Kaitlyn POV
"I'm just afraid she's going to get herself hurt," I told Lindsay on the phone that night.
"What about the classic love story of Romeo and Juliet Kate? I mean Peter is a Marvel while you go to DC High…" she teased.
"I hate when you're right…all the time."
"You still love me anyway."
"You're my best friend Linds."
"Duh… Who wouldn't want to be my friend? I'm freaking fabulous!"
We laughed.
"See ya tomorrow Linds. It's time for me to hit the hay."
"No more idioms please. Remember it sounds like idiot because whoever says them is an idiot."
"Sorry. I'll try my best not to say any more idiots…I mean idioms." I laughed.
"See ya girl." Lindsay hung up.
I was still worried about Penny. It means trouble when a good girl like her falls for a bad guy like Josh.
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"Are you better today new friend?" Starfire smiled at me as I shut my locker and turned to face her, startled because I didn't know she was there at first.
"Yeah. Cy-Borg didn't know yesterday. Everything's cool."
We started walking down the hall.
"Good. Very good."
"I'm a seriously huge fan of you Teen Titans," I dug around in my bag as we walked to class, "So I made each of you one of these." I handed her a notebook. I had drawn Star's signature glowing green eyes on the front and put newspaper clippings of her in battle and just smiling for the camera from the Daily Planet on there.
"Thank you friend!" she said happily, tackling me in a hug.
"You're welcome Star." I hugged her back.
"Hey Katy. Hey Star," Robin joined us in the hall.
"Hey Robin," we girls replied.
"Look what Kaitlyn made me!" Starfire said with much enthusiasm in her voice as she showed him the notebook.
"That's amazing Kate!" he told me.
"I have one for you too," I grabbed it and handed it to him.
He looked at the logo on the front and the snippets on the back.
"Thank you Kaitlyn. This means a lot to us," he gestured to Starfire and himself.
"You should see the new one I'm making Lindsay for her birthday."
"Can't wait to see it but I gotta get to class."
"See you Robin!" Starfire and I called to him as we entered our own.
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I plopped in a seat at a table in the cafeteria by myself.
My class had gotten out early today because our teacher had a doctor's appointment.
Raven sat beside me.
"Hello," she said dryly."
"Hey. You're class get out early to?"
"I have Superhero Health and our teacher had to leave because he had a patient coming in."
"That must've been my teacher. She had a doctor's appointment."
"It makes sense because a superhero has to hide their powers if they have two identities like Lindsay and yourself. I don't have that luxury of the freedom to stand in a bookstore without a boy walking in just to see if I'm from the Teen Titans."
"Sometime you and I are going into a bookstore together and you will have a disguise on so a boy won't go into a bookstore for only that reason."
"Thank you. Not many people who meet me first off are very kind to me like that."
"You said the words in a bookstore, you and I are instant friends."
She smiled.
"I don't know many people who like to read anymore."
"Me either. That's why you need a disguise so you can meet true fangirls and fanboys that don't know who you really are."
"Reading helps me feel better about myself. And it helps me escape…"
"From the things that your father has put you through…"
"How did you know about my relationship with my father?"
"What can I say? I'm a Teen Titans fan. You're my favorite." I shrugged and gave her a notebook that had her saying, Azarath Metrion Zynthos, and newspaper pictures of her.
"Thank you."
Beast Boy sat down on the other side of me.
"Can I have one too?"
"Yeah. I was just waiting for you so I could give it to you."
"Oh."
I gave it to him as he looked at it.
"Thanks!"
Lindsay sat across from me and pushed her tray to me, putting her head in her arms on the table.
"You ok Linds?" I asked her.
"No," I heard her voice muffled.
"What happened?"
"I don't wanna talk about it."
"Kay."
"What's wrong with Linds?" Robin asked sitting down.
I shrugged as Lindsay replied: "Nothing!"
"She won't tell us," I told him.
"If I could see her eyes I'd be able to tell you."
Lindsay shook her auburn-haired head.
"Not happening," she stated to the Titan.
"What's wrong with Lindsay?" Cy-Borg asked as he and Starfire joined us.
"IF SOMEONE ASKS ME THAT ONE MORE TIME I SWEAR I'M GONNA SCREAM AND BEAT THEM UP!" Her head whipped up and her eyes were crazy. She stood up from her chair and swiftly walked off.
I followed her to the bathroom. It was now obviously both of our escape places.
I made sure no one was in the bathroom with us before I locked the door and joined Lindsay at the mirror.
"Look at that," I looked at our reflections.
She looked up, her blue-green eyes filled with tears.
"My parents always said we looked alike. Very, very similar." I gave her a playful shove to try and get her to smile. I think it's safe to say I made zero progress whatsoever.
"We both have wavy hair, even if they're two different colors. Blue-green eyes. Superhero parents. An amazing best friend." She smiled at this.
"And we both have an amazing guy." Her smile faded when I said this one.
"Your dad found out didn't he?" I asked.
She nodded. "He looked the number up on the Batman computer because your home phone number in my phone wasn't the same in the phone book so he got suspicious."
"I'm sorry Linds. What else did he say?"
"He said that if I didn't stop having contact with him outside of school he was going to pull me out of DC High."
"Oh Linds that's terrible…" I gave her a side hug.
"Hey. At least he never said I couldn't talk to him at school."
"But do you think that it might come down to that?"
"If Dad gets angry enough that I still talk to Robin, I think that yes maybe it might happen."
"Well let's hope not for your sake Batty."