Week 5, Day 6
They were in her office, bugging her about something as usual. It was not good to be in her office on a Tuesday because Robin expects report to be sent by Wednesday.
"No, no! Mas listen..." Bumblebee paused to listen to the twins. "Shut up, ya wieners!"
They stopped and stared at her. They did this every time she said something Speedy usually said. She just shrugged.
Once you've been dating someone for a while you start to pick up the way they speak. It was only natural. When she was dating Herald it was worse. Way worse.
"Anyways, if y'all gonna speak in Spanish that fast I can't keep up. I understand but when its like that all I hear is-" She made hand movements. "Yada yada yada fiesta.. Yo me gusta las fieeeestas! Yaaaada."
"Me gustan las fiestas." They corrected.
She frowned. "I am from Star City, not Costa Rica. Not the Dominican Republic, not Puerto Rico, not Belize, not Peru, not Guatemala..."
"We get it!" Mas shouted, his accent thick.
Menos raised a finger. "Wouldn't you say Belize after Honduras since they.. close?"
"What?" She raised an eyebrow.
Mas took over. "It only smart, cu' Belize and Costa Rica closer together than DR is to Co-"
"Shhhh." Bee placed a finger on her lower lip. "Shh shhh shhhh. Both of you."
Menos crossed his arms. "Podemos ir a la fiesta?"
"Por favor?" His brother added, trying to be nice.
Their leader gave them a condescending look over. "Y'all wanna go to that party but today you little rascals tried to fight me."
"We was training!" The more outspoken twin- Menos- shouted in English. "Tu estas loooca!"
She growled at him. "But you could have hurt me."
Mas stopped his brother from talking. "Listen. Ju as' me and my brother to spar with ju. So we do. Den ju go muy loca when we actually do. What is wrong?"
Bumblebee frowned. That made enough sense but she doesn't even know her issue anymore. She wants to fight but then realizes that baby might be in danger. Lately she's just been pretty emotional. With all this work and worrying, she's been stressed.
She waved them off and continued filing.
"Sure." She sniffled, wiping her tearing eyes with her free hand.
They moaned in distress. Their leader was crying for no exact reason.
"Las hembras y sus emociones." Menos sighed and opened the door.
His brother just stood there, giving her a sympathetic smile. He was always the sweet one.
"Ju okay, Bee?"
Bumblebee shook her head. "No one appreciates me."
He leaned in and kissed her on the cheek. "Nah, but we try." He adjusted some of the papers on her tables in stacks. "Feel better."
The door shut behind him. She covered her face, hoping they don't tell Aqualad. He's been watching her even closely in the last two days. He's waiting for the moment to snitch to the West.
So she stayed in her office. Filing.
She sniveled. "Too many papers."
Dinner was pizza and very brief. But Aqualad suggested movies.
No one turns down movies.
"I wanna see shit blow up." Speedy announced, putting his arm around Bee. She didn't bother to remove it.
"Press play!" The twins shouted.
Aqualad did as told.
Their leader sighed a couple minutes in. It was one of those actions full of explosions, bad guys, drug trades, violence, sex.. And so on. She was only tolerating it because the male lead was ridiculously handsome.
"Do you see that beautiful car, babe?" The archer asked, pulling her closer to him.
She rolled her eyes and pushed away. "Leave me alone, Roy."
"See? All she can do is mope around the tower and not explain to anyone what's going on." Aqualad mocked, irritating her. "Since when was Bumblebee such an introvert?"
She gritted her teeth together, ignoring him.
"You're the introvert, Fishy" Speedy teased, nudging the Atlantean.
Aqualad glared up at him. "You understand people less than I do!"
They continued to bicker on and off- enjoying the movie anyway- while she was in her own world of thoughts, unconsciously snuggling up to her annoying boyfriend. They'd been hooting and hollering but by know, their noise didn't phase her. The second action flick was in and before she knew it, she was dozed off on his chest with a hand on her tummy.
"WHY THE CHICK FLICK?!" Is what she woke up to a couple moments later. She glared up at Speedy.
