Chapter 11

"Okay guys, two more things…One, nothing inappropriate. Bruce and I will get in trouble. If that happens, you'll answer to us. How does three hours of training sessions starting at three in the morning for three weeks sound?" There was a simultaneous shudder through out the limo.

Cyborg smirked and raised an eyebrow. "Shouldn't we be telling you that…?" He glanced at Starfire with a suggestive look. "Can we trust you to behave yourself…?"

Starfire's face turned slightly pink, still remembering her conversation with Raven. Robin kept his cool. "Are you implying something?" He opened his jacket and fingered the contracted bo staff hidden inside.

"Um…n-n-no, n-not at a-all!"

"That's what I thought."

Robin sighed and looked at his gold watch before continuing. "Next thing: BB, what's your name?"

"Beast Boy, duh!" he exclaimed knocking on his head.

"Not what I meant."

That made him think. "Oh!" He looked around, willing someone to throw him a clue. "Garry? Galen? Garrison? Garland? Garron-?"

"It's Garf-"

"Garfield! THAT"S IT! I REMEMBERED!"

"Boo yah!" Cyborg exclaimed, punching the air.

"It's really not that hard…" Bruce Wayne said, exasperated.

"Okay, now that that's settled, let's go!" Beast Boy yelled.

They stepped out of the limo in front of Wayne Manor. Only to be swarmed with reporters.

"Mr. Wayne, who are these teens that you invited as 'guests of honor'?"

"Mr. Wayne, is it true you know the Teen Titans from Jump City?"

The Titans looked over to Bruce who just shrugged turned back to the reporters. "It's best to wait until they run put of steam." The others nodded and

"Mr. Wayne, that looks a lot like Richard Grayson…"

"Is it really him?"

"Where has he been for so long?"

"Who are the others?"

Bruce Wayne held up his hand. "Yes, it is my foster son. He was gone because of an illness. He then started training martial arts again with me, but fell ill yet again. After I sent him away to a small town to rest and recover." Wow, Robin thought. He's a damn good liar. The reporters ran over to him. Oh, great…

"Are you better?"

"Who are the others?"

"Are you here to stay?" The questions were never ending. They came one after another, leaving him no time to reply. Eventually he snapped. "Enough!" One reporter raised his hand. Robin sighed. This was better, I guess…Besides, there's no use getting mad at them. That'll encourage them to pry more. "Okay, you first," he said, pointing to a reporter who raised his hand first.

"Who are they?"

"I met them at the town I was at. We became really close friends and I brought them back with me. Next."

A woman reporter caught Robin and Starfire's closeness and intertwined fingers. "How close friends exactly," she asked, looking pointedly at Starfire. "Are you going out?"

Robin looked at Starfire for help, who simply stepped forward and said, "Yes."

That brought a whole new round of questions screamed out by reporters. One glare from Robin fixed that. He nodded to the closest reporter.

"Where did you meet?"

"At the town I was staying in. She helped take care of me after she found out how sick I was." He avoided too much detail.

"And the others?"

"We met all at the same time actually. At first we got on each other's nerves and drove each other insane, but we were stuck with each other if we wanted to survive."

"What do you mean?"

Damn, I slipped, he thought. "Um…there was an earthquake and we were stuck in a collapsing building. We were there for a few days and relied on each other. Soon we became really good friends."

Bruce looked over and gave a nod of approval, which translated into: nice lie.

Starfire continued. "I had nowhere to go and neither did the others, so we kind of just stuck together. When Dick was going to leave, I followed him to the airport to beg him not to go…"

Robin finished for her. "Instead, I asked her to come with me."

Cyborg grinned. "Then we showed up and said there was no way in hell we were letting him leave without us."

The five friends grinned at each other. Even Raven, which was beyond strange. It was sort of the truth. It wasn't really lying; they just sort of stretched the truth and manipulated it to fit their needs. It was a skill Robin quickly picked up from living with Bruce and dealing with reporters. Always start with a small inkling of truth. Don't make it seem so far out there.

They managed to escape the reporters and ran through the gate to the Wayne Manor, before having it shut tight.

"Wow," was all Beast Boy could say.

Raven and Starfire rolled their eyes, the latter giggling. They were used to the big palaces and stuff from their own home. Of course, this wasn't a palace, but it was big enough to be one.

The Titans looked around, while Robin simply said, "Home."

Man, this place is huge!" Cyborg exclaimed.