Disclaimer: I do not own the teen Titans.
Previously:
"How 'bout y'all help?" Vic asked. Richard, Kori and Gar quickly disagreed.
"It might be interesting," Rachel said, much to everyone's surprise. "I never dealt with mechanics before." A smile came onto Vic's face.
"Great! You can come round on Monday and we can work on the 'chine," Vic planned. Rachel nodded. Richard closed the laptop which meant their conversation about Teen Titans was over.
"Should we head back to the others now?" he asked them all. After putting the slow-working laptop away, the five of them trooped out of the room heading for outside.
TT
The half-metal man wiped his brow with a greasy cloth to get rid of oil but it didn't do much help, it only made his forehead dirtier. He happily whistled to himself, a tune which no one else really sang. He was walking down the hallway and was heading for the ops room.
When he got there, he entered and went over to the Kitchen to prepare a meal. It was breakfast time and the sun was blazing in the sky, casting a nice glow through the windows into the Teen Titans' living room. Only Beast Boy was in the ops room much to Cyborg's surprise. Beast Boy never got up early. He was busy tapping away on the computer and the large screen wasn't up so Cyborg couldn't tell what Beast Boy was doing.
"What you doing, BB?" Cyborg asked him cheerfully.
"Something...cool..." answered Beast Boy very vaguely.
"Yeah...care to elaborate?" Cyborg said.
"No," he said, a bit rudely.
"Hmm," Cyborg said, a bit annoyed. He decided to taunt him: "BB get out of the seat if you want some tofu! I'm making bacon and eggs today." The tapping stopped abruptly and Beast Boy jumped out of his seat and ran towards the kitchen.
"Dude, give me the tofu bacon!" Beast Boy ordered and Cyborg handed it to him (with the package still on, Cyborg hated touching tofu). While Beast Boy was busy with the tofu, Cyborg snuck over to the computer to try and find out what Beast Boy was working on. But before he could open the window, Beast Boy threatened Cyborg by saying he was going to throw away the bacon. A fight ensued after that.
TT
Monday Morning
Rachel scrubbed her hands viciously in soapy water often bringing her hands to check on her hands. She continuously put her hands back in and went on cleaning them. She worked more aggressively and was at a point which was so aggressive, it frightened Toni and Karen a little when entered the girls' toilets.
"...Rachel?" Toni asked a bit bewildered. Rachel turned around and noticed her friends had confused expressions on their faces.
"Hi," Rachel greeted.
"What are you doing? Are you afraid of germs?" Karen walked over to her and peered in the sink.
"No, I'm trying to get oil off my hands," Rachel told her.
"Oil?" Toni said.
"Yes,"
"You mean cooking oil?"
"No," Rachel said. "Oil grease."
"Oil grease?" Karen inquired. "How'd you get oil grease on your hands?"
"Well," Rachel started after checking if her hands were free of oil grease yet. They weren't. "I was passing Vic's house today and he yelled at me from the front door to come in and help with the dimension machine. I went into his lab and then I accidentally got oil grease on my hands." Karen and Toni thought about how valid that story sounded.
"Why would Victor have oil grease in his lab?" Toni asked, bemused. Rachel stopped the running tap.
"Ask him. I have no idea." Rachel went off to dry her hands and Karen and Toni followed her unconsciously.
"I didn't think oil grease took so much hassle to get off," Karen pointed out.
"Me either but oh well. Have you seen Gar lately? I need to give him his geography homework," Rachel said.
"No I haven't but why do you have his geography homework?" Toni questioned.
"I was making sure he did it right," Rachel answered. "I'm going to go find him now." Rachel exited the toilets and Karen and Toni exchanged amused glances.
TT
Victor and Gar were both hanging around their lockers with Gar getting a bit panicky and Vic trying to reassure him.
"Now Gar, don't worry! I taught ya all my moves you need to ask her out," Victor said. "And when I say my moves, I mean Rich's. He's the one who used to get the girls."
"I thought he'd forgotten those moves by now," Gar frowned. Vic shrugged.
"Eh, doubt it. Its life skills, you can't forget them." Vic said. Gar nodded but wasn't entirely confident. Gar spotted a fault in the plan.
"Hey Vic, didn't Rich use those moves on those stupid type of girls?" Gar said. Vic didn't hear him; he was too busy noticing someone walking towards them in the distance.
