Here's the next chapter! Kid Flash is introduced in this one, so I'm pretty excited about that. He's AMAZING.
And I don't own Teen Titans.
Raven clutched her notebook tightly as she walked into Latin. This was another class that involved a lot of talking. They had a stage test the next day, which meant they would be playing a review game. Seeing a snake drawn on the board, Raven's face grew red. Not only was she horrible at this game, but she couldn't talk.
She walked up to Magistra Klien's desk and wordlessly handed her a note.
"I did get your mother's call," Magistra said kindly. "I'm so very sorry."
Raven shrugged.
"Well, as you can see, we're playing a review game today. You could sit at the back and not play if you'd like." Raven nodded at this suggestion. "We have a new student today anyhow. With that distraction, no one should notice."
Raven flipped to the now famous 'thanks' page in her notebook and showed it to Magistra.
"Raven!" Raven turned to see Jinx making a mad dash for her. Jinx hugged her so tight Raven thought her head might pop off. Jinx released her a second later, to her relief, and walked with her to the back of the class.
"So, how's your day been?" Jinx asked, biting her lip as they sat down.
'It definitely could have gone better,' Raven wrote. 'Chorus was okay, and you saw what happened in gym and chem with Terra. Then in history she said something to Gar that made him get so mad that Mr. Funkaa sent him to the principal's office. I'm hoping Latin goes all right.'
Both girls looked up as Terra entered the room, joking with one of her cheerleading friends. The two of them took their seats, and continued their conversation, occasionally looking back at Jinx and Raven.
"Gee, I wonder who they're talking about," Jinx said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. Beside her, Raven shook her head.
"Hey, guys," Roy walked over to Jinx and Raven and took the seat in front of Jinx.
"Hi Roy," Jinx said, and Raven held up another page in her notebook, which bore the word, 'Hi.'
Roy opened his mouth to speak, but didn't get very far as Terra and her friend had begun their usual screeching laughter, leaving the rest of the class not just unable to hear each other, but unable to hear themselves think.
'Sometimes I just want to put duct tape on their mouths,' Raven wrote.
"SAME HERE!" Jinx and Roy yelled, but their voices sounded like whispers with all the laughing.
Then, all of a sudden, as if someone had put duct tape over their mouths, Terra and her friend stopped laughing.
"Well, that was convenient," Roy smiled. "I wonder what got them to stop."
All three friends turned toward the front of the room, and saw immediately what had caused Terra and her friend to go silent.
The new student had arrived, and he had to be the most handsome teenager anyone had ever seen. Even Raven, who never paid any attention to that type of thing, couldn't help admitting that he was pretty good looking.
This person had windswept red-brown hair that any guy would envy. His eyes were as blue as a sunny sky, and they looked around the classroom as if scanning it. He was smiling as Magistra introduced herself, which made his already handsome face look doubly as nice. Everyone always looks better when they smile.
The late bell rang, and Magistra called the class to attention.
"Everyone, this is our new student, Wally." Wally smiled at the class now instead. "Is there anything you'd like to say about yourself before we start class, Wally?"
"Actually, yeah, I do have something," Wally said, and Raven rolled her eyes as Terra and her friend giggled softly. "If any of you see my sister, let her know we're riding home on bus ten. Her name's Colette, but people call her Kole." Then, seeing the confused looks on everyone's faces, he added, "We didn't get a bus number until first period, and the office forgot to call her down." (Yes, I know they're not really twins. I just made them twins so I could write them in convincingly.)
"Well, Wally, there's an empty seat in front of Raven in the back," Magistra pointed to the seat, and Wally walked over to it and sat down.
"So, you're Raven?" Wally asked, turning around. "Nice to meet you!" He held out a hand.
Raven smiled as she shook his hand, seeing Terra and her friend scowl at her over Wally's shoulder.
"Hey, Wally," Roy now caught his attention. "I think I've heard of you before. Are you Wally West, the champion cross country runner from South Hills?"
"Well, I wouldn't say 'champion,'" Wally said modestly, holding out his hand to shake Roy's. "What's your name?"
"I'm Roy," Roy looked at Wally in awe. "And don't try to be modest; I've seen your race record. Isn't your nickname Kid Flash?"
"Yeah," Wally grimaced. "Please don't call me that. I got the name in elementary school, and then my high school coach found out about it. I'm hoping that coming to a new school will get me a fresh start with the nicknames thing." Jinx and Roy laughed at this.
Jinx's laugh caught Wally's attention, and he turned to her.
"And who might this lovely lady be?" he asked, winking.
"I'm Jen," Jinx said, going slightly pink. "But people call me Jinx."
"Jinx," Wally smiled and nodded, before extending his hand again. "I like it." When Jinx placed her hand in his, he kissed it instead of shaking it. Raven smiled as her friend's face went even pinker. Then, her smile widening, she turned to look at Terra.
Terra and her friend were both looking at Wally, and their jealousy could not have been more evident. They were both frowning, and Terra's face was beet red, while her friend's was so purple that Raven would have thought she was not breathing had she not been taking deep breaths every few seconds.
Raven's smile turned evil, and she pulled her notebook close to her and began drawing. Then she held up her scribble and showed Terra.
She had drawn a rocket.
Terra scowled at her, but said nothing, as Magistra had just called the class to attention again.
"Split into two teams and we'll play the snake game," she smiled at the positive reactions.
"And we'll get to hiss at the other team!" A boy named Kurtis exclaimed happily, wagging his tongue and hissing.
"Only if you win," Magistra laughed. "I'll have to revoke your hissing privileges if you keep doing that, Kurtis."
"Sorry, Magistra," Kurtis said, smiling.
The rest of Latin passed rather uneventfully, unless Kurtis trying to convince Magistra that 'jewelus' was the Latin word for 'jewel' counted. (It's gemma, in case anyone was wondering…) Raven sat at the back, embellishing her rocket picture, as the rest of the class played the snake game. No one except Jinx, Roy, and Wally noticed that Raven did not play.
The bell to signal the end of the period rang, and Raven, Jinx, Roy, and Wally all headed for the door together.
"What do you have next?" Roy asked Wally.
"Um…" Wally quickly pulled his schedule out of his pocket and unfolded it. "History with Mr. Funkaa."
"Same here," Jinx said. "We'll all go together."
"Do you two have history this period too?" Wally asked.
"Nope, we have math," Roy shrugged, "but they're in the same hallway."
"Not meaning to be nosy or anything, but why didn't you play the snake game, Raven?" Wally posed his question to her this time. Raven looked to Jinx and Roy for help.
"Uh, Raven is kinda going through some problems right now," Jinx said, leaving the 'her dad's a maniac and beat her up' part out of the explanation. "Something bad happened, and she can't talk anymore."
"I'm so sorry," Wally's expression softened. "Even though you hardly know me, and I hardly know you, just let me know if you need anything. And if you meet my sister, she'll be even more willing to help you. Kole's awesome like that."
"Well, this is history," Jinx said as they walked by the classroom.
"And this is math," Roy gestured to the door right across the hallway.
"See you later," Jinx, Roy, and Wally said together. Raven simply waved.
"Come on," Steve put a hand on Raven's shoulder. "Gar's probably going ballistic in there waiting for you."
Raven allowed herself to be led into math, then looked back over her shoulder to see Jinx and Wally walking into history, joking and laughing, followed by several giggling girls.