Hi! This is not a toaster eating envelopes! This is Teen Warrior, with another chapter of Jay: The son of Raven. Dedicated to those who think they're alone in misery, but really aren't.

Disclaimer: I hate to say it, but I don't own the Teen Titans. ONLY THIS STORY AND THE CHARACTERS I MADE UP LOOPHOLER(S)!

Chapter 4: Pancakes and a Date

Jay's P.O.V.

I knew they would hit it off.

My mom was in love.

As gross as that was, I was happy for them. Gar and my mom stayed up 'till midnight talking and catching up. He stayed in one of our guest rooms and I think he liked it here. Gar made my mom happy, something I couldn't accomplish for long periods of time. She deserved it since my dad wasn't exactly the best person the world had ever known. Gar was perfect for her even if they were total opposites. Three days after Gar arrived, I came into the kitchen in the morning smelling pancakes.

"G' morning', Gar." I yawned. "What's up?"

"Nothin' much, just making pancakes for you, your mom, and I." Gar answered while focusing on his creations.

"Cool."

"Good morning boys." Mother said as she walked into the room. I'm not sure if she would admit it, but she wasn't sounding as monotone as she used to be.

"' Mornin' Rae." Gar winked. I rolled my eyes and made Mother and I some herbal tea and got soy milk for Gar out of the refrigerator.

"Seriously. Can't you two do that somewhere else?" I moaned.

Mother and Garfield blushed. "Um…" Gar stammered.

"What about a date or something?" I suggested nonchalantly as I sipped my herbal tea.

"Jay…" My mom said warningly. I shrugged and pretended to look innocent.

"M-maybe the kid's got a point there." Gar stuttered. Mother and I stared at him. "Whaddya say? A date tonight at the new Italian restaurant at around 7:00?"

"Sounds good." my mom tried to say casually but her voice slipped for a moment. "Jay, you'd better not run off."

"Okay Mom."

"Just in case I'll call Lola. Don't do anything bad when we go out got it mister?" Mother warned. I nodded. I could see Lola again! And she was un-fired!

"Alright Mom. Hey Gar, I think your pancakes are burning."

"Oh shoot!" Gar yelped as he tried to save his pancakes in a ridiculous manner. My mom and I laughed.

"Well, I saved them. Sorta…" Gar mumbled.

Mother couldn't stop laughing. She fell out of her chair holding her stomach. My mom has full control of her powers, but in extreme situations her powers could slip from her grasp. I'm glad this isn't one of those situations.

"Mother? Wow, this is freaky." I told Gar, who looked kinda scarred and amused.

"Uh, Raven? How do you snap her outta this?" Gar asked me.

"I dunno, this has never happened before." I shrugged.

My mom's face was red and it looked like she couldn't breathe. Now I was worried.

"Alright little dude. Do we call the cops or…?" Gar asked concerned.

"Um, NO! Mother doesn't like cops."

"Oh."

"I think I know what she needs." I grinned mischievously and raised my eyebrows. After 5 seconds he got the hint and looked horrified at my genius.

"C'mon Gar. You know you wanna." I pressured. "Mom needs ya on this one."

"Fine! I'm gonna wing it here Jay." Gar said as he kneeled down on the ground and kissed my mom on the lips. She closed her eyes and relaxed under his soft touch. I made a face. Adults in love were gross! Disgusted, I turned around and ate my pancakes. They were pretty decent pancakes and slaughtered my disgusted feeling for love of adults.

"Okay! I'm done laughing. Gar, please move before I send you to another dimension." Mother chuckled and stood up.

"Save the makeout session for tonight, Mother! And you too Gar. Sheesh, now I feel like the adult!" I moaned, hiding my eyes. Gar laughed and Mother gave a small smile and they joined me for breakfast. Strangely, I felt happy and content. But why?

Because you've never had a real family before. With Gar, you feel like all of you are a family. Affection explained.

It's really weird have Affection as an emotion. I thought Affection was more of a girly emotion. I even told Affection that myself and he, like, flipped. He was really mad at me and lectured me that he represented the love I felt for others around me. My mom said she had an emotion named Affection as well. Which made it even more embarrassing.

Maybe you're right Affection. I thought. Using my empathy, I read Gar's emotions. He was happy, in love, and nervous. Maybe the nervous part was first date jitters. I turned my attention to my mother's emotions. She had a sea of emotions mixed with opposite emotion. Like she felt trusting but suspicious(probably due to Nightwing's mistake), full of joy but a twinge of sadness, and love mixed with a dash of hate. My head started to hurt from all these confusing emotions.

"Hey Gar wanna play see video games?" I asked when we finished our breakfast.

Gar agreed. "It's on little man!"

We played Robot Ninjas 3. Gar was pretty good at video games but I was a little better. Sometimes my Robot Ninja would beat his or vice versa.

"Is your name Jake or Jacob?" Gar asked me.

"Neither. I think my mom just likes bird names. Or since her name is Raven and my dad used to be Robin so…"

"Has your mom ever mentioned me? Well, the Titans?" Gar asked nervously.

"Yeah, with a faraway look in her eye. She mentioned Nightwing briefly and bitterly. I never really cared about him 'cause you and my mom were my favorite Titans." I said.

"Seriously? Is that true or are you messin' around?" Gar asked me.

"It's 100% true Gar. Dad seemed to obsessive with villains and serious. At least you were funny. Er…well, you tried." I teased.

Gar grew childishly defensive. "Hey, I'm funny!"

"Sorry dude, but you're not."

"Are so."

"Are not."

"Are so!"

