A/N: So did you like? I typed the last uhh paragraph or so in about 5 minutes 0o; Grounded so called...right now I'm sneaking on because my parents aren't home and I'm getting picked up to go to the mall soon. So uh thought I'd use the bit of alone time to sneak on ; They really are idiots if they think they can leave me home alone and just say "Don't get on the computer" and I won't. PSSSSSSSH! Heh, anyway, continue reading and review! (it'd be nice if people would suggest my story to their friends ) This chapter's gonna be LOOOOOOOONG!
Daughter of Evil
Chapter 8: A Better Titan
Christine gasped and looked into Beast Boy's eyes.
"You really mean that?" she asked. He nodded, but suddenly the door was flung open and everyone came inside.
"Yeah, I finally got me a meat lovers pizza without Beast Boy nagging for tofu!" Cyborg exclaimed. Beast Boy half smiled.
"As soon as I'm out of this bed I'm going to get you for that," he said. Everyone laughed, and later that evening the doctor ran a few tests on Beast Boy.
"Visitor hours are over, you can come back tomorrow at the same time," the doctor said. Everyone nodded, said goodbye to Beast Boy, and left. Christine was the last one to exit the room. She glanced over her shoulder and smiled at Beast Boy before closing the door.
Beast Boy watched them go and looked at the ceiling. He couldn't believe he had just told Christine he loved her.
'Well it is true,' his mind told him. 'I've already decided I don't love Terra, even though I did like her. I guess she's just a little too clingy and not everything I'm looking for. I just hope Terra doesn't find out until we get back to the tower and I can break up with her.' Thinking about Christine made him smile, but he worried about her.How could she possibly blame herself for what happened to him? It was Slade's fault for actually stabbing him. Beast Boy was roused from his thoughts by the doctor telling him that things were looking better than he had expected, and that Beast Boy was lucky the wound hadn't been a few inches over and a few centimeters deeper or it would've pierced some vital organs. Beast Boy sighed in relief that he'd finally get to go home.
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Terra was the most lively person on the way to the hotel diner that night.
"I'm so excited, he gets to come home soon, and I was so worried about him, and-"
"Terra, shut up and sit down," Raven said, motioning to the only table available for a party of their size. Christine nudged Starfire, who was sitting beside her, and glanced over at Raven and Cyborg. The two of them were sitting very close together, and everytime their hands or elbows bumped, they'd blush and look down or to the side. Starfire stifled a giggle and Christine grinned evilly.
"We'll be right back," Christine said, grabbing hold of Starfire and dragging her into the women's restroom. When they got there, Starfire started giggling loudly.
"Shhh, Starfire! This is perfect," Christine said quietly. "It's so obvious they like each other!" Starfire nodded.
"I agree. We should get them.....together, as you say, as Robin and I are," Starfire said, smiling fondly at the thought of Robin. Christine smiled.
"And guess what? You can't tell anyone this, especially Terra," Christine said. Starfire looked at her quizzically and nodded.
"Beast Boy told me he loved me!" Christine said finally. Starfire gasped and squealed, then hugged Christine in such a manner you'd think she'd inflated like a ballon.
"Oh this is marvelous!" Starfire said. Christine gasped for air and Starfire finally released her. Christine took in a large amount of air and smiled.
"I'm going to become a better Titan and make sure nothing like this ever happens again," Christine said as they walked out of the bathroom.
"How?" Starfire asked.
"Well, I really need help controlling my emotions so I can control my powers better, so I'm going to ask Raven for help with that, and I can't do any kind of flips or anything, so it's hard for me to dodge attacks besides running, dodging, and jumping. I need to be able to do flips and such. So I'm asking Robin for help with that. This way, I can become a better Titan," Christine said. Starfire smiled cheerfully, but didn't say anything because they reached the table.
"Geez, you guys were gone a while," Cyborg said. "What do girls do in the bathroom anyway?" All the girls, even Raven, giggled and snickered.
"You don't want to know. Anyway, I'm getting the buffet!" Christine said, standing up quickly. She hurried to the buffet, grabbed a plate, and started heaping food on it. She noticed Raven a little behind her and slowed down a little. Eventually, Raven caught up with her.
