Chapter: 4

The next morning was pretty much the same as yesterdays for Beast Boy; Mento came in and woke him up, and after a lot of arguing, got him up too. The green teenager had just finished getting dressed, he looked over at the clock, 6:45. He yawned to himself and staggered out of his bed room. It was already sunrise, but it was still too early for him.

Elasta Girl already had breakfast made downstairs and the table was set. Negative Man was sitting in his regular spot, waiting patiently for his morning meal. She looked at the clock. "Those two are going to miss breakfast if they don't hurry up," she said, mostly joking though.

"Terra, wake up," Beast Boy yawned as he knocked on the guest room door.

There was no answer from Terra's room. Truth be told, she was sleeping with her head under her pillow. She had woken up a while ago and groaned her annoyance. Well, after that she just sort of threw her pillow over her head and fell back asleep.

"Terra!" Beast Boy whined as he pounded on the door. "I'll make Mento get you up if I have too," he joked.

Still there was no answer. Terra was only really half awake now. She clung the pillow harder over her head as though trying to block out noises.

Beast Boy moaned to himself and briefly wondered if this was how Mento felt before He finally opened her door. "TERRA!" He screamed.

"WHAAAT?" Terra half yelled and half whined, clutching the pillow harder over her head.

"Breakfast is ready, guys!" Elasta Girl called upstairs.

"Breakfast?" Terra repeated, sitting up straight and throwing the pillow off of her.

"Breakfast," Beast Boy repeated, "So if you don't get up, tough cookies for you!" He laughed then made a sluggish jog down the hall, past Elasta Girl and into the kitchen. "Why can't I sleep in till seven? Like normal teens?" He whined.

"You're not normal, sit down and eat breakfast." Mento said casually as he read through another news paper.

Beast Boy sighed and sat down, piling his tofu and toast breakfast onto his plate then digging in.

Elasta Girl came back into the kitchen and took her seat back at the table. She wasn't surprised when Terra was down in an instant, dressed in her usual uniform and hair brushed. Normal teenager thing. They were horrible to get up until the word 'food' or anything related to it was mentioned.

Terra pulled her chair next to Beast Boy out and sat down, filling her plate up with bits of almost everything.

Robot Man walked through the kitchen. Eggs and bacon between two pieces of toast was his breakfast and he didn't feel like sitting down at the table to eat today.

Mento had a clear plate to the side as he read the paper, which he seemed to do every morning.

Beast Boy was already having seconds, he loved tofu, and Elasta Girl got it just right. He didn't eat at the light of speed like usual, but was eating faster then normal.

Terra was soon starting on a large plate of seconds. Elasta Girl knew how to cook, that was for sure.

Negative Man stared at the kids as they ate. Wow… they were half the size of him and could eat three times more.

"Can I get thirds?" Beast Boy piped; making Mento peer over his news paper for a minute with a raised eye brow, then look back down at the black printed paper.

Negative Man's eyes grew as Terra looked up, agreeing with Beast Boy's question. These kids… were they STARVED at their house or something?

"Yeah, if you want," Elasta Girl laughed.

"Awesome!" Terra said, refilling her plate half way. She didn't want to get too much and end up wasting it, so she'd start- or continue- with this much and get more if she wanted more when she finished.

"Thanks," Beast Boy reached over and half filled the plate with the tofu and toast then sat back eating till it was gone, then gulping down his orange juice. "Done," he announced happily as he set his cup down.

"I was starting to wonder if you ever would be," Robot Man joked as he walked back into the kitchen to get something to drink.

Terra was almost finished, she decided on one last piece of toast. With jelly. Mmm… jelly.

"You two eat more then everyone in this house combined…" Negative Man said. "We keep them around much longer we won't have any food left." Okay, so that was completely a joke. He kinda meant it.

"Growing teens need to eat," Beast Boy sat back in his chair, making it wobble on two legs.

"All four on the ground." Mento reminded from behind the paper.

Beast Boy sat back forward, "can I get down from the table?" He asked, out of years of drilled manners. It felt weird to use that term that was almost alien at the tower.

"Go ahead," Elasta Girl allowed. Sometimes she thought Mento had drilled Beast Boy a little too hard.

Beast Boy nodded then stood up with his plate in his hands. He set his cup on the plate and took them to the sink before fast walking into the living room. Where he found a comfy seat on the couch, and the almighty can't-live-without remote.

