Well I'm glad on how this is going. Uh... BTW this is my first fanfic... Just thought y'all would like to know that! Anyways, on with the story!
Chapter 4
When Shelby had finished the interviews, which all went pretty smoothly, they all sat around on the couch. They were all wondering who would speak up first.
"Ok," Shelby said breaking the silence, "Ask me anything!"
"Um.. Ok.. Lets see, oh, how many brother and sisters do you have?" Beast Boy asked.
"Uh... Your not going to believe me... 23," Shelby said slowly.
"23?" Cyborg asked astonished.
"Yep," she said.
"Uh, I've got one, " Amazingly it was Raven who spoke up.
"Shoot, " Shelby said.
"How long have you ben doing your job?"
"Good one. I've been a social worker for a year now, "Shelby said trying to figure out why she asked.
"How many families have you helped?" Raven asked quickly.
"Um... For a while I was studying under someone, but i have had three clients so far, "Shelby said with a grin.
"Have you had to abduct anyone yet?" Robin asked.
"Me, no, but while I was under someone I have seen where one of my colleges had to, "Shelby said with a sad face, "No pressure, though. I will review your answers from the interviews and hopefully solve one piece of my puzzle."
"And what would that piece be?" Cyborg asked.
"Personality and relationships," Shelby said.
"Wait, what do you mean by relationships?" Robin questioned.
"As in what are your relationship toward each other."
Everyone stared at Shelby. "You know, brother, sister, friend, enemy, and so on," Shelby explained.
"And what will this teach you?" Raven asked
"Well, if your all enemies toward each other, I would have to remove you," Shelby said casually.
"What if only a pair of us our enemies," Cyborg asked.
"Well, that depends if they are a murder kind of hate or a argue kind of hate," Shelby explained once again.
Everyone calmed down.
"How did you know you wanted to be a social worker?" Beast Boy asked. Raven knew how long he had been wanting to ask that.
"Well, growing up being one of twenty-two, I had social workers coming in and out of our house, so I guess thats why," Shelby answered.
"Do you like being one," Raven asked.
"It has it's ups and downs. Up sides I meet people like y'all, down side if I have to remove people, it could hurt a lot of people," Shelby said sadly.
"Where did you grow up?" Beast Boy asked.
"I grew up in Texas. Born and raised. My parents still live there with a lot of my siblings," Shelby said proudly.
"Do you miss Texas?" Raven asked.
"Yes. I love Texas, but this town had a pull, plus I live with two of my sisters."
"Oh, really? What are thier names?" Beast Boy asked.
"Lea and Madi."
"How old are they?" Raven questioned.
"Same as me. We're triplets," Shelby said casually.
"Identical?" Beast Boy asked baffled.
"Yup. We're close," Shelby said proudly.
"We would love to meet them," Robin said, breaking the pattern.
Shelby all of the sudden got a really sad look.
"What? What I say?" Robin asked suprised.
"Nothing, it's just y'all can't meet them because I'm your social worker. You can't see me outside of this," Shelby said now sad.
"Oh. Thats disappointing," Cyborg said.
"Starfire don't be sad. I'm still here!" Shelby said trying to cheer her up.
"Yes, but friend, we can not be friends!" Starfire said almost in tears.
Shelby sat there very quiet staring at the floor.
"Well, y'all have a check for hospitality," Shelby said very quiet.
"I think its time for bed," Robin said with authoritively but gently.
"Agreed," Beast Boy said.
Kinda sad right? Don't worry it will get better. Swear! -IP