It's a Teenage life
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Teen Titans nor jump city, etc,
However I do own Sean, Iris and Charm oh and Mandy!
Okie Dokie Peoples, the chapters are going to be longer, I am going to double them in size 4000 words now ;) So Hope you like this chapter!
Chapter 19: Poetry Night
Previously---
"So we are going to Skye Café, Yay!" Starfire said to Robin.
"Skye Café, later… right?" Raven asked Cyborg.
Cyborg nodded.
Terra's mum watched Terra holding a knife behind her back as Terra ran, smiling maniacally.
"The cause of all the problems…" Terra said staring at the bourbon bottle.
Continues---
Terra ran into the distance, she was running somewhere, but she didn't know where, she knew where she wanted to be but didn't know where it was.
She ran and ran.
She knew… she finally realized where she wanted to be..
It was in her arms.
Terra ran down another street still crying.
A familiar car pulled over.
"Terra" A voice yelled.
Terra kept running.
"TERRA!" She yelled again.
Terra turned around slowly tears still flowing from her face.
It was Kara, Beastboy's mum.
Terra ran over to her and stopped in front of her.
"What is wrong?" Kara yelled worried.
Terra hugged Kara, Kara hugged her back.
"I…I…" Terra stuttered.
"…Come on, Get in… I'll take you home" Kara said softly.
"NO!" Terra yelled.
"…My home offcourse" Kara said grinning.
Terra hugged her again. "Thank you.." Terra whispered.
"We'll talk more then.." Kara said.
Kara and Terra got in the car.
"Right now, get ready to talk about it.." Kara explained.
"…He won't want to touch you when I finish with him" Zach replied.
They heard a boy and a girl laughing.
They turned around. "Aaron…" Iris said softly.
Charm stood up. "I'll take care of this" Charm said flicking her hair.
Zach nodded. "I'm going in" Zach said.
"SERVICE!" Aaron yelled hitting the bell non stop.
"Sorry little bro, get out" Zach said walking up to them.
"Shut up Freak" Alicia said.
"Excuse me, Aaron I would shut your ugly girlfriend up before I deck her" Zach said looking at Aaron.
"You wouldn't touch a girl, Girl-basher if you do" Aaron replied.
"I have decked you, guess I am a girl basher then" Zach replied.
"Plus, he won't have to touch your little girlfriend, nor you" Charm said walking up.
Zach picked up Alicia and Aaron by the scruff of there shirts.
"Charm, go kill them out there" Zach said as he walked back.
"NO NO NO!" The manager yelled.
"PAYING CUSTOMERS THEY WERE!" The manager yelled.
Zach nodded. "Get some money too" Zach said to Charm.
Charm grinned. "As long as they are rich snobs, anything to hurt them" Charm said walking outside.
Manager frowned. "…Better then nothing" He said walking away.
Charm looked down at them. "Okay, stop picking on Iris before I deck you both" Charm said smiling.
Alicia glared and walked over. "DOING WHAT?" She yelled.
Charm simply did an upper cut stopped by Alicia's stomach due to standing so close to Charm.
Alicia grabbed her stomach, stumbling to the ground slowly leaving Charm open to give her a slap, and that's exactly what she did.
Charm walked over to Aaron.
"Down you go" She said simply and kneed him where the "sun does not shine".
"…Oh, forgot one more thing" Charm said, she walked to a bin and picked it up.
She emptied it over the two then shoved them both in and kicked it, it was sent rolling down a hill.
(A/N FINALLY no more telling me to do that ;) well… Charm did it anyways :P )
Charm stomped into Skye Café.
"Woops, The money…." Charm said softly.
She looked down seeing a wallet, she bent down and open it.
"Thirty dollars works for him, seventy for me" Charm said winking and walked in.
"…un deux trois quatre cinq" Miss Jacques told them.
The whole class repeated her words.
She took a breath in but was shocked when the bell went.
"We will finish counting to ten next lesson… I will bring in a tape" She said as the class packed up their gear.
Another bell went.
Miss Jacques frowned. "I believe we will have an assembly, go to the quad" She explained.
There was a groan and they all went to the quad seeing all the other students in the school walking there.
Robin looked around.
"Star!" He said and ran over to her.
"Hello Friend" She said smiling.
