Chapter 3
Beast Boy drove Atlee back to her house after training. He was starting to help her too basically to start using her powers with Amon helping her. Also he was going to talk to Terra about Atlee's training and to get Terra to agree with it. He looked at Atlee who was just staring out the window of the car.
"Hey, hopefully soon you'll be able to travel yourself on a rock like your mother did." He said.
"If she'll let me keep training." Atlee said.
"Altee, she can't stop you from learning to control your powers. She had the hardest time learning how to control her powers." He said looking at her.
"I know. She told me the stories while growing up. Especially when my powers started to show." Atlee said as Beast Boy pulled up to an apartment building. Beast Boy parked the car and got out.
"Oh, Jessie is here." Atlee said spotting a blue Mustang.
"Jessie?" Beast Boy asked as he got out.
"Mom's fiancé. He's a DJ at a club and does all the school dances." Atlee said heading up to the building.
"Fiancé?" He said in a high pitch voice. Atlee smirked as she pressed a buzzer to open the door. Beast Boy came up behind her as they started up the stairs.
"So how long has your mother been with Jessie?" He asked.
"Three years. He asked her to marry him a couple of months ago. She won't wear the ring at the school because she's scare that the ring will fly off her finger. He's most likely here to talk to be about joining the Titans against mom's wishes." Atlee said as they reached the fifth floor.
"Oh. Did she meet him at a dance he was DJing?" Beast Boy asked.
"Yep. Her first year teaching at Jump City High she met him." Atlee said pulling out her keys.
"She hasn't been teaching long?" Beast Boy said as they stopped at a door with the number 546 on it.
"No. She used to teach at Mistuki but left because of issues they had with me." She said as she opened the door.
"I'm home." She said putting her keys in a bowl beside the door as she went in. Terra came out of the kitchen wearing a grey t-shirt and cargo shorts with her hair still in a bun.
"And why is Changeling here?" She asked.
"I want to talk to you about Atlee staying to train. That's all." He said as Atlee walked into the kitchen and then came back out with a bottle of milk and a bowl.
"What are you doing with the milk?" Terra asked.
"Going to feed the alley cats. I know Picket is waiting for me." She said as she walked back to her room.
"She gives the cats milk every night?" Beast Boy asked.
"Yeah. She has once she started talking to animals. It's the same reason why she stopped eating meat." Terra said as the door opened up again. Beast Boy looked and saw a muscular guy come in. He wore a thermal green shirt with a skull design on it with light green and grey plaid shorts on with grey slip on. Beast Boy saw why Terra said yes. He had shaggy red hair and bright green eyes. He was so handsome to the point, Beast Boy wondered why he wasn't a model.
"Oh hello. I'm Jessie Reilly. You're Changeling." He said with a smile.
"Yeah. I brought Atlee back and wanted to talk to Terra about Atlee's training." He said.
"Ah. We were going to talk to her about that tonight." Jessie said as he closed the door and headed to the kitchen.
"Did you get the organic cheese for Atlee?" Terra asked.
"Of course. How about we let Changeling join us. That way we can all talk about the training together." Jessie said. Terra bit her bottom lip and looked at Beast Boy.
"Do you want to stay for dinner?" She asked.
"Sure. I'm sure I can leave the tower to Cody and Amy for a while. Amon is just doing school work." He said.
"Alright. We're just making tacos." Terra said.
"That's cool." Beast Boy said as Atlee came back out with a tabby cat in her arm and the milk in her other hand.
"Atlee! I told you not to let the alley cats in the house." Terra said as Jessie came out and watched.
"Picket it sick. He needs to stay indoors for the night. Why can't he just live with us? He doesn't have a home." Atlee said.
"Right now Atlee is not the best time to ask for a cat." Terra said.
"Please! He sleeps with my every night." Atlee said. Terra sighed.
"Babe, let her keep the cat. She takes care of it as it is." Jessie said. Terra put her hands on her head.
"Fine! Keep the cat." Terra said as she sat down. Atlee smiled as Picket jumped out her arms and into Terra's lap and started to purr.
"Picket really likes you. He keeps saying you need a furry friend in your life." Altee said causing Beast Boy and Jessie to smile.
