Disclaimer- Mi casa is not Teen Titans….
Author's note- Teen Titans show is "over". ,(
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"They were so preoccupied they failed to watch Raven as she silently slipped away, going through the wall behind her and to her room. She hurriedly shoved the cloak in the suitcase, and went back to her reading, not really seeing the words, just trying to understand. Why were those people so familiar?"
It was a typical Monday, two months after Raven's first encounter with the Titans, and the group was just trying to get through it. They were all sitting in Richard's room doing homework. Richard had claimed one bed while writing on a map, and Garfield was sketching a picture of a bird on Vic's bed. Raven was staring intently at a lab top, typing a paper for English and Victor was on his stomach writing answers to math on a large old yearbook.
"This is impossible!" Gar exclaimed slapping his pencil down. Everyone looked up at him.
"Those wings giving you trouble." Raven said sarcastically, as everyone glared.
"Shouldn't you start on the map on Russia, Gar?" Suggested Richard cursing the fact that there were so many rivers in the former U. S. S. R.
"I'm not complaining about doing these stupid problems. Radicals look nice next to Mr. En's paper on the literary elements of Romeo and Juliet. Eight pages is just a tad too much fun for me." Vic said as he ticked some numbers in the graphing calculator.
"And did you see how he smiled when he gave us that assignment!" Gar exclaimed scribbling furiously at the bird's eyes.
"I call computer after you, Raven. We better get started soon." Richard called out as he showed a plateau on the map.
"Okay."
"The rescheduled try-outs for Romeo and Juliet will begin in five minutes. Come to the drama room if you wish to try out." The dull voice of Mr. Wilson interrupted the group. To Raven's surprise they began to put away all of the there things and took out the Romeo and Juliet play.
"Where are you going?" Raven asked.
"Oh, Vic found out from an older student that if you participate in the play, than you can get out of the midterm in Mr. En's class. He doesn't announce it until after the tryouts, so there won't be very many people there." Richard explained as he zipped up his backpack. Raven had heard of Mr. Em's horrible midterms, and decided to ask if she could help with lighting or something like that.
A group of about twenty boys sat in a large room with a raised platform at one end and chairs at the other. The assorted group added their names to the end of the list and found seats together. Slowly each boy went on stage, said what character they wanted to play, and recited something from that characters part. Everyone who went on stage had no acting ability. And slowly the director gave each a funny look then called next boy on stage, telling them that tomorrow the posting of who got what will be on the door. Finally, everyone else was gone, and Richard was called on stage.
"I would like to try out for Romeo." Romeo was the character most tried out for, so he had mild competition. He took a stance, and recited.
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief That thou her maid art far more fair than she. Be not her maid, since she is envious.
Her vestal livery is but sick and green," Launched Richard, and even Raven was held spellbound. Never had she truly heard it done quite like that. It was amazing. (AN- This is not a Rae/Rob fanfic! If you've ever heard that part of the play done really well, you know how crazy good it is)
As soon as Richard was done a hush filled the room. Gar shook him self out of the daze that the monologue at put him in. He glanced over at Victor, who also seemed to be having trouble pulling himself out of the reality of Romeo. To his right he saw Raven, and that sight was almost as surprising as Richard's acting ability. Raven's impassive face had softened, and her violet eyes seemed to have-wait. Her? Gar blinked and looked again. But now Raven had put his hood up and was looking blankly at the stage.
"That was very nice Mr. Grayson. I can't say this officially but welcome to the show." The director said clapping and then sitting and discussing something quietly with two other teachers. Victor tried out for Benvolio, and Gar for Mercutio, which Raven suspected that he would get, only because no one else tried out for the part.
"I'd like to try out for Petruchio." Raven said when she walked on stage. The director gave her a funny look.
"The mute?" Raven nodded. The director shrugged. He thanked her and the group of four left.
"Where did you learn how to act like that!" Gar exclaimed plopping down on Vic's bed again.
"Ya, that was awesome." Vic said, pushing Gar off the bed.
"My Dad taught me." Richard shrugged.
The next day, to the surprise of none of them, they had gotten their parts. However only the guy parts had been shown, and the Teen Titans were curious to see if the girls had gotten any parts.
"Friends!" called Kori, running and hugging all of them in turn.
"Yo." greeted Terra, giving them a salute.
"So, did you audition for the play?" Richard asked as they walked towards the girl's room.
"Yep, got in part of the chorus, but you'll never guess what part Star here got."
"Juliet! Do you know who will be my Romeo?" Robin turned white, then a nice shade of pink. Gar and Victor nudged each other and laughed.
There topic of discussion for that visit was the how perfect the casting for the play was and the midterms coming up. Though Raven noticed Star giving her strange looks. She guessed it had something to due with the fact that she was the only one who hadn't gotten a speaking part and Star was just trying to figured out why. As they were leaving Star pulled her aside, telling the rest that she wanted to ask Raven a private question. Raven tried not to turn red and pulled up her hood. Richard have her a look that said 'If you try anything I will kill you' and they walked off. Star wrung her hands a couple of times, than pulled out a piece of newspaper and shoved it at Raven.
"Friend Raven, why do you pretend to be a boy?"
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Duh duh duh………. Cliffie! The faster you review the faster I post. Oh! And the reason why Robin can act so well is from the time when Batman had him go undercover so often. Love ya and thanks for the reviews!