Hey guys! So sorry it's taking me forever to update this, I recently updated "Hormones", but I seem to be lacking inspiration for this story :/

I'm determined to finish it though, for those of you who enjoy it, bear with me as I try to get this story finished.

Oh! i also have a new story I just started, I'm not sure when I'll be posting though, I don't wanna take forever to update BOTH stories.

Anyway, here it is, hope you enjoy.

Chapter 9

Robin waited until Jake and Starfire were grilling the hamburgers. He turned to Cyborg and tried to casually talk to him before anyone noticed.

"Psst. Cyborg." Robin hissed.

Cyborg turned around, a hot dog hanging out of his mouth, "Hmm?"

"I need you to check out Stanley Percher."

"Who now?"

"Just. Do. It." Robin mumbled through clenched teeth. "I'll explain later."

Cyborg nodded and diligently shoved another hot dog within his jaws.

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They sat down at a nearby picnic table when Jake finished grilling the hamburgers. Starfire delicately set the table, even though they were outdoors at a wooden table.

Robin insisted on helping her; their hands brushed a few times and he was immensely pleased with himself when he noticed a light blush spread on her cheeks. He grinned at her a few times, once when Jake was looking. Robin relished in the scowl on his face.

But he had seen that scowl before. Now he knew where. Now he knew how he was going to out this guy.

"I thank you Robin, you are very helpful." Starfire said politely, however, her smile made the butterflies in his stomach multiply.

"No problem Star."

They sat down, talking animatedly about the day ahead. All of them except for Jake.

"We should play football!"

"No, soccer!"

"I'll just go read."

"Perhaps a nice board game in the sunshine?"

Robin grinned, this picture was perfect, except for the unwanted man interfering in it.

"Starfire, sweetheart, you don't come to the park to play an indoor game. To be blunt it's a quite dim suggestion." Jake said, low enough for Starfire to hear. And Robin.

Starfire stiffened and clenched her teeth. Unable to say anything.

Robin, however, could in no way stay quiet. He threw Jake a dirty look and snapped, "Hey. Don't talk to her like that."

Jake looked taken aback by this, his face reddened slightly. The other Titans turned to look at the conflict threatening to rise.

Starfire looked from Jake to Robin and tried to quell the tension, "Robin please. Enjoy your hamburgers and Jake, we will speak of this later, in private. Pass the mustard, please?"

Robin gaped at her, he couldn't believe she was so calm about this.

"Starfire! He just-"

"I asked you to pass the mustard, Friend Robin."

That shut him up. He couldn't say anything once she stung him with that word. Friend.

He gave Jake another dirty look that was gladly returned and begrudgingly passed Starfire the mustard.

Beast Boy cleared his throat and tried to lighten the mood, however, he completely went about the wrong way of doing so.

"So Star, when's the weddin—ow! Dammit Rae." He grumbled as she kicked him in the shin under the table.

Starfire set her burger down and looked to Jake, acting as if no rude events had transpired. He took her hand and looked to them.

"Well, Starfire and I talked of it last night and we decided to get married as soon as possible, considering I'm transferring to a university here just to be closer to her and finish law school."

Robin stared at his plastic plate, tracing the tacky designs on it, trying hard to ignore the conversation going on. It was not possible.

"Well friends, we will be having a small intimate ceremony with very close friends and family. And..we have decided to marry in the summer. That is a popular wedding season no?"

Robin's head shot up. Summer?, He panicked.

"When in summer Starfire?" he asked, his voice colder than he'd intended.

She looked at him, almost sad to tell him the news. "The first of June.

The hardest feat Robin's ever had to accomplish was retaining his composure when the girl he loves told him she was marrying someone else, someone sitting right in front of him, in two months.

He simply watched her and lowered his gaze, nodding as if to assure her he'd heard her.

Cyborg spoke the words that were screaming in Robin's mind.

"Star? Don't you think that's a little too soon?"

Jake's hand shot up to grab Starfire around the waist and pull her in close, to Robin's demise. "That's our business. We are in love. We will be getting married. Soon."

Cyborg raised an eyebrow and jammed a cheeseburger into his mouth before his temper got the best of him.

