~*~ Ok, peeps, (Heh, I always wanted to say that) I'm gonna get a jump start on this chappie before I go away, so let's see if I can do it! Also, I have a favor to ask; I never saw the beginning of "Sisters," I saw up from when they beat the first pink thing-a-ma-bob. From what I hear, the Ferris wheel scene with Robin and Starfire is quite entertaining ^-^ so could someone please e-mail me IN FULL DETAIL what happened?!?! I MUST KNOW!!! BAHHH!!!!! Hehe, sorry ^-^ Ok, also, in this chapter, there's a card game played called BS. I may as well explain it now for those of you who don't know it, to save confusion. It's short for 'Bullshit,' each player is dealt cards until the deck runs out. They look at their cards, but must be sure the other players don't see them (duh!) Anyway, going from smallest to highest in the deck, they put down cards face down in a pile, going in order around the table. For example, if you had 2 aces in your deck when you were supposed to put down aces, you place them both down, then the next person must put down a 2, then the next a 3, etc. However, if you don't have the card to put down at the time, you bluff and put down another card and say it's whatever it's supposed to be. If a person calls 'BS' on you and you had lied about your card, you have to take the whole pile. If they call it and you were telling the truth, they take the pile. The winner is the first out of cards. Geddit? Good! Ok, on we go! ~*~

It was a few days later. After Robin's near-brush with death, Starfire had restricted him from doing close to anything, fearing something would happen. After much convincing (and much blame on Cyborg) she let up and finally released her concerned grip on him. It was late afternoon. Beast Boy and Cyborg sat at the living room table playing cards. Beast Boy was not particularly good at this game, and continued to lose both it and his money, which he stupidly kept betting. ("I'll catch my lucky break!" he cried as Cyborg took another handful of bills off the table. "Sure, sure. Keep telling yourself that. Play again?") Raven hovered into the room, stopping short to view Robin and Starfire at the opposite end of the room. He was trying to teach her how to play pool, and seemed to enjoy doing it. She was hunched over the table with pool stick in hand, one eye shut in concentration. Robin was bent over her, holding both her hands to guide the stick on where to go. "Ok, so just hit the little white ball so it hits another ball and goes in one of the holes." he explained, and Raven observed how he was gleaming as he instructed her. Starfire pushed her stick forward and struck the cue-ball with a light 'click,' but instead of hitting the 9 ball, as intended, it bounced off the wall and sank into the corner pocket. Starfire turned around to face Robin, smiling animatedly at him. "Did I win?!" she exclaimed, rolling up and down on her heals. Robin chuckled, shook his head and walked over to the hole and removed the ball, placing it back on the table. "No, Star. You scratched." Starfire tilted her head curiously and joined him on the other side of the table. She picked up the ball, looked at it for a moment or two, and ran her nails over it quickly. Robin couldn't help but laugh a little at her. He took the ball from her hand and put it back on the table. "No, no Star, you don't actually scratch it! It's just a term, it means you only hit the cue ball into the hole, which is against the rules." Starfire nodded, understanding, and resumed her position crouched over the table, with Robin grasping her hands and arching himself nearly over her back, but their faces still remained incredibly near to each other. She smacked the white sphere a little harder this time, and it came in contact with a single red ball, ricocheted off the side, and slipped neatly in a side pocket. Starfire squealed with glee, still hunched down and looked up at the smiling Robin with bright eyes. "I did it! I got it in!" she yelped, but her expression turned from a happy one to one of slight concern. "Robin, I feel as this game is a little one sided. Would you like a turn?" she asked, still in the shooting position. "Nah, that's ok, Star." He grinned, reflexively squeezing her two hands. "I like teaching." She beamed back and they resumed.

