Hey guys! So this is my second story on here. I'm kinda taking a break from my first story, "Through the Years", as you can tell. I promise I'm not abandoning it, but I just felt the urge to write something a little different at the moment. I thought I'd get it down before I lost the inspiration. Please go check out my first story if you haven't already! It has no connection to this one, but I am extremely proud of it so far. Anyway I hope you enjoy :)

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans.

Chapter One

Rachel Roth was not a difficult soul. Though all her life she had been told that she was not like everyone else and that she was a bother to deal with, she never once considered herself to be difficult. Rachel Roth considered herself to be unique, intelligent, and above high school. Rachel didn't hate high school for the endless homework, early mornings, or even the smelly bathrooms. All of that, she could deal with. Rachel simply hated the people. Every last one of them, save her twin brother Richard. Now, Richard was not in the slightest way as antisocial as Rachel. No, he was outgoing and warm and seemed to make friends at the drop of a dime. He was popular. Nearly every girl at the small overpopulated school not-so-secretly drooled over Richard. Something curious was that Richard never seemed to let all the attention go to his head, it was an odd trait for a sixteen year old boy. He often kept his cool and rarely left his sister's side. Either he was extremely mature or he was extremely oblivious. Rachel was never quite sure. All in all, Rachel was thankful for her twin. He was the only person in her life to understand her. Heck, he should understand her after all they've gone through together. The cards Rachel and Richard had been dealt were definitely not the easiest to play with. Of course life was better now, after years in foster homes the two finally ended up in a good home to say the least. Bruce Wayne was an excellent father. Though at first he was only interested in having a boy, he had warmed up to Rachel effortlessly. He really connected with her over his large library that he later had catered to her intellectual needs. Any kid would be jealous of Richard and Rachel's lifestyle, but the twins kept it hidden. Richard went on to say that he didn't want to be treated differently around school and Rachel agreed. They wore normal inexpensive clothes to school, rejected Bruce's efforts to let the limo drop them off in the mornings, and above all never invited people over to the mansion. It was an easy enough secret to keep considering that the twins never got in trouble, thus never causing Bruce to roll up in his million dollar car wearing his million dollar suit smoking a million dollar cigar. Rachel was antisocial anyway, so she never had to worry about avoiding sleepovers held at her house or friends coming to pick her up. Richard struggled a little more than his sister, but it was nothing a little white lie couldn't contain. Yes, life had been considerably good to the twins in the past few years. Rachel didn't have much to complain about really, except for the idiots that she was forced to coexist with at a ridiculously close proximity every day.

"What if I'm home-schooled?" Rachel murmured as she crunched on a bright red apple. She was wearing a long sleeved black sweater. The sweater was ripped in several places. Her dark blue jeans were tight on her skinny body and tucked into her black combat boots. Rachel tucked a piece of her shoulder length black hair behind her ear, revealing her many ear piercings. She was feeling very tired and not in the mood to deal with other teenagers. Then again, she was never in the mood.

"With all due respect Miss, you only have two years of high school left." Alfred reminded her as he poured some fresh tea into her favorite purple mug. As if she needed reminding, she'd been counting down her days left in that school since the first day of the ninth grade.

"What's your point?"

The short conversation was interrupted by Richard, who seemed to be in a frenzy searching for something. Rachel took a moment to examine her brother's choice of clothing for yet another day of school. He was wearing his favorite dark red button up with black jeans. His hair had its usual five pounds of hair gel forced in to shape it perfectly. Richard's ever present dark sunglasses hung from the collar of his shirt. He always seemed to have remarkably good timing, that timing being whenever Rachel was about to receive a sarcastic word of advice from their favorite butler.

"Alfred! Have you seen my wallet? I can't find it and I'm running late and I could have sworn I left it on my dresser." Richard's bright blue eyes were ridiculously focused and hard. Rachel had the same blue eyes, but often covered them with dark purple contacts, which were the same color as the ends of her dark hair.

Alfred opened his mouth to speak but Rachel beat him to it.

"Oh yeah, here." She said simply as she tossed the black leather wallet to her brother's face. He checked the insides.

"Is there... a reason why I'm missing money? Rachel... Bruce literally has piles of... money laying around and you still choose to go... in my wallet?" he complained as he scarfed down his eggs and ham already laid out on a plate for him next to Rachel. Their breakfasts were always made and waiting for them in the exquisite dining room.

