Chapter 3: peeps
Robin POV
It was my turn to pay for lunch today. Whenever it's my turn to pay for lunch Raven would order the most expensive thing on the menu but today she just ordered a donut and a carton of milk. She's been down since her last block and that bothered me. What is because I didn't tell her why I was up all night playing "The World"? As I chewed my turkey sub I watched as she poked at her sugar glazed donut uninterestedly.
"Rae, I…"
"Sup, Y'all!" a loud booming voice cut me off before I could ask Raven if she was mad at me. Raven looked up at our intruder and gave him a small smile "Hey, Victor". Viktor Stone (Cyborg) was always so packed full of energy. He is captain of the football team, the track team and strange enough head of the computer club. He sat down with a thump which made me and Rae bounce a little on our seats. A blonde girl joined us later, Cassie Sandmark (Wondergirl II) a freshman and one of Raven's girl best friends sat by Raven and looped her arm through Raven's pouting dramatically. Then the whole gang came in and the cafeteria moved from a buzz to a roar. I really believe that the school should get longer tables or attach the littler ones together to form a longer table. Garfield Logan (Beastboy) with his blonde hair streaked with green followed suit carrying his usual tray of vegetarian dishes, none of which looked edible. Kory Anders (Starfire) pulled herself away from her posse to eat with us. Wally West (Kid Flash) was beside me helping himself to my chili fries before I knew it. Conner Kent (Superboy) huffily stared at some papers in his hand distractedly; he sat and missed his chair, ended up on the ground and caused everyone to burst out laughing. We looked so ridiculous, eight of us all squished into one tiny table. At first it was just Donna, Vic, Raven and me but then when we became Juniors the new freshmen batch came in and Raven welcomed them to our table. Raven use to belong to their batch but coz she's so smart she skipped both seven and eighth grade and became a freshman the same time I did. Kory was an exchange student from France when we met her last year. I helped tutor her in English but since we learned from a really old book that was starting to get moldy in the library, it was still a little hard to understand her. Mostly this is all Raven's fault, she became best friends with Kory and invited her to sit with us, she started dating Wally and he moved in and she is so loyal to her friends that she waited for them to graduate Junior High and join our table so you see it's all Raven's fault….
"Hey!" I yelled as someone knocked over some orange juice unto my lap. I stood up abruptly and grabbed some napkins hoping to get mop up most of it. "Hahahaha! Dude! It looks like you wet yourself!" Gar laughed pointing at me and laughing. Man, he is so immature! I have no idea how he and Raven even became friends. I mean c'mon Raven's always so quiet and serious and here comes the corniest prankster and jokester ever to walk the planet!
(A/N: It's true in the comics Raven is super quiet and shy and she talks like she's whispering. If anyone watched Pokemon in their childhood…she's like Sabrina)
I looked up to see Raven pushing more napkins towards me and pulling some baby wipes out of her bag. I smiled gratefully at her before I headed for the comfort rooms. I wiped at the stain which was beginning to lighten but not very much. Arg! I couldn't let anyone see me like this! Unfortunately Gar wasn't the only one with an immature sense of humor. "Eww! Soil yourself did you, Grayson?" a familiar British voices asked behind me. I glared at the reflection of the speaker, Malcolm Knoll (Malchior of Knoll)
"Piss off" was all I said but blushed at my choice of words.
"Haha, no thanks looks like you got that covered!" he laughed walking out and leaving me red faced in the men's room. I wiped at my pants even more and tried to get elevated enough to the hand dryer.
I walked with my head down back to the table. I found my seat had been occupied and the rest of my lunch missing. I sighed frustrated, today was not my day. Raven put a hand on my shoulder and tugged at my jacket. Was she cold? Is that why she's been quiet lately? I let her have it not wanting to upset her more. She looped my jacket around my waist and knotted the sleeves in front covering the stain. I smiled happily at her, trust my best bud to know how to fix things. "Thanks" she just smiled at me softly and abruptly pulled away. I really didn't know what was up with her; I wish she'd just tell me. The bell rang and a dangerous stampede erupted. Raven swayed, I reach out to her but Wally got there first. He caught her and pushed and prodded some people to give her enough breathing space. Raven was very claustrophobic. I smiled in their direction they made a cute couple.