A/N: Ok… so it's not exactly Wednesday or Thursday. Give me a break I had a paper due, and I have another one due Tuesday. Who in their right mind gives a senior in High school, a week before prom and about two before graduation a paper to do? Seriously… anyway… let's see Major Rob/Star and Roy/Star/Rob at the end. Oh you're gonna hurt me for that ending. But I'll take my chances :)

Now, say it with me, this plot has nothing to do with the comic book series or the TV show. Because there's this whole thing that is original or A/U or whatever you want to call it. AND it the characters, such as Raven, seem OOC, well… logically it's been 2-3 years in the future logically the characters would change, personality wise, somewhat… logically, of course ::cough, cough::… ignore me.

Oh, just Read, lol. I hope you enjoy the chapter, I thought it was cute-ish :). ENJOY!! R&R

Robin woke up to the sun hitting his eyes. How the hell was the sun getting through his curtains? He looked to see the large windows open to the beautiful lake scenery. He noticed the pale pink curtains drawn to the sides, with pink, purple pillows and a vast amount of stuffed animals sitting comfortably. He moved his eyes from the white carpet, to the purple walls, to the bed, and then to the nest of red hair up against his chest. He gently moved the hair to the side to see Starfire sound asleep, pressed against him.

He looked under the covers both were fully dressed, though there legs were tangled together and her arms were the only barrier between them. He looked towards the window and felt the girls weight on his arm, which was holding her protectively.

'Oh sh—.' He mouth, but then stopped as she moved slightly. This was probably his most intimate moment with the girl, and he had to flee. He had to flee fast.

He carefully removed his arm from under her and rolled out of the bed, landing softly on his hands and knees on the soft carpet. He stood up and looked at the girl who shivered from the lost of heat. She rolled over slightly to where he had been sleeping and went back into a deep sleep. He looked at the clock that read six in the morning. He silent looked back at her and then went out of the room. He leaned against the door after closing it and sighed. He turned and was met with a familiar pair of dark purple eyes.

Raven stared back at him and then at the door and right back at him. Robin looked at her, like a boy caught with his hand in the cookie jar. She opened her mouth, and then closed it. There were no words for an occasion like this.

Robin was the first to regain himself and cleared his throat. Raven looked at him, following his lead, though slower.

"Good morning." He said quickly and turned in the opposite direction.

Raven watched his fleeting form and opened her mouth again. "I better start sleeping in.

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Starfire sat and stared at Beast boy who was playing his game boy.

"I'm bored." Starfire said, leaning back, crossing her legs.

"Ok." Beast boy mumbled, frowned, and then smiled as he continued to play his game.

"Don't you just want to play—"

"No." Beast boy said, still not looking up. "You would think beating me six times would be enough for you."

"Obviously, it's not." Starfire said. She smirked as Beast boy looked up at her slightly and frowned.

"Robin said you had to entertain me." Starfire pouted.

"No… Robin said I had to make sure you weren't abducted or injured or killed or I'd die. So if you think about it, I'm really doing this for me." Starfire narrowed her eyes.

"Why couldn't he stay?" She said, closing her eyes and relaxing.

"He's the leader. You know, follow the leader. Simon says… we're puppets to the bigger force." Beast boy mumbled. A tune of defeat began to play. "Crap."

"Stop acting so jealous, you couldn't lead a fish to water." Starfire said.

"Love ya too Starfire." Beast boy said, looking at his game system. Starfire frowned.

This so wasn't fun.

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Robin stepped onto the roof of the tower. It was nearing nine o'clock, and he was beyond tired. He had changed into a pair of jeans and a tee shirt. His eyes were bare, but only because the roof had little lighting, so as not to kill himself, tripping over something, he came up without the damn things.

He walked a little until he saw what he was looking for.

Starfire.

He smiled as he walked up to her and took a seat on the edge of the roof. He turned his head and looked at her as the moon dance upon her. She was in a pair of jeans with a pink tank top on that had a heart in the middle of it. Her hair was hanging loose an inch or two past her shoulders, in long, choppy layers.

"Hey." He smiled. She looked at him and smiled back, and then looked at the lake once again.

"Hey."

"So, I just saw Beast boy on the stairs, he was there the entire time. I heard about Raven coming to hang out with you for a little while." Robin smiled, he hated it when there was little to talk about.

"He told you about my dinner date?" Starfire said, amusement in her tone. Robin cleared his throat.

"Yep, did you have fun?"

"Yes, I did. Roy is very good company." There was a few minutes of awkward silence. "How did the search go?"

"It didn't. Where ever that girl is hiding, she's hiding well." Robin said, staring into the dimly lit city.

"We'll find her." Starfire said, reassuringly.

