Author's Note: So…you all have probably noticed my extended absence. Let me tell you one thing in my attempt to create an excuse for my leaving. College. Is. Hard. That said, and with nothing else to say at the moment, on with the story.

Disclaimer: it's not mine, blah blah blah. It belongs to several companies, blah blah blah…

The Call

Continuity: After Season 5

It was movie night, once again. Everyone on the team was huddled up on the vast couch in the Common Room. Robin was at one end, with Starfire cuddled up next to him and an arm resting on her shoulders. Cyborg was sitting next to them with his feet kicked up on the coffee table in front of him. Beside the half-robot was Beast Boy, trying to inconspicuously wrap one finger around Raven's nearby pinky and failing miserably. Raven was at the far end of the couch, smiling and blushing slightly at the green finger brushing her own. She had her hood up, of course.

The group had been so enthralled with the movie they were watching and the voice that was singing, that they hardly noticed that the credits had been rolling for some time. It was only when the song ended and switched to another tune that Cyborg snapped out of the reverie and took the DVD out of the player.

For a moment, everyone was silent. Still too captivated to speak, the metal Titan put in the next movie. Even then, however, it wasn't until the first scene of the new movie ended that the group was able to once again focus on what was happening.

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With the fifth and final movie over, everyone stood up all at once and stretched in their own way. Robin rolled his shoulders stiffly, Starfire cracked her neck, Cyborg stretched out his arms, Raven pushed lightly on her back, and Beast Boy morphed into a cat and stretched out as far as he could. With everyone once again mobile, they said their goodnights and headed to their rooms.

It was only a few minutes after entering his own room that Beast Boy heard the voice. It was singing the song that played during the ending credits of the first movie they had seen, the one that had them all hypnotized. Curious, the changeling crept out of his room and followed the sound. It led him straight to Raven's door. All the more interested, Beast Boy placed his ear against the slate of metal, listening carefully to see if it really was Raven singing.

The song had not lied. Inside, he could hear Raven's distinct voice singing "The Call" quietly. If her voice had just been a few notes higher, he might have mistaken it for Regina Spektor herself. Sighing softly, Beast Boy listened to Raven contentedly.

When the song reached the line "it's just a feeling and no one knows yet", Beast Boy found himself humming. So did Raven, apparently, for as soon as he stopped, so did she. Wide eyed, the green Titan began to sneak away from the door. The sound of it sliding open made him flinch, and he turned slowly to face what was sure to be an angry half-demon. But rather than meeting four eyes, like he had expected, only two violet ones beamed at him.

"But just because they can't feel it too," Raven sung carefully, almost at a whisper. Beast Boy thought he could see a smile on her face, but he wasn't quite sure.

"Doesn't mean that you have to forget." The changeling completed the line for her, internally wincing at how terribly his voice sounded compared to hers. But Raven either didn't notice or didn't care, for she kept singing.

"Let your memories grow stronger and stronger," And all at once, Beast Boy found them singing together, their voices mingling to create a perfect, neutral pitch.

"'Til they're before your eyes. You'll come back when they call you. No need to say goodbye. You'll come back when they call you. No need to say goodbye."

Raven blushed a bit, clutching her shoulder lightly in embarrassment.

"I knew you liked that movie." Beast Boy said with a proud smile.

The Game: Part 4

Continuity: Anytime

The Titans walked gaily across the mall, all of them engaged in their own conversations. Robin was teaching Starfire the idea of a credit card ("so you can buy one piece of plastic with this piece of plastic?"), Cyborg and Beast Boy were discussing the brilliance and complete magnificence of Mega Monkeys 3: Gorillas Unleashed, and Raven was quietly sneaking her way into both conversations.

Yes, all was right with the world. Heavy on the "was". For as Cyborg continued his long and passionate monologue of the graphics, Beast Boy stepped in and claimed that he had just lost The Game.

At first, Cyborg didn't seem to notice his friend had spoken. But it was Raven who spoke next that got his attention.

"I lost The Game." She claimed, bemused.

The metal Titan paused for a moment, looked at her, and said rather loudly: "Damnit Raven, you made me lose The Game."

"I lost The Game!" Robin screamed, making a rather unhappy gesture with his clenched fist.

"I lost The Game as well, friends." Starfire sighed.

"Shit, I lost The Game!" A voice nearby added to the string.