Raven shook her head, smiling a bit to herself and continued to float into the room. "They would make a cute couple." she thought to herself, but then her face screwed up in disgust. "Ugh, did I just say the word CUTE?! Mental note-hit self over head with bat." Raven stopped at the table, where Beast Boy was burying his head in his hands and groaning as a triumphant Cyborg swept up his most recent winnings. "You never learn, do you?" Cyborg asked as he counted his many green slips of paper. "What are you playing?" she asked as she took a seat at the head. "BS, and I keep LOSING!! I'm out $103 bucks!" Beast Boy cried. Raven raised an eyebrow in suspicion. "How can you bet money on BS? It's a rapid game that allows no time to make bets." she stated. Cyborg had finished counting his winnings and put them back on the table. "We bet on the game. Whoever wins gets the money, and it 30 games, I haven't lost once!" he said with a grin. Beast Boy rolled his eyes. "Wanna play?" he asked the mysterious girl. "Nah, I'm not one for cards.." "You're not one for anything!" Beast Boy joked, but shrunk in his chair under the death glare Raven sent him. "C'mon, Raven. Winner of this game gets 10 smack-a-roonies." Cyborg swayed. Raven looked down at the large heap of money, thinking of how she could use a new stereo. "Make it 50." She demanded. "Ooh, the lady is a high-roller!" Beast Boy remarked. Cyborg's eyes enlarged in shock. "50?! THAT much?!" he cried. "What's the matter, scared you'll lose to a girl?" Raven asked, still monotonous but with a hint of taunting. "Oh, you're on." Cyborg said, and slapped the money on the table. Raven slipped a note next to his while Beast Boy rummaged through his pockets. "Uh, I've got $3.75, some lint, and a yoyo." he said meekly. "Good enough, now deal!" Cyborg commanded. Beast Boy reluctantly scattered the cards to the players until he ran out. They each lifted their deck, and since Cyborg had the Ace of Spades, he won the right to go first. "One ace." he said as he tossed it to the center of the table. Raven being on his right, went next. "Two 2's."

"One 3."

"Three 4's."

"One 5."

"Three-"

"BS." Raven cut the green boy off. He stared at her, stunned, and, grumbling, took the pile and added it to his deck. The game went on.

"Two sevens."

"One eight."

"One nine."

"Three 10's."

"One jack."

"Two-"

"BS." Beast Boy's sentence was yet again snipped short by Raven's clear voice. He sighed and again took the pile. It went on like this for a little while, Raven waiting for the mound to grow and then calling the bluff, which she was ALWAYS right about, and soon she had only one card left, while a seething Cyborg and an astonished Beast Boy clutched between them the remaining 51 cards. Raven tossed her final card in the pile and smirked. "I win." she said simply, and raked in her winnings. "That's not fair! I demand a rematch!" Cyborg cried. Raven flipped her earning modestly, and looked up at him with plotting violet eyes. "Fine. 100 dollar bet." His jaw dropped as he stared at her like she had roaches crawling from her mouth as she spoke. "MINIMUM." She added. "ARE YOU INSANE?! THAT'S MORONIC! THAT'S LUDICROUS! THAT'S-" It was then Raven slapped 2 crisp 50 dollar bills on the table. Cyborg stared at them in awe, craving the crinkle they made when he folded them. He whipped out a few bills and smacked them on hers. "Beast Boy, deal, now!" he ordered. Beast Boy weakly pulled out the insides of his pockets, revealing nothing but the cloth from inside. "Sorry, guys, I'm cleaned out. You can play amongst yourselves." Raven looked up at him and pushed the neatly piled deck in his direction. "It's alright, you don't need a bet, just play. Misery always needs company." she said glancing over at the engineered boy on her left. "Can I have my yoyo back?" Beast Boy asked. "JUST DEAL!!!" they both screamed at the same time, and the green boy shrieked a little and sent out the cards. He ended up going first.

"O-O-One ace."

"One 2" Cyborg said.

"Two 3's."

"One 4." "One 5."

"Three-"

"BS!!!!!!" Cyborg screamed at the girl, pointing a finger accusingly. Raven placed a hand on the pile, and Cyborg whooped in victory. But, instead of reeling it in, she flipped over her three cards she had laid down, revealing, indeed, three 6's, as she said. "You were saying?" she said with an underhanded smirk. Cyborg mumbled something and took the cards. The process repeated, and not before long, Raven clutched another fresh round of bills in her hands. Cyborg couldn't believe it, and idiotically raised the bet again. He lost. He moved the bet up more. He lost. AGAIN. He lost. It wasn't long before Raven had accumulated over 1000 dollars, while an impressed Beast Boy laughed at a crying, complaining Cyborg. "It isn't FAIR! I NEVER LOSE! WHY?! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF IT?! ALL MY MONEY, GONE!!! FOREVER!!! Why, why, why, why, why..." With each "why," he pounded the table with his fist. Raven sneered, picked up her spoils, and leaned back into the chair with her hands rested behind her head. "I can't WAIT til I'm old enough to hit Vegas." she muttered. Beast Boy turned to the lamenting Cyborg. "Oh, be over-dramatic, whydoncha?" Beast Boy remarked, and gave Raven a thumbs up from across the table. Raven merely nodded in acknowledgement, pocketed the cash, and entered the living room. She sprawled out into the couch and lifted her arm in the air. A book floated directly into it, and she brought it down, cracked it open, and began to read.

