"I'll stay here," Raven volunteered.
"Why?" Beast Boy asked Raven, popping up behind her.
"Unless we are taking the T-ship we are going to need the girls to fly us" Cyborg reminded Robin.
Terra glanced over at Beast Boy and Raven, and then hurriedly looked away.
"I just don't feel like going," Raven responded.
"Oh yeah," Robin said.
"Aww c'mon" Beast Boy urged "What fun could you possibly have all by yourself?" He asked.
"I believe I would be able to carry Cyborg" Starfire noted.
Raven stared at him for a moment. "Fine," she said. "I'll go," she stood up.
Terra stole a glance at them and looked at the floor again. It was impossible to let go of Beast Boy. Impossible to forget him. She kicked at the floor a little. "I'm gonna wait outside," she said to no one in particular. She walked out the front door and waited a little ways away from it.
Robin watched her go then looked back at Beast Boy and Raven. "Well, lets go then," he said.
Beast Boy watched Terra go, wondering if he had made a mistake without even thinking about it. It was just habit to urge Raven to go places with them to places or to make her come out of hiding.
Starfire bent down and stroked Silkie on the head "Be good my little glandorf" she said to her silk worm then stood up straight and walked towards the door along with Cyborg who was mumbling about the little monster.
Terra summoned a rock to her again and stepped on when it got close enough. She hovered above the ground.
Robin came outside as Raven and walked towards the door.
Beast Boy ran ahead of them, morphing into a cat and sliding in front of the others in attempt to be the first one out of the tower besides Terra. He ran out then morphed human and looked up at Terra and grinning faintly before looking behind him as the others came out.
Terra grinned when Beast Boy did. Once again, she couldn't help it.
Robin came out, giving Beast Boy a 'you're so weird' look.
"Anyone need a lift?" Terra asked.
"I'd rather walk," Raven said in her usual monotone voice.
Terra stared at her. "Just trying to help," she mumbled.
"Would you mind giving me a ride?" Robin asked.
"Yep, ever so much," she joked as she pulled up another rock for him.
"Did you require my help?" Starfire asked Cyborg.
"No thanks Star, I think BB is going to carry me" He said "But thanks."
"I am?" Beast Boy asked blankly.
"Yep" Cyborg grinned.
"Man..." Beast Boy whined then brought his arms in before spreading them out moments later in wings. the flying dino formed Beast Boy looked down at Cyborg grudgedly then bent down so he could get on
Raven floated into the air and waited for the others.
Robin jumped on the rock and Terra made it fly into the air.
Starfire jumped up and didn't land beacuse she was now floating. "Shall we depart?" she asked, now existited
Cyborg climbed on Beast Boys back, or more of his shoulders since B needed his wing space
Robin pointed to the sky and yelled, "Titans! To the Video Store!"
Both Raven and Terra turned, giving him weird looks.
He just stared, finger still in the air. He lowered his hand. "Sorry, habit."
Starfire giggled at Robin then started flying forward.
Cyborg was laughing at his leader while Beast Boy flew up with one mighty flap of his lealery wings and was air born.
The two boys seem to have a plan of some time, and it was soon revealed as Cyborg shouted "RACE YA!" then Beast Boy sped up.
"You're on!" Robin shouted after them and Terra smiled, speeding up both the rock she was on, and Robin's.
"Boys," Raven said rolling her eyes as Beast Boy and Cyborg sped by. She watched Robin and Terra fly off after them. "Tom boys," she muttered, referring to Terra.
The two rocks kept speeding up in hot pursuit of Beast Boy and Cyborg.
Starfire flew along side Raven while watching the race "On my planet such air racing would be in celebration" She said.
Beast Boy let out a loud dino squeal that would have to do for a laugh.
"LOSERS BUY PIZZA!" Cyborg shouted back at Robin and Terra.
"DUDE, NO WAY!" Terra screamed after them, and sped up even more. Soon Robin and her were right behind Beast Boy and Cyborg.
"AHH!" Robin yelled. "TERRA!"
Terra looked back to see Robin ducking from almost getting hit by one of Beast Boy's wings. "Sorry!" she moved the rock he was on over.
"Celebration?" Raven asked. "For what?"
Beast Boy moved a little more to the side so that he wouldn't bump into them again. He was nearly sure Terra and Robin would win this seeing how he had a 2 robot on his back and his arms hurt.
"Oh for many things! The most common is in celebration of an infant's learning of flight. It is not uncommon for it to happen the day he is born" Starfire informed Raven though still watching the race and seeming interested.
It was now neck and neck. Well, as neck and neck as you could get with two people on rocks, one dinosaur and a guy riding it.
"The first day?" Raven asked. That almost didn't seem possible. Then again, Tameranians were very different from people from Earth.
Beast Boy stretched his neck out further and flapped a little harder, not that it did much he was already going as fast as he could with Cyborg on his shoulders.
Starfire nodded. "Yes, it is not uncommon for children of only a few years to know how to fly properly. It is quiet glorious" She said, smiling at memories of her home.
"Sounds like they're fast learners," Raven said.
Terra side glanced at Beast Boy and tried to make the rocks go a little faster. She was used to going fast like this on a rock. Robin on the other hand wasn't. He was sitting with one leg under, and holding the edge with one hand, a serious, competitive look on his face. His cape blew behind him in the rushing wind.
Cyborg was pretty used to this. Seeing how he had ridden on his green friend more then once.
"Mm hmm" Starfire hummed her yes.
Beast Boy let out another dino cry, only this one was more of an "I'm getting tired" tone. but as they neared the shore, or the finish line Beast Boy put on extra speed but then feel back besides Terra.
