It was a cold night in Jump City. The moon was out and the streets were empty. A lonely girl flew in the night sky, tears threating to fall from her eyes. She refused to let them fall. She refused to cry...cry over him. She landed outside the one place she knew would drown out all the pain she was feeling right now. A bar.

But not just any bar. The bar.

The one that held all the fun memories from her girls night out. A sigh escaped the lips of the green eyes beauty. It was just her tonight. Everyone else was at the Tower, probably not even aware of the events that transpired only moments ago. Her hand reached out and pushed the door open. The oh-so familiar ring of the bell above the door filled her ears.

Heads turned to see the new arrival of the titan girl. The one they called Starfire. It was strange for the regulars to see her here all by herself. Starfire ignored the stares and whispers directed to her as she made her way to the front of the bar. She grabbed a free seat and called out to the bartender.

With a nod of his head he began to fill up a empty glass just for her. She didn't need to tell him her order. She had been here plenty of times before on her girls night out and he had memorized what her favorite drink was. Tequila. He gave her the alcoholic substance and she gulped it down in one sip. She made a sign for him to keep the drinks coming and he obeyed.

A man from across the bar spotted her.It was clear to him she was trying to get drunk. His eyes looked her up and down. She was even more gorgeous in person. Long red hair, amazing green eyes, and the body of a goddess. She was a yummy piece of candy and he wanted a taste.

He made his way over to her, a grin glued to his face. He took the seat next to her and watched as she gulped down yet another full glass of tequila. He smirked.

"Your quite the little drinker, aren't you?"

Starfire put her glass down and sighed deeply. She flicked her eyes over to the person next to her. She eyed him. He was attractive, their was no denying that. A well built body, dark brown eyes with creamy skin and a head full of shiny brown hair. He was enough to make any girl have hearts in their eyes. Any girl but Starfire.

She fixed her eyes back to her drink. "I'm not interested."

He was taken back by her attitude but quickly composed himself. "I'm Patrick."

He held out his hand to her.Starfire smiled sweetly and took his hand in a iron grip. He winced in pain and was glad that she finally released his hand. She went back to her drink and he grinned. She was challenge. He loved a challenge.

"So, what's a pretty girl like you doing here all by yourself?"

"That's none of your business."

"Oh, come on," Patrick flashed her a smile. "I'm a nice guy when you give me the chance."

Starfire put her drink down and looked at him. "If you must know my fi-...ex-fiancé broke my heart."

Starfire looked down at her hand, the once beautiful ring no longer there. Patrick gave her a comforting look but inside he was grinning like a mad man. Ex-fiancé, he hit the jack pot. Rebound chicks were always his favorite.

"You know, it helps to talk about these things. Why don't you tell me what happened." Patrick said, refilling her glass of tequila.

She gulped down her drink. "Where do I even begin..."

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It was a beautiful day in Jump City. The sun was shining and everything was well. Six months. It had been six months since Robin proposed to Starfire. In three months lots of thins had changed. Robin, was no longer Robin. At the announcement of his engagement to Starfire, Robin had also announced a change with in himself. He had grown into a man and out grown the name Robin.

He was now Nightwing.

His change had sparked many a change with in the titan network. New members arrived and some had even began to change there names to show how much they had grown. Kid Flash was often teased about still being called 'kid'. The titans felt comfortable and trusted each other. They were happy and had even began to use their real names among themselves.

Today, the tower was empty. The only ones present was the soon to be married couple. Cyborg, or Vic as most people called him now, was spending some time over at Titans East with his girlfriend. Beast Boy, now Changeling, who also liked to be called Gar now, was spending some quality time with Raven on a very romantic date outside the tower.

This left Nightwing, who is called Dick by his friends now, and Starfire, who likes to go by Kory now but only by her friends, all alone at the tower. They took full advantage of this time alone. Both of them were very pleased by their actions. They now sat on the couch in the living room. Starfire rested her head on Dick's shoulder and he had one arm wrapped around her. They had ordered pizza awhile ago and waited on the couch while watching a movie. They heard the doorbell and Starfire got up to go answer it.

"Hey," Nightwing called out to his future wife. "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to go answer the door." Starfire said as she flew off to the door.

"Dressed like that?"

