Author's Note: (checks "last updated" date) Damn..December. It's been a while, huh? Well, wait no more, I have been writing the last few chapters of this fic. Chapter 10 is just a very light chapter. In this chapter, it will give you an idea of what might happen in the last chapters. I will release them when they are completed. For now, I have posted Chapter 10 to give you something to read about what happens. There's more to come!

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Chapter 10

"Where could they both be?" asked Starfire, as she paced back and forth the living room.

Cyborg and Beast Boy shrugged.

"I hope they're ok," said Cyborg.

"Yeah. Do you think Rob found Raven?" asked Beast Boy.

"I am sure he did. Robin never fails."

"I hope you're right, Star."

"If they get back, I think we owe Raven an apology."

"Cyborg is right. We have been too busy being afraid of her that we did not try to understand her."

"Right. I regret what I said to Robin earlier, about him being crazy to look for Raven 'cause she might blow him up. Raven wouldn't really do that."

"Of course she wouldn't. We're pals."

"When she arrives home, we shall recite our apology and we can all live happily ever after!" said Starfire as she smiled brightly.

". .You've been reading those 'fairytale' books again, haven't you?"

"Yes, they are very nice. So far it is my favorite thing about planet Earth. Are there really knights in shining armor and princesses with long hair on Earth?"

"No, that's fake. That's why it's called a fairy tale, it's not real, it's fantasy. Like day dreaming almost."

"Oh," she said, a little disappointed that princes and dragons did not exist.

"But," said Beast Boy, " what is real about them is the romance. A girl falls for a guy, guy falls for girl, you know the routine. That could happen in reality."

"Really?"

Starfire's eyes lit up with hearts. 'If I were to tell Robin about my love for him, he would feel the same way? Then we could live Happily Ever After..' She sighed and drifted off to thoughts of Robin in shining armor riding on a white horse, coming to rescue here from a tower. Her fingers laced with each other and looked up towards the ceiling. Cyborg and Beast Boy were left face-faltered. Cyborg waved a hand in front of Star's face and called her name several times. She remained in the same dreamy state.

"Forget it, Cy, we lost her."

"No c'mon, I can snap her out of it. Hey Star, Robin's back."

"Where is he?"

She looked around from left to right. Beast Boy slapped his hand to his forehead and laughed.

"Good idea!"

"Where is Robin? I do not see him."

"I was joking, Star. You were stuck in a day-dream and what I said was the only thing to get you back to reality."

"Oh. .So Robin is not here?"

"Not yet, no."

Starfire sighed in disappointment, sat down on the couch, and waited. A minute later, Robin and Raven appeared into the living room, holding hands.

"Hey guys," said Robin to catch their attention.

All three Titans turned around, sprung off the couches, and off towards Robin and Raven, shouting in excitement.

"I initiate a group hug!" Starfire announced.

"I'm up for that!" said Cyborg, as he grabbed everybody in his big metal arms.

The force of his metal arms were too great, for the Titans were turning blue.

"Cy! Leggo! We get the point, man!" pleaded Beast Boy.

"Sorry," he said, as he released his friends, "Don't know my own strength."

He blushed in embarrassment.

"That's ok, Cy, I'm glad to see you too," Robin grinned.

"I'm glad as well," said Raven.

"Raven! What happened?"

"Are you well?"

"Where'd you go, girl?"

'Wow, Robin was right. They do care about me..' Raven smiled warmly and explained that she had to get away for a while, to clear her thoughts.

"I'm fine. Robin calmed me down before I got worse."

"From the looks of it, he did a pretty good job. You're smiling and everything," Cyborg informed.

"I know."

Raven glanced at Robin, who smiled towards Raven. She half-smiled.

"Is. .something wrong?" asked Starfire, noticing that Robin and Raven were looking at each other in a different way.

Robin snapped out of his stare and responded.

"Uh, no no, everything's fine," he reassured.

"Well, alright then."

'I still think that look Robin and Raven gave to one another is. .awkward,' thought Starfire. She shook it off and gave her usual friendly smile.

"Ray, we got somethin' to tell you," said Cyborg.

"What is it?"

"It is about the unkind behavior we have shown in the past few days," said Starfire.

"It was crappy of us to be afraid of you when we know you wouldn't do anything bad to us. So.."

"We're sorry," all three Titans recited.

Raven took a minute to take in their apology. 'They did make me feel like some freak. Though, it's nice of them to admit they did something wrong. I'll accept their apology. Why shouldn't I?'

". .I forgive you."

"Phew! That's good to hear," grinned Beast Boy.

"We're all friends now?"

"Yes."

"I suggest we all snack on unhealthy junk food and watch a film on the television."

"That's a good idea!," said Cyborg," But what should we watch?"

"Comedy!"

"Horror."

"I call Action!"

"I want Sci-Fi!"

"Well. .I do not think there is one movie that consists of. .all those things."