"Hey Raven..." Christine in a somewhat sing song voice. Raven raised an eyebrow.
"What?"
"Hmmm, nothing I was just wondering....do you..have a thing for Cyborg?" Christine said this last part quietly. Raven blushed furiously and Christine heard a light bulb pop somewhere in the distance and a few people scream.
"No, no I don't!" she hissed, continuing to get her food.
"I think you do," Christine said, smirking still.
"Yeah well what about you and Beast Boy? I saw that look he gave you when he was kissing Terra," Raven said with a smirk. Christine blushed.
"I'll admit I lo-LIKE him a whole lot. So why don't you fess up?" Christine said. Raven sighed and shook her head.
"Okay, fine, I do. But you can't tell-"
"Oh wonderful! I'll get you two hooked up!" Christine said. Raven looked shocked and horrified.
"No, no no!! He doesn't like me!" she hissed as they got their drinks and returned to the table.
"Au contraire, mon ami," Christine said, nodding in Cyborg's direction ever so slightly as he sat down beside Raven. Raven blushed and smiled slightly. She mouthed the words 'Sure' at Christine,who just smiled and started eating.
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Raven couldn't help but think slightly happy thoughts as she ate.
'Maybe Christine is right. I haven't had a romance for years, maybe this will be a nice turn around,' she thought, eating her food quietly. Everyone else was talking about how they were going to get back to America, thinking that flying was way too much of a "roughing it" experience.
"Why don't we take a boat?" Robin said.
"I say we take an airplane. They're a lot nicer and I've always wanted to fly on one," Christine said.
"But they're more expensive," Terra said.
"Hardly, and besides, I get seasick way to easily," Christine said. Cyborg and Starfire nodded.
"So an airplane it is!" Terra said.
"I'll buy the tickets," Cyborg said, opening a window on the small computer in his arm. After typing in a few things and everyone had finished eating, he announced he'd gotten tickets for a flight to America the next day.
"How do we know Beast Boy will be out of the hospital by then?" Terra asked. Cyborg shrugged.
"If he's not we'll have to beg the doctors to let him out. I can be persuasive," he said, grinning slyly.
"Cyborg, we have to leave him in there as long as the doctors need. We want him to get better," Robin said. Raven looked over at Cyborg and found herself wondering how she could be attracted to someone so different from herself....
"RAVEN!" Raven jumped.
"What?" she said in annoyance. Everyone was staring at her weirdly.
"You were kinda staring off into space and we had asked you what you thought about flying in an airplane," Robin said.
"Oh. I don't really care. As long as we get home soon," she said. Everyone shrugged and starting chatting again.
'I have to watch myself,' Raven thought.
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The next morning went pretty much the same as the day before, except Beast Boy wasn't asleep when they went to see him.
"Hey guys! The doctor says I can be released today!" Beast Boy said, grinning at them.
"That's great, because we got a flight back to the States scheduled for 7:30 tonight," Cyborg said. Beast Boy nodded and glanced quickly and Christine.
"That's awesome. I can finally be home in my own comfy bed," he said. The doctor came in and had them sign release forms. He ran a few more tests on Beast Boy, and finally, at 12:00, they released him. Beast Boy got changed and leaped out of the bathroom cheerfully.
"FREEEEEEEEEEEDOM!" he yelled. Christine and Terra slapped a hand over his mouth and giggled.
"SHH we're in a hospital you dork!" Terra said. Beast Boy grinned stupidly.
"Sorry!"
"We're going back to the hotel to pack up our stuff and get ready to go," Raven said, rolling her eyes slightly.
"Okay, I'll go with," Beast Boy said.
"Of course you will, what, were we supposed to leave you here?" Terra said. Beast Boy laughed and shrugged.
