Chapter 2 or Chapter 1 Part 2

Welcome Home (For Now)

I'll personally make sure myself that they don't end up together. No matter what it takes. You can bet on it.


3 Days Later

In Common Room

Robin's POV

I watched as Starfire was flying all around the room trying to make everything look perfect. She said she already cleaned the rooms in where the Titans East would be staying and the only place that was left was where we were nearly all of the time. The common room and by the expression on her face you could tell that there was a lot of work to be done. At times someone would come in and ask her if she needed any help but she only responded with mumbles that seemed to be to her. I don't think she even noticed me coming in and sitting on the U-shaped couch. But that was her concentrating and the only times I saw her do that were either in battle or whenever she was deep in thought about something. But anyone could tell that Starfire was going overboard on the other Titans visiting, either that or she was trying to impress someone. Ugh, I gotta get the idea of Speedy and Starfire together out of my head. I just can't imagine them together; they seem as Starfire would say "most incompatible".

I smiled as I remembered all the times when she would mess up on our "earthly ways" or phrases and the way she would bit her bottom lip when she was confused and thinking. She may be the cutest thing I've ever seen and to this day I can't imagine my life without her. I need her, I want her, and I gotta have her or else I'll-wait a minute…is someone talking to me? I look up to find Starfire waving her hand in front of my face and her mouth is moving but no words are coming out. Batman would not approve if he saw me not being aware of my surroundings after all he always said that he taught me better than that. She's still talking! Pay attention!

"Huh? Sorry star, I was spaced out."

"But Robin, how could you be in space if you were here for fifteen minutes? Have you acquired the speed of light as well?"

"Uh no, when I said that I meant that I wasn't paying attention. I was thinking of something else and apparently in deep thought about it."

"Oh, would you mind telling me what you were deep in thought about?"

What could I say? I know I'm going to have to tell her my feelings one day but it couldn't be today. And when I tried something would always come up whether it was a villain, a team mate (mainly Beastboy) or it just didn't feel right. I really wanted to tell her but a voice in the back of my mind wouldn't stop repeating 'Not yet.' Whatever I heard, I decided to listen to it and said the first thing that came up in my mind.

"Uh…one day star. Just wait." It made me upset seeing that my once happy alien went from cheery and happy to sad and disappointed? Whenever someone made her sad I wanted to strangle them and when I was satisfied, I would be tempted to just hold her hoping that the pain would go away. But I can't do that since she's only my friend and she doesn't feel the same way.

"So, what were you telling me earlier?" I said hoping that she would forget what we were just talking about.

Her once sad face turned into a happy one as I saw her beautiful jade eyes grow big and lightened up the whole room. "Oh yes! Friend Bumblebee has called us stating that they would arrive within 20 minutes!"

"And when did she call?"

"Hmm…I would say between 15 and 20 minutes ago," If it was possible for her eyes to get any bigger then they pretty much just exploded. "Eep! I must go tell our friends of the news!" And with that statement she flew away. Speedy or Aqualad better not try anything with her.


A Couple of Minutes Later

Starfire's POV

"Hurry friends! We must go to the front of our home if we wish to give them a proper greeting!" I flew quite quickly around our beloved tower that when I looked back, I could no longer see my friends. Oh how I cannot wait until our friends from the Titans East arrive! I have heard that there are also five members on their team when I have only met four. I have met Bumblebee, the leader of Titans East and I believe she has the crush on friend Cyborg like he does for her. Mas and Menos are the twins that only speak the language of Spanish and are both very nice to me. Aqualad is from Atlantis and I first met him with my friends when Triton was attacking the sea. I must be honest when I say that I think he is attractive but my heart belongs to another. Robin, the leader of the honorary Titans and the person who has only stole one thing, my heart. When he disappeared with my other friends Beastboy and Cyborg, I was most worried. The thought of him and the others being damaged gave me a terrible ache in my heart. But I was most relieved and happy when they returned with the telling of their adventures! Of course that was after Raven and I escaped from the Master of Games and returned back to our home. When we were all reunited, I remember friend Beastboy talking about a clone of Robin's named Speedy. I have never met Speedy but a feeling inside of me is saying that he will be most interesting.

