Starfire knocked on Raven's door. It opened just enough to reveal half of her teammate's face. "What?" Raven asked, clearly unhappy with being disturbed.

"Excuse me, but have you seen Robin?" Starfire asked.

"He's in Slade mode," Raven deadpanned. "Where do you think he is?"

Starfire knew instantly. Robin was staring at newspaper clippings in the evidence room while obsessing over Slade's every move. She hated it when he did that to himself, but when he was this focused, even she couldn't convince him to take a break for his own good.

"Oh, I see," she said sadly. She perked up quickly. "I have completed my combat practice for the day and am feeling the bored. May I do the hanging out with you?"

Raven shook her head. "I'm in the middle of meditation. I barely got in any yesterday, and I need it. Try Beast Boy or Cyborg."

"But Cyborg is doing the washing of the T-Car," Starfire told her friend, "and Beast Boy is trying to give him assistance." Of course, both girls knew that Beast Boy was probably hurting more than helping. "Please, Raven? Do not normal teenage girls of this planet do the hanging out together?"

"Maybe they do," Raven replied, itching to get back to meditation. "But I'm not a normal teenage girl. I am a very abnormal girl who needs to meditate right now. Try reading a book or something." She shut the door before Starfire could protest.

The alien princess hung her head and sighed. There was nothing for her to do. All she had wanted was to act the way she thought she was expected to on this planet. How was she supposed to learn how to be normal when there was no one to teach her? Raven was the only other girl in Titans Tower, but she never wanted to do ordinary girl things with her. If only Raven were more like a regular teenage girl who did regular teenage girl things. That was when Starfire got a bright idea…

"Mad Dogs! Mad Dogs! Go, fight, win!"

The Middleton High School cheer squad jumped in the air and shook their pompoms as the song they had been cheering to ended. Kim Possible, the squad captain, walked over to the speaker and pushed the pause button.

"Great effort, girls," she said, addressing the whole squad. "Take five, then we'll run it again."

The squad dissolved their formation and headed to the bleachers, clustering in small gossiping groups and taking sips out of their water bottles. Many of the cheerleaders took advantage of their outdoor location and inspected the football players who were warming up nearby. Kim had her eye on one particular blonde football player wearing a jersey labeled "Stoppable".

She waved to Ron. He paused his pushups to smile and wave back. Suddenly, a giant shadow covered him.

"Stoppable!" Coach Barkin yelled, blocking out the sun from Ron's perspective. "This is football practice, not a school dance! Just for that, I'm giving you ten more!"

"Yes, sir," Ron groaned, returning to work.

Kim saw the whole thing. "Sorry, Ron," she said, though it was too quiet for her boyfriend to hear her across the field.

A cheerleader with short, straight brown hair looked at Kim skeptically. "I still can't believe they let that loser onto the football team," she said.

"Well, Bonnie," Kim retorted, "I still can't believe that Brick finally managed to graduate."

"Hmph!" Bonnie tossed her head and sauntered off to her own clique, far away from her redheaded rival.

Kim wandered off to where she had stashed her backpack under the bleachers. She hoped Wade hadn't called while she was practicing. The speakers were too loud for her to hear the familiar beeping of her Kimmunicator.

She dug through and pulled it out. "Any luck finding Shego?" she asked the young genius on the screen.

"Not yet," Wade replied, typing on the keyboard in front of him. "All my leads have been dead ends. I'll let you know as soon as I find something."

"Thanks, Wade," Kim said. "I'm counting on you." She signed off and bent down to put the blue device back into her backpack. Realizing that the water break was almost over, she got up, turned around and…saw Starfire standing right in front of her.

"Greetings to you, friend Kim!" she grinned, giving Kim a hug that nearly cut off her circulation. "What is the sitch?"

Once Kim had squirmed her way out of the other girl's grip and caught her breath, she asked, "Starfire? What are you doing here? How did you find me?"

Starfire held up her communicator. "Any Titans communicator can distinguish the location of any other Titans communicator."

Kim was still confused. "But…the Titans…they're back in Jump City. Are you here alone?"

"Yes," she replied. "I do not have need of the T-Car or T-Ship to arrive here. I can even exceed the speed of light if I have the desire to do so."

