Going to Prom with a Stranger?
Mz.un.predict.able
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Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Teen Titans characters. I would like to thank Elizabeth Craft for inspiration.
Recap: Richard and his Dad (Bruce Wayne) were having a conversation which ended with Bruce saying, "Never say never." To Dick (hehe... I'm so immature :P)
Chapter Four
Big Brother
(Rachel, Author's POV)
Location: Cafe - 3:00 pm
Cafe - Rachel is waiting for herfriends to pickher up after her shift (it ends at 3:05 pm).
Rachel sighed for the umpteenth time that afternoon. She was anxiously waiting for her friends...
Drumming her fingers to the music playing in the room and at the same time taking orders and typing prices of the demanding customers can really increase your agitation... well in Raven's case it shot through the roof, she was past agitated.
She didn't get any sleep at all last night, she had one of the hardest shift (afternoons are really busy for the Cafe) and it was employee evaluation day...
So mix all that together; she was tired, annoyed, agitated and really paranoid... in short Rachel needed help.
Five more minutes, come on Rachel you can make it! Just five more minutes... God I really need help... I'm talking to myself again! Rachel thought, you see even she admitted she needs help... well were just about to find how much help she needs...
-Tap, tap-
Someone was tapping Rachel on the shoulder. Now normally she would turn around and ask what they wanted... but these aren't normal circumstances. She was in a sleepy daze, she was annoyed, she was agitated and she was paranoid.
What I'm trying to say is...
Once Rachel felt the tap, she got a quick jolt into reality andin a really fast motion, Rachel screamed,she jumped on the counter and was about to punch the lights out of her "so called" attacker.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at the occuring scene.
"Rachel, oh my God, would you please chill out!" Jennifer (Rachel's boss) yelled.
The customers sweat dropped, most of them were regulars so they were kind of used to these events but that didn't stop them from being curios and watching and listening to the scene.
Rachel hopped off the counter and neatly smoothed out her rumpled shirt, fixed her hair and bowed her head in apology, saying sorry like crazy.
Then there was complete silence, like one of those scenes where you can hear a cricket out of no where, or the one where a piece of paper or tumbleweed passes through the scene. That's how silent it was, in that Cafe.
Then unexpectedly, Jennifer starts laughing, in the beginning it was a giggle, then it became a chuckle and then she fell on the floor rolling and howling in laughter. She was laughing like a crazy hyena. (I can actually imagine Jinx doing that...)
Now imagine yourself in Kori and Terra's shoes; you enter into the Cafe that your best friend works at, to pick her up from her recently ended shift.
You enter into the Cafe to find a completely silent room with nothing but the crazy laughter coming from your best friend's eccentric boss. Along with the completely stunned and shocked face of your friend...
Now, tell me... what would you do?
Well Terra and Kori, well being... Terra and Kori did the most logical thing they could think of...they laughed. Not just the normal pointing and laughing thing either, oh no they were on the floor rolling and laughing, joining Rachel's boss.
Rachel heard them and glared. I hate my life. Rachel thought bitterly. Poor Rachel.
The customers just laughed along and soon the whole Cafe was in a laughing atmosphere.
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FIVE MINUTES LATER...
Jennifer who was on the floor laughing grasped the counter. And soon the laughter died down, (there was still people laughing and Jennifer was stilllaughing too).
Jennifer was breathing hard combined with her laughing fit made it harder for her to breathe.
"-GASP- HAHAHAHA -GASP- -COUGH, COUGH- Okay... okay I'm done." Jennifer gasped.
"Took you a while." Rachel said glaring at her and tapping her foot with her arms crossed across her chest.
Kori and Terra grasped the counter too and struggled to stand up as their laughter died down, "Were -haha- done too -haha-."
Rachel sighed and turned to Jennifer, "What did you want?"
Jennifer stopped and turned serious, "Oh, well I just wanted to mention that you passed your evaluation and that you paid quarter of your debt."
Rachel gave a small smiled and nodded, "Well I'm out Jinx, see you later." Rachel waved and walked to the door leaving Jennifer fuming, "I told you not to call me that!"
Rachel just stuck her tongue out and left with her friends. Serves her right. Rachel thought feeling even.
Location: Mall's FoodCourt - 3:15 pm
Food Court - Rachel and her friends discuss about thecurrent situation: How to find the Mystery Man.
Rachel sighed, "Okay down to business, did you find him?"
Terri and Kori looked at her sadly, "I'm sorry Rachel, we haven't found him, in fact we looked in EVERY shop twice!"
Kori added, "Oui (yes), friend Rachel, we have even done the split up to see if he was on the other side while we were not. But sadly we have not found him. I am even sadder to inform you that I am not really sure what this mysterious man looks like, I have only seen the side of his head and the back..."
Rachel sighed frustrated. She combed through her hair with her hand and banged her head on the table, "This is hopeless, hopeless..."
Terra sighed and said, "Come on girl we'll find him... eventually, we,I mean youcan't give up."
"Oui (yes), friend Rachel we shall find him, maybe not in this particular mall but we shall find him." Kori said reassuringly.