"I don't want the cat on me right now." Terra said as Jessie took the milk from Atlee.
"Fine. Come on Picket." Atlee said as she headed back to her room. Beast Boy smiled at the sight and remembered when he would turn into a puppy for Terra. Terra looked at Jessie.
"How much longer?" She asked.
"Just waiting on the shells." He said as Beast Boy took a seat.
"Alright…so how are you Gar?" Terra asked.
"Oh, I'm alright. Just training four teenagers, well actually just Atlee. Amon, Cody, and Amy have control over their powers but it doesn't hurt for them to keep them under control. Oh and coagulations on the engagement. Atlee told me about it." Garfield said.
"Oh, thanks." Terra said as the oven buzzer went off.
"The shells are done." He said.
"I'll get Atlee." Terra said getting up. Garfield sat there as Terra left Jessie and him alone in the room together.
"So you dated Tara when she was still was with the Titans?" Jessie asked.
"Yeah. I did." He said as then the two stayed there in awkward silence until Terra and Atlee came back out. Atlee sat down at the table and Terra went into the kitchen and took Jessie in there with her. Garfield got up and sat down at the table beside Atlee as they brought out the food out. Jessie and Terra brought them all out and sat them on the table.
"Did you get my organic food?" Atlee asked.
"Yes since that's all of what is in the fridge." Terra said.
"You eat organic food?" Garfield asked.
"It's much healthier for you. Mom hates having to always buy it because it cost more." She said as she put her food together.
"It's up there with your tofu." Terra said as Atlee stuck her tongue out at her. Terra playful smacked her tongue causing Atlee and her to smile.
"So Changeling, what are you doing now since the Titans aren't together?" Jessie asked.
"Well I'm leading the team that Atlee wants to join to help to learn to control her powers which is why I'm here since Terra is having issues with it. So Terra, you want to explain why you don't want Atlee to be on the team?" Garfield said.
"Well let's see. Out of everyone who is now on the team, Atlee is the only one who doesn't have invulnerability. I don't want her fighting because I want her to finish school. Also I don't want what happen to me happen to her." Terra said.
"Then let me explain what will happen to her. I don't want her to fight since she has no control over her powers and because I know you would kill me if she got hurt. I also am working around her school schedule. She does her school work with Amon and then they train, I keep an eye on them. And because I'm helping her learn, you know what happen to you won't happen to her. You trust me right?" He asked.
"I don't want her fighting crime." Terra said.
"He's not going to let me at all." Atlee said.
"Still." Terra said.
"Well why not let her do it for a while and we can see how it's goes. How about the deadline is the wedding in November?" Jessie said.
"That give me three months." Atlee said. Terra looked at all of them.
"Alright. The wedding is the deadline. Depending on how she gets with her powers by then will let it deicide if she can stay. And I'm allow to be given updates on her progress." Terra said as Atlee smiled.
"That's fair. I'll give you weekly updates. Is that alright?" Garfield asked.
"Yes." Terra said. Atlee got up and gave Terra a hug.
"Thank you mom. First I get to keep Picket and now you're going to let me train. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She said.
"You owe me big time." Terra said.
"I know." Atlee said with a smile.
"So I guess we'll be having dinner with Changeling every week." Jessie said.
"Please call me Garfield. Terra and my students do." Garfield said.
"Alright then. So what's special about Amon since he goes to the school?" Jessie asked as Atlee sat back down.
"He's Egyptian and can't walk. But when he summons his powers, he's able to walk. Plus he's really smart." Atlee said with a smile.
"What are his powers?" Terra asked.
"You know Captain Marvel and Black Adam?" Garfield asked.
"So he's like them?" Terra asked.
"Yeah. He's Black Adam's brother in law but good." Atlee said.
"I see." Terra said as they ate.
"So would it be okay if Amon came here sometimes so we can work on homework?" Atlee said.
"Depends on what it is." Terra said.
"The project you just assign us." Atlee said.
"Oh. Then fine." Terra said.
Garfield smiled as he looked back and forth to Terra and Atlee. He wondered who the father was. Then he looked at Jessie. He shook it out of his head a bit. He lost the chance to be with her and she was happy now and getting married. He was happy for Terra. And he was happy he was back in her life.