New chapter! Hooray! Sorry it took so unbelievably long. I have been really, really busy. Expect more chapters soon after this one. This story should be fantastic. I've got a lot of awesome ideas. I just hope they pan out. Oh and at the risk of sounding like a complete nerd, was anyone else pissed about that new episode of Kim Possible? It's old news now, but still…WHAT THE HELL? Kim and Ron aren't even together! I'm hoping it was just a leftover episode from last season. For those of you who now think far less of me, just know it's only because I hate to see two people who are supposed to be together be apart and alone as you will see. Oh, and for those of you wondering, 'bellus caliga' is Latin for 'beautiful darkness'. A little lame I know. It seems to suit Raven alright though. I'm thinking of going back and maybe doing a rewrite with a better nickname. I'm not really sure what to use in its stead though. Let me know what your thoughts are on it. Oh yeah, don't forget to review! Anyway, hope you guys like it. Enjoy!
Chapter 2: Six Is A Party!
"I KNEW THIS WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!" the six and a half foot tall android yelled, waving a fork skewing a waffle with a large bite taken out of it around. "IT'S TOFU!"
Beast Boy and Raven had been joined by the rest of their friends/teammates, whom were all still wearing their pajamas. The orange-skinned, red headed, emerald eyed Tamaranian, Starfire wore a pink tank top with a winking anime panda head on the front and large pink pajama bottoms with white hearts on them, and was happily eating the soy-based breakfast, oblivious to the thunderous tirade being carried out only feet away. Cyborg, the massive titanium teenager, with visible blue circuitry and an intimidating red eye opposite his human eye, continued his longwinded and heavily exaggerated rant about how stifling Beast Boy's vegan lifestyle was to the rest of the team. Robin, the team's masked, spiky haired leader, wearing loose green pajama pants and a red T-shirt with his signature R embossed on the front, merely sat back and waited for Cyborg to get this diatribe out of his system. He finally spoke when Cyborg started to slow and quiet down.
"Calm down Cyborg." Robin said calmly, now standing.
"I WILL NOT CALM DOWN! I'M SICK OF THIS! Here we thought Beast Boy had finally lost his mind and done everyone something nice without any hitch involved, BUT NOOO! WE GET HIS FAKE FOOD AGAIN!"
"If you don't want it, you don't have to eat it dude." Beast Boy said coolly.
"Do you even have to eat?" Robin asked trying to rationalize with him.
"NO! BUT THAT DOESN"T MEAN I DON"T LIKE TO! AND WHEN I EAT, I"D LIKE NOT TO BITE INTO SOMETHING AND FIND OUT IT'S NOT EVEN REAL FOOD!"
"Hey Cy!" yelled Beast Boy over his shouting.
"DON'T YOU EVEN TALK TO ME RIGHT NOW YOU LITTLE GRASSSTAIN!"
"When's the last time you went on a date?"
"FIRST OFF, THAT"S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS! AND SECOND, WHAT"S THAT GOT TO DO WITH ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?"
"Nothin' really. There's just this girl who wants to meet you. Thought you might be interested." he said nonchalantly. Cyborg went silent for a few moments.
"Is she cute?" he asked grudgingly.
"I think so." Beast Boy said grinning. He then realized what he had said and turned to Raven. "Not as cute as you though BC." he said nervously. Raven returned his pitiful attempt at a recovery with sharp flick to the back of his head.
"New pet name?" asked Robin smirking and raising an eyebrow.
"Don't ask." said Beast Boy sighing heavily. "So what do you say dude?" he asked Cyborg expectantly.
"Alright...but if she's an alien or another Bulgarian bodybuilder, I'm gonna tear you in half!" he yelled in forced anger.
"You'll see." said Beast Boy.
"Wait a second; did you just volunteer us for another double date?" Raven asked with a hint of anger in her voice.
"I…I guess. Why? You don't like our double dates?"
"I just don't want what happened with Mark to happen again." said Raven ominously. "You remember that girl he brought with? She didn't speak or even smile the entire time! I'm not even sure she blinked. She was just plain creepy, and that's coming from me."
