A/N: Yea, long time, blah blah, no reviews, blah, all that fun stuff. School's been a beast but WE'RE OUT FOR THE SUMMER!!! So expect frequent updates if I'm not out enjoying my brand new DRIVER'S LICENSE! yeshh.

Disclaimer: Pfft, as if. Keep dreaming. Heck no I don't own it.

TT2

Saturday October 31, 2019

"EEK!" Sara shouted when she entered the living room late that afternoon. "I'm so excited for the Ball!"

"Me too!" Kimi announced as she came in right behind Sara. "And my mom and my dad are going to be there too!!"

"How's your mom doing?" Kyle asked from the couch. "Did she get all settled in yesterday?"

"She's doing fine, thanks for asking," Kimi responded, taking a seat next to him. "I'm so glad she's back. You have no idea. I've been purely ecstatic all day."

"I would be too, Kim. Not that much of a surprise," Kyle responded.

"I know, but..." she trailed off. "I'm just really happy. Especially after I heard the story. I told y'all right?"

"I didn't hear the story!" Sara exclaimed. "Tell me-e!"

"My mom didn't really die yesterday for those few hours we thought she did. Her body had to completely shut down to repair itself and start back up. I knew about these types of comas but didn't know what happened when you woke up, so I had no clue this was what happened. I wish I did so I could've saved us all a lot of unnecessary heartbreak."

Sara's mouth dropped open.

"That's weird," she started thoughtfully. "Could that happen to you, too?"

"I'm only half-Tamaranian, so if I went into that type of coma I'd probably live, and I wouldn't be out for so long."

Sara nodded before taking a seat next to Danny, who was sitting next to Kimi. She began talking to Danny about God knows what while Kimi continued to talk to Kyle. The conversation eventually shifted from her mother to the Ball tonight. Kimi expressed even more excitement for the Ball going on tonight, and turned to Danny to confirm their plans to go together.

"It's gonna be great," Danny told her, leaning over to give her a sweet kiss. "I promise."

Kimi smiled. "Of course it will be."

They continued to talk and watch television for a while. Clara entered the room and took a seat next to her sister, and soon Taku came in as well. The entire team was engaged in conversation, excited for tonight. The girls, mainly, were talking about their dresses while the guys were talking about their dates (or lack thereof in Taku's case). Kyle offered to hook him up with someone, but Taku declined. He assured them he would be fine (and dateless he added in an undertone).

Five rolled around and the girls politely excused themselves to go and get ready. The Titans had decided they would make their grand entrance at six. The girls all walked in a line towards the girls' bathroom in their wing of the bedroom level.

"This is going to be so much fun." Sara bubbled with excitement.

"You said it, sister," Clara retorted.

"I can't wait. I love getting all dolled up!" Kimi exclaimed. "And being with Danny is going to make it even better."

The girls all lost themselves in thoughts of how tonight was going to go; the perfect night would consist of many things, but the staple would be their amazing dates.

"I kind of feel bad for Taku. He doesn't have anyone to go with," Sara commented sadly.

"Yea, poor guy. I think we should all have a dance with him, at least once during the night. He deserves it," Kimi suggested.

"He does. Sounds like a plan," Clara agreed.

They all went to their separate rooms to grab what they would need. Each girl picked up their dresses, shoes, masks, makeup, hair products, et cetera, to beautify themselves. They all met in the bathroom and laid their things on the counter, looking at each other.

"Have you guys already showered?" Sara asked. "I read in a magazine that it's better to shower the morning of to give your hair time to settle, so I showered this morning."

"Same here," Kimi and Clara replied.

"Ok, then let's get dressed and start on our hair."

Each girl turned their backs towards the other two and began to slip on their dress. Sara smoothed down the fabric of her dress and made sure it was tied just right. Her hands reached around and felt the bare skin of her back. She hoped to God that there was no sort of blemish on her back. Kimi pulled up her own dress and gave a little shimmy while doing so. She turned to see that Clara was now tying the straps of her own dress and adjusting the fabric like Sara.

"God, we look ten times hotter than when we first tried them on," Sara commented slyly. "Am I the only one that thinks the boys won't be able to handle us?"

The other girls merely laughed at Sara's cockiness.

"Shoes now or later?" Kimi asked, holding up her midnight blue shoes.

