Thank you for the review, inu. I'm glad you like it.
Now, a word on this chapter. I'm sorry if it doesn't read smoothly at the end but it is very hard to use the written word to capture the effect of singing along with the radio. You'll see what I mean. I hope you like it.
I don't own the Titans, or Bohemian Rhapsody, or Wayne's World. You'll see what I mean...
Chapter Nine: My Apologies to Wayne and Garth
The voice was crisp and clean from the living room. Speedy, in tuxedo with red vest and bow tie, had long since finished fixing his hair and had been playing Land Speed Racer 4 for the last twenty minutes. He was now irritated.
"Hurry it up! We're going to be late!"
Aqualad, in tuxedo with blue vest and bowtie, sat on the edge of Raven's bed. He looked at his watch. "I think Speedy will have our heads if we're not down there soon."
She peeked her head out from the bathroom, four bright red eyes glaring out at him in mock anger. Her voice was playful. "Don't rush perfection."
He stayed quiet until she exited the bathroom, then he whistled softly. She looked at herself in the mirror as he approached from her behind with her cloak, now only a few shades darker than her dress. He put the cloak over her shoulders and clasped it closed before looking at their reflection in the mirror.
"What on earth is that black and white striped cloak in your closet for?"
Raven laughed softly. "It's for refereeing Stankball."
Aqualad blinked and then shook his head slowly. He decided to change subjects. "You look content."
Raven nodded, tilting her head back to catch his lips in a soft kiss. Her cloak faded to perfectly match the color of her dress. "That, and happy."
Back in the living room, Speedy was watching Bumblebee help Cyborg with his bowtie. Cyborg had gone with a grey vest and bowtie for his tuxedo, they matched his titanium armor nicely, but he couldn't work the bowtie. Not for lack of manual dexterity, he just couldn't tie the knot.
Aqualad and Raven walked in, arm in arm. They radiated towards the window and just stood there, looking out over the sea. Speedy turned towards the open door leading down the hall.
"Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, Terra! The limo is here, move it!"
Robin adjusted his black bowtie and tapped lightly on Starfire's door, which opened quickly. He slipped inside and walked over to her. The alien girl had her hair and makeup done, but her dress was still hanging loosely off her shoulders.
"Ahh, love Robin, I am glad it is you. I require your assistance. I believe the phrase is that my zipper has stuck?" She turned her back to him, revealing that the zipper was indeed stuck. Had he not been trained by the dark knight himself, Robin most likely would have been reduced to a drooling idiot, but he was able to get her zipper unstuck and zip the dress up.
Starfire backed up slowly, ending up in his arms. They stood this way for a long moment before she spoke up. "Love Robin, we should hurry to join the others, but first I have to ask, what exactly is an opera, anyway?"
Robin smiled and kissed her cheek. She smiled and looked at him, eager to learn a new earthly custom. "Well, Star, an opera is like a play that's put to music. Everyone sings everything. And opening night can be a very formal affair, hence why we have to dress up."
Star nodded. "I am sure we shall have a glorious time. I have been looking forward to this since last week." She laced her fingers with his. "Come, let us not leave the others waiting."
Everyone was now waiting in the living room for the last remaining pair. Cyborg had been wasting the time by taking pictures of everyone with the camera in his arm. Eventually, they could hear a commotion coming from down the hall.
"But Terra…I looked it up, this opera is five hours long! Dude, you gotta let me bring the Gamestation Portable!"
They entered, Terra pushing him in. He stood there fidgeting in his tuxedo with dark green vest and bowtie. Terra looked like she had been in this argument for hours. "I think you can manage for just one night."
"But Terra…"
She closed her eyes and when she opened them back up, they were smoldering playfully. Beast Boy was hypnotized as she walked back towards him, her blonde hair flowing behind her. She leaned in and whispered something into his ear, causing him to tense up, then blush furiously, and finally melt into a small puddle on the floor. When he regained himself, he spoke very clearly.
"I think I can manage for just one night."
Cyborg, though, turned to Speedy. "Wait a minute, five hours?"
They were all in the limo and Speedy was fumbling around with the stereo system. Finally he found what he was looking for and pulled a tape from his pocket. He grinned and held it up for everyone to see.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I believe a little 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is in order?"
The other guys laughed and cheered while the girls sighed. Starfire merely looked confused. Speedy placed the tape in the tape player and the Queen song picked up in the middle as the limo drove down the tower access road. Speedy took the lead, pointing to Beast Boy.
"I see a little silhouette-o of a man."
All the boys joined in. "Scalamush, scalamush, will you do the fandango?"
Then everybody. "Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening me!"
Beast Boy and Speedy traded off. "Galileo." "Galileo." "Galileo." "Galileo, Figaro!" And then Robin, followed by everybody. "Magnifico!"
Beast Boy sang next. "I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me."
Then Terra led everyone else. "He's just a poor boy, from a poor family. Spare him his life from this monstrosity!"
Beast Boy put on a hopeful face. "Easy come, easy go. Will you let me go?"
Raven led next, glowing black with four red eyes shining. "Visbillah NO! We will not let you go!"
Then Terra led. "Let him go!"
"Visbillah, we will not let you go!"
"Let him go!"
"Visbillah, we will not let you go!"
Then Beast Boy sang. "Let me go!"
"Will not let you go!"
"Let me go!"
Robin, Speedy, Aqualad, and Cyborg sang beneath the argument. "Never never never never let me go!"
Then everyone together. "No no no no no no no!"
Speedy. "Oh mama mia, mama mia."
Everyone. "Mama mia let me go!"
"Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for meee!"
The boys all head banged as the song continued, leaving the girls laughing for miles down the road.
