Hey all. I updated around Christmas time! Hooray, I actually kept to my word! Go me! Well, I probably would have updated sooner if my stupid brother would stop playing Starcraft. Online games are so overrated, don't you think? Anyways, here's the next chapter. Hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I own no ownership to Teen Titans, although sometimes I do wish I had control over it so it wouldn't be cancelled. But go figure. Oh, and I also don't own Happy Gilmore. You'll find out what that means later… if you haven't read this yet…
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Chapter 9: The Weekend with the TitansThe weekend finally arrived. After five days of utter torture in the place cleverly disguised as "school," it is every student's dream to have a nice little weekend to catch up on sleep, play a video game or two, watch a movie, read a good, non-required book, or maybe even hang out with friends without the need to obey school rules.
But to start of Robin's Saturday morning, he decided he wanted to call Starfire on the phone. He wandered over to the kitchen, picked up the white cordless phone, and was ready to dial the number.
At that moment, his sister Princess walked into the room. "Who are you calling?" she asked innocently.
"I'm calling my girlfriend," he replied, slightly annoyed. "Now will you please leave me alone? What we're going to talk about is none of your business."
"Is it something bad?"
"We ourselves aren't doing anything bad, if that's what you're asking. It's about someone else."
"Are you going to gossip?"
He sighed. "No, we're not gossiping. We're trying to settle an issue without being mean to this other person. Now will you just leave me in peace so I can call her before Mom and Dad get home?"
Princess nodded, knowing that that was her best choice. "Ok, Dick. Have fun." She skipped away to her bedroom.
Robin dialed the number and listened for someone to pick it up.
On the other side of the line, a masculine voice answered it. "Hello?"
"Yeah, is Kori home?"
"Yeah, she's home. Who is this?"
"This is Dick."
"Dick?"
"Yeah, Dick. Has she told you about me?" he asked, a little surprised that she may not have.
"I dunno. This is Michael. She may have, but I don't really listen to anything that she says." He saw Starfire walk down the hallway. Michael handed her the phone. "Here, Kori. It's… Nick, or something…"
Starfire was confused, but she took the phone anyways. "Hello? Who is calling me?"
"Kori, it's Dick."
She became ecstatic. "Oh, hello Dick! I have missed you so!"
"I missed you too, Kori. Listen, this whole ordeal with Brittany is getting completely out of hand. We need to do something about it."
She sighed. "I was hoping that that was not what you were going to call me about, but if you feel that it is necessary to talk about it, then we will talk about it."
"Oh. Sorry, Kori," he answered guiltily. "But yes, I do feel it's important. She's getting on my nerves, and it's not making you feel any better about things. Maybe you shouldn't get so mad about it. I know it's frustrating, but we need to think of something that'll make her stay away for good."
"Agreed. But what do you propose we do?"
"I don't really know. All I know is that it must be something 'drastic', and it must only involve us, and no one else. No one, not even someone like Myra, can make her stop flirting with me, and making you angry."
"Well, maybe I can work with that. Right now, I know that I should not become so angry anymore." She thought for a few moments, and then an idea popped into her head. "I have an idea!"
"What is it?" he asked desperately.
"During lunchtime, we may become a little more… romantic with each other."
Robin was confused and embarrassed at the same time. "Huh? What was that?"
"Would you rather be more romantic with Brittany, or would you rather be more romantic with me?" she asked angrily.
"Oh! I'd pick you any day of the year! Any year of the century!" He smiled nervously, realizing what he had just said before.
"Fine," she answered, still a little frustrated. She continued with her plan. "We become more romantic, and then we kiss before Brittany comes to our table." Her eyes glowed with much joy.
Robin also glowed with happiness, but then thought for a moment. "Well, actually, do we really want our first kiss to happen during lunch while Brittany's watching?"
"Whoever said that it had to be our first one?"
Robin grinned the biggest grin he had ever grinned. "I like it!"
Starfire giggled. "I thought you would."
Robin heard a car pull up in his driveway. "Oh, I have to go. My parents are home now, and I don't want to get into trouble."
"Well, ok. I will see you on Monday?"
"You bet. Bye, Kori."
"I bid you farewell, Dick. I love you."
"Love you too. Bye." They each hung up their phones.
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Meanwhile, Raven was at her house, trying to ignore the noise of her younger brothers as they played on their Gamestation. She sat on her bed reading the poetry book that Myra had lent her for the weekend. At least, she was trying to read it. The brothers' voices could be heard all the way from the basement to her bedroom all the way upstairs. She could not concentrate. She decided that she would go downstairs and try and quiet them down a little bit.
