I am very, very sorry about the lateness. In case you hadn't checked my profile, I was on a writer's block when I wrote this. But now it's here, so I'm hoping you guys like this chapter!
Just want to say thanks for Fire-Star Studios for being a great reviewer and Black Raven 13 for good advice! Also to BGuate224 for giving me great comments!
In case you haven't noticed, I have changed this story to 'T'. Just in case but there will be no swearing. None at all. If something bad happens, just imagine they swore...heh...if you want anyway...
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans
"Sorry...Gar's always making jokes that you're so smart that you should go to college." Karen admitted. (A/n College in America is sort of like university in England right? Uhhh....)
"He...does?" Rachel blushed slightly.
"Yeah! He so totally likes you Rachel." Karen said.
"Ok! Off topic!" Rachel reminded.
"Right, sorry...so what did Madame Rouge ask you to do?"
"...she asked me to sign an autograph for her."
"We need to find out who those people were." Said a leader-like voice as he faced four other people. They all nodded in agreement.
"Dudes! Did I tell you guys?" a green-skinned boy said.
"Tell us what?" said the same leader-like voice.
"I found this red blinking thing when in the hallway yesterday!" the green boy said.
"You did? Where is it?" asked the leader-like voice.
"...heh...I kind of broke it..." the green boy said sheepishly. This caused the others to glare at him.
"Beast Boy!" they all said in unison.
"Dudes, it was so tiny anyway you couldn't tell what it was!" the green boy or more efficiently known as Beast Boy, said.
"Right, Beast Boy, where did you find it?" asked the leader-like voice again.
"Near my bedroom." Beast Boy answered. "I don't think it's that important anyway, Robin."
"We still need to check, BB. It might give us a clue who those people were." A half metal man told him.
"Cyborg's right. Beast Boy, was that the only 'red blinking thing' you found?" Robin questioned Beast Boy.
"Well," Beast Boy rubbed his chin while he tried to remember. The other waited for his response avidly.
"Yeah." Beast Boy said finally, which made him receive a nasty glare from a purple haired girl. He chuckled nervously.
"Raven, do you think you could someone how track them?" Robin asked the purple haired girl or Raven. She shook her head.
"No. We just looked at them for a second. Even if I could, I probably won't be able to talk to them telepathetically anyway." Raven said.
"Why not?" a tall, orange-skinned girl asked her with a foreign accent.
"Because I'm guessing they're not from this world." Raven announced.
"They seemed pretty human to me." Robin said.
"No...I mean same time period, same earth but different...place." Raven explained. "A parallel universe maybe. I can barely remember what they looked like."
"Dude! You don't have to remember that! Just look at us! They look exactly like us!" Beast Boy said. "Expect my twin had a nice tan! But green beats all."
"Yes, I thought my 'twin' was me looking in a mirror." The orange-skinned girl said. "I did like her taste in clothing."
"I certainly did not like my double!" Robin said. "He was practically giving away my identity for free-BUH!" he quickly slapped his hands over his mouth which caused the others to stare at him weirdly.
"...if you're wondering, we didn't see his eyes." Raven said.
"Yeah dude, why does it even matter if we do?" Beast Boy asked him. Robin shook his head to indicate that he didn't want to talk about it.
"We're not talking about it." He said sternly, once he removed the hand from his mouth.
"Cyborg, perhaps you can make a device which would perhaps let us have contact with those people?" the orange-skinned girl asked Cyborg.
"That's a good idea, Starfire." Robin said thoughtfully. "Can you Cyborg?"
"I can try. But it will be difficult." Cyborg said. "So I'll get started on it now!" he exited to the room to start creating the device.
"I'm going to see if I can do some research on these people. See if they're a threat." Robin said as he started exiting the room.
"May I help?" Starfire asked her.
"Sure, Star." He smiled at her and she happily followed him out.
"Well, Rae do you wanna play video games?" Beast Boy asked Raven while jumping onto the couch. She rolled her eyes.
"No."
** ** ** ** **
"No."
"Please, Rachel? Just ten minutes?"
"No. We need to keep studying." Rachel said firmly. They were currently in Gar's living room instead of his bedroom for two reasons: 1. His room stank/was messy/disgusting 2. "Hello, Mrs. Logan! Where's Gar?" "He's up in his bedroom with his friend Rachel!" "..."
