Hey everyone! I decided to take a small amount of time off of NightStar, And post Finding Courage or at least the prologue for now. This story's the prequel to NightStar so you'll see some references in here.

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I pace the floor at an extremely fast pace, my thoughts all running together at once. This is far worse than any villain I've ever faced before in my life. This was a drastic decision that could alter my entire life. It was big. It was catastrophic it was - -

"Starfire!" I scream as she lightly taps my shoulder. She shies away frightened by my reaction.

"I am sorry Richard, I was merely wondering if you would like to eat lunch with us. You have been up here so long and-" I kiss her lips to stop her babbling and she replies back with a huge amount of passion. We part because of needs for oxygen and she smiles brightly at me.

"I love you, Richard." She mummers still in a daze from the kiss we both shared.

"Right back at ya Star." She smiles and kisses me on the nose lightly.

"Come now, Cyborg is waiting for you to try his sandwich consisting of the Bacon, lettuce, tomato, and pork I believe. I look questionable. A BLTP isn't my idea of yummy but she's already got me by the arm and is dragging me to the elevator. We get on she smiles wickedly at me. I smile mischievously back and hit the emergency stop button. In a mintute her lips are on mine my toungue already starting to pry her lips apart. When i finally gain acess into my love's mouth our toungues rage a war on eachother, my hands exploring every inch of her underneath her aubergine tang top and hers are tangled in my ebony locks. When the need of oxygen took over again we parted and I started kissing my way down her neck and stayed there nibbling on it slightly. She tasted like vinalla icecream and I wanted more. I make my way slowly back up to her mouth and capture her lips once more. I can feel her contently sigh against my lips and smile we part finally and I et the elevator bacl up and running and look at my gorgeous girlfriend and the damage I've done.

Her breaths are short and her pink lips are swollen slightly. There is a slightly red mark near the base of her collarbone. Her purple tang top is riding up and her hair is slightly tousled. All in all she looked beautiful.

"Kory my love," she giggles like a schoolgirl and blushes madly and my formality. "Would you mind accompaning me this evening to dinner to celebrate your birthday?"

"Why Mr. Grayson I thought you had forgotten." she says seductivly in my ear and I Grow tense. She doesn't even know what she does to me.

"How could I forget the woman I love's birthday is today?" I ask her. she smiles sadly.

"Nobody else has remembered so I believed you might not too, please do not be mad at them Richard it is not their fault. You remembered and that's the important thing." She tells me when she notices my angry look. How could someone forget my Kory's birthday?!

"I'm gonna make the train so much they won't ever remember what the gamestation looks like." I'm mad now and Kory knows it.

"Please Richard, not on my birthday." she begs, emerald eyes pleading with me. I give in as we walk through the elevator.

"So tonight at seven thirty sound good to you, babe?" I ask her, she nods.

"Will I need to wear anything formal?" she quips, I mummer a yeah and she smiles.

"You are too good to me Richard."

"Please I could never be too good to you after everything you've put up with over the years that involves me." she gives me another heart-stopping smile before we enter the Ops-room

"SUPRISE!!!!!!!" We all yell to her. "HAPPY BITHDAY STARFIRE!!!!" She screams and hides behind a laughing me. Realization hits her and she giggles madly.

"My friends! you remembered!"

"How could we forget you little lady." Cy says to her. She shrugs her shoulders.

"It was all NightWing's idea." Raven says monotounsly, as always.

"Yeah, he said you deserved it for your 18th birthday!" Beast Boy smiles from behind the couch.

"Let's get this arty movin' now! Why did you take so long anyway?" Cy inquires. Star blushes in rememberance as do I.

"Um, that's not important right now. Star, why don't you open your presents?" I sort of command her. She nods happily and flies over to them as Cy comes up to me.

"The elevator again I presume." I tell him if he wants to live to stop and he shrugs his shoulders.

"This one is from Raven!" She says as she picks up a box with black wrapping paper and a violet bow. Kory shredded through that with little effort to reveal- -

"It is a bear that is stuffed." She giggles and holds up the Teddy bear. It's dressed in traffic light colors and a mask. I chuckle slightly as she hugs it softly. She can be so cute at times. She hugs Raven and utters a thank you before moving on with the next present.