After a few moments I came up to the front of our beloved home and stood outside, my back towards the tower and my two feet on the ground waiting for the other heroes to land and greet us. Oh, how I cannot contain my excitement! If Speedy is how friends Beastboy and Cyborg have described him then I am most excited to meet him. I only wish he will like me as I believe I will like him, as the friend of course. I have already fallen in the love with another hero… Speaking of him, where are Robin and the others?

"Star! Wait up, we can walk only so fast!"

I turned around to see my green friend Beastboy. He looked the most tired, mostly lazy, but only a few moments passed until I saw the rest of my friends come walking behind him. Cyborg was grinning madly and behind him were friends Raven and Robin having a conversation. The boy wonder seemed to attempting to not blush and almost irritated meanwhile friend Raven was looking at him with a raised eyebrow. It looked as though they were arguing about an important subject and in the end Raven won.

"Friends, please hurry! We mustn't be late to greet the Titans East!"

At last the rest of my team came up to me with me in the front, Robin and Cyborg beside each other but behind me, and Raven and Beastboy in the back.

"Calm down lil lady. They're not even here yet. Anyone know when they said they would be by?"

"I dunno. In three days… But they said that three days ago... Ow! No need to smack me Rae! I mean Raven! I said Raven!"

"You better have. Starfire, you talked to Bumblebee today over the phone right?"

I nodded and think I know what she will ask. As I opened my mouth to answer, I was the cut off by what sounded as a jet but quieter.

"Dudes, they're here!"

"We can see that Beastbrain. Can you be smart for once in your life?"

Robin quickly turned around to face Beastboy and Raven to say, "Stop it guys. Try not to argue for the rest of the time they're here. And control yourselves." Robin then turned back to face my direction and gave me the smile he only used for me. I of course smiled back at him when all of the sudden I heard a familiar voice.

"Hey guys! What's up sparky?"

"Hey Bee! Wassup girl?"

"Hola senorita Starfire. Como estas? Te extranamos." (Translates to 'Hello Starfire. How are you? We missed you.' And I know I don't have the accent marks on so don't judge me)

"Aqualad! Dude I haven't seen you in forever!"

"Hey Beastboy. Hi Raven."

"Oh, um… Hi. Hi Aqualad. How-how are you?"

As I looked around I saw all of my friends talking to each other but I realized someone was missing. Where was Robin? I turned in all directions looking for him when I saw Robin talking to another…Robin? No, that must be Speedy. Since their ship was parked quite far away, I could not tell what Speedy looked like but the colors I saw were mostly red, small parts of yellow, and where his hair should be the color orange. I was curious to see what he looked like so I decided to approach the two. Now was the time to meet Speedy.


Robin's POV

As soon as I saw everyone come and say 'Hello.' I noticed that there was someone missing from the group. I scanned my eyes all around until I saw a figure approaching. Since I wear a mask I could squint without anyone noticing and looking where I was looking, and saw a familiar person. Someone I haven't seen in a while. I started walking towards him going by unnoticed by everyone else who were all deep in conversation. Aqualad was talking to Raven but Beastboy was there as if he didn't exist and just looking at them back at forth. Cyborg and Bumblebee looked like they were really interested in whatever they were talking about and they were constantly blushing. Mas and Menos were attempting to speak to Starfire who tried to understand and looked like she was trying to not look confused. I smiled to myself and shook my head meanwhile I was walking to an old friend of mine.

When I reached him I saw that there wasn't much of a difference. He looked fit with his arms showing off his muscles and maybe two inches taller, but he still wore his mask, wore the same uniform, and fixed his hair the same way.

"Speedy, I haven't seen you in a while. How are you?"

"Robin, I see you haven't changed much. And I'm fine, thanks for asking. You? Anything new?"