Terra followed Beast Boy, setting her plate and cup gently in the sink. She left the kitchen and went to the living room, flopping down on the couch next to Beast Boy.

Beast Boy turned his head over to look at Terra and grinned, "howdy."

"Hey," Terra greeted, looking over at him.

Beast Boy dug into his pocket and pulled out his T-com a second later. "You gonna help me?"

Terra looked down at the T-com and smiled. "Help you with what?" she asked, looking back up at Beast boy.

"Pestering Robin that we need a dish washer." Beast Boy rolled his eyes but grinned all the same.

"Yeah!" Terra exclaimed excitedly. "I'll help!" They desperately needed a dishwasher. One thing was for sure… the kitchen sure would be at least a little cleaner. No more mountains of dishes everywhere.

"Goody Goody Gum Drops!" Beast Boy laughed then pressed the red button on the side. "Beast Boy calling Robin." He spoke into the T-com.

Terra watched and a moment later Robin's face appeared on the screen. "Beast Boy?" he asked. "What's up?"

"Hello Robin," Beast Boy said in sweet sing -song. "You know what me and Terra where thinkin'?"

Robin sighed. That sing song voice was never good. "Great… you and Terra have been thinking. That's never good."

"It's Beast Boy?" Raven's voice could be heard in the background.

"Yeah," Robin replied.

Beast Boy ignored Raven and continued. "How come WE don't have a dish washer? Our tower is so high tech, but no one has put in a dish washer? Seems weird to me," Beast Boy glanced at Terra then looked back down at the screen.

"Yeah, I mean really Robin, we're like the only people in the city, in the state, that doesn't have a dishwasher. Think about it! Do you know how much TIME it would save? Do you-"

"Time for you guys to goof off more then you already do?" Robin asked in a slightly amused voice.

"Yes, now stop interrupting me. Do you KNOW how much CLEANER our kitchen would be?"

"Goofing off is a very important part of the teenaged development," Beast Boy said in a matter of fact tone. "Besides Robin! If nothing else, we could transform Cyborg into a dish washer," He joked.

"I HEARD THAT!" Cyborg's voice yelled.

"C'mon Robin, at least THINK about it!" Terra complained. "Think about it this way," The blonde smirked. "If Starfire-"

That was enough for Robin; he knew where her statement was going and immediately turned the volume down low so he could barely hear it.

"-isn't always busy, she'll have more time to spend with you."

"Ooo, that's a good point!" Beast Boy teased.

"I heard "Starfire", I wanna hear!" Cyborg came running over to look over Robin's shoulder.

"Okay, okay!" Robin caved. "I'll think about!" He wheeled around to look at Cyborg. "No! Cyborg, go away!" he demanded.

Terra smirked. Possibility of a dishwasher AND teasing Robin. All in one call, too!

"Hey! I'm just trying to be nosy!" Cyborg whined as he left.

Beast Boy snickered then held his hand up for a high five.

Terra gave Beast Boy the high five as Robin turned back to face the communicator. "So you promise you'll think about it?" Terra asked.

"Yes," Robin said, giving them an annoyed glare.

"Swear it!" Terra demanded, grinning.

"I promise," Robin grumbled through clenched teeth.

"What do you promise? Louder! I can't hear you," Terra laughed.

"Don't push your luck."

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning," Beast Boy snorted though grinned at the same time.

"Does he ever wake up on the good side?" Cyborg asked, he had found himself right behind Robin again.

"Only when Starfire greets him first thing in the morning." Beast Boy teased, and Cyborg laughed.

"Okay, yeah, hope you guys have a good rest of the week, I'll think about it, good bye!" with that, Robin hung up. But… that still left Cyborg. Oh joy.

Terra couldn't help but break into laughter as the screen of the communicator went black.

Beast Boy was laughing as well, "You know, it probably wasn't wise to tease someone you're asking of... All well, Raven says I'm stupid anyways." He joked, mostly-kinda.

"Probably not," Terra laughed. "But hey, it's fun. You're not stupid, Raven just doesn't know how to have a good time."

"She has a good time, her version of it is just reading books in the corner of the room." Beast Boy laughed.

"What are you kids laughing about in here?" Robot Man asked as he walked in the room.

