Disclaimer: (sighs in sadness) I don't own the Teen Titans.

Chapter 5: Dream Dwelling

Jay's P.O.V.

In the morning I tried to focus on my dream. I tried to understand the meaning.

But I didn't.

I was frustrated. How could this, a mere dream, confuse the most brilliant 8-year-old that has ever lived? Yeah, so I thought of myself that way. It didn't matter 'cause if I couldn't figure out what it meant, then there was no point in telling anyone. They weren't as intelligent as I was. My mom was smart too but my intellect was a combination of my mother and father's so I was probably superior. I remember in my early childhood I was at a superkiddie's preschool place. The instructor asked everyone what they wanted to do when they got older. When it was my turn, I said I wanted to rule the world with my army of birds and dark energy. I was expelled from the preschool when the teacher saw me calmly and happily answer and then faint. So my mom home schooled me from then on.

Yeah, the hilarious and weird story of my toddler days.

"Hey Jay! You've been in your room since last night and it's lunch time! We're gonna go out for pizza. So if you want to come get ready. We'll leave in 10 minutes." Gar called out and his voice faded as he walked away.

I did not want pizza at the moment but I also knew if I didn't come they'll go by themselves and leave me here. Then when they come back Mother would grill me for answers and she'd find out about my dream. I was not gonna suck up my pride and tell her! But I still had to go out to have pizza.

I grabbed my cape, belt, gloves, and boots and started to put them on. I heard the door open and I feared they would leave without me.

"Wait! Wahhh!" I yelped as I flew rapidly out the door and into the lake. It was freezing and the cold water eagerly absorbed in my uniform. It sapped my warmth as I shivered. I quickly got out. My mom just stared at me with a um-okay-then-I'm-gonna-try-to-forget-that-happened look while Gar tried to stop laughing. I rolled my eyes and used my powers to get the water off my uniform. Only my hair was wet. Embarrassed, I flew towards the pizza place the Teen Titans used to go to with Mother and Gar at my wake.

So when we arrived at the pizza place, customers who were already eating started to look at us for a second, then they waved it off. I couldn't blame them. A green guy and two purple haired people attract some attention. But since they've seen the Titans before (they are not normal) I guess it wasn't too strange. We picked a table outside and sat down.

"This is where we used to sit." my mom spoke softly. I looked at the table. It looked like the others.

"Are you sure 'cause it looks like all the others." Gar questioned, repeating my thoughts. "Oh wait! I know a way we can tell! Jay, scoot a little to the left."

"Ooookay…" I said, doing what he instructed. Gar knelt down and spotted something under the seat. He pulled at it and held it to me.

"Hey! This was my gum. I stuck it under the seat and ran away screaming because Cy had it specially made just to play a prank on me. It was Bhut Jolokia pepper gum, which is the spiciest pepper in the world. Man, that was really hot! My tongue went numb for a week." Gar shuddered in memory. "Wanna tr-

"NO! I mean, no thanks. Waitress!" I called out desperately, trying to avoid the awkward topic of chewing Gar's spicy gum story.

"Please do not try to disgust my son by picking up gum of the floor." Mother patiently told Gar in a monotone voice. "Just pick a pizza and get it over with."

"Veggie pizza!" Gar responded.

"Gar, I am NOT eating that carnivore nightmare. Pepperoni and sausage pizza." I announced.

"Dude, double meat? Ugh! Veggie." Gar scoffed playfully. He crossed his arms.

"Pepperoni and sausage."

"Veggie!

"Why don't we just order cheese pizza? Or both?" My mom tried to compromise. The waitress came up to us at that moment. I had a terrible feeling we would probably embarrass ourselves.

"Hello! What would you like to order today?" The waitress asked while taking out a notepad and a pen.

"We've decided on veggie pizza." Gar smirked at me.

I returned the smirk. "Actually, we decided on pepperoni and sausage pizza."

"No we didn't."

"YEAH WE DID!"

So imagine us as Chibi Jay and Chibi Garfield wrestling and Mother has an anime sweat drop and the waitress steps back nervously trying to decide if she should call the cops or not. That's kinda the civilized way it happened. Customers looked at us wearing amused looks on their faces and tried to stifle their giggles. The waitress ended up calling the manager who was ticked off and yelled at me and Gar. The only good thing was since Mother and Gar were former protectors of the city, we got a cheese pizza to go and we were suspended from the pizza place for a month. I could feel my mother was embarrassed and annoyed.

Gar changed into a raven (jeez, what a flirt) while my mother and I just flew. I got the honors of holding the pizza box while Gar and I suffered the wrath of Mother's displeasure as a lecture. Gar gave me a apologetic smile(if you can do that with a beak) and I gave him a slight grin. We were okay. Nothing could get in the way of our guy friendship. Not even pizza.

"Never embarrass me like that you two or fight for pizza in public again." My mom concluded looking at us with her amethyst eyes piercing our souls. I swear she could see into our souls and pry my secrets from my mind. I was terrified of that gaze.

"Yes Mother." I replied.

Gar morphed into his human form. "We promise Raeeeeeeee!" he screamed as he forgot he was in mid-air.

I sighed and rolled my eyes. "I'll get him."