"It's fun to watch you squirm like that." She shrugged as she finished off her apple. "You coming? We're going to be late." Rachel dropped her apple core in the remarkably clean trash can as she made her way to the large glass front door.

Richard grunted as he gulped some orange juice and grabbed his bag. "You see what I have to deal with?" he pointed at Rachel's parting figure before he began to follow it. "Hey, I'm driving!" he shouted as he heard the jingle of car keys. He picked up speed until he was out the door. Alfred smirked at the two. He could tell Richard wasn't actually mad. He never seemed to be angry with his sister.

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"Richard I swear one day your driving is going to kill us! How are you not afraid to go that fast?"

The boy in question simply shrugged as he exited the car and grabbed his things. Rachel always scolded him about his driving. She considered it to be reckless.

"Look, if Bruce would just let me take my motorcycle to school, this wouldn't be a problem would it?" he smiled at his twin after she retrieved her bag while locking the car.

"Shut up, I wouldn't let you near that thing unattended either." A small smile escaped Rachel's lips as she continued to joke with her brother while they made their way into the main hallway of the school. She ducked her head to make sure her peers didn't see. She enjoyed the rumors going around that claimed she had no soul, or that she was part demon. She enjoyed the fact that people found her intimidating. All was going to plan until she bumped into something that felt like a human being. She stumbled back for a second, weirdly caught off guard. She was never caught off guard.

"Whoa dude, I'm sorry." A husky voice choked out as some things that felt suspiciously like hands caught her.

"You're touching me." She grumbled as she looked up at whatever had caused her to almost fall.

Green. The eyes she was staring into were the brightest and most appealing green she had ever seen. They belonged to a boy she had never seen before. He had somewhat shaggy blonde hair and freckles dotted across his cheeks. His lips were in a little half smile. Rachel didn't know this boy, but this smile seemed to be one that rarely left his face.

"I'm sorry, what'd you say?" The green eyes questioned, but for once in her life Rachel was at a loss for words. As quickly as the mesmerization had come, it had left when she realized the guy's hands were still on her forearms. His grip was tight. Strong.

"You're touching me." She spat louder. The hands left. Richard seemed to just now catch wind that some guy was actually talking to his sister. He turned his head, interested to see who had been stupid enough to touch Rachel. The green-eyed boy seemed put off by the sudden volume increase, but managed to put a smile on his face nonetheless.

"I'm Gar. I'm new here." He proclaimed as he put out his hand. Rachel ignored the gesture.

"I don't care." She huffed as she tried to look as intimidating as possible. This Gar character was barely fazed. Richard, being the nice guy he was, stepped in and shook his hand.

"I'm Richard. This is my twin sister Rachel. Nice to meet you…" He showed off his perfect smile as he began to chatter away about their stupid school.

Rachel took this opportunity to size this guy up, while glaring of course. Gar was wearing a light blue long sleeved shirt with three buttons going down from the neckline. The shirt wasn't at all tight, but the way Gar had rubbed his neck while listening to Richard ramble showed off some muscle underneath. She noticed that the same half smile was still on his face, even when he realized that Rachel was glaring at him.

Before Gar could add to the introduction, the loud annoying electronic bell rang signaling that the teens needed to get to first period. Gar took a folded schedule out of his pocket and began to study it.

"Hey, we'll see you around man. Don't worry; it's not too bad here. If you can find us you can..." The male twin was cut off by a dainty hand tugging him away from the new boy. Rachel continued to drag her brother all the way to first period. Gar let out an amused laugh as he watched them go. He didn't speak to him very long, but he knew that he liked Richard. There was something about the way that he held himself; he was calm, cool, and collected. Rachel was another story. She was sharp and bursting with some kind of energy that he couldn't put his finger on. She was just intriguing. Her dark purple eyes seemed to remind Gar how much he loved that color. Rachel was something else. Something mysterious and not like any girl he had ever met. He had to know more about that girl.

And there you have it! I know that there are about a million high school stories about the Teen Titans but I just couldn't resist! Obviously the rest of the team hasn't made their appearances yet but I'm working on it, so don't worry. I have a lot in store for this story so please stay tuned! Also any reviews would be much appreciated, I would love to know what I can work on and see what you guys think! Thanks so much for reading! :)