It was one of those nights where no one was particularly paying attention to Beastboy. But he didn't mind. Really, he didn't. Because you see, when no one paid attention to him, no one could forbid him from obtaining the strongest drink in the tower; the restricted Coca Cola. Okay so it wasn't that strong of a drink, but an exuberant teen plus a stimulating energy drink at this late hour would lose sleep for him and consequently, the whole tower.
But he got his hands on it, that sly snake (mind you, he really did turn into a snake to reach it) and once he did, he chugged down about six cans. Oh how he had been deprived of this glorious drink - that poor soul. When he'd returned to the living room, he had a convicted look upon his face, still seeing that no one was minding him; Cyborg was teaching the abundantly curious Starfire how to play Mega Monkeys 4 while Raven was telling Robin about her current book (proving Robin to be a bold lad indeed.) Beastboy burped an echoing belch that halted all of that the Titans were doing for a moment, but afterwards resumed. All except one. ''I know that burp.'' Beastboy hears from beside him. Raven was on his case.
''Whaddya mean, Rae?'' He has his arm behind his head, scratching his neck nervously, with a guilty smile on his lips.
She glares at him for a long time.
''Why don't you just slap me across the face? '' Beastboy sighs.
''Why don't you just write ''I'm an idiot'' on my forehead.'' Raven replies.
Yes, Raven knew there would be no sleeping titans, not tonight.
Later that night, Beastboy learned something. Staying up till two in the morning was no fun when everyone was asleep. It was a surprise they did manage to sleep, but by now each had their own techniques to block BB out. Only Starfire had made the dreadful mistake of forgetting to close her room door. Deviously, Beastboy morphed into a chicken, plucked one of his feathers, morphed back to human and tickled the feather under Starfire's nose. You'd think he would remember what happens when Starfire sneezed. A supernatural sneeze exploded from the Tamaranian, enough to shake the whole strong-structured tower.
First came running Robin and Cyborg, ''What happened!?'' Robing yelled in a daze (which brought up the question- does Robin sleep with his mask or something?) Now all the sudden events even scared Beastboy himself, causing him to morph into a chicken. Starfire coming in contact with another one of Beastboy's feathers triggered another booming sneeze. It was then Raven walked in, quite crabby (but who could blame her) threatening from her teeth, ''Would you keep it down?!''
With that trademark guilty look on his face, he poorly tried to lighten the mood…
''You…uh…n-need a better hiding place….heh…''
A moment of silence from all the titans was difficult to determine of just what kind of silence it was and what they would do next. Then Starfire started giggling. Cyborg started chuckling. Robin started smirking and Raven rolled her eyes. Soon all of them were laughing hysterically- like they were the ones who drank six cans of Cola.
Strangely enough none of them could sleep after that, but rather they all sat in the hallway talking and laughing about the strangest things- how Raven could instantly tell that Beastboy drank so much cola, how Starfire's sneeze could function as an alarm if they ever needed it, or if they ever needed to wake up Beastboy before noon. They laughed about what would happen if they had neighbours, how the teens would drive them into complete madness, and how they'd have more psychopaths running around the city, as if Mad Mod and all the other criminals weren't bad enough. All of the silliest things anyone could ever find funny. None of them could ever remember a time when they were so carefree, like they always saw all the other teenagers around them act, their whole lives. When they'd become teens themselves, they still could never get what was so funny, why they were always laughing. They were never aware that teenagers just laugh at the most absurd things. It felt really good, they felt normal for once, for the first time, they felt like ordinary, loud and obnoxious teenagers. It was approaching three in the morning but they didn't want this night to end. So Beastboy suggested something crazy. Not really crazy, but more so stupid; a swim on the rooftop pool in the middle of the night. What was even more stupid was the fact that the Titans actually went along with it! Yes, it took Raven longest to agree, but that was expected. The Titans all sprinted to the roof. Beastboy and Robin were the only ones who had swimming trousers, while Raven took off her robe and Star, her metal accessories, as well as her knee-high boots. Despite his technological structure, Cyborg was in fact waterproof. As soon as Robin switched off the convertible cover for the pool, the teenagers stared at the pool, nervously.
'' It's probably really cold…'' says Robin hesitantly.
''Then perhaps you may confirm for us Robin?'' Starfire says innocently, then unexpectedly pushes him into the pool, may I add, not so innocently.
Robin gave off a yell as he fell in, then resurfaced, flipping his hair out of his eyes and face.
The Titans laugh their heads off, clutching their stomachs and slapping their knees, as well as giving Starfire a series of high fives.
Robin chuckled, shaking his head, ''Yeah… alright, you win that time, Star.'' He smiled. He really, really, smiled. It was a foreign feature on his face.
''I am terribly sorry, Robin.'' On the contrary, she giggled, not being able to keep her serious composure.
Robin swam closer to the edge of the pool, where Starfire stood and reached up his hand, a gesture that supposedly meant he was asking for help out of the pool. You'd think she wouldn't have fell for it. As Raven once said " Aliens…"
She shrieked when he pulled her into the water, and shrieked louder when she was aware of the freezing temperature of the water. Robin subtly pulled her closer to him, both of them ignoring the fact that she was a Tamaranian, and wasn't actually cold. Cyborg also decided to take matters into his own hands. Quite literally, actually. He picked up the unsuspecting Raven bridal style, sprinted, and jumped into the pool, Raven and all. It was pretty clever of him, actually, except when he realized the magnitude of waves an empath can make- especially when she's angry.
''Don't worry!'' Beastboy announced on the diving board (when did he get up there?) ''I'll help myself!'' Following his declaration, he ran on the board, jumped, and shape shifted into a dolphin, headed snout first into the water. When he surfaced, his hooting joined that of the other Titans, along with the laughter and the raging accusations that were in the air.
At one point, Robin took Star to sit on his shoulders, and Beastboy took Raven on his, initiating a battle of both parties. Starfire and Raven wrestled at the top, and Beastboy and Robin, still somehow supporting their partners, found some way to bring the battle to the lower members as well. Cyborg's commentary was like that of sports anchors, accent and all. Unfortunately, after so long of sparring, and not even being able to focus on the battle at hand from all the laughing, Beastboy had slipped on the slippery pool floor, falling face forward, but before emerging completely underwater, grabbing Robin's wrists too. Consequently both parties toppled, and clashed into each other. ''AND AS A TURN OF EVENTS, FOLKS, WE HAVE NOT ONE LOSER TEAM, BUT TWO! SO REMEMBER FELLAS, YOU'RE ALL LOSERS, DON'T FORGET IT Y'ALL!'' Cyborg concludes. Beastboy then climbed onto Cyborg's shoulders, then Robin onto Beastboy's, and Starfire onto Robin's.
''Look guys! It's a Titans Tower!'' joked Beastboy,
''Wait,'' adds thoughtful Raven, climbing over the assembled Titans, then having Starfire hold her horizontally, making the overall shape, a T.
Cleverly she adds, ''Now it is Titans Tower.'' And smiles.
At around 5:50 a.m. the dripping, shivering and toweled Titans make water trails and footprints all over the tower that lead to their rooms.
When Starfire sneezes from the chill, everyone laughs all over again.
Because that's just what teenagers do.