"Then go outside or something," Raven muttered as she settled back into her meditation pose.
"It's raining," Beast Boy answered in a tone as whiny as his first. He then turned and lay across the sofa and sighed dramatically.
Raven rolled her eyes. "Get Cyborg to play a video game with you," she suggested in a dark tone.
"Cy's been messing with the T-car all afternoon and he gets mad whenever I go down there to help." Beast Boy said.
"Maybe you and Starfire could go to the mall?" Raven asked, getting annoyed and desperate to make Beast Boy leave her alone.
"She and Robin are on a date," Beast Boy muttered sullenly as he flipped over to let his head hang over the seat of the couch.
Raven's lips twisted. "Then why don't you go to the mall and find a friend or something?"
Beast Boy didn't even reply to that and instead let out a very long, very obvious sigh. Raven's eyebrow twitched in response but she didn't say anything beyond that.
It was quiet for about ten minutes. The long awkward pause could be felt in the air by both Titans. Then Beast Boy giggled and walked into the middle of the room. He morphed into an elephant and sat down, making the whole building shake a little.
Raven opened an eye and stared at the green elephant sitting in the middle of the room. She thought quietly for awhile and then shrugged. "Okay, I'm sure the pun is horrible but I have no idea what you're doing."
Beast Boy morphed back into his normal self and grinned ecstatically. "Well, it was really quiet and kinda awkward," he said. "Ever hear the expression 'it was like an elephant was in the room?'"
Raven blinked and realized that Beast Boy was being witty. Or at least as witty as he could possibly be. "That's…" she said slowly. Then she smirked and shook her head amusedly. "How stupid."
Beast Boy's face fell and his shoulders sagged. He looked dejected and almost hurt by this comment but he tried to laugh it off. "Well, I had to do something. It was getting so stuffy you know?"
Raven stood up from her meditation and walked over to her friend. "It was stupid, but kind of funny. Maybe," she told him.
Beast Boy's expression lightened as Raven stood in front of him. "Really?" he asked.
"Don't push your luck," Raven told him dryly. Then she looked to the side thoughtfully and sighed. "If you promise to be quiet for another half hour maybe we can go to the mall and get something to eat," she said quietly.
"Really?" Beast Boy asked again, clasping his hands together and grinning madly.
"But you have to be absolutely quiet, understand?" Raven asked.
Beast Boy nodded and morphed into a rabbit. He then jumped onto the couch and hid behind a pillow. Raven turned her back on him so that he couldn't see the slight smile that formed on her lips and went back to her meditation.
Robin held out his glass to Starfire and smiled. "Cheers?" he asked.
Starfire blinked a few times and then grinned. "Okay," she said. "Yay! Yay! Yay!" she cheered, raising her hands each time she yelled. The other people in the restaurant turned slowly to look at the girl who was yelling and Robin slowly turned a dull red under his mask as he sheepishly held his glass out in front of him.
"Umm… Starfire, what are you doing?" he asked quietly.
Starfire stopped cheering and looked at Robin, slightly confused. "You asked me to cheer, did you not?" she asked.
Robin sat there quietly for a few seconds before it dawned on him. He began to laugh as Starfire continued to stare at him, confused. "Robin?" she asked.
Robin shook his head and set down his glass. "Sorry, Star, I guess I wasn't thinking. Cheers is something that humans do to toast each other. It's kind of… a recognition of sorts. When I asked cheers I meant something completely different."
"Ooohhhh…" Starfire said slowly and then blushed. "Oh no, did I make a mistake?"
"No, no," Robin assured her. "It's okay," he said and smiled at her broadly.
Starfire smiled back and picked up her glass and inspected it. "So, tell me how does one do this cheers?" she asked.
Robin held out his glass again. "Well, you hold out your glass," he explained. Starfire followed suit and held out her own glass. "Then you push them together lightly," Robin continued and gently clinked his own glass against hers. Starfire grinned in delight at the odd ritual.
"Then you cheer?" she asked.
Robin shook his head. "No," he said with a little laugh. "Then you say 'cheers' and take a sip of your drink."