Terra glanced over at Beast Boy again. Her mouth dropped when he sped up but she shook it off when he fell back. Her hair billowed out behind her in the rushing wind. She realized it had been a year, maybe more since she'd ridden like this. She smiled; she had forgotten how much fun it was.
Beast Boy had looked over at Terra to see if he was behind or ahead. though he found himself stairing at her. He watched her long blonde hair stream out behind her as she flew like a pro on the rock, no wait! she was a pro. Her slender body kept perfect blance, unlike poor Robin. If he could have, Beast Boy would have grinned but having a beak it was hard to do.
"Yo! earth to Beast Boy!" Cyborg shouted, making Beast Boy snap out of the trance and go back to racing
Terra looked over at Beast Boy when Cyborg yelled at him. She looked away, still grinning and vaguely wondering what Beast Boy had been doing. Probably looking for Raven she thought in an annoyed kind of way. Who knows with him?
Robin wasn't doing so well, trying to stay balanced. He had not moved his other hand to be flat on the rock. He wasn't so sure he enjoyed this much.
As they came to a close it was a tie. Both Beast Boy and Cyborg and Robin and Terra had made it at the same time.
Beast Boy landed and littraly threw Cyborg off then morpthed human and rubbed his shoulders "Dude, that was the last time we race like that" He laughed, rubbing his tight and aching shoulder muscles to relax them. that had hurt.
"AH!" Cyborg had yelped when thrown off, he stood up and rubbed the sand off his arm "If you got any sand in my circets.." He grumled but soon went back into his better mood after finding out no sand had gottin in.
"AHHH!" Robin yelled as the rock he was on hurtled towards the ground and stopped at the last minute. He got off and was a bit shaky in the legs, couldn't keep balance very well.
Terra jumped off before the rock she was on hit the ground, and then made it stop in the air. Her feet hit the ground and she looked over at Robin. "What? You didn't wanna jump off? You're no fun," she joked.
"I want a rematch!" Robin said, stubbornly
"Forget it, Robin," Terra said. "You can hardly stand."
"I have to go with Terra on this one" Cyborg laughed at Robin.
Starfire came zooming down now that the race was over, she landed closer to Robin then the other Titans "That was most wonderful!" she complimented them.
Raven flew over to the group as well, standing as far away as possible from Terra.
"Fine," Robin said, a bit annoyed.
"So… who's buying pizza?" Terra asked.
"How about all four of us?" Beast Boy voted.
"Sounds good to me" Cyborg shrugged then looked over at Terra and Robin. "What about you two?" he asked.
Beast Boy's eyes darted over at Terra, he hadn't really gottin a chance to see her out in the sun light. when the suns rays made her hair look even more golden then it already was. He soon looked over at Cyborg then. Robin and awaited his ansere, though now trying to avoid looking at Terra again
Robin nodded in agreement.
Terra checked her pockets, doubting she had money in them. To her surprise she did. "Sounds fair," she said.
Lucky for Beast Boy, Raven hadn't seen him staring at Terra. She had looked over at him just as he was looking away.
"So were to first? Pizza or game store?" Cyborg asked, not really caring. he hadn't eatin lunch beacuse Starfire had cooked. but he also really wanted to go to the game store and probably end up getting more then the controler.
Beast Boy thought about it before putting his vote in "Pizza! we can eat on the way to the game store" He also hadnt eatin lunch.
"Pizza," Robin agreed with Beast Boy.
"I don't really care," Raven said. It wasn't a surprising answer.
"Pizza," Terra agreed with the two boys.
"Then that's that!" Beast Boy decided to act goofy and puffed his chest up then in his best Robin voice shouted "Pizza place! TITANS GO!" He was clearly teasing Robin for his to the game store battle cry earlier.
Starfire giggled again, finding it funny.
Robin gave Beast Boy an annoyed look. "Shut up," he said.
Alright, Terra finally gave into Beast Boy's jokes. She laughed as she watched him do an impression of Robin. Terra looked over, noticing Raven shooting her a glare, but she ignored it.
Beast Boy was smiling slightly at Terra. glad that he had made her laugh.
Dude! What are you doing? He thought then looked away from Terra and let the smile fall from his face and jogged after Cyborg.
"Comon guys" Cyborg was laughing as he said this and started to the pizza place, not far from the shore.
Raven continued glaring as she levitated a few inches and floated off after the boys.
Terra and Robin ran past her, apparently Terra was challenging Robin without saying so, taunting him by slowing down then speeding up. Robin hadn't exactly gotten his… land legs back yet.
Beast Boy and Cyborg watched Terra and Robin, finding them amusing. though they were also talking about the latest video games that would be awesome to look for at the store.
"that new combo game i saw on TV looks pretty cool" Cyborg said.
Beast Boy was watching Terra "Hmm? Yea it looks hot erm i mean cool or awesome or somthing" Beast Boy darted his head around in emberesment.
Cyborg raised his eye brow down at his green friend, though looking amused
Terra finally gave up on teasing Robin who decided to be no fun and wait for Starfire and Raven. She caught up to Beast Boy and Cyborg, glancing at Beast Boy for a moment before looking away.
"Hey Terra" Cyborg grinned "Any games you wanted to check out?" He asked.
Beast boy kept seilent now that Terra was closer.
Starfire caught up with Robin but didn't really have anything to say. She was sure there would be plently of quistions once they came to this game store.
Terra grinned a little, but shook her head. "Not really," she said.
Robin kept walking until they were standing in a little group. Raven had drifted over, seconds before him, taking her place as far as possible from Terra.
"Well if you think of any let me know" Cyborg said.
