When We Were Young Chapter 16, a teen titans fanfic

"Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap!" Wally muttered under his breath as he ran down the street as fast as he could. He had overslept and was late to school, which was definitely not goo since he had Mr. Immortus first period. This was the punishment he gets for staying up late watching television.

Wally picked up the pace, and almost smiled when his school came into view. He smirked to himself as he put his track skills to good use and ran faster, dashing through the front doors and down the hall. He was late to class, but maybe if he got there soon Mr. Immortus would be lenient towards him. Wally scoffed. Fat chance. Mr. Immortus was never lenient towards anyone. He was a grouchy old man.

Rounding the corner, Wally bumped into someone. That someone just so happened to be a girl. Both him and the girl were sent tumbling towards the floor, papers and books falling to the floor. Wally blinked open his eyes and took in the sight of the girl.

She looked to be about his age and was tall and pretty. She had long blonde hair cascading down her shoulders, and violet eyes. She picked up her glasses and placed them back on her face, muttering something under her breath.

"Oh man, I'm really sorry," Wally apologized, helping the girl pick up her fallen books. "I was rushing to class..."

The girl took one look at Wally and smiled, hearts coming to her eyes. "Oh, no need to apologize. I'm Francis."

"And I'm late," Wally said, helping the girl up and handing her back her books. "See ya, Francis!" Wally hollered as he ran down the hall.

Francis clutched her books to her chest, a dreamy expression on her face. She sighed and made her way to class.

Wally was gloomy come fourth period, his lunch period. Today was just not his day. Because he was late, Mr. Immortus had given him a detention. Then, Mr. Plasmus had given them a pop quiz in living environment class, a quiz that Wally was sure he failed. Then, Mrs. Rosa had made him recite a poem in Spanish class. Wally had made a fool of himself when reciting the poem, having mixed up the words and gotten confused in front of the class.

Now that it was lunch time, Wally should have been happy. Lunch was his favorite part of the day, but he didn't feel happy. Not only did the events of his previous classes weigh him down, but today the cafeteria had run out of dessert. This was the cherry on top of a bad day.

"Cheer up, Wally," comforted Alain, patting Wally's back. "So you've had one bad day. We've all had them."

"Leave me alone!" Wally murmured, hiding his face in his arms.

"Oh stop being a drama queen," said Jenn. "We have more pressing news to tend to besides your whining."

"Oh," Wally looked up, eyes slightly narrowed. "Like what?"

"Like what color I should dye my hair."

"Right, because that's so important." Wally responded sarcastically. Jenn replied to him by giving him the finger, to which Wally replied by flipping his own finger.

"Would you two quite it already," snapped Jade. "You're acting like idiots."

"More like an old married couple." muttered Roy, taking a sip of his soda.

"Hold on just a second, Roy! I do not like him!"

"And I do not like her!"

"I didn't say anything about you two liking each other, I just said you two act like an old married couple!"

The group began to bicker with each other, throwing insults at each other. It wasn't until someone stepped up to their table that they stopped.

"Um... hello. Pardon me!"

The five teens stopped their bickering and turned towards the owner of the voice.

"Hey! I know you," Wally announced. "Francis, right?"

Francis nodded her head. "Hi... I, uh, never got your name before."

"Name is Wally West," Wally turned towards his friends. "These are my friends, Alain, Roy, Jade and She-devil."

Jenn narrowed her eyes at Wally and turned towards the girl. "Ignore him. My name is Jenn."

"It's nice to meet you all."

"So what's up, Francis?" Wally asked curiously.

"Oh," Francis blushed. "When we bumped into each other in the hall this morning, your math book got mixed in with my books." Francis handed said book to Wally. "I just wanted to return it."

"Why? It's not like he uses it." said Jenn. Wally glared at her.

"Well, regardless, I thought I should return it." Francis said softly, her cheeks turning red.

"Hey, Francis, you wanna sit with us?" Alain offered.

"If it's okay with Wally I would love to." Francis answered.

"It's perfectly fine with me." said Wally.

"Great!" Francis immediately took a seat by Wally, smiling at him brightly.

It took only three days for Wally to start dating Francis since their bump in the hall. It didn't come to a shock to anyone that the two started dating. It was obvious from the very beginning that Francis held a torch for Wally. And as for Wally, he found Francis to be a cute girl.

The two were quite comfortable with each other. Francis was so comfortable with Wally, she even started to do thing for him. Just a small token of her affection, she would tell him. And despite Wally repeatedly telling her how much she didn't need to, it didn't stop him from accepting the gifts.

The gift giving all started when Francis baked Wally a cake. She made it herself from scratch, and filled it with love she told him. Wally however, was more focused on the cake rather than her and her words. The next gift was a hand written poem, describing her lover for Wally. Wally however, was more focused on his hand held game rather than her at the time.

