The next morning was cold. The rain was easily heard as it pelted the darkened windows of the house. The clouds were dark and thunder could be heard in the distance. Starfire sighed at the sight out of her window. Her eyes fluttered more, realising she was in bed. The night before was blurry yet memorable to her. Her eyes widened as she noticed she was bare beneath the sheets. She continued to face out the window however she wanted to concur her disbelief and turned ever so slowly to reveal a masked man beside her, fast asleep.

She made a slight squeal as she saw him. Her chest fest heavy and she knew in her heart what she had done was very bad and the guilt began to set in. She felt tearful; she loved Shane however she still had not got over her teenage love. He was her first love; of course she wasn't going to forget him so easily, "Oh X'hal...W-What have I done?" She whispered to herself, feeling a small tear drip down her cold cheek. She hugged herself close and wondered what she should do. She didn't know what would happen if Shane was to find out what they had done.

She heard a shuffle beside her and looked away as Nightwing sat up, running a hand over his face, "Uh. Hey." He tried to make conversation,

She simply looked up and away once more, "Nightwing. We should not have done that." She admitted,
"I know..." He replied, throwing his legs over the edge. He let his head fall into his hands which were supported by his elbows which rested on his own knees. He groaned at the memories.
"I am a very bad person! I led myself to do such things with another other than my fiancé," Starfire cursed herself. Nightwing just turned to place a hand on her shoulder in which she quickly recoiled from, "Please...I do not wish to be touched by you." She hissed,
"Look I'm just trying to comfort you and stuff." He returned, narrowing his eyes through his mask.
"Comfort me!? You are the one who caused this badness!"
"What!? You could have stopped at any time you wanted. This is a joint mistake so don't try to pass it all off on me, princess."

She gave a look which was a mix between hurt and anger. She wrapped herself up in a dressing gown so she could walk freely about the room. Whilst she did this, Nightwing threw his usual uniform on himself, "Look Starfire. I wasn't afraid to hurt your feelings when we were teenagers and I'm still not." He barked,
"Apparently." She said coldly.
"Yeah and you know why? Because that's life Starfire. You need to choose between me and him. If you want him, fine. I can live without you. I lost you once, I'm sure I could do it again."
"...and if I want you?"
"Then be with me. I know how I feel about you. I just want you to pick. Damn it Starfire, what do you want?!"
"It isn't that simple, Nightwing. No matter how I act, someone will get hurt." She said, tears freely flowing now.
"Stop it! Stop thinking of what everyone else wants. Just think for yourself." He replied, in a hushed tone, "Please, Starfire..." He said, edging closer and holding her hand and leaning his forehead against hers.

There were a few moments of silence before she sighed, tearfully and closed her eyes, "I think it is time for you to leave, Nightwing." She said, quietly and bluntly.

Nightwing felt a sting in his chest, "I see. Goodbye Starfire." He replied, icily, dropping her hands roughly.

She didn't watch him leave but she could hear him move around and heard him slam the front door shut as he left. As soon as the door closed downstairs, she fell to her knees and began to cry uncontrollably. No matter how much she wished none of this was happening; it was and she was powerless to stop bad things from coming from it. She hugged her knees closely and poured her heart out through the element of tears.

She was distraught. She didn't wanna hurt anyone and she wasn't exactly who she wanted to be with either. Also, she didn't want to do the wrong thing.
She remained there for at least another hour and once she had finally become numb about the whole fiasco. Starfire, like other people who had ever been in a situation such as being unfaithful to their significant other pretended that nothing was wrong. She slowly rose to her feet and discarded her dressing gown and placed all of her previous clothing in the wash basket at the door of the bedroom. She sighed and flew to the bathroom and had a shower. Whilst refreshing herself, her glazed eyes stared at the wall in perhaps, thought?

Putting on a smile for everyone and pretending that everything was perfect? Of course she could do that; she'd been hiding a lot for her whole life.
She dried her hair and made herself look presentable.

Soon enough, like she was told, a man came through the front door, "Honey? I'm home!" Shane yelled, seeing Starfire float down the stairs and give him a welcome home hug.
"Ah, I've missed my baby." He replied, holding her tighter. Her smile faded when he couldn't see her face, "And my lips have also missed you..." He continued, bringing her chin up and placing a kiss on her lips. He ran his hands down her back and upon her backside. She decided to just give into the pretend and expectances. She let herself be kissed and held; like all 'happy' couples did.
"I have missed you also, my love." She said, smile returning but with sad eyes.
"Well, you're gonna have to miss me some more until tomorrow, baby." He replied, looking sad.

She raised an eyebrow at her fiancé.