Speedy was muttering. Robin raised an eyebrow.
"Friend Speedy got…. In trouble" Starfire explained.
Robin let out a laugh but stopped when he heard the deputy Mr Traun talking.
"Quiet!" He spoke into the microphone, he was standing above them all, there were stairs leading to him and the A block further down B block.
"I am going to issue new timetables as there have been a few cases of two classes being in the same room, we have fixed that all up thanks to Mr Hues, the head teacher of PE" Mr Traun announced.
Mr Hues walked up and took the microphone.
"Okay Guys, Sorry for all this but everyone get into alphabetical lines by your… first name" Mr Hues yelled.
"First name?" The cloud murmured.
"…We have a few students with no last names" Mr Hues explained.
The whole school began to form lines.
"Robin, I'm with you" Raven said walking up to him.
Robin nodded, the two walked away.
"I'm all the way up there" Cyborg said pointing in the direction Robin and Raven walked away.
Kara stopped the car and let Terra out.
The two walked into Beastboy's home and sat at the coffee table.
Kara walked into the kitchen and brought back a hot chocolate.
"Here, you have a hot chocolate, gotta have that cartoonish type thing when they bring someone in and give them a tea in this case Hot Chocolate" Kara said grinning.
Terra nodded.
"So what happened?" Kara asked.
Terra took in a deep breath. "…I was in my room and I heard a small scratching at my window and I looked around and there was my mum grinning." Terra said with an uncomfortable laugh.
"I screamed.. then walked to the kitchen and she had ran to the back door and then I noticed she was holding a knife, there was a bourbon on the kitchen counter so I knew she would have done anything, I turned around and ran out of the house and ran and ran, I looked back and she just grinned waving holding the knife behind her back, So I ran and turned the corner and then you pulled over" Terra explained quickly.
Terra sipped at her hot chocolate distracting it from her problem.
Kara's eyes widened. "And they think I have to go to training" Kara said as if Leah was there rubbing it in, quite childishly.
"…But…" Kara continued.
She stood up and went to the phone.
Terra heard three buttons pressed. "Police…" She whispered.
"Assembly dismissed, you have five minutes to the bell so just go and talk, NO ONE CAN LEAVE THE SCHOOL GROUNDS BEFORE THE BELL" Mr Traun yelled.
The lines broke out and slowly turned into small groups.
Cyborg finally find his friends.
"Cyborg Man" Robin said as Cyborg walked to them.
"What were you guys doing, HIDING?" Cyborg yelled.
"Hello Friend, Cyborg" Starfire said cheerfully.
Starfire gave a look at Robin.
Robin nodded. "Me and Star are gonna go now, See ya!" Robin said as he and Starfire ran as close as possible to the gate.
Raven looked at Cyborg. "…Should get close to the gate so we can get there before they lock there doors" Raven explained.
"They lock them?" Cyborg yelled.
Raven nodded. "Yeah…" Raven replied.
Cyborg and Raven walked closer to the door.
Cyborg and Raven saw Starfire and Robin.
"Are you guys following us?" Robin asked.
"You wish!" Cyborg replied.
Robin glared at Cyborg and vice versa.
Sean jumped out from the middle of them. "WELL HI!" Sean yelled.
"Ah!" Robin yelled hitting him over the head.
Sean glared at him and hit him with his mallet.
"Do you always pop up like that?" Raven asked.
Sean nodded. "Pretty much" He replied.
Raven frowned.
The bell rung through their ears.
Starfire and Robin bolted, Cyborg grabbed Raven's hand and bolted dragging her unwillingly.
Sean stood as many students formed a tramped. "Ouch, that hurt…" Sean commented on the bell.
The students began to crush Sean by running over him.
After awhile he screamed, everyone stopped and looked at him.
He got his mallet out. "THAT'S IT!" Sean screamed.
Robin and Starfire ran as fast as they could and ran into Skye Café.
Cyborg was watching everything else but where he was running.
Raven was focused on getting out of his reach.
Raven looked up. "CYBORG CAR!" Raven yelled.
Cyborg jumped off back onto the path and kept running.
"Can you stop reading everything!" Raven whined.
"Hey, You always tell me to read something, I'm-a reading" Cyborg said as he read ads on the glass of shops.
"Cyborg… Yet another car is running at us…" Raven said calmly.
