College Life
By Jackalobe
Disclaimer: I don't own the titans or the song Broken. Technically I don't even own this story! I own… nothing. Thanks for making my day just swell you jerks who make me writing this.
Okay, you guys have absolutely great ideas, I'll list them all then show you which I pick!
For Starfire: Teacher for little kids, Kindergarten teacher, pediatrician, motivational speaker, artist, poet, art/ music, and fashion designer.
My decision: Her major will be in teaching, she will teach younger children, but she will take extra classes in art. I think she would work great with children, and just like what Queen-of-Azerath said: 'A teacher for younger children would be very good, seeing as to do that, you have to have a good heart, and be patient, all qualities that Faith has.'
For Bee: Fashion designer, journalist: Pilot as a job, singer/ actress, critic, army: SWAT, police, and nurse.
My decision: I think…. A fashion designer. That will be her major with other classes in dramatics and writing/ journalism. I'm not sure what I will make her future job be.
For Raven: Poet, therapist, writer/ journalist, stay-at-home-mom: major in writing, something in dramatics, and artist.
My decision: Writing will be her major, other classes in art and acting, also in psychology. But writing will be her thing.
For Beastboy: Zoology, Vet, wild-life participant, biologist, marine biologist, anything that has to do with animals that hasn't already been done, animal dude, and scientist.
My decision: Oh boy. Well, I understand that 'vet' isn't a major but a job so… I choose for him to major in biology, wild life. He'll be way into animals and science. Maybe he'll turn out to be a vet, who knows? For now, he's in biology.
For Cyborg: engineer, computer related things, NASA engineer, mechanical engineer, computer engineer, architect, car designer, and mechanic.
My decision: I choose engineering as his major, preferably in mechanics and whatnot, and he will have architect and car design as other classes, but involving his major.
For Terra: Architect, Business person who does illegal activities and breaks the rules on the stock market (whoa..), geology, science, archeologist, biologist, personal shopper, marine biologist, hobo (HECK YES), interior designer, guitarist, seismologist, and… McDonalds employee.
My decision: Although hobo was SO tempting and humorous…. Same with the business thing and McDonalds, I'll go with: Interior designer as her major but she'll have a class in geology because I hate to break it to you all but I made her a bit of a ditz, I'm not involving her a lot in science. She has it as another class and learn a little bit about rocks and whatnot from that. She will also know how to play the guitar because it will make a certain reviewer happy.
Robin: Detective, criminal justice, lawyer, actor, graphic designer, and FBI agent.
My decision: I really like criminal justice and lawyer… detective is a job, not a major, so I will go with criminal justice as his major and he will have a class in graphic design to please a certain reviewer.
(Totally random title or chapter, I had no idea what to call it)
Chapter Two: Four L's: Live, Love, Learn, and Lemons
After a few trips to Wall Mart and a couple trips to the janitorial closet to get cleaning supplies, Bee, Terra, Faith, and Raven all managed to clean and move themselves into their rooms. Bee and Terra's room was basically split in two: Terra's side and Bee's side.
Terra's side of the room had the closet filled with her endless supply of clothes and her bed. The walls were adorned with posters of Orlando Bloom, Usher, Brad Pitt, Adam Brody, and Jesse McCartney (BLECH). Her bed had a pale blue comforter draped across it with puffy white clouds and little suns decorating it. Her nightstand had a simple 'Hello Kitty' clock and notebook along with a picture of her family and another of her boyfriend and her, both with their arms wrapped around each other, as he grinned broadly and she planted a kiss on his cheek.
Bethany's side of the room consisted of a bed, nightstand, door to the bathroom and desk with computer. They had agreed to share the bathroom, computer, and closet. Her bed had black sheets with little bumblebees at the corners. Her nightstand had a stereo on it, a large C.D. case, and a digital clock. Bethany and Terra shared the same passion for music and clothes, both loving rap, hip hop, and anything by Beyonce and Ciara. Her walls were blank besides a HUGE poster of her hometown L.A. and she put up Chinese lanterns on the ceiling.
Terra and Bee smiled at their handy work and shook hands.
"Pleasure doing business with you, James,"
"Please is mine, Miss Honey, I say we celebrate by shopping and treating ourselves to Starbucks,"
Bethany grinned, "Hell yeah, let's go!"
Meanwhile, Raven and Faith made such good progress in cleaning their room that you could have eaten off their floor. They also, divided their rooms, with the window and closet on Faith's side, and the computer and bathroom on Raven's. Faith had moved her bed up close to the window and yanked it open. She smiled, where Raven grimaced at the burst of light.
