Woo! Chapter twoooo! Lol love rhymes. This one's a bit longer, no beach today, it rained. :P Ah well, c'est la vie. Yaaay more writing! I foresee...romance...and goofiness...and grumpiness...and...a plot?! LOL JK still no. Heeeeere we go!
"Alright, guys." Robin said, standing in front of the large group of Titans, some of which he had just woken up. "We really need to get this mess cleaned up. I figure with all of us here, it shouldn't take much time." The company groaned. As an afterthought, he added: "And if you can fly, I'd appreciate it if you could get the streamers and clean off the ceiling. I have something that I need to go work on, I'll join you in about an hour." And with that, he walked off towards his room.
"Come, friends!" Starfire cried enthusiastically. "Let us make with the washing and the vacuuming and the tidying up!" and with that, she flew up to the ceiling, grabbing Argent and Wondergirl by the wrists and dragging them with her.
The other Titans just kind of stared incredulously for a second, not sure of what to make of her enthusiasm. Cyborg broke the silence.
"Well…y'all heard the lady, let's clean!"
That seemed to be enough of a signal for everyone, and they all set to work.
"I wasn't even at this party." Raven grumbled as she scraped salsa off the ceiling. (How it got there she had no idea.) "I don't understand why I have to clean up."
"Nonsense, friend Raven!" exclaimed Starfire as she flew by. "This is fun, not chores!" she draped the dark and grumpy girl with an array of colorful streamers, which she, Bumblebee, Argent, and Wondergirl were already sporting.
Raven growled again and glided back down to where there was a trash can, intending to put the streamers in it. However, she didn't notice Mas and Menos zooming straight towards her as she landed, and they ran into her and knocked her over.
"Ohhhhh…" they began, seeing the look on Raven's face. "Lo sentimos! Lo sentimos Raven! No hagas daño a nosotros, por favor! Que fue un accidente!"
"Just don't let it happen again." Raven said, getting up. But as she was dusting herself off, another blur came and knocked her down.
"Oh, geez, sorry Raven!" said Kid Flash. He offered her a hand, but she just glared at him and glided away. "What's her problem?" he asked Mas and Menos. Menos shrugged, and Mas hit his head with his hand.
Raven stalked off to go find Robin. If he didn't have to clean, why should she?
Meanwhile, Robin was in his room, trying to work out a very complicated list. "Well I have to put a girl on this one…but these two are such good friends. And this one has to be here, because of the temperature…and I have to put these two together, and…"
His thoughts were interrupted by a sharp few knocks at his door. "Who is it?" he asked.
"Me." Came the unmistakable voice of a very annoyed Raven.
Robin opened his door carefully. "Yeah?"
"I'm not doing any more cleaning." She stated.
"But Raven-"
"I wasn't even at the party. And you can't talk. Why aren't you cleaning?"
Robin sighed. "I'm trying to work something out." He began to shut the door.
"What?" Raven stopped him. She didn't get it. Everything was over, what could he possibly be doing?
He sighed again. "I was thinking, we should really start other Titans branches in other areas of the country. Get it organized, you know? I think we could protect the world a lot better as a team.
Raven's mood calmed a bit. "Actually, Robin, that's a good idea."
"Thanks. Are you gonna go clean now?"
"No. I'm going to my room." She floated away in that direction. Robin once again sighed and shut the door.
"I guess it is fair that she shouldn't have to clean…oh well. I'm sure the others have it covered." He turned back to his work.
Meanwhile, back in the main room...
"Gnaark! Gnaark, get down from there!" Kole cried. The big caveman had somehow found his way on top of the refrigerator.
"Gnaark gnaark gnaaaark!" he replied.
"What do you mean you're too scared? You climb trees way higher than that back home!"
"Gnaark gnaaark!"
"Ughh…" Kole facepalmed. What was she supposed to do about this?
Suddenly a hand appeared on her shoulder. She turned and saw the blond boy, Jericho, motioning to Gnaark with his eyes.
"What? You wanna help?"
He took two fingers and made a motion from his eyes to Gnaark, who was curled up in a ball and trembling on top of the fridge.
"Ohhh, you wanna get him down! Uh, sure, go ahead."
Kole stared on, fascinated, as Jericho approached her friend. He stared into his eyes for a minute, and then sort of absorbed himself into him. Gnaark's eyes turned green, and he effortlessly jumped down from the appliance, landing right in front of Kole.
"How'd he get up there anyway?" Gnaark…Jericho? asked.
"Uhh…"
"Oh. It's Jericho talking. Sorry. That bothers some people."
It was a little unnerving, hearing Gnaark say actual…words. But interesting. "No, it's fine…uhm, I really don't know how he got up there." She said, scratching the back of her neck. "He gets into some pretty interesting situations."
"And you always get him out? Are you guys together all the time?"
"Pretty much, we've been friends for a really long time."
"Hm…I'd…love to hear that story, sometime we don't have to be cleaning..." He took a look at her, went to say something, then didn't, then looked at the ground and said: "You're really pretty, you know." He then left the body of the large man, who proceeded to look very confused, and make very confused sounds and motions.
Kole was too taken aback to say anything to Jericho before he walked away, but she watched him and blushed. Nobody had ever called her pretty before…
Suddenly a hand was waving in front of her face. "Gnaark gnaark?"
She shook her head to clear it, and looked at him. "Yes, Gnaark." She smiled. "He's a friend."