"Quick! Man, there she is! Now, don't mess it up!" Vic turned Gar around when he had a 'Huh?' expression on his face and shoved him forward. Gar took a deep breath before putting on a smirking, flirty smile on his face. He quickly realised Vic was still around and quickly sent him glances which meant he had to go. Vic comprehended them and backed away around the corner. The girl walked towards Gar while holding a couple of geography books in her hand.
"Hey, Rachel," Gar said, smiling his head off. Rachel was a bit taken aback by his behaviour.
"Uh, hey. Here're your books," Rachel held out Gar's geography books. Gar looked at them with distaste but looked at Rachel the complete opposite.
"Who cares about books?" he picked the books up from Rachel's hands and through them far behind him with a little whoosh.
"OW! Yo! Don't throw books at me, man!" yelled an annoyed voice but Gar completely disregarded it. Rachel raised an eyebrow and Gar took a step closer to Rachel. Her expression changed and she felt heat rising to her cheeks.
"You do know those were your geography books?" Rachel said, trying to keep her voice calm and cool. But that task was difficult due to the closeness between her and Gar.
"So what?" he said smoothly. He smirked. "I'd much rather have you." Rachel was in full blushing mode now and felt her knees wobble. What the heck is Gar doing anyway? She thought. He was never like this before! Rachel tried to avoid looking into his sapphire pools he called eyes or averted her eyes away from his attractive smile. He did the complete opposite; he admired her beautiful purple hair and lovely dark eyes, almost amethyst.
"Um..." Rachel couldn't say anything. She couldn't believe such a corny line could make her feel as if she walking on air. They usually worked on those dumb girls who giggled at anything and Rachel certainly wasn't one of the. Gar drew himself closer and closer to her and he was like a magnet while Rachel was the metal-they were attracted to each other. If only his magnet was stronger and faster. Slowly, they came in, Rachel shut her eyes...
"AHH!" Gar lost his balance from leaning on his tip-toes too much and fell onto the tiled floor with a thud. Now, it was embarrassing enough he had fell, face flat on the floor but bringing Rachel with him was even worse. She experienced banging her head on the floor though she didn't land face flat unlike Gar.
"What happened?" Vic exclaimed, rushing from the corner of the corridor. He advanced to his friends who now were being laughed at by pedestrians of the corridor. Rachel got up in a hurry, face flushed. She quickly sorted out any dust off her clothing. Then, she practically ran off but Vic didn't pursue her.
"Gar, get up! Get up!" Vic hissed. He kept moaning but it wasn't about pain.
"HAHAHA!" someone laughed and Vic recognised the laugh.
"Wally! Roy! Why the heck are you guys laughing?" Vic shouted at his friends who ceased their laughter immediately. People moved out of the way so they could be seen by Vic.
"Oh wait Roy! That's Gar!" Wally said, shocked.
"Oh man, the failing flirt is our friend?" Roy said agonised. Other people around them were reduced to giggles but they dispersed while they were at it.
"Failing flirt?" Vic repeated. "What, Gar already has a nickname now?"
"Yup." Wally zoomed over to Gar and inspected him. He knelt down and cupped his ear to hear for Gar's heartbeat. It was a rather inefficient way of doing it but it worked. Wally proceeded to try and get Gar up from the floor.
"Gar, get up dude!" Wally insisted. "You don't want to stay on the floor forever!" Finally, Gar started to talk and replied:
"Yes I do! I totally messed up! And it's Vic's fault!" Gar wailed or at least tried to. It was very difficult to do that under Gar's current placement.
"My fault?" Vic said, bewildered. "How the heck is it my fault? I wasn't the one flirting with Rachel!"
"But you gave me all the advice! You gave me the tips and tricks to get Rachel to go out with me! And it didn't work!" Gar moaned helplessly. Roy gave a big, thoughtful sigh before speaking.
"Gar, it happens. It's life. You'll never always get the girl. Especially in your circumstances-" Vic glared at Roy. "Um...yeah. The girl won't always say yes to you-"
"But I didn't even get to ask her!" Gar said, voice still muffled.
"What? Look, dude get up!" Wally hauled Gar up onto his two feet. "Now, carry on."
"I didn't even get a chance to ask her out! I just lost my balance and fell! How embarrassing is that? Now she'll never go out with me!" Gar groaned voice now clear and coherent.
