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Authors' Note- Sorry for the cliff-hanger! But we need a good sag way into this next chapter not to mention a way to avoid a super lengthy chapter later on.

Teen Titan's- Battle of the Bands

Chapter 14

Explanations Or…The Shit Hath Hit the Fan!

The practice might as well have been for nothing! Everyone was so high strung, that they kept arguing over small stuff and to make matters worse, now that they were trying to do this without Roy the questions that had somehow managed to get lost in the craziness earlier had risen again and this time since Richard was actually present he knew there was no way he could avoid giving his band-mates the answer that they deserved.

Vic was hollering at Garth about something that Richard was having a hard time following. "Phewoit!" Richard whistled to get their attention. They all looked at him surprised.

"Alright, do you all want to know what happened last night and why neither… well, at least, why I never came back or not?" Richard inquired.

His band-mates now all eyed him curiously. Taking their silence as a "yes" Richard continued. "Last night, as you all know Roy and I had a fight, well, after that fight lets just say when next I found him we had an even bigger fight …."

After Richard had filled them in on the date, and how he had caught Roy, literally with his pants down, he waited disconcertedly for their responses.

"Why…Roy…I-I can't believe it" marveled Vic in disbelief. He had known Roy almost as long as Richard had, and would have never seen this coming in a thousand years!

"Why would he do something like that?" Joe chimed in. He too was in a state of bewilderment. True, I hadn't known Roy as well or as long as the others but still I never would have thought him capable of such disreputable behavior. Sure, Roy could be a jackass but a rapist? Ok, so more like an attempted Rapist? Whatever! He mentally shook himself from his thoughts long enough to get his answer.

Garth was now looking down at the ground shamefully as he interjected "Ughh.. Guys I…I-sort of have a confession." Garth began.

"You have been doing drugs?!" Vic screamed instantly assuming a parental or more like older brother type role. "I can't believe this! Shit!" he swore. "And you not only gave him it! But you practically sent him out like that to do...to do God knows what to Kori! Garth HOW COULD YOU BE SO BRAINLESS!" Vic hollered.

"Vic calm down" Richard interpolated, putting a hand on his friends shoulder and giving Garth a sympathetic look.

"Yes, it was stupid of Garth to give it to him, but it was Roy who took them and Roy who acted as such not, Garth." Richard tried to calm Vic with the only thing he knew he would listen to, pure logic and reasoning. "And besides," he added with a somewhat harder look on his face in Garth's direction "I'm sure he feels bad enough already."

Garth nodded knowing exactly what Richard was trying to convey, which was that even though Garth wasn't entirely to blame he wasn't entirely innocent either and that though Richard may be defending him, he would still have to do a lot to earn his band-mates full pardon.

With everything and nothing settled all at the same time the boys tried again to practice but despite everything sounding alright they found their hearts were just not in it so, the boys decided to all disperse and try and relieve the tension, each in their own way. Richard went to write, while Vic needed to see Bee and Garth and Joe stayed with their instruments, playing small intervals of certain music for the other to guess, their own invention, a sort of name that tune if you will.

Authors' Note (continued): We do apologize for the way these chapters are turning out. We have had some flow trouble. We are kind of hoping it will work itself out now. Lol, anyway again hope you all are liking this fic in spite of this little miff. We had to get some filler-ness so we can get to the stuff we really want to happen. We hope you understand and bear with us. Thanks,

-Beastboy4pres052 & Nightwing's Gurl 2023