Dedication- shojobutterfly
Chapter 19- Day 2, Hour 41/2, Everybody's Envious Every Now And Then
"Dude, I'm hungry…" Beast Boy whined. They were now walking in front of the Wicked Twister.
"It is 12:30… Didn't we pass a burger stand a little while ago?" Robin asked curiously. He could have sworn he had smelt burgers.
"We can't eat at a burger stand! Hello, vegetarian in the house!" Beast Boy yelped at Robin. "And don't you forget it…" he said, folding his arms against his chest indignantly as people stared at him strangely.
"Okay… Well maybe you can't but… We can!" Cyborg retorted, running back to where the burger stand was. The others just shrugged and followed, leaving the disbelieving teen standing there alone.
"Fine! Eat the poor cow that had to die to give you food!" Beast Boy shouted. But, instead of protesting anymore he looked both ways, and ran after his friends.
"What can I get for you?" asked a teenage boy working the burger stand. He quickly turned around and flipped a patty before turning back to look at Raven.
"Just… Get me a Pepsi and a hotdog…" she stepped back so Robin could fill his order.
"I'll take a burger, fries, and Sprite," he said taking out his wallet. He would pay for his friends today.
"I'll take 4 burgers, 2 things of fries, and a Root Beer!" Cyborg exclaimed to the boy.
"Okay…" he mumbled to himself. "Anything else?"
"Ya, um… You got anything vegetarian?" Beast Boy questioned, leaning against the stand and raising an eyebrow.
"Well… We have fries…" the boy answered dumbly.
"I'll take two orders of fries then, and a Pepsi."
"I shall take a hotdog with lots of the mustard and a Pepsi!" Starfire shouted over Beast Boy's head without too much trouble since he was so short.
"Okay so that will be 5 burgers, 2 hotdogs, 5 fries, 3 Pepsi's, 1 Root Beer, and 1 Sprite?" the boy repeated the order to make sure he got everything right. The Titan's all nodded. "That'll be $25.00…" Robin pulled out the money and handed it over to the most likely high school drop-out. After getting their food all the Titan's sat down at a small table and began to eat.
"Not bad… So, what do you want to do next?" Beast Boy asked, shoving another fry in his mouth.
"Wicked Twister and Max- Air are right by here and then we could maybe head over to Dragster… By the time we finish all that it should be like 3:30…" Cyborg answered.
"I can't wait for tonight… All the haunting stuff starts at 8:00 and I am going to do all of it…" Raven stated. She took a small bite of her hotdog and then quickly sipped her pop. "Amusement Park food… Gross…"
"I wish to know… The haunting stuff, what exactly is it?" Starfire asked, licking some of the mustard off the top of the hotdog before taking a bite.
"Well, there are a number of things, but you don't really have to do them Star, I'll walk around them with you, if you want," Robin told her comfortingly.
"Thank you Robin, but I think I shall try. After all, Raven has explained to me that they are men in masks… Nothing more…" Starfire said calmly. She was going to do the haunted houses and anything else haunted for that matter. She didn't want to be labeled a baby.
"If you want…" Robin said shakily, not wanting Star to be so afraid again. He'd end up blaming himself and feel bad about it the rest of the trip. After all the Titan's finished up their food they decided to head to the Wicked Twister.
"How exciting… As long as it doesn't make me barf, I'll go on it…" Raven told the others.
"Um… Raven, that's the ride, right there…" Cyborg pointed to the Wicked Twister, as it zoomed up one of the twisting sides of the yellow and green ride.
"Oh… Well, have fun…" Raven said abruptly, looking horrifyingly at the surely, make-me-puke ride.
"Looks like we're riding together this time, my little snot colored friend!" Cyborg exclaimed merrily as he darted toward Wicked Twister.
"Hey, wait up for me!" Beast Boy sprinted behind the metal man, oblivious to the fact he had been insulted- again. Starfire giggled happily.
"Shall we follow them?" she asked angelically. Robin nodded and smiled. Quickly, on gut instinct alone, Starfire clutched Robin's hand and ran with him, or rather, catching him by surprise and dragging him half way there before he regained composure and began to run with her.
