When We Were Young Chapter 8, a teen titans fanfic

It was a lovely day at the park and the sun was shining brightly. The air was crisp and it was the perfect day for venturing outside.

Kori squeezed mustard on her hotdog and took a large bite. Her lips twisted upward into a smile and she licked her lips. Next to her Raven had a book in her hands and was reading, the world around her completely oblivious. Across from Raven sat Jenn with a sketch book in her hand. She was staring out into the distance and completely absorbed into her art work. Karen and Jade were sitting together and chatting while they watched the boys play a game of football.

Vic was the captain of his team. On his team was Dick and Alain. Roy was the captain of his team. On his team was Gar and Wally.

The ball was in Roy's hands and he ran backwards as Roy moved in. He threw the ball and sent it flying towards Wally. Wally caught it in his hands and tossed it to Gar before Dick could tackle him.

"I got it, I got it!" Gar yelled as he eyed the ball and got in position to catch it.

Alain ran up, jumped, and caught the ball.

"No fair!" Gar yelled as he chased after Alain.

Alain ignored Gar and kept on running. He had to get to the tree and score before any one tagged. Unfortunately for him, a group of kids was playing baseball and their ball had flown astray.

The baseball hit Alain smack on his head. The hit was so hard he fell to the ground. The children playing baseball froze in place and looked at each other before running away.

"Oh crap," Roy and the others quickly went up to Alain. "Alain, are you okay?"

"Ahh... my head..." Alain murmured.

Wally chuckled. "Dude, you got knocked the fuck out."

Jenn and Dick were standing on either side of Wally and jabbed him in the ribs.

"Easy there." Dick said softly as he lifted Alain up to his feet.

"Alain, can you hear me?" Vic asked.

Alain mumbled a yes.

"Can you still play?" Vic asked.

"Vic," scolded Jenn. "Show some compassion. He's hurt."

"Yeah, you're right...," Vic said softly. "I guess that means he can't play. Now I need a new player for my team."

"Oh, Vic, pick me," Karen pleaded. "I would love to play for your team."

Vic blinked. "Are you serious?"

Karen nodded, a wide smile on her face.

Vic burst into a fit of laughter. "Are you kidding me?! You can't play, you're a girl!"

Karen narrowed her eyes and put her hands on her hips. "Excuse me?"

"Football is a man's sport. It's not for girls to come and ruin it with their girliness."

"I can't believe what I'm hearing," Karen poked a finger at Vic. "Girls can play football just as well as guys can."

"Yeah right." Vic scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"I bet I could beat you at a game of football."

"Are you challenging me?"

"As a matter of fact, yes! Yes I am," Karen shouted. "Me and the girls against you and the boys."

"Fine," Vic shouted right back. "C'mon guys, let's play some football."

Everyone went silent.

"Umm... I should probably help Alain get home." Dick said, not liking the situation around him at all.

"I'll help." Roy said quickly, desperate to leave.

"Ha! That makes you short two players, Vic." Karen sneered.

Everyone went silent.

"Count me out." Raven said dryly, leaving.

"Me too." Jenn said, following Raven.

"Well then, I guess that makes the teams even then." Vic said.

"Guess so."

"Alright then, let's play some football!"

"But I'm hungry." whined Wally.

"So am I." said Gar.

"I can't play football in a skirt." Jade complained.

"Maybe we should have the game tomorrow instead." suggested Kori.

"Fine! We'll do it tomorrow." Karen said.

"Well that's fine with me." Vic answered back.

"Fine."

"Fine!"

Vic and Karen glared at each other before angrily walking away.

It was early into the afternoon. Gar and Wally had been wandering around the mall, doing nothing in particular but killing time. The game Vic and Karen had set up was to start in a few hours, so Wally and Gar still had time to spare and just hang out.

But Wally was doing much more than just hanging out. He was flirting with every pretty girl that passed him by. He was currently flirting with a brunette girl in the food court him and Gar were in.

Gar was sipping his soda as he watched Wally work his magic. The brunette girl giggled and slipped a piece of paper into Wally's hand before walking off. Wally coolly made his way back to the table he was sharing with Gar and smirked.

"Check it out," Wally said as he handed Gar an unfolded piece of paper. "Not only did I get her number but she invited me over to some house party. How cool is that?"

"Very cool," Gar said, handing him the sheet of paper back. "So, how do you do it anyway? You work faster than Dick."

"Well... I would say it's all in the attitude. You gotta be cool," Wally smiled cheekily and jerked his thumb towards himself. "Like me!"

Gar nodded. "Right, attitude."

"Hey, hey, hey! Check it out, Gar," Wally whispered. He pointed at a blonde haired girl with green eyes. "Hot girl at one o' clock."

"Wow... she sure is pretty," Gar frowned. "Way to pretty to even think about going out with someone like me."