"Later," Sara decided. "Give our feet time to rest before we submit them to that torture."

Kimi let out a little chuckle and tossed her shoes onto a pile containing numerous other belongings of hers. They mutually decided to do their hair first and each took a spot at the counter than ran the length of the bathroom. They each tried to decide on different hairstyles, but it was hard deciding what they'd look good in without seeing it.

"I think you'd look good with curls Sara," Kimi suggested.

"Yea," Clara added on. "You look good with curls."

"Ok then," Sara decided. "Now you two..." she trailed off, looking at her newly blonde sister and her best friend. "Kimi, you'd look good with your hair up. You know, to show off your shoulders and everything."

"Sounds good," Kimi started. "I'll get working on that."

"And Clara..." Sara trailed off yet again, thinking. "I think you'd look good with straight hair, but at a side-part. And with your bangs just slightly falling into your face. That would accentuate the sultry-ness of your dress even more."

"Well aren't we the fashion and hair expert."

"Uh, duh!"

Clara smiled at her sister. She would never get tired of being a twin.

Each of them set off to do their hair, taking the time to do it themselves instead of using magic, which would make it fall out in only a couple of hours. Sara burned herself a couple of times with her curling iron, but besides that things went smoothly. Kimi let a few tendrils fall into her face and kept her bangs down, side-swept over her forehead. Sara puffed her hair a few times and smiled happily at her reflection. Clara had to run her fingers through her hair a few time before it settled into a position that she liked.

Sara chanced a look at the clock. It was only five twenty-five, so they had about twenty more minutes.

"Are you ready yet?" Came a call from outside the door, the voice most likely being Kyle's.

"We're not men! We can't throw something on and call ourselves decent!" Sara retorted.

There was silence beyond the door.

They each started to do their make-up, chatting quietly about nothing really. They each took only a small amount of make-up, mostly on the eyes to enhance them. None of them really liked make-up because believe it or not they believed they did not need products to feel good about themselves. The only good thing about the eye make-up was that it matched their dresses and/or masks.

"Masking time?" Sara asked the others.

They agreed wholeheartedly. Each girl slipped her mask over her face and pulled out her hair to hide the ribbon that tied it.

"Sara, you were right. We do look good," Kimi told her.

Sara chuckled. "I told you."

They each strapped on their shoes and slowly stood from their seats at the vanity-like counter. Because of her shoes, Kimi was now taller than Sara, but Clara and Sara had been equal height before and now Clara was taller.

"I feel short," Sara deadpanned, but then let out a little chuckle. "I guess I am when you think about it."

Sara, Clara, and Kimi stuffed a few necessities into their clutch bags and gave their hair one last puff.

"This is going to be interesting," Clara stated. "I can tell something's gonna go wrong tonight."

"Clara, you're such a downer," Sara told her counterpart. "Everything's gonna go swell tonight."

"I calls 'em as I sees 'em."

They all began to walk out of the bathroom. Sara pulled out her communicator and spoke softly into it.

"Where are you guys?" she asked, connected to Kyle's communicator.

"We're up in the living room, waiting for you girls. It's five forty-five and I think we're expected to do major mingling with the elite of Jump City tonight," Kyle told her.

"Yea, yea, keep your pants on," Sara muttered.

"But Sara wouldn't mind if you didn't!" Kimi yelled in the background.

"Kimi!" Sara exclaimed, horrified. "Bye Kyle, I have some business to deal with."

As he was clicking the end transmission button, he could hear Sara yelling Kimi's name, and Kimi yelling that she was just kidding. It wasn't long before he heard it again, coming from just down the hallway. Clicking heels got closer and closer and they both entered the living room, out of breath.

"That's quite the way to make an entrance," Danny started with a chortle.

Clara followed in shortly behind them and pushed her way through them, wiping her hair away from her face.

"Sorry about them," she started, jabbing her thumb towards the girls on either side of her. "They're a little excited tonight. I thought I told you never to give Sara sugar after five."

"I-uh-yea, I heard that oh my Lord you girls certainly went all out," he stated, not even bothering to pause between "that" and "oh my lord".

"Oh, uh, we did," Sara replied awkwardly, but then with a smile. "You like it?"

Sara did a little twirl, settling back in stance to smile at her date.

"Yea, you look very pretty," Kyle told her, his cheeks turning pink.

