This chapter takes place only a few seconds after Kori storms off to go give Terra a piece of her mind. It's from Vic's POV. Sorry it took so long for me to post it up. Homework has gotten insane as it's the last week of the grading period. Curse you chemistry experiment write-ups!!! (and English essays) And I had a brainburst for another story, and couldn't rest until I had it all typed up. Not lying. I seriously had a dream about it and woke up in the middle of the night going, "Must type story…" But we have a four day weekend coming up, so that should help me get a lot more done! YAY!

And, of course, I don't own Teen Titans.

"One of us should go talk to him," Vic said, still staring at the spot where Kori had forced her way between two boys.

"Yeah," Roy agreed. Vic took his eyes off the spot, and turned back to look at their group. Robin looked worried, Roy, Garth, Bea, Jinx, and Leo all looked angry, and Raven looked furious.

"Or one of us should help Kori knock some sense into Terra," Raven said under her breath, but Vic heard her.

"I'll talk to him," Vic offered. He smiled reassuringly at the group before leaving the gym and heading up the stairs. He frowned at the boy named Malchior, having noticed that he had been hanging around, giving Raven strange looks.

As Vic entered the upstairs gym, he almost immediately noticed Garfield sitting alone at a small table. His head was resting in his hands.

Vic felt something inside himself soften. He walked over to where Gar sat and sat in the seat opposite him. Gar looked up as he did so. His eyes were red, and there were tear stains on his cheeks.

"Hey," he said in a hoarse voice. "Are you here to try and cheer me up? 'Cause it won't work."

"No," Vic said shortly, making Gar's look of misery turn into surprise. "I'm here to listen to you vent." He sat back in his chair and crossed his arms, waiting for Gar to start talking.

"What?" Gar asked, now confused.

"You'll get nowhere if I just tell you it's alright and that everything's gonna be okay. You need to be the one talking. I know you don't want to, but you'll feel better in the end."

"Really?"

"I promise you."

"Okay," Gar cleared his throat and wiped his cheeks. "So, uh, when Terra first asked me to go to the dance with her, I thought she actually wanted to go with me. Is that where I'm supposed to start?"

"You tell me," Vic said, smiling.

"Uh, ok," Gar continued on. "Well, I've liked Terra for a while, and I though she meant it when she said she really liked me and wanted to be with me. But then she just backstabbed me so someone else would like her." He sniffed. "I feel so stupid right now." He laid his head down on the table. "It feels like I should have known better. Almost like I should have realized it. It was all just so real that I though that it had to be real. And then I realized it wasn't real when she just went with that other guy and then I felt all bad and then I came up here and then I felt like the world was ending and all these thoughts were going through my head and then you showed up." Gar finished this long sentence and took a deep breath. "Now I don't know what I'm gonna do. She's a cheerleader and I'm the mascot, we're partners for the history project, and we just had our seats changed in math and I sit next to her. What am I gonna do, Vic?"

"Well, I can't tell you what you should do to fix all those," Vic said truthfully. "But I can tell you what you're not going to do. You're not going to sit up here sulking and crying while there's a bunch of your friends down there waiting for you to come back down and have fun."

"But I don't think I can have fun," Gar insisted, lifting his head off the table.

"That's not true, man," Vic countered. "I had a friend who went through something like this, and he told me he felt guilty because everyone expected him to be moping and sad all the time, but what he really wanted was to have fun. People kept asking him how he was or if he needed to talk to anyone and all the usual questions, but he just wanted everyone to let it go and let him get on with his life. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but that's exactly what you're thinking."

"Yeah," Gar perked up a bit. "I do want to have fun. And you're right; I do feel almost guilty for wanting to have fun."

"Well, don't let that stop you," Vic punched his arm lightly. "All you going down and having fun will do is show Terra that she may have hurt your feelings, but you still know how to have a good time. Now, come on, man. Let's go." Vic stood up, but Gar remained in his seat.

"Hey Vic?" Gar asked, looking down at the table with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Yeah?" Vic sat down again.

"Is it wrong for me to still have feelings for her?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I expect people will think that I hate her or something, and I feel as if I should hate her, and I do, but I still have those old feelings for her. I still kind of like her, but it's not like it used to be. Is that okay?"

"Of course it's okay," Vic smiled warmly at Gar. "Feelings for someone, especially the good feelings, don't go away right away. It's perfectly normal to still like her, because you haven't fully accepted the fact that it has happened. Once a few days go by, your feelings will disappear."

"Really?"

"Really."

"Thanks, Vic," Gar said, standing up.

"Anytime, man," Vic punched his arm lightly. The two boys exited the gym in silence until they reached the stairs and saw Malchior standing at the top of the stairway. Vic glared at him again.

"Wasn't that the guy that was bugging Raven?" Gar asked.

"Sure was," Vic said. "Man, he does not take a hint."

"I just wish for Raven's sake he would just give it up," Gar said, and Vic noticed a faint blush creeping up his cheeks.

"Do you like Raven, Gar?" Vic asked in a sing-song voice. "You're blushing."

"No," Gar said quickly. "And I am not blushing." However, he turned a deeper shade of pink as he said this.

"Well, I think she'll be very happy to see you," Vic said as they entered the darkened gym. "C'mon, man, let's find everyone and show that witch that she can't ruin Gar's night!"

Vic and Gar quickly found their group. Kori and Robin, Jinx and Garth, and Bea and Leo were all dancing. Raven was standing a bit apart from the group, and she tapped Jinx on the shoulder when she caught sight of the two boys.

"All right, they're back!" Garth exclaimed. The rest of the group looked over to where Vic and Gar stood at his words. All of them broke into wide smiles, seeing the small grin on Gar's face. Vic noticed that Raven looked the happiest of everyone.

Smiling in a sly way, Vic nudged Gar in the back with his elbow, then looked pointedly at Raven when Gar turned around. Gar followed Vic's gaze, and he noticed that Raven blushed as the two looked at her.

Taking the hint, Gar went over to Raven, held out a hand, and asked, "Want to dance?"

"Sure," Raven said, taking his hand. The rest of the group all smiled at the two for a few seconds before turning back to their own dance partners. Vic walked over to Bea, and the two began dancing.

"So, what'd you tell him?" Bea asked. "Because whatever you did, it worked."

"I just had him vent for a bit, then told him it's okay to want to have fun," Vic shrugged. "Then I teased him 'cause he blushed when he was talking about Raven."

Bea laughed, then looked over at Gar and Raven. Vic looked as well, to see the two dancing close together. They were talking with each other, an occasional nervous laugh escaping both of them.