Disclaimer: According to my lawyer, Teen Titans still belongs to Warner Bros (or whoever owes them).
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
A pale hand came from under the black and purple covers to shut the alarm off. 6:00 AM on school days always meant trouble. Half awake, half still asleep, a girl crawled out of bed and hurried to gather her clothes and towel. From the other end of the hallway, the same noise of someone trying to storm out of the room could be heard.
Both doors swung open at the same time. From the one of the right end of the hallway came a girl with pale skin and puffy eyes, while from the one on the left came a boy with messy blonde hair and a trail of drool down his left cheek. Both of them looked at each other, almost with narrowed eyes. The hallway was the battlefield, and war was about to be declared. Both teens walked slow and simultaneously for about three steps and then started running.
The goal? To be the first one in the bathroom.
There was a point in which the girl became close to crashing on the wall, but quickly recovered. The boy didn't get much luck. The evil carpet slipped under his toes on the wooden floor, making him glide and stumble on his knees, giving the girl a battle won. As quickly as he could, he stood up, the door not far from him. He reached out for it…BAM! The girl had quickly slipped inside and locked the door, shutting it on the boy's nose and leaving him out there, anger and deception rising inside him. "RAVEN! Get out of there!"
"Not a chance," the girl replied.
"Open the door!"
"No."
"Cheater! You cheated!"
"That's why you should get up earlier. And I didn't cheat."
"Yeah you did!" the boy screamed, but the noise of water running told him she wasn't listening. How he hated it when that happened. He looked at the door and frowned. Then he looked at the carpet on the floor and frowned some more. Now he was going to have to wait for at least 15 minutes…
His stomach demanded some food, and he went downstairs to look for something to eat. His older sister, Cassandra, was in front of the stove holding a plate of what seemed to be bacon. Two plates filled with eggs and ham was already set on the table in the dinning room. "Good morning," Cassandra said, turning around to face her little brother.
Garfield mumbled a good morning and dropped into a chair. He set his eyes on the plate sitting not far from him and frowned. "Cass, you know I'm a vegetarian. Why do you serve me eggs and ham?"
His sister walked to the table with bacon on one plate and buttered toast on another. "Whoever said this plate was for you?" she asked.
Garfield looked at his sister in confusion. "Then where's my breakfast?"
Cassandra sat down on a chair next to Garfield and grabbed a piece of toast. She bit into it, and by the corner of her eye, she could still see Garfield staring at her as if she was in a laboratory, being examined. "In the fridge."
The teen slowly stood up and yawned. Slowly, he walked to the fridge and opened it. Yet another portrait of confusion was painted on his face. "I don't see anything," he said, while looking over his shoulder to his sister. Cassandra looked up and shrugged. Garfield turned to face the fridge and suddenly he realized that his breakfast WAS in the fridge, it just wasn't prepared. "It's so Cass doing this kind of things to me," he thought as he took out the milk and hold onto it with one hand while with the other one he closed the door.
Garfield set the milk aside and grabbed a red plastic bowl, in which he poured Cocoa Puffs while quickly shooting an annoyed look at his sister. But his sister wasn't the only one there.
Raven had finished her shower and had silently slipped downstairs, without anyone noticing her. "About time!" said Garfield, who set the milk and the bowl on the counter and ran up the stairs, muttering something about being late.
Raven looked at the bowl filled with Cocoa Puffs sitting on the counter. Then her eyes shifted to the gallon of milk next to it. Not thinking about it twice, she poured milk on the cereal and grabbed a spoon. Something in the first bite told her it was her lucky day. She shrugged and sat at the counter, enjoying the last serving of decent cereal left in the house.
25 minutes later…25 minutes later…25 minutes later…25 minutes later…
"Dude, I seriously can't believe you ate the last of the Cocoa Puffs," said Garfield in a voice filled with disappointment and shaking his head as he walked moving his scooter his hands.
"I can't believe it neither…Oh, they were so good," said Raven, putting emphasis on the last words, and secretly laughing at Garfield's expression, which seemed to be filled with pain, almost as if he was going to cry. She set a foot on top of the end her skateboard and stepped on it hard, making the other end of the board go up, which the girl grabbed. Skateboards weren't allowed in school grounds, but hell, this was the first day of school. Screw the rules.
Garfield sighed tiredly and stopped, looking around at the school buildings, a frown of confusion on his face. "What class do I have first?"
"Good question. But I'm afraid you're asking the wrong person."
The boy frowned and glared at his careless cousin. The girl looked back at him and slowly raised a brow. She sensed a rant coming. But she also sensed that something was wrong…where was everybody? She didn't exactly expect a parade, but…
The bell rang and a voice came over the speaker. "Teachers and students, that was the tardy bell, and just because it is the first day of school, it does not mean tardies are morally acceptable. Without any other delays, the first day of school has officially started. Have a great day."
If Raven didn't know any better, she could have sworn the principal was laughing maniacally by the end of the announcement. So that was it. She was late. She cursed silently and put her skateboard under her arm. "I guess I'll see you later…" she sighed, walking away.
"To be marked as late of the first day of school should be against the law," the girl thought as she walked by the classrooms filled with students who turned their heads to the windows at the sight of someone walking outside after the bell had rang.
Finally a door with the sign L-1 next to the window appeared on her way. The girl hesitated before opening the door, just holding onto the door knob. She probably would have stayed that way longer if it wasn't for the girl that came from inside the room, delivering papers among teachers. Raven looked at the girl for a second, surprised, and the girl looked back at her. Raven waited for the girl to pass through the door and then she walked in. Many faces turned around to look at the person who had just entered. She distinguished Jinx sitting on way on the back…and she distinguished someone else…
So much for her lucky day…
A/N: I'm still alive! Not that many of you care…oh well. Thanks to all for reviewing, I never expected to see nice reviews saying you like the story…I guess I owe an explanation to all those who've been waiting for this chapter…I just have to say, blame it on SCHOOL! coughs Okay, now that I got that out…
Now with the usual: I need ideas for this story! (ie. Are the chapters long enough? Are they very dull? Do they make sense?) Pranks and others are welcomed. :) And thanks to my reviewers:
otakualways: Heh, sorry about the double posting.
cheeseshirt: I'm not embarrassed, but the idea of hunting you down is great :D (jk)
ILuVxSeSsHyx4eVa: my favorite songs are "Crawling", "Somewhere I Belong", "In the End", and "Easier to Run".
loviegurlie: that's an awesome idea!