"Yeah, they were a good couple." said Beast Boy grinning and habitually scratching the back of his head again. "Alright, we'll make this one different then." He turned to Robin and Starfire. "What dooya say guys? Make it a triple date?" Starfire let out a gleeful squeal while Robin wore a look of pure shock.
"Oh may we Robin!" Starfire asked Robin, smiling and holding her clasped hands out in front of her pleadingly. Robin continued staring stunned at Beast Boy.
"Wait…you mean me…" he said pointing at himself "…and her…" he continued, pointing at Starfire, but not looking at her "…on a date!" he finished incredulously.
"Sure, why not?" Beast boy asked shrugging.
"Yes, why not?" asked Starfire, sounding a little hurt.
"You like her, right?" Beast Boy asked slightly tauntingly.
"Of course I do…I mean…it's just that…"Robin stuttered.
"You don't wish to take me on a date Robin?" Starfire asked, her eyes beginning to well up. "This is because you are not fond of me?"
"No, it's not that Star, it's just that-"
"ROBIN!" yelled Raven's voice in his head. "What's wrong with you!"
"I don't know!" he thought back frustratingly. "You all know I like her, but I just can't seem to take that first step."
"Just ask her out! It's not like we're not asking for an undying confession of love!"
"Is it bad that I can hear this?" asked Beast Boy's voice.
"Beast Boy can hear us! How can Beast Boy hear us!" Robin asked, a little irritated by this invasion of privacy.
"It's a long story. Honestly I didn't think he'd be able to do this." she said defensively. "Do you think you could give us a little privacy Gar?"
"I would if I could Rae, but I don't have any idea how to shut it off." he said earnestly, but helplessly. Raven let out a mental sigh.
"Well, then can you at least give Robin a little bit of constructive advice?"
"I'll try. You still there Robin?"
"Like I have a choice." Robin grumbled irritably.
"Sorry dude. It's a little weird for me too. But like Rae said, just go out with her. I literally fell into me and Rae's first date and things turned out awesomely. How much easier could it be? You'll have two other couples therewith you the whole time."
"It really is about time that the Teen Titans got social lives." Raven said. "All you do is train, Cyborg pretty much lives in the garage, Starfire cooks, knits, and does one-could-only-guess what all day long in the city, and before me Gar did nothing but listen to hip hop and play video games."
"Don't forget gorge on tofu!"
"How could I forget?"
"I guess you guys are right." Robin groaned.
"At least you're not flying blind like Cy. He doesn't even know what we've got in store for him. If your not gonna do it for Star, then at least do it to see the look on Cy's face when he meets his mystery date." There was a brief silence before Robin spoke again.
"Thanks you guys. You're right, this is gonna be great!"
"And long overdue." said Raven.
"Wish me luck you guys." Robin said before they felt their telepathic links with him sever. Now it was Beast Boy's turn to let out a mental sigh.
"How'd I do Rae?"
"Not bad Tiger. You could start your own talk show."
"Beast Boy's Relation ship Renovation…Has a nice ring to it."
"No it doesn't. But it was cute anyway." Beast Boy laughed.
"Glad you thought so. So where'd this new Raven come from? Since when do you do relationship advice?"
"It helps to be in a relationship to start. I just want the team to be happy. Being the Teen Titans kinda makes it hard to have a normal life, but at least we should have a chance to be in love."
"Happy? Love? I am dealing with a new Raven." Raven giggled.
"Shut up."
"Oh hey, little off topic, but why could I hear Robin's thoughts?"
"I'm not entirely sure. It must have something to do with the Mind Sharing, but I never thought it would be to such a degree."
"Well, we'll figure it out later. I want to get back and see how Robin handles this."
"Oh yeah! Me too."
"See you on the other side BC!" he said eagerly as she broke their mental connection. The three resumed consciousness. To Robin's surprise, their telepathic conversation had only lasted a moment.
"It's just what Robin?" Starfire asked. Robin looked past Starfire towards Raven and Beast Boy. They were both were both smirking mischievously. Robin broke into a similar grin.
"I'd love to go on a date with you Star." Starfire's expression brightened significantly.
"So you do not find me repulsive then?"