So now they were in the living room and Gar was trying to take a little break from History by playing a few video games.
"Please? You told me this week that you'll try out a game and prove it was boring!" Gar said indignantly. Rachel was quiet for a moment when he said this.
"I did..." she said, remembering. Sighing, she put the History text book down and said: "Fine. I'll play." She sat down grumpily on the floor with no enthusiasm whatsoever. Gar smiled.
"Right, Rachel! So here's your game controller." He tossed her a wireless Xbox 360 remote.
"...how am I supposed to use it?" she asked monotonously. Gar leaned over and started indicating what buttons to press by placing his hands over Rachel's and moving his fingers for her. She couldn't help blushing at the touch. Gar didn't seem to notice and Rachel only took in a couple words of what he was saying. His hands were soft and gentle and Rachel cursed herself for actually noticing that. She was disappointed when the explaining finished.
"...so you should finish off with the turbo boost!" he finished and went back to hold his own controller. "Got it?"
"Err...y-yeah." Rachel said meekly.
"Ok! Let's start!" Gar said brightly and started starting up the game. Rachel started pressing the only buttons she could remember how to use so consequently, she was last. (A/N They're playing some random racing game...) When the game ended Gar cheered as he was first and he wasn't used to that at all (as Vic always played with him).
"YES! WOO! Who's the man? Who's the man?" he started doing some randomly victory dances and Rachel rolled her eyes but she sort of found them cute. She couldn't understand why she was thinking that. Why did she like Gar so much? I didn't make sense to her. Love never made sense anyway. Wait...love!? Rachel thought. Why am I thinking about love? Ok...just concentrate on reality...
"So? Did you like it?" Gar asked her eagerly after he stopped cheering for himself. She shrugged.
"Didn't kill me. That's a good sign." She said. Gar smiled.
"So? Does that mean I win? I was right!" Gar said. "YES! You didn't die of boredom!"
"No you didn't win." Rachel said smartly. "It was 'Mega Monkeys Four' or something that I was supposed to play."
"Hey! But you didn't say that before!" Gar argued.
"So? You should've remembered."
"...you're good..." Gar mumbled. Rachel smiled a bit at the slight compliment and then got up.
"Ok, Gar, let's get back to History." she said.
"Do we have to?" Gar whined.
"Yes." Rachel said. She went over to the sofa and picked up the History Textbook while Gar, annoyed, followed her and sat on the sofa too. While Rachel was explaining some important topics in History Gar listened but looked down at his hands for some reason. Rachel noticed this so she asked:
"Everything alright?" she asked.
"Heh...yeah..." Gar said sheepishly. "It's just...I kinda wanted to ask you something."
"What is it?" Rachel asked.
"Well...you know that we...err..." Gar seemed to be struggling for words. Then, he gulped audibly and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Yes?" Rachel said impatiently.
"So you know we can't go to the dance? Well...if we do...can you be my...date?" Gar asked finally and Rachel stared at him. OH MY GOSH! He actually asked me! Gar asked me! To the dance! Kori was right! Ok...calm down...you don't want to explode like that when you talk to him...but this is so great...Rachel didn't realised he hadn't given him an answer which gave him the wrong impression.
"Oh...sorry, you already have a date." Gar said miserably. "It's that Goth Kid isn't it-"
"No!" Rachel said suddenly, a little louder than intended. "I mean...I'll love to go the dance with you."
"Really?" Gar perked up. "YES! I've got a date!" he punched his fist in the air. "Well...if I get to go to the dance anyway..."
"We'll figure out a way." Rachel reassured. She looked at the History Textbook, about to continue studying but then decided against it. She shut the book much to Gar's surprise.
"Let's stop early for today." She said which made Gar happier.
"Great! Hey Rachel, if you want you can stay for dinner." Gar offered. "We're about to eat anyway."
"I don't think you'll parents would-"
"They would! As long as your dad says yes." Gar said. Rachel thought about it. She knew there would be no need to ask. He'd probably at work anyway and if she did call him, he'll be busy.
"Don't worry about him. He's at work." Rachel said. "OK, I'll stay for dinner."
"Great! Oh, Rachel do you wanna vote?"
"For what?"