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Everyone picked up their bags. They had all dressed down in casual clothes again. Starfire was wearing a purple baby t-shirt and jeans with flipflops (which she bought at the 'foreign mall of shopping'), Terra was wearing a short sleeved grey shirt and capris with the shoes she normally wore, Raven was wearing a dark blue shirt and jeans with her regular boots and her cape (it actually looked good), and Christine was wearing a white wide sleeve tank top and jeans with black converses (she was the only girl wearing real jewlery; she had on earrings that looked like zippers). Robin was wearing a black shirt and slightly baggy jeans and Beast Boy was also wearing a black shirt but with slightly baggy khaki pants. They actually looked quite normal. Thanks to Starfire insisting on "washing her hair again to rid it of Earth germs", they arrived at the airport at 6:45. They stood in a lot of lines to get scanned and have their tickets checked, etc, and they had just gotten through the last line and to the gate when they called for their flight to board. Breathing a sigh of relief, they walked to the plane. At the hotel they had drawn numbers to decide who sat with whom and what seat they got (there was four seats per row with an aisle in between, so two people sat together). It was Raven/Cyborg and Starfire/Robin, then behind them Christine/Beast Boy and Terra sat alone. (A/N:Go on, shout out me for making couples, I don't care! BAH!) Raven sat by the window, staring intently out of it at the runway, trying not to make eye contact with Cyborg (who was staring at the trays that you could flip up and down and set drinks and food on). Starfire and Robin were holding hands and Robin was trying to explain why mustard isn't a drink to Starfire, drawing illustrations in the window next to him. Christine and Beast Boy were fiddling with their clothes and (in Christine's case) hair, because they couldn't very well talk about what happened at the hospital with Terra in the aisle seat next to Beast Boy. As the flight began to take off, a rather attractive young man looking somewhat lost asked Terra if he could sit with her, and she moved to the window seat, allowing the young man (who introduced himself as Chad) to take the aisle seat.
"Please fasten your seatbelts. We will begin flight shortly," a stewardess said.
"Is there an inflight movie?" Beast Boy asked Christine. Christine shrugged.
"I dunno, are we flying first class? If not, then most likely not," she answered, trying not to loose herself in his eyes. She tapped Cyborg on the head and asked him if they were first class.
"Yeah, I think so. What, does Beast Boy want an inflight movie or something? There's a screen right up there," he said, pointing in front of them.
"Not like I can see over your big head," Beast Boy said.
"Boy you wanna start something?" Cyborg said, turning around in his seat.
"Cyborg, sit down, the plane's moving," Raven said, snatching him down by the arm. Christine giggled and her bag fell on her head. She noticed that it had had a black aura around it.
"Thanks Raven," she muttered, rubbing her head and putting her bag under her seat.
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"So mustard is a condiment for certain foods?" Starfire asked. Robin nodded, smiling in relief.
"Yes, Starfire, it is NOT a drink," he said, erasing his pictures off the window and staring out of it as the plane picked up speed and they were off into the sky.
"Oh, wow, the clouds are so gorgeous!" Starfire said, leaning over Robin to look out the window.
"Do you just want to trade seats?" he asked, pressing himself back against the seat so she could look. She smiled and nodded vigorously. They quickly unbuckled and switched seats, then re buckled. Starfire had her face pressed against the window.
"I did not know clouds could form such interesting shapes!" Starfire said. Robin laughed.
"Then we'll have to lay outside one day and watch the clouds go by," he said. Starfire smiled and pulled away from the window.
"We have had quite an adventure, Robin," she said, leaning her head against his shoulder. Robin blushed and put his arm around her.
"Yeah, we have." Silence.
"Robin?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you," Starfire said, nuzzling her head against his shoulder. He smiled and blushed, holding her close.
"I love you too," he said. They both started watching the inflight movie, holding hands, and eventually fell asleep in each other's arms.
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Raven was reading one of her favorite books.
"Doesn't that give you a headache?" Cyborg asked.
"Nope," Raven said.
"Oh. I get headaches if I try to read or anything in moving vehicles," he said. 'Come on man, say something smooth," he thought.
"Yeah, some people do," she said. There was an awkward silence.
"Are you going to watch the inflight movie?" he asked, motioning towards the screen where beginning credits were rolling for some action movie.
