CHAPTER 3 (part 1)

The next morning Robin's alarm clock sounded off at 6:00 AM the next morning. He groaned and pulled one hand out from under the covers to slam itself on the snooze button. He didn't want to get up yet. Maybe in half an hour. Maybe an hour. It all depended on how tired he was.

Raven had just woken up. She hadn't needed an alarm clock. She never did. The first thing she did after she got out of bed was put her cloak back on. It was morning routine. Another part of her morning routine was to go sit in the middle of the room and meditate, which is what she did. She sat down Indian style, and chanted "Azarath Metrion Zinthos…" over and over again, her hands lightly set on her legs.

Beast Boy sat up in bed slowly, rubbing his eyes with his fists and yawning. This had to be the first time in a year he had used his alarm. It was sticky from pop or whatever it was spilling all over it over the years. He swung his legs over the side of the bed. It took the tired boy a minute to remember why on earth he was up before noon, School! Duh. Beast Boy jumped out of his bed, again hitting his head. "OWWW" He yelped again, rubbing his head. He was ready to run outside to find that image inducer when, He looked down at his clothes. Oh yea, this wasn't screaming "BEAST BOY HERE" or anything. He walked over to his closet, and got greeted by a mountain of clothing falling over top of him. Wow, his morning kept getting better and better. He dug himself out, grumbling about it and then looking over the clothes. Okay, why did he have a baby bonnet in here?... That would have to wait till later.
Beast Boy spotted a pair of jeans, those would work. They smelled a little but alwell. He then spotted a purple T-shirt with white long sleeves on it, making it look like it was two shirts in one. Perfect. He then looked around, and spotted his backpack, he would need to keep his uniform around incase something popped up; how he would get out of class... well he would worry about that when he needed too. He changed his clothes and stuffed his uniform in the green back pack with black straps and stripes going over it before darting out of his room and outside, as quietly as he could. Knowing Starfire Cyborg Robin and Raven where all still asleep, or not up yet and around.

Robin's alarm went off again. Stupid alarm. He'd been having a good dream. He opened one eye. Ten minutes. God, it felt like two. He hit the snooze button again, and within a few seconds, fell asleep again.

Raven was now levitated a couple inches off the ground. She opened one eye at the sound of a few crashes. Well, from the looks of it, this probably wasn't going to be a quiet day. She let her feet touch the floor again. She needed tea. She went to her door and opened it, flicking it the light off as she went. She walked down the hall and stairs, and into the kitchen. She rummaged through the cabinet and pulled out a packet of tea.

Beast Boy rummaged around in the garage, trying to remember where Cyborg had put it, He scratched his head as he looked around the garage. Shelves full of tools and junk. Okay a lot of junk, old food pieces and pop cans where taking this place over as their new home land. Then Beast Boy spotted it, the black watch with the green middle sat in a pile of gizmos he had no idea the names of. He smiled and walked over to it and picked the watch up. It looked like any other watch, but looks could be deceiving. He put it on his arm and looked it over again, where was the button?... oh there it was... right on the side. He pressed it and closed his eyes, as if waiting for something to hurt. But after a few minutes, nothing. He opened his eyes and looked down, same clothes, alright. He brought his hand to his face... it wasn't green anymore. It was a slight tanned color. The smile swept over his face once more before he ran over to the T-car and looked into the side mirror. Beast Boy now had dirty blonde hair and dark blue eyes. His ears were no longer pointy, and his tooth no longer stuck up. He looked just like he did before becoming who he was today, Beast Boy. But with this, no one would know who he really was. He couldn't wait any longer; Beast Boy ran over and wrote a quick note on a scratch pad with a nearby pen reading
"Gone out for the day, be back later. If theirs trouble call me,
Beast Boy"
He threw the pen down and darted out of the garage, he had to morph into a falcon to get over the lake, but no one noticed when he morphed back into his new human form. The smile was plastered on his face; his hands gripped the back pack straps as he ran for the school, not caring if he was too early.

At 6:30 Robin's alarm clock blared again. He pushed himself up, rubbing his eyes and yawning. Walking over to his closet, he nearly tripped on his boots. Okay, he did trip, but he didn't fall. He caught himself with a yelp as he put a hand on his dresser. He shook his head and pulled his closet door open. He pulled down a new, fresh uniform. He lazily pulled it on, then walked over to his bed to put his belt on, tripping on his boots again. "DAH!" Whew, he caught himself again. "Klutz," he muttered to himself. He went over to where he'd thrown his cape last night, this time making sure to step over his boots. "Oh," he said, going back over to his dresser to get his mask. Though, half way there, he tripped on his boots again, and fell on the floor. He pushed himself up and glared at the steel-toed boots. He stood up, brushed himself off and snatched his mask off the dresser. He put it on then walked over and picked up his boots, slipping them on. "Note to self: Don't put shoes there," he said to himself as he flipped his light off to leave the room. He came into the kitchen to find Raven sipping at a cup of tea. "Hey Raven," he said.