Cyborg yet again jumped back onto the path. "Did you know you could get your hair dye for twenty bucks?" Cyborg asked.
"…I don't think it would cost that much to dye your skin on your head" Raven commented as he has a shaved head.
"Shut up" Cyborg yelled as he run.
Starfire and Robin ran into Skye Café.
They walked to counter admiring the changes for the poetry night, the walls had changed from pale blue colour to a dark night blue, the clouds were slightly lighter then the dark night blue sky, there were small sparkles fading in and out.
"Nice…" Robin commented.
Starfire nodded. "The fading lights and darkness of area gives the effect of the night sky" Starfire replied.
Robin nodded.
"Yeah… What you want?" Zach asked still serving.
"…Uh, I'll have risotto, by the way when did you get all this fancy stuff?" Robin asked.
"Poetry night thing..." Zach replied.
"Oh Right, Star what you want, I'll pay" Robin said smiling.
Starfire shook her head. "I can not allow you to--" Starfire started.
"Star, Just order, Trust me" Robin insisted.
Starfire shook her head, she felt at her small pocket at her mini skirt and got a twenty dollar bill out.
Robin frowned. "Okay you pay" Robin replied.
Starfire nodded happily. "I would like… Oh, I would like to try this risotto Friend, Robin ordered" Starfire said cheerfully.
"It comes with herbal tea, so here" Zach said as the chef came.
Robin put his money out quickly; Zach nodded and took the money quickly leaving Starfire not able to pay.
"Robin!" Starfire yelled.
Robin grinned. "Come on" He said as they walked to a table.
"Chef will come and give you it" Zach called out.
At that time Cyborg and Raven walked in.
"…Herbal Tea" Raven stated.
"…Uh…I'll have a two large pizzas, Large hot chips, four scallops, Oooh Spaghetti Bolognese, never knew bout that, add two of them and… two, two litre Pepsis" Cyborg said grinning.
"You do realise I only wanted a herbal tea" Raven commented.
Cyborg nodded. "Yeah" He replied.
"Well why did you order stuff for me?" Raven asked.
Cyborg laughed. "I didn't" He said grinning.
Raven looked to the side frowning. "Typical" She commented.
"I'm paying" Cyborg said getting fifty dollar note out.
Raven shrugged.
"Hey aren't you supposed to go, NO I WILL" Cyborg whined.
Raven shrugged. "Nope, Guess not" Raven said and walked to a table.
Cyborg frowned got his change and walked to a table.
Sean hit someone over the head multiple times extremely quickly. "Ouch!" They whined.
"Okay, who hasn't been hit?" Sean yelled looking at the seven hundred students rubbing there head.
Someone put there hand up. "Me!" They yelled out.
Sean ran over and hit them over the head multiple times.
"I AM DONE, Now no more trampling me" Sean whined and skipped off happily.
"Psycho" Someone commented.
Iris had her head laying down on the table at Skye Café, they hadn't left and were staying for the poetry, Charm wanted to hear.
Beastboy yawned. "I'm gonna order some more stuff" Beastboy said, he put his hand up to see a waitress walk to them.
"Are you ordering more?" The perky teenager asked.
Beastboy nodded. "A Large block of tofu, some calafornian sushi roll with no seafood extender, a large chips, a pizza, and some meat free turkey and chicken rolls" Beastboy said smiling.
"But Turkey and Chicken are meat" Iris commented.
"ANYTHING FOR THE CUSTOMER!" The perky lady squealed.
The perky lady ran off with the order.
"That was strange" Iris commented.
Beastboy nodded.
"…Charm?" Iris asked waving her hand in front of Charm's face, she was in a dream world looking up at the stage where the poets would soon read there poetry.
"…She always has been good at poetry, maybe she wants to be a poet person thing" Iris said to Beastboy.
Beastboy shrugged. "I'm only here for the food" Beastboy replied.
Iris giggled. "…I could tell by your order" Iris replied.
Iris put her hand up to see the same perky teenager run over to her.
"…I would like a strawberry milkshake" Iris said smiling.
"ANYTHING FOR THE CUSTOMER!" She screamed running off.
"She really really scares me" Beastboy commented.
Iris nodded.
"What is with the huge turkey?" Charm asked pointing at the huge turkey sitting in the table.