"Probably not," she said, continuing to read. 'I'm sure he's going to think its lovely your practically ignoring him,' Raven thought, forcing any emotions down so as not to blow the plane up.
"Oh, well, I hear it's a good one," he said. They were silent for a minute. Raven put her book away and leaned against the seat. Cyborg looked over at her and noticed her hand lying on the arm rest.
'Should I or shouldn't I?' he thought to himself. It took him a good ten minutes of deciding before he finally decided that you only live once, so he gently placed his much larger hand over her small one. Raven's eyes shot open and she looked over at him.
'Supress emotion, Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos,' she muttered in her brain. She didn't pull her hand away. Cyborg smiled and sighed inwardly in relief. Raven positioned her hand to where they were holding hands instead of one hand on top of the other.
"Hey Christine," Raven said, nodding at her. Christine looked up, looked down, and grinned widely.
"AWWWWWW MAN I KNEW IT!" she said, a little too loudly. Cyborg and Raven's eyes got really big and they blushed. Raven glared at Christine, but a smiled played at her lips. Everyone in the few aisles around them were staring, especially Robin, Starfire, Terra, and Beast Boy.
"Yeah, Cyborg FINALLY got a girl," Beast Boy said, grinning.
"Shut up you little grass stain," Cyborg said halfheartedly. Beast Boy laughed and leaned back against his seat. Raven smiled to herself and leaned against Cyborg.
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Terra frowned when she sat down by herself on the plane.
'It's not fair, there's gotta be something going on with Beast Boy and Christine! I swear, it's like he only wants to be around her. Maybe I'm just paranoid or something,' Terra thought. Suddenly a young guy walked up.
"Hey, do you mind if I sit with you?" he asked. He had dark black hair that fell in front of his brown eyes, he was tall, and he had a tan complexion. Terra smiled.
'I guess I should be planning to find a new boyfriend sometime in the near future,' she thought bitterly. "Sure, you can sit here," she said. She scooted to the window seat and he took the aisle seat.
"So what's your name? Mine's Chad," he said.
"Cool, my name's Terra," Terra replied.
"Where are you from?" he asked, sliding his bag under his seat.
"I'm from the States. I'm part of the Teen Titans, and we were here on a mission," she said, smiling proudly.
"Oh, that's great, I've heard of you guys! I live in Jump City too!" he said. Terra gasped and smiled even more widely.
"Awesome! I've never seen you around there before!" she said.
"Yeah, I tend to just wander around everywhere, though generally I stay in Jump City. Sometimes I venture to Gotham," Chad said, brushing his hair out of his eyes. Terra and Chad continued talking about the wonders and sights of Jump City and about life as a Teen Titan when Terra noticed Cyborg take Raven's hand-but Raven didn't pull away. She continued talking to Chad, but she was thinking to herself, too.
'Awww, it's about time they found love, even if they are total opposites. I just wish this Chad guy was a Teen Titan. He is awesome! Though I do still love Beast Boy so much, he seems to not love me back,' Terra thought, looking over at Christine and Beast Boy. 'Oh well. Maybe I'll get over it.'
"Do you want to go to the back of the plane? I heard they've got a different movie that's way better than this one playing," Chad said, rousing Terra from her thoughts. She looked up at the action movie playing and decided she didn't really like it.
"Okay," she said, standing up and going with Chad to the back.
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The movie began to start, and Christine and Beast Boy saw Robin and Starfire snuggling down together. Christine longed to be able to do that with Beast Boy, but with Terra around, that wasn't possible. Then she heard Raven call her name. She looked over and saw them holding hands.
"AWWWWW MAN I KNEW IT!" she yelled. Beast Boy jumped and stared at her, and Raven and Cyborg tensed up and their eyes got huge. Robin and Starfire glanced over and a few neighboring people did too. Beast Boy laughed.
"Yeah, Cyborg FINALLY got a girl!" he taunted.
"Shut up you little grass stain," Cyborg said, though he didn't sound too threatening. Beast Boy laughed and leaned against his seat. The movie was starting, but neither of them really felt like watching it. Christine noticed Terra and Chad get up, and she and Beast Boy exchanged a look. When she was sure Terra wasn't looking, Christine pushed the arm rest up and leaned against Beast Boy's shoulder.
