Robin is the only one from the Titans that is actually able to go to school; and Batman's REALLY strict on his education (well, duh, he has to if he wants to catch up with his detective skills...and the multiple languages) so Dick goes to school in between crime fighting.
He's seventeen, by the way. I think that's his age in the show...
Party
Raven sat on the couch in the living room; peacefully reading a book that Beast Boy got her for Christmas and one she surprisingly liked. The green changeling had been really trying to get on her good side after he realized all of the stupid things he did and said may have actually hurt her feelings.
All of the Titans could see that he was growing up, and she was actually kind of proud of him.
...but that didn't mean he wasn't still a joking idiot. But to be honest, none of them wanted him to change.
The half-demon got roughly pulled out of her silent bubble when her leader barged into the room and practically threw his backpack on the couch before jumping over the couch and landing on it face first.
She raised an eyebrow. "Hello to you too, Boy Blunder. How was school?"
Seeing as he was the only one that actually went to school, the Titans made it a running joke to ask him how his day was; much to his dismay.
"Great," he growled, not looking up. "Just fucking great!"
She whistled lowly and placed a bookmark between the pages before closing her book. "I think that's the second time I've heard you swear without you being drunk."
Robin sat up and glared at her. "Not in the mood, Raven."
"Okay, what's up?"
"Nothing. Where are the others?"
She sighed and rolled her eyes. "Don't ask me how, but Starfire managed to drag the boys to the mall. She would've dragged me too, but I was smart enough to disappear into the shadows...literally. Now don't lie to me, Robin, what happened?"
His jaw clenched and he looked up at her with thoughtful blue eyes, she met his stare without missing a beat and he sighed. "I don't even understand why Bruce makes me go to school! I know ten different languages, excluding English and Romanian. Not only that but I know how to solve a crime faster than most police officers!"
He sighed. "They're basically teaching me things I already know."
She raised an eyebrow. "Tim's smarter and younger than you. The things they're teaching him at school are basically 2+2 to him. You really shouldn't be complaining."
"Good point."
Raven tilted her head. "Nice try at changing the subject, Boy Blunder, but you still haven't told me why you're so upset." She deadpanned.
He groaned. "I have to keep up appearances as 'rich playboy' Richard Grayson."
"Seriously? You're having girl trouble?"
"Not exactly, you'd kill me if I messed around with other girls. Not that I'd ever do that to you, but you get my point."
Raven rolled her eyes. "Then what is it?"
"High school girls are crazy."
Her lips twitched up a bit. "And?"
"And their boyfriends are even worse."
"So this is where you go to school?" Beast Boy grinned as he looked around the building.
The Titans alarm had gone off, an unknown villain showed up in Jump. And oddly enough he was hiding in Robin's school.
"Don't forget that we're here for a reason, Beast Boy." Robin reminded, already having a bad feeling about the changeling's intentions.
His green eyes glowed with mischief. "Oh, I know that. But that doesn't mean I can't look for embarrassing school photo's while we're here."
"Nice thinking, grass stain!" Cyborg grinned.
They walked through the halls, looking around for any sign of the villain but finding something else instead.
Cyborg paused. "Hey, Rob? Which locker is yours?"
Robin glanced at the mechanic teen and raised an eyebrow. "Yeah...I'm not telling you."
"You don't have to," Raven spoke up, floating in front of a locker that was heavily decorated with pink love letters.
Robin growled and looked at the ground. "Every damn time..."
"Oh, this is perfect," Beast Boy grinned and snatched one, trying his best to hold back his laughter as he read it.
"Friend Robin?" Starfire called, a confused look on her face as she floated down to his level. "Why are there pink notes sticking on your metal door specifically? Is this a friendly gesture from the humans that I do not know of?"
"Oh, it's friendly alright." Cyborg snickered, which confused the alien princess even more.
Robin shook his head. "It's nothing you need to worry about, Star."
"Guys! Hear this!" Beast Boy said, grinning widely. "Dick, would you PLEASE go with me to the school dance? You would, like, TOTALLY make my day! xxx Kaylie from your biology class!" Beast Boy scanned the rest of the letter with his eyes. "She just drew small hearts after that."
"Looks like you have competition, Dark Girl," Cyborg teased.
The half-demon rolled her eyes.
"So...are you going to say yes?" The changeling asked.
Robin rolled his eyes and snatched the letter from him before throwing it in the dumpster. "No, I'm not even going. And even if I wanted to go I would've asked Raven."
She raised an eyebrow. "And what if I didn't want to?"
He shrugged. "Maybe Starfire, you'd go with me, right, Star?"
The green-eyed alien smiled. "Of course I would accompany you to this dance of schools, Friend Robin!"
Raven scoffed. "Good decision. You'd probably give people a heart attack if you showed up with me."
Robin rolled his eyes. "That's ridiculous-"
A crash cut him off and he slipped back into battle-mode almost immediately. "Titans Go!"
Raven sighed when Robin showed up in her room, she looked up from her book for just a second before going back to focusing on the pages. "What is it?"
Starfire, Beast Boy and Cyborg were definitely asleep. She just liked to do some late night reading before she did the same; it was comfortable, reading in your pajama's.
Robin lay down beside her, staying quiet and just staring at the ceiling for a moment before opening his mouth. "I've been thinking..."
