#'jason loves english because hes bad with maths and the sciences' please stop projecting.

[aalghul]

jason getting an english lit degree is one of those things I never would've minded if fanon hadn't found a way to turn it annoying too

[zayray030]

5 times Jason surprised the Titans and 1 time they surprised him

Chapter Title: You're a nerd!?

Chapter: 4/6

Summary: Kory and Dick go to their first parent-teacher conference. They're surprised by what Jason's teacher has to say about him.

Today was the parent-teacher conference and both Dick and Kory were nervous. This would be the first time that they have ever done this and they wanted it to be perfect.

When they arrived at the school they both took deep breaths and marched into the school, making sure to show an air of control over the situation even though they were both panicking inside.

When they got to Gar's, Rachel, Jason's and Rose's teacher they both took a deep breath again and walked in. Thankfully they had picked the last meeting to go to to make sure that they got every little detail.

“Hello! Mr Grayson, Miss Anders. So lovely to see you. The kids talk about you all the time!” exclaimed the teacher. She was a small, plump woman, clearly in her late 50s or early 60s with whitish hair and laugh lines.

“It's good to meet you too, miss.” said Kory, ever the polite one and held her hand out to shake.

“Oh, please. Call me Cathy.” said the sweet old woman and shook the woman's hand before turning to Dick who had the sense to hold his hand out. “Now I can see where they all got their manners from.”

“Yeah, so…the kids?” asked Kory sitting down in a chair in front of the desk.

“Of course. They're all amazing. But there's just something about Jason that's so-” before Cathy could continue Dick held his hand out.

“If you want to keep him last, I understand.” said Dick. Cathy smiled again and nodded her agreement.

The next 30 minutes or so were spent talking about Gar, Rachel and Rose's academics.

Gar seemed to do well in just about everything except for science. Not a problem. We can work through that.’ thought Dick as he continued smiling and nodding when appropriate.

Rachel's only flaw was her social interactions and English. “Well she had Gar, Rose and maybe Jason. She'll be fine.” thought Dick.

Rose excels in everything except for people skills. Those Dick will struggle a bit with but he would get through it.

“So Jason. You seemed a bit apprehensive to start with him.” said Kory nervously.

“I was thinking Jason should move up a grade.” said the teacher, unaware she had just dropped the biggest bombshell on the two young adults.

“Why would he need to move up a grade.” Dick finally said when he finally felt confident in his ability to use his mouth without looking like a goldfish.

“Well because he's top of the year, of course. Now mind you, we don't normally do this, so Jason is the exception.”

“Oh? Would you care to show us a few of his works?” asked Kory, raising a perfectly plucked eyebrow.

“Oh why of course! This one is a personal favourite. I even sent a copy to his father!” exclaimed the old woman, looking through her drawers before finally finding what she was looking for. She slipped out a thin file and handed it over to them.

The two young adults couldn't help but feel tears come to their eyes as they read it.

“It was a class project. I remember that both Rachel and Gar wrote down Starfire and Rose had written down Wonder Woman. The class had followed what they were doing and did different League members as well. Except for this little boy. He wrote about his father. He wrote about the man who would take him out for ice cream and gave him a home. The man who loved him unconditionally.” said the old woman, tears coming to her eyes.

“May we have a copy please?” requested Kory as she tried to wipe her tears as discreetly as possible but Dick had no shame and continued to let the tears fall down.

“Of course, young lady! I have several other works that Jason's done. A class favourite is where he talked about the pros and cons of Shakespeare plays and how it helped build societies expectations. He's also very talented at his other subjects.” rambled the old woman as she looked around her drawer again and produced a few stacks of paper and held them out. “Here. Have a little read of them. So what do you say? Let him skip a grade?”

“We'll have to go home and ask Jason what he would like, ma'am.” Dick finally said as he quickly rubbed his eyes and stood up, holding the folder securely in his arms.

“Of course. May I also have the…” she trailed off, hands indicating the essay and Kory quickly gave it to her. “Jason is lucky to have you two look after him.” she said as she waved them off.

“Nonsense. We're lucky that we get to look after him.” said Kory, brushing away the woman's compliments as she and Dick quickly got out.

“We are so going to take him to the library one day, aren't we?” Kory finally asked when her and Dick got in the car.

“Duh.” Duck replied, shooting her a grin.

~Later, at Titan's Tower.~

“So how did it go?” asked Dawn the moment they entered into the tower.

“Okay, first where are the kids? And two where's my coffee?” asked Kory as she sat down near the kitchen island.

“To answer your first question they're in their rooms and for your second, here.” replied Donna, setting a mug of soffe in front of the alien princess.

“So how bad was it? Dickface still hasn't spoken.” asked Hank, nodding his head over at Dick who was still clutching the file protectively in his arms.

“Oh it went well. Gar just needs help with science, Rachel her people and English skills and Rose with her people skills.” replied Kory taking a sip of her coffee.

“And Jason?” asked Donna worriedly.

“We need to ask him if he wants to skip a grade.” muttered Dick sliding next to Kory and putting the file in between them.

There was a silence before the three other adults burst into laughter.

“Good one, Dick.” wheezed out Hank.

“Oh? What did we say that was so funny?” asked Kory, raising an eyebrow at them. They quickly stopped at that and turned to shoot them incredulous looks.

“Please! Have you seen his report?” asked Hank.

“Have you?” Dick fired back. They all just stayed silent before Dick whispered. “Why would he not want us to see this?”

“It might have something to do with the streets.” said Dawn softy. When they sent her a questioning gaze she elaborated. “Think about it. On the streets the most important thing to know was when the soup kitchen was going to open. It was to know which person to dodge and which person to follow. Knowing maths and science wasn't. You'll be left out for the dogs.”

“And all those times I called him dumb or stupid.” whispered Hank almost horrified.

Before anyone could say anything else, the kids had begun to trickle into the kitchen.

“Hey Dick! Hey Kory!” exclaimed Gar happily, running over to give his parental figures a hug.

“Hey Gar.” said Kory while Dick ruffled his hair. Rachel said a small hey before hugging them both briefly and running of to get some coffee. Both Rose and Jason just nodded at them.

“So? How did the meeting go?” asked Rachel.

“Um, very, very well.” said Kory but she was sending Dick nerves looks.

“Actually Jason, we wanted to talk to you about something. The teacher had suggested that you live grades.” said Dick and he honestly should have said it better.

“So he's getting moved down?” asked Rachel.

“So I guess I can't call you a nerd anymore.” muttered Rose boredly, gladly accepting a cup of coffee from Rachel.

“Aww, it's okay Jason! We can still hang out and stuff.” said Gar, looking sympathetically at his friend.

Jason didn't say anything he just nodded but everyone could still see the kicked puppy look on his face. Kory, however, turned to glare at Dick.

“Do you actually know how to say anything properly, Grayson!?” she snapped at him before turning over to march over to Jason. “What Dick is trying to say is that the teacher wants to know is you're okay with skipping a grade.” she said laying her hands over Jason's shoulders.

“HUH!?!” yelped the teens in the kitchen.

“I can skip a grade!!?” asked Jason excitedly.

“Yup! It's not often this happens but-” she was cut off by Jason's excited whoop.

“Fuck yes I want to!” he practically screamed.

“Well that's settled then. And while we're at it then you can explain why you haven't given a single one of your report cards and why haven't told us that you're a straight A student.” said Dick, giving a look that clearly told him that there would be no escape out of this conversation.

“...oh, shit.”

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This one shot was slightly inspired by @ladypaperwriterson and her headcanon about Jason writing Bruce as his hero.