Rachel sighed and closed her eyes, she calmed down and then she looked at her friends, "We have to find him, it's the only way to get out of this mess, we got to find him and then I have to ask him to the Prom!"
"That's the spirit, come on, we'll look here one more time and then we'll look at other local places where guys might hang out even the little girl hang-outs if he likes spending time with his sister!" Terra exclaimed.
And so that's what happened with newly found encouragement Rachel and her friends spent the whole afternoon in search for her mystery man.
But they had no luck and their search came up empty handed, and Rachel came home frustrated, Kori guilty and Terra disappointed.
They had onlytwo more days to find him...
Location: Roth Household; Rachel's Bedroom - 8:00 pm
Rachel's Bedroom - Rachel takes out her frustration in her room.
Music blasted to the loudest notch (lucky for her family, her walls are soundproof) with a frustrated Rachel screaming into her pillow. Her room was a cluttered mess; clothes were everywhere, textbooks littered the floor and basically it looked like a bomb exploded in her room (literally).
There was a knock on her door thatRachel didn't hear.
-BANG, BANG-
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Rachel called out.
-BANG, BANG-
Rachel sighed, turned off her music and opened her door.
She glared at her visitor.
"What did you want!" She said angrily.
The visitor leaned on the side of her door with a smirk on his face.
"Just wondering what's bothering you." Her brother (the visitor) answered.
"I am FINE!" Rachel growled.
"OH sure you are, and your room's just going through phase?" He said smirking.
Rachel growled defensely and asked, "What do you care?"
Rachel crossed her arms and glared.
Raymond (Rachel's brother's name), crossed his arms and raised one eyebrow as if questioning her authority and replied, "I am your brother after all and I care about my sister."
"Last time you said that and I told you what happened, you showed the picture to your friends and then they photocopied it and placed it all over school! What makes you trustworthy this time?" Rachel questioned angrily while raising her own eyebrow showing him that she was not in the mood.
"Touche, little sister but that was five years ago! How was I supposed to know Bryan had a crush on you and just was stupid enough to get your attention in that way? And it was just a little hair cut disaster..." Raymond replied, "Besides, Mom and Dad are BORING me to death about their news update, I need better news then 'Mr. O'Ryan got a raise last week' or what Mom's new recipe of the week is!"
Rachel sighed, she opened the door wider and let Raymond inside.
Rachel collapsed on her bed and said, "My problem is just some drama at school."
"Oh but that's the best part, I love highschool drama, College is too serious to have any of it." Raymond said smiling, "So what the situation? Life or Death of your social life? OR I can't believe she did that! OR the infamous I need a revenge plan, drama?"
Raymond was what you called the popular kid, he craved attention and he loved getting the spotlight, he was modest about his abilities but never failed to rub his skills on the field and court on the opposing team. Raymond was the star quarterback of the Jump City High Titans football team and also the Titans captain and star point guard on the basketball team. You see Raymond didn't seek drama, drama sought after him.
Raymond being the most popular guy at school he had to deal with the jealous and the obsessed. So if you wanted advice about stuff especially highschool drama he's the bet brother you should find.
Rachel didn't think so though, in fact she was the less popular one, she preffered to be alone, she wore lots of baggy clothes and got the title Ice Queen in her freshmen years. Rachel hated attention but she was a jock, it was gene that couldn't skip a generation.
Rachel just sighed and said, "...Life or Death of my social life... but it's not that big of a deal."
Raymond smirked, "Your right, it's not, but since your in highschool and your living the life, it is a big deal, so care to tell me the details of your prob-" Raymond stopped himself, he was looking around the room while he spoke and he stopped when he saw the pretty shade of violet hanging in Rachel's closet.
"Is that what I think it is?" Raymond asked surprised.
"Yes... it is a Prom dress." Rachel said, "I spent more than my weekly salary paying for that dress! And I'm not even sure I can wear it!"
"Is this dress what got you into the problem in the first place?" Raymond asked curious.
"Yea... it was just so hard to resist trying on that dress, I just couldn't fight it." Rachel said, "Especially when Terra and Kori were pestering me about it, I couldn't help myself."
"So what happened next? Kitten Moth saw you in it?" Raymond asked.
"I swear it's like you read my mind or something." Rachel glared but continued, "Yea, she did and when she saw me in it she was all like, "Save the dress for people who are actually going to a prom with a date, Roth," I hate her so much!"
Raymond smirked, "Let me guess what happened next, you told her that you had a date to the dance, but you don't and you have only two days to find one?"
Rachel glared at him and sighed, "There's a catch."
"What is it?" Raymond asked curious.
"I told and showed her who my supposed date was ..." Rachel said and continued, "And I don't know who he is...basically what I'm saying is, he's a stranger...and I only have two days to find out who he is, locate him and then ask him to the Prom."
Raymond looked at her wide-eyed and in shock..."Woah... now that is what I call drama..."
"Well are you going to help me or what?" Rachel asked eyebrow raised.
"Well ... all I know is that you need a good plan and I think I might have one..." Raymond said, "It's a small shot with a small chance of succeeding but it's a chance right?"
"I'll take it!" Rachel agreed, "I need all the help and feedback I can get!"
END OF CHAPTER
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