Beast Boy looked over at Raven and waved slightly, okay it was more of raising his hand. then turned back to Cyborg, the two of them kept talking about video games and movies. every now and then Cyborg would include Terra in the talk but it was then that Beast Boy stopped talking.
Raven given a very small smile when Beast Boy waved. It was more like a half wave. He seemed to be acting less… Beast Boy-ish then usual.
Terra noticed Beast Boy stop talking when she started and tried to ignore it. She'd just have to get used to it. Either that or talk to him more and try to become friends again. It was so hard though. The night Beast Boy had told her… hadn't they said they would stay friends? It didn't seem to be turning out the way. Terra started to become less involved in the conversation. Just giving simple answers like, "Huh? Oh… yeah," or "What? I dunno."
Beast Boy noticed Terra wasnt talking much. He blamed himself again. He thought they would be friends but, they hardly talked. He couldn't be just friends with her, every time he went to talk to her or be around her alot he started falling for her again. it was nouthing he could help, not that he would if he could. or would he? Dang all this confusing stuff!
When they came to the pizza place Cyborg dashed for 'there' table. it was almost always open for them.
Robin dashed in after Cyborg and sat down on his other side.
Raven slowly drifted in, take a seat two seat away from Robin. She figured Starfire might sit there.
as perdicted Starfire took the seat next to Robin as usual, Beast Boy saw only two seats were left and just grabbed one then looked up at Terra, before quickly looking at the table counter top.
Terra walked in. She looked around at the old pizza place. She looked at the table all her friends were at. Cyborg, Robin, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy, empty chair. Terra hesitated before walking over and pulling out the chair. She sat down and said nothing.
Raven was beyond angry. Why did Terra have to sit on Beast Boy's other side? She didn't say anything, just shot Terra a half glare while no one was paying attention.
Beast Boy glanced at Raven, then over at the others before stealing a look at Terra again. He couldn't get enough of her.
Cyborg already knew what he wanted, the meat supream, it was what he got every time!
Starfire on the other hand wanted to try all the earth foods she could. so besides her usual cup of mustard she would order somthing diffrent, but what today?
Beast Boy was going to get the veggie topping. he didn't mind the cheese so much really since it was on a pizza. he was tempted to look at Terra again but forced himself to just keep either looking at his other friends or his hands.
Terra was sitting there with her hands under the table in her lap, just kind of staring at the table. Once in awhile she would look up at someone. It was killing her that Beast Boy was right next to her. She still liked him so much… She looked over at Starfire, then at Raven. She glanced at Beast Boy and Raven's glare hardened. Terra looked back at Raven and quickly looked away from both her, and Beast Boy. She stared down at the table.
Robin knew what he wanted. Just a pepperoni pizza. He was glancing at Beast Boy, Terra, and Raven. There seemed to be tension between all three of them. He looked over at Starfire quite a bit too. She was sitting next to him after all. Not that he was complaining.
Beast Boy couldn't stand this. He had caught Raven glaring a few times, and it was really starting to bug him no one was talking. So he grabbed his straw a waitress had left there earlier and took it out of its wrapper, grinning to himself. He wadded up a bit of the paper and put it in his mouth for a brief second then took out the spit ball and jammed it into the straw. If no one was going to talk, he would make them talk! He put the straw to his mouth and aimed at Robin's head before spitting it out at him then quickly hiding the straw on his lap and looking away innocently.
Robin had been staring at the table when something hit him in the head. He put his hand to his head and pulled a spit ball out of his hair. His immediate thought was Beats Boy, and Beast Boy was the first person he looked at.
Terra coughed a few times. It was obvious she was trying to stifle her laughter. She had one elbow on the table and her hand up to her mouth, trying to cover up her smile. You could still tell she was trying not to laugh though.
Raven looked at Beast Boy when Robin was hit. It was like instinct. Then she looked over at Terra and then away again.
Terra's fit of 'coughs' had subsided and she was once again sitting with her hands under the table. When the others weren't paying attention, she reached up and grabbed her own straw. She unwrapped it and set the straw on the table. She brought her hands back to her lap and waited for the others to all look away again. She sneakily nudged her arm into Beast Boy's, not looking at him so no one would think anything was up. She was handing the paper to him under the table.
Beast Boy had merely given Robin a "what?" look when he looked at him. When he felt something nudging his arm he looked down for a second then bent over like he had dropped something. "Gah were is it?" He asked himself loud enough for the others to hear and in hopes they thought he was only looking for a dropped item. "AHA!" He declared, taking a dime from his own pocket then holding it up above his head "GOT IT" while he sat up he grabbed the paper from Terra.
"Good for you" Cyborg mumbled as he read through the menu, seeing if there was anything else he wanted.
Beast Boy spit into his hand and rolled the paper in the glob of spit. And it looked like a lugie was in it too. Ah well. He placed the spit wad into his straw that was still on his lap then reached up and hit Robin in the eye with it again looking away like he hadn't done anything. Though looking Terra's way and flashing her a smile.
Terra had been watching Beast Boy as he spit in his hand and aimed at Robin. When Robin was hit, she laughed again. She looked back at Beast Boy just in time to catch the smile. She smiled back and tried not to laugh again.
Robin had also been looking through the menu. Maybe he'd get the Canadian bacon or the- What the heck? Something hit him in they eye and he pulled another spit wad off of himself. "Beast Boy!" he snapped. "Knock it off! That's disgusting!"
"And embarrassing," Raven said, half joking with him, but at the same time was dead serious. She had her face hidden behind a menu as she read over it, wondering what she wanted.