"Hey Cliff," Beast Boy greeted as he tilted his head up to see his teammate reach over the two and grab the remote. "Hey! I was going to use that!"

"Too slow, I want to check on the weather."

"Weather? Who cares about the weather!" Beast Boy pouted.

"Me, Mento won't let me barrow the newspaper to look, so I gotta use the TV." Robot Man informed.

"TV's are better anyways," Terra spoke up. "I don't like newspaper… they're boring." She didn't mind reading, she just hated reading the newspaper.

"Maybe that's why adults like them, similar." Beast Boy joked.

"Don't bite the hand that feeds you butt boy." Robot Man warned, though almost grinned. He had sort of missed having the kid around.

"...are you done yet?"

"I just turned it on," Robot Man rolled his eyes.

"...done YET?"

"Don't start."

Terra laughed a little. "You should hear him in the car," she joked, nudging Beast Boy in the side. "I can't imagine what a road trip with you would be like."

"I've gone on three day ship rides with him before, trust me, it is not something I call fun." Robot Man told Terra, in a meaning-it tone, but was joking.

"Oh ha-ha, see me laugh." Beast Boy rolled his eyes.

"I think you 'had' to go to the bath room ten times a day, and who can forget when your gameboy batteries died?" Robot Man went on, making Beast Boy give him an annoyed, but also joking look.

Terra laughed, patting Beast Boy on the back comfortingly. "What happened when the gameboy batteries died?" she asked Robot Man.

Beast Boy turned his look to Terra. "You're supporting him? Butt head," he joked with her.

"Nothing much, just had to deal with him asking every ten minutes if we could just park in a wall-mart parking lot and get some more." Robot Man recalled.

"I wouldn't say 'supporting' him, just… asking," Terra said, laughing at the answer she got.

Robot Man flipped the weather channel on long enough to get a few predictions. Mostly sunny, that was good. "Kay, you kids can have the remote back." He tossed the remote back on the sofa. Making Beast Boy lunge for it as if his life where dependent on the sacred remote.

Terra laughed at Beast Boy before making a lazy attempt to snatch the remote away from him.

Beast Boy morphed into a snake and curled around the remote, hissing at Terra. He soon returned to his human form though and laughed. "Mine!"

Terra laughed before falling back on the couch, staring at the TV. "What do you wanna do?" she asked.

Beast Boy shrugged and turned to the TV. It was playing another add, that he was ignoring till it mention, glad wrap. Wait, glad wrap... He turned to Terra with a wicked grin. "I got an idea."

"Oh really?" Terra asked, turning to face Beast Boy. "And… what might that be?"

"Prank." Beast Boy's wicked grin grew.

"Tell me!" Terra demanded, sitting up straight on the couch now.

"Okay," Beast Boy leaned over and whispered his evil sure-to-get-in-trouble prank in Terra's ear, when he was done he pulled back, "Watcha think?"

Terra's mouth had curled into a wicked little smile. "I think… you… are a genius," she praised, her smile getting bigger.

"Why thank you," Beast Boy stood up and did a little bow. He laughed to himself before looking over at the kitchen entrance, "Meet you upstairs, I'll get the glad wrap."

"Okay," Terra agreed, nodding as she stood up. She took off, running upstairs, forgetting again about the 'no running in the house' rule.

Beast Boy slipped into the kitchen, Mento was still sitting at the table drinking coffee and reading. So pretty much ignored the green teenager, who was slipping out three tubes of glad wrap. This prank, would require A LOT.

Terra leaned against the upstairs wall, waiting for Beast Boy. This should be a ton of fun. Although… Mento would probably kill them if he found out. …Oh well.

Beast Boy snuck back behind Mento again and then dashed up the stairs, waving the boxes at Terra as he passed towards Mento and Elasta Girl's room.

Terra smiled. "Nice," she complimented, getting an almost evil glint in her eyes. Pranks… ROCKED! "So, where to start?"

"Mento's bed room door duh!" Beast Boy laughed to himself as he came to the door. He handed one box to Terra. "Remember; pull it tight so he can't see it."

"Got it!" Terra said, tearing a piece of the plastic wrap off and getting started. This would be so great. Unimaginably great, hilarious.

Beast Boy hummed to himself as he pulled a long piece and smoothed it against the door way, this would take awhile.

