Author's Note: First of all, DON'T KILL ME FOR THE OVERDUE UPDATE! I lowered the review number, but you gave me so much I don't think it matters anymore! I panicked (I didn't think I'd get 34+ reviews for one chapters in less than a week!) and started to work on the next chapter. And here it is! Thank you guys so much! Our phone line was broken, so I couldn't go online, and school just started! Two weeks… god, I suck.

FULLMETAL09: Thank God not all RobStar fans are like you! Oh yes, I do watch the show… what's your point? I see that the animators are putting nearly equal amounts of Robrae as much as RobStar, and even if they didn't, everyone is entitled to their opinions, you big jerk! Frankly, pairing flames tend to get very tiresome… if you don't like the pairing, then don't read, and more importantly, don't review without even reading just to tell me that Robin and Raven don't belong together! Goodbye now!

Disclaimer: I own everything in the world except for the Teen Titans… hehehe…

CHEMISTRY CLASS

"Psst, Raven." Speedy whispered to Raven. Raven's lab partner was shipped off to Siberia, so the Mr. O agreed to let them be grouped together.

"What?" Raven hissed irritably. Speedy has the rare tendency to be almost as annoying as Beastboy, just as she just found out recently.

Speedy adjusted his lab goggles. "That girl. Next to Robin. Who is she?"

Raven looked to where Robin and Kitten sat, and nearly burst out laughing. Robin was performing the experiment as carefully as he could. This was pretty hard if you think about it, considering the fact that Kitten was no help at all, talking on her tiny pink cell phone while keeping such a tight hold on Robin's arm she was sure it was beginning to numb.

"That's Kitten."

"Hmm, Kitten. So, what's she like?"

"A total airhead who happens to be obsessed with Robin. Her dad blackmailed him to taking her to her junior prom, and she's been addicted to him ever since."

He didn't seem to be fazed. "Are they an item?"

Raven rolled her eyes. What was this, make-her-laugh-at-hopelessly-ridiculous-things day?

"Not even close. The sound of her voice alone drives Bird Boy over there up the wall."

"Awesome. Cause she's totally hot."

Speedy was so busy ogling Kitten(did you think you'd ever see the day?) it was certain he didn't hear Raven's jaw hitting the ground.

-

"You think Kitten's hot!" Robin asked Speedy incredulously, after the incident was relayed to him several classes later. Aqualad was already with them, including Starfire and Beastboy, and they were on their way to the cafeteria.

The archer's chin sagged. "Yeah. You're sooo lucky."

Robin was speechless, just as Raven guessed he would be.

"Pardon me, friends. But I am quite sure I heard you discussing someone that goes by the title of a feline's offspring?" Starfire interrupted questioningly. "Is she present in this learning institution?"

Robin and Raven tensed. Uh-oh. Here it comes…

"Yeah, she's here alright! Do you all know her?" Now we all Speedy was completely and heels-over-head in love with a girl we least expected, as he was oblivious to Robin and Raven's discomfort.

Starfire was momentarily stunned, and everyone in their group who lived with her took cover for the awaited explosion.

"Oh. Well, then. Let's carry on."

And once again, a couple of jaws hit the ground, none too gently now, and it wasn't only Raven's.

"But Star! Aren't you gonna blow your top or something? And here I was, expecting some action." The changeling murmured the last part, of course, but it did confirm some birds' suspicions.

The Tamaranean shook her head, smiling slightly. "Why, of course not, Beastboy. For after my new friend Davina darkened my outlook on the world, she has told me that 'to blow my top,' as you say, in public would be 'uncool.'"

No one knew if that was a good thing, or a bad thing. They haven't even gotten over the nose-ring, and would stare every so often. Oh well, moving on…

"Do they serve fish in there?" Aqualad asked nervously, as they opened the cafeteria door. Nobody answered him, cause by that time they were already speculating how in the sweet free world was the entire room covered by frosty silence.

As always, the cafeteria was jam-packed, but the entrance of the teen heroes had the same effect as a gunslinger into to a western saloon, so that you could have heard a pin drop, and eventually did, when a lunch lady on her break dropped some from her knitting.

"Robiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!"

Came a loud cry, before all the girls started to charge towards the group. Everyone instinctively crouched into battle stances, but as if moving as one, the girls snatched Robin from their midst and he was instantly lost in the crowd.

It took them a moment to react, but by that time it was too late.

"Help!" His yell was barely heard by the team. Raven knew it was ridiculous, but their leader was in danger of being trampled (or kissed) to death.

Standing in as surrogate commander, "Titans, go!" Raven screamed.

The heroes had no time to waste, and moved quickly through the crowd.

"Rob!"

"Robin!"

"Friend Robin!"

"Dude!"

They called out, but their voices were drowned out by all the noise all the girls were exerting.

"Ro-bin!" Raven was getting desperate. This seriously wasn't funny… okay, maybe it was, but it was also dangerous.

"Rae! Anyone! I see him!" Beastboy's voice stood out. Morphing into a frog, he jumped from one female head to another. Robin was buried in the center of the horde, looking worse than when Slade was done with him. And by that, I'm exaggerating. He was pretty okay, considering he was mauled, oops, correction, being mauled by a multitude of crazed fans.

Once he reached him, Beastboy transformed into a pterodactyl and spread his wings so that people made way, and flew high to the ceiling, holding Robin in his talons. Raven spotted the pair and took the dazed teen from the dinosaur's grasp with her powers. Everyone else (everyone that was a Titan, that is) saw them and followed the dark bird out of the cafeteria.

The group took shelter in a particularly big janitor's closet.

"Hey, Robin, you okay?" Raven asked, shaking him conscious. They looked at the available damage: he was missing his black jacket, his hair was kinda mussed, and there was a tear in the neckline of his shirt at the back that continued till mid-back, exposing the infamous blue bird etched into his skin. The cloth barely hung to his shoulders, and it was quite a sight. A very good sight, I might add.

He glared at Beastboy upon seeing his torn shirt. "You had to tell them about my tattoo, didn't you?" His voice was deadly with poison.

Beastboy cowered in fear while everyone else laughed.

"Okay, now to more pressing matters…" Robin was not particularly happy about everyone making fun of his near-death experience. He was still asking himself why the hell girls wore such pointy and sharp stilettos. You would too, when you happen to be under a mob of preppy girls for a whole twenty-two seconds.

"I cannot walk around school halls with a ripped shirt. Someone has to get my jacket back!"

Aqualad elbowed a green-skinned boy. "And by that, you mean Beastboy."

"Hehe. I'll be right back, then."

2 MINUTES LATER

The door to the janitor's closet burst open and was closed just as quickly. Beastboy was inside, eyes wide and panting heavily.

"I… can't… make… it…"

"So it seems. I think we need a diversion." Raven observed. All eyes turned to Speedy.

"What? What do you want?" He held up his hands.

Starfire chimed in. "Oh yes! Friend Speedy most unmistakably resembles friend Robin!"

"Does that answer your question?" Aqualad said.

Speedy obviously did not like The Plan. "Err… I can't impersonate Robin… I have red hair! People will notice!"

"There you go!" Aqualad put an old fashioned top hat on his friend's head. How he happened to have one at that precise moment, well, the answer escapes me.

Speedy looked around the room wildly. "Um… uh… aha! He's wearing shades! And we have different clothes!"

"Do you have your mask?" Robin spoke up.

"Y-yeah…"

Robin bowed his head slightly and took off his sunglasses, closing his eyes tightly. "Give me your mask."

Speedy followed the order, for there was a tone in Robin's voice no one should dare disobey. He was taking this pretty seriously.

"But… but what about the clothes?" He stuttered.

"Quit being a baby, Speedy. Those girls are brain-dead anyways." Raven coaxed. "Plus Robin here will get you a date with Kitten if you do this."

"Wha—?" Raven cupped her hand over the Boy Wonder's mouth before he could protest. Speedy was already drooling.

"Well? What are you waiting for? Go, you pea-brains!"

Beastboy and Speedy were out the door before Raven could spare them a glance of her evil eye.

