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Day 3:

"Hello! We are here for checking in!"

"Wonderful. If you could just give me your names we can get you all started up."

The way-too-calm-for-her-own-good receptionist met the female Titans at the entrance to the spa. After filling out paperwork about their general health information (comforting, right?), the girls had said goodbye to their friends and walked (well, more like Starfire floated and dragged Raven with her) down to the spa. Starfire must have done a good job convincing Robin that this was somehow beneficial to the overall wellbeing of the two girls, since the treatments were nowhere near cheap, and Starfire signed up for multiple.

"You have about fifteen minutes until your sweet hands treatment. In the meantime please put on these complimentary robes and slippers in the women's dressing rooms right through that door." The receptionist motioned to the door they were supposed to enter, as Raven put her robe and slippers down.

"They are no extra charge, please. We want our guests to relax in every way."

"What I'm wearing is plenty comfortable, thank you anyway."

"But—"

"Raven! You must wear these clothes for the relaxation." Starfire flew back through the door having just realized Raven did not follower her into the changing rooms.

"I really don't want to."

"How did you get the sweating shirt? I thought I had removed all such items from your suitcase prior to our leaving."

"It's Beast Boy's."

"Oh!" Starfire turned to the confused receptionist. "You must do the excusing of her. The love is in her."

Raven stared wide-eyed for a moment before correcting her floating friend. "No. I just don't want to wear a robe that can fall open any second."

"That is the purpose of the tie."

"Please just let me wear the hoodie?"

"No. If you are not doing it for reasons of love then—"

"Fine! Yes! I am madly in love with Beast Boy and can't stand to take his hoodie off. Will you stop bothering me now?" She managed to somehow make what was a surprisingly true admittance sound sarcastic in monotone.

Luckily, Starfire still did not seem to understand the sarcasm. "I am so happy for you both! But you must wear the slippers."

"Fine. I'll wear the slippers."

Raven was then dragged into the changing room. The girls dropped their belongings in the provided lockers and changed into their spa clothes.

Raven glanced at herself in the mirror. Typically she would not have liked standing out in her boyfriend's bright purple hoodie over her jean leggings, but something about the fact that it smelled like her green boyfriend make the obnoxious color tolerable.

I'm getting too soft.


"Why do they have such a small pool?"

Robin smirked. Putting off the zoo until today was definitely the right decision.

"I mean, there are three bears in there! That pool would be too small for me, and like ten of me could fit into one of those bears!"

"Or one of me." Cyborg had been trying to get Beast Boy to lighten up ever since they entered the zoo. It had started with the poisonous frogs (who shouldn't be treated like villains in small cells just because they happen to have the ability to kill someone. It's not like they ever did!), the penguins did not have to hunt for their fish (and then the fact that they were being fed real fish), there was a particular meltdown at the raven's cage (how could they keep such a perfect bird in a cage where it can't fly?), and now they had made it to the black bears.

"Now you're threatening to kill me just because I stick up for the rights of the helpless? You're the animal here!"

"BB, chill, you've been freaking out since we got here. You're gonna make yourself sick if you stress out this much."

"I feel like I'm going to be sick."

"We could go, you know," Robin offered for the, well, the number of times equal to the amount of animals they had seen since the frogs.

"No, there are still more animals to see."

Robin looked to Cyborg behind Beast Boy's back.

'What the heck is wrong with him?'Robin asked with his expression.

Cyborg responded with a shrug. How should I explain him? He's been my best friend for years and I still can't figure him out.

"Hi! Hi, big black bear. Who's a good black bear? You are! Yes, you are," Beast Boy cooed at the killer creature through the thick layer of glass. The bear was swimming under the water, but since there was a floor to ceiling window the zoo guest could see his every move. Robin and Cyborg started laughing as the bear prodded its nose against the glass as if trying to get to their green friend to cuddle.

"Look, the bear likes you, grass stain." Cyborg got closer to the glass and bent down to meet Beast Boy and the bear's level. Once, he got there, the bear looked like it was getting ready to attack. Cyborg was very happy for the glass's protection.

"He likes me better 'cause he know I wouldn't eat him even if I got the chance," Beast Boy mocked his friend while they walked away from the exhibit.


"Can you not feel the relaxation, friend?"

"It wasn't that bad, Starfire. I have to admit."

"Thank you for doing the admitting! Where do you think the boys are?"

"Most likely listening to a rant about animal rights."

"Oh. I care for Beast Boy very much, but I do feel the sorrow for the others if that is true."

"He can get pretty heated about that stuff." The girls both laughed lightly before they were interrupted by the sound of the lock on the door.

"It's just not right!" Beast Boy's voice could be heard before they were even in the room.

"He's all yours, Raven!" Cyborg gave his friend a light shove towards Raven before heading off to the bathroom. Robin pulled Starfire into the next room.

"Wait, guys…" Beast Boy plopped onto the bed next to Raven. "I wasn't done talking!"

He huffed and turned to his girlfriend. "How was your day?"

"Not as terrible as I had imagined. You?"

"I'm emotionally numb from it all."

"I'm surprised the animals didn't try to attack that." Raven motioned to Beast Boy's Godzilla shirt that he wore with jean shorts.

"Well, I was going to wear my hoodie today but for some reason it wasn't in my bag." Beast Boy tackled Raven and she laughed openly.

"You said I could and you would have been too hot in it anyway."

"I know. And I didn't realize how much of the zoo was outside."

"It's a zoo, of course it's outside!"

"Well, excuse me for not being an expert on places that specialize in animal cruelty!"

"Was it really that bad?"

"Well, of the few places I've been I do have to say the animals looked well taken care of, but still! They shouldn't have to live in a cage like…"

"Animals?"

"Shut up!"

And neither of them noticed an alien girl peering through the empty doorframe from the adjoining room.

I knew she was not using the sarcasm!

I just want to clarify, of the few zoos I have been to, I am extremely impressed with the care Hershey gives to its animals. You can see them being taken care of, there is plenty of space for them to explore and swim and be their happy animals selves. It is a nice place, and I don't want Beast Boy just being himself to make you think otherwise. I really hope you guys are checking out the places I describe here. Hershey is an awesome place, and you should all make it a goal to get there at least once in your lives.