"Of course not."
"Oh glorious of days! We as friends are all to engage in the Earth ritual of the triple date! I am so elated I shall prepare an enormous quantity of Jelorbnuks for lunch!"
"Sweet! I can't even remember the last time we had those!" said Beast Boy excitedly.
"Oh I remember the last time!" said yelled Cyborg irately. "It was that kung-fu movie marathon we had two weeks ago. You ate five pounds of those things, and it somehow gave you amnesia! You referred to yourself as Lord Wellington, Duke of Lafington for three days!"
"Cy, I think I'd remember that." Beast Boy said very matter-of-factly.
"Look!" Cyborg yelled pulling a piece of notebook paper out of a nearby drawer and handing it to Beast Boy. "You made a royal decree saying that the laws of gravity no longer applied! We found you the next morning duct taped to your ceiling, which in itself blew my mind!" Beast Boy looked at the piece of paper with Lord Wellington signed at the bottom.
"That could be any Lord Wellington!" he said defensively which caused Cyborg to slap his forehead with his hand in disbelief of Beast Boy's utter lack of comprehension and Raven to grin and shake her head slightly.
"Never mind." Cyborg grumbled.
"What activities are we to participate in on this ritualistic celebration of multiple social romantic unions?" Starfire asked in her usual chipper, but baffling manner.
"Well we're gonna have to stop by me and Beast Boy's usual spot to pick up Cyborg's date." said Raven. "We can hang out there for a little bit, so Cyborg can get better acquainted with her and you can all meet our friends there." she said grinning.
"We can't just go there." Beast Boy said. "We gotta do something else. Something fun. Oh man! Let's hit the night clubs! I don't think we've gone dancing together since that time Blackfire was here."
"I doubt this time we'll get attacked by Centurion enforcement droids though." said Robin.
"It would liven up the party though." Raven said grinning.
"Liven up the party?" asked Cyborg dubiously. "The party don't get no better when the Teen Titans are there!"
"We are to engage in the descent of bogeying?" asked Starfire. "Most joyous of occasions! Robin, you shall dance in close proximity to myself, yes?"
"Well Star I can't really dan-"
"He's going to dance in very close proximity to you Starfire." said Raven, quickly cutting Robin off. Starfire smiled at Raven. Robin looked past Starfire at Raven and gave her a questioning look. When Starfire looked back at Robin Raven grinned, winked at him, and then waggled her finger.
"You're not getting off that easy." Robin couldn't help but grin himself.
"Well I'm gonna go get the T-Car ready for tonight. The front half is still totaled from that fight with Adonis." Cyborg said glaring momentarily at Beast Boy before heading to the garage.
"Yeah, sorry about that." Beast Boy yelled after him grinning sheepishly and scratching the back of his head. "Elephants are easy to trip. Who knew?"
"I knew." Raven said smirking. At this Beast Boy stuck his tongue out at her.
"Oh, I have the Jelorbnuks to prepare!" Starfire said happily floating off to the kitchen. Robin looked at Raven and Beast Boy with a look of concern.
"You guys, I have a problem." he said somberly.
"Is this an 'I can't dance' problem…" Beast Boy asked using his hands to make quotation marks. "…or an 'I need insight into the inner workings of the universe' problem?" Robin was silent for a moment.
"The 'inner workings of the universe' one."
"Well that's Raven's territory." Beast Boy said gesturing towards his violet eyed girlfriend next to him with his thumb, but not looking at her. "I have some stuff to do anyway." he said getting up and kissing Raven on top of her head. "You guys have fun." he said cheerfully, waving over his shoulder as he walked to his room. When he had left, Robin looked at Raven seriously.
"Raven…" he said hesitantly. "…I can't dance." Raven raised an eyebrow and then broke into a wide mischievous grin.
Well how was it? I want to apologize again for taking so excruciatingly long to put out a new chapter. I'll try to get another chapter out soon. Please don't forget to review! To be a better writer, I need criticism. Both constructive and otherwise, so don't hold back. The next chapter should be good. Weird, maybe. Hilarious, almost definitely. But still good. Til next time! Peace and Love.