A Titans East Story ( Spaqua )

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It had started about two weeks previous. The team had just taken down a robbery by some generic criminal, a wannabe villain of sorts. Of course there had been some fans that blew it out of proportion, mostly fangirls, and Speedy couldn't help but bask in the attention. In fact, that had been what started all of this. It was a very chance encounter, something that wouldn't be too expected, but somehow it had caused a major chain reaction.

There had been one girl, a very pretty one at that, who had the guts to push her way up to him. Somehow they had wound up striking a conversation and through all that he had somehow managed to ask her on a date. She had agreed, it was rather obvious that she would in his opinion...but there had been a catch. Oh there was always a catch when it came to these kinds of girls. Somehow it should have given him an idea of how perfect this was going to turn off.

See Pretty Girl, he had already forgotten her name - it wasn't like he had to remember it anyway - had a cousin. Pretty Girl and Cousin were particularly close, and she couldn't bear to go on date without her. Could he please find a date for Cousin so they could double, for her? And what kind of man was he to deny Pretty Girl her wish? So he scribbled down her number and assured Cousin a date.

The only problem was none of the other Titan west guys would take up his offer. Robin had Starfire, Beastboy had Raven, and Cyborg said he was still working out his problems with Jinx and Bumblebee. The only other guy acceptable guy to go was Aqualad.

He had been right about it being hard to convince the other Titan. "Please!" He was almost whining, begging at this point. "It's just one date! After this you never have to see her again if you don't want to!"

Aqualad rolled his eyes, "For the tenth time, no." It was easy to tell that the prince was getting irritated, even if he wasn't explicitly showing it. Who could have blamed him though, any one would get annoyed if their friend kept bugging them about going out with some girl they had never even heard of. They walked into the common room of the tower, their leader leaning up against the couch as she watched their argument. Más y Menos on the other hand didn't seem interested as they chattered in Spanish on the floor.

"Leave him alone, Arrow-Boy," Bumblebee said, a slight laugh in her voice. "If he doesn't want to go then he doesn't want to go." Before Aqualad could thank her she gave a slight smirk and added, "Besides, maybe he has somebody else he likes."

The Atlantean's jaw dropped at that. "Wait, what are you--"

Speedy snickered, "You know, I think you're right." He playfully elbowed him in the ribs. "So who's the lovely catfish? Or a manatee perhaps?"

"You're ridiculous."

"Oh? She's a surface girl? It's one of your fangirls then isn't it? I didn't take you for the type to be into drooling mental cases."

Aqualad sighed and held the bridge of his nose as he shut his eyes shut tightly. "Stop talking, just...stop talking."

"I think I know who it is." Bumblebee's comment made his eyes snap back open and his face go red, which only piqued Speedy's interest even more. "It has to be Raven, you two would be quite a match."

At that Speedy burst into peels of laughter. "Raven? Oh man, it's so obvious I don't know how I didn't see it before. Miss Doom-and-Gloom and Prince of the Mermen, a match made in Heaven!" He started to gasp for air as Bumblebee lightly chuckled with him.

"Why would I like Raven?" There was no malice in Aqualad's voice, just an air of confusion. "I don't really even like girls that way anyway..."

At that the room went completely silent. Speedy and Bumblebee had stopped laughing to stare at their teammate. Más y Menos had been pulled out of their own little world as well. Aqualad arched an eyebrow at them, choosing not to vocalize the question of why they were staring at him.