"Crap, Cary. You made me lose The Game!" Yet another voice cried out.

"Damn, not The Game! I lost The Game!"

With wide eyes, the Titans watched as, person by person, the entire mall filled with voices saying they had lost The Game. With a somewhat shaking tone, Cyborg leaned in close to Beast Boy.

"And I thought the father of three losing The Game was scary."

G-Strap

Continuity: After Season 5

Four voices floated blissfully on the midnight breeze, that of which carried their soft comments much farther than any daylight wind could. The couples talked happily, albeit shyly. But it was to be expected on a first date.

As the pairs walked into the light of a street lamp, the ladies proposed they rest on a bench for a moment. They had been walking for at least a mile, and though they were not tired, they wanted to just pause and look at the darkness rather than through it. The boys readily agreed, acting as perfect gentlemen and being open to any request their women asked.

The four sat on a nearby bench. It was rather old and seemed to be in poor condition, but it held the four of them nicely and so they dare not walk farther for a better seat.

"It is a wonderful night, Robin." Starfire sighed contentedly, leaning into his shoulder. The hem of her pink skirt had rested on his thigh, but he didn't seem to mind. Rather than brush it off of his leg, he fingered it for a moment before covering her shoulders with his arm.

"It is wonderful." He agreed full-heartedly. He thought any night she was next to him was a wonderful night, but this one was exceptional. It was a perfect 70 degrees outside, without a cloud in the sky. Cyborg had dumped the couples far enough out of town that the city lights didn't block out the stars. Robin couldn't say he had seen so many stars, not since his parents died, anyway.

"Are you cold?" Beast Boy looked to his date calmly, a touch of honest concern in his eyes.

"I'm fine. Thank you for asking." Raven replied softly, fiddling a bit with the necklace her boyfriend had bought her earlier that day.

"Friends! Look!" Starfire's excited voice broke the gentleness of the moment, but once the three had laid eyes on what she saw, they didn't care much.

Not twenty yards away, staring at them with bold eyes, was a doe and her two fawns. The fawns still had their bright spots, which seemed to glow in the moonlight. The doe's ears flicked backward a bit as a buck marched proudly out of the nearby thicket. Beast Boy hurriedly counted his points. There were ten in all.

He will make a hunter one amazing trophy. The changeling thought sadly. The idea made his ears droop a bit, but one touch of Raven's hand brought his joy back.

"Let's head back, guys," Robin said, stifling a yawn. "It's starting to get late."

"Don't you mean early?" Beast Boy said with a chuckle as he checked his watch. He showed Robin the time, laughing some more as the Boy Wonder's face exploded with surprise.

"How did it get so late? I didn't think it was past eleven o'clock, let alone midnight!"

The four quickly stood up, Beast Boy barely noticing as his belt caught on one of the broken boards of the bench. Hand in hand the couples walked, going several steps without any incident. They walked quietly, hoping not to frighten the deer behind them. However, they had gone no more than ten yards when Beast Boy realized he was missing something.

Well, he didn't realize so much as he was shown.

With a small whisping sound, the green Titan felt a sudden, unwanted breeze. His eyes grew wide, and his face turned red as he realized just why his legs had gotten so cold so quickly.

"Um…Beast Boy?" Robin held back a laugh, but only for so long. "Since when do you wear a thong?!"

Beast Boy could only stutter as he fumbled to pull his pants up. But God help him, they wouldn't go! It was as though he was trying to pull on spandex after taking a shower. It just didn't work.

"Robin, is that not what one calls a 'speedo'?" Starfire asked shyly. A quick, stunned glance from Robin silently told her she should have mentioned earlier that she knew what one was.

"Dude! It's not a 'speedo', and it sure as hell isn't a 'thong!' It's a G-Strap!" The changeling screamed as he finally managed to yank his pants back up to his waist.

Robin burst out laughing, almost at a female-scream-octave. Starfire joined in the mirth, though she didn't quite understand what was so funny.

"Hey, what's up? It gives me support!" Beast Boy retaliated.

With sudden terror and humiliation, the young man realized his date had not spoken since he had dropped his pants. He turned slowly to face the girl beside him, meeting eyes equally embarrassed as his own.

"Do you…do you t-think you could wear just that on our next date?" She said quietly, apparently in the hopes no one would hear her.