"For the Teen Titans Marathon thing!!!" Gar said excitedly. "Please? We need all the votes we can get!" Rachel rolled her eyes but it was only playful.
"Ok."
** ** ** ** **
Gar's Room...don't get any ideas!
"Teen Titans...rocks...dot...com..." Gar was typing in the address in the internet search box. He found the search results and clicked on the first link. When he did, the computer suddenly blared brightly and started playing the Teen Titans theme song on loud volume. Gar had squint and cover his eyes as did Rachel.
"That's really bright," Rachel said. "What stupid people made this website? People are going to have seizures at this rate." Gar shrugged.
"Oh well...it's stopped anyway. Ok...where's that poll..." Gar scanned the colourful website. It had pictures of the Teen Titans all over the screen. There wasn't a square millimetre of space where a Teen Titan wasn't covering up. Rachel had to admit, the website was slightly creeping her out because she was practically looking at herself. It was very weird that her twin had purple hair like her. Not many people these days had purple hair, or green hair, so it was a really big coincidence. Rachel stopped wondering about this when Gar found the poll.
"Found it! Right...do you like teen titans?" Gar read off the screen. There were five options: NO!! I HATE IT!!!!!!!, No not really, I don't know, Yes of course and YES!!!!!! TEEN TITANS RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Which one?" Gar questioned Rachel.
"...I don't mind. Aren't we just voting once?" Rachel asked him.
"Nope! We're both voting."
"The computer won't accept two votes from the same computer." Rachel pointed out. Gar tapped his nose.
"Vic taught me how to do exactly that!" Gar exclaimed. "So? Which one?"
"Ok, ok...choose 'yes of course'." Rachel sighed.
"Wait! What about the other one?" Gar asked her.
"That option abuses the use of exclamation marks." Rachel quipped and Gar grinned. After choosing Rachel's option, he looked at the current results.
"Dude! Look! You're the only person not to choose the best option!" Gar said.
"I am?" Rachel looked at the results and was pretty shocked herself. There was a whole big area of yellow in the 'YES!!!!!! TEEN TITANS RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' option and a barely visible, sliver of yellow in the one underneath it. Rachel raised her eyebrows.
"Hmm. It is really popular."
"Time for my vote!" Gar said and started pressing lots of different key combinations with a thoughtful expression across his face. Like he was trying to remember what Vic told him, which probably was the reason he was so intently looking at the screen. Finally, it appeared to have worked when Gar voted again but with the best option.
"Right! Dude, I can't wait for the marathon next week!" Gar said and he put his feet on the table.
"So...should we just wait until dinner's ready?" Rachel asked him, ignoring the fact he had put his feet on an inappropriate surface.
"Yep." They were both silent after that. After a few minutes, the silence was getting to Gar so he spoke.
"So Rachel..." Rachel looked up. "Do...you...er...have you bought your...dress...yet?" Gar asked extremely nervously.
"Well, no because me and Kori left our dresses behind at the mall a couple of days ago." Rachel explained. "But Karen is happy enough to get new ones for us."
"Oh that's good...was it the time we had all those fans following us?" Gar asked her.
"Yes and I don't want to be reminded of it." She said.
"Gar! Dinner's ready!" Gar's mother called. Grateful for the timing, Rachel and Gar both went downstairs.
** ** ** ** **
"Karen, they are beautiful!" Kori gushed as Karen held up two expensive looking dresses, one long and green and one dark purple.
"Glad you like it girl!" Karen exclaimed. "I wanna ask you-do you recognise them?" Kori looked at her confused.
"Why would I?" she questioned.
"Just look at them." Kori obediently observed both dresses. The green one was an emerald green and had sequins in the shape of a large belt around the waist area. It was a spaghetti strap dress and it was very smooth, like silk. Karen also had bought emerald green high heels as well and decided that the heel would be small compared to the average high heel as...well...Kori was already taller than Richard and he'll feel pretty embarrassed if Kori was so much taller than him. The other one Karen was holding was a rich dark purple and was for Rachel to wear. In fact, in a certain type of lighting the purple could look dark blue. It was short sleeved and had a small V-neck. Ribbon traced the hem of the dress, the sleeves and the V-neck.
"Well...I do seem to remember them but I don't know why." Kori said.
"Because you bought them!" Karen exclaimed. Kori was very bewildered.