"Could you guys be any louder?" she asked them as soon as she made it to the bottom of the stairs.
The white dog on Ricky's lap jumped up and wagged its tail. He leaped up to Raven to say hi.
"Hi, Bartholomew… nice to see you."
Ricky squeaked, "Hey! Don't be mean to pup-pup! He's just a pup-pup who's a cute pup-pup!"
Travis became annoyed. "Ricky, stop squeaking! It's irritating!"
"You're irritating, butt-hole!"
"Hey! That's rude and inappropriate!"
Raven could not take much more. "Stop making so much noise! You're both irritating, and I'm trying to read my book!"
"You shouldn't read dark poetry. It's not good for your soul," Travis told her.
"I can read what I want!"
"Yeah. After all, her boyfriend gave it to her!" teased Ricky.
"As a matter of fact, my boyfriend didn't give it to me. Myra loaned it to me."
"Yeah right. He gave it to you. I'm telling Dad!"
Raven sighed, knowing that she could not shut him up. "You know what, why do I bother? I'll just tell Mom and Dad that you were being more irritating than ever. I don't mean to be a snitch, but I don't have any other choice. I'll go leave now." She exited the basement and reentered her bedroom. She reopened the book and began reading again. Fortunately, the boys were not making as much noise as they had been making earlier.
A few minutes later, a guy in his late teens opened the front door without knocking. Raven came out of her room to see who was home.
The guy gave her a look. "Who are you?"
"I was about to ask the same thing."
He then realized something. "Oh! You must be the new girl in this family. I'm Jim."
"I'm Raven."
He pointed at her hair. "What's with the purple hair?"
"It's a long story, and believe me, you don't want me to tell you."
Jim shrugged. "All right. So, what grade are you in?"
"I'm a sophomore."
"And… I take it you're attending that retched school? I'm sorry."
She sighed. "Yeah… I'm just glad I only have to be there for a year. I feel bad for my new friends though, since they have to be there all four of their high school years. I hate how people get labeled there. It's not right."
"I know. I wasn't really labeled anything at that school. I was a "norm". I was… kind of an out-going person. I could be friends with just about anyone, as long as they didn't irritate me."
"A few of my friends are like that, I guess. But it's hard to find someone who isn't irritating, considering the amount of snobby girls there."
"Really? There weren't that many in my grade. Maybe it's just you guys."
Raven only rolled her eyes.
"Where are Mom and Dad?"
"They're out to lunch. They'll be back soon."
Bartholomew ran up the stairs, wagging his tail and shaking his butt.
"Puppy!" cried Jim. He knelt to the dog's level and pet his head.
"You… like that thing?"
"He's cute! Of course I like him! Are you just not an animal person?"
"Not really…"
He stood up. "Well, you'll change your mind once you start playing with him. He's a dumb dog, but he's a lovable puppy." He looked down at the dog and said in a baby voice, "Isn't that right, puppy? You're a dumb dog! But we love you so much! Yes we do!"
Bartholomew started to wag his tail again.
Raven sighed and began stroking Bartholomew's back. She became accustomed to the so-called puppy, and smiled. She picked him up and took him to the couch, and laid him on her lap. She kept stroking his back until the door opened a couple minutes later.
Her parents had come home. After they entered the doorway, the dog leapt from Raven's lap and ran to greet them.
"Hey, Dog!" shouted Raven's dad.
"Hi Mom. Hi Dad," said Jim.
"Jim! What are you here for?" asked Raven's mom.
"Oh, I came for food, laundry, the usual. I'd almost forgotten that we added onto the family."
"I take it you've met Raven. Yeah, she's… different from the rest of us," her dad stated.
Raven stood from the couch, slightly annoyed by her new father's comment, but did not make much to it. "I know I'm different. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be heading back to my room to finish my poetry book." Raven headed back upstairs, and did what she had said she would do.
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Clive walked up to Robin's front door and rang the doorbell. Unusually, he was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a yellow T-shirt.
Robin answered the door and sighed in slight irritation. "Why are you at my house right now? And how did you know that I lived here?"
"I got an advanced copy of the school directory from the office. And I'm here because your phone was busy."
"Yeah, I was talking to Kori."
Robin's mother came from behind him and asked, "Oh Dick! Who's your friend?"
Clive bowed. "I'm Clive. It is a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Grayson."
"Why thank you, Clive. Please come inside."
"Thank you, Mrs. Grayson." He entered the house and slouched onto the couch. "My, what a lovely home you have here, Mrs. Grayson! It's so tidy and neat!"