"Really?" Kim was honestly surprised. "That's…that's great. But why did you come over here by yourself?"

Starfire answered, "Well, you see, I had completed all of my required tasks for the day, and the others were all occupied, so I was feeling very much the bored. But then, I realized that now would be the perfect time for us to do the hanging out as friends! I have never done the hanging out with a 'basic average girl' before, and I am most curious about what it is that you do to have the fun."

Kim looked past Starfire at the squad, still taking their water break. "Look," she said, "I'd love to hang out with you. The thing is, I'm kind of in the middle of cheer practice right now, and we have to be ready for the big football game tonight. Could it wait?"

Starfire, eager to please her new friend, nodded. "Of course! May I watch you do the practice?"

"Sure," Kim replied, leading her toward the front of the bleachers. "You can watch from here. Just try not to get in the way of the routine, okay?"

"Okay!"

"Kim," Bonnie's voice demanded, "what is that?" She stepped down two levels and eyed Starfire suspiciously. "Orange skin? Green eyes? Not to mention the weirdest, longest shoes I've ever seen. They're practically as long as her legs!"

Starfire looked down shamefully at her tall purple boots. They were the height of fashion on Tamaran. She had never realized how long they really were.

Kim turned to Starfire. "Don't listen to her," she told the alien. "Bonnie has some issues." She stood up straight and looked Bonnie in the eyes. "And she's not a 'what', she's a 'who'. Her name is Starfire and she is a superhero, so if you're going to insult her, you should watch your back."

Bonnie rolled her eyes. "Superhero? Now I've heard everything." She left to go fix her makeup.

No sooner had she taken out her eye shadow and mirror than suddenly a green beam of light bounced off her mirror and into the rainbow makeup selection, making it explode in her face in a cloud of multicolored dust. She looked in her hand mirror and saw Starfire hovering just above her with her green eyes still glowing.

"My apologies," she said sweetly, her eyes returning to normal, "but it seemed you doubted the existence of my abilities as a superhero. I trust I did not damage you?"

Bonnie wiped some purple off her nose. "Okay, okay, you're a superhero. Whatever."

Kim was enjoying every minute of this. It wasn't every day that she got to watch Bonnie's eye shadow explode in her face. She even wondered why she hadn't thought about doing that herself sooner with one of her many gadgets. The girl totally had it coming. "High five for that," she said to her new friend. Starfire gave her a high five so hard that it felt like her hand was about to break off. "Super strength," she tried to smile through her pain. "Nice. You're pretty cool."

"I am?" Starfire looked concerned. "But I do not feel the cold…"

"It's an expression," Kim replied. She picked up her pompoms again and called out, "Okay, girls! Break's over! Let's run it again!" The squad got in position. Kim turned on the music. "Five, six, seven, eight!"

The cheerleaders began their routine and carried it through expertly. Starfire was incredibly intrigued. She was familiar with the concept of cheerleaders. She had seen football games on TV and a few movies centered on high school life. However, this was her first time being at an actual cheer practice. This was what ordinary high school girls did. And it looked like so much fun!

At the end of the cheer, Starfire stood up and clapped. "Magnificent!" she exclaimed to KP. "That was most enjoyable!"

"Thanks," the squad captain replied. She turned around to instruct the others. "Great job everyone. Remember to be back here in a few hours. We need to be sure we have everything together before the big game tonight. See you then!"

The cheerleaders were thus dismissed to the locker room to change. Kim stayed to pack up the speakers. Starfire stayed right behind her as she headed to where the other girls were. Just outside the locker room door, Starfire stopped and stared at something. It was a bulletin board with all of the current and upcoming school activities posted on it. Debate team competitions, baseball tryouts, upcoming theater performances, an announcement about the postponement of the Procrastinators Club, a countdown to some kind of spirit week, even a poster for talent show auditions. There were things she had heard of but never done, and an equal number of things she had never heard of at all. She was captivated.

Kim noticed her interest. "Pretty busy, huh? You can stay here and look at that while I go in here and change." Starfire nodded, mesmerized by the flyers before her.

Once changed, Kim stepped out the door, only to be confronted by a very familiar face. "Oh, hey Monique," she said. "What's the sitch?"

