Chapter 4: Bonding
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, just the plot.
~~~~~ Okay, next chapter. Coolies.... I just gotta' say this: *AVA, DON'T BE CHOKIN' ON THAT PHONE CORD AGAIN!* Tehe! ~~~~~ The next day...
Downstairs in the Titans living room, Starfire was trying to figure out why Raven had blown up like that and what she had done to make her do so. "Maybe she was... Jealous." Cyborg suggested raising an eyebrow.
"Jealous of whom?" Starfire asked stupidly.
"Jealous of Starfire? Well, she wouldn't be jealous of Starfire unless..." Robin started to say. "NAH!" Robin and Cyborg both finished together.
"Why would Raven be jealous of me?" Starfire asked with another dopet tone mixed into her voice.
"Nothing, Star, nothing." Robin answered in an almost comforting manner. Right at that moment Beast Boy came skipping through the door, grinning from ear to ear.
"What's gotten you so happy, B? And why haven't you been out of your room for one day?" Cyborg asked curiously.
BB opened his eyes and the smile faded from across his face.
"You went to check on Raven yesterday, didn't you? What happened with her?" asked Robin.
"Yes, what happened?" Starfire asked.
Pretty soon BB was getting bombarded with questions. He simply answered smiling, "Nothing." And walked on. Cyborg grabbed his shoulder, "Oh no you don't, what happened there?"
"Hey, HEY! It's my business, NOT yours!" BB slipped out of Cyborg's grip and stated this towards him.
"What?" asked Robin, a concered look on his face. "It's your business?"
"Yes!" BB screeched again.
"WHY would it only be YOUR business?" jeered Robin. (A/N: How un-Robin- like... o.O, Sorry, countinue readin'!)
"Well... Something happened up there that I don't think Raven would want me to tell you guys..." grumbled BB looking at his shoes.
"Really now..." pondered Cyborg. "I get it now. Your free to go!" he finished, his body turning less tense. BB zipped out of the room and into the hallway he had emerged from. 'That was totally embarrassing...' he thought as he left his fellow comrads, leaving them, once again, alone in the living room.
"Ohhhhh.... They wish to have romance?" Starfire trailed off.
"I think we give her less credit than she deserves." Cyborg remarked towards Robin, placing a finger on his chin.
"Cyborg!" Robin scolded. He whipped towards Cyborg.
"Sorry..." Cyborg raised a hand.
"I must go and talk to Raven. I did not wish to make her mad..." Starfire sighed, walking into the hallways just as Beast Boy had minutes before. * Raven was now in her room. She was not meditating. Not reading. Just sitting sitting on her bed staring into a space in her wall, which was un- occupied. All these feelings were really getting to her head. This made Raven angry in a way. But Starfire had made her so... So angry. By this point Raven was winding some stary strands of hair on her index finger. "Let me get this staright..." Raven had picken up on the fact that she was now talking to herself, but her room was sheer privacy. She could do whatever she wanted in here. "So, I basically destroyed the whole town over Beast Boy. Wow... I'm more in love with him than I though I was." Raven's heart jumped. A hissing sound emereged from her door and Strafire appared there. "OH MY GOD STARFIRE! DON'T DO THAT! GOD, DID YOU HEAR EVERY WORD I SAID!!!!" Raven fumed her eyes starting to glow red. Starfire just nodded sheepishly and then replied, "I am sorry Raven..." At this Raven's eyes softened, which is very rare. "No.. No, I'm sorry Star. Come here." Raven said gestering a hand towards her bed. Starfire was merely confused at this and akwardly accepted the offer. Considering Raven and her had only bonded once, this was very strange for Starfire and Raven, alike.
"I am... Confused." Starfire commented as soon as she sank into the mattress of Raven's bed.
"So am I, Star."
"Raven, this is very strange for me. Why are you suddenly being nice to me and calling me by my... My earthly "Nickname"?" Starfire asked. "I don't know... This is just really weird. I mean, all of a sudden I'm getting all of these feeliings that I've never felt before."
"And you are very open." Starfire pointed out.
"Yeah that, too." Raven's head fell into her hands and her elbows on her knees. Her eyes wandered across the room and then into Starfire's eyes. After the moment of silence Starfire finally broke out, "Do you wish to be with Beast Boy because you seemed very angry with me and now I feel very bad and you seemed like you hated me and now you are being nice and-"
"STARFIRE! I'm just confused that's all!" At this Starfire's eyes swelled up with tears."Starfire... I'm not mad at you..." Raven trailed off. By this time Starfire was bawling. Raven didn't know what to do, she nor knew why Starfire was crying. Her only guess was that she thought that she was mad at her. "Um, Starfire?" Starfire looked up from her position which was curled into a ball-like shape. Her eyes were a bit red. That really stood out in her green-shaded eyes. Raven just watched her with sympathy. "Look Starfire. I know you don't understand the customs of earth and I'm pretty new to it, too. But, to the point. If anyone should be crying I personally think it should be me. I'm really confused right now and I don't know what's happening. I'm not trying to be harsh, but please. Tell me why you're CRYING."