It must have been at least 20 minutes, possibly longer before Beast Boy and Terra finished. Terra stepped back to admire their work. Barely noticeable.

Beast Boy finished the last of the third roll and also stepped back to look. "Can hardly tell it's there." He admired.

"We did good," Terra said, admiring their work. "Now all we have to do is wait for someone to go in there," she frowned. That might take awhile. "Or try, anyways." A smirk went up the blonde's face.

Beast Boys ear twitched as he looked down the hall, "Someone's coming," He grabbed Terra's wrist and looked around, cleaning closet, close, small, good hiding spot! "C'mon!" He whispered before sprinting over, opening the door then bolting in.

"Hang on! I left my notepad in my room." Mento yelled down the stairs as he then made his way down the hall towards his room.

"Eep!" Terra made a quiet yelping sound as she was yanked into the closet along with Beast Boy. It was only after the door was closed did she realize how small it was. She had to place her hands on either side of Beast Boy against the door he leaned against to not literally fall into him. A light blush crept up her face as she glanced at the floor.

Beast Boy was glad it was dark, he was blushing. "Heh, wrong hiding place choice." He joked, though HONESTLY, didn't mind really. He didn't know what to do with his hands, so just let them dangle at his sides.

Mento turned the corner to walk into his room, instead, an invisible wall of glad wrap blocked his way. And out of surprise, he yelled for a moment and fell backwards with a THUMP.

Terra was blushing really bad, she could feel her face heating up. Boy, was it hot in here or just her? She grinned and laughed nervously. Okay… so she truth be told… she kind of enjoyed this. Bad Terra! she mentally smacked herself. When she heard the thump she almost laughed and had to cover her mouth with her hand to not laugh. She was still desperately trying to hold herself up with her other hand though. Wouldn't that just make it fifty jillion times more embarrassing if she fell into him?

Beast Boy was biting his laughter back, and also biting back his stupid urge to allow his arms to go around Terra. Darn teenaged minds. Though he was more of choking then laughing when he heard the next set of words, from an obviously ticked Mento.

"GARFIELD MARK LOGAN!" Mento roared, he didn't like pranks. If you could tell.

Terra's eyes widened, that man could get mad WAY easily. Wait… Garfield… Mark… Logan? What? She gave Beast Boy a questioning look. Who was- wait… was that… that couldn't be… Beast Boy's name?

Beast Boy moaned quietly. The first name meant enough trouble. The last name meant big trouble. The whole dog-gone name meant death. "Not good," He muttered.

Terra placed one finger against his lips as if telling him to hush. She realized what she did though and quickly removed her hand. She mouthed the word 'Garfield?' at him with a questioning look again. She'd never known his real name before.

Beast Boy's blush kicked it up a notch at the feel of her finger on his lips. His face went blank for a moment, as if dazed before he shook his head slightly then nodded solemnly at her. "Gar for short." He whispered quietly to her with an embarrassed face that now had two reasons to heat up.

Terra stared at him a minute and then smiled, almost as if approving of his name. She'd never really given the name much thought… but when she thought about it, he was probably the only guy that could pull that name off. She didn't know what else to say, so just kept quiet, glancing behind her at the door. She looked back at Beast Boy, trying not to make a sound now.

Beast Boy had a face full of relief. He thought back briefly to when the others found out about his name, Raven had lived up to her word. And the teasing was non stop for days. He should have known Terra wouldn't have laughed at him for something he couldn't help, or she would but not as cruel as his friends were. Not that he minded all the way, in a way it had been... humorous. Now he was grinning at her, they seemed to have a way with awkward positions. They always ended up in them, though neither seemed to mind. Beast Boy knew he didn't, as guilty as he sounded. He listened as he heard someone walk past, probably Mento from the pace of the steps. How long where they going to have to hide in here?

Elasta Girl had just come upstairs to see what all the commotion was and to get more cleaning supplies. "Steve?" she asked. "What was all that noise?"

Mento pointed to their bedroom doorway, where you could see the ruffled glad wrap from where he walked into it.

Terra shifted in her spot a little, being careful to be as quiet as possible. She bit her lip as she listened to the conversation outside.

Beast Boy was trying not to laugh, it was hard. He turned to Terra, though when facing her they seemed closer. "We are so dead." He mouthed to her.

