A reply to reviews--IMPORTANT—Someone, I believe her name was Christie, gave me a review, asking where is Starfire, and is it a Rob/Rae story? Well, with Starfire, you will just have to read on more to find her. And no, maybe just a little hint of Rob/Rae in the beginning, but it grows off into a beautiful long relationship with Rob/Star. Sorry to Rob/Rae fans, and sorry to Rob/Star fans in the beginning.
BACK TO THE STORY
Chapter 3. By The Ocean
Robin sighed; his elbow was leaned on the door with his chin in his hand. His spikes flinched a bit in the moisture wind; he rolled up his window half way.
Julie looked up in the mirror again, "Oh I can not wait… Robin, you will be so happy here. It is a nice little school; you will meet tons of new and better friends, be served with good food, and will learn great knowledge without any class disturbances or distractions. Ohhh, only if I could go to a school like this when I was your age. And they'll have much better clothing."
Robin sighed, "But Mother Julie, I already have a great mind on knowledge, you never learned from me. Or even noticed! You never cared. Not to mention how great my friends are now, and I LOVE MY CLOTHES!"
"Must we argue now?"
"No mom, it is a debate. There is a difference. It is on my point of view, and yours, two different opinions."
"Maybe I was blind by not knowing your knowledge. My Robin is growing up Zack."
I am NOT your Robin, and heck I am almost 15! "And what is wrong with my friends?"
"Oh, Robin… They were dreadful! A little annoying punk'd mutant. He was not very bright at all, or captive of his own actions. A little Goth who would posses your mind with her dark magic, she had no sense at all. She worships the devil!"
"You're WRONG!" Robin yelled. "Err… There was someone else… That man who dressed as the Devil on Halloween when I was 10. He would scare me."
"Oh you are certainly right! Except it was a bit fun watching you scream. OH! Or that, Cyborg. How he screamed in the face of fun so much, having a good time. Thank God yet Sadly Zack hit-"
Zack elbowed her hard.
"I… ah… mean, Thank God yet Sadly Zack mailed him a foot ball, but it popped!" She winked at him. Robin glared. "Whatever…."
"And Beast Boy! When he gave you those retched clothes! Or when Bruce did!" She claimed.
"Look, Beast Boy gave me these clothes; they were too big for him when he bought them at Hot Topic. It's just a typical store for teenagers.
"You're only 14! And now they make you look like a demon, sometimes Robin I wish you would just listen to us for a moment for once. For crying out loud! You only wear black, white shirts, and blue! Maybe we should stop at Maci's. I could buy you little plaid shorts, long socks, black men shoes, And a tie with a white tucked and buttoned up shirt. OH! And with a little top hat that has a propeller at the top, like what Johnny Rancid next door wears." Julie couldn't stop.
"JULIE! I AM NOT EIGHT OR FIVE! Johnny is 7! Sure, let me buy black baggy pants with two hooks, a black tee, with a black and red plaid shirt on top, and a tiny thin red tie, like Billy Armstrong's! At Hot Topic." Robin clared and smiled.
"NO son of mine is going Goth!" Julie yelled and shook a wrinkled skinny finger.
"It's not Goth to me! It says bad ass all over it!" Robin yelled. Then I'd probably get a nice girl friend like Avril or at least Amy Lee.
"Julie, the boy is right. He has grown quite a lot. We need to put pressure on him, make him more of a man! Get some football uniforms for him, he'll either play football or baseball, like the jock I was!" Zack showed off his mussels.
Julie sighed, "You always were the hot one out on the field." She kissed him at a red light. "You might want to think about it Robin."
"GOSH! Did you ever hear that I took martial arts? KUNG-FU? Any kind of art? And I already play football with Cyborg and Beast Boy! Football, Base Ball, and basket Ball. I think I am healthy enough." Robin was getting frustrated.
"You need to grow stronger!" Julie and Zack yelled.
Robin slapped his forehead and just starred dumbly out the window again.
They had now past a street that said Broadway. They drove through the city to some docks. One said Pier 41. Robin finally noticed a beautiful island just a bit off the coast, the shore, and into the water. Surprisingly, no one seemed to be on it, not even a house. Robin felt the car lift up a bit. Julie started to scream.
