BGuate224 came up with a great idea of asking you guys to post fan letters...I might do that next time they have to read fan letters again. But that's going to be a long time and I need them to go to the other dimension! At this rate, they'll never go!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans
If you're wondering if I forgot or anything, there's no Teen Titans Dimension part in this :-)
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Previously:
"Great," Rachel said when she finished the letter. "All these people say is that we look good together."
"Uh...same here," Richard said and Rachel noticed a red tinge on his cheeks. There was a similar tint of red on Kori's cheeks too. Rachel hoped she didn't look anything like them as well...didn't you read the letter!? It was quiet after that for a moment where all four of them seemed to be a bit pink with embarrassment and uh...stuff from the letters they read. Vic didn't notice as he was too busy sorting out the fan letters. But he did notice the sudden quietness.
"Right, y'all, what's got you so quiet?" Vic asked as he turned around.
"Nothing," they all said simultaneously and rapidly grabbed letters and started reading them to avoid any questions from Vic.
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Parents embarrass you, right? All the time, in front of your crushes or your friends or somebody famous...the fan letters were no different (expect they're paper).
Richard, Kori, Rachel and Gar found two different trends in their fan letters. The first trend was when the fans wrote that they should get together and Rachel often said that she 'couldn't believe people were already shipping' as they were only in the first few episodes (on Teen Titans). The second trend was the complete opposite- telling them that they should not be together. Kori and Richard discovered their one first:
To: Robin and Starfire
I don't get you guys! What the heck do you see in her, Robin!?! I mean really!? She's just some freaky alien girl from outer space and she sooooooooooo doesn't deserve you! Raven does! Robin, just go to Raven and KISS HER! Are you blind or something? Can't you tell she loves you? Now stop being so thick and start listening to my advice!
From
Judith Jones
As you probably guessed, this wasn't a very flattering letter for Kori who would've ripped it in half if Richard wasn't holding it as well.
"Look," Richard said, pointing at the words on the paper. "This person seriously hates Kori and thinks me and Rachel should be together!"
"What!"
"What?!"
"WHAT!?"
"I know!" Richard exclaimed. "These people keep...err...what's that word? Shipping...? Yeah, that's it." Richard threw the letter in the 'shred later' pile.
"Dude, that person is crazy!" Gar said. "What's her name!?"
"I think it was Judith Bones or something like that," Richard said, struggling to remember. Gar's eyes narrowed and Rachel noticed he seemed really angry over a pairing which didn't even involve him. It went the same with Kori as well as Richard noticed.
"Right...I'm so going to get that boy..." Gar said.
"Gar, Judith's a girls' name," Vic pointed out. Gar blinked out of his angry mood.
"Uh...it is? Oh well, that girl is so gonna get it..."
"Gar, it doesn't really matter," Rachel decided to finally say. "It's just people's opinions. Though, I think it is kind of pointless asking people to get together. Why would we listen to them?" Of course, what Rachel said was probably the right thing but maybe in their situations they should listen to them. No one said much after that but that didn't mean they weren't thinking deeply. So deeply that they only skim read (which they weren't supposed to do, oh well) through the fan letters and didn't notice the ones which protested different pairings.
Vic was the only one who wasn't in deep thought but instead, deep boredom.
"Kori's...Rachel's...Rachel's...Rachel and Gar's...Richard's...Richard and Rachel's...Richard and Kori's..." Vic droned as he threw different fan letters into the correct piles.
When he was about to faint from boredom, Vic was wondering how much time did they have left. So, Vic checked the clock on the wall and figured out the amount of time left in seconds. Thirty-minutes left! Thirty-four minutes to be more accurate but accuracy wasn't what was needed-instead, speed.
"Y'all, are you guys sleeping with your eyes open or something!?" Vic yelled. Kori and Gar jumped when Vic yelled and Rachel and Richard were brought out of their thoughts.
"No, why?" Gar asked him.
"You people have thirty minutes to read all of these letters!" Vic explained frantically and showed the huge pile of letters Vic had sorted out. Gar checked the analogue clock.
"Actually, we have thirty-four-"
The other four glared at Gar who shut up immediately.