"Well, why didn't you just simply ask her out?" Roy pointed out. "You should've used the humble guy trick and you should've kept stuttering. Girls love shy guys! Blushing and looking down at your feet would've been even better." Gar blinked at Roy for a moment as if he had said something extremely wise and important.
"Dude, I should've asked you instead of Vic!" Gar glowered at Vic as if it was his fault he was humiliated and had failed to ask Rachel out.
"Hey, hey, it's not my fault man!" Vic defended. "It's Richard's! It's all his tricks and moves he used to use!"
"Emphasis on 'used to'," Wally said. "You can't keep using the same moves for your whole life! It's like fashion. It changes all the time and people like to change with it. So, moves you use on girls change as the girls change." Gar took Wally's words in.
"Y'all acting like you're the kings of getting girls," Vic snorted. Wally and Roy smiled, quite pleased with themselves. "And yet, you guys haven't got girlfriends yet..."
"Hey!" Wally protested. "I-I-I..." Wally would've said he had a girlfriend but then he'd be lying.
"I'm going out with someone! Doesn't that count? And she's my soon to be girlfriend," Roy said with pride. The bell rang which signalled the end of lessons. Gar felt a twisting knot in his stomach when he realised what lesson he had next.
"Oh shoot!" he cursed. "I have history next!" Vic, Wally and Roy looked at him, not understanding what was so bad about history. Gar then elaborated: "I have History with Rachel."
"Ooh..." the guys cringed. "Well good luck with that Gar."
"Oh man, this is so embarrassing..." he mumbled and walked off, looking at his feet. The other three boys felt sympathy for Gar as they headed for their next lessons.
TT
"What did you tell Gar to do?" Kori asked Richard as they were walking to History.
"Well, on Sunday we were talking about Gar's lack of a girlfriend-" Richard couldn't finish his sentence as he and Kori were grabbed by the shoulders and were dragged into a room. They were practically thrown on the chairs with such a force, left them dazed. Once they were alert, they realised they were sitting in the Principal's office and said Principal was sitting at the desk with a business smirk on his face. This meant he had an idea to rake money in for him, cough, for the school.
"What's going on?" Richard asked.
"What's going on young man is that I just came up with a brilliant, magnificent idea!" The Principal declared sounding enthusiastic to get the idea going. Kori and Richard exchanged glances- the Principal getting an idea was certainly not a good thing. If you don't believe that then you must have forgotten about the Teen Titans Comic Con.
"I hope it doesn't include-"
"SILENCE!" The Principal snapped. "Now, I'm sure you both are desperate to know what this idea is about..." the Principal started walking around them, observing them with utmost precision. They followed him with their eyes, a bit scared by his focus on them.
"Before I inform you of my idea, I have some news for you two. Make sure to tell your friends," the Principal said. "You will not be doing the Comic Con this week." Kori and Richard looked at each other with happy smiles. But, their happy smiles disappeared when the Principal continued.
"You will be hosting a talent show."
"Talent show?" Kori and Richard said simultaneously.
"Yes." The Principal said. "You six will be the judges of a Talent show. The talent show winner will perform at the Dance. I've stuck flyers on notice boards so people are informed that auditions are today. Auditions start at 12:10pm. Be there on time." The two of them were very doubtful about the idea and didn't really expect much talent out of a school who were so obsessed with Teen Titans. But you never know.
"Now get to class," the Principal ordered. Obediently they left the class, fearing that they were going to get told off by the teacher and second that the Principal was almost definitely mad and had a very whimsical nature.
TT
With a hasty pace, Richard and Kori squeaked across the floors to try and make it to History class in time. A lot of 'almost falls' occurred during their short marathon and they were both breathless when they opened the door into the History classroom. When they opened the door their hopes of being on time were diminished when they saw the angry look on the History Teacher's face. He was about to bark at the two, but they beat him to it.
"We're sorry we're late, Mr. Mod," they apologised in unison.
"You better be, my duckies! I was just about to retell the wonderful stories of Queen Elizabeth the first! Now sit down and listen!" Kori and Richard were about to go to their normal seats when they realised Gar was already sitting at their desk by himself while Rachel was sitting in her normal desk but without Gar.
"Sit here, Kori!" Gar hissed and pulled Kori down in the spare seat next to him. Baffled, she did so Richard was stuck with the seat next to Rachel.
"What's going on?" Kori and Richard both asked their neighbours while Mr. Mod was talking.
