"Starfire, we have something to tell you." Robin told Starfire one day, while she was sitting on the couch.

"Yes?" Starfire asked.

"We've decided you should go to school. I mean, you defend the world and all, but how much do you actually know about it?" Robin asked.

"I know allot about the world, Robin." Starfire told him innocently.

"Like?" Robin asked again.

Starfire smiled and stood up, "I know that if you touch an oven while it is it is hot. I know to undress before going into the shower. I know the mushrooms outside are not for eating, and if you leave an egg in the sunshine a chicken will not be born."

"That's it?" Robin said.

"No, I know that flowers bloom in the spring and it snows in the winter, but not by us. I know that the earth spins very fast, but we do not get dizzy. I know where babies from and that boys have--"

"Starfire!" Robin said, stopping her from what she was about to say.

"Yes? Am I not correct about something?" Starfire asked.

"No Star, you're correct. It's just; you need to know more about English, and math." Robin explained.

"Why do I need to know those?" Starfire asked.

"Because, you need to know them to get through life. If you go around talking like you do now, you'll be made fun of." Robin told her.

"What is wrong with the way I talk? Do you not like it?" Starfire said, angrily.

"I like it." Robin said quickly, "It's just...different."

"What if I think the way you talk is different? You think I do not know what the words don't, haven't, and can't mean?" Starfire questioned.

"I never even knew you knew those words..." Robin told her.

"Robin, I do not wish to go to school." Starfire said firmly.

Robin gulped; truthfully he didn't want her to go to school either. It was Cyborg's idea. Of course Cyborg wouldn't break the news to Starfire himself so he made Robin do it because Starfire wouldn't hate him.

"Well, you have to." Robin stated.

"I will not go." Starfire turned away from him.

"Star, don't do this. It's not like I want you to go to school." Robin blurted before he realized he'd given away the not so secret secret.

"Then who does?" Starfire asked.

"I do..." Robin said, trying to cover up for himself.

Starfire looked confused, did he not just say he didn't want her to go to school. Starfire didn't know what to tell him anymore. She really didn't want to go to school. She had watched T.V. shows where kids went to school, and anyone who was different got made fun of, and she was defiantly different. Also, they were all miserable at school, sitting in a classroom for a long time, listening to a teacher lecture on and on about something they could care less about. Then there were the small things, like bad cafeteria food, mean teachers, and homework. Starfire didn't want to get made fun of, she didn't want to be miserable, she didn't want cafeteria food, she didn't want mean teachers, and she most defiantly didn't want home, but most of all, she didn't want to go to school. She only had one option left, sure it was childish, and she would look like a baby, but she knew Robin had a soft spot for her, so she let her lip quiver.

"Please do not make me go." Starfire said, sounding desperate.

Robin bit his lip, he wouldn't fall for her this time, he wouldn't give in to her, he would simply say "You have to go to school." and get it over with. It seemed as if his heart had a different idea though, because his words got mixed and he found himself saying "I won't make you go."

Starfire squealed and threw her arms around him, "Thank you friend!"

Robin sighed, how would he explain this to Cyborg, "No problem."

Cyborg heard a knock on his door and he yelled, "Come in!"

Robin stepped through the door meekly, a tiny drop of sweat forming on his head.

'Just calm down' he thought to himself 'Maybe Cyborg will avoid the subject'

"How'd it go with Starfire?" Cyborg asked.

'Damn'

"Alright" was Robin's answer.

"So, she agreed to go to school?" Cyborg questioned.

"Not exactly..." Robin said nervously.

"What do you mean, not exactly? Robin, you did tell her the plan?" Cyborg asked.

"Yeah, I told her it" Robin stated.

"And..." Cyborg urged him on.

"She said no." Robin explained.

"And you said what?" Cyborg sighed.

"I said she had to go." Robin told him.

Cyborg eyed him suspiciously, "So, she's going to school?"

"No, there's more. After that, she begged me not to make her go, and I gave in." Robin blurted out.

"Why?" Cyborg asked.

"Because, she looked so sad! I couldn't make her go," Robin exclaimed.

"Robin, she needs to go. This mission is important." Cyborg yelled.

"I know, and why can't we tell her about the mission?" Robin asked.

"Because, we need to get her friends with that girl. Their allot alike in personalities, except she's evil. If Starfire knew it was a mission, she wouldn't be friends with her." Cyborg explained.

"She would if we told her to!" Robin argued.

"I know she would, but it wouldn't be the same." Cyborg said softly.

"I don't want her to go." Robin complained.

"I know, man but she has to." Cyborg left the room to break the news to Starfire.

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Starfire was sitting in her room, gazing out her window over jump city. She was glad Robin didn't make her go to school. A knock was heard on her door.

"Come in, friend" Starfire said cheerfully.

Cyborg walked in and stood by her door. Starfire looked at Cyborg, and remembered Robin had told her it was him who wanted her to go to school, but then had covered it up.

"Do you wish to make me go to school, also?"Starfire asked.

"Yeah." Cyborg replied.

"Well, I am not going." Starfire stubbornly turned her head back toward the window.

"Yes, you are," Cyborg argued with her.

"I am not, Robin told me I do not have to go" Starfire explained.

"Robin doesn't have a choice." Cyborg said firmly.

"I do." Starfire stated.

"No you don't," Cyborg calmly stated "Starfire, you're going to school. You start tomorrow." Then leaving no other room for argument Cyborg left the room.

As he walked down the hall he could hear Starfire's gradually fading yells of "I will not go" following behind him.

This is just a new story that came to me. I can't promise you when I'll have the next chapter up since I'm still writing Meeting You. It may be this weekend, it may be next weekend, it may be next month, I'm really not sure. But I hope you liked it. Please review!