It was a continued pattern that only stopped when Francis continued to call Wally repeatedly. At first it was one phone call every few days, then it was one phone call each day. Then that one call turned to two, then three, followed by four and five. Wally however, didn't seem to mind as much. He liked the attention. Francis liked Wally, and he liked her. That was a good relationship in his opinion.

But then his opinion changed one day.

Wally had gone of to play basketball with the guys. It had taken longer than he thought, and after that, him and the guys felt famished. So they all went out for pizza, even inviting the girls to come along. Before he realized it, he had spent almost the entire day with his friends. It was time to head home. As his home came into view, Wally noticed somebody by the front door. As he walked closer, he realized it was his girlfriend.

"Francis," he called out, stepping closer with a raised brow. "What are you doing here?"

"You weren't answering your cell phone, so I thought something was wrong," she answered, stepping closer to him. "I was so worried so I came here to check on you. But you weren't here. Where were you?"

"I was out with some friends," Wally answered indifferently. "No big deal."

"No big deal? No big deal?! I was worried sick about you," Francis shrieked, temper flaring. "You couldn't pick up the phone to call me?!"

"Francis, chill. I don't have to report my every move to you." Wally retorted, not liking her tone of voice.

"I'm your girlfriend! We're supposed to share details with each other!"

"Well if it means that much to you, I'll tell you next time. Can we drop it now?" Wally exasperated.

"Oh, Wally," Francis wrapped the red-head in a hug. "I'm so sorry for yelling. Please forgive me."

Wally, though slightly perplexed by the sudden mood change, hugged her back. Wally considered himself a lover, not a fighter. "It's okay. We were both kind of wrong. You mostly, but whatever."

"Wait a minute," Francis sniffed Wally's shirt and frowned. She pulled away from him, glaring at him from behind her glasses. "Why is there a perfume scent on your shirt? You were with a girl, weren't you? Weren't you?!"

Wally stepped back a bit. "I was. Five girls actually. "But it was just Karen, Jade, Jenn, Raven and Kori. My friends."

"Only friends hmm? Then explain the perfume scent!"

"Kori hugged me. She's friendly like that."

"You mean the tall red head?"

Wally nodded.

Francis frowned. "That girl is way too friendly. I don't trust her."

"Don't you think that you're overreacting?"

"Wally, I love you. I'm allowed to overreact."

Wally's eyes went wide like saucers and he felt as if his lungs weren't getting enough air. He stepped back, scared of the girl who just used the 'L' word on him. "L-lov-ve," Wally stuttered, totally freaked. "How could you love me when we've been dating for such a short time?!"

"I just do, Wallace," she said sweetly, using his full name. "I feel it in my heart. Don't you?"

"Hell no," Wally spluttered. Suddenly this relationship seemed all wrong. He wanted out, and now. "I think we should break up."

Suddenly, Wally felt himself being pushed against the front door. Francis held him in place, with strength he didn't knew she had, and glared at him.

"I don't want to break up with you," she said softly, yet firmly, her eyes vicious. "We can't break up. We can't!"

Wally could only nod. He was afraid that if he said anything else, she would snap at him. and to be honest, Wally was a bit afraid of her at the moment, so much that 'a bit' was an understatement.

"So... we won't break up then," Francis asked, her attitude becoming slightly calm. Wally nodded and she smiled. "Good. Now how about a kiss for your favorite girl."

Wally didn't want to upset her, so he complied with her wish. Only he leaned in to kiss her cheek instead. She noticed and grabbed him by the shoulders, forcing his lips to meet hers. She put a hand behind his head, pulling at his hair, and her other hand pulled at his shirt, bringing him as close as possible. Once she had her fill, Francis pulled away smiling.

"Good night, Wally. I love you." she said sweetly, walking away.

Once she was out of sight Wally quickly ran inside and locked the door behind him, scared that she might come back.

Wally decided to seek out help for the whole Francis situation. Normally, he would have gone to Alain for help, but considering how Alain had never given out breaking up advice before, Wally decided to visit Roy instead. Roy was a pro when it came to breaking up with girls. Currently, the two boys were sitting in Roy's room, discussing the situation.

"And then she went all psycho bitch on me and told me she loved me," Wally confessed frantically. "I tried to break up with her, but she scared the hell outta me! She practically threaten me!"

"Crazy girl huh," Roy rubbed his chin. "I've dealt with their type before. It's easy to get rid of them once you know what group to put them in."

Wally rose a brow. "Group?"

"Yeah. Let me explain," Roy took out a book from his bottom dresser. He opened it up to a random page and showed it to Wally, handing it to Wally. "Before I got with Jade, I was quite the playboy."

"No duh."

Roy ignored the comment. "Anyways, during my playboy days, I learned a few things about different types of girls, and how to group them together. The page you're on now is cheerleader. Now there are different groups to cheerleaders," Roy explained. "You got the bitchy kind, the sluts, some are sweet and others are snobs."

Wally turned the page, nodding in understanding.

