Fun Times...Right?

Hey everyone, I'm writing a second chapter. I felt the first was a bit short, so I thought why not write another one to make up for it, you know? That and I've got the idea right now so why not write it when it's fresh?

I don't own any of these characters or brand names or... Shirts. Yeah, shirts. Oh, and here's some help.

Richard-Robin (17)

Victor-Cyborg (18)

Gary (Garfield)-Beast Boy (17)

Kori Anders-Starfire (17)

Raven- Raven (18)

"Talking"

'Thinking'

-Lunch time, exactly a week after-

It's been a week since "Mama, I want veggie burgers..." was first uttered and everyone has all but forgotten about it. Gary was pretty happy since today was his one year anniversary since he went out with Tara! Sure, she can be demanding and sometimes makes him do things he doesn't want, but he likes her nonetheless. Possibly even loved her. Gary blushed with his tray of food in his hand as he thought of the possibility he might love Tara. That is... Until he saw his friends all staring across the cafeteria at... Tara?

-A little bit earlier, same day and still lunch time-

Victor and Richard's jaws were dropped, Kori was crying, and even Raven had a look of shock as they saw Tara Markov, Gary's wind beneath his wings, his other half, sucking face with Jericho Wilson. Lucky for them, Gary still hasn't gotten out of the line. They could find a way to get her out of his view, or maybe go up to her and tell her she already HAS A BOYFRIEND. Raven crushed her apple in anger, which she looked down at her hand to notice. 'Does it really make me that angry...?' she thought to herself. Kori was sobbing at the mere thought of her friend Gary's reaction to this event and how one of her great friends Tara could be so... Cruel. Victor was shocked more like a big brother would be, and he was ready to create a diversion so Gary couldn't see. Richard felt like he needed to confront Tara. But they all knew it could wait because they needed to do something so Gary doesn't see. He's happy go lucky, but this could put a dent in even him. Before they could even do anything about it, they heard a clang. They feared the worse.

-Now-

Gary noticed out of the corner of his eye all of his friends staring at him with shock. He didn't notice his food splashing on the bottom of his pants, or all the other kids in the cafeteria looking at him in shock. The only two who didn't notice the utter look of heart break on his face were his girlfriend and the principal's son. No one could believe that the same guy who smiles and laughs with you even when you make fun of him, the guy who accept everyone for who they are, was looking so... Defeated. It made people cry, it made people want to beat the stuffing out of Tara and Jericho. Victor and Raven, the two closest to Gary, both muttered at the same time:

"No..."

As if to make matters worse, Jericho broke the kiss with Tara and WAVED at Gary, as if everything was okay, and Tara did the same, laughing. All of Gary's friends got angrier at this, but not Gary. His backpack fell to the floor, his mirror he worked on so hard shattered in his backpack, like his heart. As Raven saw this, she set her book down and yelled like an animal and made a mad dash for Tara and tackled her to the ground. Richard and Victor tried to pull Raven off of her, Kori trying to comfort Gary. What Raven said echoed throughout the cafeteria, as well as her punches to Tara's body.

"You bitch! He did so much for you! He cared for you, he did all he could in his power to make you happy! He spent at least 1 grand tonight for you, you ungrateful whore! He never complained when you changed his looks, when you made him give up video games, when you made him ditch us time and time again for your stupid friends' and their parties! YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE WHORE!"

With each sentence, at least 10 blows followed from Raven's fist. The peanut gallery looked as the girl who almost never seems to give a crap is actually doing something nice for Mr. Smiles who was her polar opposite. Once Raven got picked up by Victor, she at least got a good kick to Tara's face, seemingly ending the aggressive beating. Richard looked at Tara in disbelief and simply asked "Why? Why would you hurt anyone like that? It... It doesn't make sense."

Tara scoffed, her busted lip making her sound a bit more masculine. "I just liked how he looked on my arm. Do you really think I'd go out with someone who cares for everybody? He'd try and make homeless people laugh! It's pathetic, and creepy! He's just some overly friendly cute guy who I used to-Mmmfgh!" Tara's sentence was cut short as Raven punched her in the face one last time for good measure. Jericho ran off long ago, probably to tell his daddy. Once Raven was done, she looked over at Gary. His face, which always had that goofy grin she'd come to love was now stricken with grief. He wasn't even crying, he was just staring in Tara's direction. In his head, all the high points of Tara and his relationship flash as well as all the times Tara demanded he change something about himself, and wouldn't take no for an answer. Raven, Victor and Richard walked over to him, and Raven said aloud "G-Gary? Are you... Do you want me to... Give you a ride home?" Gary, without even looking at his friends, slowly moved to pick up his backpack, and slowly, walked outside of the cafeteria. As if on cue, Jericho came with his dad, who automatically gave Richard detention.

"But dad, it was Raven Roth! She beat up my girlfriend, Tara!" Jericho tugged at his father's sleeve like a baby, and his father, instead of punishing Raven, called an ambulance. As soon as the phone call was done, he looked over at the four friends and said "Roth, Grayson, my office. Now." As Raven and Richard walked outside of the cafeteria, Jericho smiled smugly and then began to laugh. Everyone wanted to pounce on Jericho then, but Victor waved them off and walked up to Jericho. Victor sighed softly and said "I'm not going to hit you. There is no point, Jericho. You didn't know Garfield, you made fun of him during middle school, you use your father's position as a get out of jail free card. You don't know when enough is enough, and you don't understand the repercussions for your actions can sometimes be something not even if your father can protect you from." Victor stepped closer to Jericho, towering over him, Victor's face being shaded as though he looked demonic and his mechanic blue eye glowed. "Today is one of those times, Jericho. I'm not going to hit you, though. There is no point. You aren't worth it." Victor walked away, Kori followed him, and they began to look around campus for Gary.