Aqualad looked at his watch. "Ooh. This was fun with all (He said this while Robin glowered at him. By some miracle, it didn't bug him in the least.) I think I should be going now. Do we have the next class together, Raven?"

She shook her head.

"Robin?"

Another head shake.

"We have every single class together." The two said simultaneously. Aqualad smirked.

"Hmm. I see. Well, Lunch is almost over. Come on, Star. I'll walk you to your next class." The watery wonder offered.

Starfire glanced skeptically at Robin. "Will friend Robin be alright?"

Robin managed a small grin. "I'll be fine, Star. Go on, no use all of us be late."

As Aqualad and Starfire went out, Raven started to follow them.

"Hey, Rae, where you going?"

"No use all of us be late." She mimicked his voice earlier.

"Aw, come on…" Robin grasped her arm. "Wait for me. Please."

Raven was about to retort with a sarcastic comment until she got a look at his face.

'I didn't know he could do that whole sad, abandoned puppy dog pout.' She thought.

"Robin, that's pathetic. You should be ashamed of yourself. Now, let go." She tried to remain firm, but it was getting pretty hard not to give in. Robin deepened his frown.

"But… I… Ah, fine!" Raven blurted out. It felt like being able to get a piano off your chest.

He grinned widely. "Thanks, Rae."

'At least it was worth it.' She told herself, having another one of those 'I-wanna-smack-myself' moments. Of course, for the sake of Robin not doubting her sanity, she held back the desire to knock her head clean off her shoulders.

They stayed inside the confined space until Beastboy and Speedy nearly pulled the door off its hinges. They look like they were just murdered.

"Here you go," Beastboy handed Robin his jacket. Robin turned it over for examination. There was a big garnish-y pink lipstick smear across the back.

"Disgusting," Robin spat as he slipped it on. "I'm putting this in the wash first thing when we get home."

The sound of someone gasping for breath drew all attention to Speedy. His situation was worse than Robin's, considering he was under the combined weight of several hundred lasses longer. But despite the mussed hair, the absence of Aqualad's top hat, and some dirt smudges on his clothes, there was no sign of anyone trying to rip open his shirt.

"You better get me that date with Kitten, Robin," He said darkly, as they traded eyewear.

Robin breathe a sigh of relief the moment he laid the sunglasses over his eyes, then winced painfully as he heard a mention of his second least favorite person in the world. Next to Slade, of course. But by the way he was acting, you might just think he flipped the list.

"At least you already know how I felt."

AFTER GEOMETRY CLASS (if you good girls and boys were paying attention, that was their last period)

"So, what's next on the agenda?" Speedy asked his two companions.

Raven sighed. "Dance class."

Speedy stopped his walk and looked at the two amusingly. "You're kidding, right?"

"Err, no." Robin replied. In an attempt to spin the conversation in a different direction, "So, Speedy, what club are you signing up for?"

"I dunno. Maybe soccer."

"Cool. I'm the right forward on the team. Good luck."

"Yeah, but I've also been thinking about joining the archery team, or the…"

Robin ignored him as they separated. "Um, can we get a soda first? I'm thirsty. We didn't get to eat, after all."

Raven shrugged. "I guess so. I'm getting a cookie or something."

Thankfully, there was no mob threatening to crush Robin when they entered the cafeteria.

"Hey, you're that Robin kid, right?" The boy who tapped his shoulder looked younger than him, certainly not old enough to call him kid.

"Uh, yeah."

"You should know how much girls you put in detention awhile ago." He began to walk away.

"Wait, kid! So, what happened?"

"Oh, well, Principal Root, we call him Beetroot here, came around and saw everyone all screaming your name. And boom, mass detention for everyone who was caught hollering…"

"So, does everyone hate me now?" That didn't sound as good as it felt.

The boy looked at him like he just said he was Elvis's twin brother. "Pss. You wish. All the girls won't stop talking about you in detention. You should be happy, y'know? Every guy's dream to have grils chasin' after 'im." He continued his walk.

