So, chapter eleven. I'm writing this as I spend time with my cousins, Kayla and Keith. They're crazy, but all my cousins are crazy, so it works. Keith just ruined Peter Pan for me. I won't tell you what he said because I don't want to upset you guys. But what my 10-year old cousin said will forever haunt me. Thanks a lot, Keith.
BB: What'd he say?
Me: It's too painful to talk about.
Lacey's POV
Gar and I went to his room and I laughed out loud. His room was even messier than his room in Africa. Gar always messed it up, and I always cleaned it up. Without me to clean his room, it was even worse than what I considered usual.
"Can you never keep your room clean?" I asked. Gar smiled sheepishly, then got a garbage bag out and handed it to me. He knew that I wasn't going to let him help since I had a specific way of cleaning. Gar then got me gloves and I put them on.
*One hour later*
I was finally done. Gar had just sat on the bottom bunk of his bed, playing on his hand-held video game. When I sat down next to him, he looked up and his jaw dropped.
"I think you just broke another record. One hour to clean years worth of filth. Up top," and with that, he lifted his hand up. I high fived him then laid down on the bed. Gar laid down next to me and we just looked up in silence. It reminded me of when we would just lay down in the grass and look at the stars in our backyard. We could just lay there for hours and say nothing. It was the only time we were yelling or laughing.
"Just like home," I said. I inwardly winced. I hadn't meant to say that out loud. Gar looked over at and seemed to understand what I meant.
"You mean, before the incident?" Gar asked. I bit my lip and looked away. I knew he loved his life now and that me being here was hard for him. It meant he had to think about the past way more than he'd like to. But he wouldn't have to worry about it anymore.
"I've been thinking. Maybe tomorrow I can go look at apartments," I said. I needed to let him live his life. I couldn't keep him from moving on.
"You know, you could always live here, with us," Gar replied. I sighed, then turned and looked at him.
"I'm not a titan. Heck, I'm not even a superhero. I can't stay and you know that," Gar sighed at my response. He nodded his head.
"I know," was all Gar said. Then he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me towards him. He put his chin on my shoulder while I wrapped my arms around his neck.
"I love you, big brother," I told him. Gar kissed my cheek.
"Love you too, little sister," Gar replied. I don't know how long we stayed like that until someone knocked. Gar and I seperated and Gar got up to open the door. In came Robin. When he came in, he opened his mouth to speak, but closed it as he gawked at how clean Gar's room was.
"How did….what happened in here?" Robin asked. I smiled while Gar told him I'd cleaned his room. Robin looked at me.
"You…...did this?" Robin asked. I nodded my head and looked around. His chest of drawers was visible, his closet door could close, and you could see his brown carpeted floor.
"Wow. Amazing. No one has ever been able to clean Beastboy's room," Robin's praise made me blush a little and duck my head.
"It wasn't too hard. It only took me an hour to do it," at my response, Robin's jaw dropped and he just stared at me. Gar smirked at his leader.
"Yeah, my sister's pretty amazing, isn't she?" Gar asked. I blushed harder and playfully shoved Gar.
"I'm not that amazing," I insister. Gar just rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, you are," I stuck my tongue out at his response. Then my eyes widened. I hadn't done that in forever. Then Gar surprised me by sticking his tongue out too. Robin, done being shocked, cleared his throat.
"Um, I came in here to say we are going to start training soon, and I wanted to ask you'd like to train with us, Lacey," Robin said. I gaped at him before looking at Gar, who nodded his head. I nodded my head and Robin smiled.
"Good. Training begins on the obstacle course in 10 minutes," declared Robin before leaving.
"This should be interesting," I said to Gar. He nodded his head, and then we left for the obstacle course.
A/N Well, I decided to put in a sweet brother/sister moment. I know it's short, but not every chapter needs to be long, right? Anyway, next up, training. And more BBxRae moments are on the way! And of course, CyxBee. My cousin Kayla has something to say.
Kayla: Hello, people of the world.
Me: And that's that. Later, readers.