"What?"
"Well, remember when you went to the mall this week?"
Kori nodded.
"You bought dresses and then left them behind? Well, I asked the cashier in case she saw that bag and she did. I asked to see the dresses, not take them, and I got the exact same dresses you bought but a different colour. I thought emerald green and dark, dark purple would suit you guys more." Karen explained. Kori gave Karen a grateful hug.
"Oh thank you so much for buying these! All we need to do now is figure out a way to be able to go the dance..." Kori said thoughtfully when she had let go of Karen.
"Don't worry about that, girl! I, Toni, Jenn and Kole will think of something." Karen reassured.
"Well hopefully you will," Kori said, sighing. "Hey, have you seen Rachel around lately?" Just on cue, Rachel was walking along the corridor with her eyes locked on the floor. Kori was surprised with her behaviour as it almost seemed like she was embarrassed. But school hadn't even started officially for anything embarrassing to happen so why was she looking like that. Because of her curiosity, Kori held out her arm in front of Rachel before she could go any further and pass them.
"Hi, Kori," she said, a bit meekly.
"Is everything all right? You don't seem like yourself." Karen asked, concerned. Rachel nodded but unconvincingly.
"It's just that something really embarrassing happened yesterday when I was around Gar's house..." Rachel trailed off leaving Kori and Karen with slightly disturbing images in their mind.
"What happened?" Kori asked. "Tell us!"
"Ok fine I will...I was eating dinner around there because Gar invited me and do you know what Gar's dad said to me?" Rachel said.
"No, I wasn't there," Karen joked which received an annoyed glare from Rachel.
"What did he say?" Kori asked.
"He said that he was so 'proud that Gar finally had a girlfriend' and if we were doing anything 'special' up in his room because he couldn't hear us 'talking'." Rachel said. The other two girls were silent and glanced at each other before bursting out in laughter.
"Wow!" Kori laughed. "That must have been embarrassing! For all of you!"
"How did Gar react?" Karen asked, between giggles.
"It's not funny!" Rachel insisted. "I don't usually show emotion but right then I turned bright red I'm pretty sure you could've fried an egg!"
"Oh Rachel, we're just being a little silly," Kori said, ceasing her laughter. "So how did Gar react?"
"He told his dad to shut up and then he told him that I wasn't his girlfriend," Rachel answered.
"But you wished you were, right?"
"No, I don't!"
"Whatever you say...Gar's-soon-to-be-girlfriend," Karen added evilly. Rachel flushed.
"Anything else happen?" Kori asked her.
"...No..."
"Seems like you're hiding something,"
"It does?"
"Yes,"
"If you really want to know, Gar asked me to the dance and I said yes," Rachel said. She braced for more laughter but instead heard excited squeals which were in fact worse than laughter.
"Yes! I told you!" Kori said happily. "If you're wondering, Karen got you your dress."
"Really? Can I see it?" Rachel said, showing a bit more enthusiasm than the last time the word 'dress' was mentioned. But perhaps this was to avoid the subject of being mistaken for being Gar's girlfriend.
"Yep, here it is," Karen said, holding up the beautiful dress again.
"It's really nice," Rachel complimented. "Thanks."
"You're welcome! Here you are, you need to keep them," Karen put the two dresses in separate bags and handed it to them. After saying thanks, Rachel had to leave so she could tutor Gar for the morning session which Karen preferred to call 'study date', just to annoy Rachel.
** ** ** ** **
"That guy was just blubbing about the break up with his girlfriend for the entire football session! I mean really, that dude really should've got over her by now-Gar, are you even listening to me?" Vic looked (down) at Gar who didn't seem to be paying any attention to his best friend.
"Huh...err...what?" Gar said.
"What's wrong, man? You're not listening," Vic said. Then, he got a smirk over his face and said: "Something happen with Rachel?"
"No!" Gar said instantly. "I mean...yeah..."
"Really? C'mon man, spill!" Vic said.
"Well... you see...my dad thought Rachel was my...y'know...girlfriend..." Gar said sheepishly.
"Really!?" Vic said. "Man, that's gotta be embarrasin'. What happened next?"
"Well then my dad said if we were doing anything up in my bedroom because we weren't talking or anything," Gar continued. Vic burst out in hysterics.