Robin was crestfallen. "Every guy's dream but me. If they knew how it felt like to be trampled and have shrill voices in your ear, they might reconsider."

"Cheer up, Robin." Raven winked as she went to the cookie corner. "They'll forget about you… in a hundred years or so."

Robin made a face. "Oh yeah. That really helps, Rae." He started for the counter.

"Um, ma'am? Isn't there any more cherry cola?" He asked the cashier.

"Nope. Sold out. Apparently, it was some famous guy's favorite drink and all the girls fought like hell to get one."

Robin's eyes widened and the cashier raised an eyebrow. "We only got grape soda and lemon juice left, son."

"How convenient. Grape soda, please."

Meanwhile Raven already got her big chocolate chip cookie. "You ready to go?"

"Yeah."

They wandered around for awhile as they finished their snacks. When Robin threw the soda can in the trash, a number of girls clawed at each other for it.

Upon arrival to the dance room, Ms. Krystal, the instructor, thrust a couple of plastic-wrapped clothes towards them.

"Your costuuumes. Put them on. Pick your shoes from the rack. Ballroom dancing to-day. Go!" She snapped her slender fingers, and the two hurried off to the changing room.

"Robin…" Raven whined as she got out, with Robin waiting for her outside. "This is so not me."

"Whoa." Was all Robin could say. Her dress was made of a sparkly, stretchy violet material and the thin straps hung off her shoulders, met by matching gloves, and it had no back at all. The edges of the dress barely touched the floor, and there was a slit on the right side that reached through halfway her thigh. She wore a purple flower in her hair, and a wide scowl on her face.

"Raven… you look… you look…" He stammered, swallowing.

"What? Horrible?"

"Wonderful, dahling! Mahvelous!" Ms. Krystal finished, twirling her around. "That dress looks like it waz made for you! Very nice, slim body. You were born to bee a danzer! What a lucky young man we have here to-day!"

Their teacher went to another couple, doing the same embarrassing thing.

"Robin? What just happened?"

Robin looked at her again, in the backless, shoulderless gown that looked so perfect on her. It brought out all the right curves (he scolded himself for even thinking of that), hid any flaws she might have had (he knew there wasn't any flaws, mind you), and the stunning color of her eyes. Never had he seen anything more beautiful

"Robin? Hello?" She waved her hand over his face, making him snap back to reality.

"Oh. Yeah." He offered her his arm. "You look… really good."

She smiled, one of those rare Raven smiles. But they didn't seem to be so rare anymore, especially around him. "You don't look too bad yourself."

Robin peered over his outfit. "Me? I'm dressed as a penguin, for god's sake!"

'Well, a very good-looking penguin,' the thought popped up in her head absently, but she didn't feel an urge to punish herself for it.

"Okay! Couples ready!" Ms. Krystal announced. "We weel first try to zee how much experience you have in dees area of dance. Hmm…"

She scanned the room for a volunteer. "Roveen! Rah-ven! Up here! Do the cha-cha!" She followed the sentence with a clap.

Robin tensed.

"Robin? What are you so worried about?"

"Raven," he breathed, putting a hand on the small of her (exposed) back as he escorted her to the dance floor. "You're about to find out why I hate dancing so much."

The spot light was terribly blinding, and Raven was concerned she won't see where their feet were going, but she would soon find out her fears were irrational. Very irrational.

She rested her hand on his shoulder as he put his around her waist. He gripped her other hand in his and squeezed it.

"Ready?"

"Uh-huh. Sure."

As soon as the music started, Robin led the dance slowly at first. The beat became faster and faster, and then…

"Here it comes…" Robin whispered in her ear. "If I throw you at something, I'm so sorry, Raven."

"What do you mean?"

He never got to answer, and he didn't need to.

Raven felt like she was dancing with a hurricane. The world was blurry around her and her feet were just gliding across the floor, like it was the music that was dancing to them.

ROBIN'S P.O.V.

