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Chapter 5:
Starfire's eyes darted back and forth as she went up the stairs, the only noise was her feet clapping against the cold metal. She could faintly hear Beast Boy and Cyborg talking, and decided to avoid them. She didn't want them to know she was going to Robin's room, because then they would follow. She waited patiently to hear both heroes' doors to shut, and she started moving again towards his room.
As she passed by Ravens room, she saw her door cracked open a little ways. She peered into her room, noticing she was 'asleep', she shut the door all the way for her so she wouldn't wake. After gently shutting the door, she made her way down the hall to Robins' room.
Her breath caught in her throat as she knocked on his door, being careful not to wake up the others. No response came from the other side of the door, so she decided to let herself in. Using her powers, she opened the door and stepped inside. She gasped at the sight of the room rearranged, the walls black, and pictures of heavy metal bands pasted on the wall. 'What has happened to the room?' She asked herself as she wandered further inside, the door shutting on it's own.
"What are you doing in here?" A cold voice asked from the corner of the room. She whirled around to see Robin dressed in his Red X costume, and she almost passed out. "Robin, why are you doing this?" She asked with concern. He stared at her for a moment, then made his way towards her. She backed up and ended up on the bed.
"Why? Everything is just peachy, so I decided to change my room, my outfit, my outlook on life!" Sarcasm dripped off of every word, making Starfire cringe. Robin had never acted this way. "There is something wrong Robin. I want to know what it is." Her eyes bore into his own, making him shiver slightly.
"Nothin's wrong! Just leave me alone okay!" He yelled at her, turning his back to her and facing the wall. She looked down in sadness and rejection. Then it hit her like a ton of bricks. "You know, Raven has been the most worried of all of us. I can tell she is, even though she does not show it." She said, smiling at him as he stopped breathing momentarily. He turned to her, and sighed as he sat on the bed beside her.
"You win. Something is wrong...but why do I have to tell everybody?" His voice softened, but didn't change in the tone. Inside Starfire was excited that he would finally tell her what has been causing him to act this way. "Because we're worried about you." She said plainly. He looked down and started his small story.
" A few years ago, when I was about 7, my dad started drinking. It wasn't bad, and he told me it was social drinking. After a while, it got to where he was drinking 5 or 6 a day, then he wouldn't stop drinking them. He started smoking and overdosing on pills, and that's when he got abusive. He tried to make me smoke, and when I refused, he burned me with a lighter." He showed her the scars on his arm, and she gasped. "I'm so sorry Robin. If we had known sooner, we could have helped you." Sincerity and love hung off every word, and he looked to her.
"I'm sorry Star, but...somehow being this way makes me feel better. It just helps me feel independence and security." She looked at him with her head tilted to one side. "It makes you look tough and scary, and no one wants to be around you." She said to him, placing a hand on his. He looked away, and stood up pulling his hand away from hers. "I just don't think you would understand." He said. She smiled and stood up, taking his arm in hers, running out of the room to Raven's room. "I know someone who can though." She said shortly, opening Raven's door with her powers.
Raven sat strait up in the bed, staring at the two intruders. Her eyes narrowed as Starfire sat down on the edge of the bed, dragging Robin down with her. "What are you two doing here..." She stopped short as she saw Robin with his Red X suit on and staring at her.
"Raven, Robin needs your help. I got his story of why he is this way, and I don't know if you can help him. Raven turned the other way, then looked back at the two. She sighed. "Well, what's the story?" She asked impatiently. Robin told her what was going on at home, and why he came in the other day the way he did." Her eyes were wide and full of concern. "Why...why didn't you tell this to us earlier?" Her voice actually had emotion, causing the lamp beside her to shatter into a million pieces. They all looked at the broken lamp, then back to eachother. He shrugged.
"I didn't want to worry you...and I didn't want help with my dad. I thought I could handle him myself." He said. Starfire grabbed him by the shoulders and brought him close to her her face. "You did worry us! You did! You changed your attitude, your clothes!" She let him go and he was shaking. Raven's face softened.
"Relax Star. It's a natural reaction to keep it to yourself, and to try and do it on your own." She looked at Robin and smiled in reassurance, and he stopped shaking and smiled very slightly. She turned serious again and looked him strait in the eyes. "Please, next time tell us what is going on. One of us CAN help you." He nodded in agreement, and headed for the door.
"Thank you Star, Raven." He nodded again and left the room, leaving the two girls alone. Raven looked to Starfire and smiled again. "Thanks Starfire for bringing him to me, and for getting him to tell you what was wrong." Starfire smiled happily and headed out of Ravens room. "You are welcome friend Raven." She walked out and the door shut. Raven breathed heavily and covered herself up, finally dozing off into a deep sleep.
Robin was heading back to his room, about to go in, when Starfire came back up to him. "Robin, do you think you will change back? Please?" She asked pleadingly. He didn't smile. "I don't know Star. I might not ever change." He opened his door and Star grabbed him by his arm. "Please convert back to good! Please Robin!" He pulled away in anger and slammed his door in her face.
"What am I going to do!? What what what...." He banged his head on the wall, trying to focus. "It's no use..." He walked over to his bed and laid down, trying to figure out what he was going to do...
Starfire ran to her room crying. She just couldn't figure out what she did wrong. "I was just trying to bring him back to good." She sat on her bed, and put her head in her hands, tears flowing through the cracks in her fingers. She eventually fell asleep, and landed on her side on the bed, sleeping like a little baby...
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Okay! That's it for this chapter! The next one or two might be kinda short, but there is a reason...mostly for cliffhangers *snickers* and because...that's how the plot is...heh heh heh...-.-'' Well, please review and tell me what ya think! Thankies!!