"Because Bee is bored." Aqualad simply responded to the other boys dismay.
"Bee was sleeping." She cut in, sitting up. The grumpy teen rudely brushed Speedy's arm off. "I'm going to bed. Goodnight." She turned and stomped over to the door.
"So moody." Menos mumbled.
Speedy raised an eyebrow. "How do you sleep through Drug, Booze, and Babes?"
Bee turned around. "Easy." She pretended to sleep, adding the fake snores.
"Goodnight!" Aqualad shouted, shooing her off.
She rolled her eyes and left.
Week 5, Day 7
They were having a normal training day. She was just supposed to avoid obstacles. Easy. It was fast-paced, which she preferred.
Her wings carried her far enough until it was time to shrink before one of the many rings hit her in the face.
The universe decided to be cruel and have her attempt and fail, her limbs getting caught in the rings.
When finally squiming her way out, she caught herself before she could hit the mats underneath her.
"Stop the course!" Speedy shouted to Aqualad, who was already on it.
Bumblebee stared at the rings above, concentrating harder on being small. It just didn't work.
She sighed, standing up. Bee waved them off, taking her leave.
Hot baths are a no-no, but the sites said nothing against warm ones. And that's what she needed after such a busy day.
So she laid there, up to her neck in bubbles and water, humming a tune. It was a very relaxing chamomile scent which she loved so much.
Then, the door busted open.
"Why you guys always do this?" She calmly asked Aqualad.
He closed the curtain for her. "Yeah, sorry, but Speedy just fed me something foul and I need to wash my mouth out stat!" He rushed over to the sink.
Bee sighed, sinking in deeper, her knees exposed to air. "What was it?"
The Atlantean hurriedly spat into the sink. "I don't knooow." He sounded pretty freaked.
She wouldn't know because she stayed away from their foolishness since training this morning.
"How did it taste?" She watched him from behind the curtain.
Bee could hear him gargling. He spat again.
"I. Don't. Freaking. Know." Aqualad coughed. "It was a mix of indescribable grossness."
Speedy walked in, laughing. "Dude, are you okay?"
She groaned. "Guys... Please?"
"What the hell was that you fed me?!" Aqualad shouted, spinning to face him.
"Don't worry, dude. It was edible and not fish." The archer replied, chuckling.
Aqualad stopped the sink. "That was freaking gross! What is wrong with you idiot?!"
"Idiot? You tried it!"
With that they bickered, Bee only sinking deeper. The water was now up to chin.
"Out!" She drew the curtain back. The leader had to take minute to relax. "Please leave."
Speedy waved. "Hey, babe. What happened today?"
She looked straight ahead at the faucets. "Out. Now." Bee closed her eyes.
Aqualad washed his mouth one more time before walking out with his ginger-haired friend.
Week 6, Day 1
It felt like it would be a very good day. She was in a hell of a pleasant mood.
Bee stood in front her room mirror, dropping her towel.
Now there's a little bloating. But it looks like it usually does when she has her period.
But it's okay. She turned, posing. When her stomach gets a huge and noticeable and the people of Steel ask, 'Is our hero Bumblebee pregnant?'
She'd tall and say, "Yes, I am with child. Problem?" Bumblebee asked her reflection. She put her hand on her hips.
There was no law that said she couldn't have a baby. Maybe she'd be a swell mommy. Maybe she'd want more. Does it matter whether they support or not? She's always been able to be there for herself. Today she should just spit it out; talk to Speedy, get it over with and see what happens from there.
She did what she usually did every morning: Put on her uniform, put her hair in the puffs, did her makeup, and hurried out to the kitchen. As usual, she was the first one up, so she fixed herself a protein shake and took her vitamins.
Once she was done, she straightened the tower out a bit. Music was blasting and she was enjoying herself a bit.
"You're happy!" Aqualad said loudly over the music.
She dropped the broom. "Come give me a hug."
Confused her followed her orders as she waved him in.
"Is Speedy up?" Bee asked, squeezing him breathless.