"That's usually a bad thing."
He rolled his maskless eyes. "Raven."
She sighed. "Fine, I'll listen."
"Bruce called, said that I should reconsider my decision on not going to the dance."
"How did he even-"
"He's Batman."
"Good point, keep going."
"He said something about wanting me to have fun from time to time, that being a hero wasn't everything and I shouldn't focus my entire life around it," he shrugged. "But he wants me to not get too lose at the same time."
Raven hummed in agreement. "He wants you to be balanced."
"Basically, so maybe I should go."
"Wait," she froze. "Are you really going to ask me to go with you?"
He shrugged. "Why not? You're my girlfriend, it's only right."
"Why aren't you going with Barbara?"
"She doesn't really like going to events like that while in a wheelchair," he explained, narrowing his eyes. She was avoiding the question.
"Starfire? At least you'd still be going with a hot redhead if you're not going with Barbara."
Robin sighed and turned to face her, ignoring the fact she just used the word 'hot' without describing a temperature, which was unusual for her to do. "Raven, I want to go with you. Not Babs or Star, you."
She sighed. "And here I thought you were observant. Dick, I'm not really the party type."
"Please, Rae? If you really don't like it we can go back home," he pleaded.
Raven pursed her lips and thought about it for a moment. It couldn't be that bad, could it? "As long as I don't have to wear sparkly dresses, fine."
He grinned and kissed her cheek. "Sparkly? No. But you might want to go dress shopping with Starfire."
She sighed and ran a hand through her hair, frowning at the knots. She had grown her hair out, but was really starting to consider cutting it again after learning how annoying it could be. How could Starfire live with her long hair? "When's the dance?"
"This Friday."
Okay, maybe the dance wasn't that bad, but she was still bored as hell.
After having put on a midnight blue strapless dress that reached the ground and made it look like she was practically floating- which she wasn't, by the way -Raven had allowed Starfire to curl her hair and put it in an elegant-looking ponytail.
The good thing about the dress being so long was that she could wear flats with no one noticing.
Robin had put on a tux, and the Titans were surprised to see he didn't use massive amounts of hair gel to style his hair in the usual spikes; he just left it messy...which still looked great on him.
And after casting a simple spell that made her skin look less grey, they were good to go.
He had stayed with her at first, even danced with her a couple of times. But then his friends had called him over, and after her telling him many times that it was okay, he had gone to talk to them.
A girl sat across from her, she had wavy brown hair and slightly tanned skin; her eyes a striking grey. She was wearing a silver dress that could typically be described as 'sexy but not slutty' and matching silver heels.
"Who are you? I've never seen you around before," she started, placing a drink in front of the half-demon.
She could smell the alcohol in it even without sniffing it; she was sure Beast Boy would've passed out from the smell.
Raven shot her a forced smile and introduced herself. "Rachel Roth."
"Well, Rachel, are you, like, Dick's cousin or something?" She wondered, blinking up at her with curiosity; but there was a little hope in her eyes.
"No," she shook her head. "I'm his girlfriend, actually."
The girl's gaze fell and she frowned, it was almost like she needed Raven to be anything else than his girlfriend.
Which could mean that she was Kaylie, the girl who had asked Robin to the dance.
"I honestly don't know what he sees in you."
Raven wasn't even surprised at the sudden comment, she had expected it. Richard Grayson wasn't described as a 'playboy' in the magazines for nothing; of course he would have some fangirls.
Instead, she decided to just play it cool. "Oh? And why is that?" She tilted her head in fake confusion.
Kaylie obviously hadn't expected that and blinked in surprise. "W-well," she stuttered. "You're just so...boring!"
The half-demon could see her leader freezing when he saw the two girls talking, she shot him a warning with her eyes when he started to come over. She could handle this herself.
Robin reluctantly stayed where he was, but he kept his eyes on them.
Raven leaned forward across the table and leaned her hand on the palm of her hand, her amethyst eyes glowing in the blue and pink lighting in the room.
She smirked. "You know, I'm going to be honest with you," she took the toothpick with the cherry stuck in it from her drink and examined it. "Sometimes I wonder what he sees in me too."
She stuck the toothpick in her mouth and pulled the cherry from it; chewing on the fruit almost thoughtfully. "But then I started to think..."
The dark Titan paused for a moment as her phone beeped, she quickly glanced at it; eyes narrowing when she saw it was a text from Cyborg.
Cinderblock's on the loose.
Raven stood up and smiled at Kaylie. "Maybe boring's better than desperate; I wouldn't know, the boy has weird taste after all."
She grabbed the drink and downed it in one go, ignoring the burning feeling of the alcohol and shooting one last smile at the shocked girl. "See you later."
She made her way to her leader, surprising him by wrapping her arms around him and undoubtedly catching the attention of many high school girls.
He raised an eyebrow at her. "What just happened?"
"Just telling some people the truth," she shrugged and looked up at him innocently, surprising him even more.
"The alcohol is already getting to you, isn't it?" He sighed.
The half-demon rolled her eyes. "We can worry about that later," she glanced at the people clearly eavesdropping. "Vic just texted me, we should go."
The Boy Wonder nodded. "He texted me too."
"Then let's go," she grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the school.
She really did have a low tolerance for alcohol.