Starfire's giggle broke the silence that had formed, and across the room everyone finally noticed what the 2 were doing. Raven glanced over at them from behind her hardback, and Beast Boy nudged a mourning Cyborg to jolt his attention away from himself. Robin and Starfire had abandoned the typical game of pool and instead created their own game. They stood on opposite ends of the table and rolled the balls rapidly to each other, catching the ones sent to them, and then firing back. It seemed to be quite entertaining, both were laughing heartily at it. But, all of a sudden, the 8 ball flew across the table and smacked right into Robin's finger, trapping it briefly between itself and the wall. Robin yelped in pain and leapt backwards, clutching his hand. "OW-WO!" he cried, shaking his hand in an attempt to quell the throbbing. Starfire's face grew concerned and she hurried to his side, taking his injured hand in both of hers. "Robin! Did I hurt you? I am so sorry!" she apologized, examining the wound. "It's ok, it just stings a little." Robin said with a smile, but winced when she gently touched it. Tenderly, she pulled off his green glove to inspect it more properly. His index finger was very red and slightly swollen but otherwise, looked fine. Robin bent it to demonstrate how it was ok, but still grimaced a little. "See? Nothing's wrong! I'm alr-" He stopped as Starfire brought the finger to her lips and softly kissed it. Robin looked at her wildly, mouth agape. Beast Boy and Cyborg snickered as Raven widened her eyes a little. Starfire looked at him happily, but when she saw no change in his expression, furrowed her brow in confusion and looked back down at it. "Did I do it wrong?" she asked, lifting the finger directly to her eye. "Do what wrong?" he questioned, still staring at her in bewilderment. "Kiss it. I saw on a television show once that when you get hurt, if you kiss it, it will make it better." She smiled, but glanced back down at his appendage in concern. "Did I do it wrong?" Robin laughed and patted both her hands with his own. "No, Star, actually, I'm feeling a lot better right now." She beamed, glad she could help him, and released his hand. She began to stroll down the hallway that lead to the bedrooms. "I am going to take a shower, the days activities have left me slightly dirty. I shall see you all soon!" She called over her shoulder, and disappeared into her room. Robin smiled after her, gazed down at his finger and chuckling, put his glove back on.

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!" Beast Boy and Cyborg said at the same time in high pitched voices. Robin rolled his eyes and joined Raven on the couch. "See, I told you he was crazy about her." Cyborg said as he hooked his thumb in Robin's direction. Robin bolted up, infuriated. "You TOLD?!?" he exclaimed, throwing his arms in the air. Cyborg laughed as Raven rolled her eyes. "You-you said you wouldn't!!" Robin cried, flustered. Cyborg raised a finger intelligently. "Correction- when I said I wouldn't tell that you had fallen for Starfire like a ton of bricks, it was implied that I wouldn't tell STARFIRE, which I haven't, and don't intend to. Raven and Beast Boy, however, are completely out of the picture, and CAN be told." he concluded, grinning. "Aren't we the clever one?" Raven muttered, resuming back to her book. Beast Boy sauntered over to him, smirking furtively, and flopped onto the couch next to Robin, slinging his arm over Robin's shoulders, pulling him in closer to his own. "So, get any action?" he asked bluntly. "BEAST!!" The shape shifter laughed and pulled him in closer. "Aw, is widdle Wobbie-Wob afwaid to talk about his widdle girlfwiend?" Robin broke away from him and crossed to the other side of the room, his arms folded defiantly over his chest. "She's...not...my...GIRLFRIEND! And if she was, I sure as hell would not be taking this crap from YOU!" he shouted, and then whirled on Beast Boy. "And NEVER call me Robbie-Rob EVER again!" he commanded.

