The Teen Titans are often times not owned by me. And by often, I mean always. They are always not owned by me.

"So I talked to Gar but he had like nothing to say and I was going to tell you what I had deduced from his nervousness but then I decided that since everything worked out so well with you helping me get a date with Kori that you deserved some actual in-tell so I talked to Vic and he said that he's absolutely certain that-"

"Stop!"

Richard's mouth hung open comically as he stared at Raven's flushed face.

"But I was-"

"No, Richard," she sighed, setting her head on the table in defeat. "I don't want to know."

The black-haired boy looked confused. "But you said-"

"And I've changed my mind." Raven sat back up, giving her friend a pointed look. "I don't want to know anymore, okay?"

Her teammate slumped slightly in his chair. "But I went through all the trouble to find out," he pouted.

The pale girl couldn't help but crack a smile at her friend's disgruntled expression. "And I'm sure your detective skills were eloquent, but if Garfield... likes me, I want him to let me know on his own accord. It wouldn't be fair any other way."

Richard nodded his head reluctantly at her explanation. "I guess that makes sense."

Raven gave him her signature smirk as she leaned across the table. "So," she whispered, sparing a glance at their red-haired teammate across the lobby, taking to the blue team with Jinx, "where are you taking her?"

The hotel heir had a faraway look in his eyes and a dopey smile on his face. "Well, first we'll go to-" but he stopped suddenly, giving his old friend an inquisitive look. "You're a double agent!" he exclaimed, pointing at her angrily.

The dark-haired girl rolled her eyes as she leaned back in her seat. "How could you even think that," she deadpanned.

Richard crossed his arms in defiance. "You would never ask about something as 'trivial' as the location of my date," he answered firmly. "Obviously Kori roped you into finding out- I told her it would be a surprise."

Raven let out a dry laugh. "Wow, you're paranoid."

Richard held his determined gaze.

Sighing in defeat, the pale girl folded. "Fine," she drawled, rolling her eyes mockingly. "Can you at least tell me what the dress code will be? She's been bothering me day and night."

It was true; the redhead was relentless when it came to Richard. Ever since he had asked her out two days ago, she had non-stop talked about him. Raven had already suffered through two nights of her speculation, and she was not prepared to handle a third. Especially since she was still exhausted from her... bonding with Garfield the day before.

Thinking of the blonde reminded her to maybe try to talk to him. Ms. Mae had insisted he spend the rest of the day bed-ridden, and she even let it slide when he missed dinner and breakfast the next morning, opting for room-service instead.

Raven couldn't decide if him milking it for all he was worth was genius or infuriating. She settled for infuriatingly genius.

Richard's answer to her question brought her back to reality.

"A dress, I guess," he shrugged noncommittally.

The pale girl felt her eyes narrow against her will. "Do you know how many different types of dresses there are?" she growled. If he could just give her a straight answer, she could be done with the conversation and move on to more pressing matters. Like where the hell Garfield was.

Not that she cared.

The black-haired boy sighed dramatically. "A nice one- I don't know!"

Raven hated that he was bringing out her inner girly girl. Which she had buried deep, deep, deep down inside. "I'm going to kill you."

Richard let out a nervous laugh- he was never good at deciphering sarcasm. "Okay, I'll tell you this much- it's a restaurant, and I had to make reservations."

His teammate smiled triumphantly as she stood from her chair and made her way towards the redhead.

Already practicing her grimace, she began to inform Kori of what she could squeeze out of the hotel heir.

Garfield absentmindedly followed his best friend around the hotel as they searched for their teacher. It was incomprehensible how an old, stout woman who dressed so oddly could seemingly disappear in a sea of teenagers, businessmen, and socialites.

"I can't believe how easy you two got off yesterday," Victor mused, apparently deciding that awkward silence between best friends wasn't normal. "I mean, she literally caught you in Raven's room, and then she let you order room service! What the hell!"

The blonde smiled fondly as he remembered his walk across the hall to his room. Those were an amazing fifteen seconds.

Victor took Garfield's silence as permission to continue his rant. "What were y'all even doing up there, you know, before you decided to puke all over her bathroom."

He rolled his eyes at the larger teen's description. "Well, I walked her up to her room 'cuz she was like super tired and needed a nap, and then... well... Okay, long-story short, I left for like a second and came back and Adoofus was being the little creep that he is and I kinda got into it with him and then Raven got all mad and pulled me into her room and yelled at me and then I threw up."

Victor blinked slowly at the blonde's explanation. "So I'm guessing she knows?"

Garfield gave his best friend a confused look. There were a lot of ways he could take that- she knows he likes her (which he was pretty sure she didn't), she knows he has medication (which was obviously true), or she knows why he has medication (which he figured she could figure out on her own, or she'd respect his privacy and let him tell her in his own time).

"Knows what?"

The larger teen gave a hearty chuckle as the two of them made the rounds back towards the lobby. "I don't know, man- you tell me!"

Garfield raised his brows in apprehension. "Well, she knows about my... you know, but she doesn't know what it's for," he admitted, feigning nonchalance. In reality though, he was panicking like crazy- he didn't want Raven thinking there was something wrong with him.

Victor nodded in understanding, letting a lengthy pause build up before his next question. "Are you going to tell her?"

The blonde literally stopped walking as he contemplated over the matter. Raven had shared something so personal with him- on accident- and it was only fair he'd do the same, since she stumbled upon a secret of his own.

Plus, if she was going to be the mother of his children, she needed to know what she would be in for.

Garfield quickly shook that thought out of his head- even he wasn't forward enough to be thinking about impregnating the petite girl, though other things did come to mind...

Again, he shook his head roughly- now he was beginning to think like Adonis- which was a really bad thing, since that guy was a total sleazeball.

"Probably," he sighed, knowing he kind of owed it to her- after all, he'd be worrying like crazy if she had some strange, unknown illness and refused to tell him. But he did have a crush on her, which changed the situation the teensiest bit.

Victor had halted his walking too as he gave his best friend a sympathetic look. "That's good- you need to talk about it more," he replied, patting him on the back. "It's nothing to be ashamed of."

Garfield heaved another sigh. "I know, I just hate being... different."

His best friend's brotherly patting turned into a swift punch in the arm, electing a unmanly squeak from the blonde.

"Ain't nothing wrong with being different," he laughed, pulling up his pant-leg as a reminder.

Shorter chapter lol. Sorry :)

Anywhoo, in case it was a bit confusing, this chapter took place the next day, so BB had spent the rest of the day after the last chapter in his room 'cuz he wasn't feeling too hot. So now it's... Wednesday (I literally had to go back and read my own story to be sure)!

And I gave a little more info about Garfield (obviously), but you'll probably know what's wrong with him when he tells Raven.

Also, to meel, I am so sorry, but they didn't kiss! Raven was comparing his "I like you" to something that would happen in a teenage TV drama (even though she mistook his meaning as "I like you as a friend" when he was really saying "I want to father your children" (okay, maaaybe not specifically that lol)). I am so, so sorry! Forgive me! I didn't mean to mislead you!

Or anyone else who found that confusing!

Also, I will update The After Party... eventually... freaking writer's block :(

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