"Probably drugged to get so big" Iris replied.
It was half the size of her and probably around the same weight as her, maybe alittle over.
"I ain't eating that" Charm commented.
Iris shook her head. "…I think it would kill someone to eat it"
Charm laughed. "All those drug things" Charm said grinning.
A perky teenager handed a risotto to Robin then one to Starfire.
She got out two herbal teas. "It is quite nice" She said cheerfully.
"STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE READY" The chef yelled.
"Thank you" Starfire said politely.
Robin nodded. "Thanks" Robin said too.
"ANYTHING FOR THE CUSTOMER!" The perky teenager screamed running off.
"I have heard her say that three times now" Raven complained.
Cyborg laughed.
The teenager ran and gave out the strawberry milkshake then came to Cyborg and Raven.
"…Due to more choices in the menu, I would like to ask if you would take a free meal on the house?" The perky teenager asked Raven.
"What is it?" Raven asked unsure.
"Risotto" The girl replied.
Raven shrugged. "Sure…" She replied.
The perky teenager put down the herbal tea and half of Cyborg's order. "I shall be back in a second with the risotto and the rest of your meals.." The perky teenager said.
"ANYTHING FOR THE CUSTOMER!" She squealed running off.
Raven shuddered. "That is really annoying" Raven commented.
Cyborg nodded.
She came back quickly and gave them the rest of their meals.
"This is your first day isn't it?" Cyborg asked the perky teenager.
She nodded. "Y…YES YES IT IS!" She replied happily.
"Why?" She asked unsure.
"…Well no teenager… nay… worker is that ready to work after a day, it's obvious, by tomorrow you won't want to come" Cyborg explained.
The teenager frowned. "I ain't listening to your pessimist talking" She replied rudely and stomped off.
"…Wow, that was more depressing then what I was thinking" Raven commented.
Cyborg laughed. "I work at the grocery store" He said laughing.
"First day I was like YEAH LETS GO now … Yaaaawn" He said laughing.
Raven smiled and saw a light shine down on the stage.
"It's starting" She whispered.
Cyborg nodded and turned around to watch it.
Charm squealed. "It's starting" She whispered.
"…Really?" Iris asked sarcastically.
Charm glared. "Don't make me hurt you" She said frowning.
Iris frowned. "Fine" She replied.
Beastboy yawned. "Boring" He whined.
"SHUT IT" Charm hissed.
Beastboy shook in fear. "I'll be good, Good Beastboy, no, Good Boy… Good Boy… Good Beastboy…Good Beastboy while poetry is on…" Beastboy said rocking back and forward.
Charm hit him in the back of the neck with her hand. "Shut up" She said simply and watched a man walk onto the stage.
Starfire clapped happily, everyone began clapping.
Starfire stopped and giggled as everyone clapped. "I started a group clapping" Starfire said cheerfully.
Robin laughed and nodded.
"Welcome to Skye Café's first and after the popularity of today's poetry listening, not the last!" The man said into the microphone looking over the many of teenagers with the occasional older people in there thirties or forties.
"Now, if you would look at your place mat, that is also holding the schedule" He explained.
Raven looked at her placemat, she opened it, and a small booklet fell out.
Raven smiled as she looked at it.
Most of the room opened there place mats to get their schedule.
"…As you read you will see that just after I finish addressing everything, there will be a boy named Crow reading his poetry, following many other talented people from different age groups" The man said and walked off stage.
The perky teenager walked on. "…Okay guys, This is Crow" She said pointing to one side of the stage, a teenager around sixteen walked on, he had messy black hair, black denim jeans and black shirt with a white skull.
"This is Crow, He lives local as every other poet here today, he is fifteen years old and is the son of the man that owns the local Get-In-Then-Get-The-Hell-Out Mart" She announced.
"Like most of you teens, he goes to Jump City High School, now here he goes with three of his poems he has written over quite a few years" The teenager said and walked off.
Crow sat at a stool and took the microphone.
He took a breath in and looked down at his page.
"This one is called No Pretty Poem" He said.
He took another breath in.
"….I can't write no pretty poem…
No robin sits on my window,
It is never sunny,
Just rain,
Never sun,
Just cold hard snow,
I can't write no pretty poem,
There's no rainbow,
The rain doesn't end,
It is cloudy,
No blue sky,
Darkness clouds my vision,
I can't write no pretty poem"
The boy swapped paper.