"And Kimi, you looked beautiful as well," Danny told her. "You girls all look great."

Kimi joined her beau by his side, giving him a kiss on the cheek. She knew she loved him for a reason.

"Where's Taku?" Clara asked, suddenly realizing he was not there.

"He needed to take a shower so he said instead of holding us up he'll meet us there," Kyle told the girls. "I didn't bother to protest that we'd wait for him, so he said he'll just be taking his own car."

"Sounds good," the girls replied.

"So shall we be on our way?" Kyle suggested, hooking arms with Sara.

Sara smiled brightly and looked at the girls around her. Kimi had intertwined hands with Danny, and Clara was standing there rather awkwardly. Sara gave her sister a little wink, who just grinned in return. They both felt that something was going to happen tonight, good or bad.

They all made their way down to the garage, where they clamored into Kyle's car. Kimi had to squeeze in the middle between Danny and Clara, while Sara got to ride up front. Apparently, calling "shot-gun" was still completely valid.

The ride was quick, only about fifteen minutes in which they talked and laughed, never once remembering that they were Titans with duties to the city. They talked about things that affected normal teenagers like themselves. They didn't talk about missions, crimes, or villains (except when Jake's name floated into the conversation) and just sat there, enjoying a single night of normalcy.

They pulled up to the curb and were greeted by flashes once they clamored out. Apparently only the city's elite were invited and it was a hot topic to cover in the news the next morning. Kyle handed his keys to the valet, making sure the man understood that if he did anything to this car he would pay. This young boy nervously shook his head and scrambled into the car. He took off at a whopping two miles per hour.

Kyle took Sara's arm again and they both smiled for photographers snapping pictures. They tried as hard as they could to move towards the inside where they would be free from the cameras. The last thing they needed was the public getting the wrong idea about them.

Danny tried to take Kimi's hand but she inconspicuously swatted it away. She did not want anyone to know Danny was a vulnerability for her. She turned and smiled remorsefully at him, and he understood immediately.

They entered the double doors at the front and were greeted by a ridiculously lavishly decorated entrance hall. They were directed into a ballroom off to the right, filled to the brim with people. They all stared in awe at the scene before them, before realizing they probably looked like idiots.

"I'm going to find Jake," Clara announced.

"I'm going to find my parents," Kimi told Sara and Kyle. "Danny, come with?"

Sara and Kyle were left alone.

"Want to dance?" Kyle asked.

"I'd love to," Sara replied.

Kyle took her hand and led her out onto the dance floor.

"Hey mom, hey dad," Kimi started as she stood between her parents, who were both sitting at their designated table. "How's life been treating you since I last saw you this morning?"

"Very good, thank you Kimi," her mother began with a grin.

"Same here," her father responded, reclining in his chair. "It's been going mighty swell. And I never use that word!"

Kimi chuckled at her dad's excitedness. He was as giddy as a little girl. Well, she couldn't blame him.

"So, Danny," Kori began, turning to look at him. Danny had been standing awkwardly next to Kimi, wondering when to interject into the conversation, and finally found his opportunity when Kori started to converse with him. "How have you been? How is your mother?" she asked.

They had already seen each other after she woke up, this morning, but briefly.

"I've been doing fine. My mother is good, she's been dying to see you since she hasn't seen you in at least two months. She asked how you were doing a while back and mentioned that she wanted to get together with you," Danny told her.

"That sounds delightful. I shall call your mother tomorrow," Kori replied, patting his hand. "Your mother is a good woman. Very nice."

"Yea, I love my mom. Wasn't going to let me become a Titan at first, but I suckered her I into it," he told her with a chuckle. "She could never say no to me."

Kimi turned to her beau and smiled softly at him.

"You don't mind if I take my man for a dance, do you?" Kimi asked her parents.

Her father smiled and shook his head, his arm winding around his beautiful fiancee's shoulders.

"I think we might join you. Would you like, Kori?"

"I would love to."

So both the couples took spots on the dance floor, getting ready for a night of fun and dance.

Clara sat with her legs crossed, looking at her cellular, huffing every few minutes. She had looked everywhere for Jake. He was no where to be found. She began to think he was not going to show, after twenty minutes of watching her friends dance happily. Clara dumped her cell phone back into her purse after setting it to vibrate and settled to go and find Taku. Maybe she could have some fun with him instead.