"I don't want you to be angry with me..." she winced. Apparantly Raven's guess was correct. Raven placed a hand on Starfire's shoulder.
"I. AM. NOT. MAD. AT. YOU." Raven repeated for what seemed like the thousandth time.
"Yes, but let me explain. You did not let me finish. When I gave that 'show of affection to Beast Boy, it did not mean anything, but mere graditude-"
"Don't you have a pudding or something for that?" Raven rolled her eyes at Starfire, and for the first time in her life, Starfire actually glared at Raven. Raven waved an arm indicating her to continue.
"and I do not wish to be mates with him. If you did not know... I am in love with Robin."
Raven sat up straight from her more grundgy position. "Well, I kind of figured. I just never knew you would actually admit it to me." Starfire gave Raven a warm smile and Raven returned it.
After awhile Starfire and Raven had gotten into an engaging conversation. Or more like a couple engaging conversations. They were actually talking to eachother about what normal teenage girls would. For example: Boys(BB anbd Robin), clothes, magazines, ETC. Sure, it was very strange((Especially for Raven to be talking about things that had been crammed up inside her mirror for so long)) but it was pretty enlightening for them both.
When the both of them were in the middle of the topic of fashion(A/N: Dunno where than came from!.) there was a soft knock at the door.
"Come in!" Raven squeeled. She sounded like an idiot, but Raven didn't care. When the door hissed open Beast Boy cam stalking in. There was a look of confusion and fear on his face. "Riiiiiiiiiiiight..." he remarked. Then his face had erupted with a look of nervousnes and seriousnes. "Raven... Can we talk?" ~~~~~ I'm really sorry to all my reviewers! I got writers block, man! Tehe... Well, OMG GUESS WHAT?!?!?!??!?! Dentention premiers tomorrow, so I am not in a bad mood and I'm hyper because of this, so you people caught me on one of my more "better days". Okay, so I'll try to write the next chapter sooner... BUT, remember, I've got to get at LEAST five reviews. BYE!
Emily ~~~~~
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, just the plot.
~~~~~ Okay, next chapter. Coolies.... I just gotta' say this: *AVA, DON'T BE CHOKIN' ON THAT PHONE CORD AGAIN!* Tehe! ~~~~~ The next day...
Downstairs in the Titans living room, Starfire was trying to figure out why Raven had blown up like that and what she had done to make her do so. "Maybe she was... Jealous." Cyborg suggested raising an eyebrow.
"Jealous of whom?" Starfire asked stupidly.
"Jealous of Starfire? Well, she wouldn't be jealous of Starfire unless..." Robin started to say. "NAH!" Robin and Cyborg both finished together.
"Why would Raven be jealous of me?" Starfire asked with another dopet tone mixed into her voice.
"Nothing, Star, nothing." Robin answered in an almost comforting manner. Right at that moment Beast Boy came skipping through the door, grinning from ear to ear.
"What's gotten you so happy, B? And why haven't you been out of your room for one day?" Cyborg asked curiously.
BB opened his eyes and the smile faded from across his face.
"You went to check on Raven yesterday, didn't you? What happened with her?" asked Robin.
"Yes, what happened?" Starfire asked.
Pretty soon BB was getting bombarded with questions. He simply answered smiling, "Nothing." And walked on. Cyborg grabbed his shoulder, "Oh no you don't, what happened there?"
"Hey, HEY! It's my business, NOT yours!" BB slipped out of Cyborg's grip and stated this towards him.
"What?" asked Robin, a concered look on his face. "It's your business?"
"Yes!" BB screeched again.
"WHY would it only be YOUR business?" jeered Robin. (A/N: How un-Robin- like... o.O, Sorry, countinue readin'!)
"Well... Something happened up there that I don't think Raven would want me to tell you guys..." grumbled BB looking at his shoes.
"Really now..." pondered Cyborg. "I get it now. Your free to go!" he finished, his body turning less tense. BB zipped out of the room and into the hallway he had emerged from. 'That was totally embarrassing...' he thought as he left his fellow comrads, leaving them, once again, alone in the living room.
"Ohhhhh.... They wish to have romance?" Starfire trailed off.
"I think we give her less credit than she deserves." Cyborg remarked towards Robin, placing a finger on his chin.
"Cyborg!" Robin scolded. He whipped towards Cyborg.
"Sorry..." Cyborg raised a hand.