"…This one is called Stepping into Darkness" He announced.
He took yet another breath in, he had not done this before and being first up never helps your nerves.
He rubbed his head. "Ouch…" He muttered into the microphone.
He was one of the first to be hit by Sean's mallet.
"Walking down my stairs, the light fading fast
I walk further, looking for the light
The light slowly disappearing
The light is gone
I look around
I look up the stairs and begin to walk up, I see a small faint light
I begin to run after it
To see I wasn't getting any closer
Just further…
I look around in the empty darkness
I'm alone..
It's too late"
Charm grinned.
"From one guy…. Two good poems" Charm said sniffling.
"This is my last one called, Gone" He announced.
"You could give your life or lose your soul,
But you have to realize…
Nothing lasts forever
But you can try
So look around you
Everyone you see
Everyone you know is gone
You can't fight it
No matter what you try
You just have to realize
Everyone you see
Everyone you know is..
Gone"
Charm sniffled.
Beastboy was still out cold.
Iris frowned. "Are they all so depressing?"
"Pretty much Star, Most poetry is bound to be depressing" Robin replied to Starfire asking the exact question Iris did.
Starfire frowned. "I hope there is a happy one about love and friendship" Starfire said clasping her hands together.
Robin laughed. "Doubt it" He whispered.
"…So mum is going behind bars?" Terra asked.
"…She has to go through a trial first, Yay! I am going to court" Kara said grinning.
"…Just one thing" Kara continued in a serious tone.
"…Yeah?" Terra asked.
"You have to testify" Kara said.
Terra frowned and closed her eyes.
"..I…have to do it against my own mum…" Terra said softly.
Kara nodded. "Then your coming with me" Kara said winking.
Terra closed her eyes tightly. "Where am I staying tonight?" Terra asked.
"…She will be at jail till the trial, if found still holding the knife and found drunk" Kara replied.
"…And, where am I going?" Terra asked.
"…Well your staying here until they tell whether they found your mum, if they find her with knife with added drunkness ness ness then your staying here for awhile" Kara said smiling.
"Does that mean you're getting Beastboy back?" Terra asked.
Kara shook her head. "This is punishment for going straight into your house and so called stealing and stuff" Kara said smiling.
"Lucky we didn't take back your clothes" Kara said smiling.
"When is the trial?" Terra asked quickly.
"…In two weeks" Kara replied.
"…That long?" Terra asked.
"That is very quick especially quick for jump city, this has high rate of crime" Kara replied.
"..Oh, okay how do you know the trial is then?" Terra asked.
Kara raised an eyebrow.
"…Well if she hasn't been found yet all creepy-ed up then how do you know it is then?" Terra asked.
"Cause I am suing her for terrible treatment of daughter, emotional pain by letting my little Beastboy away from me" Kara said sniffling.
Terra looked down. "…So if she is found like that they are throwing two trials into one?" Terra asked.
Kara nodded. "I'm guessing so" Kara replied.
Terra smiled. "…Thanks Kara" She said hugging her.
"…Now go make your bed… You can take Beastboy's bed until then" Kara said smiling.
Terra smiled. "Okay" Terra said and ran up to Beastboy's room.
She looked at Beastboy's bed; it had drool from when Beastboy was in it.
Terra shuddered.
The poetry night had been going quickly, there were many depressing poetry and then there was many about love and friendship making Starfire happy.
"Now Open Mic, Any aspiring poets out there want to read yours out?" The man that announced at the start asked.
Iris put her hand up.
"IRIS?" Charm yelled.
Iris nodded and smiled.
She walked up to the stage.
She took in a breath and got a piece of paper from her pocket.
"This is called I thought I love you" She said smiling sheepishly.
"…I thought I loved you
You were so nice
You were everything I wanted
You had the stuff
You were everything to me
I thought I loved you…
Guess What?
I thought wrong
I was so caught up
In liking you,
To realise,
I didn't like you at all..
You are the rudest person known to man
I was trying so hard
To impress you
You crushed my dreams
Over and Over again
My friends tried to tell me
But I wouldn't believe them
I cut them out for awhile
Just for you
She made an effort
To help me realise
But I took it as an offence
This is all because of you
And all you reply with
Is get out of my face!