Bitter'n'Sweet
Chapter 5:
Starfire's eyes darted back and forth as she went up the stairs, the only noise was her feet clapping against the cold metal. She could faintly hear Beast Boy and Cyborg talking, and decided to avoid them. She didn't want them to know she was going to Robin's room, because then they would follow. She waited patiently to hear both heroes' doors to shut, and she started moving again towards his room.
As she passed by Ravens room, she saw her door cracked open a little ways. She peered into her room, noticing she was 'asleep', she shut the door all the way for her so she wouldn't wake. After gently shutting the door, she made her way down the hall to Robins' room.
Her breath caught in her throat as she knocked on his door, being careful not to wake up the others. No response came from the other side of the door, so she decided to let herself in. Using her powers, she opened the door and stepped inside. She gasped at the sight of the room rearranged, the walls black, and pictures of heavy metal bands pasted on the wall. 'What has happened to the room?' She asked herself as she wandered further inside, the door shutting on it's own.
"What are you doing in here?" A cold voice asked from the corner of the room. She whirled around to see Robin dressed in his Red X costume, and she almost passed out. "Robin, why are you doing this?" She asked with concern. He stared at her for a moment, then made his way towards her. She backed up and ended up on the bed.
"Why? Everything is just peachy, so I decided to change my room, my outfit, my outlook on life!" Sarcasm dripped off of every word, making Starfire cringe. Robin had never acted this way. "There is something wrong Robin. I want to know what it is." Her eyes bore into his own, making him shiver slightly.
"Nothin's wrong! Just leave me alone okay!" He yelled at her, turning his back to her and facing the wall. She looked down in sadness and rejection. Then it hit her like a ton of bricks. "You know, Raven has been the most worried of all of us. I can tell she is, even though she does not show it." She said, smiling at him as he stopped breathing momentarily. He turned to her, and sighed as he sat on the bed beside her.
"You win. Something is wrong...but why do I have to tell everybody?" His voice softened, but didn't change in the tone. Inside Starfire was excited that he would finally tell her what has been causing him to act this way. "Because we're worried about you." She said plainly. He looked down and started his small story.
" A few years ago, when I was about 7, my dad started drinking. It wasn't bad, and he told me it was social drinking. After a while, it got to where he was drinking 5 or 6 a day, then he wouldn't stop drinking them. He started smoking and overdosing on pills, and that's when he got abusive. He tried to make me smoke, and when I refused, he burned me with a lighter." He showed her the scars on his arm, and she gasped. "I'm so sorry Robin. If we had known sooner, we could have helped you." Sincerity and love hung off every word, and he looked to her.
"I'm sorry Star, but...somehow being this way makes me feel better. It just helps me feel independence and security." She looked at him with her head tilted to one side. "It makes you look tough and scary, and no one wants to be around you." She said to him, placing a hand on his. He looked away, and stood up pulling his hand away from hers. "I just don't think you would understand." He said. She smiled and stood up, taking his arm in hers, running out of the room to Raven's room. "I know someone who can though." She said shortly, opening Raven's door with her powers.
Raven sat strait up in the bed, staring at the two intruders. Her eyes narrowed as Starfire sat down on the edge of the bed, dragging Robin down with her. "What are you two doing here..." She stopped short as she saw Robin with his Red X suit on and staring at her.
"Raven, Robin needs your help. I got his story of why he is this way, and I don't know if you can help him. Raven turned the other way, then looked back at the two. She sighed. "Well, what's the story?" She asked impatiently. Robin told her what was going on at home, and why he came in the other day the way he did." Her eyes were wide and full of concern. "Why...why didn't you tell this to us earlier?" Her voice actually had emotion, causing the lamp beside her to shatter into a million pieces. They all looked at the broken lamp, then back to eachother. He shrugged.
"I didn't want to worry you...and I didn't want help with my dad. I thought I could handle him myself." He said. Starfire grabbed him by the shoulders and brought him close to her her face. "You did worry us! You did! You changed your attitude, your clothes!" She let him go and he was shaking. Raven's face softened.
"Relax Star. It's a natural reaction to keep it to yourself, and to try and do it on your own." She looked at Robin and smiled in reassurance, and he stopped shaking and smiled very slightly. She turned serious again and looked him strait in the eyes. "Please, next time tell us what is going on. One of us CAN help you." He nodded in agreement, and headed for the door.
"Thank you Star, Raven." He nodded again and left the room, leaving the two girls alone. Raven looked to Starfire and smiled again. "Thanks Starfire for bringing him to me, and for getting him to tell you what was wrong." Starfire smiled happily and headed out of Ravens room. "You are welcome friend Raven." She walked out and the door shut. Raven breathed heavily and covered herself up, finally dozing off into a deep sleep.
Robin was heading back to his room, about to go in, when Starfire came back up to him. "Robin, do you think you will change back? Please?" She asked pleadingly. He didn't smile. "I don't know Star. I might not ever change." He opened his door and Star grabbed him by his arm. "Please convert back to good! Please Robin!" He pulled away in anger and slammed his door in her face.
"What am I going to do!? What what what...." He banged his head on the wall, trying to focus. "It's no use..." He walked over to his bed and laid down, trying to figure out what he was going to do...
Starfire ran to her room crying. She just couldn't figure out what she did wrong. "I was just trying to bring him back to good." She sat on her bed, and put her head in her hands, tears flowing through the cracks in her fingers. She eventually fell asleep, and landed on her side on the bed, sleeping like a little baby...
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Okay! That's it for this chapter! The next one or two might be kinda short, but there is a reason...mostly for cliffhangers *snickers* and because...that's how the plot is...heh heh heh...-.-'' Well, please review and tell me what ya think! Thankies!!
Bitter'n'Sweet