Faith noticed Raven's flinch. "Do you wish for me to close the window, roommate?"
Raven shook her head, but noted Faith's kindness. It wasn't hard to miss, it was obvious that the foreigner had good qualities such as empathy and patience. Raven was good a finding the best, as well as the worst, qualities in people quickly. So far Faith was a kind hearted person, full of curiosity and naïve-ness. Raven shrugged to herself, 'Who cares? I have no interest in her, or her in me. I just hope she leaves soon.' she thought to herself.
Unfortunately for her, Faith was in no hurry. She hung up shelves filled with books, placed candles all about the room, even disappeared a moment and came back with flowers and a vase, setting it on her nightstand.
None of this really bothered Raven, in fact, Faith seemed to get the idea that she wasn't much of a talker. Raven just wanted to be left alone.
Raven thought of a way to calm her down and looked up at Faith who was twisting her hair into tons of tiny braids. "Do you mind if I play music?" she asked her.
Faith looked up, surprised. Raven had barely spoken two words to her throughout the entire afternoon they were together. She shook her head and smiled, "Of course not!"
Raven nodded and placed a blank C.D. into her stereo and smiled as the music filled the room.
'I wanted you to know I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away
Raven smiled and breathed deeply. This song always made her relax, and she leaned back into her black and purple silk sheets and closed her eyes.
I keep your photograph; I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain'
Faith listened to the lyrics and frowned. This should have made her smile, but it made her only feel sad, and she didn't know why.
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
You've gone away, you don't feel me anymore'
Faith bit her bottom lip and felt even more sad. It felt as though a piece of her was missing, as though this song made that empty piece of her stand out. Now she just felt like crying, and she felt angry with herself for being so emotional. Why couldn't she just be normal and enjoy the song?
"The worst is over now and we can breathe again," Raven sang along with the song, her sweet voice filling the air.
"I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain away
There's so much left to learn, and no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain" Raven stopped singing and smiled.
'Cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away'
Faith knew what was missing, and she felt stupid. So what if she didn't have a boyfriend? Or any real friends for that matter, it was something she shouldn't feel unhappy about. All the same, tears slid down her face and she felt horrified. She couldn't explain it… it was as though she should be enjoying this song with someone, not alone. She had never felt so lonely before, and she covered her eyes in embarrassment, hoping Raven wouldn't see.
'Cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone
Raven opened her eyes and she gasped, 'What the hell!'
"Faith, what's the matter, are you okay? Why the hell are you crying?" she asked, as Faith miserably wiped the tears from her eyes.
"I don't know. This song just made me feel… alone." She cried, hugging her knees with her chest.
You've gone away, you don't feel me anymore
Raven looked bewildered, but then felt awful. Of course the poor girl felt lonely, she was in an entirely new continent for goodness sakes, away from her family and not knowing anyone. But why did this song make her feel that way?
She suddenly thought of an idea, "Hey Faith, I know what might make you feel better. But we'll have to ditch the people we were supposed to meet"
Faith looked up, "What is your plan?" she asked, her voice cracking.
"Let's go meet some of my friends; their names are Ben and Jerry."
YAY ICE CREAM!
On the other side of the floor, Richard, Victor, and Gar were making good progress. Their room was already clean when they arrived, saving them from spending the entire afternoon cleaning.
"So who brought the porn?" Gar asked, already claiming the top of the bunk-bed, and Richard on the bottom, while Victor claimed the single bed beside them.
"…Besides me?" Gar continued, grinning.
Richard laughed, "Guilty…"
"Ditto," Victor replied. "Give them all her, we'll keep them in a shoe box under my bed and call it…"
"'Documentaries,'" finished Robin.
Gar and Richard handed them at least five tapes and Victor put them in a shoe box. "At least there's something to watch on this T.V. I brought!"
"So, should we meet the girls now?" pondered Robin, stuffing a hostess treat into his mouth. Gar had packed enough hostess treats to end world hunger.
"Oh right… them." joked Victor, "Any of you going to go for them, or are they just going to be friends?"
"Is that even possible? Being friends with girls?" asked Gar, while hanging upside down from the top of the bunk bed.
"Friends… I guess… but with benefits, hell yeah." Richard laughed.
Victor shook his head, "Terra's a nice girl y'all, but I don't feel that way about her,"
Richard nodded, "I've seen way too many of her type, pretty, blond, stupid." (A/N: Don't get up on my ass about being a blond. I have nothing against it. NOTHING.)
