When We Were Young Chapter 9, a teen titans fanfic

Day 1

It was in the middle of January and a beautiful Monday day. Currently it was 8th period in Jump City High School, meaning that a majority of the freshman students had Mrs. Donavin's life class.

Mrs. Donavin had a wide smile on her face as she spoke to her students. "Okay class, today we will be starting a new project. This new project will hopefully teach you all a thing or two about partnership and responsibility."

"What kind of project will do that, Mrs. Donavin?" asked Karen.

"That's a good question, Karen," said Mrs. Donavin, taking out an egg from an egg carton. She raised the egg up high so that all of her students could see. "You all know what this is correct?"

The class nodded.

"Like, no duh we know what it is," came Kitten's voice in a most vile way. "It's an egg."

"Ah, but from this time to next Monday these eggs will be more than just eggs. They will become your children."

One student began to laugh uncontrollably.

"You can't be serious." came the reply of another student.

"Oh but I am. From now until next Monday you will be paired into marriage groups and will have to look after the egg given to you. It will be your responsibility to keep the egg safe and bring it back by next Monday in one piece... And I have each egg marked so I'll know who broke their egg, which means no switching," Mrs. Donavin announced. She looked around the room for a raised hand, checking to see if any one had a question. When she saw no raised hands she continued. "Alright then, let's get you all into your pairs. First up is... Vic and Jenn."

"Sweet, we're up," Vic said, looking over at Jenn. The two got up and went to the front. Mrs. Donavin handed Vic the egg but once Vic grabbed it he accidently dropped it. "Uh... oops."

"That's quite all right, Vic. You and Jenn can have another one."

Jenn quickly slapped Vic's hand away and took the egg from Mrs. Donavin. "No touching," she growled at him. She didn't want him to drop the egg like he did the first one. "I'll hold on to this."

"Next we have Raven and Wally."

"Aw," Wally murmured. "Isn't Wally Jr. cute?"

"We are not calling our egg Wally Jr." Raven uttered, taking the egg from Wally's hands.

"Okay, Kori and Elliot, come on up."

"I get to work with Kori," shrieked Elliot, a grin on his face. "Oh happy day!"

"Let's promise to do our best okay, Elliot." Kori said, smiling at Elliot, holding the egg given to her gently in her hands.

Elliot felt like melting.

"Next up is Jade and Alain."

"This should be easy." commented Alain, taking the egg from Mrs. Donavin.

"We're sure to pass this." responded Jade, grinning at Alain.

"Karen and Roy, come up please."

"Oh man this is gonna suck." Roy whispered to Karen.

"I'm sure it won't be that bad." Karen whispered back, taking their egg.

"Cindy and Fang."

"Should we give our egg a name?" Cindy asked Fang as they walked back to their seats.

"Call it whatever you want," Fang replied. "I could care less."

Mrs. Donavin continued to call out names and it didn't take her long to reach the last four students. The last four students were Dick, Gar, Kitten and Mandy. Dick took notice of the situation and began to pray. He hoped that he wouldn't get stuck with Kitten on this project. Not that far from him was Kitten, praying that she and Dick would end up as partners.

"Okay, our next couple is Kitten and," Dick began to sweat in fear while Kitten crossed her fingers, hoping that lady luck was on her side. "Gar. Mandy, that means your partner is Dick. Now up, all of you, and come get your egg."

As soon as Mrs. Donavin announced the finale pairs Dick pumped his fist and shouted yes while Kitten's head fell to her desk and she cried no. The two were so caught up in the results that they didn't even bother to go up and collect their egg with their partner.

Gar sat next to Kitten and held up the egg for her to see. "What do you think? Pretty cool egg isn't it?"

Kitten narrowed her eyes at him.

Mandy sat by Dick and observed the egg. "Why do I have a bad feeling about this?"

Dick rose a brow at her.

"Okay class, now that you all have your eggs and are partnered up it's up to you to decide how to raise your child. Also, I would like all of you to spend some time with your partner and your egg and report on your partner's skills as a parent. Your reports will then be transformed into one big essay about the project."

"Wait? So we have to act like a real family?" questioned Dick.

"That's the idea," Mrs. Donavin answered. The bell rang and she smiled. "Feel free to decorate your eggs. Class dismissed!"

Day 2

It was Tuesday and Mandy and Cindy were at Kitten's house. They were hanging out in Kitten's pink room with their eggs safely placed on fluffy pillows while they painted their nails.

"So...," Kitten began the conversation. "How's everything with you and Dick, Mandy?"

Mandy shrugged indifferently. "It's only been a day so I can't say exactly."

"Oh... I see," Kitten turned to Cindy. "What about you, Cindy? Are you and Fang getting along?"

"Well, he said he didn't want anything to do with this project but I think I can change his mind and get him to help."

Kitten stood up, abruptly, glaring at Cindy. "You slut! You're after my boyfriend!"

"Back off, Kitten," demanded Mandy angrily. "Leave Cindy alone. She's not after your boyfriend."

Kitten turned her fury on Mandy. "You're a slut too! You're after Dick even though you know I've had a crush on him since like, forever!"

"Kitten, please," begged Cindy. "We're your friends. We wouldn't do anything to hurt you."

"I would." muttered Mandy quietly.

"It's not our fault that we got stuck working with Dick and Fang."

"I don't believe you. I think you two are out to steal my men."

"Your men? Oh please, Kitten," responded Mandy, rolling her eyes. "The only man you have is Fang and you can barely hold on to him."

"Girls please," Cindy begged. "Let's not fight. We're supposed to be like Josie and the Pussy Cat Dolls and the Powerpuff Girls. We're friends!"

