Authors Note: I am soo soo sorry I didn't add a chapter in a while. I have so much stuff to do and a science project you have no idea. I even have tests in different languages so don't say you have it easy. I want to thank every one that's following along! Without further ado I bring you Babysitting performed by Beast Boy!
Beast Boy sat awkwardly in a chair before the basket in the eerily quiet main room. The Baby was of course inside the basket sleeping soundly. Was baby sitting always so boring? Perhaps he should wake her up and play with her, but Beast Boy remembered what Raven said. "Sleeping is a good thing, you sleeping is not."
Beast Boy's eyes began to droop lower and lower till they closed tight concealing the lights around him. Instantly he felt relieved and free from duties. Why did he even sign up for this job? Starfire would have gladly accepted. But then he thought of what would Starfire do to the baby, or feed it. That wouldn't be a happy face on Robin when he sees a baby the size of the tower.
Then he remembered. To impress Raven. Raven had always put him down for his immaturity. This time he was going to take responsibility. This time he was going to prove her wrong. Maybe even one day Raven would respect him for what he is, or what he acts like. Around her he had been cautious about his words and doings for it might turn into a cynical comment.
Beast Boy opened his eyes. How long was he pondering? An hour? A minute? Well as long as the baby was still sleeping. Still sleeping… Something wasn't right. The little curtained basket was a bit uncovered just enough for a small one to slip out. Beast Boy peered over the basket and noticed that something was terribly wrong, Altaira was not in the basket.
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"Oh! The mall of shopping! Is it not the most glorious thing you have ever visited?" Starfire said gleefully jumping in the air.
"Ok, could we get the diapers and get this over with?" Raven pouted as they entered the mall which was pretty crowded considering it was a weekday.
"Raven, a baby needs much more than diapers." Robin said taking a map reluctantly from the information desk.
"They need toys, clothing, baby powder-" Cyborg said counting his fingers.
"Ok, were could we find that?" Raven said uninterestedly folding her arms.
"C'mon Rae this could be fun!" Cyborg exclaimed.
"Why Don't we pair up into group so we can get more things done?" Robin commented lowering the map from his view.
"Glorious idea, Robin!"
"Cyborg and I will get the food and necessities and Star and Raven will get clothes and toy things." Robin commanded. They split, Robin's group headed left and Raven's group headed right.
"Ok were to go to first?" Raven said lifting her own copy of the map.
"Perhaps the store of clothes or the store in which it claims they are Toys?"
"Toys r' us?" Raven said half dryly half humorously.
"Yes!" Starfire said clapping her hands together.
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Man, where is it? Beast Boy said to himself frustrated. "How am I going to prove I'm mature and responsible if I can't keep my eyes open for three minutes?" He screamed at himself pulling at his hair. He went to his knees and banged his head unto the table.
Bang! "How could I be so stupid?" Beast Boy mumbled. Then suddenly he heard giggling. A small sweet giggle perhaps from an infant. And there she was trying to open the kitchen fridge with her small gums and tiny fingers.
"There you are!" Beast Boy said running to her lifting Altaira up. "Your hungry aren't you? Why didn't you say so in the first place?" He said annoyed but then realized that babies don't talk.
He rolled his eyes and lifted the child. He looked at her face. The small soft head rested on his arm and Altaira's midnight indigo eyes gazed into his and her small arm clenched his sleeve for support.
Beast Boy felt a small warmth from this burden and began to feel lighter and more optimistic thoughts about he baby. The infant began to quiver and shake and poured out silver tears like a pouring rain cloud. She wailed solemnly and clenched his sleeve tighter.
"Maybe you're not so bad," He said rocking her.
"Are you hungry?" Beast Boy said again realizing that the child couldn't understand him. He went to the fridge and took out a bottle of soy milk.
"All babies like milk right? I hope you're the first to like soy milk." Beast Boy said pouring it into a cup.
Beast Boy put the cup to her mouth. She instantaneously objected it and cried even worse.
"Ok, maybe you're not the first." He said lifting her up higher for she was sagging down. "Do you smell?" He lifted her and wasn't pleasantly surprised that she did smell a bit and that had to mean changing diapers.
But he didn't have any diapers. His friends were going to but them now. "Dude, I hope they don't take long. I mean they wont all there doing is getting some diapers."