"That may be true," began Wally, standing up. "But I'm gonna go over and talk to her. Her and I would make a great couple."

"That's what you said about the last eleven girls."

"And I got all of their numbers didn't I? And now it's time make it a baker's dozen," Wally rubbed his hands together and smiled. He practically ran up to the girl. He stopped by the table she was sitting at and cleared his throat, getting her attention. He smiled shyly. "Hey, my name is Wally West." Wally extended his hand for a shake. "I saw you across--"

"Let me guess," the girl said dryly, placing her book inside her bag. "You saw me across from where you were sitting and just had to know my name because my beauty stunned you like no other." The girl rolled her eyes and stood up. "Nice try, but not good nice enough."

Wally's mouth was hanging open and he was in complete shock as the girl walked away from him. He sat down on the seat she had vacated. "What the hell just happened?"

The blonde girl giggled to herself as she walked away from Wally. She has been asked out so many times before she knew how most guys worked. And Wally was an open book with an over-used pick-up line for a quote. Had he been different she probably would have given him the time of day but she had saw him with that brunette girl, and there was no way she was getting involved with some playboy.

As she walked by a table she paused, the smell of a tofu burger filled her senses. She turned her head to the side and found the source.

A boy which appeared to be about her age was sitting down with a tofu burger in his hand. The blonde girl had to admit, he did seem rather adorable. She stepped closer to his table and giggled when his tofu fell out of his buns.

Gar looked up from his fallen tofu and into the eyes of a pretty girl, the same girl who had rejected Wally only moments ago. He smiled sheepishly at the sound of her laugh and cursed himself for being so clumsy.

The girl ceased with her giggles and smiled at him. "Hi there. What's your name?"

Gar froze in his seat and turned his head from side to side before finally looking at her. "Umm... are you talking to me?"

The girl smiled and nodded. He really was adorable. And it was clear to her that he didn't end up in situations like this too often or else he wouldn't be so shy.

"I'm G-garfield L-logan." Gar stuttered, his cheeks turning red.

"Garfield," she rose a brow. "Like the cat?"

"You can call me Gar," Gar said abruptly. "That's what my friends call me. Or you can call me Bob, or anything else you like."

She giggled. "I think Gar is a cute name."

"R-really?"

She nodded. "Really. My name is Jillian."

"Now that's a nice name." Gar commented.

Jillian blushed.

Moments later Jillian and Gar separated from each other, each one of them going there separate ways. Gar waved goodbye as he walked over to Wally.

"Hey, dude. What's up?"

"She rejected me," Wally murmured. He shook his head and decided to finally get past the rejection. "Why did she go over to you?"

"Oh, it just so happens that Jillian is a vegetarian. She was drawn to my tofu burger."

"You got her name?!" Wally was beyond shocked.

"That's not all I got," Gar smiled brightly. "I got a date!"

Vic, Gar, Wally, Karen, Kori and Jade decided not to meet up in the park. They didn't want what happened to Alain to happen to any of them. With that little factor in mind they decided to play their game somewhere else. They had picked an empty schoolyard to settle their dispute.

Vic and the boys occupied the left side of the yard while Karen and the girls occupied the right.

"Okay, are you guys ready?" Vic asked.

"I'm ready," Wally said indifferently before glaring at Gar. After the incident at the mall with Jillian Wally had become upset at Gar. "Try not to steal the ball, Gar, like you stole Jillian!"

"I didn't steal Jillian!" Gar retorted angrily.

"Hey, both of you stop it right now," Vic said, intervening between the two and glaring at them. "We're supposed to be fighting the girls, not each other."

Wally and Gar nodded in understanding. Their dispute could wait till after the game was over.

On the other side of the field the girls discussed a game plan.

"Okay girls, here's the plan," whispered Karen, being careful so the boys wouldn't hear. "I'm going to take on Vic. Kori, you can handle Wally and Jade will handle Gar. I'm going to throw the ball and one of you two are going to have to catch it."

"Gotcha." Jade said with a smirk gracing her lips.

"Gotcha." Kori said with a nod of her head.

"Are you girls ready to play or what?" Vic asked.

"Oh, we're ready all right," said Karen as she and the girl's separated to get into position. She passed by Vic who puckered up his lips at her, hoping to get a kiss before the game began. He leaned towards her but Karen placed a finger on his lips to stop him from kissing her. "I don't think so. No kissing until the game is over and done with."

"Whatever you say," Vic said, smirking as he stepped to get in position. "It'll be a short game anyways."

Everyone was in position and the ball was in Kori's hand. She glanced at everyone to make sure that they were ready. "Hike one, hike two, hike!"

Kori threw the ball from under her legs and Karen quickly snatched it up. Kori tackled Wally to the ground while Vic ran towards Karen.

"I'm open, I'm open!" Jade yelled, widely moving her arms up and down to be noticed.

Karen threw the ball at Jade just in time before Vic could reach her.

