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Jade glared at Beck. "Really?" She asked, doubt and more then a little ire in her voice.

"Yes, really." The boy insisted. "We're going in theme costumes this year. I talked to Robbie and the others, got everyone on board, and we're going as members of the Teen Titans."

"Comic book characters?" Jade repeated.

"Yea, Comic book characters, though they also had that fun cartoon back in the mid aughts."

"Aughts?" Jade looked through her recent ex. They'd gotten back together only to break up yet again, this time over the oddly shifted dynamic. Jade, it seemed, just couldn't act crazy enough for the boy.

"Canceled in aught five, if my memory is correct." He smirked, enjoying how he was pushing her buttons. It felt good, the way they used to be. Only real problem had become one of fear. Her fear of being alone verses his growing fear of what she might some day do. For a boy who claimed not to feel fear, it worried him that his fears about Jade were because she was genuinely terrifying, and not worrying about what she might just do to herself. "Anyways, I hear they're working on a new show, so that should be good. Until then, the guys and I talked it out, and we've assigned people rolls."

"And I'm going to wear something sexy and impractical, cause that's what they dress the girls in, right?" Jade managed to sound offended and neutral, all at the same time.

"Your Raven, so you get a nice dress, and a long cloak, and since we're using the television show, you can manipulate darkens as a form of magic." Beck explained. "Her original powers were more varied, but we're focusing on the cartoon, cause people know that."

"And what roll are you gonna play?" Jade looked through her ex.

"Wasn't sure." He shrugged. "I was gonna play Robin, but that form is kinda sidekicky, so I thought, Nightwing. Only, he never Nightwinged during the shows run. Still, Nightwing is more, um., mature, but I have to admit, the shorts, kind of a look, right?"

"And Robbie's gonna be beast boy?" Jade assumed.

"Offered it to Andre, but he felt Cyborg was a more natural fit for him." Beck smiled. "No racial typecasting here."

"Just a nerd in Blacface." Jade noted. "Yea, cause that would have gone over great… Wait, is it too late to change them. Thinking the schools reaction would be hilarious."

"And that's the other reason you're playing Raven." Beck told her. "You're both scary as chiz."

"Okay, how about this… We have two more girls, and only one roll." Jade tapped her foot. "Or is one gonna play Jinx?"

"Wonder Girl." Beck said. "Tori is gonna play wonder girl. Thought of offering her Bumblebee, cause not that many Hispanic woman in the titans, except she looks like she could do Wonder Girl. So, Wonder Girl."

"Cat's Starfire?" Jade tried to wrap her mind around it. "Confused by our world and culture, and kisses people to learn languages, so yea, I can see that. Just, loads of body paint."

"A sheer material costume that colors the skin." Beck corrected. "Not easy to make, but we do have Cat, who can so do that kind of chiz. So, we have out costumes. Next, we have a Halloween party to attend, once everyone has their stuff. Standard Hollywood Arts rules, we wear different costumes through school, then we have a short time to change into out costumes for the party. You in?"

"Whats in it for me?" Jade asked.

"Other then helping your friends?" Beck smiled, hoping he didn't have to sweeten the pot.

"I'm more then willing to help my friends, just as long as there's something in it for me." Jade assured him. "Like, I get to find whomever wanted people in theme costumes, and hurt him, right? Inflicting emotional scars work so well in helping me feel better about myself."

"You've already placed immense emotional scars on the one responsible for this." Beck said. "And before you hurt Tori again, it was because of a comment you made last year they included group costume as one of the prizes this year."

"Oh…." Her voice grew small, just for a moment, as he saw the wheels turning.

"No hurting yourself!" He ordered.

"Don't do that nearly as much as I used to." Jade deflected. "Just, you know, when it's necessary."

"Did you finally agree to see someone?" Beck wondered. "Like maybe a therapist?"

"Yes, already." Jade groaned. "What is it with you people. Vega told me, I see a shrink, or one day I'd hurt Cat without intending too, cause she's so, um, stupid I guess. Not dumb, but she really cares about me, as a friend, and I don't understand how she could. I'm a… You know what, it doesn't mater why I've decided to see someone, improve my odds of making it. Like they say, in this town, it's often who you know, and I found me an affordable shrink with some contacts. I drop his name, I impress people, so I'm good."

"Yea, sounds like you…" Beck actually sounded hurt.

"What?" Jade demanded.

"It's just, Tori helped you." Beck sighed. "Look, it's good, it really is. But it feels, more and more, like Tori is the one helping you grow, and I put so much time and effort into trying to make you a better person."

"Yea, well, Vega knows better then to assume I'm anything other then who I am, so…" Jade looked off towards the distance. "She never makes me feel like I'm wrong for being me, just that people care, and I can maybe look into changing, if it fits, to better be able to not drive them away. Makes it easier for me, cause I don't feel so… Judged." Her voice got small towards the end.

"So, we meet up at Tori's, after school, and Cat gets all our measurements." Beck shifted. "We know how quickly she can make chiz, so we should have plenty of time for fittings and the like before we need to dress up. But this year, we're winning the group Halloween costume prize, and maybe the individual prize, and showing the school that the main people deserve to be the one's everyone knows about."

"That bugs you, doesn't it?" Jade asked.

"Well, Sinjin has proven to be a good friend, and I do feel hurt he was upset when we had our followers competition…" Beck looked almost repentant.

"Yea, we should have been above it." Jade sighed. "Okay, but this outfit, it had better show off my cleavage, cause unlike the cartoon, I have besoms." He gave her a surprised look. "Nature gave em to me, so might as well use em, right?"

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One more Halloween story for the road. Have a great one, plus a great Day of the Dead, and any other Joyous holiday that may fall near October 31st. It is the season when the walls between the two worlds are the thinnest, so, if you're reviewing this from beyond the grave, give a shout out.

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