Beast Boy stared at her silently for a moment, before finally coming up with a response that wouldn't be too immature.

"We could go swimming next time?"

Spoon

Continuity: Anytime after "Alice the Camel"

"I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts, de dilly dee. There they are a-standing in a-row. Bum, bum, bum. Big ones, small ones, some as big as your-"

"Do not finish that song, Beast Boy!" Raven's voice screamed at him.

"But Rae, it's a good song!" The changeling smirked at her. "Fine, I'll sing a different song."

"Oh no…"

"ALICE THE CAMEL HAD TEN HUMPS! ALICE THE CAMEL HAD TEN HUMPS! ALICE THE CAMEL HAD TEN HUMPS! SO GO ALICE-"

"Beast Boy, don't sing that!" Robin yelled at the performer.

The green Titan turned to the Boy Wonder, who was currently cooking up what appeared to be Chinese food. "Awwuh, come on, Robin. You know you loved listening to Starfire and me sing that song."

"Yeah, and I certainly enjoyed explaining it to her as well." Robin groaned sarcastically.

"Fine then, be that way."

Beast Boy huffed and plopped on the couch. His leg twitched with pent-up energy, but to please his friends, he kept still. He pouted, sure, but he sat as quietly as he could. After several minutes of silence, Beast Boy had just about had it. It was at that precise moment that Cyborg chose to walk into the Common Room.

"CYBORG!" The shortest Titan screamed. He leapt to his feet and rushed to his metal friend, practically bouncing all the way. "You have no idea how bored I am!"

"Beast Boy, you are such a spaz. I don't see how you couldn't be bored." Cyborg laughed at him.

"Dude, I am not a spoon!" The changeling protested.

Raven looked up from the book she had been reading. "He said a 'spaz', not a 'spoon'. How can you possibly mix those two up?"

"He didn't say spaz! Did you, Cyborg?"

"Yeah, little buddy. I did."

Flicker

Continuity: Anytime

Beast Boy sat at his laptop, scrolling down the page and clicking on the "Review This Story/Chapter" link. He smirked as he typed his review. How could he not, when the story had been about him? As he corrected some of the finer points (he so wasn't having a fling with Pantha), the lights flickered and his screen brightened then dimmed back down.

"What was that all about?" He asked no one in particular, seeing as how no one in particular was standing around him.

There had been a wind-storm buffeting the Tower all day, and as Beast Boy walked down the hall to find one of his friends, he swore the Tower had swayed a bit. Looking out one of the many windows cautiously, he made his way into the Common Room. There, he noticed Raven reading a book and Cyborg messing with the iPod he had gotten for Christmas.

"Hey, did the lights just flicker?" Beast Boy asked, this time directing the question to someone in particular. "Cyborg? Did they?"

"Beast Boy," Rather than Cyborg answering him, it was Raven's voice who piped up. "It is the middle of the day. It is bright outside, and your room has several windows. Why do you even have the lights on?"

Adam the iPod

Continuity: Before "Flicker"

"Merry Christmas, guys!" Beast Boy shouted as he burst through the doors of the Common Room.

He glanced around the large area, making note of what and who was in their proper place. The Christmas tree was in place, all eleven feet of it. The presents were under said evergreen, all wrapped and donned with bows and "To/From" stickers. Raven was sitting in her chair looking like she was reading a book. But Beast Boy knew better. As he glanced at her, he saw her eyes travel slowly to face the pile of gifts, then shoot back to look at her book once more. Starfire and Robin were on the couch sitting next to but not quite with each other.

"Merry Christmas, friend!" Starfire returned the greeting gleefully.

"Good morning, Beast Boy. You're up early." Robin commented with a smile.

"Dude, it's Christmas. Who isn't up early? Well, besides Cyborg. Where is he, anyway?"

"Behind you." A voice whispered into the changeling's ear.

"Holy shi-crap!" Beast Boy screamed with a jump.

"Why'd you cut that word off?" Cyborg asked him, smirking.

"How many times do I need to say this? It is Christmas. You can't cuss on Christmas." The green Titan crossed his arms over his chest in defiance.

Cyborg shrugged and walked past his friend, sitting down on the far end of the couch. Beast Boy moved to take his place on the floor, but paused in midair. He spotted something bright and squishy under the tree, and he had to check it out. Pulling the object out, he squealed with joy, if such a boy can squeal.