Luckily for Robin, Starfire did not turn around for fear of Robin seeing her red face, so she did not see his, which had the resemblance to a tomato. Starfire quickly flashed her free ride pass at the man working the ride and they sat in the seats behind their friends.
"I only hope this ride will not be nauseating…" Starfire smiled at Robin.
"Let's both hope not…" Robin replied, but then looked down at his and Starfire's still interlaced fingers. Starfire noticed this and quickly pulled away and gave a little nervous giggle. Robin just turned his face away. Then they were off.
After getting off the ride the teens felt pretty woozy… Even Beast Boy.
"Did you have fun?" Raven asked sarcastically as her green (and greener) faced friends approached.
"It was- interesting…" Starfire said, plopping her self down on a bench and holding her stomach. "I believe I am experiencing the nausea."
"I believe I'm going to be experiencing the blowing chunks…" Beast Boy looked at a trash can warily.
"So, what now?" Cyborg asked, already recovering from his little bit of a queasy spell.
"I'm thinking we should go on something slow, that doesn't move in circles…" Robin put in.
"Oh… That'll be easy to find…" Raven replied sarcastically. "How about the kiddy cars? Oh, wait, those move in circles…" Raven snapped, letting anger seep in to her voice ever so slightly.
"Dude, who shoved a stick up your butt?" Beast Boy asked the agitated Raven with curiosity.
"Look… I didn't get much sleep last night and I haven't meditated since yesterday. Maybe we should take a break and come back to the park later," Raven calmed down.
"That's a good idea… Too bad we didn't think of that before we ate lunch…" Robin told the team. "Well, any objections?" All the Titan's shook their head, so they decided to go back to the hotel.
When they got to the hotel it was 1:30 in the afternoon. Raven decided to go up to her room and meditate, then take a much needed nap, but the boys and Starfire were not really tired, so they all decided to go for a swim.
"Okay, Starfire, meet us at the pool when you're done getting changed. Got it?" Robin asked the alien.
"Yep!" She exclaimed, before entering Raven and her quarters. Now… What to wear? She had packed 2 bathing suits and could not decide to go for the one-piece or bikini.
"Going for a swim?" Raven asked her curiously, opening one eye from her levitating position above the bed.
"Yes, the boys and I are going to go for a swim. But I'm afraid that I have a dilemma…" Starfire replied to her gothic resembling friend.
"What would that be, Starfire?" Raven asked sounding as though she had heard it a million times and didn't really care at all, which was true.
"I can not decide which swimsuit to wear. What do you think?" Starfire held up the two options for Raven to observe. One was a lime green one piece that showed much of her back and was really just a plain one piece- nothing special. The other however, was a 2 piece with a pink top that had a brown flower on one side and tied in the back like a halter. The bottom piece was like a pair of short shorts, with the same brown color as the flower, with a belt like thing that held a pink circle of plastic in the middle.
"Definitely the 2 piece," she told Starfire. Then, quickly realizing she had just given fashion advice, added, "You know, it doesn't matter but it… um… Are you trying to impress someone?"
"Well… um… well…" Starfire coughed quietly.
"You don't have to say it… I know, I can read minds, remember?" Raven finally decided she wouldn't be able to meditate anymore and landed gently on the bed. Unfolding her legs, she slid off the bed and walked over to Starfire. "This stays between you and me okay…" Starfire nodded her agreement. "I honestly think that the two piece is… well… hotter… I mean, it's not like I'm totally oblivious to fashion, it's just that I don't spend time on it because, well… It's not like I'm not a girl, I have the natural ability to tell these things and-
"You truly do need to meditate friend Raven. I will not disturb you any longer…" Starfire said to her fatigued friend. She walked over to the bathroom and changed, slipping into her brown and pink striped sandals as the final touch. Now what about her hair? She pulled out her braids and brushed out most of the waves that were created. She took out her pink hair ties and put her hair into pigtails and then grabbed her matching towel that had come with the swimsuit. Time to go to the pool…
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"Where is she?" Robin asked, standing up from his lounger in the indoor pool room. Beast Boy swam over to the edge of the pool and looked up at Robin, in his black swim trunks and red tank top who had not even removed his red flip flops.
"Dude, girls take forever to change. I'm sure she's just fixing her hair or something," Beast Boy stated logically, before morphing into a green gold fish and darting off threw the water.