"Our party things? You've got your 'last night single' party, remember? As do I." He chuckled, placing a soft yet small kiss on her lips.
She remembered, "Oh yes! How fun! Please do not become too intoxicated. When you are...I..."
"Star...That was only the one time. I'd never do that to you again...I promise you. I love you." He soothed,
"I-I love you too..." Uncertainty kicked her reply harshly. He kissed her forehead and smiled at her, "I gotta go get ready. You should too. Wear the pretty pink dress you got a few months ago; I haven't seen it on you." He suggested,

She nodded and walked into the kitchen to get some water first then proceeded to go upstairs and change into the talked about dress. She let out a sighed once she was alone in their room once again, feeling relieved that he suspected nothing. However...down stairs, Shane's smile evaporated as soon as she was out of sight and he frowned and stared distantly out of the window before heading for the bathroom to get ready for his night out...

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Starfire filled Jinx's cup up once again, "Is that alright?" She beamed at the sorceress.
"That's fine, thanks Starfire." She replied, smiling in return.
"Aw I still can't believe you're getting married in the morning, sugar!" Bumblebee grinned at her.
"Aha...Me neither." She faked the laugh. She tried dashing many times from Ravens stare which was apparently glued to her. She looked more guilty every time she caught her own reflection. Finally Argent stood, "Can we pleaseee put on some tunes?! I am so in the mood for a dance!"

"I heard that girl! Woo!" Bumblebee complied, grabbing Kole to get up. All of the girls started to dance and occasionally sing when a certain song came on. They were all having so much fun with the help of alcohol and were oblivious to when Starfire quickly and silently zoomed upstairs, away from them.

She opened her door and closed it quickly, palms flat against it and looking at the ground, "Oh X'hal...I cannot keep this charade up forever." She sighed, voice wavering
due to tears pricking behind her eyes.

"Care to explain, then?" She heard a deadpanning voice from behind her,
She gasped and turned quickly with her back against the wall, "Raven?" She said,
"That's me. Starfire. What's going on? I'm getting such negative vibes from you. Has something happened?"

That was it. Starfire couldn't take it any longer and broke down crying. She slid down the door and cried into her drawn up knees.
"Starfire?" Raven said, sympathetically as she flew over and sat own with her best friend.

She hugged Starfire close to her and attempted to hush her cries, "Starfire...What has happened to make you feel so low?" She asked, quietly, stroking her hair.
"Oh Raven. I am a terrible person!" She blurted,
"Why? What have you done?"
"I...Yesterday. I was alone for the whole day...but then...Nightwing...H-He came and...I was unfaithful to Sh-Shane..." She cried louder,
"Starfire..." Raven sighed, hugging her friend some more.
"Oh Raven. I do not know what I should do! I love them both, very much but...Shane...He is so different from Rob-Nightwing. In a very good way...But. Oh." She wept,
"I think what you did is wrong and right Starfire. Its wrong because it's obviously being unfaithful but I think it's right because...although you say you love them both...I believe you truly love Nightwing a lot more than you could ever hope of loving Shane."

Starfire cried more,
"Did you and Nightwing argue?"
"Yes...He asked me to make my decision and I told him to leave. I just was so unsure...I-" She was interrupted by her own crying returning.
"Star...Here is what's gonna happen. After the girls leave in a while, we'll talk about what you can do ok?"
"Ok Raven...Will you stay the night? Please?" She asked, hopeful.
"Of course I will." She replied, hugging her friend again, "Now, let's get downstairs again before they notice our disappearance..."

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That night, Starfire was ready for bed and was comfortably in her pyjamas. Raven was downstairs, grabbing her stuff and getting changed in the bathroom. Starfire watched the continuous rain as it hit the window with a somewhat force. She sighed and looked around the bedroom. She looked around to make sure she was alone for a moment before she found a shoebox with photos within it. There were so many from when she was a titan. She glanced at one of her and Raven in the park. Starfire was smiling so happily while Raven looked annoyed as she had been ripped away from her book.

Starfire gave a small smile as she glanced at this picture. Then she shuffled them some more and found one of herself hugging a very flushed Robin. He was smiling but he looked very shy. She was so forwardly affectionate. She missed her Robin. The one who was overly protective yet always in a worried way. She smiled but then let a tear flow down her cheek, "You really do still love him very much...Don't you?" Raven said from behind her shoulder,

Starfire wasn't surprised she had been there for a while. She turned to Raven and placed the picture on the desk, "Of course I do, friend. He was the first person I met here on Earth. He was my first best friend. My-My first love. It is hard to just push all of that away." Starfire admitted, taking a seat on her bed.

Raven pondered the thought and climbed onto the bed and sat cross legged, "Starfire...what are you going to do about tomorrow?" Raven asked, quietly.
"I...I shall marry Shane. I love him. I do. If I go through with it, it will show that I want to move on from Nightwing." Starfire said with no emotion in her voice.
"I guess that might work...I mean, its your choice, your life. If you think it will work then go ahead." Raven replied,

Both laid their heads down knowing the plan was destined to fail...