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Garfield couldn't help but grin as he watched his pale teammate walk away, but it quickly subsided when she bumped into another student and dropped everything in her hands.

"I am so sorry," the walking mullet droned, helping Raven pick up the wayward cards.

She looked up at him, readying her signature glare, but at the sight of the Blue team's Secretary of Defense, it came out as more of a doe-eyed stare. "Oh, it's n-no problem," she rushed out, clearly flustered.

Garfield had seen enough.

"Whoa there, Garth! Do you just go around knocking up girls?" he laughed, before feigning embarrassment at his own choice of words. "Whoops, I meant knocking down."

Garth smiled politely. "Hello, Gar. I'm glad you were able to make it on this trip," he remarked, nobly ignoring the blonde's jab.

Garfield felt at little disheartened at the "heart throb's" response. Garth was a really nice, polite guy- making him look bad in front of Raven would be a hard feat, and he just wasn't up to it.

"I'm glad, too," he replied with a forced smile. Damn him for being so nice. What a douche.

Raven seemed to finally come back to her senses as she blinked at the scene before her. This guy was beyond hot- and he was talking to her! But of course her stupid teammate had to mess it all up. It was a shame- she actually found herself liking the blonde's company. Too bad he had to die.

"Th-thank you for, uhm, helping me," she piped up, earning the handsome teen's attention.

He looked down, seeing he still had one of her situation cards in his hand. "No problem," he smiled, handing it back to her.

The dark-haired girl happily accepted it, her eyes watching him dreamily.

Either Garth didn't notice, or he was use to being stared at like that. "And again, I'm terribly sorry- I wasn't watching where I was going."

Raven waved off his apology, inadvertently smacking Garfield on the arm, who yelped in surprise.

She shot him a quick glare, which he returned.

Garth smiled at the exchange, before nodding his head in goodbye and continuing on his way.

"Wow, Rae. I'm surprised- I thought a girl like you wouldn't turn into a blabbering preteen at Mulletlad's presence," Garfield mused casually as he made his way across the room towards Kori and Richard.

The pale girl continued to glare at him. "What do you mean, a girl like me?" she snapped, feeling slightly offended as she followed him.

He shrugged his shoulders in nonchalance, casting her a knowing glance. "A girl who's smart."

"So I saw you and Garth crash into each other- and don't you dare tell me it was an accident, Rae-Rae."

Raven rolled her eyes at her pink-haired roommate. "It was an accident," she deadpanned.

Jinx huffed in annoyance, glancing across the table at Garfield and Victor, who were busy arguing about what to get for lunch. The team had decided to eat at the hotel's restaurant- Richard's treat, of course.

"Nobody just accidentally runs head-first into the cutest guy at Jump," the pink-haired girl continued.

Raven gave her a skeptical look. "Don't you have a boyfriend?" she reminded gently.

It was Jinx's turn to roll her eyes. "Every girl at Jump has a crush on Garth- Wally has to accept it. Hell, all the guys accept it." She then narrowed her eyes slightly, glancing at the blonde knowingly. "Well, almost all the guys."

The dark-haired girl followed her gaze, before giving her roommate a tired look. This again? Really? she thought in exasperation.

"It is true!" Kori piped up from the other side of Raven. "Garth is a boat of dreams, and every girl is doing the crushing," she sighed.

Richard's face turned an odd shade of red as he obviously eavesdropped on their conversation.

"Awe, does Dick have a crush on Garth, too?" Jinx teased, noticing the black-haired boy's expression.

He let out a dry laugh. "Totally- if only I went to Jump," he replied sarcastically.

Kori perked up immediately. "Oh, it would be most glorious if you did, Richard!" she exclaimed, causing his face to redden further.

Hearing the redhead's excitement, Garfield turned his attention away from his best friend. "If Richard did what?"

"If Dick came to Jump so that he and Kor could have a proper wedding," Jinx teased, rejoicing silently as the two blushed even more.

Victor gave a hearty laugh, and even Raven smiled at her friends' flustered expressions. She spared a quick glance at her blonde teammate, who was giving her a dazed look.

"What?" she deadpanned, though his gaze did make her feel a little self-conscious.

He shook his head, smirking slightly. "Sorry, just spaced out," he replied, a blush tinting his cheeks pink.

"He does that a lot," Victor grinned, smacking his friend on the back. "We tried x-raying his head at the doctor's once to see if he had a brain, but the nurse stopped us."

Raven arched a brow as her curiosity sparked a bit. Why were they at the doctor's together? She knew she wasn't up to par with the rules of friendship, but taking a friend with you to a routine check-up didn't seem likely.

As if sensing her curiosity, Victor shot the blonde a worried look, but Garfield only twitched his lips as he redirected his sights on the table.

Now Raven was really curious.

Sitting through the meeting wasn't as boring as Garfield had expected- especially since he got to sit between Raven and Victor. All the other schools had been introduced, and every student was crammed into the hotel's actual conference room.

So far Jump City High had the most students, followed by Gotham High, with one less group than them. The private school, St. Luther's, only had one group, and Jump's rival, Hive Academy, had one as well. And of course, when introducing themselves, Adonis again winked at Raven, who huffed in disgust.

Now all of them were listening to Hive Academy's club supervisor, Mr. Blood, drone on about the rules. Again.

Garfield sighed, leaning slightly onto Raven, who gave him an irritated look.

"What do you think you're doing?" she growled, tensing up a bit.

He gave her a cheeky smile. "Keeping up appearances," he teased, motioning with his eyes to the Hive students, who were repeatedly sending their team looks of contempt.

The dark-haired girl blushed slightly at the prospect of everyone thinking she was actually dating the blonde. Sure, he wasn't unattractive or anything, and Jinx had even mentioned that he caused a number of girls to turn their heads in the halls, but this was Garfield. She had known him for barely three days and already decided he was infuriating- why would she want people to think she was dating him?

But at that thought, she started to wonder why she even cared. It wasn't like she'd ever see these people again; who cares what they thought.

She exhaled slowly, relaxing herself. She decided to make the best of this situation and meditate- something she hadn't really got the chance to do since arriving.

Garfield felt her settle into her seat. He watched from the corner of his eye as she closed her eyes and began breathing at a slow, practiced pace. Not wanting her to get in trouble, he gentle nudged her. "Don't fall asleep on us, Rae," he whispered.

Her eyes opened immediately, set in a glare. He was beginning to wonder if her face was programmed to do that.

"I'm not sleeping, idiot," she hissed, balling her hands into fists in her lap. "I'm trying to meditate."

Garfield gave her a bewildered look. "Why?"

Raven let out a groan of frustration. This boy would be the death of her.

Chapter 17! Yay!

Lol do not fear! Raven is not crushing on Garth! It's just an attraction! There was a boy at my high school who had a similar thing going on- he was nice, attractive, and every girl was crushing on him- though nobody did anything about it. But all the guys accepted it. My friend's boyfriend even teased her about him, which was really funny. But back to the story- so yeah, it's not a serious crush or anything, because I absolutely loathe love-triangles. Bleh.

And AquaRaven? Double bleh! (No offense to anyone who ships those two, but it's BBRae all the way for me)

Anywhoo, leave a review?