"Oh," Starfire said slowly. "Why do you do this?" she asked.
Robin frowned and thought about it. "Well, I guess we do it to recognize someone or something. A lot of times there's also a toast involved where someone stands up and talks about someone or something he or she wishes to honor. When two people do it, it's kind of like saying 'this is a really good dinner and it would be nice if it happened again.'"
Starfire blushed and smiled. "Oh, that is lovely," she said softly. "You like this, then?"
Robin leaned forward a little and nodded. "I like it very much," he told Starfire. "It's very nice."
Starfire blushed and put her hand on top of Robin's on the table. "Thank you," she said.
Next to them the waiter cleared his throat, jerking Robin and Starfire out of their flirting. Both teens blushed and turned to the man. "Hello," Starfire said politely.
"Hello," the waiter replied. "Do you wish to order?"
Robin nodded and glanced at the menu below him. "Yes," he said. "I would like spaghetti with meatballs please."
Starfire nodded. "I wish to partake of the pizza please. With cheese."
"All right, we'll have that out in a bit," the waiter said helpfully and took away the menus.
Starfire and Robin watched the man walk away before the turned to each other again and smiled. Starfire picked up her glass and grinned. "Cheers?" she asked.
Robin nodded and picked up his own glass, clinking it against hers. "Cheers," he said and took a sip from his drink.
Starfire followed suit and set her glass down. "This means we'll do this again, right?" she asked.
"Of course," Robin told her. "That would be great."
Cyborg sighed as he tightened a bolt underneath the car. "I can't believe this thing was leveled against Control Freak," he muttered. "Of all the villains we face he was the one that hurt my precious T-car."
"Talking to yourself isn't healthy you know," a voice called out, causing Cyborg to hit his head against the belly of the car.
"Ow!" he yelled and rubbed his head, looking around for whoever it was that called out to him. He rolled out from underneath the car and glanced up at the video com. "Hey," he called out. "What are you doing, calling here Bumblebee?"
The pretty girl grinned and leaned forward, resting her elbows on the desk in front of her and resting her chin in her hands. "I'm calling to see how you're doing," she said. "I heard your precious car got leveled last week."
Cyborg grinned and walked over. "Now where would you hear something like that?" he asked.
"A loud mouthed cyborg working on a car told me," Bumblebee quipped. "Although not on purpose."
Cyborg shrugged. "You win some you loose some I guess. How are things over at Titans East?"
Bumblebee nodded and glanced around. "Well, the place is still standing," she pointed out. "So pretty good I'd say."
"Have any problems lately?" Cyborg asked. "Any bad guys giving you problems?"
Bumblebee grinned and punched a fist into her open palm. "Nothing that we can't handle, sparky," she told him. "We're big kids too, ya know."
Cyborg laughed and nodded. "I know, I know. Just making sure."
"Aww, is the big Titan of the west worried about little ol' us?" Bumblebee asked in a cutesy voice. "We're flattered."
Cyborg shivered a little. "Don't use that voice, it makes you seem kinda creepy."
"Why? Cause I'm acting like a girl?" Bumblebee asked.
"No, because when I don't know what you're really thinking I get kinda nervous," Cyborg shot back.
Bumblebee laughed outright and shook her head. "Well, I am pretty intimidating when I want to be," she teased.
Cyborg nodded. "But you still can't beat me," he told her.
"I beg to differ!" Bumblebee retaliated in a scandalized voice. "I beat you when we were at the school."
"I let you," Cyborg muttered. "So I could get the information I needed."
"Riiiiiiggghtt," Bumblebee said sarcastically. "Whatever you say, sparky."
Cyborg rolled his eyes and glanced back at the car. "Well, I kind of need to finish this," he sighed. "Never know when something will come up."
Bumblebee grinned. "Okay, sparky. I'll see you around."
"Yeah, you too," Cyborg replied and waved as the screen went blank. Then he turned back to his car, whistling happily.
Hee, here's your valentine's special a little early. The plot begins again soon I promise but I couldn't pass this up. It just seemed too sweet. Enjoy the chapter and I'll see you guys next time. Hugs and cookies to my reviewers!