A double update! I felt bad, and I really just want to get this short blip with Titans East over. It isn't my best work but there are references to it later. Review please.
Several hours later Thyme emerged from her room, dressed and calm. Speedy had sat down on the couch and was slightly worried at the fact that Beast Boy wouldn't look him in the eye.
Robin had explained Ty's situation to Bumble Bee and Aqualad, Speedy didn't care. He just wanted to get things cleared up with the girl.
She walked in, wearing a tie-dye shirt with a v-neck. The sleeves were loose around her wrists; she looked very pretty for a girl in her state.
"I'm so sorry. I wasn't thinking. I just assumed that it was Beast Boy, I didn't think to ask." Speedy said, standing up from the couch as she entered the room.
"It's ok. I think I scared you." She blushed. "The last time a guy walked in on me in the shower didn't turn out well…"
"You mean this has happened before?" He questioned warily.
"If you had been listening, you would have known about her past experiences with guys." Bumble Bee came over and poked him hard. "She was captured by Slade for a year you inconsiderate moron."
"It's ok. He didn't know. I'm fine now. We don't ever have to talk about this again. Got it?" Ty was still uncomfortable. She was pretty sure he hadn't seen her, but she was still embarrassed.
"Oh, with us, there is no way this won't get talked about. In fact, this may last longer than the Garfield jokes." Robin stated very seriously.
"What's the deal with Garfield?" She looked and saw Beast Boy turning pale. Not an easy trick for someone who is green.
"It's my real name, Garfield Logan. And they have been making fun of it since they found out." He looked away from Ty as if he expected her to laugh.
"I like the name Logan." She said, trying to make positive conversation.
Cyborg entered the room with a big grin on his face. He hadn't been around for the shower saga. "Hey ya'll! What's for dinner?"
Ty got up and went to the kitchen, glad to have something to do. "How about a salad bar? Or maybe a "Make your own noodle bowl"?" She asked, digging through the fridge for ingredients.
"Salad? For dinner?" Several of the guys raised eyebrows at her.
"Sure. I'll get right on it." She started pulling out lettuce and other salad ingredients. She didn't see the faces of horror on Robin, Speedy, Aqualad, and Cyborg.
She laid out several things before Beast Boy put a hand on her shoulder and gave her the crushing news that she was outvoted on this particular meal.
"Ok… How about burritos?" She pulled tortillas out of the freezer. Then she looked to see the above mentioned boys give a sigh of relief in unison.
After dinner was over, (Mas and Menos gave her four thumbs up on her Mexican food) the Titans East weren't ready to go yet, so they put in a movie. The vote was unanimous, X-Men was the movie of choice. Thyme felt bad about the sleepover being canceled for the night, so she carried her entire stack of hair supplies she had bought at Claire's and started showing Starfire the correct uses for them.
"No. Not if you value your life." Raven said. She had just been asked if Thyme could braid her hair to show Starfire how the trick was done.
"I could just freeze you in time and braid all your hair while you aren't able to do anything about it." Ty smiled, and Raven pouted. "Either way. You chose. But I will end up braiding your hair."
"No. You won't. Robin help me out here." She looked from one titan to the next. None of them were willing to help her. Robin nodded at Ty, and she blinked.
Raven was frozen, completely stopped. Ty sat in front of her and began illustrating how to braid for Starfire. Several minutes later, Starfire had completed a successful braid, in Thyme's hair, and there were two braids in Raven's hair in the front of her face; one on either side.
She blinked and Raven was free of her time trap. Raven shook her head and felt the braids hit her face. "You actually let her do that?" Raven yelled at Robin.
"Well, yeah. She could have stopped me and tried braiding my hair too." He grinned. "It was you or me. I had to make a choice."
"Look Raven! I have completed a braiding on Friend Thyme's hair! She has taught me well." She pointed at Thyme and the braid she had done in the front part of her hair.
"I can take those out if you want." Ty looked at Raven's red face.
"Now."
She removed the braids, and Raven was slightly upset at the crimps they left, but it was better than before. Speedy got up and waved at Thyme to come with him. She wasn't too eager, but she didn't want to be rude to her friend's friends.
He led her into the hallway where the others wouldn't be able to overhear them. "Hey, I'm really sorry about earlier. I didn't mean anything by it. Maybe we could try meeting again? Say dinner tomorrow, around seven?"
Thyme was taken aback; this was far from what she had expected. Though she didn't know what she was expecting in the first place. "Oh, I…" it took her a minute to find words. "I'm flattered. I'm just not sure…"
"I know you were kidnapped by Slade, and you have had issues with guys, but I promise I'm not one of those guys."
"It's not that. I'm sure you are a great guy. I just…" She blushed and played with her hair. "I don't think I'm ready for dating right now." Her voice changed and she looked confused. "Didn't Robin tell you about me?"
"I wasn't paying that much attention." Speedy lied, he hadn't been paying attention at all.
Ty sighed and screwed up all her courage. "I'm pregnant." She watched his jaw drop. She thought it would be very funny if it weren't for the gravity of the situation.
"You… How?" Was all he could blurt out before Robin came looking for them.
"Hey guys, we need the two of you to help us with something." The boy wonder called from down the hall. Speedy scraped his jaw off the floor and the two went back into the main room.
"We need to figure out room arrangements for tonight. The Titan's East are staying here with us." Robin explained.
"Aqualad can bunk with me." Beast Boy offered.
"I was thinking Mas and Menos could share your room since it has the two beds, and then a cot in the closet."
"No one goes near my room." Raven briefly threw in her two cents and went back to her book.
"Well that means everyone else has to share with someone."
"Bumble Bee may reside with me in my bedroom." Starfire got the happy 'I'm going to explode with joy' look again.
"No offense Star, but I'd prefer Raven's room."
"Aqualad can bunk with me." Cyborg said, pointing out that there was a folding cot in his closet for just such occasions.
"And Speedy can stay with me." Robin picked his roommate for the night.
"Which still leaves the girls." Aqualad was always one to point out the obvious.
"I don't mind if Bumble Bee wants to sleep on my couch." Ty said. She hadn't spoken since the conversation started, but she was tired, and she felt slightly dizzy so she wanted to get to bed.
"I guess that settles it." Robin said, "In the morning we'll make you guys breakfast and see you off." Though Robin was right, it wasn't a complete understanding of the morning's activities.
Did I mention that this was a long chapter? Whoops, slipped my mind...
