Starfire awoke on a hot summer morning, sweat beating down her forehead even from the time she woke up. For a moment she just stared at her ceiling, remembering all her amazing days on the strange planet she had lived on for a year, Earth. Her heart ached for the beautiful planet, Tameran, her home. She thought of all the days she had, had on that planet as well. The hours of sitting and talking with her Kanorfga, the adventures she had taken with her sister, Blackfire. Her thoughts diminished when she saw the bright sky through her large window. She sprang out bed. Temeranians are exceptional morning aliens. She walked to her closet and pulled out her everyday outfit, the appropriate dress in Tamera. She slid on her purple top, which went at the least six inches above her bellybutton, her miniskirt which swished gently on her thighs. She finished the outfit with her matching shoes and gloves then went to the bathroom to prepare herself for the day.
After going about her average morning routine, she entered the kitchen/media room. Raven was sitting in the corner meditating, Cyborg was eating breakfast. Well not exactly eating, more like inhaling his breakfast. She saw that not all Titans were accounted for. Where were Beast Boy and Robin? She thought to herself.
"Morning Star! Come and have some waffles and Bacon, before I eat it all," said Cyborg.
"I have already ingested waffles, but what is this strange Bacon you speak of?" Starfire questioned as she walked to the counter and sat down next to Cyborg.
He made her a plate of waffles and gave her some Bacon, then called over Raven. Ravens eyes opened, and she stopped chanting "Azarath Metrione Zinthose" and walked over. She took a plate with a single waffle on it. A glass of water was sitting next to her, and she assumed that Cyborg had gotten it but just forgot about it.
Raven picked up the glass and took a large gulp, then immediately spat it out. Lying before her on the counter was a little green fish, bobbing and floundering about. About three seconds later, the fish turned into a short green boy, with pointed ears wearing a purple and black outfit, with shoes to match.
"Raven, what was that for!" yelled Beast
Robin walked in while Beast Boy was yelling, and stood dead in his tracks. Something about Starfire was exceptionally beautiful that day. He couldn't place his finger on it though; perhaps it was the hair, or the eyes. Either way she looked amazing.
"What's going on?" Robin asked, finally re-gaining his cool.
"Raven tried to drink me!" Said Beast Boy.
"You tasted like crap," Raven said in a monotone voice.
"I do not understand this, on Earth is it acceptable to try and drink your friends, as long as they are in the form of marine life?" Starfire questioned.
"No Star, Beast Boy was a fish, in a glass of water, for whatever reason. And he's going to warn us if he ever does it again," Cyborg explained while shooting Beast Boy an annoyed and agitated look.
"Here let's make a deal. I won't turn into a fish and go into anyone's drink, if we go to the beach today." Beast Boy said.
"Absolutely not!" Exclaimed Robin, "We are super heroes, we don't do trips to the beach. We have to be ready for every and anything that threatens the city."
"Come on Robin, crimes been so low, we'd need a microscope to find it," Cyborg said.
"Please! And besides, we have our hand held communicators, they beep when a crime is happening, and then we can go right away. I don't want to be drank again! Please Robin!" Pleaded Beast Boy
After constant begging, Starfire said: "I have never been to a beach before. I would much enjoy to know what this place you call a beach is" Starfire said, using her most innocent and sweet voice.
"Fine," said Robin, "we'll go to the beach, but the second the communicators go off, we leave the beach."
Everyone went to their rooms in delight (except Raven, who rarely ever smiles). After around ten minutes, they all met back inside the media room of Titans Tower. Everyone but Starfire looked ready for the beach. She was wearing her clothes from Tameran, but they were longer and winter clothes. All of the Titans stared at her.
"I was not sure of the appropriate dress for this occasion, so I wore what I believed to be best suited for the occasion of an extreme weather event," Starfire explained.
"We'll fix it when we get to the board walk, come on. Let's go, let's go, lets' go!" Urged Beast Boy.