"Party pooper," Terra mumbled like a five year old would.
"I heard that," Raven said looking past Beast Boy and at Terra.
Terra merely picked up her own menu and read through it, even though she knew what she wanted.
Beast Boy had a laughing grin plastered on his face. His feet kicked at the table much like what a little kid will do when bored of sitting still.
When the waitress came over Cyborg told her what he wanted, he didn't feel like trying anything new. Starfire asked if pizza came with any typs of glork berrys or some other tamerian foods, the waitress staired at her blankly then shook her head no. though a little dissipointed Starfire ordered a everything topping her her pizza. Beast Boy said he would take the veggie topping on his of course.
Robin ordered a plain pepperoni pizza. Terra went for the plain cheese, she liked cheese. Raven took a minute or so to decide. She asked for a Canadian bacon, and sausage pizza.
The waitress took down the orders on the note pad she held, after brushing the curly brown hair out of her face a few times. "They should be done in a few minutes" She informed then after pushing the gum she chew to the side of her mouth. She looked over the Titans before asking "Is there anything you wanted to drink?"
Beast Boy had shot a flirty grin at the cute waitress when she looked at him, she had merely rolled her eyes and got ready to take down more orders.
"Just a Coke, please," Robin took his order.
"Cherry coke!" Terra said, sounding like she was one hundred percent positive, which she was.
"Tea," Raven responded.
"Uhhh, I'll have a cherry coke too" Cyborg said.
"Root beer" Beast Boy said, still grinning.
"Mustard please" Starfire said in her preppy tone, and looking very eager to get the mustard.
"Ohhh kay" The waitress said before turning and jogging back into the building
Robin set the menu he was holding down.
Raven just kind of looked around.
Yet Terra was staring with a confused blank look. "Mustard?" she asked with disbelief.
Starfire nodded at Terra, still with the same face.
"She loves the stuff" Beast Boy told Terra, leaning over a little bit as if it was a secret.
"Oh," Terra nodded her head in understanding. "That explains it."
Raven glanced over at them, a bit of a glare on her face. She looked back at the menu as if looking for something, even though they just ordered.
Robin was ready to bang his head on the table. Why must Raven be so uncooperative? They were just talking, nothing wrong with that. In fact, it was better then they were doing five minutes ago. Maybe Raven didn't want them to be better though. Nah, that couldn't be right.
The waitress came back with the drinks and set them down in front of every one, she rushed back then came out with the pizzas and handed them out. She then ran back into the building to see if anyone else was waiting for there order.
"mmmmmmmm" Beast Boy licked his lips then grabbed the first slice on his pizza and nearly shuved it down his throat. Cyborg wasn't any better, he was eating the pizza two slices at a time! While Starfire slowly drank her mustard before taking the first bite of her pizza.
Robin picked up one piece and started eating it. He could get as bad as Beast Boy and Cyborg sometimes. Today, he wasn't though. He only ate one piece at a time, but he ate them pretty quick.
Raven stared at Beast Boy and Cyborg. Sometimes she found her friends revolting when they ate. She picked up one piece and started eating it, slowly.
Terra stared at the food. It looked so good! She picked up a piece and took a bite. Man… she'd forgotten how good pizza tasted. She started eating the cheesy pizza goodness faster.
Beast Boy ate another peice in record time before looking over at Terra "Wanna try mine?" He asked. he had once before offered some to Cyborg, but Cyborg said any pizza without meat on it wasn't a true pizza so Beast Boy gave up on him.
Starfire found out she liked the anchovies and started picking them off her pizza and eating them, they reminded her of her home food.
Terra looked over at Starfire for a second. That was one thing she wouldn't eat: Anchovies. She looked over at Beast Boy. "Yeah, sure," she said.
Raven looked up. She hurriedly looked away though. She didn't like Terra being here. Her thoughts were always that Beast Boy would fall for her again. She took another bite of her pizza.
Beast Boy grinned then handed Terra a piece of his veggie topped pizza. "No one else will eat it. i gues they think veggies will end the world or somthing" He joked.
"Friends, do you wish to try some of these most delitful little food pieces?" Starfire asked, holding up a anchovie
Terra laughed. "Your world would have been long since ended," she joked. She took a bite of it. Not bad. "Want a piece of mine?" she asked.
Raven glanced over. Stop looking She told herself. She looked back at her pizza and took another bite.
Robin glanced over at Beast Boy and Terra, grinning now. He was glad they were talking. It might have taken awhile, but they were talking. Now for Raven…
Terra looked over at Star and eyes the anchovy. She shook her head no. She'd tried one before. Gross.
Beast Boy laughed slightly then eyed Starfires food and shook his head "Uh no thanks" He then looked over at Terra and shrugged "Sure" he said and grinned.
"Uhhh, no thank you" Cyborg told Starfire then stuffed more pizza in his mouth.
"Robin?" Starfire asked, holding the anchovy in front of him.
Terra picked up a piece of cheese pizza. Or… tried to. The cheese was getting all stringy and not letting her break it. She pulled the slice up, but the cheese stretched out. She took a plastic knife to it and broke it. "Really stringy cheese," she said with a small laugh.
"Oh… uhh…" Robin looked up at the anchovy. It even smelled bad. He looked away from the small fish and up at Starfire. No! Don't look at her! You know you can never say 'no' to her! A voice in his head told him. "Sure," he said a bit unsurely. Told you. The little voice said. It was so hard to say no to Starfire. Why was it so hard?
Beast Boy gave half a laugh, how you do that? oh its simple. just make a laughing like noise without opening your mouth but while grinning like a manic.
