When We Were Young Chapter 13, a teen titans fanfic

Jenn groaned in annoyance, not at all pleased with her current situation.

Today, she was supposed to hang out with Jade. The two had planned to have a mini movie marathon about a week ago, just the two of them. It was something that Jenn had been looking forward to, she was ecstatic.

But then sudden new rained on her parade.

Jade had cancelled.

Roy had asked her to do his date to an art show. All of the big-shot company owners were going to be there. Bruce Wayne, Myan Anders, Oliver Queen... The list goes on and on. As it turns out, those business tycoons had decided to bring along their offspring and wards. Dick, Kori and Roy had all been roped into going. But Roy, who refused to go without a date, had begged Ollie if he could bring Jade along.

Ollie caved and sent Jade an invite, leaving Jenn all by herself. Well, not completely by herself...

Having nothing better to do Wally and Alain had decided to tag along to Jenn's trip to the mall.

Currently, the three of them were standing in the middle of the mall, by the fountain. Wally and Alain were in a dispute on what they should do.

Jenn frowned. She would have preferred anyone's company at the moment besides these two morons. Unfortunately for her everyone was busy. Dick, Kori, Roy and Jade were all at the art show. Karen and Raven were babysitting. Gar was volunteering at the animal shelter, and Vic was at home sick.

"Figures I get stuck with twinkle toes and princess." Jenn muttered, crossing her arms.

"Did you just say something?" Wally asked. He could have sworn her heard her call him a name.

"Did you just call me princess?" Alain inquired. Jenn could tell by the tone of his voice that he didn't like her choice of word.

She sighed, frustrated. "Okay you two, I am tired of this bullshit. Now either we can go see a movie, or we can go to the food court. Just hurry up and decide. I'm not going to stand here all day."

Someone chuckled. "Still as feisty as ever. And just as bossy too."

Jenn blinked in surprise. That voice sounded so familiar. She spun around, a look of surprise on her face. "Ethan?"

"In the flesh," said a tall, handsome boy with slick black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing blue slacks, a white button-up shirt, and a black tie. "Haven't seen you in awhile, Jenn. How's it going?"

"Dandy," replied Jenn, voice leaking with sarcasm. She smirked. "I like the uniform."

"Now is that an insult of a compliment? I could never tell with you."

Jenn giggled.

Wally stepped in between the two, looking at Ethan, who was bigger than him with a lot more tone, and then at Jenn. He jabbed a thumb at Ethan's direction. "Who's he?"

"Don't point, it's rude," Jenn scolded, slapping Wally's hand. "Wally, this is Ethan. Ethan is an old friend of mines and Jade's. He and Jade actually went out for awhile back in middle school."

"Nice to meet you." Alain greeted with a small wave.

"What's with the uniform? You some kind of nerd?" Wally inquired, raising a brow. Alain yanked him away by the collar of his shirt, causing him to whimper in pain.

"I go to Jump City Academy. Uniform is required."

"Isn't that school private?" Alain asked, his arm around Wally's neck in a headlock. He was trying to get the red-head to stay still.

"Yeah. My parents are pretty strict when it comes to education," Ethan glanced at Jenn. "So, how come you're not with Jade right now? You two are usually together, like, all the time."

"She's with her new boyfriend." Jenn clapped a hand over her mouth, noticing her slip up.

"Jade moved on? Wow, that's um... great. I'm really happy for her."

Jenn decided to change the subject before the situation got any more awkward than it already was. "Hey, Ethan, what are you doing in the mall by yourself?"

"Oh, I was just gonna go check out the new skate boards. Maybe grab something to eat too," Ethan smiled at Jenn. "Wanna come with?"

"Right now?"

"Sure, why not?"

"Well... okay."

"What about us," Wally cried at the retreating forms of Ethan and Jenn. Wally narrowed his eyes and turned to Alain. "What just happened?"

"I believe we've just been ditched."

It was a brand new school day and Jenn was by Jade's locker. Jade was telling Jenn about the art show she went to with Roy.