I dove towards the ocean which separated our high-tech cave on an island and Jump City. Gar waved his arms wildly in panic and he mouthed my name. Gravity forced him towards the cold waters which patiently waited for their next victim. I tried to get a grasp on his arm. I missed several times but I finally clutched his green, muscular arm. I stopped flying and Gar dangled in the air.

"Gar?"

"Yeah?"

"Don't do anything foolish again, okay?"

"I know. Can we go home-err, I mean your house?"

"I thought you'd never ask." I said and soared into the light blue sky towards my impatient mother who hovered above us.

"Finally. Let's go home and Gar, dry yourself before lunch."

I guess today was the day to land in a body of water.

After Gar dried off near a heater and dried his body with a towel, we ate our pizza with Pop Sizzle(the exclusive Jump City soda brand). There wasn't much to talk about and I could sense they wanted to speak privately. I gobbled down 2 slices of pizza and a glass of Pop Sizzle so they could talk and I could activate my annoying habit: eavesdropping.

"I'll be in my room. See ya." I lied as I rushed out of their sight.

"Bye kid." Gar responded. Then he sighed. "I'm sorry about the pizza incident Rae."

Mother rolled her eyes. "You can't help being you. I'll respect that."

Gar's mood brightened. "Thanks Rae! I love you."

I tried very hard not to burst out laughing and tried to regain control of my emotions so my mother wouldn't notice the strange powerful emotions.

I imagined my mother blushing fiercely. "I…I…um…" she stuttered.

I peeked and saw Gar leaned towards Mother and kissed her on the lips. I was hoping they would break off the kiss immediately but unfortunately I was not spared from the more overpowering the kiss became. Gross.

I sneaked away quickly and quietly. I didn't want to go to my room at the moment and I certainly didn't want to watch my mom and Gar smoochin' again.

You could always sneak into your mom's room and read her diary. Mischievous dared me.

Interesting idea, Mischievous. I wondered evilly. Being partially demonic means I didn't make great decisions and was more prone to evil.

I crept into Mother's room and tried to find her diary in her bookshelf. She had so many books, I couldn't tell which one was her diary. I browsed through the books. Spell books, cook books, photo albums, a violet book that was the only book that wasn't dusty, mystery books…wait. I stepped back a little bit and took the violet book of the shelf. This definitely had to be Mother's diary.

I flipped the pages to the recent entries.

February 19

Today is Jay's eighth birthday. I remember the time I found out I was pregnant and wanting to murder Dick Grayson. But when he was born, I felt happy. My only son, my only real family. I swore I would protect him the moment I saw him. Jay is a lot like me but he had some characteristics of his father. I even gave him Dick's father's name as a middle name, just to show Nightwing that I still respect him. A little. I felt guilty about leaving the city with Jay and nobody knew my secret. I still feel a little guilty today. I missed them, all of them. Even Changeling's failed attempts to make me laugh. Now all I have is Jay. But I fear that one day he will have to go and like everything good, he will go. I want to enjoy these years with him and never let him go.

I have to go now. I will try and make waffles for Jay's birthday but I don't think it'll come out right the first time.

"Huh. Now I feel super guilty." I muttered. I turned the page to the day after I brought Gar home.

February 21

Now that Jay's brought Gar home, I wonder what's going to happen. Will Gar and I bicker like we did when we were young? Is he still going to try to make me laugh? I hope not. Gar's jokes are lame as I have told him many times in the past. He slept in one of our guest bedrooms last night. I think Gar feels like he's at home. It's a great thing he gets along with Jay, but I hope he doesn't rub off on him.

I snickered. He probably was. I kept reading.

The thought that always runs in my mind is how Jay got out of the Room. Cyborg swore to me that anyone or anything would not be able to get out or in the Room. I wonder if Jay is more powerful than I am. I will never say this or write this again, but he may actually be smarter than me. Nightwing (I will also not mention this again), but he was clever and intelligent. And so am I. One of these days I will confront him about this. But for now, I'll try to show some emotion since I don't want him to think of me as 'creepy'.

I didn't feel like reading my mother's diary. I felt like I was intruding in her privacy. But I did learn some things. I never realized my grandfather's name was John until now. It made me feel proud that I had some trace of my family.

I placed the diary where I found it and went into my room. I jumped on my bed and stared at the ceiling. I closed my eyes and the memory of the dream lingered in my mind. I replayed it into my head several times. I never noticed my mom quietly come inside my room.

"Jay? What's going on?" Mother asked while sitting down on my bed.

I jumped a little when I realized she was here and I sat up next to her. "Nothing Mother."

"I know you. There's something wrong and I'm not leaving until I get an answer." my mom said stubbornly.

I took a deep breath. Time for the partial truth. "I had a dream." I began.

"And?"

"I was chasing 2 kids but they flew away from me and just as I was about to find out who the little girl was, Lola woke me up."

"I see."

"What does it mean?"

My mom pursed her lips and looked at me. "You didn't tell me everything, but if it's that personal I won't pry answers from you. From what I can tell, you'll see them eventually."

"Why not now?"

"Well, if they're flying away from you, what do you think it means?" my mother said exasperatedly and rolled her eyes.

"Oh yeah. Thanks Mother." I responded while blushing from embarrassment.

"You're welcome." Mother replied and walked out of the room.

I laid down on my bed. "I can't wait to meet them." I told myself.

Yeah, poor Jay. Not receiving answers and whatnot. I've felt that way too. This is kinda a filler. -_-