It was weird, really. This was the first time in years that I've really gotten to dance… like this. I mean, I did dance with Kitten (that still gives me shivers) at her prom, and then after being named Prom King long with Starfire, we did dance too. But… what's this weird feeling I'm having? I'm looking at Raven, I'm dancing with her, and I can feel her against me (under that dress. God, if I wasn't dancing right now, I would have smacked myself). Okay, breathe in, breathe out. Why can I feel my heart thumping against my chest? And really fast, I mean. Hell, what's happening to me? I'm supposed to like Starfire! Ooh, Raven's kinda cute when she's flustered… what! And I'm talking to myself! First sign of insanity, they say. Yeah, maybe that's what I am. Insane. Woah, school must be frying my brain cells…

EVERYONE'S P.O.V. (again)

After 3.45 minutes, the whirlwind stopped and suddenly she felt lightheaded. Everything spun around her for the first five seconds. Then came the applause. There were even a few cheers.

She caught Robin's eye and he gave her a small rueful smile. She nodded, understanding.

The applause continued as they descended the platform.

The applause continued as Ms. Krystal took them aside, teary-eyed.

"Ah, Robin!" A hand flew to her forehead. "There eez no-thing I can teach you! You weel put me out of my job, boy!"

And the applause continued even as they were kicked out of the class. The poor instructor didn't even remember to get her costumes back.

"Well that didn't work out." Robin draped his lean body on the wall, breathless.

"Where did you learn to dance like that anyway?" Raven asked, eyes twinkling. "You just did me a favor."

"Bruce… I mean Batman… may have made me taken… some… dance lessons. Top… of… my… class…" he hardly got the words out.

She began to laugh… hysterically, that is. "Well, I could guess that that's a good thing… I hardly saw anything. If you went any faster, you could have made us experience time travel."

He caught the crack and grinned. "Thanks."

They were quiet for a few minutes, with Robin trying to catch his breath, and Raven waiting for him to do so.

"Now what?"

"Now what what?"

"You know," said Robin. "You don't have a club anymore ."

"Well, then I guess I'll have to go with my first two choices. Art or literature."

Robin shook his head. "You can't."

"Why not?"

"I didn't sign you up at dance just to keep myself amused, you know…"

Raven saw an opportunity to tease him. "Really?"

He caught her jibe and glanced sharply. "Course not. Anyway, it was the only one open that I figured you'd… err… like."

"Then you must have had quite some choices. What are the ones left?"

He counted on his fingers. "Well, there's Spanish…"

"Not in a million years."

"Soccer and archery are the only sports left, but they're only for boys…"

"Whatever. What else?"

"Aqualad might have already gotten the last spot in swimming…"

"Drats. And?"

"You actually would have picked swimming? Wow… " Robin trailed off thoughtfully.

Raven punched his shoulder playfully. "You're imagining me in a bikini, aren't you?"

Now he looked defensive. "What? Where'd you get that? I didn't… you know… I…"

She interrupted him before he made a bigger idiot out of himself. "No, forget it. What else?"

"And that." Robin pointed at a flyer on the bulletin board outside the dance room.

Raven saw what he was referring to and her eyes and mouth became roughly the size of basketballs.

"No… not that! Please, tell me there's something else!" Raven dropped on the floor next to him.

"Sorry Rae. It has to be that." There were the tiniest hints of laughter in his voice. Who knew Robin could do cruel?

Author's Note: Another cliffie? I might be doing that a lot now… Now that wasn't entirely useless… hehehe… :sigh: So many clubs, so little time. Don't worry, I won't keep on moving them around… this last one's permanent. Could you guess what it is? Let's just say it's worse than dance (no offense to you dancers out there)… and do you think you know who'll be paired with BB and Aqualad? Sorry if you hated the SpeedyKitten… I just had to do it… lots of RobRae hints there… I'm sorry if Aqualad and Speedy seems a bit OC… it's the craziness of school getting to their coconuts… Robin's near death experience… :snicker: Anyway, I don't think there's a point in setting a target, but to keep ourselves amused, you have to give me 25 reviews to get the next installment of Getting An Education! Oh yeah, the next chapter is already written and I have lots of… "stuff," all funny, planned and this fic is going to lots of directions that may either make you laugh, ask for more or hate me! Until then…

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