I am not an owner of the Teen Titans.

Garfield couldn't help but glare at Richard as he leaned against the back of Raven's chair and read over her shoulder. He knew that they were just friends, but it kind of pissed him off that the black-haired boy was so chummy with the pale girl, and at the same time hitting on Kori. Just because he was rich didn't mean he had the right to be such a dick.

He let out a small chuckle at his own joke, filing it away to tell Raven sometime- after he figured out where she stood on her friendship with the hotel heir.

Raven gave the blonde beside her an irritated look as he began to randomly laugh. Ms. Mae had announced that the competition had officially started today, and as a "country", they were supposed to raise money for their "citizens", which was really a charity the teams would choose. And right now, Logania was figuring out who their citizens were.

"I say you can never go wrong with helping out orphans," Richard mused casually.

Hearing his suggestion, Garfield immediately became serious. "Or kids in foster care," he added, leaning closer to the pale girl as he, too, read the list of charities available.

"Or kids with physical disabilities," Victor piped up as he swung his leg onto the table and rolled up his pants. "PE can be a real pain in public school," he laughed, knocking on his prosthetic.

Raven's eyes widened slightly in surprise- she hadn't realized Victor had a prosthetic leg.

Richard seemed just as curious as he voiced aloud what Raven had been thinking. "Do you mind me asking what happened?"

The large teen shrugged nonchalantly. "Nah, it's cool," he grinned, setting his leg back on the floor. "Accident at my dad's work- I was actually pretty lucky."

The pale girl nodded cautiously. "How old were you?" she asked hesitantly.

Victor gave her a sad smile. "Fifteen."

Garfield shuddered slightly as he remembered the day it happened. They were supposed to hang out later in the afternoon when his foster mom got the call. They immediately rushed to the hospital to see him, and the blonde visited him everyday until he was released three months later. After all, Garfield kind of owed him- Victor never missed one of his own appointments.

"I'm sorry," Raven replied quietly. She wondered if anything had happened to his father, but refrained from asking. She didn't want to remind Richard of her own situation.

Victor waved away her apology with a smile. "It's cool, Rae! Everything happens for a reason, and if this didn't happen to me, I would have never found my calling as a doctor."

The dark-haired girl smiled back. She could actually picture her kind, burly teammate as a surgeon.

All this talk about doctors suddenly reminded Garfield that he had neglected to take his pill earlier. "Awe, shit!" he exclaimed, standing from his seat and sprinting towards the elevator. Raven watched him go with a curious expression in her face.

The blonde rubbed his arm nervously as he watched the floor gauge go up. Once it hit the 28th floor, the doors opened and he quickly rushed towards his room. With the slide of his room card, the door unlocked and he hurried towards the nightstand.

Missing a pill didn't affect his health too much, but it did cause him to be rather irritable, and he didn't want anyone besides Victor knowing about his condition. He popped open the cap and quickly dry-swallowed the small capsule, cringing slightly as it slithered down his throat.

Meanwhile, in the lobby, Raven found it hard to focus as she waited for Garfield to return. She had pieced together that the word "doctor" must have triggered something, and the case seemed more and more likely as she remembered Victor's slip up from the other day.

Something was wrong with her blonde teammate, and she couldn't figure out for the life of her why she cared so much. It wasn't that she shouldn't care, it was just that she felt she needed to know, which was ridiculous. She couldn't expect Garfield to spill all of his secrets, especially when she had plenty of her own. She tried to shrug off her impatience as she attempted to listen to her teammates discuss their other options.

Garfield gave a wary sigh as he rode the elevator back down to the lobby. He realized his sudden departure was probably not the smartest thing to do if he wanted to keep his condition a secret; especially since his pale teammate was a very observant girl. Pretty and smart, he mused to himself, shaking his head.

The doors hissed open as the elevator dinged, signaling he was on the right floor. He slowly made his way back to his table, ignoring the strange looks he got from his classmates who had seen him rush by earlier.

Raven tried to hide her surprise as the blonde plopped down next to her, his face flushed from running. He caught her eye and gave her a cheeky smile, which she returned slowly.

He could sense her curiosity, and prayed that she'd refrain from asking- at least while they were surrounded by their group. He then made eye contact with Victor, who gave him a knowing look as his eyes darted between him and the dark-haired girl. Garfield furrowed his brows, silently pleading with his best friend not to mention anything. Victor nodded in understanding.

Raven pretended not to notice the exchange as she listened to Kori read aloud the rest of the charities.

"And there is even one for the animals!" the redhead exclaimed cheerfully, giving the blonde a knowing look. "Isn't that wondrous, friend?"

Garfield smiled at the excitable girl. "Sweet! Our citizens can be cats!" he laughed.

Kori clapped her hands in front of her in agreement. "I do love the cats!" she grinned.

Richard gave her a dopey smile as he nodded in agreement. "So donations to the CAAC sound like a good plan to everyone?"

Kori and Garfield expressed their agreement with large smiles, while Victor rolled his eyes fondly and Jinx shrugged, opting instead to text her boyfriend. All eyes then turned to Raven, who was still deliberating over the silent conversation between the blonde and his best friend.

"Yo, earth to Rae?" Garfield laughed, gently shaking her shoulder.

She immediately snapped out of her thoughts and looked around in confusion. "What?"

Richard gave her a kind smile as he pointed to the charity of their choice on the list in front of her. "Does Citizens Against Animal Cruelty sound like a good charity?"

"Caac?" she sounded out with an apprehensive expression, earning a few muffled giggles from her teammates. "Well, it's certainly a fitting name," she replied sarcastically.

Garfield let out a snort of amusement. "Did Raven just make a vomit-joke?" he teased.

She rolled her eyes playfully. "I believe they're called fur balls, Garfield- I expected someone with a name like yours to know as much," she bit back.

The blonde held his hand to his heart in mock-offense. "Well, being that my name is popular for cats, you do realize I trump you on the food chain, don't you, Raven?"

The dark-haired girl lightly smacked him on the shoulder. "Shut up," she smirked.

Another chapter? With more hints about Gar's condition? But no solid information? Gasp! Aren't I a tease? ;)

Anywhoo, review?