Thinking was out of question when the five of them got to work with their assigned tasks. The original Robin and Starfire and Raven and Beast Boy piles were finished but Vic loaded them with more of those from the bigger pile mountain. They only skim read and also crunched up the unread letters' paper slightly to deceive the Principal and make him think they had read the letters thoroughly. The 'read' piles and 'shred' piles were increasing three times as faster than before and they were finishing a lot of letters.
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"We have five minutes left!" Vic announced. They all looked at how many letters they had left to pursue.
"We can't finish all of that in five minutes!" Gar squeaked.
"Let's hide it then!" Vic said.
"Where?" Richard asked.
"Watch!" Vic scooped up a huge mound of unread fan letters and went over to the storage room which happened to be in the classroom. He opened it and practically threw his cargo in and shut the door. Exchanging impressed glances, the others did the same but with less fan letters (as Vic was stronger than them). They quickly packed all of the letters in the storage room but it was a tight, tight fit. So tight that the door wouldn't close properly.
"It's not closing!" Richard said, stating the obvious. Vic, Gar, Rachel, Kori and Richard had push against the door really hard. The letters were getting squished in the process. Just a little more push...a little more...a bit more...and...yes! The door was shut and closed so no fan letters could escape. Kori checked the clock as she sighed with relief.
"Just in time!" she said. "We're off fan-letter reading duty!" The three boys cheered.
"Let's go before the Principal can get us," Vic said.
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The five of them had exited the school and had avoided the Principal's eyes with success. They were now travelling in Vic's car despite the fact they could simply walk to their houses. All the reading and tidying up certainly affected each of their energy levels. Though, they all did have enough energy to talk.
"So what are you guys doing today?" Vic asked his friends. Gar was in shotgun (after a bit of begging) and Rachel, Kori and Richard were seated at the back in that order.
"I'm going to a bit of reading," Rachel said. "Maybe do some homework too."
"Rachel, why can't we go somewhere today?" Kori asked her friend. "Perhaps meet up with Karen, Kole and the other girls."
"You'll make me go to the Hair salon thing again."
"Wait...you actually got Rachel to go to the Hair salon with you!?" Gar said incredulously. Kori nodded. "Whoa dude..."
"I didn't like it at all if you're thinking I did," Rachel said to Gar though she was half-lying. "Why don't we meet up at the park Cafe?" Kori agreed to this compromise.
"At 12 then," Kori said. "For lunch."
"Gar, is it okay not having the tutoring sessions tonight?" Rachel asked Gar who nodded.
"Hey, aren't we invited to his meeting thing?" Richard asked playfully. Kori giggled.
"No, you aren't a girl..." Kori replied.
"Or is he?" Gar said mysteriously.
"I'd laugh if he really was a girl." Vic chuckled.
"Who knows? Maybe he is," Gar said.
"I'm not a girl!" Richard protested. "Do I look like one?" Gar looked over at him.
"I dunno. You could be wearing a face mask right now," Gar said. Richard grumbled to himself, annoyed by the teasing. "Since the girls are doing something, what are we gonna do?" Vic shrugged and put his foot on the brake when he came across a red light.
"No idea man. I'm might just stay at home," Vic said.
"You guys can shoot some hoops round my house if you want," Richard suggested despite the fact Gar had been teasing him being a girl when he was most definitely not (hopefully). Both Gar and Vic were happy about that proposal.
"Should we ask the other guys to come too?" Gar asked.
"I'll text them," Richard agreed. "At 1pm."
"All right! My team's so gonna win," Vic said smugly.
"What makes you so sure?"
"Cos I'm in it!" Vic and Gar started bickering about who was going to win the basketball match while Richard watched with amusement and the girls exchanged glances. The first stop was at Rachel's, then Kori's, then Gar's, then Richard's and lastly but not least, Vic's stop. At least their Saturday wasn't going to be as bad as they thought.
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Rachel's home was empty when she arrived and that's just how she liked it: silence. She planned to continue reading her book despite she already did read a lot today. But Rachel couldn't just wait to see what happened to Elizabeth and whether she survived in her novel. Rachel walked up the stairs and entered her dark coloured and furnished room. She grabbed her book from her bedside table and opened it from the last page she read. However, she stopped reading after the first few lines and slammed the book shut.