"Star…" Robin sighed a bit, he had explained this to Starfire earlier. After she had woken up, luckily she had also forgotten their sleep over of sorts. "You have to stay here, or at least be with someone. You can't go around the city, who knows what Terra has up her sleeves."

Starfire looked at him and then back to the lake and the city view. She sighed. "I know."

"I just… don't want you getting hurt." Robin said, leaning back on his hands. "There would be no end to the suffering I would cause Terra if you got hurt or even worse."

He saw the corners of her lips curve up. Then felt his own lips begin to move in a positive direction.

It seemed to last for an eternity until Starfire spoke up breaking the silence.

"I was supposed to get married." Robin turned and stared at her. What the hell was she talking about? "To… this… guy, a prince. He was… a lot like you. A leader, a wonderful fighter, unconditional protection, and a sense of responsibility. In a word, he was idealistic.

"He would go on for hours, telling me about his life, his family, his goals. He was so open with me, that I was attracted to his trust then anything else. I never knew anyone could be so open, having a royal linage, we were to keep mouths closed for the most part. Maybe not so much with me, but you get the idea." Starfire chuckled a bit. She then sighed.

"He had asked for my hand in marriage mere months before I came to earth. That night we stayed up, talking, joking, and just enjoying the other's company. I loved him… as a friend, a companion, most of all someone I could trust. And then, well… he changed.

"War had come to his kingdom. He was, to say the least, a mess. He began shutting himself off, he wouldn't talk to me, or anything. My father tried to aid in the war, but to no avail. His kingdom was crushed. The new ruler made peace with us, and what could we have done, we had to think of our kingdom. Though the boy, the prince, he resented my family for it, and soon resented me." Starfire shook her head. "I left for earth a week after her called off the engagement. And I never looked back."

Robin stared at her, and for some odd reason, guilt rose to his throat, and began taking over his body. Starfire talked about Tamaran with the highest regard, as she did her family, and her people. But he, in the three years he had known her, had no idea she was engaged to someone.

"I'm sorry." Robin said. What more could he say? Starfire looked at him and smiled. She nodded her head, and patted his knee.

She got up and headed towards the door, as she placed her hand on the knob she turned and smiled at Robin who could barely make her out. "I miss the trust."

And with that she was back inside the tower. Safe and sound.

Robin looked from the door back to the city. He leaned, once again, on his hands. He looked at the sky and began to count the stars. But soon gave up and sighed, turning to look at the door again.

"Yeah, me too."

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Raven was reading her book, as Robin sat staring off into space. It was well three in the morning. And much to the dismay of the former Titan, Robin was up pondering. Never a good thing.

"Go to sleep." Raven said, not looking up from her book. The boy wonder glared slightly, but resumed his thinking position.

"No."

"Jeez." Raven closed her book and glared, openly, at her friend. "What did you do now?"

"Nothing." Robin said. "Star was engaged before."

"I know." Raven said, shrugging.

"You knew? And you didn't tell me?" Robin said, half yelling.

"Oh, that would have been fun to bring up. So, Robin, did you know that the love of your life was engaged? To a man more emotionally stable, trusting, and open then you? Yes… that would have gone, smoothly."

"He is not more emotionally stable then me." Robin said looking at her.

"Right. If you would call holding your emotions in, pushing the ones you love away from you, being untrusting, and not admitting to any kind of weakness at all more stable then being open and honest and trusting people… you're right, he'd never be as stable as you are."

Robin glared at Raven as she looked at him, unemotional and neutral as usual. Silence took over the two, Robin looking at the wall as Raven seemingly read her book.

"Did she love him?" Robin asked. Raven looked at him and sighed.

"Starfire might have thought she loved him, or at least some part of him. But she was very young." Raven stood up and stretched, she began to head to her room, but stopped as she got to the doorway. "She does like you, Dick."

Robin looked up. He was a bit taken back to his formal name coming from Raven.

"But I don't know how long she's gonna last if she doesn't get to know you. I just don't know who's holding back. Dick or Robin?" And with that Raven disappeared to her room.

Robin looked after her for a few seconds before he placed his face in his hands.

Who was playing the lonely hero now?

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Raven sat in the kitchen it had been a day and a half since her little encounter with Robin, who was now avoiding her. She was sipping her hot tea, waiting for Starfire to finish getting ready so they could go to the mall.

Starfire just had to find the perfect present for Robin's birthday, in less then a week.

The boys would be out having found a lead for Terra's hideout.

"Hi." Raven turned her head and nodded to Beast boy who had come in wearing his new costume. "Starfire said that she'd be down soon enough."

"Ok." Raven said.

"Um…" Beast boy shut his mouth as Raven looked at him.

"What?"

"Well… I was wondering… maybe after… this whole… Terra… thing… you'd like to go… to… a movie… or… whatever." Beast boy stumbled and stuttered over ever word. Though slightly sad in it's nature, it was very endearing.

