Saturday 6:30 am- The Gotham Mall
"its way to early for this" thought Raven as she was being drug around by Kori, who upon finding out that Raven had been asked to the dance, decided that Raven and her needed to go and shop. Raven hated shopping for clothes, what she hated worse was shopping for dresses. And if her loathing of anything girly could possibly go any deeper, she couldn't stand to pick out formal wear.
Now add all these dislikes, blended into a hate smoothie then sprinkle all the annoying teenage girls from her school there as well. Toss in a dash of load, pop music which always makes her head hurt, and mix with the fact that she was up before 1 o'clock in the afternoon on a Saturday. And you have an episode in teenage drama just waiting to explode.
As she walked the crowded ways of mall, looking into the stores to see crowds of girls with there male tagalongs shopping for things to wear tonight, or some just sharing a smoothie and making lovey-dovey eyes at each other. It made her realize just how truly alone she was, but instead of being able to wallow in her self pity in peace. Kitten, arm in arm with her latest catch from the football team who seemed almost all muscle and no brains what so ever, walked up to her and smiled a cruel smirk saying "Oh the little orphan girl watching the rest of the school get ready for a dance that she is not going to."
Raven was more surprised of what happened next, for help seemed to come from a very unexpected place.
"She has a date for the Dance, Kitten." Came a soft almost kind voice from the back of the group. "It is Garfield Logan, and I think they look good for each other." Now this statement in its self was something of a shock as no one but Kori, or Gar would have stood up to Kitten for Raven. And as the group of tagalongs parted there stood Terra with a soft but cold gaze settling on Raven as she stepped up with her own boy toy in tow.
"So lets cut her some slack just for today shall we" She said as she smoothly turned her gaze to Kitten, as her tone how ever polite was still commanding. For all her pomp, Kitten was never the real brains behind most of the antics the Pack did. No it was cool, calculated Terra that called the shots.
Kitten just glared, not at Terra, but at Raven. Who for all her amazement just smirked back at Kitten. Being beaten by Raven was on thing, but to be shown up in front of all her friends by Terra was like shooting a missile at a piñata. Total, and utter devastation. Turning in a huff, Kitten stalked away dragging her 'date', along with the rest of the group.
Turning around to head the other way she said to Raven "This doesn't make us friends, I still hate you but I will be damned if SHE will let anything ruin tonight for anyone." And as she walked away, toward the exit, Raven just stood in shock and wonderment.
But never being one to let her mind wonder for long she pushed it back in her mind to think about later. As she moved off to find something that she could wear for this dance. And as she did she thought about Garfield, and as she thought about him. She started to hum along to the music in her head, which was strange because she hated Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You"…..
ELSE WHERE IN THE MALL
"I know that it might sound more than a little crazy…" Those where the words that pounded out of a pair of neon green head phones and in to the owners years. Garfield wandered aimlessly around the mall, looking for something to get Raven for not only was her birthday. Listen to this song somehow made him think more of Raven, which calmed his hyper-active self down so he could focus on the task at hand.
Passing shops that involved most teenage girl habits, clothes, piercing, hair and nails, but what caught is eye for some reason was a little book store that was pushed in to the rear corner of one the side alleyways. Though with people all around no one really seemed to notice it was there, and having an overly high sense of curiosity made Garfield head in and check it out.
Among the books and old looking skeletons of animals and other such things that just plain creped out Garfield, he searched until for some strange reason finding the object of his search. A large black book, or tome as the teachers called it, he picked it up but found he couldn't read the writing on the cover as it was warn and old. As if guided by some cosmic hand he opened it, and started to flip through the pages..
"Boring" he thought and made to return it back to the table. Then as an after thought he picked it back up and smiled thinking "I bet Raven would love this book, she has all kinds of things like this in her room." He moved to the counter where a boy with white hair and a large red mark on his hand and neck sold it to him for an not all to cheep price.
Placing the book in to his backpack, and looking at his watch he headed out of the store and over to meet Victor Stone at the tux shop to get fitted for tonight. If he had a mind to look over his shoulder he would have seen the boy behind the desk walking out of the store that seemed to return to one of those AS SEEN ON TV stores. And he would have noticed the large man with yellow eyes that seemed to be fallowing him, as well as the soft humming coming from the book now stashed away in his backpack…..