She was thinking about a certain someone.
She didn't know she felt different about him than any other guy. He was a perfectly normal person if you disregarded the green hair. She was surprised she didn't hate him because of how immature he was...but sometimes, he could really be serious and mature. And she liked that about him...
Most people would say Garfield Logan wasn't her type. And they were right. He wasn't...Rachel thought if she ever loved anybody, it'd be something with the same preferences as her (i.e. Likes to read) but Gar was almost exactly the opposite. But yet, she had feelings for him and she had admitted it to Kori. But why did Rachel like him?
She remembered the time when they were younger, 2nd Grade, when Rachel was being teased by the other kids about being different and reading 'hard' books. Gar had stuck up for her and told the bullies to 'push off'. She remember her kid self thinking that was so heroic. Rachel chuckled to herself. She started thinking about the time when Gar's first girlfriend broke up with him and moved away...
Flashback:
Gar stared up at the black, velvet sky with the moon embroidered in, giving off sufficient light. Gar sighed deeply and continually thought about the events of that day. He still couldn't believe it...he could remember her hateful eyes just like if he had saw them mere moments ago. Gar's heart was broken (not literally) and he had thought it could never heal. Silence adhered to the air until someone spoke.
"Gar," a feminine voice spoke. Gar, surprised, turned around to see who had uttered his name. It was Rachel.
"Rachel," he said which confirmed that he knew Rachel was there.
"How are you?" she asked softly as she walked up to his side.
"I feel great. My girlfriend dumped me, told me that she hated me and left." Gar said sarcastically.
"You'll get over her," Rachel said after a few minutes.
"I doubt it," Gar said sharply and looked up at the moon again. It shone brightly and was extremely beautiful but Gar's horrible mood did not change.
"Gar...I know how it feels like," Rachel said quietly.
"How?" Gar asked, looking at Rachel's pale but beautiful face.
"I've had past experiences," Rachel said. "I didn't think I'd get over it ever but I did. I dealt with the fact that it happened and that no one can change it. That's life."
"Life sucks," Gar commented.
"You say that now. Life sometimes has good things to throw at you, though," Rachel said wisely. "Don't worry Gar. Your heart will be fixed soon..."
"I never really got the broken heart thing," Gar said. "If your heart's broken, doesn't it mean you're dead?" Rachel chuckled.
"Me either, but I was trying to make you feel better. And be a bit corny," Rachel said. Gar laughed slightly and Rachel smiled. Gar seemed to be 'healing' a bit already. They both stared up at the twinkling stars for a while, savouring their moment together. After a while, Gar spoke.
"Thanks for coming Rachel. It was really nice of you," Gar said gratefully.
"Anything for a friend." Rachel replied with a smile.
End Flashback
The reason why Rachel was suddenly thinking about her relationship with Gar was because of the fan letters. Their fans were continually saying for 'Raven and Beast Boy' to get together and that they were perfect for each other, opposites attract etc. Rachel had a scary thought about them being right for once. So, she had decided to think the idea of her and Gar together through. She didn't know how complicated it was, just simply thinking about potential love.
"I need some herbal tea," Rachel decided to herself as Tea usually helped her think, and it tasted quite good in her opinion. She got up and went downstairs.
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"How bad were the fan letters?"
"Bad,"
"I'm guessing you didn't like it at all?"
"No,"
This was Bruce and Richard's (short) conversation. And it was very short because Richard was already climbing up the grand stairs to go to his room. Bruce decided not to call at him as when he usually left a conversation abruptly, he was in a bad mood. Alfred had knowledge of Richard's behaviour and what his mood was when he did something like this.
"I'm guessing he didn't like reading fan mail?" Alfred asked Bruce. Bruce sighed.
"Seems like it."
