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Chapter 10: Lesson 2: Vocabulary
"Now," Raven said, once again using the chalk and blackboard, "we are going to discuss vocabulary today."
"What is this vocabulary of which you are speaking?" Starfire asked innocently.
"What you just said," Cyborg said, smirking. Seeing that Starfire still looked confused he began to elaborate, "Vocabulary is how you speak. Your vocabulary isn't that great and neither is his," he pointed to Garfield who looked up from where he had been licking his hind leg in cat form.
"And don't do that," Raven said, looking pointedly at him.
"Sorry," Garfield apologized as he returned to human form.
Raven felt the beginnings of a headache and sighed. She seemed to be doing a lot of that recently. 'Now the first thing that we must discuss is what words are appropriate to say and which ones aren't."
"Aw come on, man," Cyborg complained. "It's not like I go around saying 'dude' or anything."
"Dude?" Garfield raised an eyebrow. "Dude," he repeated. "Dude!"
Raven's eyes narrowed and turned white as she hissed, "Cyborg."
"Oops," the half robot gulped. Jumping to his feet he turned and ran out of the room as fast as he could with Raven right behind him.
Robin had been walking aimlessly down the hall when suddenly Cyborg ran into him and the two collapsed on the floor. "What gives?" the leader asked. "And why are you running?"
"Because of her," Cyborg pointed at Raven who was levitating towards them at a frightening speed.
"What did you do?" Robin wanted to know then held up his hand. "Never mind, I don't want to know."
"Get back here you coward!" the Goth hollered. "Or I'm going to send you to the Stone Ages!"
"Sorry, gotta go," Cyborg jumped to his feet and resumed running, forcing Robin to hit the floor to avoid being trampled by Raven.
The Boy Wonder slowly stood up and went to the room where Raven and Cyborg had come from. Opening the door he saw Starfire and Garfield chatting animatedly about the different 'Earth creatures' with Garfield showing her what they looked like. Watching the two of them made Robin smile. Starfire looked so happy while Garfield actually looked a little bit happy as well. Okay, so maybe it wouldn't be that bad having a fifth member on the team. If they managed to get Garfield to stop being afraid of them maybe, just maybe, he could join the Titans. Maybe that is. He quietly stepped back and shut the door, leaving the two to continue their conversation.
Garfield listened carefully, making sure that Robin was gone before returning his full attention to Starfire. He listened to her many questions, answering each one to the best of his abilities. For a bubbly, perky alien she wasn't so bad; she was much nicer than the other ones although Raven wasn't so bad. Maybe, if he became 'human' Robin would let him stay and he could finally have a home where he wasn't treated like trash. Maybe.
A/N: Sorry that this is so short and so late but my work schedule is completely whacked and so is my school schedule. I promise that I'll update the rest of my stories son. I promise. Please review and let me know what you think.