--IMPORTANT—This part is not my best fighting crime sequence. May need to skip part, it is a bit confusing too.
A red eye looked at Robin through the window, surrounding it was rock. It was a rock type of monster, in cinderblock shapes. Robin yelled and jumped out of the car by going out through the other door. He yelled as he fell to the ground. He held his head and moaned. He saw a shadow flow over him, he looked up and gasped. He blocked himself as he crouched low. The car fell right in front of him. He glanced behind, Zack and Julie were hugging each other in fear behind some trash cans.
Robin flipped over to the side and ran up to Cinderblock, "You caught me on a very VERY bad day!" Robin grabbed his arm and flipped him over his body. Cinderblock shook the building as he hit the ground. People screamed and yet cheered. As Cinderblock stood up, Robin kicked him in the stomach as he flew into a building. Cinderblock grabbed hold of the little shop and raised it above his head, Robin was shocked by his strength. A woman clerk fell out the door screaming. Robin caught her as she blushed. He let her down, she hugged him and kissed his cheek. Robin's hair stood up as his eyes. He touched his cheek and looked at her in confusion. But Robin wondered. How the heck? He's only 8 Inc. tall! Robin shrugged and grabbed his foot. But Cinderblock soon grabbed a light post and tried hitting Robin with it.
Robin flipped over it onto Cinderblock. Hm…. Small head but a big body, who ever created this is completely a freak. Robin grabbed the sides of his head and tried to squeeze it, maybe his head could break to dust. Oh what am I kidding? Robin jumped off, as Cinderblock was going to smack him off his head, but more likely, Cinderblock knocked off his own.
The crowd cheered a shocked and confused Robin. Zack and Julie ran over to him and called a taxi immediately. "UP THE Mountain to that boarding school!" Zack yelled and pointed. Robin ran to their damaged car and grabbed his black bag and photo album. Zack threw his wife and Robin in, they sped off.
The taxi drove a bit through the woods to a cliff above the ocean, there was a big building, about eight stories high It was straight in the middle, then curved to a half circle at the ends. Julie and Zack were amused, and Robin a bit. Robin stepped out holding his bag, he couldn't help but stare with a half opened mouth. Julie came up to him and placed her hands on his shoulders. Zack paid the Taxi, and told him to wait.
They stepped across the fountains, garden, trimmed bushes, the stone tile and up the steps to the big doors of the big building. Robin looked around and saw some guys laughing playing football, other doing random things, and some groups of girls. Some guys were in football uniforms, while some girls were in cheerleader ones.
Robin stepped into the school, he found himself in a fancy lovely hall, full of art and great techniques, but he still was not happy. He still was not amused, much. There was a woman at a fancy marble desk, "Welcome to FireFly's Boarding School. How may I assist you?"
Zack spoke, "Robin, our son, we signed him up for this school."
She typed on her computer, "AH YES! Please sign here, here, here, here, and here."
Robin went to look at the art, just to find something interesting. He heard some giggling. He turned to some jocks with their girlfriends. The biggest one was smirking at Robin evilly. His jacket said "Fang". His girlfriend laughed at Robin and put up the loser sign. On her tank top, in big it said, "Kitten".
Kitten remarked, "I mean look at the freak! He's wearing black, but we all know the new hip hop style with colors now is baby blue and pink." They and their friends walked off and up the stairs laughing.
Zack put two big bare rough hands on his shoulders, "Well son…" I hate that… I am not your son." "Be good, make friends, and make the team. Julie and I are leaving. Take care. Here's your room number and key. The boy's dorm is on the right." Robin looked at the number, room 305. Joy, it looks like it's time to go hiking.
Robin got punched hard in the shoulder, and Julie pinched Robin's cheek. Stop it. He lifted his head up to her cheek and kissed her good bye. Julie jumped and shuddered in fear. Robin rolled his eyes as a sweat drop rolled down and grabbed his bag. He gave them the thumbs down sign. Zack grumbled some swear words and left with his wife.
Robin started to climb the stairs with his black bag.