"Clive, just tell me what you're going to talk about," Robin insisted.
Robin's mother put her hands on her hips. "If you two are going to talk about something, then I need to listen in case I can help!"
Clive knew to think fast. "Actually, I do not need to talk anymore. But I do want Dick to come over to my house to… play video games with me."
She sighed. "Well, I guess there's no harm in that. Well, go have fun. But Dick, you must be back in an hour, or you can call ahead to let me know you're going to be later."
"All right, Mom." Clive and Robin left the house.
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Beast Boy slouched on the couch lazily while watching some mindless television. His eyes drooped yet were eternally fixed on the bright colors of the device. The remote was gripped in his right hand and held straight in front of him as his thumb changed the channel every few seconds.
"Dude… nothing on… so bored…"
Suddenly, his mother quickly swiped the remote away from his hand and shouted, "If there's nothing on, then why don't you do something else!"
"Because I'm bored, that's why! Why don't you have a Gamestation around here, anyways?"
"Because, Gamestations are for snobby rich kids that can afford anything they want!"
"Not necessarily!"
"Oh really, then how come Mrs. Thompson can afford to buy her kids a Gamestation, a ZCube, a Mega Genesis, a Mega Jupiter, a Z64, a Gamestation 2, and a ZCube 360, plus her own swimming pool, 5 computers, high-speed Internet, digital cable, and a stupid moat, with alligators and everything!" Her face started turning bright red with psychotic facial expressions.
"Dude, nobody has a moat. Titans' Tower doesn't even have a moat."
"Ok, maybe not a moat, but she just has way too many things! Why can't I have all those things!" Her expressions became more elaborate.
Beast Boy only rose an eyebrow. "Dude, jealous much?" He shook his head. "But I don't want a stupid moat, even if they did have alligators, I just want a Gamestation!"
"Sure, now you just want a Gamestation, but later you'll want all that other stuff too, and I can't give it to you, because we can't afford it!" Her face only turned redder.
He only frowned at her assumption of his person. "Dude, if you really can't afford just a Gamestation, then fine, forget it! But I'm not as materialistic as you think! What kind of mother are you, anyways?"
"Go to your room, or you'll never see the light of day again! And my God have mercy on your soul…"
He only rolled his eyes as he stared disgustingly at his mother's "crazy face". "Okay, okay, but I've seen scarier things than you, just so you know."
She only growled at the remark as she saw him rise off the couch and out of the living room.
He wandered over to the direction of his bedroom, when he spotted the front door. He turned his head and stopped in his tracks. Just looking at it made the angels in Heaven sing hymns of praise as it shone with bright, Godly light. In fact, he could almost hear God's voice saying, "Come, come to me, and you shall be free from the Shadow of Death."
He couldn't resist. He quickly made his way to the doorknob and raced outside without saying a word. He shut the door behind him and raced to freedom… wherever that was. Actually, he turned to his right and headed straight until he reached a dead end, where a busier street was formed at the intersection and his puny side street was no more.
"Now," he said to himself, "who do I know that has a Gamestation? Victor, but he lives too far away. Who nearby…
He knew it. "Raven! Her brothers have a Gamestation! Maybe she could let me use it!" He dashed on the sidewalk of the busy street and headed towards Raven's home.
About five minutes later, he was on Raven's porch when he rang the doorbell. "Come on, come on, I wanna play Gamestation! Come on…"
The door began to swing open, and it was none other than Raven and her emotionless face behind it. "Gar, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be bugging someone that likes to be bugged by you?"
"Raven! Can I play your Gamestation?"
"It's not my Gamestation. It's my brothers'," she replied in her usual monotone.
"Then… can I play your brothers' Gamestation?"
"No."
"Oh, come on, ple…" It was too late. Raven already closed the door before he could repeat his question. "Ah… now what am I supposed to do? I can't go back home… not for at least another five hours…"
"Why don't you go bug Tara?" Raven suggested behind the door.
"Bug Tara…" he pondered. His face immediately lit up. "Bug Tara! Thanks, Raven!"
"You're welcome, as long as you never come back to my house without permission again," she requested, still monotone.
"Done and done! Bye!" He began to run when he forgot that Tara lived too far in walking distance. He turned around and rang her doorbell again.
"Gar, what did I just tell you?" she asked as soon as she opened the door.
"Sorry Raven. But can I at least use your phone? I gotta call Tara so we can meet somewhere. I'm tired of running."
She only sighed as she stepped towards the kitchen to grab a black cordless phone for him to use. "Don't be long, my mom's expecting a call soon."