"Yeah." He choked out.
She smiled and released him, pointing to the broom. "Take over, bro."
The puffy haired leader made her way to her boyfriend's room, the music only heard faintly behind the doors of the common room, but the bass felt.
She entered his code, seeing he wasn't in. So she was going to sit it out on his bed. His room was decent, except for the scattered clothes. She looked at his dresser. Speedy had a good collection of products. There were gels, foundations, concealers, blushes... He cared a lot about his looks.
Bumblebee fell back onto his bed. She could open with a question about his feeling on kids.. but his answer can and will hurt her. Never was she pussy, she could just spit it out.
The door opened and she sat up, meeting his hazel eyes. He stood there, a towel wrapped around his waist and beads of water tricking down his toned chest.
She bit her lip, wishing the window was a bit open.
He closed the door with his body, leaning on it. "Morning, Karen." The archer shook out his dripping hair, holding his towel with one hand.
Bumblebee nodded, looking him over.
Speedy smirked down at his towel before giving her a half-grin that knocked the wind out of her.
"Wanna make up?" He ran a hand down his chest.
Now this was a complicated situation. Her expression changed various times as she struggled to remain calm.
"Roy, get dressed. Then we can talk."
Obviously, he was disappointed to hear that. He walked over to the mirror.
"You know, the lotion in the bathroom needs to be replaced."
She sighed. "You were supposed to buy it on Sunday."
He stopped prodding his skin and looked at her. "Really?"
"I gave you a list."
"I lost it." He simply replied, continuing to poke and prod.
Bumblebee groaned. He's an idiot sometimes.
He turned his back on her. "Should I paint the walls sky blue or pale yellow?"
"It's already a pale yellow." Bee was focused more on his back then on the walls.
He lifted an arm to point. "No, it's cream. I'm thinking more of a lemon chiffon. Maybe a powder blue would look nice on the ceiling, so I can look up and just relax. Does yellow and blue cl-"
"Get dressed!" The reason she liked him so much was beyond her.
He jumped and dropped his towel, turning to face her as she quickly covered her eyes.
"Why can't you watch me while I dress?" He asked, opening his dresser.
The dazed girl sighed. "Because you're pretty damn attractive and will distract me."
"Awww, thanks babe. You're so cute." He slid on boxers. "See? I'm not even gonna take the time to do my hair."
She dropped her hands as he got out his pants. "I'm not cute, boy. I am nothing but cute."
The ginger turned and gave her a serious look, tossing her his uniform shirt. "Prove it."
"You've been trying to distract me, haven't you?" She figured out, flinging his shirt at him.
He put in on, staring at her after. "You're going to break up with me."
Bumblebee softened her expression. "Roy-"
"Listen, I know I screw up.. a lot-" Speedy walked closer to her. "and I hurt your feelings. I'm sorry, I don't try to, it just happens."
"Roy-"
"I don't want you to dump me. I've never been dumped, Kar! And I really totally like you!"
"ROY!"
"I mean, I can change! I can show I care more! And I can respect your space, and stop stealing your food from the fridge an-" He ran a hand through his hair, which he rarely did.
"Stop it, Roy." She spoke softly, standing up.
He took a deep breath when she grabbed his hand. "I sound really desperate right now, dude, but you're awesome. Like the whole city wants what I've had and I've been a jerkbag"
"Roy! You are so dramatic." She put her free hand on her hip. "I'm trying to tell you-"
"I love you!" He shouted.
"I'M PREGNANT!" She announced loudly, feeling as if weight had been lifted.
His expression slowly changed to one of disbelief as he fell to his knees. "Uh.. um.. uh uh uh um y-you're.. wha? Oh my gosh. Um..."
She released his hand, sighing and steeping back. "Listen, I took my time to think about. I'll give you yours. I'll cover for you if you don't come out the rest of today. Talk to me, when you're ready."
With that, the pregnant teen turned and left his room without giving him another glance. She hd to tell him this early. If she would let him sleep on it he'd embarass her at the party.
Tomorrow would be hella interesting.
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