(DICLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN BEAST BOY, ARELLA OR ANY OTHER DC CHARACTER/NAMESAKES.)
Chapter Four- Farmer's Market
"Well it was a challenge, but it was worth it to see the common room so clean." Arella mutters to herself as she admires the spotless common room, and kitchen that was beyond dirty the night before when she and Beast Boy got home. "I'll have to teach these kids how to clean up after themselves." Arella promised herself as she hears the door open and she turns to see Beast Boy walk through.
"W-W-Wow." Beast Boy mutters as his eyes roam the room and land on Arella as they widen. "Did you do this?" Beast Boy asks as he walks closer.
"Yes Beast Boy I did do all of this. Took me several hours, but I finally finished it." Arella responds as she allows her pride to shine in her voice.
"That's nice; you do know that all of this is going to get ruined, right?" Beast Boy questions as he jabs his thumb at the clean room.
"Possible, but I plan on teaching you kids on how to do it yourselves. You've are all almost adults and you need to be responsible and knowledgeable to do so yourselves." Arella answers as she gives Beast Boy a look. "I'm going to go into town to go the farmers market; would you like to come with me, Beast Boy?" Arella questions the green changeling.
"Sure Arella; I haven't gone to the farmers market in years, and I went with my adopted parents." Beast Boy answers as his heart beat slightly increases and he starts to feel a little nervous at spending one on one time with Arella. "Just let me get my wallet and we can go." Beast Boy comments as he turns to run out of the room.
Arella watches the energetic changeling run out of the room before she goes to the counter to write a note for the Titans.
Dear Titans,
I have taken Beast Boy with me to the farmers market today; I do believe we will be back before dinner. I cleaned the common room and I expect it to remain clean. CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELVES; I will be teaching you young adults how to behave like adults; picking up after yourselves, washing dishes, how to buy none plastic dishes and silverware. Behave yourselves and if some villain attacks just call Beast Boy.
-Arella
'As soon as Beast Boy is truly comfortable then I will talk to him about his possible feelings for Rachel.' Arella thought as she sits by her note and waits for Beast Boy to return. 'Where in the dickens is that young man.' Arella thought before the person on her thought comes walking through the door in civilian clothes.
"Sorry, but I was getting this." Beast Boy apologizes as he shows Arella his two holographic rings.
"What are these?" Arella inquires as she looks at the rings figuring that they weren't ordinary rings.
"They're holographic rings." Beast Boy responds as he places them on both of Arella's middle fingers. "All you have to do is place the two rings together and it will produce a holographic projection of blond hair, tanned skin, and blue eyes." Beast Boy explains as Arella does as she was told and was shocked to look in the mirror that Beast Boy had and saw her transformed features.
"Why those features?" Arella asks in curiosity.
"It's just what I chose." Beast Boy responds in a defensive tone. "Do you have any civilian clothing?" Beast Boy asks Arella.
"No, why?" Arella asks in confusion.
"We'll go buy you some." Beast Boy responds to the blond woman.
"That's not needed." Arella responds to the Titan, but Beast Boy would have none of it. 'He does have a point. I need something besides this.'
"Yes it is. You will need something besides your robe." Beast Boy insists with a commanding tone.
"Like what?" Arella inquires from the green teenager.
"Shirts, pants, skirts, socks, un...underwear, and possibly formal war." Beast Boy responds as he blushes when he says underwear.
Arella chooses to ignore Beast Boy's nervousness when he mentioned buying her underwear and nods her head yes. "Yes I suppose you are correct. I accept your gratitude." 'Add selfishness to the list, Beast Boy will be perfect for my Rachel.' Arella thinks as she follows Beast Boy out the door to the elevator that will take them to the garage.
"We'll take my car." Beast Boy states as the two enter the elevator.
"Sure." Arella responds. "Do I need to wear this?" Arella asks as he refers to the holoring.
"No; that is actually for me, but I just wanted you to see it before I put it on so you wouldn't be too surprised." Beast Boy responds as he reaches and takes the rings off of Arella's fingers and places them on his own; showing himself before he got his powers all those years ago.
"What do I call you?" Arella inquires from her companion.
"Garfield or Gar." Garfield simply answers.
"Just Garfield or Gar?" Arella asks.
"I have a secret identity, and nobody but the Doom Patrol knows it. The Titans only know that my first name is Garfield and my mom calls me it." Garfield explains as he looks at Arella.
"Once again you are quite right, Garfield I do apologize." Arella responds to her younger companion.