Terra nodded her agreement, still trying not to laugh. At least they'd die after a good laugh.

"Oh," Rita coughed out a laugh or two. "I see. So… you're looking for Beast Boy?" she asked. "I haven't seen him around."

Mento gave his wife an annoyed look. He didn't see ANY humor in this. "Yes." He replied simply. His voice indicating a certain green someone was in big trouble.

Beast Boy bit his lip, despite the future scorning, he still thought it was funny and if not for the hiding spot, would be laughing. He didn't hear anything for a minute, so shifted a little bit. And his hand 'accidentally' found it's way on Terra's waist. BAD HAND! BAAAAAD HAND! No uh- cookies for you! BAD! Beast Boy scorned.

Terra glanced down at Beast Boy's hand then up at him, blushing all over again. She quickly looked away at the floor, but that didn't last long. She never could manage to keep her eyes off him for a long time. Especially not when they were this close. She grinned a bit embarrassedly but overall didn't mind.

Beast Boy's blushing stayed about the same. He half glared at his hand, wondering if it did have a mind of its own sometimes. Or if he should just stop not-thinking about things. His eyes darted around, waiting to hear some kind of yelling of his name again. But surprised he didn't. He looked back at Terra, noting their noses almost touched. Awkward and embarrassing positions sure happened to them a lot.

"Well, I'm sure he's around her somewhere. Look for Terra, wherever she is, he's bound to be with her," Rita's voice came from outside again.

"You're probably right," Mento muttered as he started down a little ways towards the other bed rooms.

Terra's hand slipped at the mention of her name. She was no longer being held up to give them at least a little space. When her hand slipped, so did she and was pushed right into Beast Boy. Great. Just great. That was just her luck. Her head was on his chest when she pushed herself back, trying to hold herself up again. Her blush deepened if that was possible and she glanced briefly at him, muttering a quick and small "Sorry."

Beast Boy's blush deepened slightly, a nervous little grin was on his face. "it's... cool." He whispered, trying not to laugh at that, personally he had found it funny. He used the hand on her waist to help hold her up, might as well. If she fell again it might make noise, and then they would be found, and he would get in trouble before Mento at least cooled off.

Terra could swear if Mento didn't find them on his own, it would be because he could hear Terra's heart beating. She didn't mind still it just… made her blush. She didn't know why it was so bad today. Stupid blushing she thought in annoyance. It took her a minute to realize she shifted too, arms now around Beast Boy to help hold herself better. Or… maybe that was just because… well… she felt like it? She couldn't decide.

"Awkward," Beast Boy whispered to Terra, he didn't mind. Honestly be told.

Terra grinned. "Just a little," she whispered back.

There was a set of footsteps coming back down the hall. Terra immediately stopped talking. Next think she knew, the door to the closet was open.

Beast Boy had been grinning, not being able to help it at Terra's grin, when, he didn't have anything to lean on, and having his weight against the door- fell. "AHH!" He yelped, falling flat on his back with a loud THUMP.

"AH!" Terra yelped, being pulled after Beast Boy. There was the fact that he was holding and she was holding him, he fell, that caused her to fall. In a way, it was kind of like the domino effect. Well, if that wasn't enough, Terra found that when she opened her eyes, she was on Beast Boy. That… wasn't good.

Elasta Girl stood there, staring from the closet, to the two teens and back again. Okay… it's not everyday you see two kids falling out of the closet. She was almost at a loss for words.

"Oohhhhh, Hiiii Rita!" Beast Boy stretched his words out. "Mento wouldn't be around would he-"

"There you- what the heck is going on?" Mento asked as he walked up.

"I just had to jinx it," Beast Boy muttered to himself.

Terra yelped as she nearly jumped away from Beast Boy. "Nothing," she said a bit too quickly.

"I don't… know…" Elasta Girl said, still holding onto the closet door handle.

"Uhh-" Beast Boy sat up and brushed the front of his suit off. "Not what it looks like!" He said quickly, knowing the blush was probably still maroon over his face. If not, he could still feel some kind of heat on it.

Mento slowly crossed his arms, "Uh hu."

"Really! It- it's not!" Terra repeated, keeping a slight distance from Beast Boy. Well… after being cramped in a tiny closet for that long… six inches is distance. She stayed a couple feet away though. Mento still kind of scared her, especially when he was mad.

