Hello everyone. I'm back from Maui, Hawaii. I apologize to everyone that has been reading any of my other fics; hopefully, I'll be updating soon. But until then, please sit back and enjoy the chapter.

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We are on a train, going into the very heart of the city. With Aqualad.

Oh boy.

He's leaving the next day though, thankfully. I have no problem with him; he's a great guy to know. Smart, serious, handsome, mysterious...yep, a great person. And maybe that's why it bothers me so much that he's here. He's everything that I'm not. And he fits so well within the group...making me feel left out.

Anyway, as a going-away present, we're going to a baseball game. Apparently, ever since we played in the park, he's become addicted to the game. So when Robin found out that there's a game going on today, it seemed like the perfect present. A perfect present for a perfect person.

Great.

I stare out the window of the train, watching the scenery go by. At first, we were going to fly there. But Robin decided to take the train, because the stadium's pretty far away, and flying makes Aqualad a little woozy. You know that the stadium's pretty far when Robin gives up flying in Starfire's arms for the train. I'm just glad because I knew somehow I would end up carrying Aqualad. And even if I didn't, Raven would, and somehow, that just made me more grateful that we were taking the train.

She had been avoiding me for some time, ever since that game two days ago. And I didn't know why. Was it because I saw her smile? What was so bad about that? It's not a crime or anything. So why was she avoiding me?

It hurt. Because instead of putting up with my jokes and ignoring me, she had taken to talking with Aqualad. And the fact that Raven was talking to him and avoiding me stung even more. I didn't know what they talked about, but I did know that it made me mad. So mad that even Cyborg started to notice. He voiced his concerns about me when I slammed down the controller while playing video games the other day. Cyborg, of course, thought that I was being a bad sport, since he won, but what he didn't know was that Aqualad and Raven were sitting a little ways to the side, chatting about books. I made up some excuse about not getting enough sleep, but Cyborg was still a little suspicious. Thankfully, he let it go.

The train slows to a stop. This is our station. We all pile out. The citizens stare at us, whispering gleefully, awed by us. They knew that we were the Teen Titans, and for that they were in perpetual awe. But I knew them better than that. If we weren't the city's heroes, we would be scorned and thrown evil looks instead of grateful glances. I sometimes look back on the days of my past, before I became a Titan. Things were different then. I was hated and feared for who I was. We all were, save Aqualad and Robin. But Robin had his own problems, living in Gothem City, and that made him like us. Starfire was lucky. If she remained on her planet, she would be worshipped. But instead, she was sold to Earth, and it was here Starfire had found her home. But if she had stayed here without us, I was sure someone would have taken advantage of her. The others, including me, were easy targets to other crueler people. Me, with green skin, Raven, with her heritage, and Cyborg, with his robotic state. No one would want us for who we were.

But Aqualad was lucky. He was a prince among his own people, a prince among the Titans and a prince among citizens. He could fit in everywhere. Like Jello. Okay that was a little farfetched, but still...he was lucky for having his gifts to be so easily hidden. Star's eyes gave her away, Raven's emotions would eventually blow her cover, Cyborg's body was a no miss, and my skin and ears were blazing beacons for any type of torture. I should know. It had happened before. It would probably happen again.

We walk right in to the stadium; being a hero pays well, and we had gotten free passes into this nights game. Robin and Starfire had wander off to get food (tofu dog for me, hot dogs for the rest of them) while Aqualad, Raven, Cyborg and I get seats. When Robin and Star finally find us, the game has already started. Cyborg and Aqualad cheer their team on (which makes all of the girls around the latter stare dreamily at him) while Robin tries to explain the game to Starfire. Raven's reading her book next to me. And me? I'm watching the game, not cheering like I usually would, but just watching. I understand the game more because I've played it, and I can really appreciate the intensity and skill that the professionals play the game with.

The games ends. I don't know who wins, and I don't really care. Apparently, Robin and Cyborg do, as they exchange money, Cyborg grumbling, Robin grinning. They must have bet again. Sure enough, Starfire gets on their case about doing that. She hates it for some reason...

The loudspeakers crackle and announce that in honor of us, the Teen Titans, the stadium is putting on a fireworks show. We all look at each other, surprised. But the show begins to start, and we all shrug and look to the sky.

The fireworks are magnificent. I've never seen any fireworks so pretty before. Even during the Fourth of July, the Tower's view was never this clear, and the fireworks never this beautiful. Even Raven, who has put down her book to watch, gasps softly in wonder. I turn and smile at her, asking her what she thinks of he show. She says nothing, keeping her eyes glued to the sky, but I can hear the things that are left unsaid. I always can.

The fireworks burst apart in the sky, and even if I close my eyes, I can still see them, exploding in all sorts of colors. And I can see the sparks too, the leftover pieces of the fireworks. They slowly sink to the ground, drifting down like pieces of fallen, broken stars, just trying to find the other half of them. They remind me of a quote I heard from somewhere...'and in the end...we are all stars.'

Raven's head turns to look at me. I stare back at her, wondering what she wants. She asks me what was it that I said, and I redden. I didn't mean to say that aloud. I repeat the quote, and she slowly smiles, saying that she didn't think that I was a scholar. I'm not, but I don't tell her that, instead turning to look back at the fireworks, a smile on my face, which, I'm sure, is mirrored on her own.

And that's how we stay for the rest of the show, looking up at the stars, leaning a little toward each other, content and happy, as the last of the sparks streak across the sky.

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