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Arella and Garfield enter the large sized clothing store in the Jump City downtown mall called 'Marie's'; Garfield and Arella walk into the store as they walk close together, but close enough to touch but still close none the less. Arella is now starting to have doubts about having Garfield buy her clothes, to her it seems such a personal thing to do, having a male buy a female clothes when they aren't related. The trip to the store took about ten whole minutes; all Arella was buying were simply pieces of clothing for her to wear and nothing to fancy for she didn't want to want a lot of Garfield's money. When that left Garfield was carrying all of the clothing that he was buying simply because it was the gentlemanly thing to do. Garfield walk to the counter and place the six pairs of blue, white, black, and red plain t-shirts; two pairs of black and white shorts; three pairs of blue and black denim jeans; one black long skirt; one pair of blue short overalls; one modest black dress for formal occasions; one pair of sandals and tennis shoes; one pair of black high heels; eight pairs of white socks; one pair of black stockings; one pairs of white, green nightgowns and a green pair of sweatpants; three separate pairs of swimsuits of a green two-pieces, a green one-piece and a white two-piece; and finally two pairs of green, black and purple lace, green silk and white cotton underwear.
'Wow I'm touching woman's underwear.' Garfield thinks a she blushes furiously. 'Please don't see me blush!' Garfield begs.
"Will that be everything sir, ma'am?" The Cashier asks Garfield and Arella as she notices Garfield blushing and she smirks.
"Yes." Garfield replies as he casts his eyes down to avoid the smirking older woman in front of him.
"Ma'am I have got to as where did you find then nice young man? I could use some fresh meat in my life. It's not every day you find such a gentleman who would pay for all of your clothes, but you should have bought something sexier for him." The Cashier who is obviously a cougar asks as she motions towards her plain underwear which makes Arella's cheek flush.
"I-I'm not her boyfriend." Garfield comments as he blushes which earns a look from the Cashier.
"No really. Young Garfield is my daughter's friend." Arella insists.
"Alright if you insist." The Cashier before she writes down her phone number and gives it to Garfield. "Call me sometime cutie. By the way, names Alison." Alison states as she winks at the blond male.
"A-Alright. Thank you for the assistance." Garfield responds as he slips the piece of paper into his pocket and walks away carrying Arella's bags. 'What the hell just happened?'
"She was an attractive woman; do you plan on calling that number?" Arella asks in hopes that Garfield will say no, and then she will have a better chance on getting him together with her daughter. 'If everything goes to plan I will be having grandchildren in a couple of years.' Arella thought as she took Garfield's key and opens the car so he could place all of her bags in his car. 'Another point for the list, Garfield is very helpful and uncomplaining.' Arella notes as she realizes that she forgot to change her clothes after she bought her new clothes. "We will need to find a place for me to change into my new clothes Garfield."
"You got it Arella." Garfield responds as he closes his car's back hatch and walks around to unlock Arella's door allowing her to get in first. 'Good Gar, be polite. You are a changed man now.'
"Thank you Garfield. But where may I change?" Arella asks Garfield.
"Get in the car and start the ignition. Then you press the black button by the driver's seat window; it will black out all the windows and allow you to change." Garfield informs as he passes her the car keys. "Just open the door when you are finished and we will leave for the farmers market."
Arella did as she was told and five minutes later she opens the driver's side door and climbs over the passenger's side. Garfield got into his car to notice that Arella was wearing her blue short overalls with a white t-shirt underneath it.
"Are you ready Garfield?" Arella asks as she fails to notice that Garfield had been checking out her legs when he first entered the car.
"Sure am Arella." Garfield answers as he turns his attention to the steering wheel and starts to pull out of the shopping mall's parking lot. 'What was with me just then? I can't just go around checking out gi….women. Especially Arella, Raven's mom no less.' Garfield thought as he uses all of his will to keep his eyes on the road and his surroundings.
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After a thirty minute drive, Garfield and Arella step out of the car to be at the Jump City farmers market which happens every Saturday and Sunday morning from five AM to two PM in the afternoon.
"We are here." Garfield announces as he pulls Arella out of a day dream; he didn't know what it was about, but he was curious though.
"Oh, thank you for that Garfield. I might have missed the market if you hadn't have pulled me out." Arella jokes as a smile graces her lips which once again makes Garfield's heart beat pick up.
"No worries Arella, that's what I'm good at." Garfield jokes in return as he smiles.
"Good. Now let's go Garfield, we have things to do before we return to the tower." Arella comments as she gets serious again. "Remember Garfield if you want to get something then try to haggle…unless it's for fruit, then just take it at its market price." Arella informs before she gets out of the car followed by Garfield.
"Hey I just thought of something; you do have money right?" Garfield questions as he would be more than happy to help someone in need.
"Yes. Rachel gave me some last night for some reason; with no explanation she just gave the money and left. Is my daughter usually so, what's the word I'm looking for enigmatic in her actions?" Arella inquires from Garfield.
