DISCLAIMER: Never owned Teen Titans. It goes to the respectful owners.

CHAPTER 11

SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT

Gar didn't believe what he was hearing.

"Kole, you aren't kidding are you?" He asked, his eyebrow raised. "Now that I see, ya look like you wanna cry."

"Beast Boy," she said in exasperation. "Should we tell Robin that Slade is Jericho's son? Should we blab to him where the device came from?"

Gar sat down and rubbed his fingers through his hair. Wow, one thing Kole was good at was asking some hard questions.

After they'd left the house to avoid the 911, they settled here in the park that'd been deserted.

"Who are we speaking of again?" Asked Lighting tearing up a piece of grass he pulled from the ground. "Is it Jericho, or... Um, whatshisname."

"Brother, it's Jericho," Thunder answered quietly. "Jericho is the son of the enemy."

"You caught all of that?" He shrugged with a careless face expression. "I apparently didn't because of all that crying Kole's doing."

"Hey!" Yelled Kole. "I'm in a pickle right now, can you really blame me? I might have to tell Robin that the guy I love, is the son–"

"Don't," Gar said.

Kole looked at him sceptically.

"What?"

Gar wiped some invisible dust off his black leather jacket and stood up. "Don't tell Robin. I'm not going to tell Robin. No one is going to tell Robin."

Thunder and Lightning, who felt like that last sentence was directed towards them said in unison, "we won't tell!"

"Why not?" Asked Kole. "If we don't say anything, this could be a burden to all of us."

"Burden is a burden," Gar repeated nonchalantly. "If we don't say anything... Then there is nothing to be burdened about. And Kole, wouldn't you think Jericho would like to reveal it himself to everyone that he is the son of Slade?"

Kole nodded agreeably. "Yeah, you're right... I'm going home. If ya need me I have my communicator."

She then walked away from the group with her head low and her hands in her coat pocket, she just wanted to go home and think. Or sulk.

She also began to wonder what her and Gar were fighting for anymore.

-/-/

When Gar – now Beast Boy arrived back at the tower he kept on thinking about what had happened back at that house. The more he thought the more he began to connect the dots, and the more he connected the dots, the more the wiser he came.

If we saw a mask that was equivalent to Slade's that caused the house to blow up, then we probably shouldn't have been snooping inside the house in the first place. Especially when we found out some things we probably shouldn't have found out. Like the photos Kole had looked at; coming to know who brought up Jericho.

Walking inside the tower he yawned greatly realising how tired he felt. Covering the yawn up with his hand he walked to his bedroom but he saw that- Cyborg? Was standing in front of it.

Beast Boy didn't know wether or not he should approach his cybernetic friend, or scram somewhere. To his skepticism and frustration Cyborg was already turning around had already seen him.

"Hey BB!"

"Hey Cy," Beast Boy said slowly, "what are you doing at my room so early.. Late?"

Cyborg's smile faltered when he answered, "Robin wants to see you."

Now, Beast Boy began to break out in a cold sweat. Not that Cyborg had noticed since they were standing in the dark. "Why? Is something wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong Green Bean, Robin just needs to ask you a few questions."

He knew Cyborg was lying. He didn't know if it had something to do with the smile or how his voice sounded, but he could just detect that his friend was lying. Considering he did have the instincts of an animal after all.

"Okay, well tell Robin when I wake up he can ask me questions." Beast Boy began to walk past Cyborg, but he blocked his way.

"I'm sorry BB, but Robin's been waitin' up for you to show." The android crossed his arms and looked at Beast Boy quizzically. "Where have you been anyway?"

Beast Boy lied, "Um, I've been on the roof."

"Raven was jus' up there a while ago."

"But I flew around the city for awhile too."

"Oh, okay. But Robin needs to talk to you so..."

Beast Boy nodded. "Okay, okay, I'll follow you to wherever he is. And is this um, any news about a Titan or sumthin'?"

"No, it's about you."

-/-/-/

Kole sat up and looked into space, just wanting to know why she couldn't sleep. Dawn was around the corner and she tossed and turned most of the night thinking about Jericho, and the burden that Beast Boy hadnt thought of as a burden whatsoever.

Nonetheless, she was overpowered by it, it being the reason she couldn't sleep. Gnarrk had been on her hide the moment she walked in. "Gnarrk! Gnarrk!" It was. And her patient reply being, "I'll make it up to you tomorrow Gnarrk, please go back to bed. I'm fine, I am unscathed, nothing bad has happened to me. No! I was not partying all night."