"Thank God." He dialed her phone number, which was written on his hand, and held the phone to his ear. "Tara? Yeah, I'm calling from Raven's house… don't ask my why I'm there… Listen, my mom's being a pain and… no, I didn't run to Raven… no I ran to her brothers' Gamestation… yeah, I don't have one… my mom thought I was being materialistic when I asked for one… what? I am not materialistic! Ok, good I thought you were serious…"
"Would you hurry it up? Just meet somewhere…"
"… you want to go to the park? That's not too far… sure I can walk some more… but you live too far away for me to pick you up… yeah, yeah, I know, but all I can say is that it sucks being a normal teenager and you're not old enough for a driver's license…"
"Gar…" Raven's impatience grew. "If my mom's missing her call and I get in trouble for it, you'll be in bigger trouble than I will be."
"Don't you think I've had enough scary girls yell at me today?" he snapped. The two of them could hear a "WHAT!" from the phone. Beast Boy reacted quickly. "No! No! I wasn't talking to you! I was talking to Raven! … What do you mean that wasn't very nice? … Listen, I have to hang up now 'cause Raven's getting ticked… yeah, that's why I called her a scary girl… ok, dude, I'm sorry I called her scary… I'll catch ya later. Ciao!" He pressed the "talk" button and handed it to Raven. She only glared at him as he placed the phone in her hand. He smiled innocently. "Heheh… sorry about that… bye!" He immediately dashed to the direction of the park.
Raven only stood there and sighed in annoyance. "Hope he never comes here ever again…"
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"You're not afraid of your mom anymore?" Terra asked as she and Beast Boy strolled along the path in the evergreen park.
"Nah," he responded. "I figured she's not as scary as the monsters we've had to beat."
"But you still think she's scary, right? That's why you ran away from home?"
"Well…" at that moment he spotted Cyborg in the distance. "Dude, it's Victor! Hey! Dude! Over here!" He began waving his arms frantically. "Yoo-hoo!"
"Yo! What's cookin'?" asked Cyborg as he approached them.
"Dude, I actually got to sleep a full eight hours! My mom's too much of a bitch to let me sleep in on weekdays! Not even a little bit!" He frowned and crossed his arms.
"Actually Gar, you're already late to school every day as it is. Maybe you just need to go to bed earlier," Terra suggested.
"Who's side are you on, anyways?" he demanded.
"Ok, you two! Break it up!" insisted Cyborg. "Now, who all wants to go to my place?"
Beast Boy jumped up and down and raised his hand. "Oo! Oo! Pick me! Pick me!"
"Sure, I'm game."
"Great! You're gonna love it there! Now, let's pick up Raven and we can all hang out!"
"Ok," agreed Terra.
"Just so long as that Clive dude doesn't come with us. That kid's creepy!"
"Relax, he's not Raven's friend really, he's Raven's friend's friend. He's also Robin's friend, except he was kinda forced on it."
"Whatever, dude."
Terra put her hands on her hips. "But Gar, in case he does want to come, don't complain, all right? He's not a bad kid, he's just weird…"
As they were walking towards Raven's house, they ran into Robin and Clive.
"Why is everyone in the park today?" asked Clive. "Wait, never mind. If everyone was in the park today, then it would be incredibly crowded."
"Uh… yeah." Robin smiled a weak smile.
"Where are you guys accompanying yourselves?" asked Clive.
"We're going to Victor's place. He says it rules!" exclaimed Beast Boy. "Where you guys going?"
"We are going to my apartment to play video games and other fun activities that most people would do on a Saturday afternoon," explained Clive.
"You guys wanna come with us instead?" asked Terra. "We were on our way to pick up Raven. Maybe Kori can come with us too. And Alan and Megan."
"And Myra?" asked Clive happily.
"Sure… Myra too. And Jack too, and if Kori wants to invite Sara that's cool. Well, what do you say?" Cyborg smiled for them to come.
"Come on Clive. We can talk about whatever you wanted to at his house," Robin suggested to him.
"Yes… I suppose so… suppose so… suppose so…" He began to stare off into space.
The others just stared at him. They got him out of his trance by grabbing his feet, gently setting him on the ground, and began to drag him.
"Hey! You are getting my backside dirty! Stop dragging me! I'm serious!"
They immediately stopped dragging him and he rose from the ground. They began to giggle to themselves as Clive brushed himself off.
After they gathered Raven, Starfire, Myra, Sara, Alan, Megan, and Jack, they all headed to Cyborg's house. Inside was a big-screen TV, and large sofa, and many fancy decorations suited for a rich family.