"HAHAHAHAH!" he laughed. "That's priceless!"
"Dude! It's not that funny! I'm going to kill my dad for saying that," Gar said with venom.
"C'mon, you know you want that to be true, right?" Vic said sneakily.
"No."
"Fine, I'm not going to encourage you but we all know," Vic said. "So anything else happen between you and Rachel?"
"Well we voted for the Teen Titans marathon poll thingy," Gar answered. "And I...asked Rachel...to...the dance..."
"You did?" Richard said, overhearing the last part as he walked up to them.
"He did!" Vic said, nodding.
"Yes! High Five!" Richard said enthusiastically, holding up his hand playfully. Gar slapped it with in fact just the same amount of enthusiasm, despite he was annoyed moments before.
"So, we all asked our girlfriends or crushes out! We've all got dates," Vic said. "We're awesome, I mean we're like the first guys to get dates!"
"Yeah, the dance isn't till ages!" Gar agreed.
"Good to be ahead though," Richard pointed out. They continued talking and pestering Gar for what happened last night without noticing someone walking up to them.
"Oh? I see Garfield Logan has a date?" the Principal said suddenly which caught the three boys by surprise.
"Oh...err...hello Principal," Richard said uncomfortably.
"Hello Richard, Victor and Garfield. May I all see you in my office, now, please," the Principal said. Clueless about why the Principal wanted them, they followed him while feeling slightly anxious about what was going to happen to them. Was the Principal going to extend the time working at the Teen Titans Comic Con? Was he going to expel them for some weird reason? Actually, that wouldn't be as surprising as the Principal probably had brain damage.
The three of them followed the Principal like little kids and then the Principal passed Kori and Karen who were in deep conversation. Rachel was turning to leave until the Principal approached them. Unfortunately for them, the Principal 'accidentally' overheard their conversation.
"Dresses for the dance, eh? Kori Anders and Rachel Roth, follow me please to my office," the Principal said sternly and slightly embarrassed, Kori and Rachel followed the Principal leaving a confused Karen behind.
** ** ** ** **
This was the third time for Kori, Richard, Gar and Vic to be the Principal's office in one week. Where their parents going to find out? It was Rachel's second time but that wasn't exactly good either. They sat down nervously on the five seats already set out in front of the Principal's desk. The Principal himself sat down on the comfy chair behind the desk, clasped his hands together and faced the five.
"I'm guessing you're wondering why you're here again, aren't you?" the Principal asked them. No one moved.
"Don't worry, you're not in trouble," the Principal reassured and this made them relax slightly.
"Yesterday, the four of you were involved in the cat fight which interrupted the fantastic, money-making Comic Con," the Principal started and Kori blushed when she thought of the reason why that cat fight had began.
"And you were punished for it and part of that punishment was not to have the chance to go to the dance," the Principal continued. "So, I've decided that I'll let you go the dance."
"What!" Kori gasped a bit too enthusiastically. "Thank you so much!"
"Dude! Yes!" Gar cheered and smiled at Rachel who smiled back.
"But..." the Principal suddenly said and this made the happiness pause. "You will be answering fan-mail every Saturday morning for three hours at school."
Darn.
"What!" Kori shrieked, a little too loudly.
"Dude! No!" Gar whined.
"Stupid Principal..." Richard mumbled very, very quietly. He was so annoyed by the news that he was even willing to talk about the Principal rudely in his vicinity.
"You will come into school at 7:30am and leave at 10:30am," the Principal said.
"Excuse me Principal," Rachel said, trying to stay tactful. "Am I still included in this punishment?"
"Of course!" the Principal snapped. "Why else would you be here?"
The bell rang, signalling the start of classes.
"Now of you go and don't be late," the Principal reminded them. In silence, each of them left with a desire to murder the Principal.
** ** ** ** **
"So now we have to answer fan-mail!" Gar exclaimed to the rest of his friends.
"That sucks," Roy said.
"I am so annoyed with the stupid Principal," Richard said. "I want to stick pins in his eyes."
"You can," Roy said, matter-of-factly. Richard raised his eyebrows.
"Err...I know I can but then I'll first be expelled from the school and then probably be arrested for killing the Principal," Richard said.
"No, no not literally," Roy said quickly. "Thought it would be fun...anyway, all you have to do is make a wax model of the Principal's face and then stick pins in it!"