"Hey," she repeated simply.

Starfire yawned, a big giant Tamaranian yawn as she stretched her arms out and swung her neck side to side to stretch it out also. She flew down stairs minutes after getting dressed and brushing her long red hair. "Morning greetings" She told her two friends.

Cyborg came down shortly after, rubbing his eyes and allowing his mouth to gap open.

Beast Boy slowed his fast walking, that went from jog to run to jog and walk then back to run. He couldn't make his mind up how fast to go, he didn't want to miss Terra, he was her age, so he would be in her classes. He hoped so, hardly ever stepping foot in a public school in his life B wasn't sure how they worked.

"Morning Starfire," Robin said, looking up from the fridge. He was wondering if there was anything to eat. Eh, not much. Well, okay, there was a whole fridge full, but no good breakfast foods. He looked up again when Cyborg came in. "Hey," he said.

A sleepy Tara had her head leaned against the window of the car. Melody's mom had offered to give them a ride today, and they had accepted. They had stopped at the store before coming, and Melody was in the middle of complaining.

"I mean, I just don't see why you had to get us up at the crack of dawn, offering to drive us to school, and then take us to the store!" she whined in a half joking way.

"Well, excuse me, I guess I just wont offer you rides anymore," he mother half joked back. "Tara can have a ride whenever she wants though, she doesn't seem to mind."

"Huh?" Tara looked up. "Oh, yeah. I don't mind," she stifled a yawn and looked back out the window. She stared at people they passed, just for something to do. Wait. Who was that? Someone Tara had never remembered seeing before. She shrugged it off and averted her eyes again.

Beast Boy looked around at the kids that started showing up in the school yard. Because he didn't have a uniform he stood out, but he was used to being majorly different from everyone else so he didn't mind it much. He noticed he got a few weird looks from passing kids, but paid no attention to them as he was looking for 'Tara'. His hands still curled over his backpack's straps as his head looked from side to side.

"Do we have any waffle mix left?" Cyborg asked through a yawn.

Starfire, unlike Cyborg looked fully awake and ready for the oncoming day.

The car holding Tara, Melody, and Melody's mom pulled up slowly. Melody jumped out of the passenger side of the front seat, while Tara stepped out of back seat on the driver's side, blocking her from view of the school yard. "Bye," Tara said to Melody's mom. "Thanks for the ride." She closed the car door and it drove off. She walked around to the entering of the school yard and looked around. Melody was over with another group of friends, chatting away. Sometimes, that's all that girl could do. Talk, and talk, and talk. Tara didn't see any of her other friends yet.

"There should be some in the cupboard," Raven said. She thought she'd seen some when she was looking for her tea.

"I hope so," Robin said.

Beast Boy spotted Tara when she walked into the school yard, he didn't look at her long, not wanting her to notice too much. He didn't want to freak her out by some weird guy just staring at her, though he would love nothing better then to do so. He slowly started to the large school house, it felt weird. Most kids did this everyday but it was new to him. He had always been home schooled what he 'needed' to know. That was usually just fighting styles, but it also included computers and math of course. But a lot of stuff taught today he didn't need to know for his life, alwell. He wouldn't be worried if he got bad grades, he was here for Tara. Maybe a prank or two along the way but she was his main focus.

Cyborg walked over to the cupboards "If we don't got no waffle mix then someone's going to the store because- oh look! I got it" He grabbed the giant waffle box that was only half full and held it up to show to his three friends.

"Most wonderful Cyborg" Starfire said, glad for waffles. What on earth would the Titans do without their morning waffles? Let's pray the earth never came to that.

Tara looked up at the school to see a boy walking that way. He looked new, no uniform. She waited a few more seconds, impatient for her friends. She sighed and started heading to the school as well. She figured she'd put her books away. She wouldn't need them until a while later. She mainly stared at the ground in front of her, not wanting to stare at the new kid. She remembered when she'd been the new kid. Everyone had stared at her. It made her uncomfortable.

"Great!" Robin exclaimed, taking a seat on another barstool. He loved waffles. Of course, all the Titans did. It was like an unwritten rule.

Beast Boy walked into the school and looked around; he needed to find the principal to let him or her know he was here. He needed to ask someone for help, and he knew just the girl. Though he couldn't change his voice he still hoped she wouldn't recognize him with his new look. "Hey! 'Scuze me" He called after Tara, and jogged over to walk beside her.

Cyborg got to work with the waffles; he looked over at the others "Want anything with them this morning? Eggs? Bacon? Sausage?" He asked.

