Chapter Three

Family Issues

"No, sorry."

Robin sighed at this comment. "Alright, thanks anyway."

The girls he had a just inquired about Nataley and Jessica giggled and blew him a kiss as he walked off. Wincing in irritation and confusion, Robin continued his search for someone who knew either one of the girls Beast Boy had named.

Since it was just about time when all the teenagers ate dinner, he started with the pizza pavilion. The two blondes he had just inquired were completely useless, being that they just sat there and fluttered their eyelashes at him the entire time. He spotted another pair of girls across the pavilion and started heading over towards them. As he neared them he noticed that one had green tips on her hair. But the other one's hair was what he really noticed; blonde streaks. His mind was racing as he hastened his pace.

"Excuse me," he tried to be nonchalant about this conversation, "Do you know Nataley or Jessica from the Newspaper Company down the street?"

The girls looked at each other for a moment.

"Well," said the one with green tips. "My birth certificate says my name is Nataley and I did have to give a copy of it to the Newspaper Company when I got the job."

The other girl just looked at Robin as though she knew him. He looked at her, too. Nataley was getting some strange vibe.

"Okay, what's going on here?" she asked.

Her friend's look of curiosity suddenly turned into a glare of anger. "Come Nataley. We're leaving."

"Wait!" Robin blurted before he could stop himself. The girl had already gotten up and started walking away. She turned and glared at him one last time, her hazel green eyes seemingly turning red with anger.

"I've waited for three years," she spat. Nataley looked at Robin and ran back over to him.

"I dunno what history you have with her," she handed him a piece of paper with a phone number on it. "But call me in a couple days. By then I'll get something out of her and hopefully get her to talk to you."

Robin took the piece of paper and looked up at Nataley. She smirked and ran back off towards Jessica.

"No way am I ever talking to him again," Jessica spat at Nataley as they walked down the sidewalk.

"You haven't even told me why you won't talk to him. Or look at him for that matter," Nataley added the last part of her comment with a little bit more attitude than she normally would. "He looked like he really wanted to talk to you, Jessica."

"Well, he should have thought about that three years ago," Jessica replied furiously. "And none of your business, Nataley."

Nataley stopped abruptly as Jessica continued walking down the sidewalk.

"Excuse me? I have to live with you acting like a total psycho and it's none of my business? I don't think so. If you don't tell me what's going on between you and the Caped Wonder back there, I'll ask him."

"You wouldn't understand," Jessica replied. By this time Nataley had caught up with her and given Jessica a look that clearly said she could be trusted. Jessica sighed.

"He's more of a Caped Cousin than Caped Wonder."

"ARE YOU SERIOUS?" Nataley blurted incredulously. Jessica continued walking. Running after her, Nataley continued, "Don't try to act like that's not a big deal. We've been joking around with people that you have a famous cousin for as long as I can remember and you really DO have a famous cousin? Jesh, this is so cool!"

"Not for me!" Jessica nearly screamed at Nataley once they had entered the house that the two girls shared. "You don't know what he's really like, Nataley! I don't want him to be my cousin! I hate him!"

Nataley's face still looked confused as her friend ran to her room and slammed the door. After feeling the draft that was being let into the house y the open door she was standing next to, she grabbed her sweater from coat rack and started walking down the street once more.