Author's Note: My computer has been having some virus problems, and my mom thinks I ought to spend less time on the Internet. So don't be too surprised if I don't update very quickly.

Replies to Reviewers:

Kiyamasho: *chuckles* Jericho might be one of my favorite characters, but I sometimes can't resist having interesting things happen to him in my stories.

Puja723: In the comics, Jericho's mother (whose name is Adeline, yes) was alive during his childhood, and she was alive when he was a member of the Teen Titans. I'm not very well-versed in the comics, but if I remember correctly, Adeline died between the time Jericho was killed and the time he was resurrected.

Amethyst Turtle: Thanks! Yes, I know about the Slade/Terra thing in the comics, but since there's no real evidence to suggest that Slade in the cartoon is a pedophile, I'm assuming that he isn't.

Emily Snow12: Yeah, it's very frustrating to have Angel disrupt the relationship between Robin and Starfire (I'm a RobStar shipper, too!), but that's sadly what happens in a lot of Suefics that pair up the Sue with Robin.

LarkOfTheSky: You're welcome!

Chapter Four: Various States of Agony

After a week of living in Titans' Tower, Angel settled in nicely, almost as if she had been there since the Titans first began.

Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, and Raven snorted in unison.

She played videogames with Cyborg and Beast Boy (beating both of them in every round),

"Anyone can beat Beast Boy at a game," Cyborg said, ignoring his green friend's glare, "but no one can beat me!"

meditated with Raven, helped the Titans defeat any and all criminals,

"It's more likely she upstages us," Raven said. "Sues usually do."

"Here's something I just thought of," Cyborg interrupted. "What are BB, Raven, and I? Chopped liver? We're barely in this story!"

"Consider it a compliment," Kid Flash told him with a smile.

"You're just so happy because this idiot of an author doesn't seem to know you even exist!" Robin grumbled.

"Exactly!" Kid Flash's smile broadened.

"Come to think of it, Jinx, Jericho, and I aren't mentioned either," Kole mused thoughtfully.

"That is a relief," Jinx said.

"I never knew it could feel this good to be completely ignored," Jericho signed.

"Okay, is everyone finished?" Beast Boy demanded irritably.

and spent as much time with Robin as she possibly could. Angel also went with Starfire to the mall. Just to be polite, of course; Starfire had a crappy fashion sense.

Starfire twitched. "I do not know what this 'crappy' is, but I am certain I do not like it."

One night, Robin and Angel were sparring in the gym. Within five minutes, Angel had knocked Robin onto his back and was on top of him.

Robin went as pale as a sheet. "This is not good."

Jericho looked at him. "Are you always this paranoid?" he asked.

"Aw, shut it, pretty boy!" Robin snapped as the color came back to his face.

Jericho raised an eyebrow. "Never heard that one before," he signed dryly.

The two blushed furiously as they realized their positions. Angel felt a sudden burning surge through her body. Her deep emerald eyes met with Robin's masked ones, and she wondered if he was thinking the same thing she was.

"Oh no." Raven's eyes widened a bit as she realized what Robin was worrying about.

Evidently, he was. Robin and Angel slowly got to their feet, his hands on her shoulders.

"Angel...are you sure?" he asked hesitantly.

"Yes, I'm sure," Angel replied with confidence.

"Really?"

"Really."

Robin picked Angel up bridal style and they hurried to his room.

"Beast Boy, if you have any decency in you, you will NOT read this!" Robin pleaded, perfectly willing to go on his hands and knees if he had to.

Beast Boy grinned evilly, ignoring his leader. He glanced at the next several pages. "This little scene goes on for..." his eyes nearly bugged out, "twenty pages?! Dude!"

By this time, everyone had realized what was about to happen.

"Beast Boy, I don't think that's a good idea," Kid Flash said nervously.

"Man, no one wants to hear about what Robin's like in the bedroom!" Cyborg exclaimed.

"I most certainly do not wish to hear it!" Starfire growled.

Everyone spent the next couple of minutes trying to convince Beast Boy to skip the scene. After many pleadings (and quite a few threats), Beast Boy decided he'd had enough.

"Hey! I'm the one who's having to skim this garbage!" he shouted, glaring. "If I hafta suffer through this, I'm taking you all with me!"

And Beast Boy proceeded to read aloud (very loudly, might I add) a very graphic bedroom scene that sounded like it had been plagiarized from a romance novel. By the time he was finished, the others were in various states of agony.

Jericho had clamped his hands over his ears and looked like he was breathing hard through his nose. Kole looked as though she didn't know how to react exactly, but her mouth had dropped open. Kid Flash had turned an interesting shade of green after a particularly bad description and had raced off to find the bathroom. Jinx was yelling something about her ears and threatening to hex Beast Boy into oblivion. Cyborg was bashing his head up against the wall, trying to knock himself out. Raven's eyes were the size of dinner plates, her jaw nearly reached the floor, and her face was even paler than usual.

As for Robin and Starfire...well, no one would have wanted to touch Starfire with a ten-foot pole. She was beyond livid; it was a wonder that her seat hadn't burst into flames. She flew out of her seat and started punching and kicking the walls, leaving dents in her wake. Then she sank to her knees and started beating the floor with her fists, screaming and cursing in Tamaranean. Robin was in the fetal position, frozen in his seat, white-faced and whimpering. Oh, if only Batman could see him now.

Beast Boy looked around at his mentally scarred friends, and promptly roared in maniacal laughter.

Raven glared at him coldly. "Garfield Logan," she began, addressing Beast Boy by his real name, "that was entirely uncalled for."

"And it was mean," Cyborg added, returning to his seat.

Beast Boy's laughter subsided. "But you gotta admit, it was interesting!"

Jinx shook her head. "The Jump City therapists are going to have their hands full after this is over."

"Is it over?" Kid Flash, who had just appeared at the doorway, asked weakly.

Jinx nodded, and as Kid Flash went back to his seat, she continued. "I lay down a new rule: the person reading does not read the...'scenes,' just skims them to see where they end."

"And I am most hopeful there will not be any more," Starfire, who was on her way to getting a hold of herself, said.

Silence fell on the group for a while. Finally, Cyborg suggested, "How about we all go get some pizza?"

Robin brightened up significantly. "That's the best idea I've heard all day."

And with that, the nine Titans rushed out of the Tower to get some lunch.