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CHAPTER 6
SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT
It was indeed really late but rather early in the morning when Beast Boy came back to the tower. He thought wisely to shape-shift into a bird and land on the roof of the Titans Tower instead of entering through the front door. Because for one, the alarm system was set, and second he didn't want to cause any suspicion nor wake anybody up.
Shape-shifting back into his regular form he quietly walked inside the tower. He knew Robin and Raven were probably up and about but he was sort of hoping they weren't. Yet, what Beast Boy prayed and hoped for hadn't come into effect because when he walked into the living room he realized everyone was up. Dang it.
"Hello, guys." he shifted uncomfortably but managed to hold a good poker face. Especially when he saw everyone's face expressions.
He noticed Robin's first. Of course he did, he held that leader stance. His face expression was hard and cold, and even with the mask on, Beast Boy could tell his eyes were furrowed because of how his eyebrows were wrinkled. Everybody's on the other hand...
Cyborg's face expression was of suspicion and a bit of disappointment.
Raven, uh..her face expression was the same face expression she always had. Except there was something different about. He couldn't put his finger on it.
And Starfire. What Beast Boy saw were tears. Were those tears? Yeah, rolling down the Tamaranian's face were tears. God-awful tears.
"What's wrong with Starfire?" He asked everyone. He knew it was rude to not ask her herself, but that probably wasn't a good idea.
"Where's Silky?" Robin asked back in reply, his voice cold.
"He's in my bedroom." Beast Boy pointed back towards his room.
Starfire's eyes immediately lit up her emerald eyes sparkling. "Oh, I never thought to look in your room. Did you guys ever play the dressing of the up?"
The changeling smiled brightly. "No, Silkie didn't find it fun. So, he decided to nap in my room. He misses you Starfire. I'll go and get him."
But before he could do that, Robin stopped him.
"No Beast Boy, Star can go get him. Now you, on the other hand need to tell me where you went."
The changeling sighed, he already decided what excuse he could use. Him and Kole had actually figured out an excuse together.
"I was here all day," he laughed throwing his hands up in smug exasperation. "You guys seriously didn't know I was here all day?"
All his teammates exchanged looks with each other that obviously read: disbelief.
"Beast Boy you are lying," the leader said simply. "You've gotta 'fess up."
The green boy was laughing inside because he knew he could keep up with his team's suspicion.
Nonetheless a thought suddenly occurred to him. Instead of telling a really good lie, he could reveal a mega substantial lie that could put everything in order.
"Spit it out Green Bean." Cyborg smirked at him.
"Okay, if you all may know..." He kept telling himself not to look at Raven. He needed to act. He needed to do this so that the epic act could begin. His smile broadened. "I was on a date with Kole."
"All night?" Cyborg chuckled staring down at his watch, "and early in the morning?"
"Yeah, I stayed over at her place," he said ever so casually. "Surprisingly, I woke up early.
No, he hadn't spent a night at her place in a way you would think, they were actually trying to find clues on the two wily men they caught last night. They had managed to get a hold of the weapon, but they sadly found out that it was locked and a password had to be filled in for it to be able activate - that neither of the titans knew. thus they spent all night trying to figure out the password but no such luck. They probably would've kept going at it until the afternoon but Gnarrk got irritable and perhaps a little jealous because Kole wasn't paying attention to him as much he wanted her to.
Robin's face turned a couple shades red. "Umm, well, uh..." he scratched a sudden itch that was on his cheek.
Starfire who was shocked at the news had just now entered the common room snuggling her pet larvae. Her eyes showed bemusement.
"I thought..." She looked at Beast Boy then Raven, then looked at Beast Boy again. "You were dating teammate Raven."
"No, we were never dating," Raven said nonchalantly with her usual grave voice. "I'm dating Jericho."
Cyborg made a sound of disbelief; had done so on both parts.
Beast Boy and Kole? Nah.
Raven and Jericho? Nah.
"What?" Boy Wonder rubbed his fingers through his hair frustratedly, "I'm your team leader. You should tell me these things."
Beast Boy shrugged. "You know what," he said, "I'm gonna be in my room. If we have any training to do let me know, and if their is a crime alert you know I'll hear it."
With that said, he skedaddled.
-/-/-/
Kole and Gnarrk were eating lunch when she had received a message on her communicator. She raised her eyebrow in skepticism while handling the communicator confusedly.
She knew Robin had told all the Teen Titans globally that Cyborg had sent an update to all communicators that made emailing and instant messaging available. But she wasn't used to it. So far she had only received a couple chain letters from Jinx that she hadn't followed because she didn't know how to forward or carbon copy.
Expectantly she thought it would've been a chain letter but it wasn't. It was an instant message. It was there popping up on the circular screen of her communicator flashing.