"I really wish you could have come," Jade said. "The whole art thing is really more of your scene than it is mine. I think you would have enjoyed yourself."

"I'm sure I would have but... I had a pretty good time yesterday."

"Oh really, what did you do?"

"I went to the mall with Wally and Alain. Then I saw... Ethan and we hung out." Jenn had rushed through the last part of her sentence and abruptly walked off.

Jade blinked a few times in surprise before following her. "Excuse me but did you say Ethan? As in Ethan from middle school and my ex-boyfriend Ethan?"

"Yeah," Jenn replied, feeling guilty. "That Ethan."

"Wow," Jade tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears. "So, um... how is he?"

"He's great. Still pretty lazy though."

"Oh, speaking of lazy, Roy is staying in tonight so you wanna hang out? We can have our movie marathon."

"That sounds great but..."

"But what," Jade pressed, raising a brow. "Did you already make plans?"

Jenn looked away and nodded. "I have a date."

"Jenn, that's so cool. With who?"

"Uh... Ethan," Jenn answered nervously, not knowing what kind of reaction Jade may have. After all this was her ex-boyfriend they were talking about. She searched Jade's face for any signs of anger. "If you're not okay with this I can always cancel."

"No, no," Jade shook her head and gave her friend a reassuring smile. "It's okay, really. I'm okay with this."

"I am not okay with this!" shouted Jade, furiously. Her fist were clenched and she was glaring at the person in front of her.

"Well you said that you were!" Jenn screamed back, her anger flaring. She was glaring at Jade with just as much wrath.

"Well I lied!"

Roy, Wally and Alain watched the scene before them nervously. What started out as a normal day soon turned rotten.

Roy, Wally, Alain, Jade and Jenn were all hanging out at the mall. They had all decided to go to the food court and eat after Wally kept complaining about how hungry he was. At first everything was peaceful and a lively conversation was going around, but then Alain had asked how things between Jenn and Ethan were going. He was curious since the two had been dating for some time now.

That one question sparked an argument between Jenn and Jade.

Of course Jenn had answered the question, but after she did Jade had mumbled something under her breath. The two girls were sitting next to each other so Jenn had heard what Jade said, and she did not like what she heard. Provoked, Jenn had insulted Jade, which then lead to Jade insulting Jenn and so on and so forth.

"Why are you making such a big deal about this! You have a boyfriend!"

"I know that! But best friends don't date their best friend's ex-boyfriend!"

"Yeah, well, maybe I don't want to be your best friend anymore!"

The others gasped. This wasn't going to end well.

Roy quickly stood up. "Girls, maybe we should just calm down and talk about this."

"No! If Jenn doesn't want to be my friend than fine," Jade snapped, crossing her arms. "Who needs her? Not me, that's for sure!"

"Well I don't need you either!" Jenn bit back, grabbing her things and leaving.

Jade sniffled and blinked her eyes, trying to prevent any tears from falling. She grabbed her things and walked away. "I have to go."

"B-but, Jade..." Roy sighed, not knowing what to say to make her stop. Before he knew it Jade was gone.

"This isn't goo." Wally commented.

"Wow, did you figure that all by yourself Sherlock or did someone hand you a clue?" Alain asked dryly.

Roy sighed. "Worst day at the mall ever."

Mrs. Johnson was the guidance consular of Jump City High School, and currently she had three boys in her office. Three very confused boys who hadn't a clue on how to solve their problem. They were having some trouble with two friends of theirs. Ever since that day at the mall Jenn and Jade hadn't spoken to each other. They avoided each other and wouldn't even make eye contact. It had been a week since their feud began and the boys were sick of their argument.

Roy, Wally and Alain wouldn't tolerate anymore, their only hope was if Mrs. Johnson could help them.

Mrs. Johnson folded her hands. "Have you boys even talked with the girls?"

"We did... and it didn't end well," Roy answered, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. "When we talked to Jade she... hurt us."

