Chapter 10: Shorts on Fitness Day
Raven was gathering what she needed for the day. French, Gym, then Choir. She folded her gym clothes and laid them on the bed. Next she grabbed her French books(she didn't need books for singing) and stuffed them in her bag.
"Rae, hurry up! Breakfast is over in fifteen minutes." Came the muffled voice of Beast Boy.
"My name isn't Rae!" she snapped. She grabbed her bag and hurried out the door, her gym clothes forgotten….
…."Je ne say comprends pas…?" Monsieur Zillocci (zil-o-chee) didn't look impressed. Monsieur was a French-Canadian who moved down to Jump City when he heard McAdams was hiring. He has just asked a relatively fair question to a boy named Thomas, but he was to busy oogling the 'modifications' to Chelsie's uniform to answer.
"Mr.Ganzini, you must start paying attention! Ms. Roth … Ms. Roth!" Everyone turned to see Raven with her nose in a book.
"Qui Monsieur?" she looked up.
"Would you kindly answer the question, or were you to busy reading?" everyone snickered. 'Rachel' was hardly seen without a book.
But to the class's amazement, she answered the question with a perfect accent and went back to reading….
….The war cry of an oncoming annihilation rang out in the gym. Dodge ball. To the boys gym class it wasn't dodge ball, more like hit-as-many-as-you-can-before-your-out-ball. Today was fitness day. The day when they combined the boys class and girls class and played. It wasn't always dodge ball, but it was the only game that everyone knew the rules to.
Their gym teacher's name was Brad. Just Brad. He did have a last name but he made everyone call him Brad. The boys thought it was to make him feel like he fit in, but the girls thought it was to make him feel younger. It had taken fifteen minutes to get the girls change room unlocked, so Brad had the boys play a quick match of dodge ball. It wasn't like watching a game, it was like watching a slaughterhouse. He had made the mistake of putting Richard Grayson and Victor Stone on the same team. What do they do in their spare time?….
….Since Raven had forgotten her gym clothes, she had to borrow some from the school. It wasn't a big deal, even the gym clothes were the same. A navy blue T-shirt with white printing that read: McAdams Boarding School. The bottoms (black)were either sweatpants or shorts.
She slipped on a T-shirt and shorts (all the pants were gone) and walked over to the full length mirror. Oh for the love of .….
….The boys were lined up against the wall waiting for the girls to come out. Robin, Cyborg and Beast Boy were scanning the large group of girls that had just emerged from the change room. They saw a flash of orange and spotted Starfire. After the girls lined up fairly close to them, they spotted Raven … and what she was wearing.
Their jaws weren't the only ones to drop. Raven of the Teen Titans, was wearing short shorts. The team was used to her uniform, but she always wore he cape with it. Now they had a good 360 degree view of her, and she looked pissed.
"Today the boys will be versing the girls. Teams line up!"
The girls trudged over to the opposite wall and leaned against it. Most of the girls were batting their eyelashes sending morse code: go easy on my please … Others were planning on standing around and hoping not to get hit. A select few, like Raven, were barely touching the wall thinking don't get in my way. Sure it wasn't the boys fault she had to wear shorts, but she sure as hell was going to make them sorry she had to.
Brad blowed the whistle and suddenly the floor was rumbling as if someone was herding cattle. After the flurry of students left the middle of the gym, red balls took to the air.
Being a superhero, you get used to reacting fast and dodging things. The titans dodged, twisted and turned occasionally throwing when they found a ball.
Soon there was only six girls and ten boys. Raven stopped the girls and formed a plan. They broke apart and stopped throwing. Soon the boys didn't have any balls and they were all on the girls side.
"Now!" the girls ran forward and the boys were pelted with dodge balls, shown no mercy.
"Stop! Girls win!" Screams of joy and hugs were shared. Even Raven beamed when she looked over at the boys, some quivering in fear, others in the fetal position. The girls weren't too hard were they?