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As soon as Richard made it to his room, he flopped onto his bed with such as a force, it creaked. His eyes focused on the blue ceiling as his mind swarmed with thoughts. The stuff he read in the fan letters either encouraged him and Kori to get together while the others said they shouldn't (and there were a couple with girls saying he should be with them but let's forget about that now). Richard was thinking about Kori. How beautiful she was her flawless skin, her green emerald eyes and yet she wasn't all stuck-up. She was kind to everybody and was very optimistic and Richard often thought he did not deserve her.
Why would Kori possibly like him? Gar, Vic, Karen, Rachel and loads of other people tried to convince to admit his feelings to Kori but whenever he tried he just started talking about something else. He had seen Gar and Vic facepalm when they heard him chicken out. Why was it so hard to tell a girl you liked her? Stupid hormones...Richard thought in his head angrily. If he didn't tell her soon, then she'd probably go out with the many other guys who roamed the corridors of Jump City High. And he would hate that. He'd probably beat the guy up out of jealously if he didn't control himself.
Richard's thoughts continued as he silently lied down on the bed. He had no idea of the time so he looked at his watch. 11:40am. He had been thinking for a long time...
"If Kori likes me," Richard announced to himself. "Then something should hit me in the face." Suddenly, his eyesight was blinded with something. In shock, Richard yelped and snatched the piece of paper off his face. Wow...great timing...probably just a coincidence...Richard thought to himself. He looked at the piece of paper in his hand and read what was on it, absentminded. It was a number. Someone's phone number.
325-7583045
Richard frowned. Why did someone just send him a phone number? But then he realised when loads more pieces of paper came tumbling through the window and on his bed or his clothes. They were pouring in at an alarming rate and Richard was trying to get the paper out of his eyes. He struggled through the storm of phone numbers and grabbed a random number. 325-8402332 it read. It was on pink, flowery paper. Richard concluded this was from a girl.
"Oh no!" Richard moaned. "It's those fan girls..." The paper continued to thrash at him violently and he was even finding it difficult to walk against the force of the violent sheets of dead tree. He was going to get the bottom of this. Where was the paper coming from? Richard tried to observe where the paper was being pumped out but no avail. The pieces of paper harbouring girls' phone numbers were blocking his view. Some even tried to poke him in the eye. Good thing his eyes were half closed. He took large steps to get to his balcony door quickly but which unfortunately a large distance away. Darn my room being so big...Richard cursed in his head.
Finally, his hands grasped the cool, metal door handle and he opened the door and was invited by fresh air. He took a deep breath and sighed contently, glad he could finally breathe.
"Wow, he's so cute when he breathes..." a feminine voice said. Richard's eyes widened and he sharply turned his head to face his right. To his shock, there was a huge portable fan (which Richard recognised as his) and it was pointing upwards slightly, into his bedroom and through the window. Huge sacks of what Richard guessed, phone numbers, were nearby and two giggling girls were sitting, crouched, beside the sacks.
"What are you doing here!?" Richard shouted at the girls immediately. They were unfazed by his bad mood, in fact, they giggled even more. He was not in the mood for this. He was in the mood for thinking about Kori.
"We snuck into your house and came up here!" one of the girls giggled.
"How!?" Richard barked. Why would Alfred let them in? "The front door?"
"Oh no!" the other girl said, shaking her head. "We climbed up."
"You...climbed up the wall!?" Richard gasped incredously. These girls were more dedicated than he had first thought.
"Yep," the first girl who had spoken said. "It wasn't too hard. We only fell down three times." Richard didn't notice any scars and bruises on them however. He guessed they stole his fan from his room. He was starting to feel a bit bad for yelling at them now...still very annoyed but felt a bit bad. They tried really hard...
"Well, why are you fanning phone numbers into my bedroom?" Richard asked.
"Duh, because girls asked us too! They paid us to shove all their phone numbers into your room," the other girl answered. Oh. He didn't feel bad now. What people did for money...
"Well, what was the point of that?! I'm never gonna call any of them!"
"A text would've been good!"
"Urgh..." Richard facepalmed. "Look, just leave my balcony..."
"Awww...." the girl said. "I want to stare at you longer! You're so cute!" Richard growled, annoyed. He had heard enough of that via fan letters...
"Just...leave..." Richard pointed out the balcony door. "Or, you can go that way if you want!" he indicated the wall downwards.