Tara stopped dead in her tracks. Not him again. "I thought I-" she started as she turned to look at him. Oops. Wrong guy. "Oh, uh… yeah?" she asked him. It was the new guy she'd seen a moment ago. She pushed her hair behind her ear again. She shifted her two books so she was holding them more comfortably.

"I'm fine with just waffles," Raven said.

"I think eggs, bacon and sausage sound good," Robin added.

"Hey umm, where can I find the principals office?" Beast Boy asked. Stupid voice. He hated his voice sometimes. It wasn't like most guys' voices and it could almost always be identified. "I'm new and need to let the big guy know his worst nightmare is here" He joked.

"Ooo, how about eggs bacon and sausagein the waffles?" Cyborg grinned madly and raised his eyebrows.

Tara laughed a little. "You're funny," she told him simply with a smile. "Well, the principal's office is on the way to my locker, so I'll show you," she said.

Robin made a weird 'what!' face. Then he shrugged and said, "Sure." He'd try it.

"I'll just have mine on the side," Raven replied.

"Thanks" Beast boy said, he had to try and act like this was his first time meeting her. That meant act like a lot of stuff in the past didn't happen, just for now. "So what's your name?" He asked, still looking into her face. He thought it was safe to use his real name even if he hated it. But he had never told it to Terra... err Tara. No wait Terra because that's who she was then. But anyways he had never told it to her, he had always found it to embarrassing. "I'm Garfield" He said with some hesitation and just waiting for the laughs.

Cyborg looked more then happy to add the meat to his waffle batter, bacon bits sausage bits and other left over meat pieces where mixed in with the waffles. "They will be done in a few" He said happily as he poured the batter onto a freshly brought out waffle maker.

Tara smiled at him. "My name's Tara," she said. That still sounded a little weird to her. She looked away, and kept walking down the hall way, leading him to the principal's office. "So... you're new here?" she asked, looking over at him again. She clutched her books closer to her again. She tended to shift her books around a lot.

Robin looked on. Man, that all looked really good.

"Nice name, a lot better then mine" Beast Boy joked again and then looked forward, glancing down at his feet every now and then. "Yeah, I'm the new kid." He grinned.

Cyborg, while waiting for the waffles to cook, started some eggs bacon and sausage for Ravens side meal. He didn't notice Beast Boy being gone, that kid usually slept till ten or later, plus he had been in his room a lot lately.

"It's not that bad," Tara assured him. Maybe it wasn't quite a common name, but wasn't too bad. "Yeah, I'm kinda new. Well, newest kid until today, I guess," she said. They came to the principal's door. "Well, here it is," she said, stopping outside the door.

"Man… that looks good," Robin nearly drooled. He felt hungry again. Really hungry.

Raven shook her head a little. She wasn't that hungry.

"Okay, thanks a lot" Beast Boy looked over the door and then smiled at Tara. "See you in or after class, well, if I survive class" He joked one more time, man it felt good to joke again! He opened the door and walked in "Heellloooo?" He asked, popping his head inside.

Cyborg laughed at Robin.

Starfire covered her mouth and giggled at Robin as well then set her arms on the counter and sat up straight to watch their chef work.

After a few minutes Cyborg had a pile of waffles and eggs and bacon along with a plate of sausages "Dig in kiddies" He said proudly.

Tara gave him one last smile before turning and walking to her locker. Her locker wasn't too far from the office. She opened it and put in her book inside, hoping she wouldn't have to take them home again. She closed the locker, and locked it again.

"Awesome!" Robin half shouted. He picked up a fork and started eating the waffles. "These are delicious!" he said through a mouthful.

Beast Boy walked into the office after being motioned to come in by the tall man in the large seat behind the desk he took to be the principal. On his desk was a name tag that read "Mr. Darrel" in fine print.
He talked to him, when asked where he lived Beast Boy just said he was only going to be here for a little bit and his family wasn't living anywhere at the moment. For some reason that passed. He told Mr. Darrel his real name, Garfield Logan, why not? He was told he would get his uniform in a day or two as with his books. Till then he had to coop with old school books the teachers held.

"Thanks man" Cyborg grinned, then finished making the large breakfast.

Starfire ate waffle after waffle and that was fallowed by forks full of eggs and bacon. "This is a most wonderful meal" She complimented.

Tara had gone back outside after putting her books away. Her friend Devon came over to her and they talked for awhile as they waited for anyone else. "We have a new student," Tara told Devon.

"Who?" she asked.

"A kid named Garfield," Tara answered.

"Garfield?" Devon asked as if to say 'what a dorky name'.

"He happens to be a nice guy," Tara shot back a bit defensively.

"How long did you talk to him?"

"Just a couple minutes. But he seemed okay," Tara shrugged it off as Devon changed the subject to something else.

Robin continued stuffing his face with breakfast. This was so good!

