Chapter 6
ExperiMental: Step 2
Beast Boy and Cyborg were sitting on the couch, playing video games. Cyborg looked to make sure no one else was around, and paused the game. This didn't sit too well with Beast Boy.
"What the-? Hey! You just did that because I was beating you!"
Cyborg put a metallic finger to his mouth. "Be quiet!"
Beast Boy looked confused. "Huh?"
"Tell me what you found out about the…uh…situation with Raven." Cyborg was whispering now.
"I didn't find out anything. I told you!" said Beast Boy.
"You don't have to hide it now! No one else is around!"
"I didn't-"
"Don't say you didn't find anything! I heard all the screaming coming from Raven's room!"
Beast Boy rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Well…she caught me and got really mad, that's all."
"Beast Boy…what did you find out?"
The changeling sighed. "Okay, okay, I did find something out. But she really did catch me and made me swear not to tell."
"Did you at least tell her that she could talk to us about anything she needed to talk about?"
"I kinda forgot…" Beast Boy said, rubbing his head again.
Cyborg growled in frustration. "Just great!" Regaining his cool, he said, "Let's just keep playing, okay?"
Beast Boy saluted. "Aye-aye, Cap'n!"
The game was unpaused, and the gamers resumed their previous battle.
Raven slammed her closet door shut. She couldn't stand to look at them anymore. She was really starting to disgust herself. This was one thing she swore to never do. Stuffed animals were for small children, not for a teenaged super heroine!
She sat down on her bed, picked up a book, and tried to force herself to read. The words just wouldn't seem to stand still. She threw down the book in frustration.
"Calm down," she whispered to herself. "You need to meditate." She took a deep breath and assumed her usual meditation position.
"Azarath…metrion…zinthos…"
Robin was in the midst of beating the stuffing out of a dummy when Starfire came into the training room.
"Friend Robin! Tell me, do you find my outfit to be…nerdy?" Starfire asked as she presented herself.
"Um…" was Robin's reply.
Starfire was wearing a plaid shirt with black pants that were pulled up to mid-torso by suspenders. But what topped it all off were her glasses. They were so large; it seemed like her emerald eyes were magnified ten times.
"It is so hideous it has rendered you speechless, yes?"
"Actually, I've seen worse," said Robin. "But it is…interesting."
Starfire began scribbling furiously on her notepad. "Thank you for your input!" She skipped out of the training room.
"I hope this ends soon," Robin said to himself.
After an hour of playing, Beast Boy paused the game and sighed.
"What are you doin'?" demanded Cyborg.
"I'm not good at keeping secrets. Raven should have never told me." Beast Boy looked sick.
"You gonna tell me? Will it help if I told you this would be good for Raven?" Cyborg asked.
"Yeah," said Beast Boy. "No, I mean, yeah, I mean, dang it!"
Cyborg leaned in towards Beast Boy, as the changeling began whispering in his ear.
"Hello friends!" Starfire shouted. Both Cyborg and Beast Boy jumped out of their seats.
"Starfire! How long have you been there?" Beast Boy demanded. "What did you hear? And what the heck are you wearing?"
"It is my nerd costume!" Starfire exclaimed gleefully. "I have not been here long, and I heard nothing!" she said as she waved her hands in the air.
"Good," said Beast Boy.
Starfire laughed nervously and backed into the elevator slowly, which took her quite a while.
When she was gone, Cyborg asked, "Are you for real?"
"I am," said Beast Boy.
"Wow."
Starfire ran up to Robin just as he was leaving the training room.
"Robin, I have a question to ask of you!"
"You haven't changed into a new outfit yet?" Robin wondered out loud.
Starfire looked hurt, but quickly regained her composure and asked, "Robin, what exactly is "gay"?"
TO BE CONTINUED…
