Ok, um... sentamental, fluff, cheese, and well... you'll see. Anyway, second to last chapter! WOHOO!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans, The 49ers (I wish), Kermit the Frog, or anything else that you recognize.
Christmas Day
At seven o'clock the next morning Mas and Menos decided to wake up Aqualad and Speedy, while Starfire and Thyme woke up Raven and Bumblebee. After those four were up they tag teamed Cyborg, Robin and Beast Boy, racing to see who could wake up their charge fastest.
Ty won. She walked into Robin's room and whispered in his ear. He jumped out of bed faster than you could say "Stocking Stuffers" and looked over at her.
"What?!"
"In five months to be exact. But the baby is coming." She grinned viciously.
All were awake, and a very large pile of presents was exploding out from under the tree. With ten presents per person it was quite the haul.
They took turns. Each pile was opened separately. Speedy's were first. All his gifts were opened by the others while he sat by and watched. So many thank you's were thrown at him that he couldn't reply to them fast enough.
Since the notice of Christmas was so short, they had all needed to be creative with their presents. Speedy gave Robin the instructions for making more aerodynamic birdarangs, and he bought Ty a bathrobe.
"Thanks a lot." She said sarcastically as she pulled it out. "I am never leaving the door unlocked again when I take a shower."
Bumblebee was next. She had bought most of her presents, CD's and DVD's. Raven's was a horror movie about a telepathic girl who goes to summer camp and becomes a homicidal maniac.
"Like that would ever happen." She said as she read the back.
Raven took the next turn and everyone was surprised that she even had things to give them. She gave Beast Boy a t-shirt that said "It's not easy being green." with a picture of Kermit the frog playing banjo on the back. He put it on immediately and thanked her profusely. She gave Robin a disposable camera and he gave her an interesting look. "Just wait." She told him.
Starfire got into the spirit of things and claimed the next turn. All of her presents were homemade. She hadn't had time to make anything big, so she had made little personalized coupon books for each of them. They had things like "Will make one Tameranian meal for you." Or "Will practice the martial arts for one whole hour with you." It was actually very creative. Ty wasn't sure when she would use the "Starfire will recite an epic poem of joy for you." But she was sure it wouldn't be soon.
Beast Boy went after Starfire. He had found a pair of pink fuzzy slippers for Starfire, and a tie-dye walkman for Ty. She got the joke after staring at it for a minute.
After Mas and Menos, and Aqualad, there was only Robin and Thyme left. Robin decided to go first, and he handed everyone their presents with great care.
Inside each wrapped box was a glass figurine of some kind. It was usually an animal, or something of significance to each person. Raven's was a raven. Speedy's was a bow and arrow. But Thyme's was the most sentimental.
"It's a house." She said with confusion as she pulled it out of the box.
"No, it's a home. To remind you that you always have a home here with us."
The idea was too touching for her. A lone tear slipped down her cheek. She put a hand to her stomach and, as if in response to her touch, the baby kicked. She giggled and sniffed. The others looked at her in surprise.
"The baby kicked." Everyone but Starfire was excited at this thought.
"He is trying to kill you from the inside?!" She squealed.
"No Star. It's natural. Baby's kick during pregnancy." Raven tried to explain the concept to her.
"I guess it's my turn." Ty said, composing herself and handing out all her presents. She had gotten Raven the first season of "Stargate: SG-1", Starfire got a book of knitting instructions, and a promise that Ty would teach her.
Bumblebee got a necklace with a bumblebee pendant. Speedy got a blindfold and a megaphone, with a sign taped to it that said "Announce your presence when entering a bathroom." Everyone laughed at this and Speedy turned a bright red.
Aqualad got a pair of dark blue sunglasses; they were waterproof and had a sport band so he could swim with them. Beast Boy was given a studded collar big enough to fit a Doberman. The note attached to it read "For my guard dog."
Mas and Menos got a pair of matching 49ers Baseball caps. They were both signed by Thyme and the Titans West, with room for other signatures. They each came with a red Sharpie. "So that you can have all your friends sign it."
Cyborg was given a cookbook. She had written notes all over the inside of it about each recipe. Last was Robin. His had been the hardest to get but she had found it. It was a scrapbook. In it there were pictures of everyone. Each Titan (including Titans East) had his own page. On her page was a picture of her in a forest green strapless dress and elbow length white gloves waving at the camera.
"It was me at the junior prom when I was fourteen. I got invited by my foster brother to go. It's the only picture I have of me looking semi normal." She flipped the page to reveal a section of pictures of his family and of Bruce Wayne. He didn't remember these pictures ever being taken.
"Where did you get these?"
"I went back with a camera and took a few candids." She pointed at a picture of his mom shaking him at five in the morning on Christmas. His hand looked like it was about to whop her one. "I particularly like this one."
After flipping through it for an hour, he discovered that most of the pictures were candid and had been gotten by time travel. He didn't know how to thank her for the memories she had given him. "Now I get it." He said, pulling out the disposable Raven had given him. He began taking random pictures of everyone.
"That will get old quick." Raven sighed and Ty laughed.
"Ahem." Beast Boy pointed at a small pile of presents under the tree. There seemed to be one from each official Titan.
"What are those?" Ty asked.
"There for you. Kinda." Beast Boy started bringing them over to her and he watched as she opened them in surprise.
The first was from Raven, it was a pale blue blanket with silky edging. It wasn't large enough for any teen or adult. Ty folded it gently and put it aside in confusion.
Beast Boy's was a small green stuffed dog. It was softer than anything she had felt before. Still confused, she put it with the blanket and reached for another one. As she reached the baby kicked again. Then she understood.
"Oh you guys! You are all so sweet!" She picked up the dog again and hugged it close.
The next present was from Speedy, it didn't seem appropriate for a baby, but she understood why he gave it to her. It was a miniature bow and arrows. Sized for about a five year old. "Maybe he could join the team some day."
Aqualad's was a stuffed dolphin, as soft as the dog. It was the same blue as his uniform.
Starfire gave her a yellow sheet set for a crib, it was so pretty that Ty laid it across her lap and stared at it for a few minutes before opening Cyborg's gift.
It was a state of the art baby monitor. He pointed out that he had programmed it into his sensors as well, so he would hear it to.
Mas and Menos gave her a gift card to Baby Gap. She was happy they hadn't tried to pick out clothes.
Bumblebee's gift was a homemade coupon for free babysitting. "As long as he's cute."
The final gift was Robin's. It was a miniature version of his mask. "Like Speedy said, maybe he could join the team."
With a surge of pure hormones, Ty hugged him and laughed through a fit of tears. None of the guys knew what to do with this, and none of the Titans knew whether she was happy or sad.
I also have no idea if a movie about a telekenetic girl who becomes a homocidal maniac actually exists or not. I made it up... I think...
