The Teen Titans couldn't possibly belong to me!
Raven glared at the boy beside her as she tried to remain calm. "I told you that you shouldn't be in here," she seethed, balling her hands into fists.
Garfield smiled nervously. "Hey now, no one's in trouble," he pointed out in a hushed, cheerful tone. "And it's not like she knows you're in here for su-" he began, waving his arms around for emphases, and in the process knocking over a lamp on the small table beside him.
Both teens cringed as the object fell to the floor with a loud crash.
"Ms. Roth? Are you okay?" their naïve teacher called from beyond the door.
The pale girl narrowed her eyes at her teammate. "I'm fine, Ms. Mae," she replied, her voice unnaturally high. "I got caught up on something."
After she finished speaking, she swiftly smacked the blonde on his shoulder, causing him to yelp.
"Are you sure, dear? I heard a crash- did something break?"
Garfield rubbed his arm tentatively as Raven quickly picked up the broken lamp. "No, no; everything's fine," she called, glancing around the room frantically. "I'll be there in just a minute... I'm, uh, changing!"
The dark-haired girl darted to the bathroom, setting the lamp on the counter, and then ran back out to answer her door, before giving her teammate an annoyed look. She swiftly moved towards him, grabbing his arm and pulling him into the bathroom and pushing him towards the shower.
"Hide," she growled, looking between him and the door. "And stay quiet."
Garfield nodded sheepishly as he stepped into the tub and pulled the curtain closed.
Raven groaned in frustration before assuming her signature blank expression and opening the door. "I'm sorry about that," she smiled politely.
Her elderly teacher waved away her apology. "Oh, don't be, deary! I hadn't meant to startle you!"
The pale girl shook her head, sneaking a quick glance at the open bathroom door. "Oh, you didn't- I just wasn't expecting company," she explained, purposefully raising her voice a tad.
Ms. Mae hadn't seemed to notice and instead pulled out her folder from her bag. "Well, if you have time, I'd like to go over some more details of the trip, and how to document this as an extra-curricular activity when you apply to college."
Raven forced a smile, nodding her head. "Alright- let me just put on some shoes, and we can-"
"Oh, don't be silly, dear!" the old woman interrupted sweetly. "We can go ahead and do this all right here!"
The pale girl tried to keep a calm demeanor as she glanced over at the bathroom again. "Well, my roommates haven't been the tidiest-"
"No worries!" Ms. Mae interjected.
"But there's-"
The teacher shook her head as she made her way into the room. "I insist!"
Raven sighed in defeat, sparing yet another lingering look at where her teammate was hiding. She bit her lip nervously as she walked towards the small table that the elderly woman was already sitting at. She cautiously sat across from her, making sure she had a clear view of the bathroom.
"Alrighty, let's begin!" Ms. Mae exclaimed, clapping her hands in front of her. "Now, you may not be familiar with the 'roles' I assigned each of your team members, so I'll start with that! Of course, the president is the one who..."
Raven rested her elbows on the table and propped up her head as she listened to the teacher explain her obvious reasoning.
Meanwhile, in the bathroom, Garfield nervously shifted his weight from foot to foot, unsure of what to do. The still working lamp from the neighboring room provided him with enough light to make out the different bottles of shampoos and body washes that were already taking over the tub, so in his boredom, he carefully lifted a bottle and sniffed it tentatively.
Scrunching up his nose at the overpowering smell of strawberry, he set it back down, his hands quickly grasping another to rid his nose of the scent. He held back a small noise of disgust at the unappealingly strong smell of coconut, swiftly putting that back as well. Internally debating whether or not to try one more, he shrugged slightly and picked up a third bottle.
This one smelled significantly better- it was floraly, like maybe lilacs or lavender- but it was faint, with a subtle hint of jasmine. He smiled bitterly as memories of his birth mother came rushing back, but shook his head to rid himself of the thoughts.
Raven chewed on her lip anxiously as her eyes darted between her teacher and her bathroom. She was trying to think of an excuse to get the old woman to leave when a blonde head poked into the room.