It was of course from Jinx, but it wasn't a chain letter. It was a question in sparkly pink text.
luckynumberJ: Is it true?
What was Jinx talking about? thought the pink haired Titan. Delicately touching the screen she replied to the message the best she could, not at all tech savvy.
picelessjem11: wat mst u mean?
Kole cringed at her crafted sentence.
Moments later there was a reply.
luckynumberJ: stop frontin' gurl! r u and bb an item?
How did Jinx know that her and Beast Boy were so-called an item?
Them being boyfriend and girlfriend was fake, but she wasn't going to tell anyone until tomorrow when she were to visit Argent, or possibly Jinx herself.
pricelessjem11: yeah. We r an itm.
What the heck. If word got around. I guess it got around. Beast Boy must've told someone already. Or maybe Thunder and Lightning had already blabbed.
luckynumberJ: wow. I thot u had the hots 4 Jericho. ;D
pricelessjem11: I do.
Wait! Kole hadn't meant to send that. She couldn't delete the message either. Cursing to herself loudly, almost causing Gnarrk to pass out from her abruptness, she quickly sent another message after.
pricelessjem11: I don't! NOPE! I HAVE THE HOTS 4 BB! 3 3
Whatever those hearts meant...
luckynumberJ didn't believe it.
luckynumberJ: srsly. R u and bb dating?
pricelessjem11: yah we R! :) 3
After that was sent she didn't receive anymore messages from Jinx.
Kole then put her communicator back into her pocket and let out a deep breath of relief from surviving the confrontation. Standing up, she stretched a bit before deciding to visit Beast Boy, but crime decided to occur at the moment.
It was a petty little crime though, easy to handle. Ten minutes perhaps.
Gnarrk and her had to take care of some things.
-/-/-/-/
"I bet it's fake," Jinx said to Kid Flash who was munching on his tenth bag of potato chips. "I know Kole, she has the hots for Jericho."
She immediately got up from the computer chair and began pacing the floor. "But Jericho's dating Raven."
Kid Flash yawned and shrugged. "So what?" He reached for another bag of potato chips off the shelf but Jinx gave him a death stare. He immediately went back to lying on the couch staring at the ceiling. "If they didn't follow 'fate,' or whatever vocabulary word you used, they just didn't follow it."
"How can you say that?!" She screamed dramatically while in the process of splitting an armchair in half with the use of her powers. "Beast Boy and Raven belong together, Kole and Jericho belong together. Do the math Kentucky Fried Chicken!"
The yellow-red speedster smirked. "Okay, Lucky." He sat up on the couch. "If Beast Boy and Kole are 'dating' they won't last long. Especially, Guitar Boy and Purple Robin."
Kid Flash was doing the math.
Him and Jinx were opposites.
Opposites attract.
Kid Flash + Jinx = attraction
Beast Boy + Kole = No attraction
Beast Boy + Raven = attraction
Jericho + Raven = No attraction
Jericho + Kole = attraction
He even showed this to his girlfriend, yet she had to be a wet blanket.
She began explaining why his math was off.
"Jericho and Kole aren't necessarily opposites, are they?"
"I don't know, you tell me. They do balance each other out."
"But, I dunno. Don't make this so hard Walrus. Beast Boy and Raven have obvious reasons why they're opposite, but then again Raven and Jericho probably do relate well. Especially when it comes to all that mystic shit and possession."
"Yeah, I guess so. But you have to think Lucky. When you feel unsure of yourself and you don't wanna be a risk taker, am I the one to have you let go?"
"Yeah...sure."
"Then that's how the changeling and Raven are. You dig?"
"But we still haven't figured things out with Jericho and Kole."
"I have to agree. Beast Boy and Kole would seem to have nice chemistry. But as friends - or sister and bother. Jericho with Kole, they seem like they'd be adventurous. Work well together. Like: 'Honey we need to travel around the world and fend off bad guys from civilians and such.'
The speedster was moving his hands in a mocking fashion.
'Okay, honey. Let me grab my coat and passport.' Bam! That's a storybook couple who go on an adventure."
"So basically if Jericho were to join the army, Kole would go with him, and she'd be a nurse?"
Jinx was trying so hard to understand her boyfriend.
"Yeah..but you make it sound boring that way." He gave her a playful pout.
But nonetheless, all in all, the young sorceress understood her boyfriend, and the speedster understood his girlfriend. They worked together in solving the math and they might - sneakily - try to stop this whole charade Kole and Beast Boy have been playing.
But how?
"Oh, Lucky. I have an idea!"
Kid Flash thought fast.
-/-/-
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I understand why you couldn't keep up..and I'm gonna hint to you, the romantic pairings are BBRae and Jerikole. This is BB and Kole friendship. Hopefully, I verified some things. Anyway thanks for reviewing. :)