Chapter 2.

Robin spent the next two hours trying to get into Starfire's room. He finally convinced Starfire to open her door, but spent the next fifteen minutes trying to get her to talk to him. The normally calm and collected leader was starting to lose his cool. He had completely given up with reasoning with her and settled for pleading to her.

"Please Star! Just talk to me! Say something! Anything!"

The only response the he received was mumbling from Starfire, who had her face buried in her pillow. This combonation made it nearly impossible to understand what she was saying, but from the few words he managed to catch, most notably "Batman" and "Klorbag", he got the general idea of what she was saying.

"Please Star." Implored Robin in a soft tone, "This is something I need to do. I live in Jump City, but Gotham will always be my home. And I need to do whatever I can to protect it."

Starfire lifted her head up from the pink pillow it had been previously occupying and looked over at Robin. "Are you sure that Gotham is really in so much trouble? Are you sure this is not just The Batman's way of keeping us apart?"

Robin sighed, this had crossed his mind. Ever since he had reported to Batman that he was going to continue his relationship with the alien princess, Bruce had been very angry with Robin. A few days after Slade's demise Batman and Robin had gotten into a very heated argument over his relationship with his teammate.

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Two months ago:

Robin had just called Batman through the video communicator he had in his bedroom and was happy to see Bruce in his uniform, cape, and cowl. "Hello Bruce. How have you been?" The two always called each other by their real names as proof that they really were who they claimed to be. An imposter wouldn't know the first name of the Dark Knight or the Boy Wonder.

"Not So good Dick, I was just out on my way to the docks. Rumor has it that Killer Croc has been stealing valuable machinery from the marina."

"Did I catch you at a bad time? I need to talk to you."

"I really should get going, but if it's urgent Gordon will wait for me. Besides you haven't contacted me I over a month. I figured something was wrong."

"Well something has been going on." Said Robin reluctantly. He took a deep breath, then regaled the events of the last month. Every detail from the tape left by Slade, to the neural insulating gas.

Batman never showed any physical sign of emotion during Robin's lengthy speech, and when it was finished he turned on his communicator and said, "Commissioner Gordon, this is Batman. I'm going to have to postpone my arrival. I will contact you when I am on my way." Robin could hear Gordon's voice on the communicator and when it fell silent Batman shut the communicator and looked back at Robin. "Well Dick, first things first. I am extremely proud of your whole team. They all responded well in a crisis and you worked well to reach Slade and eliminate him."

Robin smiled slightly. Praise from Bruce Wayne was a rare occurrence, and if you were on the receiving end you did something really special.

"But I am also highly disappointed in your actions Robin. You let your emotions and personal feeling interfere with your objectivity. You shouldn't have killed Slade like that, you should have taken him to the authorities!"

"You can be serious Bruce! Do you know what he did to the members of my team? Cyborg is being repaired, Beast Boy's self esteem is lower than ever, and Starfire!! He… He." Robin couldn't finish his sentence and hung his head. "I needed revenge Bruce. I really did."

"No you didn't Dick, that's why we're heroes. We don't seek revenge, we seek justice!"

"Sometimes they're the same thing Bruce."

"THEY ARE NEVER THE SAME THING DICK!" barked Batman. "Now if you want to continue being a hero you need to straighten yourself out!"

Robin met Batman's harsh Stare and said tersely, "Fine."

"Now Dick once you have done that you need to break off this relationship with Starfire, NOW. Before it gets too serious."

Robin stared at Batman in disbelief. "No." he said simply.

"Dick I understand that you have feelings for this girl, but it's a danger for the team! You two had just started dating, and look what happened! A villain, your arch nemesis at the very least had you completely beaten. If it hadn't been for your quick thinking and a whole lot of luck, the Titans would be history"

"When Slade was dying he made me promise to live a life of love. And Bruce, that's a promise I intend to keep!"

Batman blinked in disbelief, "Robin, are you serious? You're fulfilling a promise to a dead man. But not just any dead man, the man who caused you so much pain and misery this past month. Do you know how crazy that is?"

"Slade gave his life for Starfire, I owe him this much."

"You don't owe him anything Robin! The only thing anyone owes him anymore is a very cheap funeral."

"I don't care. I'm in love with Starfire, and that's all there is too it. You just don't understand."

"Dick, I have been in love too, with a beautiful woman just like you are! Why do you think that I never pursued a relationship with Selina Kyle? It's because the relationship would have put us both in jeopardy."

Robin stared right back at Bruce and replied coldly, "That's not why you never went after Selina Bruce."

"Then why did I avoid her Dick?"

"Because you don't know how to be happy Bruce. You never have, and you never will." And with that Robin shut off the monitor and walked out of the room.

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Present Day:

Robin leaned down to get close to the alien girl. "Look Starfire, even if Bruce wants us to split up, it'll never happen. I love you too much for that to ever happen Star, trust me."

Starfire looked up at Robin with tears in her eyes. "I trust you Robin."

A customary stunning smile appeared on her face as she pulled Robin in close for a lingering kiss. The two separated and Starfire said, "Robin, before you leave I want to spend as much time with you as I possibly can."

Robin smiled and gave her a soft kiss, "I wouldn't have it any other way."

Authors note:

Yeah it's a short chapter but I am freaking exhausted! we had this tournament where we played all the best soccer teams in the state of colorado. And lets just say that we got beaten badly. like 12-0 bad. It was beyond embarrassing, it was humiliating, it was revolting, it was just.....terrible. The sooner i forget about this tourney the better. So here is my next chapter. Cyborg will return soon! review if you could. i would appreciate that so so so so so so so so very much.

peace.