"I'll get the popcorn and drinks, and we can all watch a movie. I'll be right back. You guys just make yourselves comfortable while I go fetch the stuff."
They all slouched onto the large and comfortable sofa. Starfire leaned on Robin's shoulder as Clive was about to grab Myra's hand. Terra giggled as she saw him "making a move" on Myra.
It was then Robin knew why Clive wanted to talk to him. He gestured him to go to a nearby corner where they could be alone.
"Clive, I think I know what's bothering you. All you need to do is calm down, don't rush it, and let the right moment come to you."
Clive was perplexed. "How did you get into my mind? Do you have some sort of devise that can read minds? May I see it so I can know what's going on in Myra's head?"
Robin smacked his own forehead silly. "No, I just know these things! I don't have that kind of technology on me. I'm still surprised my mom let me get out of the house today. I mean, the only time I can call Kori is if my parents aren't home."
"I did not know this had to do with your parents. Well, time to talk to Myra!" He trotted along and sat down next to her. He was relatively close, and almost touching her. She did not mind, but instead they shared a conversation with each other.
Before Robin could go back to his seat, Starfire approached him. "Dick, what was that about?"
"Oh, it was nothing. But I hate being in the middle of it. Especially since I haven't really become close to him yet."
"Dick, I do not think we should kiss if Clive will be witnessing. Not until he and Myra… well…"
"Yeah, you're probably right. We can wait for Brittany. If Clive doesn't get his grip tightened within a month and a half, then we should just call that whole thing off."
"Agreed. But what can we do afterwards?"
"We shouldn't have to worry about that until after the deadline, if you know what I mean."
"I guess not." She smiled. "But we did agree that it would not be our first kiss in the first place…"
"Yeah…"
Their faces became closer to each other. Their eyes gazed at one another's unknowingly. It seemed so natural. As their faces became even closer, the romantic scene was broken by Cyborg's movie announcement.
"We're going to see Happy Gilmore. That sound all right to y'all?"
Raven nodded as the others cheered. Robin and Starfire looked at each other, shrugged, and returned to the couch.
When they were finished with the movie, Raven asked Myra, "Did you know that Clive was a little close to you while you were sitting on the couch?"
Myra sighed. "Yeah, he does that sometimes. But I don't mind. He'd been doing that for years. It took me a while to notice at first. I don't know, it just seemed too natural to notice at first. Oh well…"
Raven shrugged and stood next to Cyborg. "Well, I'll see you on Monday. I'll just stay with Victor for a little while longer."
Myra nodded. "Bye, Rae. And thanks for inviting me, Victor. It was a lot of fun." She exited the door, along with everyone else except for Raven.
Raven and Cyborg sat down on the couch. He wrapped his arm around Raven's shoulders. "Did'ya have fun?"
She nodded. "Yeah. Thanks for inviting me."
"Hey, no problem. I was bored anyways. We should do this every Saturday. It gets so boring around here all by yourself all the time, I have to do these kinds of things. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Maybe when it's warm enough, we could go swimming in my pool, or have a campfire or something."
"That'd be good." She sighed.
"What's the matter?"
"Oh, nothing. It's just getting a little late is all. My parents will want me back for dinner soon."
"Well, maybe you should get going then…"
"But I don't want to. I want to stay here…"
"You know, I'd like it if you stayed here too, but it'd be better if you went home."
She only nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I guess you're right. I should get going."
"I'll see you Monday, all right?"
"Yeah, I'll see you then." She leaned up on him and gave him a hug. "Goodbye, Victor."
"Bye, Rae. Love ya."
"Me too. Bye." She left the house shortly thereafter.
Cyborg turned around to look at the mess that had been made. His jaw dropped. There was a blanket of popcorn on the couch, pop cans all over the table, candy wrappers on the floor, and somebody even left her neon green purse behind, most likely Starfire's or Sara's.
"Aw man, I should've had her stay and help me clean up the place before my parents get home." He sighed. "Oh well," he said as he began to pick up some pop cans. "I've seen worse from BB anyway."
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Remember that the next chapter will be a new one, but then chapter 11 will be the former chapter 10, where the guys were carrying around their girlfriends. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you'll find out later. :)
Oh, and I hope you liked the new bit with Beast Boy, his mom, and Raven. That was fun to write. Feel free to review, please!
Oh, and speaking of reviews, I'll probably get past those 150 reviews by this chapter! Yay! I'm so happy right now I think I could frolic! But I won't, so just be so kind as to leave a review. You don't have to be shy… please? Thank you!
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