Meanwhile, in a different part of the tower…
Jinx was washing the windows, humming a bit to herself, when suddenly there was a hand covering her eyes.
"Guess who?"
"Oh gee, I dunno." She said sarcastically. "Speedy? Hot Spot? Aqualad?"
"Hey, hey!" said Kid Flash, putting his arm around her. "Are you trying to make me jealous?"
The pink-haired witch giggled. "Mayyybe." She turned towards him. "Or maybe I just socialized a lot while you were gone." She teased.
"Oh really?" he said indulgently. "Are you dumping me, then?"
"Well, I didn't realize we were going out." She retorted, nonchalantly going back to washing the windows.
"Oh, WELL then. We'll just have to do something about that, won't we? Don't want anyone stealing you away from me." He took her hand dramatically. "Jinx?" he paused for a moment and looked at her with wide eyes.
She couldn't help laughing, "What? Oh, get on with it!"
"…Will you go out with me?" he smiled and batted his eyelashes
"Hmmm…" she feigned thought. "I dunno…I mean, some of these other guys, they're pretty cute, and…"
"Ohh, really? Then I guess I'll have to resort to torture…" a devious grin crept across his face.
"No." Jinx's eyes went wide, and she turned to run. "No!"
But of course, Kid Flash was much faster, and tackled her to the ground in seconds, then began tickling her mercilessly. "C'mon, Jinxie," he said through her laughter. "You know better than to try to run from me!"
"No! Kid…Flash! Please! Please! Stop!" there were tears forming in the corners of her eyes from the laughter.
"Are you going to give me an answer?" he inquired, smirking at her helplessness.
"Okay, okay! Yes!" he stopped tickling her enough for her to catch her breath. "Yes, I will go out with you."
"Good." He said, and for the first time, kissed her on the lips.
He pulled away, and the electricity between the two was palpable. There had definitely been a spark there. Or many sparks. They stared, breathless, for a moment, and then broke into almost identical smiles.
"C'mere, boyfriend." Jinx said, pulling the grinning boy in by the collar for another kiss. This time, a much deeper, longer one.
Meanwhile…
"Finally finished!" Robin thought, pushing back from his desk and exhaling a large breath. He sat back, mentally exhausted. That had taken quite a bit of consideration, more work than he had originally thought. "But it's done now." He thought with a smile, quite proud of his work, and really excited to go get his plans underway. He looked at the clock. 3:44. Oops. A little later than he had planned. "I'd better go rejoin them. They might be wondering where I am." He got up, grabbed the paper he had been furiously working over for the past hour and a half, and headed back down the hall towards the main room.
He reached conclusion that they were NOT wondering where he was. Or, at least, that's what he assumed, when upon first entering the room, he was greeted by the sight of Wally and Jinx making out on the floor. "Kid Flash!" Robin exclaimed. "What the heck! Weren't you supposed to be cleaning?"
"Sorry, Robin, I-" Jinx began, seeming a bit intimidated.
"No, no, sweetie." Kid Flash interrupted. "Robin isn't upset with you, he just likes to hassle me. Right, ol' buddy?"
"Sure. The place looks pretty good, I guess I can't complain. Just…get a room next time." He smirked at the grinning boy, with his arm still around the little witch.
"Sure, but hey guess what? We're official now." He gave his new girlfriend a quick kiss on the cheek, making her smile and blush. "Your turn. You'd better make a move before it's too late…" he suggested, gesturing to a good-sized crowd of boys standing in the corner.
Over the top of their heads, Robin could just make out the floating hair of the beautiful tamaranian, and hear her distinctive laugh. Normally her laugh made him smile. Under the circumstances, when it was Hot Spot and Killowat and The Herald and Thunder and Lightning and Aqualad and SPEEDY making her laugh…well he didn't like that very much at all.
"Later, guys." He said without looking back at them, heading over to the gathering.
Jinx giggled. "And he told US to get a room."
Kid Flash grinned. "C'mere, girlfriend." He said, and went back to kissing her.
As Robin got closer to the group, he noticed that Starfire wasn't the only girl in the middle of the group, which eased his stress a bit. Especially because the other two girls there were Wondergirl and Argent, who were, from what he'd seen at the party last night, two of the flirtiest girls in the tower.
"…and then the fish said: "Hey! That's MY scale!" he heard Aqualad finish. Whatever the joke was, it was greeted by a loud burst of laughter, the loudest of which came from Starfire.
"Oh, what a whimsical joke, Aqualad!" Starfire laughed. Robin was beginning to turn very green.
"Hey, guys, what's going on?" he said casually, approaching the group.
"Robin!" Starfire exclaimed, a huge grin splitting her face as she tackle-hugged him. "Oh, I have missed you! You missed the most wonderful time! There were the jokes, and the laughter and the most fun had with our new friends!"
"That's great, Star." Robin said, smiling, his jealous mood smoothed over by Starfire's zealous greeting. He was always happy to see her happy. "But I need to gather everybody together now. I have kind of a big announcement to make.
Aaaaaand that's it! OoOoOoOoOOoooooh, semicliffhanger! Lol I mean as much of a cliffhanger as I could get in this story. I just had to throw some Flinx romance in there, they're my favorite^^ Heads up! I'm big on romance! There'll be lots of it! I'm gonna go watch a movie now, maybe play Scattergories with my family. Love vacation!:D
-FeatherSong