"Well...uh..." Gar said nervously, looking at his fingers with much interest. Kori waited expectantly. "You see...um..." Instead of burbling about nonsense, Rachel spoke much clearer when she answered the same question.
"Before school, I was going to give Gar's books back when he started..." Rachel blushed. "Flirting with me."
"Oh yeah!" Richard said. "Vic and I told him to because we knew how much he liked you." Rachel almost couldn't believe what Richard said but despite her surprise, she continued talking.
"He kind of failed flirting with me so I think he's really embarrassed now," Rachel said, glancing over at Gar who was looking suspiciously embarrassed. Huh.
"Oh shoot...I knew those were the wrong moves..." Richard chastised himself under his breath. He sighed wearily. "What did he do then?"
"He fell over." Richard could not contain himself from snorting out loud.
"Ssh! Mr. Mod might hear you!" Rachel hissed, indicating Mr. Mod who was blurting out facts and opinions about Queen Elizabeth. He didn't notice at all actually which wasn't much of a shock since he hadn't realised half his class were sleeping.
"Really? Never knew Gar was that much of an idiot," Richard sniggered.
"He might hear you!" Rachel snapped. He glanced over at Gar.
"I doubt it." He shrugged. "Too busy mumbling to himself." Indeed Gar was though he was mumbling to Kori instead. They both looked at him to check.
"He's probably telling Kori what happened. Well at least attempting too," Rachel said, stating the obvious.
TT
"It's so embarrassing though!"
"Tell me Gar! You were just about to tell me so finish what you were going to say," Kori said firmly wondering what event had caused Gar to be so embarrassed.
"Well...I was flirting with Rachel and I sorta leaned across to her and I think we were about to kiss but then I fell over and she did too," Gar babbled quickly at high-speed. Kori had her mouth open in surprise. It was a wonder no flies flew in. The reason Kori was so surprised was that if Gar didn't mess up and he successfully asked her out, and Rachel said yes, it would lead her to perhaps telling Gar she liked him more than a friend. And Kori remembered the deal they made...
"Ok. Let's make a deal." Kori started. "When one of us says our true feelings to that person, then the other person has to. Deal?" Kori struck out a hand.
"Deal." Rachel shook it.
Ah shoot. Why did I make that deal again? Kori thought bitterly.
"Uh Kori. You can shut your mouth now..." Gar chuckled nervously. Kori obediently did, not the least bit embarrassed as she was too involved in thinking about what her ears just caught.
"Gar, Gar, Gar..." Kori sighed, not really knowing why she repeated his name three times. "I suppose you have feelings for Rachel?"
"Are you kidding?" Gar said, but not after glancing at Rachel and Richard to check if they were listening. "I've always thought she was so smart and so beautiful...I didn't really think I deserved her."
"Of course you do, Gar!" Kori said in a low tone, without hesitation. "Why wouldn't you deserve her? You're funny, cute and all other things girls like to see in a boy."
"Yeah but there's Goth Kid who probably wants to go out with Rachel..." Gar had an expression on his face which meant he disliked this boy a lot.
"It's not nice to call people names," Kori said. She obviously thought Gar was being mean when he said 'Goth Kid'.
"I'm not. His name is actually Goth Kid!" Gar said, and he sounded a bit surprised himself. Kori blinked with surprise but didn't say anything else about it.
"So you think Rachel would want to go for this guy?" Kori said. Gar nodded, his eyes showing that he was quite upset.
"They have lots of things in common, like they both enjoy going to the library...though; Rachel can't really go anymore." Gar said.
"Oh..." Kori remembered something. "I'll tell you later. Anyway, that doesn't mean Rachel wouldn't like you! In fact, I'm 100% sure Rachel likes you back. You should ask her again..."
"No way!" Gar said a bit loudly. The teacher, Mr. Mod, was too busy babbling about Queen Elizabeth's great deeds which were actually bad deeds. He quietened down a bit. "I'm too embarrassed now, Kori! She'd think I'm a klutz and stupid..."
"No she doesn't!" Kori said but she wasn't entirely sure. Gar sensed this.
"Don't try and make me feel better, Kori," Gar muttered, propping up his head with his hand, elbow on the desk. "Now what were you going to say?"