"I agree with Cyborg." Raven spit out. Jake narrowed his eyes at her, but before he could speak, Starfire stood from the table abruptly.

"You are all my friends, and I would like for you to be happy that I am getting married. If you are not, I suggest you do not come to wedding. Excuse me. Jake I am ready to go." She threw Robin a rueful look before stalking off to the car she and Jake had come in.

Robin watched them walk away, he watched Jake put his hand on the small of Starfire's back, just like he used to.

He felt a bitter feeling rising in his throat.

"She can't marry him. I'm not letting her."

Beast Boy patted him on the back, "Robin you heard her. She's getting pissed that we're all interfering with her life. You can't forbid her to do anything."

Raven nodded, "She's not yours anymore Robin. You need to get your temper in check and be patient. We'll get that guy out of her life, don't worry."

Robin shook his head, "How are we supposed to tell her what we know? Huh? I'm not hiding this from her any longer guys."

"Yes. Yes you will. Because if you go and be an idiot and tell her now, she'll never believe you. Not without proof." Raven stated logically.

Robin sighed, "Yeah, that's right. But..what if I told you we could get proof?"

Raven, Cyborg and Beast Boy watched him carefully.

"What do you mean Rob?" Cyborg finally asked.

Robin rubbed his temples, relieving the intense amount of stress that had been instilled the past few days.

"The thing is..I swear I've seen this guy before."

Raven raised an eyebrow, "Explain."

"The thing is, I was in Gotham for a few months about three years ago, I worked at the police station before I was able to go back to Germany. I was in charge of sorting criminal records, and I saw thousands of faces everyday, all I had to do was click and sort so I never really payed attention to them. But one day, I tagged along for an arrest with a detective friend of mine. He was sent to investigate the homicide of a woman. And I helped out with the case, and we eventually tracked it back to a boyfriend. Nobody knew she even had a boyfriend, but when we finally got enough evidence, everything pointed to a Stanley Percher. We never found him. But that face, that face jumped back to me when I first saw Jake." Robin finished and put his head down, trying to sort his thoughts out.

Beast Boy and Raven looked at each other, "The homicide of a woman? Dude that's so creepy. It's completely in sync with Raven's vision."

Robin nodded, "That's why we need to find out more. As soon as possible. And apologize to Star. We don't need her alienating herself from us."

"Don't you mean from you?" Cyborg snorted. "I elect Robin to go apologize to Starfire on our behalf!"

Robin scowled, "What?"

Cyborg smirked, "You know you just want some alone time with Star. Don't act like we're not doing you a favor."

Robin shook his head, "I don't know. I'd rather do some research on this 'Jake' guy."

Raven sighed, "Robin, go talk to Starfire. We'll worry about Stanley/Jake. We'll meet up later this week Cyborg and Beast Boy's poor excuse for a house."

"Hey! I clean!" Beast Boy whined.

"Right."

Robin grabbed his burger and shook his head, mumbling, "I don't know."

Beast Boy scoffed dramatically, "Uh. Yeah. When you ask Robin if he's gonna go see Starfire, the answer's I don't know. Right."

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"Anything Cyborg?" Raven asked, peering at the screen over his shoulder.

He shook his head, "Not yet."

Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg and had met up a few days after the disastrous 'picnic' to get more information on Jake. They hadn't heard from Robin or Starfire since.

Raven went back upstairs and walked past Beast Boy and took the remote from him, plopping down next to him on the couch.

"Hey!" He whined. "Raven I don't wanna watch some weird tea infomercial!

She raised an eyebrow, smirking. "Fine, we can watch the home shopping network. I need a new teapot."

"Rae, if you needed a teapot, you shoulda just told me. I would've gotten you one." Beast Boy nudged her grinning. He couldn't help but scan her body, draped on the couch, extending her creamy legs in front of her, propped up on the coffee table. She was wearing a pair of dark blue baggy shorts and a gray t-shirt. Her hair was pulled back into a loose ponytail and looked as if she hadn't put any effort in whatsoever.

Yet she still looked incredibly desirable.

Beast Boy cleared his throat and placed his hands in his lap, focusing on the TV.

"Is something wrong? You haven't sadly attempted to insult my tastes in television programming yet?"

Beast Boy shook his head, staying silent. Raven swore she saw him blush.