I know, I haven't updated this damn story in like half a century. I've been very busy moving into my dorm, going to classes, getting drunk in Isla Vista…you get the idea. Okay, enough about me. Chapter Four! Snoogans.

The Titans finished their breakfast and left the Denny's. Raven sulked, embarrassed and unhappy with her misfortune. Beast Boy snickered at her, and it was all she could do not to swallow him in darkness. The other three kept awkwardly silent, not wanting to provoke the situation any further. The car remained this way until Cyborg pulled into a Costco gas station. (A/N: For those of you who've never been to Costco, it's a big warehouse store where everything is sold in bulk.)

"Just need to get some gas," he explained to his passengers. "Anybody want anything inside while we're here?"

"Uhhh…never mind." Raven started to raise her hand but quickly stopped herself. She looked away, slightly embarrassed.

Cyborg wouldn't let it go. "It's okay. I'm not stopping again for a few hours, so if you need something ask me now."

Raven raised her head shyly. "Uhhh…could you get me…some…tampons?"

Cyborg recoiled in disgust. "What! No way! Buy them yourself!"

"I don't have enough money!" she protested. "Besides, I only need a few."

"Well, I am NOT buying you tampons!"

"Fine," she snapped. "I guess I'll just have to leave a stain on this nice upholste—"

He jumped up in a panic, frightened at the prospect of anything happening to his "baby." "Okay, Raven, just take it easy. I'll buy your tampons for you." He climbed out of the car and began to walk away when she called to him from out the window.

"Oh, and could you buy me the plastic ones? I can't stand the cardboard. Thanks."

"You'll get what I buy you and you'll fucking like it," he muttered bitterly under his breath.

Cyborg made his way into Costco, maneuvering his large shopping cart between the narrow aisles of the store and trying not to attract too much attention. He came to a shelf with large boxes of tampons. The smallest he could find read "Industrial Pack" and was almost as big as him. He found an employee and pulled him aside.

"Uh, excuse me?" he whispered, as if sharing a secret. "Do you have anything smaller than this?"

The man looked at Cyborg as if he were standing there naked. "That's the smallest box we sell."

"Are you kidding!" Cyborg shouted. "What am I supposed to do with FIVE THOUSAND TAMPONS!"

The man shrugged and walked away, leaving Cyborg to face the confused stares of some thirty other customers. He laughed nervously to hide his embarrassment.

"Hehe, I mean, what is MY SISTER supposed to do with all these…uh…tampons?"

The other people, satisfied with this, simply returned to their shopping. Cyborg hastily made his way to the checkout, hoping to avoid any more embarrassment over the large box in his cart. Upon reaching the register, he noticed the rather attractive young woman working there. She smiled sweetly at him, and he couldn't help smiling back. He took the opportunity to look her over as she swiped his card. Her smile faded as she saw the tampons. She gave him a confused look and then smiled reassuringly.

"Oooohhhh…" she said. "Lemme guess – are these for your girlfriend?"

"No," he laughed, shaking his head. Realizing how she might interpret this, he hastily said, "Yes!…No!…Yes!…She's just a fr-"

The cashier laughed. "It's okay. You must be a very good boyfriend if you're doing this for her. Lucky girl." She waited for the receipt to print before tearing it off and handing it to Cyborg. "Have a nice day."

"Uhhh…yeah. Thanks." Even more embarrassed than before, he bolted out of the store and into the parking lot. He threw open the back door of the car and shoved the tampon box into Raven's arms.

"Thanks," she whispered. "You really didn't have to buy me this many. I said I only needed a few…" When she read the box, however, her face twisted immediately into a scowl. She lifted it up and threw it directly at Cyborg's head.

"Ow!" he shouted after the box hit its mark. "What was that for?"

"You idiot!" she growled. "I told you to get me PLASTIC!"

His jaw dropped almost to the ground. "You have GOT to be kidding!"

"You need to go back in and buy me plastic applicators right now…" she snarled back, her eyes glowing violent red.

Even though he was already pissed off, Cyborg knew better than to invoke Raven's full wrath. He sighed, slouching his way back into the store.

Well, hope this chapter was worth the wait. (Probably not – it was a lot shorter than I had planned, and a pain in the ass to write.) I have the weekend pretty much free, so I'll try to update a little more often.

Peace, Love, and All Things Rock,

Terra The Masterful