"Ok." Raven said. She looked at the boy as his whole body began to eliminate pure glee. Raven really hoped she wouldn't regret this.

"Great!" Beast boy said, happily. "I better get going!" He smiled and rushed out. And then rushed back in kissed Raven's head and raced back out.

Oh yeah, she was definitely going to regret this.

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Starfire wondered around the mall in her yellow sundress. She smiled as she thought of the day she bought it. She looked behind her to see Raven trailing her, but also in her own world.

Starfire had heard of the Beast boy encounter from this morning. After teasing Raven and almost getting thrown out of the car… twice. The gothic hero was trailing the princess.

Starfire stretched a bit and smiled at two guys who were looking in her direction. She then looked to see Raven looking into a bookstore.

"Go." Raven looked up to see Starfire smiling. "I'll be in here."

"No…"

"I command that you go." Starfire said and slipped into the stare next to the bookstore.

"That girl has some set of…" Raven didn't get to finish as she saw a book she had been wanting to read.

Starfire wandered around the small store. Looking at the beautiful and interesting things.

She stopped as came across something that made her knees go weak.

"It's one of a kind." A man smiled, looking at the item.

"It's perfect." Starfire said, touching it slightly. "I'll take it."

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Robin drove back to the Tower. Other then a fight with three of Terra's demonic robots, which ended badly, for both sides, the day had been quite boring.

He stretched as he parked his bike and walked into the tower. Cyborg and Beast boy had gone to pick up food and Roy had decided to go for a ride around the city.

So typical of Roy.

Robin walked into the living room making his way to his room when he so Starfire on the couch dead asleep. He shook his head and walked closer to her noticing Raven asleep on the couch in her book on her chest. Robin shook his head even harder. He smiled softly as a clump of hair fell into Starfire's face. He gently removed the notepad that the red head was holding. He skimmed it quickly, it was plans for his "surprise" party. The one he figured out about a month ago. He gently laid the pad on the table and picked her up. He looked at Raven, Beast boy would handle her later.

Robin gently carried the exhausted girl to her bedroom. He laid her on the bed and saw a medium size box on her bed. After pulling the covers over her he looked at the blue wrapped box and noticed his Name scribbled at the corner, just under the silver bow.

He shook his head, as he smiled brightly. And then exited her room;.

Starfire opened her eyes and looked at the door. She looked to the foot of her bed and smiled. She closed her eyes once again and was out cold.

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There were days were she was happy to be in the tower, safe and sound. And then there were days she was happy to be walking, by herself, along the park trails, staring at the flowers and the people around her. Then there were days like this. Locked in her room like a common criminal.

Sort-of.

Starfire frowned as she sat in Robin's room, on his bed, staring out of the window she had drawn the curtain from. The city view was much different then her scenic lake view.

Aqua lad was patrolling the outside of the tower, a favor called on from Beast boy.

Starfire was pretty much locked in Robin's room because of Terra.

Oh she definitely hated Terra.

Robin's birthday was in two days, though she was the only one in the entire tower to notice.

Though no one had seen Terra it seemed that her robots were having fun combing the city for Starfire.

Of all the people Terra had to work for. Of all the psychopaths Starfire had to murder.

"You know… this sucks." Starfire said.

"Yeah, it does." Starfire turned to see Roy in the doorway of Robin's room.

"Hi?" Starfire said, confused.

"We destroyed the robots. Though Terra didn't show up, I think she's waiting for you to join the party." Roy smirked a little.

"I really don't think this is a time to joke." Starfire said, smiling slightly at him.

"Sorry." He smiled and scratched the top of his head. "The others are downstairs."

"What exactly happened?" Starfire asked, sitting on the edge of the bed now.

"Robots were attacking, we had to go stop them. They're getting harder to beat every time we fight them." Roy leaned against the wall.

"I'm sorry." Starfire casted her eyes downward. "This is all my fault."

Roy frowned and gently brought the girl up from the bed and began hugging her. "Don't worry about it, just because Terra's out of her mind, what little mind she has, doesn't mean you're to blame."

Starfire began sobbing into Roy's shoulder. "It's all my fault, I don't know how they can put up with all this."

"Because they love you." Roy soothed as Starfire cried. "You're amazingly lucky to have friends like them. And I'm more then happy that I can be here to help you as well." Starfire lifted her head and sniffled a little bit.

"I'm happy you're here too." She said, her voice cracking ever so slightly.

Roy smiled and looked deep into her eyes, and then bent down capturing his lips with hers.

"Guess what?" Robin said coming into the room smiling. He froze as he watched the couple in front of him. He turned on his heel and walked out, leaning on the wall next to his bedroom. He took his hand and slide it over his face, ripping the mask off his tender blue eyes. He looked at the door way and back to the floor. Knocking the back of his head against the wall.

"Dammit."