"I don't care what movie we get, just no girly movies! I'm sick of that romance crap," said Beast Boy.

"I like these 'girly' movies," said Starfire.

"How about this! Let's all head over to Gotham City, go to Block Buster, pick some movies, and decide from there what movie is good. Ok?" Robin proposed.

"Sounds good to me."

"Let's go now."

The Teen Titans agreed to this plan and started on their way to Gotham City.



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They arrived shortly to Block Buster in 20 minutes. Beast Boy and Starfire ran ahead while Cyborg, Raven, and Robin took their time walking.

"Say Ray," said Cyborg.

"Hm?"

"I don't wanna be nosey, but what was going on with you?"

She shrugged in response.

"Emotions, I guess. As I have stated in the past, I can't afford to have emotions, for they trigger my power. They've gotten out of control these past few days and it is difficult to cope with them when everything you see explodes."

"Yeah. Sorry I didn't understand before."

"Cyborg, it's ok. I forgive you."

". .Ok," said Cyborg, smiling.

Raven smiled back.

"Hey guys, hold up!"

Cyborg shouted after Beast Boy and Starfire as he gained up speed.

"I'm impressed," said Robin.

"About what?"

"About you. You really changed, Ray."

"You think so?"

Robin nodded.

"Yup."

"Well. .you kind of helped me."

Robin smiled.

"Hey! C'mon, you're slower than my Grandma!" yelled Beast Boy.

"Alright, alright!"

Robin and Raven walked through the door and into the store where they found Starfire, Beast Boy, and Cyborg roaming around the shelves of DVDs and videos.

"Look around and see if you like anything, ok?"

"Sure."

Robin and Raven separated and looked around the shelves. Starfire eyed the romance shelves with awe.

"Ah, such wonderful films of romance between two humans. .What is this one?"

Starfire picked out a movie entitled "Gone With The Wind." The front cover had a picture of a man holding a woman with long, curls of hair. It depicted them looking into one another's eyes in a dream-like state. Starfire sighed in amazement. She blushed as she imagined her own romance fantasies.

Cyborg was scanning the Sci-Fi section of the store, carefully observing every movie on display.

"Hm. .'The Core'. .seen it. . 'Millennium'. .never heard of it. .'The Matrix'. .that sounds good. .but then there's 'The Terminator.' Ergh. .Um. .Hey BB, which one's better: 'The Matrix' or 'The Terminator.'?. .BB?"

Cyborg waited for Beast Boy's response, but no answer. Cyborg decided to stop waiting and walked up to Beast Boy. Beast Boy was looking up at a T.V. He looked as if he was hypnotized.

On the T.V. showed a man controlling the actions of a News reporter, making him do silly, embarrassing things.

'Blah bleh jah me oh blehza mwuah!'

"Hah! Ha ha ha ha! Dude, Jim Carrey's my hero!"

"That's nice BB, but can you answer my question now?"

"Whaja say, Cy?" asked Beast Boy, still staring at the screen.

Cyborg growled under his breath.

"Nevermind, I'll ask Rob."

Raven observed the Horror movies carefully. The titles burned in her mind as she read them, one by one.

" 'The Pet Cemetery'. .'The Ring'. .'Carrie'. .'Jeepers Creepers'. .I've seen all these before. .nothing I have not seen. .This is pointless. ."

Robin picked up movies one by one, reading the descriptions. He loved action movies.

" I loved 'Rush Hour', but I already saw it more than once. .'Fast and Furious'. .eehh, didn't catch my eye. .Hm. .-"

"Hey Rob!"

Robin turned his head towards Cyborg.

"Yeah?"

"I need help picking a movie."

"Ok."

"Ok, which is better: 'The Matrix' or 'The Terminator'?"

"Um. .both were good."

"That doesn't help," said Cyborg, his face-faltering.

"Guys! I got the perfect movie!"

"What?"

" 'Bruce Almighty'!"

"Oh yeah, that's a new release."

"Is it good?"

"Hell yeah."

"Well, I have nothing in mind, so it's ok with me. But we need to talk to the girls first."

"Talk about what?" asked Raven from behind.

"Oh. About what movie to bring home. Did you find one?"

"Not really. I didn't find anything interesting."

"Same here."

"Friends! I have found a wonderful movie!"

"Is it girly?" asked Beast Boy.

"Yes!" grinned Strafire.

"Aw man. ."

"C'mon now, you don't know what the movie is yet. So, what movie did you pick?"

"I chose this movie you call 'The Breakfast Club'."

"What's that?"

"I do not know, but I did like the people on the cover."

"Allow me."

Raven took the DVD and read the description on the back. In her own words, she explained the movie.

"It's about five high schools teen-agers who are in detention. They are different from each other. They at first hate each other, but as time goes by they learn a thing or two about each other and their problems and why they got in detention. They slowly start to become friends."