"I must go and talk to Raven. I did not wish to make her mad..." Starfire sighed, walking into the hallways just as Beast Boy had minutes before. * Raven was now in her room. She was not meditating. Not reading. Just sitting sitting on her bed staring into a space in her wall, which was un- occupied. All these feelings were really getting to her head. This made Raven angry in a way. But Starfire had made her so... So angry. By this point Raven was winding some stary strands of hair on her index finger. "Let me get this staright..." Raven had picken up on the fact that she was now talking to herself, but her room was sheer privacy. She could do whatever she wanted in here. "So, I basically destroyed the whole town over Beast Boy. Wow... I'm more in love with him than I though I was." Raven's heart jumped. A hissing sound emereged from her door and Strafire appared there. "OH MY GOD STARFIRE! DON'T DO THAT! GOD, DID YOU HEAR EVERY WORD I SAID!!!!" Raven fumed her eyes starting to glow red. Starfire just nodded sheepishly and then replied, "I am sorry Raven..." At this Raven's eyes softened, which is very rare. "No.. No, I'm sorry Star. Come here." Raven said gestering a hand towards her bed. Starfire was merely confused at this and akwardly accepted the offer. Considering Raven and her had only bonded once, this was very strange for Starfire and Raven, alike.
"I am... Confused." Starfire commented as soon as she sank into the mattress of Raven's bed.
"So am I, Star."
"Raven, this is very strange for me. Why are you suddenly being nice to me and calling me by my... My earthly "Nickname"?" Starfire asked. "I don't know... This is just really weird. I mean, all of a sudden I'm getting all of these feeliings that I've never felt before."
"And you are very open." Starfire pointed out.
"Yeah that, too." Raven's head fell into her hands and her elbows on her knees. Her eyes wandered across the room and then into Starfire's eyes. After the moment of silence Starfire finally broke out, "Do you wish to be with Beast Boy because you seemed very angry with me and now I feel very bad and you seemed like you hated me and now you are being nice and-"
"STARFIRE! I'm just confused that's all!" At this Starfire's eyes swelled up with tears."Starfire... I'm not mad at you..." Raven trailed off. By this time Starfire was bawling. Raven didn't know what to do, she nor knew why Starfire was crying. Her only guess was that she thought that she was mad at her. "Um, Starfire?" Starfire looked up from her position which was curled into a ball-like shape. Her eyes were a bit red. That really stood out in her green-shaded eyes. Raven just watched her with sympathy. "Look Starfire. I know you don't understand the customs of earth and I'm pretty new to it, too. But, to the point. If anyone should be crying I personally think it should be me. I'm really confused right now and I don't know what's happening. I'm not trying to be harsh, but please. Tell me why you're CRYING."
"I don't want you to be angry with me..." she winced. Apparantly Raven's guess was correct. Raven placed a hand on Starfire's shoulder.
"I. AM. NOT. MAD. AT. YOU." Raven repeated for what seemed like the thousandth time.
"Yes, but let me explain. You did not let me finish. When I gave that 'show of affection to Beast Boy, it did not mean anything, but mere graditude-"
"Don't you have a pudding or something for that?" Raven rolled her eyes at Starfire, and for the first time in her life, Starfire actually glared at Raven. Raven waved an arm indicating her to continue.
"and I do not wish to be mates with him. If you did not know... I am in love with Robin."
Raven sat up straight from her more grundgy position. "Well, I kind of figured. I just never knew you would actually admit it to me." Starfire gave Raven a warm smile and Raven returned it.
After awhile Starfire and Raven had gotten into an engaging conversation. Or more like a couple engaging conversations. They were actually talking to eachother about what normal teenage girls would. For example: Boys(BB anbd Robin), clothes, magazines, ETC. Sure, it was very strange((Especially for Raven to be talking about things that had been crammed up inside her mirror for so long)) but it was pretty enlightening for them both.
When the both of them were in the middle of the topic of fashion(A/N: Dunno where than came from!.) there was a soft knock at the door.
"Come in!" Raven squeeled. She sounded like an idiot, but Raven didn't care. When the door hissed open Beast Boy cam stalking in. There was a look of confusion and fear on his face. "Riiiiiiiiiiiight..." he remarked. Then his face had erupted with a look of nervousnes and seriousnes. "Raven... Can we talk?" ~~~~~ I'm really sorry to all my reviewers! I got writers block, man! Tehe... Well, OMG GUESS WHAT?!?!?!??!?! Dentention premiers tomorrow, so I am not in a bad mood and I'm hyper because of this, so you people caught me on one of my more "better days". Okay, so I'll try to write the next chapter sooner... BUT, remember, I've got to get at LEAST five reviews. BYE!
Emily ~~~~~