The next day, Rachel woke up. She checked her calendar on her way down. Her eyes widened at the date.
'November 3rd,' she thought. 'Oh God…'
"Is Victor driving you to school again today honey?" Rachel's mom, Angela, asked. Rachel nodded in her haste and ran outside to where Victor was waiting with his 'baby.'
"Hey Rach!" Gar grinned as Rachel closed the door. No answer. "Rach? Yoo-hoo?' he waved his hand in front of her face. "Earth to Rachel."
"What?" she snapped. Gar was taken aback.
"Geez. Don't need to be so crabby." he eyed her. "I was just trying to start a conversation."
"Well, I'm ending it." Rachel huffed before turning back to the window and gazing out as Vic drove (with his 'grandmother' next to him of course.)
"Hey Kori, do you know what's wrong with Rachel?" Gar asked once they had gotten to school. Kori looked over Gar's shoulder to see Rachel growl at a few seniors and watched them jump out of the way.
"No." Kori replied, turning her attention back to Gar who sighed.
"She's been kinda crabby and snippy and stuff….more than usual." he told her. "And I wanna know!" Kori put her hand on his shoulder.
"Do not worry friend. We will find out what is bothering Rachel." she reassured him.
Gar quickly spread the word to his friends and soon they were wondering what was bothering Rachel.
"I don't remember her being so….bitter." Dick recalled to Roy in science class. "Only once a year, every year, today."
"You don't suppose something bad happened, do you?" Dick shrugged.
"I don't know…"
"…That's odd." Toni replied when Jen told her in the hallway. "Only once a year, every year, today?" Jen nodded.
"That's what Dick, Kori, Gar and Victor said. But since I've only know Rachel for a couple months, I can't be one to judge." Toni nodded.
"I see…"
"…So do you have any idea why Rachel's acting his way?" Garth shook his head.
"I haven't known her for very long." he replied. Wally narrowed his eyes.
"Jen said that it was once a year, every year, today." he said. Garth shrugged.
"I don't know what to tell you."
"…something weird is going on with Rachel…" caught Kitten attention. She was in gym class and she overheard Kori and Xavier talking about Rachel.
"Once a year, every year, today?" Xavier asked. Kori nodded as they ran laps.
"I do not understand. What sort of event would cause Rachel's strange behavior?" Kitten smirked as she ran past them.
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd say it was her birthday." she called over her shoulder. Kori stopped running.
"What's wrong cutie?" Xavier asked, as he stopped.
"That is it! Rachel is distressed because it is her day of birth!" Kori exclaimed. Xavier raised an eyebrow.
"Why? If it was my birthday, I'd be bragging about it on no end." Kori shrugged.
"I do not know. But I think, for once, that Kitten might be correct…"
"Her birthday?" Kori sighed. Dick had given her the same response as Xavier. "That would explain the 'once a year, every year, today' pattern…" Kori snapped her fingers.
"Ah ha! Another reason why it might be Rachel's day of birth!" she beamed. "Your day of birth is once a year, ever year and on the same day! Dick! It has to be Rachel's birthday!"
"Her birthday?!" Kory groaned. Wally, Jen, Toni, Jade and Garth the same response that she got from Dick and Xavier. "Yes." then Kori explained her birthday theory.
"I think she's right." Toni told them.
"Me to." Jade agreed. "I don't know what else would explain it."
"I see your point…" Garth told her. "But what if we're wrong?"
"How did you get this 'birthday' thing in the first place?" Jen asked, crossing her arms.
"Oh. I didn't-Kitten did."
"WHAT?!" the five of them were in shock.
"Kitten?! That prep who dates Fang and still flirts with Dick?" Wally asked in disbelief. Kori nodded.
"Yes. She suggested it in gym glass."
"If you say so." Toni shrugged.
A/n: Anyone know when Raven's birhtday really is? Gah. Too many break lines...