Starfire's choice of clothing didn't really seem like the type of outfit you would wear in front of people, unless your involved with them. Starfire took one look at her clothes. She wore a small jacket which was red with white sleeves. It was a jacket similar to that of a football's player. Her shirt was grey and short, only reaching above her belly button. Nightwing wasn't worried about people seeing her above area, it was the lower part of her. Starfire only had on a skimpy pair of purple lingerie. Starfire shrugged, not really seeing the big deal of it. She wasn't ashamed of her body and damn sure not afraid to show it.

"Dick, the pizza is here. I do not believe my appearance matters." Starfire said as she opened the door.

On the other side of the door was not the pizza man. Far from it.

Starfire rose a brow seeing as she had never met this person before. "Hello...can I help you...?"

"Batgirl," was the answer that came from the woman standing outside the door. "And as a matter of fact, you can help me."

"Kory," called out Nightwing as he headed to the door with out his shirt on. "What's taking so..."

He was unable to say anymore as he stared in the eyes of an old friend. He froze and stood behind Starfire, unable to believe his eyes.

"Babs..."

"Babs?" questioned Starfire, looking from Nightwing to Babs.

Nightwing had told her much about Babs, how she used to work with him as Batgirl. He also told her about how they used to be romantically involved. That thought alone sparked jealousy with in Starfire, but she quickly removed it from her system. She had no reason to worry, she was engaged to Nightwing, not Babs.

"Hello, Dick," said Babs as she flashed him a small smirk. "Did I come at a bad time?"

"Huh? Oh! No, no," said Nightwing as he put a hand on Babs shoulder, leading her in. "Come in," he looked over his shoulder. "Kory, do me a favor and get dressed."

Starfire blushed, suddenly uncomfortable about her appearance. She picked up her jeans which had been discarded to the floor not so long ago. She looked up with curious green eyes. Although it was hard to admit, Babs was a decent looking person. She had fair skin and sky blue eyes. Her orange hair fell past her shoulders and stopped midway on her back. She wore a black head band that held her bangs in place and matched her black high heel boots. Babs had on a pink, short sleeve shirt and hip hugger jeans.

Nightwing slipped on his shirt and looked over to Babs. "So, Babs, what brings you to Jump City?"

"You two, actually."

"Us?" asked Starfire, now fully dressed and standing by Nightwing's side.

"Yes. Me and Bruce got your letter," Babs said, reaching into her back pocket and pulling out said letter. "We were both surprised to hear you were getting married...Then we heard about you becoming Nightwing..."

"I take it he wasn't happy." Nightwing said, folding his arms in front of his chest.

"No! Dick, he was proud of you. Yeah, I admit he wasn't happy at first but he knew it was time to let you go," Babs looked up at him with a warm smile. "Were both proud of you, Dick."

Without a seconds thought, Babs wrapped her arms around Nightwing in a hug. At first it took him by surprise, but then he relaxed and hugged her back. Starfire watched the scene before her and couldn't help but feel jealous. She cleared her throat and the two finally took notice of her presence and separated.

Nightwing ran a hand through his hair and smiled sheepishly. "So...um, Babs. How long are you going to be staying in Jump City?"

"I'm not sure. I haven't even rented a hotel room yet."

"Hotel room? Forget it, you can stay here. I'm sure the others won't mind. Right, Kory?"

"Huh," Starfire looked up at the two. Her insides screamed to throw the intruder out in the street but she went against her gut feeling and plastered a fake smile on her face. "Of course not. You may stay here for as long as you like."

"Well, if you insist." Babs said with a small smile as she stared at Nightwing.

"Perfect," Nightwing said, heading for the door. "I can't wait for you to meet the others. I'm gonna go set up a room for you."

With in a moment, Nightwing was out of the room leaving only the two red heads. Starfire gulped. She couldn't believe she was standing in the middle of the living room alone with her fiance's ex-girlfriend. It was nerve racking, but still, Starfire saw this as an opportunity to gain a new friend.

"Babs, it is a pleasure to meet you," Starfire said happily with a smile on her face. "Dick has spoke very highly of you."

Babs narrowed her eyes at Starfire. "Has he? I'm not surprised," Babs walked over to the door. "I'm going to go help Dick."

The door opened and Babs stopped and turned to Starfire. "By the way, call me Barbara."

With that said, Babs walked out the door, leaving a very confused Starfire.

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