"Is this proper grammar?"

"I don't think so."

We both laughed. It felt nice having a guy around and not just me being the only boy in the house. I smiled. Affection was right. We were a family.

Gar was pacing really nervously. Sweat ran down his face and I had to give him a handkerchief.. I tried to sooth him and tell him not to be such a wuss. I told him he looked fine in his jeans and buttoned black shirt. I wondered what bothered him? Suddenly I didn't think it was first date jitters.

"What's wrong? You look like you've been dumped already." I joked.

His face darkened. Things went from bad to worse to nightmare for poor Gar.

"S-sorry Gar. I didn't mean it." I apologized. "What's wrong?"

"It's alright Jay. I actually have been dumped when I was a Teen Titan. She was wonderful, amazing, pretty, and kind. But she betrayed us and when she came back after being turned to stone, she didn't remember me or the rest of the team. She was gone forever."

"What was her name?"

Gar was quiet for a bit, like he was going through some very bad flashbacks and memories. "Terra." he choked out. "Her name was Terra.'

"Mom's not anything like her! Mother's…well, creepy, sarcastic, strong, dependable, etc. Everything's going to be fine man. She won't hurt you. Unless you upset her or get her really mad and she throws you out a window." I said, trying to be helpful.

Gar grinned, making his fang right next to his nose. "Thanks Jay. Oh my god…" he yelped as my mom came into the room.

Mother was wearing a beautiful deep purple sweater, white boots, and black skinny jeans. She smiled nervously. "Is this fine?" she asked.

"I…uh…Jay take this one." Gar stuttered as he scooted a bit closer to me.

"Um, he means you look great Mom! He's just anxious and jumpy." I explained. I elbowed him softly in the stomach. "You owe me one." I hissed.

"Right. Thanks Garfield. Let's go." Mother responded while looking curiously at Gar. He winked and rubbed the back of his head. Gar opened the door for my mom and they left.

Lola instantly appeared in the living room. "Hah! Finally the darn teleportation earring worked!" she yelled triumphantly. Then she noticed me standing there with a um-okay-you-insane-weirdo look on my face. "Oh! Hi Jay! Did your mom and Gar leave already?"

"Yeah like, right now." I answered.

Lola pouted. "Aw man! I was gonna thank your mom for unfiring me."

"Great to see you too." I said sarcastically.

"Sorry. You remind me a lot of your mom. Nightwing must've been a jerk to you when you saw him right? You never did tell me everything." Lola said as she hugged me.

"Oh yeah." I told her to sit down and I told her about Nightwing, Starfire, Brightfire, Skyfire, and Firewing. She would occasionally gasp or comment on what they did or said. Lola got really mad at Starfire when I told her how she treated me like dirt. She smirked when I told her how Mother got really mad at Dad and they started to argue. Lola got kinda emo when the emotional part with me and my mom came in and she started to recall her own life. So instead of a short story, it turned out to be longer with Lola's comments and memories. I actually started to sleep when she told me about her grandma who wanted to arm wrestle Superman.

"It's no use talking to you! You always fall asleep when I talk!" Lola scolded in an annoyed and slightly angry tone.

"Big surprise." I muttered sleepily. I think she left me alone after that because I had a dream.

Jay's Dream

I was only watching. I could walk and talk but no one could hear me. I was in Jump City somewhere. There was a little boy in front of me wearing a white cloak. He was laughing.

"Who are you?" I cried out. He turned ever so slightly so he could see me and I barely anything. All I could see was a nose that was pale. I think he got scared and started to run away.

"Wait! Come back!" I called out to him but to no avail. He didn't stop. The boy kept running like he had unlimited energy. Finally, he stopped. A wall was right in front of him. He saw me coming closer and decided to fly away. He changed into a white crow and flew away. I panted as I stood where he was. All that was left of him was the white cloak.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw a little girl wearing the same white cloak. I knew she was a girl because she yelled at me, "Leave my big brother alone!" in a girl voice.

I started to run after her too. She yelped in surprise and started to fly. I flew after her and chanted, "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!" and made two buildings close the gap in between them which she was starting to fly into. The little girl stopped in front of it shocked. I grabbed her and she squealed. The girl started to fight back but it was useless; she was in my strong grasp.

"No! Change wren!" I heard the boy call out.

"Now let's see who you are…" I mumbled. As I pulled off her hood…

End of the Dream

"Jay! Wake up, you're mom's coming and you're drooling on the couch!" said a familiar voice who shook me.

"Huh?" I muttered. Then I sat up wide awake with my eyes wide. "The boy and the girl with white cloaks! The dream and they were flying and buildings and…"

"You were dreaming Jay. And I was in the middle of my story of Grandma vs. Superman." Lola soothed.

"Oh right. Well, g' night." I replied. Lola responded by whacking me in the head with a pillow.

"At least go to your room and drool there! Jeez." Lola scowled as she cleaned up my drool with a slightly wet paper towel. I shrugged and went to my room. I fell on my bed. I wondered who those two kids were. I tried to recall the dream in specific details.

The boy showed to have metamorphic abilities by changing into a white crow. But why white? He was pale and he had a little sister that wasn't much younger than him. He and his younger sister had matching white cloaks and could both fly. The girl seemed to change as well because the boy said, "Change wren!" Or was it Wren? Was her name Wren?

I was defeated. I didn't understand the dream at all and why I had it. Furious, I sulked in my room for about an hour before I drifted into a deep, dreamless sleep without any interruptions.

Hm…what does this peculiar dram mean? By the way, check out the poll on my profile. Keep reading! ~Teen Warrior