"I'm really sorry for everything my dad did," she said softly. Beast Boy put his arm around her waist.
"Stop apologizing already, it's not your fault!" he said.
"Are you really gonna break up with her?" Christine asked. Beast Boy sighed.
"Yeah, I am," he said. Christine sighed happily.
"As mean as this sounds, great," she said. Beast Boy shook her gently. She looked up at him.
"Hey now, we don't want another apprentice of Slade just because someone couldn't hold her tongue," Beast Boy joked. Christine giggled.
"Yeah, whatever." She snuggled closer to him and eventually fell asleep. Beast Boy looked down at her and smiled to himself. He was so happy that he could finally be with someone that he could say 'I love you' to and really mean it. He tried to watch the movie, but it was very boring, so eventually he fell asleep with his head resting on top of Christine's.
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Hours later, everyone began to stir. They were a little more than halfway there. Christine looked out the window; it was about 2:30 and it was pitch black. Her position had changed since she fell asleep; her feet were in the seat under the window, her back was against Beast Boy, and he was tilted towards her more, so her back was on his chest. His arms were wrapped around her stomach. She sighed and felt her ears pop.
"Ouch," she muttered. She heard Beast Boy yawn, and she almost fell over when he moved.
"Oops, sorry about that," Beast Boy said, grinning sheepishly at her.
"Yeah, you better be, I was comfy," she said, also stretching. The movie had ended a while ago. Raven was just waking up, and Starfire and Robin were still pretty much entangled, still asleep. Cyborg yawned and woke up too. Raven lifted her head from his shoulder and looked around. Terra was still in the back with Chad.
"We will be landing at about 4:00 A.M., Eastern Time," the stewardess said. Christine groaned.
"We still have about two hours left," she said. Beast Boy nodded. Christine sat upright quickly because Terra and Chad emerged from the back.
"Great movie, great food," Terra was saying.
"Yeah," Chad said. A stewadess came around and was handing out food and such. Christine snacked on the salty peanuts and looked out at the clouds. The next few hours were very boring indeed. Raven read her book, Cyborg watched Raven, Robin gave Starfire more grammar lessons, Beast Boy was writing something, Christine wrote in her journal (which Beast Boy stole at one point and attempted to read, but Christine knocked him into the aisle and got the journal back), and Terra and Chad continued their talk from earlier. Finally, finally, after so many boring and trying hours, they landed.
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"HOME! AT LAST! OH SWEET TOWER I SHALL NEVER MOCK YOUR NON-WORKING APPLIANCES AND ANNOYING OCCUPANTS AGAIN!" Christine yelled upon entering the Tower.
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Beast Boy asked. Christine shrugged innocently.
"I dunno, you tell me." She stuck her tongue out at him and laughed. Everyone else did, too (except Raven of course).
"Okay, well, I think we should all unpack now," Raven said. Everyone agreed and seperated to their rooms.
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Christine sighed happily as she entered her room, so glad that her captivity was over, that she was home.....and that she was finally about to be dating Beast Boy. She wondered when he would break up with Terra. She finished putting away her things and decided now would be the best time to seek Raven and Robin's assitance in her "become a better Titan" idea. She went to Raven's room first.
"Hey Raven, it's Christine, can I come in?" she asked.
"Sure," came the reply. She opened the door and walked in. Raven was leaning over her nightstand, replacing a mirror.
"I need your help," Christine said. Raven looked at her curiously.
"With what?"
"Well, I really need to learn how to control my emotions, because they show through my eyes-"
"Like now, your eyes are hazel, which means 'normal' or 'happy," Raven said.
"Yes, exactly, well, sometimes I don't want everyone to know what I'm feeling, so I was wondering if you would help me, show me how to meditate and keep my emotions under control," Christine said.
"Okay, sure. Tomorrow, come by my room at six," Raven said.
"Thanks," Christine said, turning and leaving. She walked into the hallway and started off towards Robin's room. When she got there, she knocked and asked to come in. She entered and smiled.