Covering her gasp of shock with a forced cough, the pale girl quickly stood from her chair, gaining a concerned look from Ms. Mae.
"Uhm, I think I need some water," the dark-haired girl fibbed as she sprinted towards the bathroom.
Garfield smiled sheepishly as he watched his teammate close the door, her eyes set in a fierce glare. She quickly turned on the sink to mask the sound of their voices.
"What do you think you're doing?" she hissed, her face inches from his as he cowered away.
He nervously rubbed the back of his neck, offering her an apologetic smile. "S-sorry; I thought I could maybe make a break for it," he admitted with an awkward shrug.
Raven rolled her eyes in exasperation. Crossing her arms defiantly, she gave the boy a pointed look. "Because she totally wouldn't have heard you open the door to leave."
Garfield let out an anxious chuckle as he lowered the toilet lid and sat on it. "Sorry," he repeated, looking up at her with innocent eyes. "I was just getting... tired of standing, and I thought... I don't know," he admitted, hanging his head.
The pale girl sighed, giving him a pitiful look. "I'm sorry, but this is all totally your fault," she mused casually.
Her teammate gave her a mildly amused look. "I don't think that qualifies as an apology, Rae," he smiled as he ran his fingers through his hair, pushing the ends off his forehead.
Raven smirked, shaking her head. "Well, it is your fault, Gar-"
"Ms. Roth?"
The dark-haired girl immediately closed her mouth, her eyes widening in fear.
Ms. Mae continued to speak, her voice concerned. "Are you unwell, deary?"
Raven continued to face the closed door, completely speechless. Her eyes practically burned holes through it as she stared at the unlocked doorknob.
"Ms. Roth?"
"Sorry, I'm just a bit, uh, under the weather!" Garfield blurted in an attempt at a girl's voice, which sounded uncharacteristically high-pitched for Raven.
The girl he attempted to mimic whipped her head around unnaturally fast, and the blonde felt himself jump in shock, inadvertently flushing the toilet with his elbow.
The water pouring from the sink sputtered slightly as the toilet bowl refilled, and Raven had to stop herself from mauling her incompetent teammate.
"Are you sick?" their teacher asked.
Raven glared at the teen as she answered in a hoarse voice. "Sorry, my throat is just really sore- Kori had convinced me to sing with her, and I'm obviously out of practice," she lied, furrowing her brows in disbelief at her own excuse.
Garfield stifled his laughter at the thought of the dark-haired girl singing along to one of Kori's boy-bands.
Ms. Mae seemed similarly confused at the pale girl's logic. "Uhm, alright," she chimed sweetly. "Well, I'll leave you to rest your vocal cords, then. We can continue this in the morning, before breakfast."
"Sweet!" Garfield replied in his girl voice, flashing a mischievous smile at his teammate.
"Yes, well, feel better!" their teacher replied awkwardly.
The teens waited with bated breath as they heard the elderly woman gather up her things and leave the room, the door shutting behind her with a quiet click.
"You're such an idiot!" Raven seethed, smacking the boy's shoulder yet again.
"Ow! Stop that," the blonde cried, again rubbing his arm as he stood from his seated position. He gave her a half-hearted glare, his lips pursed in a pout. "It hurts."
The pale girl growled in frustration as she opened the bathroom door and marched across the room to her bag. "If she would have caught you in here, I... I don't even know! We both could have been sent home!"
Garfield sighed as he followed after her. He gave her tidy bed a skeptical look before sitting down at the foot of it. "I'm sorry- I didn't think it'd be a big deal," he mumbled, twiddling his thumbs.
Raven huffed in acknowledgement as she continued shuffling through her bags in search of something. Garfield watched curiously as she found what ever she was looking for and stood in front of him.
"Alright, here," she deadpanned, holding her phone towards him.
He gave it a bewildered look, before looking into her eyes questionably.
She sighed in exasperation, rolling her eyes. "Put your number in," she explained, tossing it to him. "That way something like this won't happen again."
He caught it awkwardly as a small smile appeared on his face. "Haha, right," he replied, his smile growing wider as he caught sight of his teammate's slight smirk.
Chapter 12!
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