Chapter 14

"Awe and you've brought the titans as well, and, Starfire dear. How nice is it to see you back here, and with Robin at your side." Blackfire said in an all too sickly sweet voice.

"I don't want to get married! I want to stay with Andrew!" Bluefire shot back at her sister. Andrew held her tighter, protectively if you will.

"And why would that be?" said Blackfire.

"Because," she said turning in his arms to look him in the eyes, "I LOVE him."

"How sweet but that won't make a difference. It's the curse that comes with being the last born. Unlike the older two, in this case, you don't get a choice. So that leaves this handsome young man free. So I think that I'll take him off of you hands. I know that he'll be much-" She never got to finish that sentence because Bluefire had slipped out of Andrews grasp and walked over to her and hit her square in the jaw. Blackfire didn't like this. She retaliated tenfold. A swift kick to the stomach and a punch to the jaw and another to the eye. She was about to give another to the face but Bluefire caught her hand.

"Why is it that you insist on making my life and Star's life miserable? We never did anything to you, well at least Star didn't but that's because she is too nice to do anything mean. She doesn't have a mean bone in her body." She stopped to make things more dramatic. "I always stood my ground against you and anyone else who tried to put me down, and don't expect that to change." She brought her hand up to hit her again only to be stopped by a strong hand, and pulled back into strong arms. "Galfore!"

"Bluefire, what have I told you about violence."

"But-" Bluefire started to say.

"I don't care you know that you never are to hurt your older sisters. Now go to your room. I trust that you can find it on your own." Blackfire just sat there smirking. "Ah, Robin and Starfire! How nice to se you again. Please make yourself at home." He finished as Bluefire started walking down the long hall way towards a staircase.

Andrew was always like her, tough to the core, and he always stood up for what he believed in or cared about and right now that was Blue, and so he chased after her.

Bluefire entered her room, and shortly afterwards she heard the door open and in stepped Andrew, with questions, lots of questions. "Who was that girl Black-something or other?"

"That was me and Star's older sister. He was never nice to Star, or me."

"And the man that stopped you and stood up for her not you?" gently touching Bluefire's right eye, which had already started to bruise and swell. As he did so she flinched. "You want some ice for that?"

"No need I'll heal it later there will be more of that too. The beating I mean. That man was our legal guardian Galfore. He never really liked me. I was kind of a third wheel all my life, no one really liked me save for my sister Star and my mother," she had started to cry, so Andrew held her close as she continued. "My father only tolerated me until my mom died and then after that he just started not to care and focused most of his attention towards Star and Blackfire."

"I promise I will protect you from anything else, like I said before no one will touch you."

"No Andrew I can handle it. They will crush you. Super strength remember?"

"Oh ya, but what does that matter, I will still protect you no matter what." She cried harder. "So who are you supposed to marry. What's his name?"

"I don't know, I've…I've never met him before. That's how all these marriages work. They are arranged before we are born."

"That doesn't seem fair."

"It's not, that's why I left for earth." She said as she wrapped her arms around his neck and continued, "That doesn't matter though because I love you, and I refuse to marry some egotistical, jerk that I don't and will not ever be able to love." She kissed him passionately, and they fell backwards on the bed, she could stay this way forever. "I would rather marry you!" she said in between kisses.

Andrew pulled away a little bit to look her in the eyes, "That's it!"

"What?"

"We will pretend to be engaged. Then they can't take you away from me." He said with a sly smirk. "What do you think?"

"I don't know," she said skeptically.

"At least if it doesn't work it could be fun!"

"Ok let's do it!"

"All we need is a ring, where can we get one of those?"

"I know just the place, follow me."

So the ran out of her room and towards the treasury. Her mother had left her most of her jewels to Blue when she died, and had told only her pass-code to this particular place.31454. She will never forget it. I was one of the last things her mother had told her before she died of leukemia. She plugged in the code, and Andrew was in awe.

"No one has ever seen this place before, just me."

"Where did all these come from?"

"My mom left them to me."

"Which one are your going to use?"

"Well usually the man chooses the ring for his fiancé so you choose."

Andrew had been hoping she would say that. He had already had his eye on the perfect one. It was a 24kt diamond set in a platinum band with two sapphires and two aquamarines on the sides. "How about this one?"

How did he know that was the one I wanted? "You must be a mind reader." She held her left hand out for him to put the ring on her finger.

"Uh uhhh. If we're going to do this we're doing it right." He got down on one knee. "Will you Bluefire Amanda Whitney Garrison Lee Anders be my wife. Marry me?"

She never answered she just kissed him. Then they broke apart for air. "Do you really mean that? Would you really be willing to marry someone like me?" She waited nervously.

His answer was four simple words. "With all my heart!"

And so it would be. They really would be engaged this whole plan went from being just pretend to being real. There was just one problem. Will this stop the arranged marriage or would this only make things worse. His lips crashed down on hers. I'll worry about that later.

Meanwhile everyone else was settling into their prospective rooms not a bit the wiser about Bluefire and Andrews engagement!

This is far from over guys don't worry!