Chapter 2:

Since first meeting the Titans, and incidentally saving them, he had been thinking about whether he should look for them or whether they were looking for him. He found himself wishing that at least Raven would look for him. He did save her and he did find her...interesting.

It was a Friday night and he decided to head out and have some fun. He pulled on some jeans and a T-shirt he made himself. It had the letters "FNG" in block letters on the front. He looked in the mirror to see a kid of 16 with hazel eyes and short dark brown hair looking back at him. He had an attractive face. He had been told he was photogenic. He usually hurt the person who said so. He grabbed his wallet and his staff, which morphed into a spiked bracelet around his left wrist. He grabbed his black zip up hoodie and walked out of his room.

That night, Seth was at the city's teen center shooting some pool for cash. He was known as a bit of a hustler. And it was the only way he could make money. He couldn't get a job because he would have to disappear too much.

Meanwhile at the Tower, the Titans couldn't decide what to do on Friday night. They wanted to do something new so they decided to try going to the new Jump City Teen Center...

After arriving at the Teen Center, all the people there greeted them happily. It so happened that some local bands were putting on a show and there had been a good turn out. The show was to take place in the spacious game room, where Seth was hustling some kids.

When the Titans walked in Seth looked up at them from across the room. He was surprised on the inside but did not show it. All the Titans were there. Robin in shorts and a red and yellow shirt. Beast Boy in cargo pants and a button down shirt, which was open to reveal a shirt that said, "Save a cow, Eat Tofu". Cyborg was there in a blue and silver sweatsuit. Makes sense, doesn't really want to attract attention. Starfire in a skirt that could be considered a piece of cloth around her waist, and a tight fitting shirt. Terra was there in PJ pants and a shirt that said "Love me or Get Hurt". And lastly was Raven in black pants and a dark blue shirt.

This was all a quick process to Seth who was used to observing details extremely quickly. He went back to his game of 9-ball. It was a race to 5 and it as his last turn. He broke and sent three balls into the pockets. He then worked his way around the table pocketing every ball. After sinking the 7-ball, the cue ball ended up behind the 9-ball. The only problem was that the 8-ball was behind the 9-ball. Seth decided to make a jump hot over the nine and pocket the 8-ball. He lined up his shot and with a hop the cue ball went over the nine and sunk the eight. This earned some whistles from the onlookers and a grunt from his opponent. He had 20 bucks riding on this game.

"9-ball corner pocket," Seth said. He pocketed the 9-ball and looked at his opponent expectantly. The teen just reached into his wallet and threw a 20 dollar bill on the table.

"Pleasure playing you," Seth said with a grin. He looked up to find that all the Titans had been watching him. Starfire and Terra giggled when he smiled at them.

"Where'd you learn to play like that man?" asked Beast Boy.

"Um....I don't know," Seth said with a small laugh, "I grew up loving to shoot pool."

"How'd you like to take me on?" asked Robin. He had a competitive smile on his face.

Seth grinned and said, "My pleasure, how much you want to put down?"

"What?"

"Cash, we play for cash around here. I do anyway."

Robin paused and looked at the Titans, they all told him to get on with it.

"Fine, $25 sound good?"

"Sounds perfect, race to 5," replied Seth.

They went at it for about a half hour. Seth however came out on top, beating Robin 5-4. Robin wasn't too happy as his teammates, more specifically Cyborg and Beast Boy, teased him. Robin slapped the money down on the table.

"What's your name?" asked Robin.

Seth grinned. One of the bands he had come to see was up onstage and had started to play. "I guess you can find out another time," he said. He then walked off towards the stage.

Raven smiled then started to follow him after the other Titans had began to mingle.