6. Meal of Secrets

The Titans sat around the dinner table with Bruce Wayne, eating their food. Polite conversation passed, and everyone was enjoying themselves. Bruce asked a few polite questions about the various relationships in the Tower. His question about how far Richard and Kori had gone had left them both blushing and mumbling. Victor and Jennifer said happily that they only cuddled at night, since they knew they weren't ready to go any further.

Bruce smiled then turned to Garfield. "SO, Garfield, how long have you and Rachel been dating?"

At the looks of shock on the rest of the team's faces, he raised an eyebrow. "Was this not common knowledge?"

Rachel rolled her eyes. "Looks like the bets off, Gar."

Garfield nodded. Then faced Bruce. "We've been together for ove a year, but we decided to wait and see how long it took the rest of the team to figure it out. We kinda had a bet going to see who would figure it out first. Looks like it doesn't matter, now."

Rachel and Garfield laughed, then looked at the faces of the rest of the team, and laughed harder.

Bruce rolled his eyes. "All right, all right, that's enough. So how far have you two gone, hmm?"

"I got this from Zatana," Raven said bluntly, pulling out a strange looking charm. Everyone bent over to examine it.

Bruce was the first to recognize the runes. "That's an anti-pregnancy charm."

Raven nodded. "It's formulated to my physiology. As long as I wear it, I can't get pregnant. Zatana confirmed BB's unstable genetic code wouldn't have an effect on it."

"But why would you need that?" Richard asked.

Rachel looked at him, her eyebrow quirked upward. "What do you think?"

Beast Boy had a nervous but happy grin on his face.

Jennifer was the first to wrap her mind around it. "Rachel, you dirty girl! Next girl talk, you're spilling the details!"

Kori followed quickly. "Oh yes, you must tell us the details of your mating rituals with friend Garfield."

By now, both Rachel and Garfield were bright red, and Victor was laughing. Richard was embarrassed. "Can we change the subject."

Unfortunately, the girls were unwilling to let the matter drop, and the rest of the dinner was the most awkward in the history of the Wayne Manor...at least as far as the boys were concerned.