"Wonderful!" Starfire cried then set the anchovy on Robin's plate and waited to see him eat it. She had that big grin plastered on her face.
Terra set the slice of pizza down on Beast Boy's plate, glancing at him for a moment.
Raven was doing everything she could, everything in her power, to ignore Terra.
Robin looked down at it. He picked it up and glanced at Starfire. He took a deep breath and popped it in his mouth. His face fell. The anchovy was disgusting. He swallowed it very hesitantly, and immediately took a drink of soda. Now it tasted gross too. "Interesting," he said.
Beast Boy hadn't noticed Raven's glares; he had been too caught up in talking with Terra. He had glanced at her the same time she glanced at him, and it almost made him blush. "Thanks" he quickly said, grabbing the pizza then stuffing it into his mouth.
Starfire grinned "Thank you for trying it" She told Robin then got back to eating her food after she had picked off and gulped down all the anchovies.
Cyborg belched as he finished his pizza then started gulping down his cherry coke.
"You're welcome," Terra said with a smile. She also still hadn't caught Raven glaring for pretty much the same reasons Beast Boy hadn't. She went back to her own pizza, taking another bite. Man, this was good. She took a gulp or five of her cherry coke.
Raven looked over at Terra, with one fist clenched. She noticed it and fixed it. She picked up another slice and took a few bites.
Robin smiled. Maybe he should try Star's food more often. He went back to his pizza.
"C'mon you guys! Taking forever to eat" Cyborg complained.
Beast Boy gulped down the pizza slice then ate the remaining 2 slices within a few minutes. "Done!" He declared, patting his stomach then glancing around at every one.
"I shall only be a little while longer" Starfire said then picked up the entire half pizza in front of her and stuffed it into her mouth, and it was gone only 3 chews and one swallow later. She licked her fingers then grabbed a napkin to wipe her face off with while Cyborg and Beast boy just stared at her with wide eyes
Robin stared at Starfire with an amazed look. He picked up his last slice and ate it in a minute.
Terra had two pieces left. She ate them both as fast as she could, picked up her drink, and swallowed the rest of it down. "I'm done too," she announced.
Raven finished hers a minute after Terra did.
Cyborg put down his share of the bill on the table; Beast Boy did the same before standing up. "Game store?" he asked them.
Raven stood up and started walking towards the door without saying a word.
Terra stood up and fished out a few bucks to set on the table.
Robin did the same. "Yeah," he answered Beast Boy.
"Yay!" Beast Boy cheered then ran to catch up with Raven.
Cyborg was right behind them as was Starfire.
Once at the game store Beast Boy and Cyborg had been browsing through the video games. They had done picked out a 'better' controller. Though the only thing different about it was that it was black and not white like the old one.
"Hey B, check this one out" Cyborg said, handing Beast Boy a case.
Beast Boy took it and looked over the cover that showed a bunch of futuristic cars racing on a loop track. "Out law speeders... 2!" He had looked like he would faint "Way out!"
"Yea I know!" Cyborg nodded in agreement.
Terra had been just wandering around, looking at random things.
Raven was standing in a corner of the store, just watching the others. This wasn't her kind of place.
Robin popped up behind Beast Boy. "Out Law Speeders 2?" he asked.
"Yea! Check it out" Beast Boy turned around and handed the video game to Robin.
Starfire was walking around, poking most things. She was currently looking at all types of game controllers. Most looked the same to her. When she looked over to her right it showed some newer video games but they didn't look of interest to Star.
Robin's jaw dropped as he held the video game. "How much money do we have?" he asked the other two. Yeah, he wanted this game.
Terra was looking at video games a little ways down the aisle from the three boys, running her finger down the rows of games. She wasn't looking for anything in particular, just looking.
"I got five bucks" Beast Boy said, looking at the game as well.
"Err, I think I got twenty" Cyborg guessed after doing a little math in his head.
"I've got twenty five left," Robin said.
Terra pulled down a random game, looked it over, and put it back again. She continued doing this, reading over games. Some looked weird. Other looked kinda fun.
"Let's get it!" Cyborg said, sounding like a kid in a candy store.
"Yea!" Beast Boy shouted, ready to jump up and down out of excitement. Yea, new video games would do weird things to teenaged boys.
"C'mon, let's go pay!" Robin said excitedly. He literally ran to the check stand, skidding to a stop in front of it. He set the game on the counter and pulled out his money.
Terra looked over, wondering what everyone was so excited about. She glanced at Raven. Well, the boys were excited anyways. She set the game she was holding back.
Cyborg and Beast Boy fallowed Robin.
Starfire was looking at the boys with a cocked head then walked over to see what it was they were hyped up about.
The guy at the stand looked up "Will that be all?"
Cyborg put the controller on the counter as well and the guy scanned both items "$35.76" He said. Beast Boy scraped out the change and Cyborg put down 15 dollars then left the rest for Robin to pay.
Robin set down the rest of the money they needed.
Terra came over. "What else did you guys get?" she asked.
Raven came over almost right after Terra. "Great. Can we go now?" she asked with absolutely no enthusiasm.
"Out law speeders 2" Cyborg told Terra proudly. Some how he had just knew they would get more then a controller. It happened almost every time.
The guy scooped the money up and placed it in the register before saying "Thank you and have a nice day" out of plain habit.
Cyborg started out of the store, though holding the game so he could read the back of it. Starfire was behind him, popping up every now and then to see.
Beast Boy started after the two then looked back and Raven and asked "Was there any where you wanted to go?" He asked. Knowing it would only be fair to ask since they had all had there enjoyment.
Robin caught up with Starfire and Cyborg. He couldn't wait to try out the game!