Raven slowly ate hers. She always ate slowly. Slower then her friends anyways.

Beast Boy walked out of the office a few minutes later with a map of the school, after finding out he was holding it upside down he was able to find where most of his classes would be. When he looked to where the cafeteria would be a thought came to mind, they probably didn't serve tofu here... aww man. He found his locker; it wasn't that far from Tara's.He would have to keep a lot in the locker since he had to keep his book bag which held his uniform with him at all times. He leaned on the wall and kept scanning the map, making sure he wouldn't get lost.

Starfire and Cyborg ate as if their lives would shatter if they didn't eat all this food in record time.

Just then the first bell of the day rang through the school. It meant class started in ten minutes. They had ten minutes to get their stuff in their lockers, or for late runners to get there. Tara walked in with Devon, but they separated at the hall ways. Tara went to her own locker and unlocked it yet again. She had English first. She grabbed her text book and started off to the classroom. Once there, she chose her usual seat, even though they could sit where ever they wanted and set her stuff down.

Robin finally finished eating, and gulped down the rest of his orange juice. That had been delicious.

Beast Boy looked up and around at the bell, he was guessing he should get his butt to class, lets see. First one, He ran his finger over the list he was also given and saw English was first. Okay dokay, let's get this over with. He ran to class, his book bag held tightly to his back as he went down the hall. Though then slowing down and walking into the room, "Umm, is this English?" He asked the teacher sitting at the desk.

"Yes, and you're name?" She asked sweetly.

"Uhh Garfield Logan ma'am" He said, stepping in. He had long learned to call adults that, Mento drilled that into his head real good.

"Okay Mr. Logan, take a seat then, just pick one" She said then turned back to the papers she was hovering over.

Beast Boy nodded and looked around the room, spotting Tara; he grinned and walked over to take the seat next to her. But some dude thought he would get it for some reason and jumped into the seat before Beast Boy could sit down.

"HEY!" Beast Boy yelped, then grabbed the kid with his spare arm and threw him out of his seat, heh, training had made him stronger. He wasn't about to say sorry either, till he got a demanding look from the teacher. "Sorry kid, just don't try taking my seat K?" He said, sounding grumpy over it. Beast Boy set his book bag down and sat in the seat while the kid ran to find a different spot.

Tara hadn't been paying much attention, but she looked over when Garfield, as she knew him, had yelled at the kid. She gave him a raised eyebrow expression. "Your seat?" she asked in a joking way when he sat down. She had never really liked this class. Not only did she not have any friends in this class, only acquaintances, but the kid that had attempted to sit next to her was really annoying and always tried to sit by her. He liked her. He'd told her. And Tara didn't like it. "Thanks," she told Garfield, not looking up at him at first. "I really don't like that kid," she said with a grin as she looked over at Garfield.

Beast Boy looked over towards Tara, now grinning again. "Yep, I from here on out dub this seat, Gar's with the power invested by me from me" He was joking around again. It seemed that he had to joke a lot, like it had all built up over the days and needed let out now. "I don't think I like him much either" He said, happy to see her grin again.

Tara laughed again. A real laugh, not a fake pretend one. She hadn't laughed much lately. She missed it. "Gar?" she repeated. "I can call you that?" she asked. She liked the way Gar joked around a lot. "So where did you move from?" she asked. Hey, she kind of liked this. Usually she would just be sitting here, her head rested on her fist, bored out of her mind. It was a nice change to be able to talk someone.

"Yeah, Gar sounds better" He laughed then had to stop and think about Tara's question. Crap, he hadn't thought about that. "Ummm... Uhh... oh I moved from... uh… Steel city" He said.

"Oh, that's cool," Tara said. She was about to ask him something else, when the teacher stood up and started talking. The class turned out to be more boring then usual. They talked about mostly poems, Tara hated poetry. Well, mostly. They pretty much read poems, and talked about poems the whole class period. When the bell finally rang, Tara snapped out of her trance, stood up, and picked up her book.

Gar had only been half awake; he was leaned back in his chair, balancing on two legs with half closed eyes. Putting his chair down when getting warning looks from the teacher, but always starting back up again. When he heard the bell he nearly fell backwards out of his seat. But caught his balance and stood up; He had just picked up what everyone else was doing, seeing how he didn't have any books. He glanced over at Tara, figuring he would just fallow her.

Tara laughed a little as he almost fell. "What do you have next?" she asked him. She figured she'd help him to all his classes. "I've got history next. My favorite class," she said the last past sarcastically. In truth, she hated history. She thought it was boring as heck. She started walking to the door after most of the class. Most of them were already leaving while others were still gathering their things.

Yes, part 1. I know we do this alot... Sorry X-D

Anyways I the great Tianimalz, with the power invested in me by me, I COMAND THOU TO REVIEW... please?