-With Richard and Raven-

Richard and Raven were not paying attention to the principal's lecture as they looked around for Gary as well. Raven gasped as she saw him standing in front of a tree, not moving, staring at the ground. Richard heard her and texted Victor Gary's location.

-Victor and Kori-

"He's in front of the big tree in the middle of the science hall. It's from Rich, Kori. Let's check it out, before Gary does something dangerous!" The two began to run towards his location, worried he'd hang himself or something. This is a pretty shocking situation, so they don't know what to expect.

-With Gary-

His mind replayed every moment in his mind. He was trying to desperately find any signs Tara genuinely liked him, but he couldn't. When he snuggled her watching fireworks, she'd look at her watch. When he'd wrap his arm around her at the movies, she'd yawn and not even notice. Whenever he was happy, she tried to make him be more serious. When he lunged at Malchior similar to how Raven lunged at Tara, Tara wanted Gary to stop being friends with Raven because she made him beat up Malchior. Tears started to well up in Gary's eyes as he finally noticed he wasted one whole year on some girl who didn't like him... For who he was. Everything that defined him, she wanted changed. 'I'm such... A fool. I should have noticed it sooner...'

As Victor and Kori found him, Victor put his hand on Gary's shoulder and once Gary turned around, smiled at him and said "I think we need you to visit someone at the hospital today." Raven and Richard got detention for a week. It was okay though, since it was only lunch detention. Raven thought she'd get expelled, but it would be okay, at least she helped Gary. After school, since Richard and Raven spent all day in the principal's office, they met in the parking lot and drove to the hospital Tara was in.

-Jump City Infirmary, 5 p.m.-

As they walked up to Tara's room, everyone looked at Gary, somewhat confused. He was wearing a nice dress shirt and dress pants, as well as snazzy boots. In his hand was a present with a letter wedged between the ribbons that said "For Tara, my love." They eventually made it to the room, and Gary walked in alone and took a look at Tara. She was covered head to toe in bandages, and even had a broken arm. She looked at Gary angrily, but saw everyone outside glaring at her even more, so she backed off.

"Tara, for the past year, I have loved you like I have no other. I worshipped the ground you walked on, and daydreamed about us living in a house in the woods near a beautiful river and waterfall, with us waking up every day in each other's arms. We would hang out with friends and snuggle, watching television. I would say no to hanging out with my friends for you, I did whatever you asked with a smile because I wanted nothing more in life than to make you happy. You were what kept me from ever thinking of dropping out, or cutting class, so I could do well in school so I can be your husband and not be some loser in debt. But Tara... You didn't like me for who I am. I am Garfield V. Logan, son of Rita Farr and Steve Dayton. You could mock me all you want. I'm an easy target, I laugh too much, I talk too much. Well, I also listen too much. I could be cold and treat people like you do, which is crap. But... I can't hurt people's feelings. I don't like to. Well you can think what you want about me, Tara, but I'm not going to change for anyone. My friends like me. My parents like me. My teachers like me..."

As this is going on, Gary's four friends are looking at him in shock, Raven more than everyone else since she hardly ever gets to see him be serious, and when he is, it's always a nice sight to see.

"Most of all, I... I like me. I am who I am. What you see is what you get. I have a present for you. I worked hard on this for a whole week, and I had big plans for today, Tara. But as a way of parting, I have a gift for you." He hands Tara the box which she opens and finds the broken mirror. She opens the card and looks at it, reading out loud "Look at this mirror and compare it to my heart." She then finds papers under the mirror that look like... receipts? 1 grand? He really did pull out all the stops. Before she could say anything, she noticed Gary was gone.

-The elevator down-

"Wow, Gary, that was... Amazing." Victor laughed and patted Gary on the back, as Richard tried to stop Kori from squeezing the life out of Gary. Gary hugged Raven and said softly "Thank you for sticking up for me, Raven. You're my best friend." Raven blushed softly since she wasn't used to this kind of contact. Victor smiled at her and Kori squealed "Oh, joyous day! Friend Garfield and friend Raven are going to do the hooking up!" Raven blushed even more and Gary blushed just as much, making their friends laugh.

Even though Gary did something amazing today, next week all would be back to normal. Tara moved away. No one mentioned her in front of him.

-ch. 2 done-

Author's notes.

1. If you couldn't tell, that mirror is also the same one he made in the cartoon.

2. I really hope I didn't sound like I was trying too hard to make the character's emotions touch the reader. I just wrote from my instinct and I cried, so I didn't really make any changes.

3. Garfield somewhat rips off of Planes, Trains and Automobiles. I think that speech matches Beast Boy perfectly. He's had many hardships in his life, and he deals with them with a smile and he likes himself. As I said in note 2, I wanted that point to be shown.

4. THE PRINCIPAL IS SLADE. O.O

5. This isn't the last of Tara, and Garfield will have to confront her again.

6. Now begins the normal BBxRae chemistry.

7. Kori cried a lot. .3. Like I did. I'M SO MANLY.