Crying now, she shook her head as the tears fell. Asking herself why on Earth she was feeling this way about a measly little secret? But the thing was, it WASN'T SOME SECRET TO IMMEDIATELY BE OKAY ABOUT!

Yet, at the same time she thought that she felt a light illuminate from somewhere. Getting out of her sleeping bag she looked out the slit from within her space and saw it to be a figure. No, it wasn't Gnarrk since she could hear his monstrous snoring. She didn't know who it was. Peering in more closely she saw that it was a woman's figure, clad in gold. She appeared to be glittering, and her face seemed to be modest and smiling.

"Hello?" Crooned Kole Curiously. "I am Kole."

The figure brightened even more walking towards her. "Kole, Kole Weathers?"

Kole nodded. "If you don't mind me asking, how do you know my name?"

"Because darling." She paused in speech and winked at her. "I'm your mother."

-/-/-

Beast Boy entered the living room and found Titans East sitting on the couch playing bored games and eating junk food. Wait, it was only Mãs y Menos, and Speedy.

They hadn't appeared to see him nor Cyborg.

"Tin Man what are they doing here?" Beast Boy whispered as they walked past the couch, heading to the room Robin was in.

"Bee has a family reunion to go to, and Aqualad is visiting someone in the Atlantic . So they needed me to look after them."

"Speedy couldn't watch them?"

"Speedy isn't the greatest babysitter, let alone take care of himself and the tower."

"Oh, yeah. Figured."

Now, in the training room. Beast Boy saw that Starfire and Raven were there too. Great.

"Hey, guys," he said casually, "what's up?"

Everyone exchanged looks.

Raven nodded her head and began to speak, "Beast Boy, we wanna know where you've been tonight." She said this with her normal tone, but he could detect somewhat of a concern in it.

"Why do you wanna know?"

Raven frowned. "Because you left your communicator here. You didn't meet us where we were alerted to be."

Woah. Now Beast Boy hadn't seen that coming. Honestly he was worried about what occurred tonight, when he was out with Kole, and Thunder and Lightning. He'd forgotten that the Titans would've been alerted to check out the place. And that he'd left his communicator in his bedroom.

"My bad guys," he apologized, "ya know waking up in the med–"

"Where I suggested you stay," said Robin coldly. "But obviously you've had problems listening to others."

Beast Boy didn't let his anger get the best of him. He just nodded. "Yes, and my bad. If I have to do the dishes for a week, or whatever then I guess I'm up for it."

Most of his teammates had been about to agree on that when Raven shook her head. "No. I think your video games should be taken away and locked up for a week, and you need to buy me some books."

"No, I disagree on the video game thing. And why do I need to buy you books?"

Everyone looked at Raven astoundingly. Normally she wouldn't be the one to speak out on such things but I guess she were to do so now.

She smirked and raised her eyebrow. "You do remember earlier, don't you? And you know we all barely use the dishes in the house unless Starfire is baking which is seldom, so your punishment is very little."

Beast Boy laughed harshly, slapping his forehead. "Seriously Rae? It's not like I betrayed my teammates, or nearly joined a villain academy. Nor reck all parts of Jump City, did I? I'm not giving up my video games, nor buying you books. Don't you have like a jillion in your bedroom? Wait, but I'd have to ask Malchior to find that out, or probably Robin. Too bad Malchior's trapped in a book."

Starfire had tears prick her eyes. Why was her green friend acting funny? Where did the laughing innocent teammate Go?

Would you believe me if I told you every member was thinking the same as the alien princess?

"Beast Boy you are the different," she said sounding hurt.

"BB what's up with ya man?" Cyborg shook his head. "Robin said you were acting different, but not like this."

Raven didn't say anything. She simply exited the room and went to her Eden, to probably meditate or something.

And Robin's face grew a few shades red. "Beast Boy," He said tightly. "First you are going to apologize to Raven and Starfire, then you are to have Cyborg take away all your video games, then you are to buy Raven a lot of books out of your pea sized bank account, pay check- But most-likely a piggybank - Got it?"

The changeling held a staring contest with Robin. Sure deep down he felt bad for what he said, and he wanted to go after Raven. But he knew he'd be giving into all of this like always, this time he wouldn't.