"Well clearly our friendship doesn't mean anything to, Kitten," came the bitter response from Mandy. She picked up her coat and her egg and walked to the door. "See you guys later."

The door slammed behind Mandy and silence took her place.

Cindy grabbed her coat and her egg. Looking the other way she bit her lip. "I'll... see you later, Kitten."

The door shut behind Cindy and Kitten crossed her arms.

"You know what, I don't need you two! To hell with you bitches! Man stealing whores!" Kitten plopped herself on her bed and screamed into her pillow.

That's when she heard her bedroom door creak open.

Kitten immediately rose and smiled. "I knew you two would come back. I'm-... What are you doing here?"

Gar chuckled sheepishly at Kitten's glare. She gave him the creeps sometimes. "I came to get our egg. Your dad et me in."

"Oh right," Kitten grabbed the egg and tossed it to Gar. "Here. Take it."

Gar screamed as he quickly moved to catch the falling egg, barely catching it in time. He glared at Kitten while holding the egg protectively. "You know, if you want to pass this project you're going to have to be more careful with our egg."

Kitten rolled her eyes. "Like I care about this project. Now get out of my room. I want to take a nap."

Day 3

Dick felt his eyes getting heavy as he listened to Mandy talk about the fight she had with Kitten. He wasn't really listening, just nodding his head to whatever she was saying. Dick really wished he didn't have to spend time with Mandy, but he had no choice, project rules were there for a reason.

"And so I just stormed out of there," Mandy said, still clearly agitated over yesterday's events. "Kitten had absolutely no right to talk to me and Cindy like that. Do you and your friends ever get like that?"

"Uh-huh."

Mandy stood up abruptly, glaring down at Dick. "You're a jerk, you know that!"

"Uh-huh."

Mandy groaned and walked away, leaving the egg with Dick. She was too angry to deal with infuriating people.

Unknown to Mandy, Dick didn't even realize that she left. He was still nodding his head and muttering "Uh-huh."

Cindy smiled at her accomplishment. She had just finished decorating the egg given to her by Mrs. Donavin. It was painted a light shade of blue on the bottom with a black stripe running across it. She drew big blue eyes and used yellow glitter on the top for hair. She showed her work to Fang who was sitting on the couch right besides her.

"What do you think?"

"It looks okay." Fang hadn't even bothered to look. He was too absorbed with watching the tv in Cindy's living room.

"You didn't even look. Come on, Fang. Can't you--"

"Would you mind getting me another soda," he cut her off. "I like having something to drink when I'm watching tv."

"Sure," Cindy muttered, getting up and walking to the kitchen. Fang was treating her more like a maid than his partner. Regardless of his treatment towards her Cindy got him a can of soda. She handed it to him and waited until she couldn't wait no more. "Fang--"

"What is it now?"

"I was thinking maybe we could... talk... or something. Maybe we can--"

"Oh man would you shut up! All you do is nag! You sound like an old lady," Fang snapped. "Now be a good girl and go wash the dishes or something. How about making me something to eat while you're at it."

"Well maybe if you helped take care of the egg we have I wouldn't nag so much!" Cindy shouted, storming off to the kitchen.

Day 4

It was the fourth day of the egg project and Roy looked down at his phone, debating whether to pick it up or not.

Roy was getting suspicious. Ever since this egg project began Jade and Alain had been spending a lot of time together. Jade never seemed to have time for him because she had to go meet up with Alain and do something with their egg.

It wasn't that he didn't trust his best friend and his girlfriend, it's just that the little guy dressed in red perched on his shoulder didn't trust them.

Perhaps it was the coffee he drank or the little amount of sleep catching up with him, but Roy could have sworn that a miniature version of him sat on both of his shoulders. One was dressed in white, which was an angel version of him, and the other was dressed in red, which was the devil version of him.

At first he listened to the good guy in white but the one dressed in red wouldn't stop poking at him. The one in red kept telling him of all of the possible things Jade could be doing with Alain, when she should be here with him instead.

Roy was going insane.

He had to call. Now.

Quickly grabbing the phone he called Alain. It didn't take long for Alain to answer the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Alain. It's me Roy."

"Oh, hey. What's up?"

"Nothing much. I was wondering if you wanted to hang out."

"Sorry but I can't. Jade and I are making a case to protect our egg out of an egg carton."

"Oh... so, Jade is there with you..."

"Yeah, she's a great partner. With her by my side I'm sure to get a good grade for this stupid project."

"Yeah... well... your hair is stupid."

With that being said Roy turned off the phone and crossed his arms, leaving a shocked Alain on the other line. That's when Roy heard the doorbell ring. He got up to see who it was. When he opened the door Karen was standing on the other side.

"It's your turn to watch the egg." she said.

"I'm busy right now," claimed Roy, when in reality he had nothing to do. "Can't you watch it?"

"No. I have to go to the mall."

"Can't you go to the mall some other time?"

"Listen, Roy. Ever since this project began I've been I've been doing all of the work," pointed out Karen while she glared at Roy. "It' time for you to take some responsibility and watch our egg!"

"Yeah, well, I didn't even want to have this egg with you! You take it!"

Karen grabbed Roy by his shirt collar and shook him. "You are taking care of this egg whether you like it or not!"

Roy was so afraid of Karen at the moment he quickly nodded his head and took the egg from her hand. Karen released him and walked away.

Roy muttered something under his breath and shut the door. He looked down at the egg and shrugged his shoulders. Going over to the couch he tossed the egg on a throw pillow, grabbed the remote and began flicking through the channels.

To be continued...

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