"Well I always found Rachael to be secretive with her life, but that was mostly because she didn't want to know that she was a demon. She thought that we would abandon her if we found out. But after that I think it is because she is so used to shutting people out that she does it on instinct." Garfield answers as he fails to notice the look that Arella was giving him.
'He does seem to know Rachel quite well to notice that, but then again someone else could've noticed that and simply told him.' Arella thinks as she dubs her test to be a failure. "That is an interesting theory Garfield." Arella simply responds as she spots the fruit section of the farmers market. "That's where we need to go." Arella inform Garfield as she points to the section that is in side of a covered open building.
"Cool let's go." Garfield replies as he grabs Arella's hand and runs with her running to keep up as they reach the building. "Aaah the nice shade." Garfield comments as he can no longer fell the sun's rays on his skin.
"Yes I must agree. Jump City has a much hotter climate than Gotham City." Arella agrees as she forgets that her hand is within Garfield's hand as they continue to walk around and look at the fruit with onlookers gawking at them as they whisper to each other.
As Garfield walks with Arella he starts to hear some of the things being said by the other people.
"She's obviously a cougar."
"She's a cradle robber."
"That woman needs a real man, not a little boy."
"Lucky bastard."
'I wonder who they are talking about.' Garfield wonders to himself as he feels Arella stop walking so he turns to see Arella pick up some tomatoes before she pays for them, and does the same with some onions and garlic.
"What are you making?" Garfield inquires as she stares at the things that Arella had bought. 'Tomatoes, onions, and garlic?'
"I'm getting ingredients for some of my mother's spaghetti." Arella answers before she feels a hand rip her from Garfield's grasp and she comes face to face with three drunken men.
"Hello beautiful." The first drunk man greets as he tries to kiss Arella but gets slapped in the face by her instead. "Bitch you shouldn't have done that."
"Let her go!" Garfield orders with fire in his eyes as he fights to control his instincts telling him to kill the three men.
"Boohoo, what are you gonna do about it boy? This pretty lady needs a real man and not some boy." The second drunk person sneers as he also steps in front of Arella. "In fac-" The man was cut off by Garfield punching him in his face and breaks his nose.
"I said let her go, and meant it." Garfield comments in a cold voice that instantly frightens the three men, but they are too drunk to just walk away when they started something.
"John, Jack gets him!" The drunken man holding Arella orders his two friends as he cowers behind Arella.
Garfield doesn't make a sound as he uses his skills to dodge the fist of the first man and grabs his arms before he uses the momentum to twist it until it snaps. The second man comes to the aid of his friend and Garfield does the same to him before he turns to the man holding Arella.
"Now will you listen to reason and let her go." Garfield comments as he steps towards the now panicked man before he takes off running and Arella just looks at Garfield in shock as he checks up on her. "Are you alright Arella?"
"Yes Garfield, I'm fine." Arella assures as she feels her heart rate beat up. "I'm just shocked at what happened. I would've expected this in Gotham, but not Jump."
"I hear Jump is supposed to be the Gotham of the West Coast in fifty years so yeah I guess it kinda makes sense." Garfield comments as he grabs the bag that Arella had dropped. "Anything else?"
"No we can go now." Arella responds as she walks with Garfield back to his car. "By the way I was wondering something. Do you have feelings for my daughter?" Arella bluntly asks Garfield.
"No. I used to, but they went away after our trip to Tokyo." Garfield answers as he picks up to teenage girls whispering to one another.
"I hope I'm still attractive enough to be a cougar and get some young stud when I'm that old."
"I know right. And he's really cute."
"What happened in Toyo?" Arella inquires from her companion.
Raven's words run through Garfield's head as he starts to feel depressed again. "That's not important, but just so you know I no longer have feelings for Rachel and nor will they ever return. Why were you asking?" Garfield asks.
"I was hoping to set her up with someone, and I was thinking that you would be perfect for her." Arella answers as she doesn't miss a step with Garfield stumbles at 'perfect for her.'
"Well sorry to disappoint Arella." Garfield comments as he smiles at the woman to his right.
"That's all right, but you wouldn't happen to know if she does in fact like somebody do you?" Arella inquires.
"She once went all goo goo eyes over Aqualad, but I'm not sure now to be honest." Garfield informs as he rubs the back of his head. "Don't tell Rachel that I said goo goo eyes."
"I won't." Arella insures as they get into the car and drive back to Titan's Tower.
I'm interesting in taking in any suggested story ideas from you the readers. You can send in through review or through PM, but I only ask a few things.
The story is original or semi-original.
Even though I don't like Ron/Kim I will give it a chance, but don't count on it.
No BB/Terra, Rob/Rae, or SM/WW.
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Will do crossovers.
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