Hey you all! Thanks so much for the awesome reviews! This is the most I've had for this entire story! YIPEE! Hehe. :throws ribbons in the air: Thank you so so much! Okay, well, sorry I haven't updated in a while… volleyball practice has been making me do like 600 crunches a day… bleh. So, I have a lot of stories to update today and possibly a new one to start on before I go to practice again today in the evening. So, sorry I can't reply to all of you, but feel safe that you are all in my hearts::hug: awww. Well, here's the last chapter that you have been waiting for! Enjoy and don't forget to review!
She walked in to Titans Tower with her eyes still slightly red. Everybody else had gone to sleep and it was dark. Starfire couldn't bring herself any happiness to fly, so she had to walk and it had taken her a while. She crashed into obvious things right in front of her, but didn't seem to care. Her eyes began to get a little watery again as she thought about what had happened. If Robin was home, Starfire couldn't seem to hear anything coming from his room. She sighed and headed towards her room and walked towards her closet. She coughed a little bit as the dust came off the suitcase she was taking out. Starfire finished packing up and went to bed. It was late at night, and she had a long way to go.
The next morning…
Robin was the first titan up. He didn't want anybody to see what he was doing. Sure, he felt bad that he had said all those rude things to her, but she shouldn't have done it either.
"What are you doing?" a voice said from behind him. Robin turned around to come face to face with Raven.
"None of your business," Robin said. He closed his eyes for a tight second and opened them again, hoping to see Raven gone, but she was still there.
"What are you going to do about it if you never talk to her again?" she asked him. Robin sighed.
"I have no idea. I mean, Raven, she shouldn't have done that right?" Robin asked trying to avoid her eyes.
"Robin, I want you to know something, okay? She did it because she had to. It wasn't her fault. She didn't really want to do it. Anyways, I hope you make the right decision of what you're going to do," she said and then walked down the hallway. Robin stood there speechless. Her little pet peeve got him thinking major. Closing the refrigerator door, Robin sighed once again. He got back up and walked towards his room, thinking all the same.
Later on that morning when everybody else is awake…
Cyborg and Beast Boy weren't having their usual arguments over what to make for breakfast. They were both thinking of all the horrible things they had done. The guilt had finally gotten to them.
"Should we apologize?" Cyborg finally asked as he picked at his food.
"I have no idea what to say to them," Beast Boy said attempting to drink his tofu.
"Well I hope you all feel bad for what you did," Raven said sipping her tea and focusing back on her book. She suddenly slammed it down. "I hope you all go to JAIL for what you did!" she shouted.
"Woah, what got into her?" Beast Boy asked as they watched her stare in front of her at the wall.
"I am… not sure," Cyborg said tapping his fingers on the counter. They looked up as the sliding doors opened. First, came a suitcase. Then, came Starfire. She walked out and dragged her suitcase down the stairs towards the kitchen.
"What's that for?" Beast Boy said suddenly alarmed.
"I am… leaving," Starfire finally mustered finding much interest in the floor and her feet.
"But why!" Cyborg asked her turning around in his chair.
"Because… she can't seem to face the fact that she lost the only person she truly loved and thinks it's all her fault," Raven said. Everybody stared at her. "What? I told you I'm psychic," she explained.
"Is it true?" Beast Boy asked again. He felt horrible.
"Yes," Starfire said. She turned to leave but then looked back at them. "Friends, I shall miss you all very dearly. I am going to… call a taxi."
"But Star, you can't even manage without us. And how come you're calling a taxi?" Beast Boy asked again.
"Tamaranian powers are affected by our emotions. If we feel sad, then we cannot fly," Starfire explained. "And right now, I am in no mood to feel happy."
"But, Star-" Cyborg began but the Tamaranian princess stopped him.
"I shall miss you. I will be leaving… I have ordered a plane ticket already and I shall be going somewhere else," she said. She paused then continued, "Please tell Robin I said good-bye," she said and turned away. Dragging her suitcase along with her, she headed towards the door. None of the other titans stopped her. They didn't know what to say.
20 minutes later…
Robin finally came out from working out and pondering his thoughts. He walked towards the common room and stopped, thinking he had walked into another world. Beast Boy and Cyborg weren't fighting, for once and Raven wasn't reading. She was merely staring at the ceiling. All three of them looked like they were going to cry.
"Hey… what's up?" Robin asked as he walked in to get a drink.
"Hmph," Raven said taking one look at him and then towards the ceiling again.
"What happened?" Robin asked. He turned towards Beast Boy and Cyborg. Finally, Cyborg spoke.
"Man, how do you feel about Starfire?" Cyborg finally asked him. Robin could feel all the eyes on him as he began to turn red.
"Starfire…" he began, "Starfire. I think… I think."
"Just say it boy! You're crazy in love with her!" Cyborg finally yelled at him.
"Wha!" Robin mustered turning a brilliant shade of red.
"You love her! And you know what! She's in love with you too! So whatever you thought about last night, wasn't true. It was all me and BB's fault, alright?" he finally took a deep breath.
"She what?" Robin said softly. Everything changed. She loved him?
"We made her do the bet. It wasn't her. It was all us," Beast Boy said, "She didn't really want to do it. But we made her."
