Okay hi again. Chapter 7 and chapter 8 were both short so I put them together.

CHAPTER 7
The Kiss, Slade
"Yo Rae, dinner!" yelled Cyborg, "You actually thought she would show up?" asked Beast Boy, "She's too busy being Miss Doom and Gloom in her room. She is way freaky," Beast Boy loaded his plate with the spaghetti Cyborg had made for dinner. He sat down "I mean she freakin' killed people," he rolled the noodles onto his fork, stuffing his mouth with them, "Mow du wee achoo-ly know hes not goma mill us," he gulped down the large amount of noodles in his mouth, "She's our friend," replied Robin taking a seat next to Beast Boy, "she killed them because they turned on her, it was kill or be killed. But still, knowing she's a killer doesn't put her in the best position; we should stay a little more aware around her."

"Agreed Robin," Starfire said struggling to wind the noodles on her fork, but failing miserably. The rest of dinner was eaten in silence.

Robin stood up, "I'll do dishes," he said. He walked over the sink and started running the water. Cyborg and B.B. dropped there plates in the sink and headed to the TV.

Starfire stood behind Robin. She rubbed her arm, unsure of herself. She opened her mouth, and then closed it. She opened it again, and then closed it again quickly, looking down thinking. "Yes Starfire?" asked Robin, his back still to Starfire.

"I wanted too...I was going to ask..." Starfire bit her lip. She ran a hand through her long red hair. Robin wiped his wet, soapy hands on a nearby dishtowel. His motions were slow and started making the already nervous Starfire, even unsure of herself. He turned around and leaned against the counter. Starfire took a deep breath and began, "This morning, in the forest...I was wondering if...well...you know," she stuttered, uneasily. Robin smiled, "As Raven said before, Aquilus is an empathic," he began, "She was obviously using her powers," Robin tried to reinsure her. He walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder, "So we felt nothing, we were both just being used,"

Starfire looked down slightly and blushed a little, "Yes of course...we felt nothing." She stuttered embarrassed. "Lets not try to get that get in the way of our friendship, okay?" Robin asked still smiling. Starfire turned away, her eyes were watery and her throat had a dry lump crawling up it. She bit her lip, "Sure Robin," she said trying not to sound upset. Starfire walked to her room. Tears streamed down her face.

Robin collected Starfire's plate from the table, he watched her walk away. He sighed himself. The scrapped the remaining sauce off in the garbage. He hated that word: 'friendship'. He scrubbed the plate in the soapy sink, depressed.

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"This is stupid," said Aquilus, bored. Aquilus was standing in a dark room, there was a stream of white light shinning down on her, and a stream of light shinning on Slade. Slade was standing there emotionlessly, "Hand me the gold and I'll be out of this screwed place fast," Aquilus demanded. "Patience Aquilus, I want to talk," Slade said quietly.

Aquilus raised an eyebrow, "Whatever, just give me what I want," Slade smiled from behind his mask, "The titans can be...a handful. It surprised me that you couldn't get it from Raven two years ago, but now with her friends you can?" Aquilus sighed, getting annoyed, "Just give me what I want, and you won't get hurt." The light streaming down on Slade went out.

"You will get what you deserve," said Slade in a quiet freaky voice. Aquilus started to sweat, "What the hell is going on?" she asked. Aquilus heard a gun cocking behind her, Aquilus turned around "What the f-" she started, but in mid-word, a bullet was fired. The bullet lay imbedded in her heart of black. Blood slowly started to pour out of the bullet hole. Slade walked into the light, he bent over and picked up the glass globe. The red mist seemed to swirl faster and faster, Slade smiled.

Hoped you liked it, next chapter up soon

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