In the next few days, Tumblr became Jinx's best friend. Okay, well, maybe (and she couldn't even believe she was admitting this to herself) it was more like her fourth best friend: Starfire first then a tie between Raven and Beast Boy, and then Tumblr. Robin still didn't like her and Cyborg was definitely more than a friend. Well, Jinx hoped he was anyway. Come to think of it, he hasn't said anything about it since and- Jinx jumped and lost her train of thought when Beast Boy slammed into the room. Starfire jumped too, but when she did, she stayed in the air. Beast Boy threw himself into Starfire's vacated chair. "Beast Boy, it is only one game night," Starfire said, trying to console him.
"Yeah, you're right, it's only one game night. THAT I'M MISSING! I was FINALLY gonna beat Cyborg at Mega Monkeys," he wailed.
Starfire started to say something, but Jinx cut her off. "It's not going to work right now, Star. He's too far gone into self-pity," she told her. Starfire nodded and floated out of the room silently. Jinx closed her laptop and turned towards Beast Boy. "Okay, why are you really upset?" She asked.
Beast Boy just grumbled a short "Nothing".
Jinx rolled her eyes. "It's Raven, isn't it?"
"She FINALLY agreed to join in! I could be in there, right now, playing with Raven, but no, I have to watch you. Uh, no offence," he blurted.
Jinx raised her arms. "Pick me up, I'm about to kick some butt at whatever we're playing."
The first thing Robin said was "No". Jinx rolled her eyes and decided that "No" was Robin's favorite word.
"Why not?" She asked, still in Beast Boy's arms.
"Can I at least put her down?" Beast Boy panted.
Jinx looked offended. "Oh, pipe down and turn into a gorilla or something," she snapped. Beast Boy did.
Raven looked up. "If they're playing, can I leave?" She asked in her monotone.
Cyborg protested. "No way! If Jinx plays, we can finally have even teams without anyone sitting out!" Everyone, save for Robin and Raven, agreed. When Robin realized he was outnumbered, he gave in, but continued to hold a grudge for at least the next seven minutes. Raven just said "Whatever". Beast Boy turned back into a human to grin at Raven, accidentally dropping Jinx.
"Hey!" She grunted, but not in real anger. She hadn't landed that hard.
"Oops, sorry," Beast Boy said. He at least had the decency to look ashamed. Jinx simply rolled her eyes. Hmm. Normally I would have destroyed him by now, Jinx thought to herself. I'm going soft. Next thing I know I'll be a hero. Surprisingly, she didn't grimace at the prospect. There's only one reason for that, she sighed to herself, and let her eyes drift to Cyborg. She smiled as he stood, picked her up off of the floor, and set her down on the couch next to him. Well, no denying it now. I love the metal goofball. She shook her head when Cyborg tossed a piece of popcorn into the air and caught it in his mouth… Well, almost. He didn't even bother to pick it up off the floor.
"So, what are we playing?" Jinx asked, noticing that Beast Boy was about to attempt to outdo Cyborg's toss-and-catch routine and interrupting it before it became a competition.
"We were trying to figure out how to split up for head-to-head video game matches," Beast Boy explained.
"Oh, what game?" Jinx hid the glimmer in her eyes as Beast Boy named her favorite game. She put on her poker face. "How do you play?" She asked innocently. Beast Boy scoffed, and showed her where the buttons were.
"So, how about me against Jinx, Cyborg against Starfire, Robin against Raven?" Beast Boy asked, a devious smirk across his face. He had purposely pitted himself against the (as far as he knew) beginner. As the matches began, Robin won an easy victory against Raven, who wasn't really trying; Cyborg won against Starfire when she couldn't figure out how to make her player go forwards; and Jinx snuck up on Beast Boy in the final lap, his jaw dropping when he realized he had been beaten.
"Beginner's luck?" Jinx suggested, acting as confused as he was. Beast Boy crossed his arms and pouted. Cyborg explained how the next round would work: Each finalist would race against each other, and the one with the fastest average time would win. Jinx versus Robin was up first.
"I'll go easy on you," the fearless leader of the Titans told her. Jinx rolled her eyes. The race was over quickly, with Jinx speeding ahead and keeping her lead, finishing a full twelve seconds before Robin. Robin stared wide-eyed at the screen, flashing with Jinx's player standing under the word 'winner'.
Beast Boy called her out. "Dude, what the heck?! I thought you'd never played this before!" He jumped from his seat and stood up on the couch.
Jinx tilted her head. "Did I say that?" This stumped Beast Boy, and he fell back to the cushions.
"Well, you kinda implied it," he mumbled.
"Well, what I meant to imply was that at the Hive, I got so good at this game that I was banned from any further tournaments." Jinx relished the 'fish out of water' face Beast Boy was making as she watched Cyborg beat Robin with a time identical to her own. Robin knew he had been beaten. Badly. Unless both of the other teens suddenly forgot how to work a controller, there was no way there average scores would be lower than his. He admitted defeat.
Beast Boy, recovering quickly from the shock of being hustled by Jinx, started pretending he was an announcer from a sporting event. "So it all comes down to the final match, with resident champ Cyborg against newcomer Jinx. With the same time so far, neither side has the advantage."