I was sad
I came to you
you sent me away
I was crushed
And guess what?
So was your face after I slapped you
You clouded my vision
You hurt me
You hurt my friends
…I thought I loved you"
People stared.
"…I screwed up big time, I was so stupid!" Iris thought.
Everyone began to clap.
"I WIN!" Iris' thoughts yelled happily.
Iris walked off the stage.
She sat down with Charm.
"SINCE WHEN DID YOU WRITE POEMS?" Charm hissed.
"Dunno" Iris replied smiling.
Another person walked up followed by two more.
"…I'm going up" Raven said to Cyborg.
"WHAT?" Cyborg yelled as Raven got up and walked to the stage.
Raven cleared her voice.
"…I named it your not" Raven stated.
"…You think your better then me,
Your not,
You say your better then me,
Your not,
You think everything do,
Is better then everyone around you,
Your not,
You think that everything you touched should be honoured,
You think that everything you walk near should be sold on Ebay,
You think you are greater then everyone around you,
Theres an easy thing to say to that,
Your not"
Raven coughed.
Everyone immediately clapped; every teen knew who she was talking about, Blackfire, Mandy and Kitten.
Raven walked down.
"Hey I know who you were talking about" Cyborg said grinning.
Raven frowned and clapped. "Wow… you must be soooo happy" She said sarcastically.
"Anyone else?" The man asked.
Charm jumped up. "I WILL!" She yelled and ran up.
She cleared her throat, she had nerves of steel.
"I don't need you anymore
You are noting to me
You left me alone
Alone in the darkness
With no one beside me
I try and move on
And forget about you
But that is never possible
You are apart of me
That part will never go away
You are the darkness when I see light
You are the evil when I see good
You are the part of me I hate
Leave me alone
I don't want you anymore
I don't need you anymore
Leave me alone
I can do fine on my own
I can't move on
Leave me alone
I just want to be free"
Charm smiled as they all clapped.
She sat down and listened to a few more poets read there own.
"OKAY THAT IS THE FIRST OF NOW MANY POETRY NIGHTS, WE WILL HAVE OUR NEXT READING IN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW!" The man announced.
"…Think you'll come with me again?" Raven asked.
Cyborg nodded. "As long as you do another poem, you were good" He said smiling.
Raven smiled slightly. "Thanks" She replied.
Charm looked at Iris and Beastboy.
"You guys gonna come with me next time" Charm asked smiling.
Iris nodded. "Ofcourse" She said smiling.
"I don't think he will answer" Iris said pointing at a knocked out Beastboy.
Charm giggled. "I ain't dragging him home" Charm whined.
"Friend, Would you come with me next time, I think I shall make a poem for next time" Starfire said smiling.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world" He said smiling.
Raven and Cyborg were the first out.
"Well, Bye" Raven said smiling.
Cyborg walked off waving.
Raven turned around to see Crow.
"..Hey" He greeted.
"Hey" She replied.
"Nice reading" He replied.
"You too" She replied.
They looked into eachothers eyes, her indigo ones and his dark brown ones.
"Well see you at school maybe" He said walking off.
"Yeah…" Raven replied and walked off.
"Thank you for coming with me Robin" Starfire said happily.
"…Do…D-…Do you want me … to walk you home?" Robin asked.
Starfire nodded. "That would be glorious!" She said clapping her hands.
He smiled and walked next to her.
He put his hand out and touched hers but withdrew his hand quickly.
Charm and Iris walked out, Charm was dragging Beastboy by his hair.
"Well that was fun" Iris said smiling.
"YES IT WAS!" Sean squealed popping up.
"AHH!" Charm and Iris squealed.
"You weren't even there" Charm said frowning.
"I was the turkey!" Sean yelled smiling.
"…What?" Charm asked.
"We were at that table most of the time" Charm said frowning.
"…Yeah, It was funny getting up there" He said smiling.
Iris shrugged. "He has got places where we wonder how before" Iris replied.
Charm nodded.
Sean got his turkey suit out and they burst into laughter.
"…Well bye guys!" They all yelled and all walked off, Beastboy being dragged away unconscious by Charm.
He he he 4657 words . anyways lol, THE TURKEY!
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