"Gar I...okay. Well Richard and I were stopped by the Principal and he told us he got a great idea. We don't have to do the Comic Con anymore-" Gar's face lit up, -"but we have to host a talent show." Gar's face turned to frustration and he was probably thinking of ways to kill the Principal again.
TT
Despite the fact they were talking quite loudly, they weren't caught for talking in class as Mr. Mod talked for the entire lesson, non-stop. The bad thing was though he set them homework which was an assignment on what he just talked about today. No one, not even Rachel, had made notes about they had heard so they were kind of stuck when they came across that assignment for homework tonight.
Kori had not managed to make Gar talk to Rachel as he claimed he was much too embarrassed to speak to her now. He sat next to Kori instead of Rachel at lunch and made sure he sat at an angle so he wouldn't be seen easily by her. Rachel had been informed about the Talent Show auditions and that they were meant to be the judges courtesy of Kori. They met up with Vic and Wally who were also told about the Auditions even though Wally wasn't a judge. It didn't matter though as Vic stated that he already knew and was ready to murder the Principal if Gar was ready.
Jenn wasn't too happy about being a judge either and had uttered a few choice words under her breath, probably about the Principal. The large group of friends were now currently talking to each other about the Auditions that were going to take place in five minutes. Due to the fact ten minutes was barely enough time to eat, Kori, Rachel, Richard and Jenn decided they weren't going to eat.
"But you'll be hungry for the rest of lunch time," Toni had pointed out.
"Probably not. I'd be too sick from watching acts," Richard joked.
"C'mon. Eat something! Look, you can share my grapes," Karen pushed some grapes to the middle of the table. The four people who previously weren't about to ingest edible food, pinched a couple of grapes off the stalks. They said a thank you and ate the juicy grapes.
"Ah, we have to go now," Jenn informed her friends. A volcano of groans erupted especially from Vic and Gar who were just about to tuck into their favourite sandwiches.
"Do we have to?" they droned childishly.
"Yes now come on before we get quadruple detention," Rachel said, yanking both Victor and Gar off their chairs with astonishing force. Grudgingly, they followed their friends out of the cafeteria after waving a farewell to the others.
TT
After some walking, the six of them bounded into the hall and noticed its furniture had been rearranged once again. The stage was more easily viewed now than before which the group of friends assumed where people were doing auditions. Tables were laid out a few metres away from the stage which were the student judges were meant to be judging.
"Aha!" a familiar voice declared. The Principal came charging over holding some familiar articles of clothing. Everything else could be guessed from that moment. The Principal ordered them to get changed into the costumes then to sit at the desks as soon as possible. Without hesitation, they hurried off to do what they were ordered and came back, feeling uncomfortable in the cheap costumes.
As they walked to the desks, Jenn observed how big the line was.
"Watching everyone audition is going to take weeks..." Jenn hissed to Rachel who agreed. They sat down in their seats; Gar trying to be as far away from Rachel was possible. The line for the auditions was muddled and messy with some people not even in the queue, just standing next to their friends for support. This made it impossible to tell how many people were actually auditioning. When did they eat lunch? Passed through Gar's mind. Some of them looked relaxed; some looked bored as if they were forced to come here and some were hyperventilating. There was even a person who was mopping up some liquid off the floor...
Perfectly normal, in Jump City High's case.
"Right!" a low, bellowing voice sounded. Everyone knew this was the Principal speaking. "Auditions start now! Number 1, onto the stage please!" After a rumble of whispers, a very nervous looking boy walked up onto the stage. Silence went on from there; all six of them had no idea what to do.
"Ask what his name and age is and what he's going to do!" The Principal hissed into Vic's ear. Victor obediently did what the Principal asked.
"Uh, so what's your name?" Victor asked the boy.
"William." He answered with a high pitched voice. This suggested his voice hadn't broken yet.
"Last name?" Jenn prompted.
"Williams..." he whispered just barely. It would've been difficult to hear if his voice hadn't been amplified by a microphone. Richard's, Gar's, Vic's and Jenn's faces wrinkled, their mouths curving up to smile at the funny name. William recognised their look immediately.
"Hey! Don't laugh! I hate it when people laugh at my name." He mumbled. Kori and Rachel were the only ones who didn't laugh and they glared at the unsaid people who were about to crack up at the rather amusing name. They stopped smirking.
"Right, so what are you going to perform for us?" Victor asked, continuing with the audition.