"Pff, love. A meaningless emotion created by the greeting card industry in order to boost sales of those annoying cards that say 'You're the bestest! I wub you soooo much!' The whole concept is utterly pointless." Raven remarked from behind her book. Cyborg stared at her strangely. "Uh..Raven? I'm pretty sure that love was around a little longer than Hallmark." "And I'm pretty sure you just lost 1000 dollars in a game of BS, so if I were you, I'd shut my trap." she said simply, not looking up to see Cyborg briefly flip her off. Beast Boy shrugged, and turned back to Robin. "I think it's nice you're finally doing something about your feelings. After all," he walked up to him and spoke to him as if he was addressing a 4-year- old, pinching his cheek. "We can't have our widdle Wobbie-Wob unhappy, can we?" Robin groaned loudly and pushed Beast Boy's hand off his face. "I know it's hard, but do you think you could stop acting like an idiot for ONCE?" Raven said to the green boy a few feet in front of her. Beast Boy glared at her and continued to the couch. "Man, I'm actually really happy for you! It's good to see you're in love! Love is like oxygen! Love is a many splendor thing! Why love, love.." Beast Boy leapt up on the couch with a foot perched on the back his arms raised in the air in song. "LOVE LIFTS US UP WHERE WE BELONG! WHERE EAGLES FLY ON A MOUNTAIN HIGH!!" he sang, and pointed to Raven expectantly as the others stared at him like he was on fire. "If you honestly expect me to start singing from that idiotic movie you are sadly mistaken." she muttered, and slammed her book shut. Beast Boy shrugged and slouched back into his seat. "Eh, worth a shot." he said.

"Since when do you have random bursts of song?" Robin asked, still stunned. "I watched "Moulin Rouge" the other day out of boredom and now they're all stuck in my head. Nicole Kidman is really HOT!" he exclaimed, and the others toppled over at this remark. "Dude, she's, like, 80!" Cyborg said with disdain upon rising. "No! She's 40-something, or something, 80 is a large exaggeration." the Beast said defiantly. "It doesn't matter how old she is, she still stole the damn Oscar away from Renee Zellwigger. She deserved it for "Chicago" WAY more than Nicole did in "The Hours," bunch of lesbians running around for 2 hours, waste of time." Raven grumbled, crossing her arms. Now the stares lay on her. "What? I can be enriched in pop culture!" she exclaimed, louder than intended. Robin shook it off and headed to the hall. "Yeah, as thrilling as this conversation is, I'm gonna go see if Star's done, I was gonna take her to dinner or something." He spun around and pointed a finger at Beast Boy. "NOT as a date, dumb-ass! I'll see you guys later." The boys waved him off, and soon got in a shouting match over a meaningless topic. No one seemed to notice that Raven's eyes flashed a bright blue, which only happened when she was receiving a premonition.

"Robin, don't go down there." she stated simply, turning to him. He faced her and cocked his head. "Why? I'm just gonna check on her." he said. Raven looked him dead in the eye, a stone cold expression on her face. "Robin, I am TELLING you, do-not-go-down-that-hallway." Robin shrugged, shaking his head at her. "Unless you give me a valid reason I'm still going." He turned on his heal and walked down the corridor. Raven sighed and slunk back into the couch. "Fine. Be a stubborn, ignorant pig. It's your funeral."

Robin approached Starfire's door quickly. He held up a hand and knocked, but when he heard no response, creeked it open to see if she was there. "Star? You ok?" Still no reply, so he opened the door swiftly all the way. A loud shriek was heard, and Robin tumbled backwards from both the shock and the sound. In the room, a nude Starfire had managed to wrap a towel around her private areas in the confusion, but, as you might expect, that was not the way she was when Robin opened the door. She panted, tucking her garnet, soaking hair behind her ear. Robin, his face as red as wine, cowered in the hallway outside, covering his eyes and shaking his head back and forth. "Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod I'm so SORRY!!! I-I-I didn't know you were...I'M SORRY!" Starfire, while still in her embarrassed state, managed a grin. "It is alright, Robin, I-I suppose I should have..locked the door. I shall meet you in the lounge." With that, she slammed her door shut, with a whimpering leader curled up against a wall.

Robin flitted back into the main room quietly, his head hung with his palms cupped over his eyes. Raven upon seeing him, rose and stated she was going back to her room. She passed him, her winnings in hand. "I warned you." she chanted in a sing-songy voice, and flipped the green in her hand. "Honestly, they never trust a physic." And she vanished. Robin fell onto the couch, moaning into the pillows. "Rob, you alright?" Cyborg asked. Robin rolled over, landing on the floor, and got up to go to the kitchen. "I-I-I-I'm g-g-g-g-gonna get s-s-s-something t-to eat." he stuttered, not bothering to cover it up. Beast Boy and Cyborg exchanged glances, interested, and rounded on him and blocking his way to the kitchen. "Ok, spill it, what happened?" Beast Boy asked abruptly. Robin knew the absolute last thing he needed right now were the jeers of his comrades about seeing his 'girlfriend' changing, and tried to pass them. "N-N-N-N- Nothing happened! W-Why would y-y-y-you say th-th-th-that?!" he asked, stammering more than an old Porky Pig cartoon. "Cut the crap, bird boy, something OBVIOUSLY happened. You're stuttering, and everyone knows you only stutter when you're nervous." Cyborg remarked, feeling intelligent. "J- J-J-J-Just leave m-m-me alone." Robin murmured, and tried to sneak by them, but Cyborg towered over the boy greatly, making it impossible for him to pass. "C'mon, you know we won't stop bugging you OR let you get something to eat until you tell us. So you either 'fess up, or starve..or, eat one of us...and by US, I mean me, being, unlike Cyborg, 100% meet...uh, Cy, maybe we should let him by.." Beast Boy quivered. "I-I-I-I may as w-w-well tell y- y-y-you so I c-c-c-can get this damn st-st-st-st-stutter out of the way." Robin said, slowly walking back into the main room. Cyborg and Beast Boy chased after him, sitting on the couch on either sides of him.