"Ha Ha! Hey Star, now you can go to bed with both Robins!" Beast Boy cackles from the couch. Star looks puzzled and I hold myself back from kicking is green ass. He's wrong about that though. Although Star and I can get very...um...intimate we never fucked yet mainly cause I'm afraid of getting her pregnant. Not that it would be a bad thing I just don't want our kid growing up around and envoirment like this. Like I did. And then it'd become crazy about catching villians and the cycle could go on forever.

"Ok...Next present is from Beast Boy!" she chirps and rips through the green wrapping paper. He gave her an "I love Lucy" tape.

"I know how you like those old classic shows and I thought you might like this because it's funny." She hugs Beast Boy and as with Raven says thank you to him too.

"Open mine next Star!" Cyborg says excitedly. She agrees and rips through the shiny electric blue wrapping paper to show a video iPod. She hugs Cyborg and I'm starting to get jealous. another thank you and she grabs my presentS. She rips through the first one to reveal a purple sleeveless dress.

"I want you to wear that when we go out tonight." she smiles and nods her head moving on to the next present. I bought her a locket with our names inscribed on the back in Tamaranean.

"Speak the names and the locket opens." She nods again and speaks the names clearly. the locket opens and shows a picture of us on the Ferris wheel the day Blackfire came. Her smiling face astounded by the fire works and my face in a lopsided grin. She looks up from the locket with watery eyes and a giant smile plastered on her face. She opens the last one: A book. A photoalbum to be exact. She flips through the pages recalling those happy days. And the tears begin to fall.

"What you don't like them?" I worry. How could i have been so stupid! a photoalbum and a locket, how stupid of me! God I'm such an a--

She cuts off my mental ranting again with her lips. Ha! take that Cy, Raven, and BB. All she did was hug you!

"I love them so much. These are happy tears." She smiles. And I smile back.

"Ok who wantas cake?" Cyborg ask from the kitchen.


7: 31

My nerves are worse than ever. I'm going to ask her. I'm going to ask her and she'll say yes. My mind is telling me. But what if she says n-. No. she's gonna say yes. Oh, God where is she? I tighten my bow tie again. I have to admit I look pretty damn sexy right about now. My hair sleeked back, my black tux fitting me perfectly. Now i just need the lady.

7: 32

Who's exactly two minutes late!

"Where is she?!" I practicly yell.

"Dude, chill. It's not that bad. what's got you all worked up about tonight anyways?" Beast Boy asks.

"Nothing. Why would you think I'm getting worked up? Cause I am not worked up at all. Am I?" I speak way to fast.

"Man relax it's not your gonna propose to her or anyting." Cy says to me. I noticibly tense.

"Oh My God! your finally going to propose to her aren't you?" He catches on. I'm silent. "Dude this is awesome!!!!"

"What is awesome?" A voice like an angel calls from behind i turn and see the most radiant woman in the world. The purple dress clung to her every curve and I had to resian myself from taking her to my room and making her scream my name.

"How beautiful you look." she smiles and turns away trying to hide the evident blush on her cheeks.

"T-thank you." she replies. I lend my arm out and she gladly accepts and we head out. I hear Cyborg say something about don't do anything in the backseat but I could care less.


We ordered and chatted for what seemed like ages. She looked so angelic bathed in the candlelight like that. I was mesmerized by her. Dinner came and went too fast and I had to act quickly.

"Kory?" She turns her attention towards me.

"What is wrong Richard? You seem nervous."

"Kori, I love you more than anyone in this world and I was hoping you would become..." She looks at me questionably. I get down on one knee and her eyes go wide.

"Become..Mrs. Richard Grayson?" I pull out a box that contained a gold banded ring with a diamond cut like a heart in it and little diamond surrounding it. She corvers her mouth tears in her eyes and her lips find mine once again.

"Yes! Yes! a million tmes yes!" She praticlly screams. I slide the ring onto her petite and slender finger. She holds her hand out to admire it and kisses me again.

"I love you so much Kori." I tell her.

"As I You Richard."


We made out all the way up the elevator, to the door of my room. I backed her up against it and stroked her earlobe with my tounge. She moaned in pleasure and i opened the door to my room and we silently made our way in and on to my bed.

"Richard, I love you." She whispers in my ear.

"Happy Birthday Kory." I tell her kissing her softly.

And I gave her the best birthday present ever.


It was easy writing in Richard's POV. I was suprised. I guess all you really gotta do is act like a perv.

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