"Hey Robin," she said.
"Hey Christine, what do you need?" he asked.
"Well uh, I was wondering, could you help to...I dunno, become a better fighter. I can't do flips or anything, and I think that if I could I could stop myself and others from getting hurt easier," she said. Robin looked at her.
"This is about Beast Boy getting stabbed, isn't it?" he asked.
"Not entirely. I want to stop my dad from doing anything like this again," she said. Robin smiled.
"Well okay then. Stop by tomorrow at eight and we can start then. And uh, I suggest you wear a long shirt," he said, blushing slightly.
"Heh, I will," Christine said, turning and leaving.
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The next day at six, Christine entered Raven's room in a towering temper. First, Cyborg had played a "practical joke" on her and this time, instead of putting her bra in the freezer, he put a tampon in and labeled it "CHRISTINES TAMPON" in big, black letters, and of course, Beast Boy had found it. Christine had beaten Cyborg mercilessly and Raven had to hold her back. Second, she had lost her favorite pen and couldn't write in her journal. Third, Beast Boy still hadn't broken up with Terra and had actually let her kiss him.
"Hey Raven," Christine said, her eyes penetrating the darkness of the room with bright red.
"Come on, let's meditate. Now, you have to remember, stay calm, and don't let what people do get to you. They are all senseless beings," Raven said, smiling slightly. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos," she muttered. Christine followed her lead.
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos." She let go of everything that had been done to her that day, and she felt calmer, more peaceful. The only interruption was Beast Boy barging in looking for the remote. He caused Christine to fall out of the air and onto Raven's bed.
"Could you please knock, we're trying to meditate," Christine said, calming herself. "Oh, by the way, are my eyes hazel or green?" she asked.
"Hazel," said a very confused Beast Boy.
"YES! I DID IT! I DIDN'T LET PEOPLE'S STUPID THINGS GET TO ME!" she said, hugging the still meditating Raven, who fell out of the air. "Heh, oops," she said. Beast Boy left, shaking his head in wonder. At eight, Christine thanked Raven and left to go see Robin. She stopped at her room to change into a shirt that went to about where a pair of regular shorts would end.
"Hey Christine," Robin said as she entered his room. "Okay, first of all, can you do a back bend?" Christine blushed.
"Eh.....a what???" Robin laughed.
"Watch." Still standing, Robin bent all the way backwards and touched the floor with his hands. Christine stared.
"Wow," she said.
"Now you try. I'm going to support your back," he said. He placed his hands near the middle of her back, and she fell back, bending her back upwards.
"Agh!" she said, not quite able to reach the ground.
"Arch your back upwards," Robin said. Christine found it much easier to touch the ground that way.
"Good, now stand up," Robin said. She did so, with a little difficulty.
"Did I do good?" she asked, pulling down her shirt, which had come up to her waist line.
"Yeah, for a first timer, you did pretty good. Let's try it again," he said, putting his hands back in place. They did this a few more times until Christine could do it easily. 30 minutes into their lesson, Christine stood up easily.
"I think I got it!" she said, grinning.
"Good, now this time I'm going to take my hands away," Robin said. Christine did the back bend easily.
"Did you take your hands away yet?" she asked. She felt him take his hands away, and she stayed bent.
"Good job!" Robin said. "Now stand up. Pull yourself forward." Christine found this a little difficult, but managed to do it.
"Wow, that was pretty cool," she said. Robin nodded. They did this again many times until, 40 minutes later, she could do it by herself. She stood up from her first by-herself-back bend and grinned happily.
"YES YES YES! I FINALLY DID IT!" she said, hugging Robin. "Thanks so much!" Robin grinned.
"You're welcome," he said. "Tomorrow we can try a cartwheel." Christine blinked and laughed.
"Good luck getting my legs off the ground," she said with a laugh. Robin laughed, too, and said goodnight. Christine walked out, feeling extremely happy.
'I'm finally going to be a better Titan!'
A/N: So was it good? I got zipper earrings at the mall today, they ROCK! lol anyway please review and I hope this chapter was long enough o.o;