"I-I-I-I went t-t-t-to Star's r-r-r-room to s-s-see her, and th-th-th-th- th..." "T-T-T-T-Today, junior!" Beast Boy laughed, quoting Adam Sandler with a perfect impression. "SHE WAS CHANGING!!!!!!!!" Robin shrieked, causing a few windows to shatter. Faintly outside, someone could be heard yelling "Perve!!" Cyborg and Beast Boy stared at him in complete shock. "I opened the door and she was changing, I fell backwards but she managed to cover herself with a towel. Ugh, I'm such a...a.." "Dork? Pervert? Stubborn, ignorant pig?" Cyborg added a few suggestions. Robin glared. "Did you...you know...see..anything?" Beast Boy asked curiously, trying to find the right words. "No, I swear, I really didn't." Cyborg scoffed as Beast Boy rolled his eyes. "I didn't!" he cried, but the boys kept their 'You-lie-like-a-rug-and-you-can't-fool-us,' look. Robin groaned, grabbed a bible off the shelf, walked back to them, and placed his right hand over it. "I swear on the Holy Bible I did NOT see any of Starfire's-erm-private areas." he stated honestly. "I believe you, man, but if you really are lying, you're going straight to hell, you know that, right?" Cyborg asked with a smirk. "Robin, if you didn't see anything, what are you getting so worked up about?" Beast Boy questioned. Robin ran his fingers through his hair in annoyance. "Were you even LISTENING?! It was HUMILIATING! I may never be able to look her in the eye again! And what will SHE think?! What if she never wants to see me again?! I MAY HAVE COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE RELATIONSHIP I NEVER HAD!!" He began furiously shaking Beast Boy by the collar, holding him in the air high over the couch, then dropped him back on it. "Oh." replied the green boy, rubbing his neck subconsciously.

"Are you ready to leave, Robin?" a soft voice asked behind them. Robin spun around, and low and behold, Starfire stood before him, fully dressed with her hair dried and in its normal style. Robin looked at her, puzzled. "Uh...sure...you still wanna go?" he asked, slightly confused. Starfire smiled kindly at him and giggled. "Of course I would still like to go, why wouldn't I?" she asked sincerely. Robin fumbled with the hem of his cape. "I mean-I just-you and.. the..shower..I thought..." Starfire giggled. "Robin, are you embarrassed about walking in on me?" she asked. He laughed weakly. "Robin, one simple mistake does not change an entire friendship. Nothing has gotten different, it is the same. Besides, I was very much looking forward to eating out." she looked down, a faint blush tickling her cheeks. "With you." she added. Robin looked up and smiled, his uneasiness gone, and lead her out the door with him. "Now, explain this concept of a ham-burger to me again?"

Cyborg chuckled and shook his head. "Oh, yeah, he loves her."

~*~ WHOO HOO! I GOT IT DONE! YAY FOR ME!!! .::throws confetti everywhere and dances around like an idiot::. Heh, I'm so glad I could finish this before I left! I wanna start the next few chapters REALLY badly, and with this done, I can do it sooner!! 2 things-One, if Cyborg comes off as a jerk, I swear, it wasn't intended. I didn't really seem to know much about his personality, so I pulled traits from a bunch of my guy friends. He's really just supposed to be the joking best buddy, not an obnoxious guy in the background. Two, sorry if the end seemed a little forced. Actually, I had to, my family is waiting in the car for me right now and I had to get it done! I gotta go now, ah, a week at the beach..sun, surf, and boys .::grins devilishly::. Hehe j/k, cya next week!~*~