actually working quite perfectly- for the past twenty minutes. Eventually, he gave up and threw it on the ground.
"Okay, we need a different plan," he sighed. "This thing is not going to get fixed anytime soon."
"Argh, okay," Beast Boy racked his brain, moving away from the doors. "Um… I could maybe 'accidentally' walk in on them because I need a midnight snack?"
Robin shook his head. "Can't. The door's locked."
"Darn."
"Man," Cyborg groaned, trying to see in between the doors to no avail. "This is just not right! I'm sure they're just talking about such interesting stuff in there! Why can't we join in?! I haven't even gotten to see anybody in their underwear yet," he muttered beneath his breath. The teen thought hard as he searched his head for ideas. "Maybe we could say something about hearing them cry for help and we had to barge in?"
Exhaling, Robin ran a hand through his hair. "Too obvious, Cyborg."
Beast Boy reminded them. "Well, we always have the option of-."
"We are not dressing up as girls!" Robin and Cyborg shouted at the same time.
"Fine, fine," Beast Boy muttered, crossing his arms. He sat down against the wall, pouting.
"Man, I don't know what you're upset about," Cyborg stated, again attempting to get a look inside the main room to no avail. "You got your pillow fight. There's no reason for you to want to know what's going on in there anymore, right?" He hesitated, and then turned to Beast Boy with an evil grin. "Or is there?"
Beast Boy frowned. "Dude, I'm as curious as you to know what they're talking about."
Robin put his hand to his chin, rubbing it as he thought back. "If I recall right, you never really answered our question earlier today when we asked if you liked anyone or not." He looked pointedly at Beast Boy.
"Yes, I did!" Beast Boy protested, standing up. "I told you that I don't like anyone!"
"Come on, BB, man," Cyborg encouraged. He grabbed the back of Beast Boy's shirt as the shape-shifter was starting to edge away. "Who is it?!"
Beast Boy strained to pry himself free. "Dude, seriously!" He squirmed, but Cyborg had an iron grip. Beast Boy attempted kicking him away, and when that didn't work, he looked to Robin for help. The leader was watching the whole thing with a very amused face. Beast Boy whined. "Quit it, dude!"
"Who is it, Beast Boy?"
"I already told you! I-," Beast Boy exclaimed, twisting, "-don't-like-!" The doors slid apart and all three of the boys froze. "R-raven," Beast Boy stammered.
Raven looked at him and Cyborg, the two presently scrambled up on the floor in a jumble of arms and legs. She lifted an eyebrow. "Dare I even ask?" she sighed.
"Uh…" They quickly untangled themselves and fell into line beside Robin, each of them smiling innocently. Beast Boy coughed. "We were just… getting a midnight snack!" He patted his stomach. "You know, gotta fill up the tank for in case any bad guys try something late tonight!"
"Uh huh," she doubted. "All of you at the same time?"
"W-what are you doing out here?" Cyborg interrupted, avoiding her question. "I thought you would be talking with the other girls."
"I'm allowed to go to the bathroom, aren't I?" she retorted, crossing her arms. "And why would you care? I thought you were too busy rolling around in the hallway for no obvious reason to even remember there was a sleepover in the ops room." As she spoke, Robin peeked around the dark girl into the commons room. Inside, the other three female Titans were sitting in a circle talking quietly. Starfire happened to turn around and catch his eye. Smiling, she waved to him. He smiled sheepishly back. "So if you'll excuse me," Raven declared, walking past the boys, "I think I'll leave you in peace to your apparent pointless wrestling."
"Hey, hang on!" Beast Boy called, and she slowed to a halt. "So…," he started, fiddling with his thumbs. Raven waited for him expectantly, her loose violet blouse starting to feel cold in the hallway's air. "Talking about anything interesting in there?"
Raven studied him for a moment, and then faced away. "No. Nothing," she answered, turning a corner.
The boys waited for a quiet moment before Robin spoke up. "You guys," the leader said, rubbing his arm and catching Cyborg and Beast Boy's attention. "I think I'm getting too tired to be doing this so late," he admitted. "And it feels kind of wrong."
Cyborg sighed. "I guess you're right. They probably aren't chatting about anything much anymore."
"Yeah," Beast Boy agreed, yawning. "Raven even said that they weren't talking about interesting stuff, so…" In mutual agreement, the three trudged off to their rooms. Right before they parted, Beast Boy sighed. "Dudes, next time we should just have a sleepover of our own."
