Title: Hey Jealousy

Author: Blair Lebeau, SocialButterfli

Summary: When a stranger named Derek appears at the door of Titans Tower seeking refuge, it leads to friendship, romance, and not to mention trouble. It seems to follow Derek everywhere he goes, and when he gets the Teen Titans sucked into it, Robin begins to believe that maybe Derek isn't what he seems. Is Robin onto something, or is it just the result of a little thing called jealousy? RobStar BBRae

Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans, which you already knew, but I can't afford to be sued so I'll just say it anyway.

Chapter 13 – Crossing Lines

Starfire rolled over, restless. Since Robin had left her, she had gotten approximately three hours of sleep out of a possible seven. She was scared of what morning would bring. Would Derek get to her before Robin got to him? After all, he was expecting an answer to his offer. Star's heart hurt. He had been so kind to her, and so understanding. No one else had ever understood her like that. Yet it was only some sort of game? How cruel.

Starfire started when she heard the doorknob rattle. Someone was coming in! She closed her eyes quickly, hoping it was Robin. Perhaps he had the same thoughts she had when up on the roof together. In her mind, it had seemed like a movie, and it was the perfect moment for a kiss. But it hadn't happened, much to her disappointment. Maybe Robin didn't feel the same way she did after all. It would have been nice if he did, though. Beyond nice. Starfire smiled, waiting for Robin to say something. But when a voice spoke, she shivered when she discovered it was most certainly not Robin.

"Starfire?" She opened one eye and rested it on Derek, feeling scared. "Forgive me for waking you, but I was hoping you might have an answer to my question now. After all, it is morning." Starfire looked at him wildly. Where was Robin when you needed him? Slowly, she got out of bed, and put the bed between them.

"I'm sorry, Derek, but I just don't think I can leave the Teen Titans. You can go, though, don't let me stop you." Starfire thought that perhaps that was clever. She had said no but had casually suggested he leave. If he did, then there would be no more problems, right?

Derek walked around Star's bed and closed in on her, backing her up against the wall. He put his hands on either side of her head, causing her to feel trapped and scared.

"You saying you want me to leave, Angel?" he asked, breathily.

"No! No, I was just saying that if you wanted to leave, you shouldn't stay just because of me...." Derek leaned into her so that he was pressed right up against her. She had gone straight to bed without changing out of her uniform, and feeling her skin against his was making him crazy. He might have been evil, but he was still human. And a teenage male, for that matter. He decided that Starfire was just too beautiful to let go. After he destroyed the rest of the Titans, he would take her back to Azerath with him, where as a reward Trigon would see to it that the two were wed. Slade was also in Azerath, recovering from burns he received from the hot lava that night at the volcano, and Derek knew that he wouldn't be pleased that he had spared one Titan, no matter how beautiful she was. But Slade was in no condition to be mad at Derek. After all, who was in a wheel chair and who was out fulfilling his prophecy? Starfire would be his.

"It's because of Robin, isn't it? Don't tell me that little twit has hold of your heart. You're better than him. Are you really going to choose him over me?"

"Don't talk about Robin that way," Starfire demanded, her eyes losing their fear for a second as she became defensive of the one she loved. "He's a better man than you will ever be."

"I understand you know my secret," Derek hissed. "Your precious little Robin was supposed to keep it quiet, but just couldn't stand having his love being so close to someone so evil. So he told you. And that was his mistake." Starfire froze. Did Derek just refer to her as Robin's love? Was it possible that he read Robin's mind and maybe Robin did have feelings for her after all? Starfire's heart soared.

"Don't get too excited," Derek told her. "It's not like you two will ever be together. I'm having it arranged for Robin, along with the other Titans, to be destroyed and for you to be my bride." Starfire gasped, and a vicious grin spread over Derek's face.

"You can't," she whispered.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

"I can," he replied, as he slid his leg in between hers, lifting it up slightly so Starfire was raised off the ground. With a quick intake of breath she was suddenly riding on his thigh as he pushed his body against hers harder. They were both breathing raggedly, and Starfire couldn't find it in her to fight him. She gasped with mixed surprise and unwilling pleasure as he grinded his thigh between her legs.

"Does he make you feel like this?" Derek growled roughly. "Can he make you feel the way I can? He can't even make a move; he's so weak and pathetic. Do you want that, or do you want this?" Before Starfire knew what was happening, Derek's mouth was moving towards hers. She regained her composure and in a burst of fury Derek was flung back to the opposite wall by a glowing green star bolt. Starfire dropped back to the ground, breathing hard, unable to understand what had just happened. She only knew that Derek was crossing a line that, if happy endings really did exist, only Robin would ever cross. If Starfire's first kiss wasn't to come from Robin, it wasn't to come from anyone, least of all the wicked apprentice of Slade who had toyed with her emotions like it was some sort of game.

"I wish you to leave," Starfire finally spoke. Derek stared at her, hard, his eyes glinting.

"What makes you think I'd do that?" he snarled, straightening himself out. "I gave you a chance for survival, Angel, but now you'll join your little friends in the discovery of my wrath and Slade's revenge. It won't be pretty. Raven's already had a taste of it, and it caused her to become, how shall I say, indisposed."

"What did you do to her?" Starfire gasped.

"It's more the question of what did she do to herself," Derek corrected. "Enough chitchat. Let's see how quickly your boyfriend will react when he realizes that the love of his life is locked in battle with his greatest enemy's right-hand man. Let's go, Angel."