The ball neared Jade and when she reached out to grab it the ball fell between her fingers.

"Oops," she muttered before bending down to pick up the football. She stood up straight and noticed Gar charging towards her like an angry bull. She screamed and quickly ran away. She noticed the pole and ran faster. She touched the pole just in time before Gar could tag her. Jade began to cheer. "Yay! Oh yeah! I'm bad!"

"You got that right," scolded Karen, hands on her hips. "You just scored for the other team."

"I... I did," Jade bit her lip. She was so focused on escaping from Gar she didn't even noticed where she was going. "I'm so sorry!"

"Ugh... It's okay," Karen assured her, but was really assuring herself. "They have the lead but we can bounce back. We just need to switch up our game plan."

"What do you have in mind?" Kori asked.

"Umm... Oh, I got it," Karen said happily. "Kori, you can be a distraction. I just know that Wally would trip over his own two feet for a pretty girl. Jade and I can take care of Vic and Gar."

"Okay." Jade and Kori said in union, nodding their heads.

"You girls sure you don't wanna forfeit?" Wally asked with a cocky smile.

"Oh, we're still in this." Karen said with a knowing smile.

The boys looked at one another and shrugged the comment off as they got into position.

This time it was the boys turn to hike the ball. The ball was tossed to Wally and Kori quickly ran in front of him. He suspected her to charge at him but she didn't. Kori stood there, her fingers edging at the hem of her shirt. Wally took note that her cheeks were red.

'Why is she blushing?' Wally thought to himself. His eyes went wide. "Oh my..."

Kori lifted up her shirt and exposed her purple bra to Wally's blue eyes. Wally stood frozen on his spot.

"Yonk!" Karen snatched the ball from Wally's hand and ran off, dodging Vic along the way.

"Karen, help!" Jade screamed as she was being chased by Gar.

Karen sighed. It was clear to her that Jade had no clue at all on how to play football. She then glared at the football in her hand and at her friend.

Karen ignored Jade's cry for help and instead chose to make touchdown.

The game was beginning to come to a close and so far both Vic and Karen's teams were tied with twenty points each.

The game was beginning to become a lot more smooth for the girls once Karen realized that Jade was a horrible player. She was the weakest link so Karen kept the ball passing between herself and Kori. It was a plan that had gotten them as far as it did and it was going to win them the game.

But the boys had finally caught on and were planning to win the game.

"Okay you guys, this is it," Vic said strongly. "This is our last chance to win. So, did you guys remember the game plan?"

Wally and Gar nodded.

"Good," Vic grinned and clapped his hands. "Let's play some football."

Vic, Wally, Gar, Karen, Kori and Jade all got into their rightful positions. The hike was counted and the ball was tossed into Karen's hands. Karen began to run backwards, the ball held tightly in her hands as she got ready to toss the ball to Kori. Karen looked at Kori and her eyes went wide.

Both Wally and Gar had Kori completely bound. They were holding her arms and had their free arms around her waist to make sure she wouldn't escape.

Karen then saw Vic. He was charging at her with a fierce expression on his face.

Karen then saw Jade.

Jade was jumping up and down and waving her arms. Karen knew that she had played badly for the entire game but Jade looked determined.

Everything seemed to go in slow motion in Karen's eyes as she looked at Wally, Kori, Gar, Vic and Jade,

Jade was the only chance for the girl's team to win.

Karen threw the ball towards Jade just as Vic tackled her to the ground. Wally, Kori and Gar watched as the ball flew in the air.

The football landed in Jade's hands.

Jade stood frozen in shock. "I caught it...," she murmured. "I caught it!"

"Run, Jade!" Karen shouted as she struggled to contain Vic.

Jade quickly did as she told and ran to the touchdown area for the girl's team. She threw the ball on the ground and jumped in the air, consumed in bliss.

"We won! We won!" Jade cheered as Kori and Karen joined her. They all began to cheer as the boys approached them.

"Not us," interrupted Vic. "We won!"

"Yeah, Jade was ten feet away from the pole." Wally added in.

"Oh come on, like that actually matters!" Karen rebutted.

"Yeah, what's really important is that the hot girl chose me over you!" Gar said joyously as he mocked Wally.

"Umm... guys," Kori began timidly. The others all looked at her. "If Jade didn't technically score doesn't that mean that the game is still going on?"

All eyes went on the football laying on the ground.

Vic and Karen made a jump for the ball and grabbed it at the same time.

"Let go!"

"No, you let go," Karen yelled as she held on tighter to the ball. "I'm a little woman!"

The two continued to struggled for the ball while the others watched on.

Jade looked at the others and looked at the couple on the ground. "You guys wanna go and get some ice cream?"

"Sure, why not." replied Kori with a shrug.

"I'm in." Gar said quickly.

"Me too." Wally said as he followed the three, leaving Vic and Karen struggling for the ball on the ground.

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