Ok, I have to go to camp the entire week after next week so I'll try to have at least two more chapters up by then. This chapter unparticular is mainly dialogue.
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Cyborg was trapped. He didn't know what to say. Was he going out with Carmen now?
"That's a stupid question. No, she only kissed me last night and we fell asleep on the couch, but we're not going out. Stupid Beast boy, asking questions I can't answer," His face turned red thinking about the night before. Beast boy noticed and smirked.
"Well, are you?" he asked. Cyborg remained silent. He couldn't give an answer because nothing had been made official between them. He'd like to say yes, but he didn't know. "Cyborg, you gonna answer or am I just gonna have to assume you are by the redness of you face?"
"I plead the 5th," Now he didn't have to say anything. Beast boy's jaw dropped.
"Hey that's not fair! But if you don't wanna say anything that means you are," Cyborg's face turned a deeper red.
"No it doesn't! It means I don't have to answer your stupid questions!"
"Don't have to or don't want to? Your face turned redder," BB countered.
"I don't wanna, and redder's not even a word!" Cyborg yelled.
"Well, why don't you wanna say anything?" Beast boy knew if he asked too many questions Cyborg would get confused and slip up.
"'Cuz I don't know!" There was an awkward silence among them. "Aw man, that was a bad move. (sigh) I give," Robin, Starfire, and Raven watched with anticipation. How could Cyborg not know if he was dating Carmen or not? It was a simple question.
"Dude, how can you not know? You either are or you're not," Beast boy was getting confused now. Cyborg gave up the fight. The whole thing was too complicated, and he was too embarrassed to explain it in front of all of them. Especially Starfire and Raven. He didn't know how the opposite gender thought. "Do you wanna go out with her?"
"Can save this conversation for later?" Cyborg begged. Everything was going the wrong way. He loved Carmen, but he didn't want to admit it in front of the others. Not just yet anyway. Raven noticed the tension and stood up.
"I need to mediate," she said. Starfire followed.
"Allow me to join you. Carmen will not be out for a while yet," They exited for the roof. Both Robin and Beast boy moved closer to Cyborg.
"Ok dude, they're gone. Back to the conversation. Do you want to go out with Carmen?" BB re-asked. Cyborg looked down at the table and fiddled his fingers. "'Cuz if you don't, I'll go out with her!" Wrong choice of words on BB's part. Cyborg glared at him. One thing you need to know about Cy: he's very protective of what's his. Especially Carmen. Even when they were just friends he'd knock out anyone's lights who dared to bother or hurt her.
"Do and die Beast boy," he threatened. BB threw his arms up in self-defense. Robin's eyes grew wide.
"Easy, I was just kidding. I wouldn't steal Carmen from you. I can already tell that you wanna go out with her," he admitted. Cyborg's jaw dropped.
"Then why were you asking me!?!"
"I just wanted to hear it from you," Beast boy smiled. Robin felt he needed to join in the conversation now that Beast boy was pretty much done.
"Does she know you like her?" he asked. Cyborg sighed. Now, Robin was going to bug him about this.
"Yeah." He had to be careful with these kinds of questions. No one needed to assume the wrong thing.
"Does she like you?" Robin asked.
"Yeah, she told me she did four years ago before she 'disappeared'," Cyborg explained. He wouldn't go into details of what happened. Besides, Carmen asked him to forget about that…last night. Cyborg's face began to turn noticeably red.
"You OK?" Robin asked. Cyborg was too lost in thought to listen. All he could focus on was Carmen. He had seen a different side of her the night before. She had never been one to be so intense. Carmen preferred to be calm and quiet most of the time. Cyborg bit his bottom lip as the butterflies came back, and he was only remembering.
"I wonder…what she thought. Is she thinking about all that too?" He glanced over to the bathroom door.
Behind it, Carmen was leaning against the wall in a bathrobe waiting for her clothes to dry. Playing memorized songs in her head she started to wonder. Were they really going out? Victor could be very predictable, but last night she hadn't expected for him to kiss her back. It made her blush thinking about it. She felt like they were flying away where no one was around. Just the two of them among the clouds in the wide open sky. In perfect bliss where they could enjoy each other's company with out interruption. But that was only wishful thinking. That couldn't keep one from dreaming though. They had actually experienced paradise like that. Back in the index when they listened to the music box. Carmen held onto her shoulders. She was so happy at that moment. He said that she was the most cherished gift he had.
"Perhaps paradise isn't just a dream."
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This didn't turn out very well so feel free to flame if you want. I really liked the last chapter though…R&R