The Teen Titans are not in my possession!
Raven stood awkwardly next to the nice redhead from the plane as Ms. Mae passed everyone a slip of paper.
"Alright! Since there are so many of you, I've decided to divide you all into teams! You'll notice a color on your slip, and whether you are the President, Vice-President, Speaker of the House, and so on. There will be six people in each group. Now, go on and find your groups, dearies!"
The pale girl glanced down at the piece of paper. It was red, with the words "Secretary of Defense" in delicate cursive writing. She let out a dry chuckle at the irony of her new position. "Of course..."
"What is your color, Raven?" Kori asked sweetly.
The dark-haired girl showed her the paper, before cringing as the other girl squealed.
"I am on the red as well! This is so wonderful!"
Hearing the redhead's exclamation, Victor walked over, shaking his head in amusement. "Looks like I'm with y'all, too."
Kori squealed even louder "Glorious! Who else is on the red?" she exclaimed, earning bemused looks from several of the students.
A thin girl with bubblegum pink hair walked over casually, elbowing Victor playfully. "Red team, huh?"
The large teen grinned. "Whaddup, baby J?" he asked, elbowing her back.
The girl rolled her eyes playfully, before focusing on Raven. "You a new student?"
Raven opened her mouth to answer, but was interrupted as someone casually draped an arm over her shoulders. "She's home-schooled, but just joined the club," Garfield announced with a large smile.
"Is she a mute?" the pink-haired girl asked with an arched brow.
Raven glared at the blonde boy as she shrugged out from underneath his arm. "No, I'm very capable of speaking for myself."
Garfield smiled sheepishly, glancing at the paper in her hand. "You're on the red team, too? Sweet! Told ya we'd be spending a lot of time together."
The pale girl huffed in annoyance, feeling her face heat up in embarrassment as the pink-haired girl gave her an amused look.
"I'm Jinx," she smirked, reaching her hand towards Raven.
The dark-haired girl shook it un-enthusiastically. "Raven."
"Is that your real name?" Jinx asked curiously.
Raven nodded her head.
"You're lucky. Ugh, I won't even tell you my real name," she sighed in exasperation. "Pretty sure my parents hated me!"
Victor snorted in amusement. "I bet Wally knows," he teased, earning a smack on the shoulder from the smaller girl.
"Shut it, Vic."
Garfield smiled cheerfully at his teammates, though he found his eyes kept wandering to a specific member. He awkwardly made eye contact with her, and quickly cleared his throat. "So, uh, looks like we're missing someone..." he announced to the whole group.
"Not anymore," a voice called from behind him.
The blonde teen turned around to see an unfamiliar face. "Are you, uh... are you new, too?"
The black-haired boy smirked as he observed the group through his sunglasses. Garfield wasn't sure who he was looking at, but automatically felt a weird possessive feeling as he glanced at Raven. Dude, don't be so freaking creepy! Get a grip, Garfield!
The new guy crossed his arms smugly. "The name's Richard- your teacher said I could tag along, since my father owns the hotel you're gonna be staying at," he mused casually.
A look of awe passed over everyone's face- except Raven's. She quickly diverted her eyes from Richard, who gave her a strange look.
"Raven, right?" he asked expectantly.
The pale girl took a deep breath as she glanced up at him. "Y-yeah."
He smiled a friendly smile. "Nice to see you again... Your, uh, your dad still..?"
"Yep," she replied quickly, nervously glancing at her teammates.
"R-right..." Richard replied, awkwardly rubbing his arm. "Anyway, the rest of you are..?"
"I am Kori!" the redhead announced cheerfully as she moved towards the new guy. "It is glorious to meet you, Richard!"
Garfield and Victor stifled a snort of amusement as the seemingly arrogant guy's confidence faltered at the sight of the pretty girl. "O-oh, haha, I'm, uh, I'm Richard," he repeated nervously.
Kori gave the boy a confused look. "Yes, and I am Kori..." she replied.
Jinx rolled her eyes as she decided to intervene. "I'm Jinx," she announced confidently. "And these two are Garfield and Victor, and you seem to already know Raven..?" she trailed off questionably.
Richard quickly looked away from the redhead, blushing. "Yeah, uh... our dads had worked together," he explained, giving the pale girl a fleeting look. "Anyway, it's nice meeting all of you."
Garfield glared at the new guy, somewhat upset that he and Raven were already acquainted. You barely know her, dude. Chill! he thought to himself as he tried to calm down. "So, your dad is Bruce Wayne?" he asked, feigning excitement.
The black-haired boy shrugged in nonchalance. "Well, kinda. He's not my real dad, but he pretty much raised me."
The blonde boy nodded in understanding. "I gotcha, dude," he smiled, feeling less hostile as he realized they had something in common.
"So you live here in Gotham?" Victor asked politely.
Richard smiled warmly. "Yep- live in the hotel. I usually have private tutors, so when I heard about this club trip thing, I kinda got excited. Not a lot of people my age hanging around the hotel," he admitted.
The large teen smirked as he patted the new guy on the back. "Well, looks like you'll be spending a lot of time with us! Hope you'll find our company..." he trailed off suggestively, looking between the black-haired boy and the redhead, "tolerable."
Richard coughed awkwardly. "Heh, yeah... I'm sure I will. You all seem like nice people."
"The nicest!" Garfield grinned as he draped his arm over the pale girl's shoulders again, earning another glare.
"Yes, we are exceptionally kind!" Kori agreed cheerfully, causing the new guy to blush again.
Raven rolled her eyes as the black-haired boy nervously laughed. Still the same Richard... she thought fondly. She then realized she hadn't knocked off Garfield's arm yet, and felt herself blushing. What is with this guy? she wondered as she wiggled out from under him.
The blonde boy smiled sheepishly. "So, Rae! You used to live here?"
The pale girl narrowed her eyes at him. "It's Raven," she deadpanned.
"Hehe, uhhh, right. Raven," Garfield repeated nervously. This is not going too well... he thought bitterly as the dark-haired girl turned her attention back to Richard. "So, Raven," he corrected, rejoicing silently as she looked at him, "you, uh..."
Raven rolled her eyes in amusement, finding in somewhat difficult to remain mad at the blonde teen. Was she still annoyed by him? Yes. But looking into his kind, green eyes, she knew she wasn't mad. "I, what?" she asked, smirking.
Garfield laughed awkwardly. "I totally forgot what I was saying," he admitted, rubbing the back of his neck nervously.
"That ain't a surprise, grass stain," Victor laughed, overhearing their conversation.
Raven arched a brow in curiosity. "'Grass stain'?"
The blonde boy shrugged. "It's a long story..."
So here is chapter three! I'm planning on explaining everything gradually, so I'm sorry if anything in this chapter confused you! If you want, you can make a few guesses on what you're not sure about! Or just leave a review, I love knowing you guys are actively enjoying my work!
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