"Sounds interesting."

"I could watch it I guess."

"Oh. .fine, I'll rent 'Bruce Almighty' some other time," said Beast Boy in disappointment.

"Alright, 'The Breakfast Club' it is," announced Robin.

The Titans went over to the cash register and paid the amount.

"Ok, that'll be, like, $13.99," said the cashier girl, chewing her gum like that of an elephant.

"Gotcha."

"You have to, like, bring it back by next Sunday, ok?" she said, twirling her strawberry blonde hair around her finger.

"Ok, thanks."

"See ya cutie," said Beast Boy with a wink.

"Um, like, I have a boyfriend you know."

"Oh. .heh, my bad."

Beast Boy rubbed the back of his head and blushed in embarrassment. He followed the Titans out of the door, on their way home.

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"I shall prepare the popcorn!" said Strafire, as she glided into the kitchen.

"I'll get drinks!" shouted Cyborg.

"I got the DVD," said Robin.

"I will look for the remote that Cyborg probably misplaced again," said Raven.

"And I'll- sit on my ass and wait for you guys to hurry up," said Beast Boy.

They quickly prepared the snacks and T.V., and ran to the living room couch. Raven finally found the remote and pressed play.

"I think I should hold onto this before it gets lost again, don't you think, Cyborg?"

"Heh heh, very funny."

Raven pressed play and began watching the movie.

For the first half hour, it wasn't so bad.

"Hah! The nerd screwed up his fake I.D.!" laughed Beast Boy.

"This movie is pretty good so far," said Robin ," I like that athletic guy, Andy."

"This 'Claire' is so pretty," said Starfire.

"Shh! I'm watching, man," said Cyborg.

The teens in the movie start discussing each other's problems, each claiming their's is worse.

**

'You think your life is tough? Try having a father who's on your back 24/7, telling you to win the games. 'You gotta win son, you gotta win!' '

'At least your dad talks to you. My dad doesn't give a shit about me because he's always drinking!'

'. .You all are just whiners. .My parents don't even notice me. .'

**

The drama started to pour in slowly. You could almost feel their pain as if you were there. Teen angst can really get to you sometimes.

"Those poor people," said Starfire.

"No worries, Star, it's fake, that's acting," said Beast Boy, reassuringly.

"Are you positive?"

"Yeah, 'course."

Towards the end of the movie, they all start to become friends, and new loves are found, for example, Claire (the rich girl) fell in love with the metalhead, Bender. With a new make-over by Claire, Allison (the Goth girl) walked in the detention room slowly, her white dress flowing behind her. Andy (the athlete) looked up and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. She was gorgeous. She began to fall for Andy, as he was for her. Brian (the nerd) grinned at the new found love birds.

"Who ever thought you'd meet someone you'd love in detention?" said Cyborg.

The movie ended with all the teens stronger and with newfound friends.

Raven flicked off the T.V. as she said, " I guess it wasn't. .that bad."

"I liked it, it was funny," said Beast Boy.

Cyborg yawned loudly, his eyes falling upon the clock.

"Damn, it's like 11:00. .we should get sleep."

"You're right, Cy. Titans, time to hit the sack," said Robin.

". .Why are we hitting a sack?" asked Starfire.

Beast Boy laughed.

"No, Star, he meant that it's time to go to sleep."

"Oh. Well, I am tired and my eyes do feel heavy."

" 'Night, guys," said Cyborg, as he disappeared into the hall.

"Adios amigos, my beauty sleep awaits," said Beast Boy, as he walked off into the shadows.

"Beauty sleep. .pff," said Robin.

"I shall get a bottle of water before I rest for the night," said Starfire.

Starfire walked over to the refrigerator and started her search for some bottled water. .which was somewhere hidden under a blanket of blue furry food. Good luck, Star.

Raven finally rose from the couch, trying to wake up from dream-land. She rubbed her eyes and started her way towards the hall when Robin had stopped her.

"Hey Ray, are you going to be ok for the rest of the night?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine."

Robin smiled. He wrapped his arms lightly around Raven and gave her an affectionate hug.

"Get some sleep."

"I will."

Raven half-smiled at him and walked off to her room.

"See you tomorrow morning, Star," he said with a smile.

"I shall see you when the sun arises," she answered back.

Just as he left, Starfire began to think once more about the interactions between Robin and Raven.

'They do it again. .What is going on? Why does not Robin place his arms around me when saying 'goodnight'? This is nothing like the romance in those fairy tales. This should not take place. I love Robin with all my heart, should not he love me back? I must tell Robin about my love for him tomorrow evening. If someone loves another, they must be together. Beast Boy said that romance in tales is real in this world.'

Determination rose in herself as she thought things over. After dusting off furry food, she found a clean bottle of water and took it out. She walked off into the halls and towards her room. Tomorrow will be the day she will unite with her prince.