Kori:
The fact that they looked so similar threw me off. I couldn't figure out why, but being with Robin again.. it was like a dream come true. I only felt bliss. My heart was whole again.
Robin and I went inside. I was still annoyed with Jeydon for being such an ass to him. I don't know why, but a lot of things Jeydon has done recently really annoy me; and I'm the patient one! Most days I just shrugged it off and smiled, as if it had never happened. What happened to that part of me? It slowly keeps vanishing even farther.
I looked at Robin who was sitting on the couch next to me, and he returned the glance with a small smile.
"Robin?" I whispered loud enough for him to hear, but quiet enough that the rest of the former team couldn't.
"Yeah Star?"
"…What happened to your hair?"
Robin laughed, and oh man.. It was an amazing laugh. It made me have a hummingbird heartbeat.
"Well. Um, I was told to take a shower..and then my hair gel uses were revoked.."
It was my turn to laugh. A Robin with no hair gel.. Was just silly. I gotta admit. It made him look really sexy tho. Like majorly. It kind of just laid on his head and when he turned his head it did a little "Justin Bieber" flip, only.. His was better, and it was all mine.
"I think it looks reallllllllllllly good. You should keep it like this. Oh! Hey. Follow me." I got up and grabbed his hand, guiding him towards our training room. "Looks like the one back in the tower.." He commented. "Well, it's similar. But that's not what I want to show you." I let go of his hand and walked over to the lockers. I opened the first one and opened a secret panel. I held my hand up to the sensor and it unlocked, opening a secret room. "I know this is going to be strange and all but.. Just come here." He followed inside and his jaw dropped. "M-m-my room?"
"Its complicated on how we got it here. But yes. If you go through the door over there. it's the actual hallway from the tower.. Well.. We kind of just put the tower in the house."
"But.. You guys destroyed the tower?"
"We destroyed a replica. I told Bruce I wanted to take the tower down, but not get rid of it. So he had it installed here. If you look out the window you'll see the island where it used to stand."
"Why didn't you just leave it there?"
"Too much past. Too many painful memories. And If we left it there, It'd be taken over by anyone who could. Gar and I were never there. We walk around the hallways sometimes, and sit in the bedrooms or watch tv in the living room, but it wasn't the same without you guys.."
Robin was staring at the room.. "Do Rae and Cy know about this?"
"Yeah, Gar took them a couple hours ago. They decided that they would sleep in their bedrooms again, and Cy and Gar are playing video games on the TV, like old times.. Rae's reading a book in there too. I just wanted to show you myself, and on our time. So.. Yeah.."
I was hoping he wasn't mad about the tower.. I just couldn't leave it sitting on the island. And with all of the criminals that are out there now. It was just begging to become someone elses headquarters… You know?"
"Yeah.. I do, I was just…surprised is all. Hey. What happened to your dog?"
I looked around for her. "Um. I don't really know.."
"Oh."
The silence felt awkward. I didn't know what to say. But I honestly didn't care where the dog was at this moment.
"Robin?"
"Yes Star?"
I hesitated. "Whats on your mind right now?"
He looked out into space.. "…Is…Slade still around?"
"Well, not that we know of… I haven't heard anything about him in a long time."
"….Oh."
"Robin? Did I upset you?"
"Of course not Starfire, I just gotta get caught up on what's going on around here now."
"Well.. I could let you read some of the files that Bruce has..?"
"I guess that'd work.." he mumbled.
"I gotta go. Its time for my shift. I'll talk to you later."
"…shift?"
"Yeah. I take watch over the city at times. Bruce is getting older and they taught me a long time ago."
"Oh..Okay.. I guess, I'll go walk around the tower some."
"Okay." I leaned over and kissed his cheek, then turned and sprinted out the door.
I know its been a long time. And this isn't my most amazing work but. here.
I'll update more soon.