"The sitch," Monique replied with her hands on her hips, "is that I asked you for some one-on-one girl time last week and you blew me off."

"Monique," Kim told her, "you know I had to…"

"…go to the Himalayas to stop Monkey Fist from stealing whatever ancient artifact he was stealing from whoever he was stealing it from. I know. I get it. Fate of the world overrules girl time. But I believe you told me that you wanted to make up for it by rescheduling girl time for this week. Today. Now."

"Today?" She looked past Monique at Starfire just down the hall, who was currently trying to understand the meaning of the term "Glee Club". Was it a club devoted to happiness? She could be on board with that. But why were there music notes on the flyer? Kim tried to think of excuses. "I don't know about today, Monique. I have to be back in just a few hours because of the big game, and I'm waiting for word from Wade about something really important."

"Oh no," said Monique. "Kim, you are not backing out of this one. We'll be done before the game easily. Don't you want to have some bonding time with your best female friend?"

It was true. Kim did want to hang out with Monique. There was one issue: the alien staring at the bulletin board. Still, Kim knew she couldn't blow off Monique again. It wouldn't be right. "The thing is," she began, "I…well…how would you feel if somebody else tagged along?"

Monique shook her head. "Kim, I get that you like spending time with your boyfriend, but Ron is not invited to girl time. It's called 'girl time' for a reason."

"It's not Ron," Kim explained. "It's, well, her."

Starfire, hearing that she was being talked about, flew over and hovered next to the other two girls. "Greetings! What is your name, friend?"

"I'm Monique," the girl replied, getting over the shock of this new person's appearance and capability of flight. "Are you two…uh…friends or something?"

"Yes! It is most glorious to meet you, Monique!" Starfire gave Monique a hug that probably would have broken a few bones if she had held it much longer.

"This is Starfire," Kim explained. "She's not exactly from around here. Or this planet. She wanted to hang out with me after practice to see what normal teenagers do together. Is it okay if she comes along?"

Monique looked her over. "Well, she is a girl. Oh, why not? Any friend of Kim's is a friend of mine. So, where do you two want to go? I think we talked about going to the mall earlier…"

"Oh yes please!" Starfire said. "I adore the mall of shopping, especially with my friends!" Really, she had only visited the mall with a friend a couple of times. The friend had been Raven, and Raven had despised every minute of it.

So it was settled. The trio piled into Kim's purple car and took off in the direction of the local shopping mall. Kim drove, with Monique shotgun and Starfire in the back. The alien girl had only been in the T-Car before. This new automobile was definitely less advanced technologically, but it was still interesting to see a normal teen's ride. And the seats were really comfortable.

After driving for a few minutes and parking, Kim and Monique led Starfire through the large automatic doors at the front of the mall. Starfire looked around. It was very different from the mall in Jump City. She hardly recognized any of the stores. One thing was still the same: the staring. One specific group of teenage girls walked past her on their way out and couldn't take their eyes off her. She looked down at her purple shoes and pretended not to notice.

Kim noticed her new friend's unhappiness. "Starfire? Is everything okay?"

She perked up immediately as if nothing had happened. "Of course. I was merely wondering which location we should visit first."

"Well I know I've worked up an appetite," Kim suggested. "Want to grab something at the coffee shop? It's right around the corner."

The other two girls assented and Starfire was led around the corner to a room with a case of pastries on display and a menu full of strange words. The alien spoke English and Japanese, but these words looked more like Italian or French, two languages she could not understand. She observed Kim and Monique. They seemed completely comfortable in line, thinking about what to order. She tried to act natural behind them.

"I'll have an iced vanilla latte, hold the whipped cream," Kim ordered.

Starfire analyzed her words, trying to make sense of them. What was a latte?

It was Monique's turn. "I'll have a nonfat caramel mocha please."

Starfire searched the menu above the counter for ideas while Kim and Monique headed to the other side to retrieve their orders. So many unfamiliar words. What did they all mean? It looked like they were different kinds of beverages, but never ones she'd had before. Robin occasionally drank coffee, but Raven stuck to herbal tea, Cyborg didn't like it, and everybody was afraid to find out what would happen if Beast Boy swallowed too much caffeine. Even when Robin did rarely drink coffee, it didn't have a super long foreign name like these did.