"Of course, that's so easy because I go to 'Making wax-models class' every Tuesday," Richard said sarcastically.
"Really!?" a girl squealed behind Richard. "Oh my gosh guys, Robin is going to 'Making wax-models class'!" Her bunch of friends squealed with excitement while Richard pretended not to hear. But Kori did.
"I didn't think there was a wax-model making class," Kori said, surprised. Karen shrugged.
"Me either. But this school has everything, I guess," Karen said.
"Yeah, like fake Teen Titans," Richard mumbled.
"Speaking of Teen Titans, did you guys vote on the poll?" Gar asked everyone.
"No I forgot," Garth said. "But it confuses me why you like Teen Titans because that's the reason you have to answer fan mail and do the Comic Con."
"Dude, it's that good," Gar said.
"Toni, Jenn, Kole have you got your dresses for the dance yet?" Karen asked her two friends. Toni nodded.
"Yeah, I have! It's amazing," Toni nodded.
"Have you?" Jenn asked Karen.
"Yes, and I got Kori's and Rachel's too," Karen said. "What about you Kole?" Kole shook her head.
"No, I haven't yet since no one's asked me to the dance," Kole said, with a hint of disappointment in her voice.
"Joseph? You haven't asked her yet?" Karen asked Joseph incredulously. Joseph blushed and looked down at his feet.
"It's kind of hard to ask a girl to a dance when you can't speak," Wally pointed out.
"But he can use sign language!" Karen retorted.
"Don't pressure Joseph to ask anyone out!" Kole said. "He might not even want to go to the dance."
"C'mon Kole, we all know you want Joseph to ask you out," Jenn said. Kole blushed.
"What about you and Wally?" Kole retorted.
"He's already asked me out," Jenn said.
"What? Really?" Kole gasped.
"Yep," Wally said, nodding.
"Well y'all, it looks like we have to go," Vic groaned.
"To what?" Wally asked him, confused.
"The pointless Comic Con thing," Rachel said to Wally.
"But I didn't even start on my lunch!" Gar exclaimed.
"Just have a big meal tonight then," Vic told him.
"Looks like I have to go to," Jenn sighed. "Bye guys." After a few 'bye's, the six of them left the cafeteria with empty stomachs.
** ** ** ** **
While the six of them walked, Gar, Richard and Vic started talking about ways they could kill the Principal without getting caught. Rachel found it quite amusing but didn't participate. Kori and Jenn started talking about the upcoming dance. While they were in deep conversation, Rachel noticed a door saying: "Write your Fan Mail here!" Suspicious, Rachel walked over to the door and peered in through the window. There were countless people in the room and some were writing furiously, some were waiting in line to deposit a letter in a huge bin (though, it wasn't for throwing away) and some were just waiting for their friends.
"Rachel?" Kori called. "What are you doing?"
"Come here," Rachel beckoned the other five to come over. They obediently did and then also peered through the window as Rachel had been doing that.
"Do you think this is where they write letters for us?" Richard asked. Jenn also looked through the window and inspected the amount of letters piled up.
"That's a lot of letters...I'm so glad I'm not answering them for you!" Jenn said, relieved. The other five glared at her.
"That didn't really help, did it?" Jenn said sheepishly.
"Dude...this is totally unfair! Does the Principal hate us or something?" Gar complained. "Right Vic, I think we should add snakes to the fifty feet deep ditch."
"Oh...it won't be that bad, would it?" Kori said hopefully, trying to be a little optimistic. "Just a bit of reading."
"Yeah, but I don't get to have a lie-in!" Richard pointed out. "Come on, let's just leave or we'll be late."
"And the Principal would probably make our lives worse," Gar added. Then they all fell silent.
"Vic...what time is it?" Jenn asked cautiously.
"How about I just say we have forty-seven seconds left to get there?" Vic said.
"Then what are we standing around here for!?" Gar said frantically. "RUN!"
Did you guys like it? I've got a few more ideas for this story but unfortunately, it would come to an end. Give me any constructive criticism because nobody's perfect (stupid song's in my head now...no offence if you like Hannah Montana). Please, please review! I like to know how you feel about my story! I get hits but not many people review! It's really annoying! And you know who you are who don't review!