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Let Me Dream: Part Fifteen - Yearbook
The next day, Robin was not feeling up to school. He told his mother that he was not well and he spent the day in his room, listening to music and playing video games. He honestly thought that he would be happier alone, by himself, but he wasn't. The hours crept by slowly until Robin was sure he would be happy to just see the day end. He was definately going to school the next day. Staying home wasn't helping anything but avoiding the problem. He was never going to get Starfire if he kept avoiding her and Slade.
Robin was relieved when it was finally Friday. As he had expected, Slade was waiting for him when he got to school. He looked angry, and impatient. Robin noted that he seemed a bit anxious, perhaps even worried.
"Robin? What is your issue? You flip out, and run off, leaving me looking all over for you? I call your house and your Mom says you are sick! Then you won't see anybody?" Robin closed his eyes and sighed.
"I'm sorry."
"Yeah well," Slade stood back looking a bit uncomfortable. "It was a real pissy thing to do." Robin nodded as he tried to think of a way to close this discussion and make it seem as though everything was ok with them. It wasn't, and Robin was sure now that it never would be. He had to act like it was though. He gritted his teeth. He knew if he fought openly with Slade it would anger Starfire. He would then have no chance to win her heart from the villian that stood in front of him now.
"I am still a little mixed up. Everything is weird to me. I shouldn't have done that. I'm really sorry." Robin nearly jumped as Slade hooked his arm in his and sleered him towards their Science class. In truth he was half expecting Slade to hit him.
"It's alright man. I know that everything has been messed up for you, that's why we are going out tonight."
"We are?" Robin blinked, marvelling to himself about Slade's drastic jump in moods. He wondered how much of what he did was an act and how much of it was the real thing.
"Of course we are, we'll take the girls. It'll rock, just wait."
"The girls?" Robin asked hoping that Slade wasn't planning anything stupid.
"Yes! Kory and Raven. Hello? Is there anyone in there? Which girls would I be talking about. There isn't anyone else...for the moment." Slade grinned, deeply amused by the confused look on Robin's face.
"Where are we going?" Robin sighed imagining everything from a bank robbery to random vandalism.
"We're going to play pool. Come on Rob, new's flash! It is Friday. Teens like us do things on Friday, I'm sure it is a law or something." Robin thought about it for a moment.
"You will bring Star, er I mean Kory?"
"Yes man, of course. I'll bring Kory and meet you and Raven at your house. Say around.. 8:00?"
"I will go." Robin's heart beat wildly in his chest, just thinking about seeing Starfire that night.
"No." Raven stated sulking on the lawn outside the school.
"Please Raven. This is a chance to get close to her and you know it. I need you there though."
"I don't do pool." Raven's voice was flat and even as she denied him again.
"I'll do whatever you want. I'll owe you a favor! You can even pick where we go the next time we go out! Just, would you please do this." Raven smirked at the thought.
"Anything?"
"Yes. Anything."
"Fine. Don't you forget our deal boy wonder." Robin nodded.
"Great! Thanks. Be at my house before 8:00." Raven groaned but did not change her mind.
School was thankfully uneventful with Robin acting as sullen and withdrawn as always. Slade had even left Raven alone in History. Robin hurried home as fast as he could. He ate quickly and got ready for that night. Thoughts of Starfire haunted him as he sat in his room and waited. He wondered idly if he had any pictures of her in his room. He walked over to his closet and switched on the overhead light. His eyes rested on a small box tucked in the corner of his top shelf. He reached up and pulled it down. Lifting up the cover he found a lacross jersey neatly folded inside. Once he pulled that out he found a hardcover book. On the cover were the words, Jump City High, Yearbook, 2002-2003.
"Great! This should work!" He said out loud to himself as he put the box back and book in hand, walked over to his bed. He flipped open the cover to find that there were no signatures on the inside cover. He turned the book over and found that the back page was also bare. He thought it was odd, but was more interested in finding a picture of Star, than he was in figuring out why no one signed his yearbook. He flipped through the book, growing increasingly angered as he did so. There were comments next to almost every picture in it. It traded off from one set of handwriting to another. One of them was Slade's, the thing that really threw him the most was that the majority of the comments were written in his own handwriting. Reading some of them he found that all of the comments were rude and insulting. He found Slade's picture. He had written the word CRIMINAL next to it. He flipped through to his own picture and found the word APPRENTICE written over his face in Slade's handwriting.He felt a knot form in his stomach as he flipped through the book backwards until he came to the page with Raven's picture on it. Her eyes had been painted in with a red marker and vampire fangs had been drawn on her face. Both boys had written things around her. Robin had written EVIL WITCH, DUMB UGLY HO, and DEVIL GIRL. Slade had written EVIL IS YUMMY. Robin stared at his own handwriting, willing it to change. No matter how hard he tried though it remained as it was. He was scared to find Starfire's picture, but fear in the end is what drove him to search for it. It was bad enough that he had written those things about Raven, if he had written anything bad about Star he wasn't sure what he'd do. When he found her picture though, the first thing he noticed with relief was that he had written nothing near it. The second thing he noticed was that Slade had. EASY AND GOOD. It stated. Robin threw the book away from him in rage. He tried to convince himself that he was purely angry with Slade, when in fact he was more furious with himself.
"WHAT TYPE OF A PERSON WAS I?!" He snarled out in frustration and shame.
"A bad one." A calm flat voice said from behind him. Robin spun around to find Raven standing in his open doorway. "Your mother let me in. I thought I'd use the door this time." Raven stated in explanation of her appearance. Robin's face flushed in obvious shame.
"I didn't know you were here."
"It's eight."
"Look Raven, I'm.." Robin struggled to think of a way to apologize for everything, to explain it somehow.
"Forget about it. I told you, that wasn't you. This is you." Robin nodding, still feeling awful for what he had done, even if he couldn't remember doing it. "Hey Robin, this is touching and all, but we need to go. Slade and Kory were pulling up as I got here." Robin nodded, pulling himself together. He reined his emotions in and focused on the task at hand, getting Starfire away from Slade.
Robin walked downstairs with Raven just behind him. They reached the landing just in time for Slade to knock on the door.
"Mom, I'm going out!" Robin shouted and ushered Raven out the door, closing it behind them before his mother could react. Robin met Slade's eyes squarely, he briefly entertained the idea of breaking him into a couple of pieces before pushing the thought aside.
"Let's go." Slade grinned and ran in front of them to open the back door for Robin and Raven. Once everyone was settled inside he pulled away from the curb quickly, his tires squealing on the asphalt. Starfire was already in the front seat and she turned around to smile at Robin.
"How Glorious! I am glad to find you are feeling well. I was worried and missed you. Things are good now though for we are all on a date!" Robin blinked.
"A date?" Star giggled.
"Uh, Kory. You are mistaken. This is not a date." Raven intoned quietly. Star giggled again.
"Sure it isn't!" She turned around and smiled at Slade. Robin scowled and sat back in his seat. Now what was he supposed to do? How could he convince her that it was her that he wanted? Slade played with the dials on the radio trying to find a suitable station before getting frustrated and giving up. Star happily jumped back and forth between talking to Robin and Slade. Raven sat next to him quietly, not bothering to pay attention to what was going on in the car as she looked out the window and sang quietly to herself. Robin tried to figure out what it was she was saying when he caught onto a piece of it.
"Babble, babble, b-, b-, rebel, rebel, party, party, Sex, sex, sex, and don't forget the "violence". Blah, blah, blah, got your lovey-dovey sad-and-lonely, Stick your stupid slogan in: Everybody sing along."