You, Yourself and Thee

Chapter 4

ExperiMental


"So," said Starfire, "how do I look?"

Beast Boy babbled for a few seconds, shook his head furiously, and then wiped some drool off of his mouth. "You look great!"
Cyborg was just left staring in wide-eyed surprise. "Starfire, don't you think that's a little…um…?"

"I fail to see what you are talking about, friend Cyborg." Starfire was dressed up as a cheerleader, with pom-poms and everything. Her skirt was very, very short. "The "cheerleaders" in the movie were very popular. In the "In Crowd," even. I figured I would see what about this strange costume," she gestured to her get-up, "makes them so popular."

"Beast Boy shrugged. "I…wouldn't…know…Stafire," he said as he wiped some drool off of his mouth again.

"Starfire, I think it would be in your best interest to take that off," said Cyborg, pointing at her cheerleader costume.

"Yes! Take it off, Star!" Beast Boy shouted, a little too loud.

Cyborg smacked Beast Boy. "Pervert!" he whispered, then smiled at Starfire, and asked, "Star? Do you plan on wearing that outside of the Tower?"

"Why, yes!" she answered.

He went back to whispering to Beast Boy. "We need to find some way to get her out of that, for her own safety!"

"Trust me," Beast Boy whispered back, "I'm thinking of plenty of ways to get her out of that."

That warranted another smack from Cyborg.

Robin stormed in. "What the heck is going on?" He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Starfire.

"Hello, friend Robin!" Starfire shouted with glee. She took out a pen and a pad of paper as she asked, "Do you think this costume makes me: A- Popular, B-"

"All right!" Robin interrupted. "Who thought it would be funny to tell her to dress up like that?" He immediately fixed his gaze on Beast Boy.

"Don't look at me," said Beast Boy. "It's all part of her experiment."

"Yes, Robin. It is," said Starfire

"You're not going out in that, are you?" asked Robin.

"Yes, I am. Is something wrong?"

"Well, I-"

"Do you not think I am competent enough to make my own decisions?"

"I-"

"Don't you respect my decisions?"

Robin sighed. "It's hard to say when you're wearing something so…so…"

"Starfire looked very hurt. "So…what, Robin?"

"Um…revealing?"

"I thought you would be the one who would understand the need for me to do this experiment! But you do not!"

"Why do you need to do this?" asked Robin

"I do not have to explain myself to you! You can't tell me what to do!" With that, Starfire stormed off.

"Good lord," said Robin. "This must be how parents feel."

Beast Boy snickered. "Hey, Cy, do you think it's hot in here?"

Cyborg looked confused. "What? Why?"

"Because Robin just got burned!" Beast Boy started cracking up.

Robin hung his head and shuffled back to the lounge.


Later…
Raven wiped her eyes and hugged a green stuffed bear to her chest. Meanwhile, a green flea on the bear was listening to every word she said.

"Get a hold of yourself, Raven," she told herself. "You starting to cause things to blow up. They're getting suspicious."

Raven hugged the animal even tighter. Beast Boy felt really sorry for her. He was spying on her when she was most vulnerable, and dude, that just wasn't right!

She was really falling apart here, when she thought no one was watching.

Suddenly, her face lit up. "Maybe I should tell them!" But, just as quickly as she lit up, she darkened. "No, I can't. They wouldn't understand."

She sighed, got up, and tossed the animal into her open closet on the large pile of stuffed animals, and shut the door.

Now's my chance to check out her collection, thought Beast Boy. He morphed back into his normal form, but his foot hit the closet door and made an impossibly loud noise.

He morphed back into a flea when Raven opened the closet door. She eyed the pile of cute fluffiness and shouted, "Beast Boy!"

Great, I blew it. Only one chance now…

Beast Boy changed back and shouted "Surprise!" at the top of his lungs. It had the desired effect, scaring Raven and causing her to stumble.

Beast Boy ran, but ended up slamming into a wall of darkness. It disappeared, and the changeling fell to the ground, dazed.

"What the hell do you think you doing?" Raven's voice was loud and scary. "You…are so…dead…"

"Um…mercy?" asked Beast Boy.


TO BE CONTINUED…
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