Wow! Are you guys lucky or what? I'm bored and feeling creative so you get another chapter a lot sooner than you would normally.

Ravyn Izou: Yeah, I can understand that.

Kraven the hunter: Me too! It's one of my favorite lines ever!

Here's the fic!

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"I'm still lost back at the 'they're my friends part'" Beast Boy said.

"Okay, let's try this from the part that's relevant to you," Lee said, taking a deep breath and shifting into her storytelling mode, "We've been friends with Deirdre for a very long time. One day, not too long after our adventure-"

"What adventure?" Cyborg asked.

April smiled, "Maybe we'll explain later. Right now, it isn't important."

"What do you mean?" Fiona cut in, "It's a huge part of the story!"

"But if we tell it, it'll take forever, and you don't need to know that part for it to make sense," Will said in an unusually calm voice.

"IF I may continue?" Lee broke in.

"Sure, go ahead" Ericka smiled.

"Thank you," she continued, "Anyways, one morning Deirdre had just disappeared. After a week we realized this wasn't just one of her I-am- going-to-wander-off-alone-because-I-am-antisocial things. With some kind of a flash of insight, Fiona suggested we check to see if she had been at the spaceport."

"I was right too," Fiona broke in, "The ticket master remembered her. Not many people go through there, and he has a good memory for faces."

"I'm actually surprised, Deirdre, you could do a much better job at hiding your tracks than that." Ericka added.

"I had my reasons for everything I did," she said.

"But anyway," Lee kept going as if they hadn't been talking, "We're here for two reasons: One, to find out why Deirdre left in the first place, and two, to try to get her to come back."

"Which I don't think we're going to do, but it's worth a shot," Will said.

"And I don't intend to tell, either," Raven said and left the room.

"Has Raven always acted as she does now?" Starfire asked.

"Yeah, pretty much," April smiled, "but I can normally get her to show some kind of emotion when I'm joking around."

"That's because your jokes normally involve putting dead bugs in someone's shampoo," Ericka grimaced.

April thought for a moment, "Actually, I've never done that. But it's a good idea."

"Oh, no," Ericka moaned looking pleadingly at her friends.

"Don't ask us for help," Fiona said, "You signed the April clause. Anyone who puts an idea in April's head must help her until it reaches fruition or she loses interest."

Ericka muttered several rude words under her breath.

"But anyway, my point is that she never ignores me," April continued.

"Yeah, like she would ignore the person who dyed Pitch urp," Ericka said.

"What's urp?" Robin asked.

"A really ugly color," Lee said, "Think of a mix of pink and purple in the worst possible way."

"Okay," Robin said.

"Now add lime green,"

"urp...," Robin looked more than slightly sickened.

"It got its name because that was the only thing anybody could say after seeing it." Fiona finished.

Lee looked at her watch, "We really ought to be going soon. The hotel will kick us out if we don't say we want the room for another night."

"Why not stay here?" Raven had reentered the room, "You're my friends, you can fight, you'll have to stay in the general area anyway, and we have spare rooms. That has stay here written all over it."

"In big urp permanent marker," April grinned evilly.

"I don't see why not," Lee smiled, "and you'd better not try it if you want to live, April."

"Second death threat today. Not bad at all."

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"Good morning!" Lee had a grin on her face from ear to ear, "I woke up early so I made breakfast. You like pancakes?"

"How can you be so cheerful this early in the morning with no caffeine?" Ericka asked trying to stifle a huge yawn.

"It's a gift. Morning, Deirdre. Here," she handed her a cup.

Raven looked at her oddly.

"It's herbal tea. I know you, remember?"

Raven nodded, "Thank you, Lee"

"You're welcome! Anyone else want pancakes?"

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Second chapter done! Next one will have some of those warm, squishy feelings. Like road kill in July. Eeewww...

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