"We'll go...just take these!" one of the girls threw Richard the sacks and he almost fell over with the weight. "And this." Another small piece of paper was placed on top of his head and Richard deadpanned.
"Who's number is that?" he asked wearily.
"Mary-Sue's," the girls both answered in unison. "Bye, Robin!" they walked out the door. Irritated, Richard dropped the sacks of phone numbers on the floor. He waited for a few seconds before saying:
"Don't look through my drawers!" Richard yelled at them. There was a sad sigh and then the satisfying shut of his door. Richard walked back into his room and left the sack of phone numbers behind. He glanced at the mess of paper and couldn't be bothered to clean it up. He simply flung himself on the bed, despite the paper, and decided to forget that the girls could just look around his house if they wished to. Alfred would catch them...
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"Master Richard! Master Richard!"
Continuous knocks hammered on his door before Richard had the energy to say 'The door's open'. Richard sat up and rubbed his eyes, realising he had taken a short nap. Alfred stood at the door.
"It's time for lunch, Master Richard," Alfred informed him. Richard nodded and stood up. Alfred noticed the scattered pieces of paper all over the room and two sacks in the balcony's doorway.
"Why is your room a mess?" Alfred asked, peering around the room. Richard looked around the room.
"Oh yeah..." Richard said sheepishly. "I forgot to clean it up..." Alfred bent down and picked up the nearest sheet of paper.
"325-6849234?" Alfred questioned.
"Someone's phone number..." Richard told him. Alfred looked at him expectantly, wanting to know more about it.
"Ok fine! Stop giving me that look!" Richard said defensively. "Some girls were using my fan to blow in random girls' phone numbers into my room because people paid them too! I asked them to leave and they did...well I think..." Alfred frowned.
"Right...Master Richard, how can you be so sure they left the mansion?" Alfred asked him. Richard realised.
"Oh shoot...they're probably surfing through my DVDs or something," Richard said, sighing.
"Well Master Richard, should I clean this up?" Alfred asked him. He looked at the sacks far away at the balcony's door. "And get rid of those?"
"No, Alfred I will," Richard said before he could think about what he was saying properly.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah."
"Well, clean after lunch please Master Richard as its getting cold." Richard agreed and walked out of his room with Alfred.
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Kori was the first to arrive at the Park's cafe and got a table for six for all her female friends- herself, Rachel, Kole, Karen, Toni and Jenn. The sun was out but there was a slight chill in the air because it was winter. The cold was soon forgotten when Jenn and Kole arrived.
"Hi Kori," Kole and Jenn greeted as they sat down in their seats.
"Hello, Kole and Jenn," Kori replied happily. "How are you?"
"We're good," Jenn said for both her and Kole. "You?"
"I'm great," Kori said. Kole examined the exterior of the cafe.
"I'm guessing Rachel suggested this place?" Kole asked Kori. She nodded.
"Yes, Rachel always liked places like these. Not too fancy but not too grubby. In the middle," Kori said. She looked out into the distance. "Speaking of Rachel, here she comes now with Karen and Toni." This statement was correct and soon enough, the three said girls had arrived. They exchanged greetings and Toni asked Kori and Rachel how bad reading fan letters was.
"It was worse than you'd think," Rachel answered. "We didn't just read. We cleaned up and deceived the Principal by hiding all the letters in the storage cupboard."
"You cleaned?" Karen said incredously. "How the heck do you do that with letters?"
"We didn't clean the letters themselves; we just had to clear up the avalanche of them. I still can't believe how many there were. Probably more than all the students in the school." Kole was shocked by this.
"Wow...that's a lot!" Kole exclaimed. "Did the Principal make you read all of them?"
"He said at least half," Rachel corrected. "But we didn't have time to. I don't know why we have to read them to be honest, because it wouldn't make any difference."
"Well, I guess the Principal likes torturing students, 'specially you guys," Toni said.
"Oh Karen, how was dinner at your dad's colleague's house?" Kori asked out of interest.
"It was pretty good, we had paella and I got to meet the Spanish Twins."
"Spanish Twins?"