"She seems nice enough, what about that girl, Raven?" asked Gar.
Richard looked up at him, "…Who?"
Victor looked confused also, "You mean the girl who called us morons?"
Gar nodded, "Yeah, she seems nice… okay, not nice, but very hot."
Richard and Victor exchanged glances, "For a Goth…. sure." Victor said.
Gar shrugged, "Just saying what's on my mind, what about Bethany and Faith?"
He didn't need an answer. Richard went into a dream-like state when he said Faith, and Victor almost tripped over nothing when he said Bethany.
"Oh I see, so they're off-limits, right?" Gar joked.
Richard glared, "No, it's just I'm interested… and I will kick your ass if you put the moves on her."
"Protective, are we?" Victor smirked, "Yeah, Bee seems like an awesome girl, I'd like to get to know her,"
Gar rolled his eyes, "You mean get to know her body?"
Victor grinned, "We'll see." (A/N: They aren't really serious, just kidding around. I'm not going to make them really perverted. It's called joking.)
Richard smirked, "Then I guess I was right to bring these," He set a box on the table.
Gar burst out laughing, "Protection? That's hilarious!"
Even Victor was laughing, "Keep them where we can find them,"
Richard smirked, "A box under the bed?"
"Let's label it candy." Gar suggested, and he attempted to keep a straight face, only bursting out laughing in the end.
(A/N: Don't look at me like that! I'm only writing what I think boys might joke around about)
Raven and Faith walked out into town, both carrying plastic bowls of ice cream and laughing. As much as Raven would hate to admit it, Faith was a lot of fun. They both had forgotten money so Faith had to flirt endlessly with the preteen, tall and lanky boy to bribe him into getting them free ice cream.
In the end, she had the kiss him on the cheek to get them ice cream, and Raven nearly burst out laughing when she realized what Faith was planning.
"I cannot believe you did that!" Raven shook her head.
"Anything for ice cream,"
"Amen to that." Raven replied and Faith giggled. Raven also was becoming a good friend. She was lucky to have her as a roommate, she explained things to her, to cure her naïve quality.
"HEY FAITH! AND… FAITH'S ROOMMATE!" A voice called from behind them.
Terra and Bee came walking towards them, both carrying shopping bags and cups with the Starbucks logo on it.
Faith smiled, "Hello Bee, Terra, come and meet my roommate Raven."
Raven nodded to Bethany, who smiled, and Terra, who grinned and waved.
"So what have you guys been doing?" Bee asked.
Raven held back a smile and Faith giggle as she retold the story of their ice cream adventure. Bethany and Terra burst out laughing.
"Oh my god, you didn't!" Terra laughed.
"That is frickin' brilliant!" Bee hooted. Faith was laughing as well and even Raven was chuckling.
Then they told Faith and Raven about their adventure with Terra falling all the way down the up escalator.
"How the heck did you manage that?" Raven asked, not sure if she believed them or not.
"I tripped, okay?" Terra sulked.
"You clumsy ass." Bethany laughed, and Faith patted Terra on the shoulder.
"It is alright friend; we all have our… embarrassing, if not stupid moments,"
That sent them all, even Terra, into hysterics. Besides Raven, who just snickered. To make things even funnier, Terra turned her nose at them and turned around… running right into a trashcan and falling face first into it, making Bee fall to the ground laughing, and Raven actually laugh.
Faith giggled and helped Terra out of the trash can, and even Terra was giggling.
Finally they stopped joking around and sat down on a bench. Terra sighed, "I want to go do something!" she whined.
Raven rolled her eyes, "You are so specific."
Bee smiled, "Let's go dancing! Terra and I passed the coolest looking club on our way to Starbucks, let's go!"
After 25 minutes of persuasion, Faith, Terra, and Bethany managed to drag Raven to the club since Faith refused to go without her.
Inside the club was blinding lights and it was very crowded with Numb/Encore booming loudly in the back round. Raven wrinkled her nose in disgust and Bee smiled brightly, immediately grabbing some random guy and started dancing.
Terra was a good dancer, but more of a loner. She smiled as a crowd formed around her and Bee and they both tag teamed together.
Raven watched in amusement as Faith looked awkwardly at their dancing. She attempted to imitate it, but blushed when she slammed into someone, knocking them over.
"I saw that." Raven informed as Faith crept over to her and stood silently. She blushed but laughed.