Mrs. Johnson rose a brow. "Hurt how?"

"She kicked our as--butts." Wally caught himself at the last second. He didn't want to curse in front of an adult. Especially one that was in staff at his high school and could easily call his uncle Barry and aunt Iris.

"What about when you talked to Jenn?"

"Just as bad." Alain answered. He left it at that, not wanting to embarrass himself, or Roy and Wally, anymore than they already were. Getting beat up by girls was an immense dent to their egos.

"Before I can help you boys, I need to know why the girls were fighting."

"It's all because of that jackas--"

Alain clapped a hand over Roy's mouth. "It all started when Jenn began dating an old friend, and ex-boyfriend of Jade's. His name is Ethan."

"And there wasn't any hostility between them before?"

Wally shrugged. "Not that we know of."

"Hmm...," Mrs. Johnson nodded her head. "Okay, here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to talk with the girls and find out what they are feeling. I think there might be more to this fight than Ethan."

Jade and Jenn sat in Mrs. Johnson's office. Their arms were crossed and they had frowns on their faces. Mrs. Johnson looked at each girl and noticed how they weren't even looking at each other. The boys were right when they said the girls were avoiding each other.

"I'm guessing you two are wondering why you're here." Mrs. Johnson said softly, taking off her glasses. It was time to begin the session, whether they liked it or not.

Jade scoffed. "Five bucks says someone snitched. It was Roy wasn't it?"

"Someone did tell me," Mrs. Johnson admitted. "But I won't tell you who."

Jade and Jenn glanced at each other, then huffed and looked away.

"Why don't we begin with you, Jenn," suggested Mrs. Johnson. "Tell me what's bothering you."

"Jade is what's bothering me," Jenn answered quickly. "She said she was okay with me and Ethan, but she lied."

Mrs. Johnson turned her attention towards Jade. "Jade, why does it bother you that Ethan and Jenn are together?"

"Because he used to be my boyfriend." Jade pointed out.

"But he isn't anymore, now is he? And you have a new boyfriend now."

"True... but still! She shouldn't have done that."

"You said you were okay with it!"

"Again, I lied! Gosh, open up your ears, Jenn."

"Jade, why are you really bothered by Jenn dating Ethan?" Mrs. Johnson asked softly, putting a stop to the girl's fighting.

"Well, because...," Jade sighed. "I don't know. I guess I felt neglected when Jenn started blowing me off to hang out with Ethan."

"Jenn, have you also been feeling neglected?"

"No... maybe," Jenn sighed. "Yes."

"And why is that?"

"Because it used to be me and Jade. Now all of a sudden Roy comes in the picture and it's like I don't even have my best friend anymore."

"That's not true," Jade protested. "You always have me."

"You weren't there for our movie marathon." Jenn reminded.

"Okay, I know that. But Roy needed me."

"Oh please. Roy could have easily gone by himself and met up with Dick and Kori. Or he could have asked someone else, like Karen or Raven. I was looking forward to us having that movie marathon because it would be like the good old days, when it was just us."

"I didn't know you felt that way. Jenn, I'm so sorry."

"I guess I owe you an apology too, since I sorta did the same thing to you with Ethan. I'm sorry, Jade."

"About Ethan, I'm totally okay with you dating him."

"You are?"

Jade nodded.

"You know that's really not necessary. Ethan and I broke up. It felt too weird being a couple."

"Aw, but you two look so cute together," Jade snapped her fingers. "To make you feel better, I suggest we go to the mall. Just the two of us."

"Okay, but answer me one question."

"What?"

Jenn smiled. "Best friends again?"

Jade wrapped Jenn in a hug that could rival Kori's. "Of course."

"Okay, enough with the hugging," Jenn choked out. She was thankful when Jade finally let go. "C'mon, it's still our lunch period. I'll buy you a soda."

The two girls left without even looking back at Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson sighed and pulled out a chocolate bar from her top draw. Some times her job could be really easy.

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