Terra started after them when she heard Beast Boy. It made her jealous. She kept walking like she hadn't heard him.
"Not really, just home," Raven answered.
"Yea, I figured" Beast Boy joked then jogged past Terra and over to the others, though knowing he didn't have a chance at getting to look at the game till they got home since Cyborg was twice his size and holding it to his head.
"This game looks of most interest" Starfire said after she had got fed up with trying to look over Cyborg's shoulder and just flew up so she could look down on it.
"Tell me about it" Cyborg grinned then looked at his friends "Let's hurry up and get home so we can try this puppy out!"
"Yeah!" Robin agreed, rubbing his palms together excitedly.
Terra was walking behind them, just listening to the over excited boys with a grin on her face.
Raven was stuck walking behind her. Oh how hard it was to resist the temptation to trip her. It was either walk behind her, or next to her. Neither sounded great in Raven's mind.
"Let's go!" Cyborg shouted then started for the shore at the fastest run he could.
"Yes lets!" Starfire agreed and was soon in front of Cyborg.
"Wait up!" Beast boy called before morphing into a dog (Grey houd) and running along.
"Hey! Wait for me, too!" Robin yelled and dashed off.
Terra smiled at their excitement and even gave a small laugh. She looked over to see Raven walking next to her. Her face fell slightly and she immediately looked away. Silence fell over them.
Raven watched as the boys and Starfire ran off. It was just her and Terra now. She contemplated about saying something to her. Maybe not.
Terra looked around. She hated silence, even when it was Raven. It made her uncomfortable. She plucked up enough courage to say something. "So…"
Raven's eyes narrowed slightly. She didn't answer.
"Um… how've you been?" Terra asked. She was just trying to strike up a conversation.
"Don't even talk to me," Raven said flatly.
Terra's eyes narrowed. "Sorry," she said, not sounding sorry at all.
"Don't lie," Raven snapped.
Terra stopped walking. "What is your problem?" she snapped right back.
Raven stopped walking, and stood there with clenched fists. She spun around to round on Terra. "Isn't it obvious?" she asked. "You are my problem!"
Terra's fists were now clenched too. "What did I do?" Terra asked.
Raven gave her a disbelieving 'DUH!' look.
"Fine, stupid question," Terra admitted. "But, everyone else forgave me, why cant you?"
"Because!" Raven snapped. "You hurt my friends, and you hurt Beast Boy! And if you come near him again- if you hurt any of them again-" Raven couldn't even seem to finish her sentence. "And don't come near me again. Don't talk to me." She turned and started walking off.
Terra stared after her. She wanted to yell something, an insult. But, she thought better of it. She just stood there for a while, letting a distance be put between herself and Raven.
Beast Boy had heard the yelling, having larger ears did help sometimes. He hadn't been able to make out the words but knew for sure it was Terra and Raven. Well duh, they were behind and he could tell from their voices. He turned around and waited till Raven was caught up, he glanced at Terra who was all the way in the back then faced Raven. "What was that all about?" He asked, not knowing if he wanted to get a reply.
"Nothing," Raven lied. She had also half snapped, although not meaning to. She didn't stop walking or even try to lag behind with Beast Boy, just kept walking at a fast pace, with her fists clenched.
Terra looked away a moment before Beast Boy had looked back. She started walking slowly after them. She didn't really want to catch up with them, not if Raven was there. Raven both made Terra mad, and sometimes was a bit creepy.
Beast Boy stopped his walk and watched Raven keep on, he turned and looked at Terra, wondering if it was a good idea to ask her what was going on. probably not, it would most likily make Raven more snappy. But being noisy he waited for Terra to catch up, though he had taken a few steps back to help then asked "Soo, what was all the yelling about?" He stole a quick glance at her before returning his gaze to his friends further ahead.
Terra noticed Beast Boy waiting for her, but she didn't speed up. She still wanted to keep distance with Raven. She looked away from him and down at the ground, searching for an excuse. But, she wouldn't be able to lie to Beast Boy anyways, so she just looked back up. "She… umm," Terra was thinking about the right choice of words. "She doesn't really… like me that much," she finally said. That was an understatement. Raven acted like she hated Terra!
"Oh" Beast Boy almost sighed. He didn't want them fighting, because he was afraid he would have to choose sides and that would be one of the worst situations that could happen! "Maybe she just needs to get used to you again" He said, though knew it most likely wasn't true.
Terra gave him a look that said 'Yeah right', but in a half joking way. She doubted Raven would ever be her friend again. "All I did was talk to her. Nothing bad, just asked her how she was doing. She lashed out at me," Terra sighed. "At least I tried, I guess," she added.
Beast Boy nodded in understandment. "Don't worry about it too much" He said, looking at her and grinning before placing his hand on her shoulder and adding "but my advice, just try to stay out of her way till she cools down" He said then grinned one more time before recoiling his hand and running to catch up with the others.
Terra glanced at his hand before looking back at him. She nodded in agreement and smiled a 'Thanks' smile. She watched him run off and started walking again. She walked faster then before. Today had gotten a lot better then it had been earlier. At least she and Beast Boy were talking now. She still wanted to be more then friends though. She always would, and she knew it.
The Titans were already at the shore. Starfire had said she would help Cyborg over, since Beast Boy did last time. Cyborg said he wouldn't mind.
Beast Boy had just morphed into a falcon; he didn't feel like straining his arms into making giant wings the size of a car for a dino this time.
Raven levitated into the air and started floating off over the lake.
Robin stood waiting for Terra. He looked back at her. "Terra! C'mon!" he called to her.