"I guess dancing is not my talent here in America, oh well!" she smiled as Bethany and Terra continued to dance.
After a few songs and many corny pick up lines, the girls met up again and all drank together in a booth. It was Faith's first taste of alcohol and they laughed as she grimaced at the taste.
Raven lit a cigarette and rolled her eyes as more boys came towards Faith with a hopeful look in their eyes.
"Raven!" Terra hissed, and, without thinking, splashed her drink all over Raven, putting the cigarette out.
Raven's eyes widened and she suddenly stank of beer. "YOU FREAK, WHAT WAS THAT?" she shrieked and Bee slapped Terra upside the head.
"You moron." Bee said, shaking her head.
Raven lunged at Terra, but was stopped by Faith. "Friend, she only wished for you to not smoke… although her actions were a bit drastic…"
"DRASTIC? I'LL SHOW YOU DRASTIC!" Raven screamed.
"You're only killing yourself!" Terra yelled, "I'm saving you!"
"Yes, having beer spilled all over me is so worthy of a frickin' honor award!" Raven shrieked sarcastically.
Bethany and Faith exchanged a glance of worry and amusement. Terra and Raven just glared at each other. They all left the club and walked outside to calm Raven down. After a few minutes, Faith coaxed Raven into relaxing and offered to switch shirts.
"No, Faith, I shouldn't share my misery with you." Raven muttered obviously still annoyed.
Terra walked over to Raven sheepishly, "Look, I'm real sorry; it's just, I'm really against smoking."
Raven shrugged, "I guess you're forgiven… just never do that again. Or I will kill you, so help me god."
Bethany nodded, "Yeah, Raven really smells, don't do that again."
Raven glared at Bee, and Faith and Terra laughed.
"I don't think she smells bad, she smells kinda good…" a drunken voice floated in their direction.
"Yeah, with a chest like that, it don't matter what you smell like…" Another voice observed, equally drunk.
Raven turned, fire blazing in her eyes and Bee, Terra, and Faith followed her lead. "Excuse me, asshole? Did I ask for your opinion?"
It was about 7 guys, all pretty big in size, all obviously completely wasted. (A/N: To you sheltered and innocent ones, 'wasted' means: VERY drunk)
One of them licked their lips and winked at Faith who shrank behind Bee. "Hi sweetie, want to see my manhood?"
Bethany's eyes bulged and her hands balled into a fist. "Leave her alone you pervert," she snapped.
"Yeah, go screw yourselves, jackasses." Terra threatened.
Faith felt obligated to insult them as well and came up with the best insult she could think of, "You are all fat!"
Everyone sort of stopped and stared at her, but then brushed it off. "Fat eh? It don't matter if I'm fat or not, and as for screwing… you all look pretty feisty…" A lustful look hung in their eyes, and Faith, Terra, Bee, and Raven all grew nervous.
The guy in front, supposedly the leader of the men, stepped forward menacingly towards them. "Grab them." He ordered and yanked Raven's arm towards him, and placed his hand over her mouth so she couldn't scream.
They grabbed Bee and Terra and lunged for Faith who dodged it gracefully, and pushed him back. Raven took her chance and bit the guy's hand tightly, making him yelp and drop her.
RUN!" Raven screamed, and Bee kicked the guy holding her in the groin, and Terra elbowed a guy in the stomach and they sprinted all the way to Raven and Faith's dorm, and bolted the door shut. Terra and Raven moved the desk up against the door and Bee yanked the window shut, while Faith propped the chair up against the door as another lock.
They were all shaking, from fear and adrenaline, and they pushed Raven and Faith's bed together and collapsed on top, shivering.
Only then did they realize that in those last 15 minutes, they had all immediately become best friends.
End of this chapter! Hope you all liked it, a little more romance, but tons of friendship fluff, because of course, friendship is what it's all about!
Well, not really… but in the beginning it is. Don't worry romance-lovers, your time will come soon enough! I just wanted to make them all friends.
Robin, Gar, and Victor may sound like perverts… but that's only their humor. They aren't disrespectful to women; this is just them kidding around.
Just to let you know, Robin is basically the over protective kind of guy, Gar is basically the joker occasionally serious one, and Victor is the competitive and usually sweet kind of guy.
Info on Terra's boyfriend will come soon!
And I won't do a lot of bashing on her.
Also, Raven won't always smoke, something will come of that. So don't lecture me, I know what I'm doing.
Last but not least: The perverts who tried to rape Raven. Terra, Bee, and Faith are not characters from the show. Just a random gang,
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