"Piano," William answered. Only then did the six of them notice he had a Grade 8 Piano book tucked under his arm. They were impressed.
"Go ahead." Victor said, welcoming him to start playing. The Principal folded his arms, approving of what Victor was doing. William nervously walked over to the piano and sat down. He opened the book and placed the book in the built in stand for the grand piano (which also surprised the six as they couldn't remember getting a grand piano). He started playing and in the first few seconds in, Victor, Gar, Rachel, Richard, Kori and Jenn were mesmerised by the music. It was beautifully played, the keys being pressed at the right pressure- hard, soft. The tune was wonderful, the short notes and long notes melded attractively in the piece. The notes ranged greatly, increasing how astonishing the piece sounded like.
All was silent which let the piece take its pride in filling up the empty air. The people who were going to audition were staring, the judges were agape and the Principal could not believe his ears. The piece was dazzling and William wasn't even realising how well his fingers could play. The dynamics and articulation changed frequently which created a stunning effect.
Everyone's lives became worse when the music ceased and no other sound was made. Rachel, Gar, Victor, Jenn, Kori and Richard sat there with impossibly wide eyes and their brains switched off. It was a wonder how they were still breathing. Noiselessly, William got off the seat and walked into view.
"This is the end of my audition," he announced unnecessarily.
"Whoa..." Vic said, speechless.
"What...oh my gosh! That was amazing!" Jenn half-shrieked, ecstatic.
"You are so good at playing piano!" Kori added with much enthusiasm.
"You're through!" Richard announced, standing up and pointing at William.
"What! NO!" the Principal grabbed Richard's shoulders and yanked him down on his seat roughly. "We need to see all other two hundred and eighty one auditions today!" Richard stared at the Principal, right in the eye and he countered with a stare back.
"Are you trying to kill us?" Richard hissed at him, forgetting the fact he was the head of the school and he could be shouted at for using that tone at a teacher. Instead, he simply ignored him and yelled: "NEXT!" William trailed off, his Grade 8 piano book limply grasped in his hands. The next person walked on with fluffy pom-poms, a short skirt, a brightly decorated top and she wore trainers/sneakers. To put things short she was a cheerleader.
"So...what's your name?" Rachel asked, deciding it was her turn to start of the audition.
"Judith Bones," she answered jubilantly. Something clicked in Gar's brain like the inside of a clock, everything moving and turning rapidly.
"You!" Gar declared, standing up and pointing accusingly at Judith Bones. "You're the one who sent us that letter!" Judith Bones was startled and blinked twice, very bemused and bamboozled and bewildered.
"I...I...I don't remember sending a letter!" she squeaked.
"Don't lie to me..." Gar narrowed his eyes. Richard looked at him weirdly.
"What the heck are you doing!" he said in a low voice.
"This is the girl who likes Robin and Raven!" Gar told him. Even though he and Rachel weren't really talking due to Gar embarrassing himself but Gar still liked Rachel in that way and his detest for Robin and Raven stayed alive.
"She is?" Richard said. He glared at her also. "What's your problem!" Judith whimpered.
"Garfield and Richard, what are you doing!" The Principal barked, marching over to Gar and standing beside him.
"I'm telling this girl off, what does it look like I'm doing, hugging a chicken?" Gar answered. Vic started making chicken noises but after receiving 'what the heck' looks, he stopped.
"Why, what has she done wrong?" The Principal asked. Richard and Gar turned the face him.
"Exactly the same question we'd ask you...expect replace the 'she' with an 'I'." Gar added, messing up his potential good comeback.
"You are making no sense Garfield." The Principal stated. A flurry of laughs was emitted by the people in the queue but Judith stayed stationary.
"Don't call me Garfield!" Garfield-sorry, Gar- whined.
"Well, be quiet and let the young lady perform. I don't see why you're getting so worked up about this." The Principal said. Simultaneously, Richard and Gar sat down at the same time, quietly. The girl was quite shaky but she started her audition. She did a series of common cheerleading tricks and poses and it wouldn't have been that bad if the music wasn't present.
It was the Teen Titan's Theme Song!
After a minute of some random poses and moves, all of the judges yelled for Judith to stop.
"I, I'm nervous!" she blurted out in hope that they would take that into consideration.
"Why are you dancing to the Teen Titans theme tune?" asked Kori.