"Ahem."

Clara looked up into beautiful green eyes, hidden by a black and silver mask. She looked him over to see he had indeed worn a black and silver ensemble, that made him look quite regal. She smiled contagiously as her eyes took in the mysterious features of his face hidden behind the mask that covered half his face.

"Hey, love," she greeted, standing up.

Clara took his outstretched hand and pulled him towards her body. Their lips met gently.

"Quite a greeting," he commented.

"Would you like to dance?" she asked him.

"I would love to, Miss Clara."

He led her out onto the dance floor with a grace she never knew he possessed. One hand interlaced with hers and his other arm went around her waist. Clara put her free hand around his shoulder. They began to sway to the gentle rhythm. Clara could see Sara dancing nearby with Kyle, who was in blacks and blues. His mask was his usual uniform mask.

"I thought you wouldn't show," she told him truthfully.

"I'd be a jerk if I didn't."

"You would, but I won't let you feel that way."

Clara, who had put her bag down at the table, would never notice it vibrate, and would never know that Jake would be calling to say how sorry he was that he couldn't make it.

TT2

Sunday November 1, 2019

They all had a great night. Somehow, Clara hadn't spoke to any of her teammates all night. She didn't even see Danny after the ride there. She fell asleep on the car ride home with only Sara and Kyle in the car with her. Kimi and Danny had gone home with Taku, who Clara hadn't seen all night either.

Or so she thought.

Kyle carried her up to the bed when they got home and realized she was asleep. She slept peacefully the entire night, her head filled with dreams of men in black and silver suits with sweet kisses and darling dances. She dreamt of a boy that she had never thought she would ever dream about, because in all reality, she never thought she would share a night like that with him.

She was awoken by her cell phone. It had been on vibrate all night last night, so she began to vaguely wonder why it was ringing. Stupid phone. She needed to trade up soon.

She dug inside her purse which had been placed on her bedside table. She procured her cell phone and groggily pressed it up to her ear (after missing once; hey, she wasn't used to be awoken by strange callers at ten in the morning, after partying all night).

"Hello?"

"Clare, babe, hey," came Jake's voice.

"Hey Jake," she began sweetly. "Last night was amazing. Thank you so much."

"Wait, what?" he asked, confused.

"Last night, at the Ball. It was the best night of my life."

"Clara, I wasn't at the ball last night. I called to apologize since you didn't pick up your phone last night. Clara, what happened?"

But Clara heard nothing after 'night'. She dropped the phone onto her bed and wondered vaguely who she could've been with last night. I mean, the man looked exactly like Jake! It had to have been him! Those same green eyes and that same brown hair.

Taku.

Clara screamed, jumping out of bed and forgetting her beau was on the phone. She sprinted towards the door and continued to scream to herself as she ran through the hallways. One thought was on her mind, and that was "I am going to kill Taku".

"TAKU!" Clara yelled as she came upon the living room.

All three boys were sitting there, playing a video game. Taku, though, was sitting out and simply watching.

"TAKU!" She yelled again.

"Clara, what's wrong?" he asked, coming around to couch and looking her up and down. "Are you alright? Are you hurt? What's up?"

The sound resounded throughout the room. Both boys watching gasped in horror as Clara's hand recoiled from his cheek. She felt slightly bad about it, but he's the one that played her into thinking he was Jake! What was wrong with the boy?

"What is wrong with you?" Clara seethed. "I thought you were Jake! Well, imagine my horror when he calls me this morning and tells me he's sorry that he couldn't make it. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! YOU LET ME THINK I WAS KISSING JAKE!"

Her angered expression turned into tears as she waited for a response.

"I'm sorry," he started in a small voice. "I don't know what came over me but...I'm sorry."

"You're sorry?! You're sorry?!?!" she exploded.

"Clara!" Sara began in an icy tone as she entered the living room with her hands on her hips. "What is going on here?"

She took in the sight of her counterpart poking Taku in the chest repeatedly, her other hand on her hip.

"Taku here gave me the best night of my life and then expects me to forget it and think I was with Jake and it's not FAIR!" Clara ended up screaming again.

"Wait, what?" Sara questioned.

Clara growled and stormed from the room, sending one last death glare towards Michael Turner.

"I am so screwed."

TT2