So all of the Titans piled into the T-car. To conserve space, Beast Boy turned into a puppy and sat on Starfires lap. When they arrived at the beach, Robin made Raven take Starfire to the boardwalk to get more appropriate beach clothes.
When Starfire and Raven returned to the actual beach, not just Board Walk, they saw Cyborg and Beast Boy playing Frisbee, and Robin just sitting on a beach towel, looking up into the sky. Starfire went to join Robin, as Raven began to meditate underneath a beach umbrella.
"Wow Star, you look, so, different" Robin said when she sat down next to him.
"Do I not look good? Is this not the appropriate beach dress? Raven said that it was-,"
"No you look fine, it's just wow you look really different," Robin said in awe.
"This world, it is full of so much beauty. I never thought I would ever see a place like this."
"Well come on, let's go make the most of it," Robin said.
He stood up off of his beach towel and extended a hand to Starfire. She accepted this gesture and he pulled her up. When the palms of their hands met, Starfire swore that she could feel electricity running up the veins of her hand straight into her heart.
Robin led her to the water. She put one of her feet in, and then pulled it back.
"Robin, I think that I will not participate in the beach" Starfire said.
"No its ok, its ok. Don't worry Star, I'm right here. I won't let anything happen to you," Robin promised.
They looked into each other's eyes, and time stopped around them, but it moved faster than ever. Starfire blushed and looked down at the waves beneath her feet. Robin released her hand and rubbed the back of his neck. He tried to hide his uncontrollable blushing, but it was physically impossible.
"What are they doing? That looks so fun! Oh Robin I wish to try that!" Starfire beamed while pointing at two people surfing. Robin quickly retrieved a board at Starfire's request and set it in the water.
"Robin, how do you do this?" She asked.
"Here just watch," Robin said.
He awkwardly got on the board; it swished around in the water underneath his body weight. Starfire steady the board to try and make it easier for him to balance on his stomach. He paddled out, and waited until a wave came. It was a fairly decent sized wave, and it carried him smoothly back to a waiting Starfire. She clapped and jumped up and down.
"Robin, that was so wonderful!" She squealed.
"Your turn," he said in a smooth relaxing voice.
"Oh no, as I said before, I wish not to participate in this activity," Starfire said quietly.
"It's easy, just do what I did, you'll be fine. It's as easy as, whatever Tameranians do for fun," he said with a smile.
She gave in and he assisted her onto the board.
"Now just paddle out until you think you've gone far enough, wait for a wave, and ride," he explained.
Starfire nodded and began to paddle out. She sat on her board when she had felt she had paddles out the appropriate length as Robin had instructed. Robin watched her from the beach; he was mesmerized, in a trance like state, only to be awakened by the communicator going off. But how was Starfire to know? She was a hundred yards from the shore, minimum.
He prayed that a wave would carry Starfire back to shore, so that they could all go to their designated mission together. He was luck for the moment. A gigantic wave sprang up from nowhere and went straight toward Starfire. She did exactly as Robin instructed and began to ride the wave.
But the wave was large. Too large for a girl from a different planet who had never seen the glint of a wave before. When it crashed down, Robin expected her to come up along with the surf board she was reading. But where the board was seen, Starfire was nowhere to be found.
"Yo, Rob! We have to go get a move on," shouted Cyborg.
"But, I can't," said Robin quietly.
"Robin get Starfire, we have to go!" Cyborg shouted.
"She's gone," he said, "Starfire is gone," Robin said but louder.
"Robin we have to get going, the city needs us. Starfire or no Starfire, we have to go!" Said Raven.
"She probably just got caught under the tide. We'll see her at the tower I guess she just has to sit this one out. It's going to be fine!" Shouted Beast Boy.
Robin ran back to the rest Titans. "I guess Starfire has to wait" he thought to himself. Perhaps Starfires' mysterious disappearance had been his fault though. He had just prayed for a wave, he had never prayed Starfire would come back.