"We were just hiding, and-" Beast Boy started, he didn't often get in the kind of trouble where the adults were... quiet. That scared him. "-it was cramped." He explained.

Elasta Girl looked at the closet. Well... it was a small closet.

Terra didn't know what to say so kept quiet for now. It's not like they'd actually done anything. …Okay… so maybe Terra had thought about it… once… maybe more… TERRA! she scolded to herself, mentally kicking herself again.

Beast Boy stayed quiet till Mento spoke. "Rooms," he said simply.

"Yes sir," Beast Boy stood up, shooting Terra a half grin before marching to his room as told.

Terra only nodded, barely glancing at Beast Boy as she started walking in the direction of her room. She shot him one last glance before opening the door to her room and walking in, closing it behind her. Oh man, were they in trouble or what? Mento looked beyond angry. It was funny how he could make do what he wanted with a simple word.

"Fun while it lasted," Beast Boy's voice came through Terra's T-com.

Terra pulled her T-com from her belt. "Yeah," she said, grinning as she flipped it open. "I have to admit, it was funny."

"Yeah, that was our best prank ever." Beast Boy laughed. But then another screen popped up with Cyborg's face. "Prank? What prank? Oo, you guys pulled a prank!"

"Dude! Get out of our convo!" Beast Boy almost laughed.

Terra stared at the screen and blinked. "I didn't know he could do that… WHY can he just randomly pop into OUR conversation?" she asked.

"Because dipstick here pressed call all." Cyborg snickered.

"Oops," Beast Boy muttered.

"Smooth," Terra laughed at Beast Boy. "I'm guessing Robin didn't pick up when he saw it was you," she said, recalling their earlier torturous call to poor Robin.

"Nope, I think he muted it," Cyborg laughed.

Beast Boy laughed with him.

"So about this prank?" Cyborg asked. "What was it! Why are you talking on the T-coms anyways, instead of-"

"We got sent to our rooms," Beast Boy filled in.

"Ooooo, musta been good then."

"It was," Terra laughed. "He scares me when he's mad though…" Terra said, speaking of Mento of course.

"What was it! C'mon I'm dying over here with boredom!" Cyborg whined.

"We put a wall of glad-wrap over Mento's door entrance." Beast Boy said causally.

"Oooo, Wow, Mento? You two are brave. Or stupid. I'm going to go yell it to everyone now, YO ROBIN! GUESS WHAT BB AND TER DID!" Cyborg yelled before hanging up. Beast Boy laughed.

"At least we didn't have to tell him about the closet," He mused, that would have been a nightmare and a half.

"True," Terra said, nodding her head. "Very true." Heck, they were already due for a lifetime's worth of teasing. Why open yourself up for more? "So… how long do you think we're gonna have to stay in our rooms?"

"Um, longest, dinner time." Beast Boy leaned back on his bed. He held his head up with his arm.

Terra looked over at the clock and groaned. "Man," she sighed. "Oh well."

Beast Boy finished brushing his teeth in the sink. He was right, at dinner time they had been called down to eat. Now it was almost bed time. Dinner at been pretty normal, as normal as it could be really. He got snickering looks from Robot Man a few times. Making him wish he could effectively whap his robot friend. Beast Boy tapped his tooth brush on the sink and set it aside. That was done.

Terra came out of her room after finishing changing and started to the bathroom with her toothbrush and toothpaste. She noticed Beast Boy was already there, so waited. Dinner had been interesting. She'd kept quiet more then usual this time. Elasta Girl had kept on glancing at Beast Boy and her and Negative Man hadn't said too much.

Beast Boy walked out of the bath room, "All yours," he joked at Terra with a grin. "Night Terra."

"Night Beast Boy," Terra smiled. She went into the bathroom and brushed her teeth until she was satisfied. She gathered up all her things and headed back to her room. After throwing them on her bag, she plopped down on her bed and snuggled under the covers. It wasn't long before she fell asleep.

"Going to bed, Night!" Beast Boy called down the stairs.

"Night," Mento's dull voice came, Beast Boy figured he was reading again. Sometimes he wondered if that's all some adults did. Beast Boy shrugged then turned around and walked to his room, yawning. It was weird, but he was already getting used to this bed time.