Terra looked up and saw everyone leaving. She picked up the pace and ran over. "Sorry," she said, pulling up a piece of earth for them to take across the lake. They both stepped on and the rock flew into the air and started across.
Starfire lifted her Cyborg friend up and also started across the large lake. Though at a high speed rate that nearly made Cyborg puke.
Beast Boy though was taking his jolly good ol time. He did all types of tricks he had learned over the years.
Terra glanced over at Beast Boy and started watching him. He was really good at that.
Robin looked at Terra and saw her staring. He looked past Terra and saw she was watching Beast Boy. Robin smiled and shook his head. He looked ahead of him again and saw Starfire. He stared for a moment before shaking his head to snap out of it. You're such a hypocrite that little voice in his head told him
Beast Boy shot down while spinning in the air towards the water. He loved showing off. He morphed into a dolphin at the last minute then splashed into the lake. Though coming up in a jump only moments later.
Starfire and Cyborg were already at the towers shore and watching the others come. Cyborg looked dizzy from flying like that but was alright.
Terra smiled. That was so cool. She couldn't stop staring. Heck, she didn't even realize she was staring. She watched his dolphin form jump out of the water and her eyes widened in amazement.
Raven landed on the shore next to Cyborg and Starfire. She impatiently waited for the others.
Beast Boy did another jump as a dolphin before staying under the rest of his under water swim. As he came to shore he jumped up and over the others, splashing them. He landed in a roll then stood up with outspread arms and shouted "TADA!" as if waiting for a cheer.
Terra flew over the lake and finally stopped the rock, jumping off. She would have said that was cool, but she didn't because Raven was there. She just smiled instead.
Robin jumped off the rock and onto solid ground. One thing was for sure: he would much rather ride the R-Cycle. He didn't mind flying, he just felt more secure on his motorbike.
Raven shook her head a little to get the water out of her hair. She watched Beast Boy for a moment with a half annoyed look, flashed Terra a glare, and then turned to walk to the Tower.
Starfire was ringing the water out of her hair "Friend, that was un called for" She muttered to Beast Boy who had left his 'waiting for a cheer' pose and was now moping back towards the tower.
Cyborg was grumbling about the little show off while trying to dry his head off by shaking it slightly. Though it didn't do much.
Terra stared after Beast Boy for a moment. He was too cute. Cuter then cute, beyond cute. She sighed quietly and started walking after him. She started ringing the water out of her own hair.
Robin watched Starfire ring the water out. He didn't mean too, it just happened. He finally shook his head and looked away, attempting to get the water out of his hair. His hair looked good today, if he had to re-gel it…
Cyborg then remembered the game, lucky it had plastic wrap and it wasn't wet. "C'mon guys!" He shouted, mainly meaning the other boys and maybe Terra since she seemed to hang out with them more then the other two girls. He ran inside then jumped on the couch and unwrapped the video game.
"Dude! Wait up!" Beast Boy yelled and ran to catch up with Cyborg.
Starfire was slower on going inside; she was busy trying to dry her long hair out.
"Stop leaving me behind!" Robin yelled as he ran after Beast Boy. He ran in and also jumped on the couch. "This is gonna be so cool!" he sounded like a seven year old boy again.
Raven came into the tower and immediately headed upstairs. She didn't want to be anywhere near Terra at the moment. She went into her room and closed the door behind her.
Terra caught up with the boys and sat down on the couch to watch.
"You're just slow!" Beast Boy joked to Robin and laughed before jumping the back of the couch again and landing next to Cyborg.
Starfire sat on the stool near the bar once she had entered the tower. she was considering going and getting the item people called a blow drier since her hair didn't seem to want to dry.
Terra laughed a little bit at Beast Boy's joked again.
"I'm faster then you," Robin joked right back. "When I wanna be," he added.
Terra's hair dripped water still. "Thanks, Beast Boy," she said sarcastically with a joking smile.
Beast Boy turned to Terra at the mention of his name and found himself gazing over longer then planned. He grinned at her then turned around to the game that Cyborg was turning on.
Cyborg plugged the new controller in and handed it over Beast Boy's head and towards Robin.
"Hey!" Beast boy whined.
"Me and Robin get first round, your worm ate the last controller" Cyborg laughed.
"Yeah, besides, it was me Cyborg who were going to play earlier, not you," Robin said with a joking smirk on his face.
While Robin had his back turned Terra made mocking movements with her hand and moved her mouth and up and down, then made a face at him. Man, he was so caught up in the game, you could pull anything off and he still wouldn't notice.
"Awwwwww" Beast Boy slumped in his seat now with crossed arms "You guys never let me play cuz I'm younger" He whined, sounding a lot younger. Like a little kid whining about his big brothers not letting him join in the fun.
Starfire watched Terra and almost laughed but was afraid that would give it away to Robin and ruin Terra's fun.
Robin turned to face Terra, he was going to ask her something, but ended up just giving her a confused look. She had pulled her hand away really fast and looked away.
Terra looked over at Robin's confusement. His dumbfounded expression satisfied her. "What?" she asked.
"Never mind," Robin said, looking back at them game.
Cyborg had been too caught up in checking out all the new tracks and car options on the game to pay attention to anyone. He clicked the option of making your own car and put together one that resembled the T-car.
Beast Boy sat back and watched as the boys played. He only got a few turns because someone would say "You'll get it next turn" or something then he would wait a hour and not so much as touch the controller.
Before they knew it, it was dark out. Beast Boy was fairly upset about the game, watching it only got so much fun. He had even dozed off a few times during the long hours of the game playing.
Starfire had been doing many things that included cleaning up little things and watching the boys a few times and letting out a cheer for Robin.