"That's your goth type," Roy said when he caught sight of the page. "Their groups include the kind who were shunned from society, are posing this way to get back at their parents, were hurt deeply in the past, or are just plan... dark."

Wally nodded once more, turning to the next page. His eyes went wide. "This page is about crazy girls!"

Roy nodded. "Crazy girls are complicated. Breaking up with them can be even more complicated," Roy took the book, scanning over the page. "Okay, clearly Francis is in the obsessive group. She seems like the kind who would hurt you if a break up was to occur, rather than herself... So that means we have to get her to break up with you."

"How?"

"We trick her of course. But we'll need some help on this one. I'll need Raven, Kori and Jenn to help out with this."

"Thanks, Roy. You're a life saver...," Wally sighed in relief, then he glanced at the book curiously. "Roy... just how did you put a book like that together?"

"I added a few details, but most of the information was put in there by Ollie. He made the book in high school and passed it on to me."

Wally fought not to laugh.

The day for the plan to be put into action finally came, and Wally found himself face to face with Francis. They were at the pizza parlor, sitting across from each other in one of the booths. Wally saw Roy sitting a couple of booths down, and noticed the flash of light from his watch. It was go time.

Wally took both of Francis' hands in his own, smiling sweetly at her. "Francis, I know it's only been a short time since we've been together, but I feel as if I've known you for a life time."

"Oh, Wally, I feel the same way." Francis replied sweetly, smiling at him.

"Now, I know we're young... but, Francis," Wally took out a velvet box from his pocket, opening it for Francis to see. Inside was a gold ring with an oval diamond that was yellow. "Will you, someday, when we're older, become my wife?"

"Oh, Wally," tears sprang to Francis's eyes. "Of course I will!"

"Perfect," Wally took her hands in his once more. "One day we shall be married."

"Not if I have anything to say about it." growled Raven, stepping forward.

"Raven, darling, what are you doing here?" Wally asked, looking nervous. Everything was going according to plan.

"I could ask you the same thing," Raven gulped as she prepared herself for the next word. "Lover."

"Lover," Francis stood up. "There must be some kind of mistake. You see--"

"Wally proposed to me yesterday," said Raven quickly, showing off her gold ring with a pink, heart shaped diamond. "That makes him my lover."

Francis looked at Wally with hurt and anger filled eyes. "Wally, is that true?"

"Yes, but--" Wally was cut off by a new arrival.

"Wally, my darling, there you are," said Kori, stepping up to their booth. "We need to go plan our wedding."

"Wedding," Francis spluttered. She glared at Wally. "You're engaged to her too?!"

"Well..." Wally trailed off, trying not to grin.

"Of course we're engaged," said Kori cheerfully. She showed off her hand which flashed a purple, triangle, diamond set on a gold band. "The ring he gave me is proof."

"I can't believe this..." Francis uttered, running a hand through her hair.

"Well don't," said Jenn as she stepped into view. "It's all lies. Wally isn't marrying Kori or Raven..." Jenn held up her hand. On her finger was a gold band with a blue diamond shaped as a square. "He's engaged to me."

"Now, now, ladies," Wally grinned at them. "There's enough of me to go around. You can all be my wives!"

"Well count me out," Francis replied angrily. "I thought I loved you, Wally... but after this fiasco I've realized you're a complete waist of my time." she picked up her half empty soda cup and threw it at him, staining his shirt with her coke. "I never want to see you again!"

She walked out in a blaze of anger. Once they were sure she was gone, they sighed in relief. The plan had worked.

Roy stepped up to the table, clapping his hands. "Great acting guys. Lovely performance."

"I can't believe she brought that." Raven said, removing the ring from her finger.

"I know," responded Kori. "I thought for sure she would be able to tell the rings were fake. They did come from a gumball machine after all."

It was a new school day. Wally walked the halls with Roy by his side. They noticed Francis walk by, but she didn't even look their way. Wally sighed in relief. After the whole Francis escapade he was ready to take a long vacation from the dating world.

Roy scoffed. "Let's see how long that vacation last."

"Trust me, I'm thinking it'll last for a long... time..." Wally trailed off as he stared at a girl down the hall, but not just any girl. Jenn.

Jenn and Jade walked over to the boys.

"Hey guys," greeted Jade. "You like Jenn's new look?"

Jenn, who's hair was now died pink, shook her head, showing off her locks of hair as if she was in a shampoo commercial. "Honest opinion guys. I like it but--"

"I think it looks great," Wally cut in softly, his voice genuine. "You look beautiful Jenn."

Jenn was taken by surprise by his comment, but regain her composure. "Thanks, Wally."

Jenn and Jade walked away. Wally stared at Jenn with a look of longing in his eyes. Roy noticed and chuckled.

"So much for staying off of girls."

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AND THAT'S HOW WALLY GAINED HIS CRUSH ON JENN.

IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE BOYS IN MY CLASS HAD A BOOK LIKE ROY'S.

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