Right now he had a couple of things he'd like to say. "Why her? Why is she the one always allowed to leave the room all pissed off, and no one to be suspicious of her, or bother her? Why does she always have to be apologized to when I'M really the victim here? Why can't you give me some money to go and buy her a book if you care about her so damn much? Before she started going out with Jericho I used to think she had the hots for you! But Im not sure anymore. Man, I can't believe I almost started to care for her!"

Before any of the Titans could stop him he left the room and walked quickly to his bedroom.

He didn't see how wide their eyes were.

-/-

Kole wanted to cry, then scream, then immediately run. She wanted to do all that right that second but nothing came out of her, no reaction.

"Kole, darling," her mother asked concerned, "you alright? Feeling woozy?"

"No... I'm- I'm fine." Her eyes were wide. "You're alive?" She peered in closely at her mother, trying to know if this glowing woman was her mother. She appeared to have no bug like features, and her features were plain; normal looking.

Marilyn Weathers began to laugh, that same arrogant twang to it. "You silly silly girl! You don't know what a spirit is?!" Her eyes twinkled. "Didn't your father and I teach you well?"

Kole turned around to check on Gnarrk who was still sound asleep. Just this night did he choose to be a heavy sleeper. She turned back around and faced her mother who was looking at her manicure-less nails.

"But why are you still a spirit, shouldn't you already be in Heaven or Hell?" The pink haired girl asked. "Is Dad here too?"

"No, I actually don't know where he is."

"Then why are you here?" She asked impatiently. Her mother seemed so nonchalant and on ease. But Kole could still detect small pieces of her familiar personality. Her mother was still mean. She knew it.

"Why I am I here?" Marilyn straightened her posture and walked towards Kole, her arms out. "Because, I wanna tell you how proud I am of you." She hugged her daughter. "I wanna tell you how proud I am of you for not spilling Jericho's secret, because you know what love is." She tightened her arms around her daughter. "Oh Kole you've gotten so beautiful. Even though I still blame your father for your bubble gum-looking hair. Pretty, pretty, pretty."

Kole so badly wanted to pull back from her Mother's hug, but how could she when she needed her the most right now. "Mom?" She said as her mother stroked her hair. "When are you leaving?"

"When it's my time to go. I'm not leaving yet."

Kole began to cry. She knew she should've questioned her mother more and held back, but she needed a mother right now.

"Mom, I'm scared for Jericho. What should I do? Should I still be his friend, should I still visit him from time to time?"

Marilyn pulled back from the hug and looked at her daughter, caressing both of her cheeks lovingly. "Kole do you hav a napkuhn?"

Kole walked over to the counter of the home and looked behind it. Soon coming out from behind the counter with a napkin in her hand handing it to her mother. Marilyn took the napkin and wiped the wetness from her daughter's cheeks.

"You should still be his friend," was her reply to Kole's question as she still wiped at her daughter's cheeks. "You should still love him. You do realize Kone that you know more about him than Raven Roth, don't you? You do realize he keeps up a good barrier? And you've figured it out. Maybe you should go over to his residence tomorrow, eh? Sound good?"

Kole began to realize that her mother was giving her good words of wisdom, and that maybe she would start being more of friend to Jericho. Maybe he would open up his heart a little towards her.

So, until the dawn of day her mother sat with her and they talked a lot. About life, love, and bliss.

You, reader, may be wondering why Kole isn't angry at her mother. And to answer your wonderment I would say Kole has put the past behind her.

Needles hurt. Pain hurts. But pain goes away, and her mother is nicer, and sort of like her guardian angel. Forgiveness is the key to happiness.

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How's that for a chapter? Any questions?

Slytherin- Hunter Of Artemis: I kind of used to feel the same way as well. And I sort of do remember Slade usin' the blinking light things in the show. Anyway, thanks for reviewing. :)

Marcus Nightshade: Still intense? Thanks for reviewing. :D

JasonVUK: Thanks for reviewing. Eventually you'll get a more for sure answer on BB's behaviour. You think he's fallen for Kole?! :0

AStudyinEsmeWho: You are awesome! Thanks for reviewing. Do you know who the owner of the bombs is? And you would seriously be satisfied with BB/Kole? Wow, I really have to read my own story. Even though I already do. Hehe. :D

Kaarlinaa: Will do. Thanks for reviewin'!

Anyway, next chapter is coming very soon! There will be surprises and revelations. And mutual feelings possibly revealed.

Reed, logging off to write some more.