"Can I help you?" the cashier asked.

"Oh! Yes, I…um…"

Meanwhile, Kim and Monique found a table with three chairs. "Thanks for making me do this, Monique," the cheerleader said. "I really need to relax right now. Drakken's up to no good, and now he has a new friend who I've never even heard of."

"Not to mention that math unit test," Monique added. "You were studying every minute you weren't on a mission. It must feel good to have that out of the way now."

"Yeah," Kim agreed, taking a sip of her drink. "I wasn't sure if I was going to live to see fourth period when I was taking that. Looks like I made it, though. So what have you been up to?"

"Work, mostly. I had to pull a double shift on Monday. It's like as soon as one season starts, we have to start stocking the next one." The phone in Monique's pocket buzzed. She took it out and looked at it. "Not again."

"Again? Don't tell me it's the same one."

"It is," Monique groaned, stuffing the phone deep into her pocket. "Somehow, he got the idea that just because I don't have a BF, I'm desperate. Well, I am so not desperate enough for him. You will not believe…"

She was cut off by Starfire arriving at the table with her drink. She had settled on the one word she could pronounce. It was just coffee. Black coffee with nothing in it at all.

Kim was surprised. She knew that some people liked it that way, but Starfire didn't seem like a plain black coffee type of person. "Have you had that before?" she asked.

"No," Star replied. "This is my first taste." She picked it up to drink it.

"Wait!" Monique warned. "It's hot!"

It was too late. She took a huge sip of the dark brown bitterness. Her eyes widened to be half the size of her face. She put down her cup and sat bolt upright, silently.

Kim and Monique waited for her reaction. When none came, Kim waved at her slowly. "Hello? Starfire?" She turned to Monique. "Did we just break her?"

Starfire suddenly sprang back to life. "That was most glorious!" she exclaimed, downing another gulp. "It tastes exactly like the zorka juice of my home world! It requires one thing…" She took out an "emergency" packet of mustard left over from the Bueno Nacho visit and squeezed in into her coffee. Monique and Kim just stared as she drank some more. "Much better," the alien said.

Once she had overcome the shock, Monique asked nervously, "So…uh…Starfire? Where'd you say you were from?"

Starfire beamed. A normal person was interested in her own story! "The planet Tamaran," she answered. "It is such a beautiful place. My K'norfka, Galfor, is now the Grand Ruler, and he is most kind. He is not at all like my sister. She once attempted to take over the planet and force me into an arranged marriage with a sklerch." She shuddered at the word. "She was not good for Tamaran, so she was banished."

"So what about you?" Kim asked. "Why aren't you back home?"

Starfire replied, "I did return once. It was for the marriage. Once my sister was overthrown, I decided to give up the crown. My home and friends are on earth now. This is where I belong." She sighed. "Not everything is so perfect for me. It is difficult to belong on a planet where one is so different."

Kim couldn't help feeling bad for Starfire. She couldn't imagine leaving her home to live on another planet. "Fitting in is totally overrated," she said encouragingly. "Half the world is full of Bonnies anyway."

"Oh, don't even get me started on that girl," Monique said.

Starfire smiled. "You do not mind, then, that I am a bit of the weird?"

Kim shook her head. "I battled overgrown kiddie meal toys on prom night and found out my then-boyfriend was a robot made of green goo. That was weird. You are not weird."

Monique took a couple more sips of her mocha. "You know what always makes me feel better?" she asked Starfire. "Two words: Club. Banana."

Starfire looked confused. "It's a clothing store," Kim explained. "Monique gets an employee discount because she works there. We always go there when we're at the mall. Do you want to see what's there?"

"Certainly!" Star said, now finished with her drink. "In which direction shall we go?"

Monique stood up. "Just follow me," she said. "I know this mall like the back of my hand." Kim and Starfire stood up and threw out their empty cups. The three girls began walking in the direction of Kim and Monique's all-time favorite store.

(A/N: Aw, that was cute. Thanks for the feedback, everyone! I've decided to change the second category to Adventure instead of Humor. It's like as soon as Slade shows up, he makes everything just a little bit darker than it otherwise would be. Now, let's leave the girls at Club Banana and see what Robin's up to in the evidence room.)