"The little guy's right, for once," Cyborg rolled his one human eye and then dove off the diving board into the water, causing a huge splash.
"Hello friends!" Starfire yelled and raised one hand in an excited wave. She flew over to them and took off her beach towel. Robin gulped. She was so… hot.
"Hi Star…" Robin choked out. "Guess we should… swim…" He took off his tank top and dove into the water. Starfire smiled and canon-balled in after him. After splashing to the surface, Starfire screamed…
"This water is freezing!" Robin laughed.
"Ya… Helps you swim faster," he splashed her friendlily.
"Uh! Robin!" She splashed him back, laughing as he shivered. They began chasing each other and splashing each other viciously, giggling (on Starfire's part) and laughing the whole time. After about 10 minutes they were joined by Beast Boy and Cyborg. Suddenly the door to the pool deck swung open, and in came 3 teenage boys.
"What'd we have here? Come look at this Ryan…" One of the boys looked down at the 4 teens in the pool, which had now stopped to look up at the boys.
"What'dya want now, Sid?" A boy who looked strangely familiar asked. 'Sid' just nodded at Starfire. "Hm… Hey babe…" The boy dove into the water smoothly.
"Babe?" Starfire looked to Robin for an answer, but before he could 'Ryan' emerged.
"What's a hottie like you doing here?" he asked her, raising a blonde eyebrow above his blue eye.
"Actually, I am not hot, I am cold…" Starfire answered, having no clue what the boy was actually referring to. He burst out laughing and turned to the 3rd boy.
"We got ourselves a comedian, Frankie…" he told the black haired, oriental looking kid.
"You know how to pick um…" Frankie answered, laughing spiritedly. This whole thing had been making Robin's blood boil. His fists were now curled and he swore he could feel his face turning a deep and dark red.
"Look… I don't know who you think you are…" he started. Right at that moment Ryan picked Starfire up bridal style.
"What are you doing? Put me down this instant!" She exclaimed, bewildered by his sudden movement. He merely laughed, along with his friends. That was it, Robin was done.
"Put her down…" he seethed, his teeth clenched. "Now…"
"Aww… She your girlfriend? What a waste of a hot chick…" Ryan shook his head, tauntingly, he pretended he was going to put Starfire down but then pulled her right back up. Starfire knew that she could stop him, but she was much enjoying Robin getting worked up over this. She knew it was cruel but she couldn't help it. But she quickly did regret not doing something as the strange boy's lips touched her forehead. Starfire's mouth dropped in a moment of total disbelief.
Robin stood still for about 2 seconds before charging toward the boy, even in the water he approached at an inhumanly quick pace. He softly but firmly pushed Starfire out of Ryan's arms, and then decked the boy, not holding back.
"I warned you… You didn't take the warning… Now you will pay!" Robin punched the boy again.
"Robin, stop! You will harm him too badly! STOP!" Starfire tried to pull Robin off the boy, whose nose was now bleeding to no end, but was unsuccessful. Beast Boy and Cyborg, who had still been trying to comprehend what was happening until this point, jumped into action, prying the boy wonder off the badly bruised boy. Now that the pounding was over, the other two boys pulled their badly beaten friend from the water.
"You're nuts!" Frankie called back, as he exited the pool area. Robin, still calming himself down, did not reply. He pulled his arms from his friends grasp and got out of the pool. Grabbing his towel, he exited the pool area without a word.
"It is my fault…" Starfire looked down at an invisible object of interest.
"Don't blame yourself Star… You couldn't have known that stupid jerk would do that to you…" Beast Boy told her. He put a hand on her shoulder for comfort.
"Ya, don't worry about it… Robin'll be fine…" Cyborg told her, getting out of the pool, and hopping into the hot tub.
"I am going back to my room…" Starfire flew out of the pool, gathered her stuff, and exited the area.
"Well…" Beast Boy hopped into the hot tub with Cyborg. "I guess one of us should take Star and the other should take Robin, huh?" Beast Boy asked his friend.
"Not this time… If they don't learn to talk to each other about junk like this than…"
"Then what?"
"I don't know but it can't be good…" Cyborg looked at the changeling in a look of pure sorrow. "I feel so bad for them… But BB, we can't do anything about it this time…"
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