"But...you are the Teen Titans so I thought it would be appropriate to use the Teen Titans theme tune." It took them all a few seconds to remember they were wearing itchy, cheap outfits.
"Oh. Well, still don't. We hate the theme tune." Kori said bluntly. Surprisingly, the Principal didn't seem to care. They were doing their job and he wasn't willing to give them help.
"NEXT!" Jenn shouted. Judith trailed off miserably while someone else took her place. He was smiling a false smile and had a microphone.
"Who are you?" asked Rachel.
"Ben Living," he answered.
"I hope he is," Vic whispered from the corner of his mouth. Gar grinned. Jenn simply raised an eyebrow.
"And what are you going to do for us today?" asked Richard.
"I'm going to perform impressionism." Ben announced. Richard nodded which meant he could start. His voice changed rapidly from low to high and it the voice was very familiar to the judges.
"Hello, my friends! Is it not a wonderful day today?" From the first few milliseconds, everyone recognised this was the voice of Starfire. If the real Starfire was listening to this (Kori is not the real Starfire!), she'd be very offended. Ben executed the words with a ridiculously high voice with somewhat fake, pleasant tone. It was quite disturbing how similar their voices were apart from that the real Starfire's voice didn't sound as annoying. However, the people in the queue loved it, thinking he was imitating Starfire as a tribute.
Ben included more voices such as Raven's voice, Beast Boy's voice, Cyborg's voice and of course Robin's voice. He was creating a strange one man play. There was a small storyline in his act which included weird Tamaraen food, shouting and Robin shouting at everyone. He made Robin sound very bossy and he seemed to have something wrong with his throat. This made Gar, Vic and even Jenn snigger. Funnily enough, Richard laughed too.
Ben finished and he received a round of applause.
"Thank you, thank you." He said in an obnoxious tone, bowing down and smirking as if he had won an Oscar.
"Right. You're done. Next!" A series of acts followed, some weird, some pointless, some reasonably good others not so good. The acts included juggling, dancing, miming, acting, singing, telling Teen Titan influenced jokes and more. The hour dragged on, slowly bringing down the eyelids of Jenn, Victor, Gar, Kori, Richard and Rachel until they were fast asleep. The acts continued until the bell rang, signally the end of lunch. This woke them all up with a start.
"Whoa! What happened?" Richard slurred.
"I think we went to sleep," Kori told him, rubbing her eyes. "That was incredibly boring."
"I agree. What does the Principal thin he is, anyway? A murderer?" Richard said.
"I hope not. I want to live the rest of my life." Kori said. The Principal wasn't in hearing distance; he was too busy instructing someone to fix up the hall to its original state.
"I'm so jealous of Toni and Kole." Jenn slammed her head on the desk. "They don't have to do anything like this. Ever."
"I agree, dude! And the others!" Gar added. Vic, who was talking to Rachel, was nudged by Gar. Vic turned around and Gar started whispering to him.
"Dude...err...do you mind if you tell Raven that I can't do tutoring sessions tonight?" he asked, a bit nervously. Vic understood immediately that Gar was opting to avoid Rachel.
"C'mon, you need to talk to her sometime." Vic pointed out.
"I know, I know!" Gar said. "I'll talk to her tomorrow. Please? Please tell her?" Vic sighed and glanced at Rachel and then back down at his best friend.
"Fine." He muttered and turned back to Rachel, informing her that Gar couldn't make it today for tutoring. While he was telling her that, Gar sidled off to avoid questioning from the girl.
"Is he embarrassed by the whole failed asking me out thing?" asked Rachel. Vic nodded.
"Yeah. He's really worked up about it. He thinks you'll never go out with him now." He told her. She blushed slightly and looked down at her feet. She had imagined how wonderful it would be to go out with Gar. A romantic dinner, his hilarious antics with her pretending to be annoyed...a few jokes and compliments here and there, obviously from Gar...then he'd walk her to the park where the fountain would be beautiful background noise when he told her he loved her...
I'm being stupid Rachel told herself severely.
"Oh. So he's avoiding me? I'll talk to him tomorrow." Rachel decided. Vic nodded.
"I need to go and get out of this trash suit." Vic said, giving her a parting wave before going. Rachel looked around and realised she was by herself. She let out one last sigh before trailing out of the hall.
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I've been embarrassingly late with my updates and I apologise. I've had a couple of writer's blocks so they've been a pain...arm...Reviews will be accepted gratefully!