Terra had been watching them play. She had looked over at Beast Boy a few times. Alright, quite a few times. When she saw him dozing, she tended to stare a bit more. The game looked pretty fun. Maybe she'd try it some other time. When she finally looked outside, she saw it was dark out already. Wow… how long had they sat on the couch like vegetables, staring mindlessly at the TV screen? Eh, who cares?
Raven had stayed in her room the whole time. She needed it. In fact, she was already in bed and dozing off. She was tired.
Robin was kind of annoyed it was dark already. "Man," he looked at the clock. "We should really head up to bed," he added. "It's late, and who knows what kind of missions we could get."
Cyborg looked at Robin, a little disappointed "Yea... I suppose" He said, setting the controller down on the coffee table.
"B-but I hardly played!" Beast Boy shouted, jolting up. "This isn't fair! I demand to go to court over this! I want to be read my rights! I want justice!" He raised his fist in the air as he shouted.
"Someone needs to go to bed more then we do" Cyborg laughed.
Terra started cracking up at Beast Boy. "Don't you think you're overreacting?" she asked. "Even just a little?" she added.
Robin gave Beast Boy a blank look. "You can't take this to court Beast Boy," he said flatly. "But you can have the video games tomorrow, and Cy and I'll just switch off," he added. "Now bed."
"Yes, father," Terra joked.
"I am NOT over reacting!" Beast Boy shouted. "And I can too take this to court! We live in America! Anything can happen here!" He crossed his arms and grinned.
Cyborg was laughing really hard.
Robin stared with an annoyed look. "Bed!" he repeated, pointing to the staircase. "If you don't go, NOW, no video games tomorrow." Man, the extremes he had to go to, to get a 15 year old kid to go to bed.
"Oooooo," Terra said. "That'd suck. You better listen to him!" she joked.
"You too! Bed!" Robin said, pointing to the staircase again.
"Fine, if it makes you happy, I'll go to bed," Terra stood up and started walking to the stairs. "…Dad," she added as she walked past him.
Robin just gave another annoyed look.
"It's a free country! If I don't want to go to bed I don't have to!" Beast Boy sounded confident in himself over this... a little too confident. But then he was only doing this to get on Robins nerves because it was fun. "And you can't do anything to me cuz i can call children services on you! So what is keeping me from the games?"
Cyborg couldn't hold his laughter; he had to admit it was funny.
"Beast Boy," Robin said, staying calm. "You're pushing your luck. Go to bed. If you don't, I will find a way to keep you away from the video games, and we'll do two extra hours of training tomorrow. And I'll wake you up EARLY in the morning. I'm sure you don't want that," Robin said slowly and clearly so he'd understand.
Terra shook her head as she heard this and started up the stairs. Boys. They could be hilarious at times.
"State your ways! I shall do as I please! Nothing can keep me from the games! The law is on my side!" Beast Boy shouted as he pointed to the air. "I watch cops dude, I know it all" He laughed to himself. But decided if he pushed Robin anymore he really would get in trouble. "But lucky for you I am going to choose not to use my law knowing ability and go to bed. For my sake mind you! Not because you told me too! NO ONE TELLS ME WHAT TO DO!" He kept on as he walked towards the stairs.
Robin stared after him, shaking his head. "He's gotta be the weirdest kid I've ever met," he said to Cyborg in disbelief.
Terra walked down the hall and opened her door. She stepped into her room and closed the door behind her. The first thing she did was turn her stereo on to listen to music. She started singing along to the song that came on. She liked it. It was a good song. Kinda sad… but good nonetheless. She went over and laid on her bed, singing to herself.
"If you are just finding this out then you need to pay more attention" Cyborg laughed as he got up and walked over to the control panel and turned the security system on.
Beast Boy was walking down the hall; he heard music coming from Terra's room and smiled to himself before taking off in a jog to his room. He decided not to bother and change into night clothes. He pulled his belt off and threw it on the floor with his shoes and gloves before climbing onto his top bunk and snuggling into the messy bed.
Starfire had long gone to bed; she was curled up on her round purple bed with Silkie and sleeping soundly.
Robin laughed. "I've known, trust me," he said. "This is just my daily reminder, I guess." He yawned. "I'm gonna head up to bed too. See you in the morning." He left the living room, and went up the stairs. He looked at Starfire's door as he passed and went into his room. He took his cape, boots, belt, and gloves off, and then crawled into bed. He fell asleep fast tonight.
Terra turned her stereo down low, but kept it on. She wasn't tired and was hoping that the music would put her to sleep. Today… had been a thousand times better then yesterday. She was talking to Beast Boy again. Okay, so maybe Rae had reamed her out, but it was still a good day. She was getting closer to the Titans again. That's all she wanted. Her and Beast Boy had actually talked today. That was better. Terra sighed and rolled over, curling up. She fell asleep only minutes later. Maybe she was more tired then she thought.
"Night Robin" Cyborg had yawned in response to his friend before shutting the lights down and going to bed himself.
The masked man looked up from his plans with the smug grin under his mask plastered on his face. Being a mastermind he had a machine built already from the plans he had started not long ago. No he just needed the 'battery'. He looked up at the giant screen that lit the room. It showed the T-towers last light go out. Slade turned to his bots; he had put the plans into their brain chips, so they knew the battle plan. At the nod of his head the bots were off.
They were swift and quick, not making a sound as they came to the tower. They had swam across since their new armor was water proof. As soon as they were close to the tower the alarm was tripped, though this was part of the plan. About 3 bots scattered from the group and climbed up the tower's wall at a high speed rate before busting the glass of Terra's bed room window.