A Bird's Reality

Chapter 1: A dream, a breakfast, an opinion.

"I dreamed about her all night." Robin thought to himself while looking at a picture of the beautiful Tamarian princess. Lying in his bed he thought about his dream about her, the only star in the sky he was able to catch. All his thoughts about it came to him as a flashback of reality.

"Robin!" he heard her scream with excitement from afar. "Robin! Come on!" the princess called to him as he stood there in amazement of the whole fact that he was with her. "Ok Star, I'm on my way!" the young warrior yelled back as he ran after her. He finally stopped where she did and saw what was in front of them. "Robin, look at the flowing of water I have found, which is not as a lake, river, or of the ocean." He smiled at her remark because he knew she probably knew better, but hey she was from another planet. "It's called a waterfall Star." He said as he grabbed her hand and held it tight. "Oh..." the young princess said while blushing at how stupid she must have sounded to him. He turned to look at her and saw what he always saw, a beautiful girl he always cared for. "Star…" he said pulling her closer to him, "Yes…" she said back. Their faces came together slowly. "Star… I… lo…

"Dude! He heard being yelled right outside of his bedroom door breaking his thoughts, he knew who it was. "Dude! It's breakfast time! I've been callin' you for the last 5 minutes! What's up!" yelled Beastboy from the other side of the door. "Damn that Beastboy!" he thought to himself, "Um… I'll be there in a sec." he told his overly excited green friend. "Ok! I'll just save you some tofu eggs and bacon!" BB yelled while running back to the kitchen. Robin suddenly had a frown on his face from the comment BB made. "If only I would have told her, if only." He thought to himself as he got dressed in what to believe not to be his team uniform but a white T and some slacks.

As he walked into the kitchen he saw the usual. Cyborg and Beastboy fighting over who's gonna eat what. "Dude! Tofu is the best thing for anyone's health instead of that heart attack food you're trying to feed all of us!" "Ah no my little green friend, I don't have to force anyone to eat the things I cook! Unlike you, we turn the color of your stinkin' tofu, even when it's mentioned!" the two yelled at each other. Then he saw Raven sipping her regular herbal tea, not paying attention to what the other two boys were doing. "Hey." She said to him as he walked by towards the kitchen. "Hey…you seen Starfire?" he asked while taking a seat next to the dark goddess. "She went out to get eggs…real eggs." she told the leader of the group. He happened to pass a grin on his face at the fact of Raven trying to be funny; it was a little amusing. He knew Raven didn't like to talk much, but when he got to talk to her he enjoyed it, even if it was sorrowful.

"Hello friends, I have returned from the store of the grocery shopping!" yelled the Tamarian princess. Everyone turned to her direction and went back to what they were doing, all except Robin. He stood there looking upon the alien princess and wishing his dream was real. "Hey Star, how about I help you with those bags?" he offered forgetting about her super alien strength and giving out a big sign of "never mind". "Thanks for your offer friend Robin, but the bags are already in the kitchen. Maybe I can make it up to you for your kindness later." He watched as she put the groceries up, made breakfast, and fixed everyone's plate.

As they ate, all he could think about was Starfire and his dream he had of them being together. He knew if he were to ask her out she would gladly say yes, but he didn't want to shock anyone; he seriously doubted that. It was obvious to everyone that he liked Starfire and she liked him back, but no one was ever sure about it. He thought about how he was going to ask her, so he came up with some suggestions. "So Star what's up, there's this new restaurant in town and I hope to see ya there, with me. (winks)" No, no, no! that's stupid. "Hey Star. How about we say I like you, you like me so let me take you on a ride on my cycle and go hit a club!" NO! That's even more stupid since I heard BB say that to a girl last week!

"Earth to Robin!" he heard BB say while waving a hand right in front of his face. "Wha…oh…yeah…what's up." "Dude. Are you okay, you been like, daydreaming for awhile?" "Oh…I was, whoops, my bad." The leader said while rubbing the back of his neck, "Been thinking about a lot of things lately." "What kinds of things?" he heard Raven say, surprised at the fact she was concerned. "Just things."

After breakfast he and Raven had to wash dishes so he decided to talk to her about his situation, knowing she wouldn't dare tell the others. While handing her the dishes something unexpected happened. "So what's wrong?" he heard her say, "Wrong, there's nothin' wrong." "Oh really? Do you really expect me to believe that excuse?" He knew she wouldn't quit and was half way there to knowing anyway. "Well, it's about star." "Excuse me, I didn't get that?" "star" "Nope?" "star!" "…" "star, star, Star!" he yelled at the top of his lungs. "Yes Robin, you need me for something?" Starfire said coming up behind him. Not realizing how loud he said her name he told her, "Uh…never mind." Looking bewildered she happily went back to what she was doing.

"What about Star?" the dark goddess asked him. "Well I want to ask her out, but don't know how to do it?" he said surprised at how easily that came out so he covered his mouth. He could hear a little chuckle come from Raven so he joined her. Suddenly realizing what she was doing she became serious about the situation. "You think I know anything about asking someone out, especially Starfire?" "I guess I just wanted your opinion." As he started to walk away she stopped him in his tracks, "You want my opinion?" he heard her say as he quickly turned around, "Yes, that's all I want." "Just be you and everything should go fine." Happy she gave him an answer he ran to go prepare himself leaving her behind with a smile upon her face.