"YOU DID WHAT!" Robin yelled at them as the other two teen superheros blushed.
"Yea. And then we made Raven be the shrink and Bruce did the whole meeting thing and-" Beast Boy said again, but stopped suddenly. He had spoken too much. But apparently, wonder boy wasn't thinking about all the mean things that they had done. He was thinking about Starfire.
"So she really does love me?" Robin asked. Everybody nodded.
"Where is she?" he asked suddenly looking around.
"She left," Raven said.
"Where did she go?" Robin asked.
"She said something about taking a cab or something to the airport. She couldn't fly because of her emotions or whatever," Cyborg answered.
"I'm leaving," Robin said fast as he practically ran out the door. On the way, he grabbed the Love Fern which, for some reason, was on the table sitting there dead. He stopped though and turned to Raven. "You owe me $500." He ran out the door. Raven blushed deep red.
"Told you he'll notice. You owe me $5" Beast Boy said holding his hand out. Cyborg handed him the bill.
Joining Robin…
Robin started his motorcycle and was off in a flash. He raced off towards the street but was stopped by the horrible traffic. Then, he saw pretty red head getting into a taxi. It seemed as if she had been waving for a taxi there for quite some time. Robin was getting ready to go, but a long truck suddenly turned. He sighed and waited. By the time the truck was out of his way, the taxi was gone.
He rushed from taxi to taxi looking for the face of the beautiful Tamaranian he had fallen in love with. But each taxi was either empty, or had somebody else in it. By then, Robin was headed towards the bridge and came upon a lone taxi. He looked in the window, and there, sitting inside was Starfire. She had her arms crossed in front of her chest and looked straight ahead. Robin began to bang on her window and she looked towards it, alarmed. Rolling down the window, she yelled at him.
"Robin? What are you doing!" she asked through all the traffic on the bridge.
"Get out! We have to talk!" he said continuing to drive and look at her.
"Are you trying to kill yourself!" Starfire asked as she shielded her eyes from the sun.
"If that's what it takes, then yes. Now get out!" he said. Starfire turned towards the driver.
"Umm… excuse me, sir, can you stop this taxi please?" she asked kindly.
"What? Dude! We're on the middle of a bridge!" the driver said staring at her like she was an alien, which she was.
"Oh, well, sir. I wish to… throw up?" she asked searching for words.
"UGH! C'mon, woman!" the driver began to swear in a different language, but he pulled over. Starfire immediately got out of the car.
"What was that for?" she asked looking at Robin who had just pulled over next to her.
"Starfire, Cyborg and Beast Boy told me that you really love me and you had nothing to do with the bet and you did it for them. Is that true?" Robin said. Starfire looked away. The bridge was filled with passing cars and in the far distance, Starfire could see Titans Tower. She looked back towards him.
"Robin… I…" she said searching for the words to say.
"You what?" Robin said softly.
"I love you," Starfire answered to him.
"Then why are you leaving?" he asked gently taking her hands in his.
"I thought you did not wish to be with somebody who… who was… unfaithful to you," Starfire said looking past him.
"Starfire, you were never unfaithful or whatever to me. You did it from the kindness of your heart. And that's why I love you too," Robin said. She smiled and stared into his mask.
"Robin," she said. He let go of her hands and pulled her neck slowly towards his. She wrapped her arms around his neck and they kissed. For a long time until both of them finally pulled back for air. They smiled at each other. Robin walked back towards the taxi.
"Here's some money, take her stuff back to Titans Tower, she has another form of transportation," Robin said handing a stack of bills to the driver who took it greedily.
"Whatever you say," the driver said pulling back onto the bridge. Robin took Starfire's hand and pulled her towards the R-cycle.
"It is our Love Fern!" she said smiling at him.
Meanwhile below the bridge…
A robotic hand dropped back down to a boat carrying three titans.
"I told you everything would work out," Beast Boy said smiling.
"You never said that," Raven answered as Cyborg rowed the boat back towards the tower.
"Yes I did!" Beast Boy said.
"No you didn't," Cyborg pointed out. "Anyways, this calls for a celebration! I'm making waffles!"
"TOFU waffles," Beast Boy said.
"With BACON and HAM!" Cyborg said happily continuing to row.
"TOFU! NO NO NO! Not while I'm here!" Beast Boy yelled at him. Cyborg stopped rowing. He got up on the orange inflated boat and walked towards Beast Boy on the other side.
"Yo! Stop it! We're going to-" Beast Boy was saying but was stopped. The boat tipped over and all three titans spilled out into the water.
"I am wet," Raven said with venom dripping from every word. She began to get angry.
"Uh oh," Beast Boy said as he watched Raven get even angrier.
"Run away!" Cyborg yelled as he began to swim towards land. Beast Boy turned into a fish and began to swim away. "Wait for me!" Cyborg yelled continuing to swim. But Raven was gaining faster…
So moving on with Robin and Starfire…
"So what do you believe our friends are doing right now?" Starfire asked hugging Robin's torso as they turned towards the tower.
"I think they're having fun right now not in an argument," Robin said. He smiled at her.
"I most certainly hope so!" Starfire asked. Robin turned around and leaned towards her and they kissed again.
Wow were they ever so wrong…
The End
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