"Who got me the bean bag chair?!" He exclaimed, moving the red blob over to his favorite spot on the floor and sitting down in it.

"You're welcome, Beast Boy." Raven said softly behind her book. "I got tired of seeing you sitting on the floor while the rest of us had seats."

"Awwuh, thanks Raven." He smiled, resisting the urge to run to her, kiss her cheek, and flee the country in fear.

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An hour later, the Titans had almost finished opening their presents. There was just one left under the tree, which Beast Boy proudly carried to Cyborg. With a thankful smile, the metal teen tore into the wrapping paper and beamed at the box in his hand.

"Dude, you got me an iPod?" He asked, stunned.

"Yeah, and it was the last one in the store, too. You won't believe the story I'm going to tell you about it. Oh, and its name is Adam." Beast Boy smirked.

"Um…Adam…? Please tell me the story explains where the name came from."

"Sure does. So I was at the store, waiting in line to pay for the gifts I had gotten for you guys. There was this cute little kid behind me, and she tugged lightly on my shirt. I turned around, and she asked what I was buying. I showed her my stuff, and told her who they were for. The kid got this really contemplative look on her face, and took the iPod off of the top of the stack. She held it up for a moment, and said 'You should name it Adam', just as sweet as could be. She handed it back to me, and I promised her I would name it Adam. So…it's name is Adam now."

Explanations:

The Call: I am in a very strange mood. I watched "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" the other day with a friend of mine, and I am completely hooked on it. It was just the two of us that night, but at the end of the movie, both of us were too dazed and…I suppose…hypnotized to really move or notice it was over. And of course, later that night, we both found each other singing "The Call" by Regina Spektor later that night, I in a very off-key voice, he in his "William Beckett" quality voice.

The Game Part 4: Now this is a funny story. My fiancé Shauna and I were shopping for some Christmas presents last weekend, and we went to the mall. I told her that I lost The Game, then she said it a bit louder, then a group of teenagers screamed "we lost The Game" and then, before you knew it, the entire upper floor of the mall was losing The Game. Okay, maybe not the entire floor, but at least half of it. It was hilarious.

G-Strap: I am rather happy to say this experience was not my own. Duckypenga and his twin sister told me this story. According to the two of them, they had gone on a double date. Duckypenga had worn a cheap leather belt which subsequently snagged on a board when they sat on a park bench. His pants fell down, and while his face turned red with embarrassment, his girlfriend apparently asked him if he could wear only that on their dates from then on. Poor guy. And for those of you who are as big of fans of Whose Line Is It Anyway? as I am, yes. Wayne Brady did say the "it gives me support" line on one of the episodes. I loved that episode. It was hilarious.

Spoon: Okay, before I explain this, I have one question. Is it just me, or is "spoon" one of the weirdest words out there? Anyway, this didn't come out nearly as funny as I wanted it to. In fact, this probably didn't make much sense at all. But oh well, I tried. There is a story to this though, that may help it a bit. It happened between my sister and her friend Heather (yes, the one from the 2 stories in the previous chapter. They mess around a lot together). I didn't actually witness the event, but I had it described to me by both girls. So my sister had gone to Heather's house to play some new DDR game Heather had gotten. Katie, not surprisingly, got a bit too wild and "totally pwned the game", as Heather described it (which you just lost The Game). Once the game was over, Heather turned to my sister and said "Katie, you are such a spaz". Katie, in return, said "I am not a spoon!". Since then, both girls will randomly scream out "SPOONS!" for no reason. It's torture.

Flicker: This actually happened to me while I was writing this chapter of Muhaha. I had just finished up the Explanation for "Spoon" when the lights flickered because of a bad wind-storm we've been having. I left my room and found my roommate, who was on his laptop. I asked him if the lights just flickered, and he said to me what Raven said to Beast Boy. Yeah…embarrassing.

Adam the iPod: This didn't turn out quite as well as I would have liked, either. But, what are you going to do? This story, too, happened to my sister. Her friend (Heather) had promised her that, if she got a new iPod for Christmas, she would give Katie her old one because poor baby sister Katie didn't have an mp3 player. So, Heather got a purple iPod (which she named Gregory), and gave Katie her old iPod, as she promised. Heather told Katie it was named "Adam", a.k.a. "CheezIt". Since I was never told why it was named Adam, I made up the cute-little-kid story.