"Yep, they're my dad's colleague's sons. They're really fast; they could beat Wally in a race!" Karen said.
"I'd like to see that," Jenn said. "It'd be a miracle."
"It'll be all over the school: 'Wally West get's beaten by Spanish Twins!" Kole said.
"Ok, I'll ask them," Karen said. There was a slight pause before someone spoke.
"You were serious?" Rachel asked.
"Yup," Karen nodded.
"Wait, how old are they?" Kole asked. "Do they go to our school?"
"Nope, they're twelve years old," Karen answered.
"What!?" Jenn spluttered. "Wally is so going to lose his reputation if he gets beaten by them." The girls agreed and snickered at the idea.
"Should we ask for menus?" Kori asked her friends. She received positive answers for this too so she meekly put up her hand and started calling 'waiter!'
"You're not doing it right," Toni told her after a minute. "This is how you call a waiter." Toni's hand shot up into the air and she yelled at the top of her voice: "WAITER!!!" People nearby (including her friends) had to cover their ears to avoid bursting their ear drums. Toni didn't seem to pay heed to the fact her friends were struggling to protect a vital part of the body get destroyed. A waiter finally noticed that someone needed his assistance and rushed over.
"What would you like?" he asked, a bit flustered by the running.
"Menus, please," Toni answered. The waiter rushed back inside the cafe while the girls exchanged glances. The same waiter came sprinting back with six menus in his hand. He handed them each one of the duplicate menus. After he had regained his breath he started to speak.
"Today's special is the marvellous-"
"TOM! YOU'RE NEEDED HERE!" someone with a loud voice bellowed. Tom the waiter was interrupted in his sentence.
"Coming, sir!" he rushed off for the last time leaving the girls to decide what to order for lunch. Once the menus were opened, Kori, Rachel, Jenn, Kole, Toni and Karen scoured the meal choices printed on the laminated paper.
"What about steak?" Karen suggested.
"Karen, you're turning into Vic," Kole laughed. Much to her surprise, Karen agreed.
"I know, maybe I kiss him too much," Karen joked. Giggles and chuckles were emitted from the group.
"What about pasta?" Kori suggested. Toni and Rachel agreed to that choice.
"Ooh! Look!" Kole said, seemingly to be observing a picture in the menu. "This looks great!" She showed the picture to everyone else. It looked like a slice of meat pie and its appearance was very appetising. All the juices pouring out...
"I'd like a slice of that!" Kori exclaimed.
"Wow, that looks amazing," Toni commented. "I think I'll have some too."
"Na, I'm sticking with steak," Karen said. The other five were taken by the nice look of the meat pie so they decided to order it. Once again, Toni yelled for a waiter to take their order who came after a moment or two. It was Tom again.
"Have you chosen your orders ladies?" asked Tom, whipping out a notepad and a pencil.
"Yep. One medium-rare steak and five of these," Karen pointed to the appealing picture of meat pie on the menu. Tom seemed to recognise it.
"I see, the Teen Titan special? Good choice, good choice," Tom said, noting their orders down. All six of the girls' jaws dropped. Teen Titan SPECIAL!? This was getting bad...really bad.
"Um...I have a question," Kori said politely.
"What is it?" Tom asked.
"What does meat pie have anything to do with the Teen Titans?" Kori asked, trying not to explode.
"It's not any type of meat pie!" Tom exclaimed. "It's a unique one with the most unlikely type of meat!"
"What type of meat is this?" Rachel asked, wanting to make sure they weren't about to eat some mould or anything.
"Ssh! I'm not allowed to tell you!" Tom said, changing to a hushed tone. "But I'll tell you anyway!" The girls, in an attempt to hear Tom, leaned in to try and be as near as possible without feeling uncomfortable.
"The type of meat we use is..." Tom did a slight pause for a supposed dramatic effect, "Robin Bird."
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Uh...sorry for taking a while. School has just started and it's not helping me at all! By the way, I don't know American phone numbers and I researched and they said the three digit number is the area on where you live. I made up the area number. They also said you don't need to put the area number if you live there but...Reviews shall be appreciated! :-)