"I'm fine too. The only things that are new are the villains around here. There are more robberies but nothing we can't handle. What about you?"

"Steel City and I are still the same, but something may change soon. By that I mean I haven't met one of your teammates yet. Who's the pretty girl over there talking to Mas and Menos?" Speedy said as he nodded over to Starfire's direction. The look on his face said it all, he looked like he was an animal looking for prey and decided that my Star was it. Right then and there I understood that it was Speedy I should keep an eye on. But before I was about to tell him to back off, my brain decided to make me say something else.

"Oh, Starfire? Yeah she's on the team but you've probably never met her." What the heck brain? I wasn't supposed to say that! But maybe I should keep my cool for a while, just long enough until I make sure if he really wants Starfire. He better not try to get in her pants because that's where I'll draw the line.

"She's hot. Hey, maybe I should turn on the charm and see if she'll go out with me. And just out of curiosity, do you know if she's a virgin?"

My eyes widened behind my mask and I tried my best to stay calm. But that didn't work and I went to my back-up plan. Give a threat and make sure he understands I'm serious, and if he doesn't then I'll kill him. I made my voice low and steady and made it as scary as possible but loud enough so he would be able to hear me.

"Stay. Away. From her."

Speedy looked at me with an eyebrow raised and looked as if I'd just spoken another language. "Why? It's not like you two are going out or anything. Unless you like her…" His face went from confused to devious as though he were planning different ways to piss me off using Starfire.

"I do like her but no more than a friend. But she's a teammate of yours so you will stay away from her and not try anything. Got it?"

"Not really. I don't get why I should obey your stupid rules when they aren't mine. You see Robin, I have no rules about not being able to date someone on my team so what makes you think I'll listen to yours? Thing is, I won't. Just because you don't like her that way doesn't mean I don't and you shouldn't be so protective of her. You aren't going out and you don't like her so stay out of the way. And I would drop the subject if I were you. Here comes the babe of the century."

It was so tempting to punch him but I turned when he said that Starfire was coming I stopped and turned. And there she was coming to us looking so happy and eager to meet him. Yep, I'll keep an eye on this one. Before she reached us I turned my head to Speedy and said one last thing.

"Don't say anything about what we were just talking about. For both of our sakes and I'm serious. Just act like we're having a nice conversation and try to look like you're happy."

"After I get into the sack with her I won't have to act."

Just as I was going to beat him up I was stopped by a familiar angelic voice.

"Hello friend Robin. Would you mind introducing me to your friend?" Starfire looked at me with her ginormous green orbs that I could just stare at forever.

"Oh right. Well this is Speedy, another member from the Titans East. And Speedy, this is Starfire."

"It is a pleasure to meet you new friend Speedy." Starfire extended her hand and met him halfway to shake hands but I watched in horror as Speedy grabbed Starfire's hand and instead of shaking it like she intended for him to do, he kissed the back of her hand.

"The pleasure's all mine Star, believe me."

That's it; I'm going to kill him. How dare he call her Star, the nickname I made up for her! But now the fact that he called her Star didn't bother me as much as saw Starfire look away to hide a blush.

She decided to give him one of her million dollar smile and said, "Thank you friend Speedy. Would you like to come greet the others with me?"

"Of course." Speedy said as he threw her another one of his flirtatious smiles.

"Glorious!" Starfire grabbed his hand and pulled him along with her practically running back to the other Titans. She ran like there was no tomorrow and the last thing I saw clearly was Speedy turning his head back to give me a wink and then continuing to run with her.

I was shocked that he would have the nerve to do that after what we just talked about. After a minute of just standing there alone I walked back towards the tower where everyone was flooding into with my hands balled into fists. I can't wait until he leaves, the sooner the better. But I'll have to suck it up for now. Welcome home Speedy, for now.


Yay! Chapter 2 done! It took me a while to finish writing that since I can't really write that well. Please review, follow, and all that other good stuff! But please tell me if I have to work on something because I want to make it better for everyone. And I of course don't own anything!

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