"I do not wish to go anywhere with you," Starfire said, confused.

"God, you are stupid, aren't you?" Hearing that, Starfire threw another star bolt at him, which he dodged. "There we go. That's what I mean. Let's fight."

And with that, Derek lunged himself at her, catching her off guard and making her fall to the ground. He picked her up and flung her out her still-open bedroom door, causing her to crash into the wall in the hallway. This woke Cyborg, who opened his door just in time to see Derek run out and hit Starfire. He jaw dropped, and he quickly got his communicator to tell the rest of the Titans what was going on. Soon, three out of five Titans were in the hallway, ready for a fight.

"Where's Raven?" Beast Boy asked, looking worried.

"We can't wait for her," Robin said, anger taking control of him. In the back of his mind, he knew that if Derek was attacking Starfire, he must have found out that Raven told and that maybe her absence wasn't a coincidence. But at the moment, the only thing he could see was Derek, who at the moment was being blasted by one of Star's star bolts. But he retaliated fast, and seeing Star take a blow was all Robin needed to jump into action.

"Get away from her."

"Oh, Boy Wonder, so nice of you to join us," Derek said, turning to greet the leader, backed up by Beast Boy and Cyborg.

"Dude, what's your problem?" Beast Boy asked. "I thought you were our friend."

"Oh, looks like someone wasn't filled in," Derek said. "Well, at least you and Raven had some sense, Robin. Speaking of Raven, oh my, why isn't she here to help out her fellow Titan?"

"Derek did something to Raven!" Starfire gasped out, recovering from a winding blow Derek had delivered a moment earlier. "Someone has to find her!"

"I'm going," Beast Boy said, a determined look on his face. He didn't know why Derek was acting the way he was, but if something happened to Raven, he didn't know how he could live.

"Oh, yes, she'll want you," Derek said, his smile malevolent. "I think it's time you all get to learn something about our dear secretive friend. It seems the unfeeling half demon has fallen in love. One clue to who it is, and it's a real tough one to figure out, but his skin is green!" Beast Boy's eyes widened in surprise. Could it be true? Could the girl of his dreams actually feel the same way about him? The signs all pointed to no, but BB was filled with hope.

"Go before it's too late, little changeling," Derek said in a tone that suggested humor. "You wouldn't want to not get there in time, now, would you?" Derek barked laughter. "This is too much fun for me." Fearful, Beast Boy disregarded everything that was going on before him and took off in the direction of Raven's room. If it was true, if she loved him, and he lost her, he didn't know how he could go on.

When he got to her room, he transformed into a rhinoceros and knocked the door down. Seeing Raven on the bed, he rushed over to her. Tears formed in his eyes as he shook the unconscious girl. If it weren't for her breathing, she would have seemed dead.

"Raven, no, please. Don't leave me." He held her cold hand up to his cheek, and then kissed it. "You have to wake up. You can't be gone. I haven't made you laugh yet. You can't leave me before you laugh at one of my jokes." A tear slithered down his face. "Aw, who am I kidding? I love you, Rae. I never worked up the courage to tell you, but I do." The tear dropped onto the hand he was holding. "If you would just wake up, I'd never tell another stupid joke again. Just as long as you were here with me."

"Is that a promise?" Raven's eyes fluttered open, and the hand still in Beast Boy's grip turned warm. (Well, as warm as Raven gets, anyway.) BB's mouth dropped open, but then he recovered and gathered the revived girl into a gigantic hug.

"Raven, oh, Raven...." Beast Boy couldn't think of anything to say, he was just too happy. Raven, well, she felt happy too, though she'd never admit it. It was Beast Boy's confession of love that awoke her emotions, as love is a very powerful thing. In fact, while the hug was going on, a council was being held by the emotions in Raven's mind on what to do. Knowledge/Common Sense Raven was insisting that Raven needed to back out of the hug right away and forget all about it in order to control herself, but Happy Raven was twirling around, singing songs of love and, well, happiness. In the end, they compromised: Raven would back out of the hug but she wouldn't push Beast Boy away completely.

After all, compressing your emotions can be just as dangerous as expressing them.

"If you want to keep your life, you'll let me breathe," Raven muttered, but not before tentatively returning the hug. Beast Boy let go, and smiled, but then his expression turned serious.

"What happened to you? I was so worried."

"I'll explain later. But right now, from what I can tell, we're needed. Derek, in case you haven't noticed, isn't exactly who you thought he was. You and Cyborg were the only ones who didn't know. And there's more than just him being a bad guy, but we don't have time to get into that now. We need to help Robin." Beast Boy nodded, but stopped Raven as she headed to the door.

"Hey, just how much did you hear?" Raven smiled, a moment that the green changeling would never forget.

"Enough."

"Derek said you loved me." Raven frowned. She had expected it, of course, but now she was faced with a dilemma. And with the Titans needing them, Raven had to either confirm or deny it now.

"I guess it couldn't hurt to say that maybe he's on to something." Both Raven and Beast Boy blushed at this, and in the distance, a light bulb exploded. "Or, you know, it could hurt. Let's just go help them, okay?"

"Okay," Beast Boy said, and was embarrassed to realize that as he followed Raven out the door he did a little skip. But, when there's no time for the Beast Boy Victory Dance, what else can you do?

Aww, just had to have a BB Rae moment. AND THAT WAS THE LONGEST CHAPTER I HAVE EVER WRITTEN so be happy!! Oh, and may I just say that it's AWESOME that I have more reviews already on this story than I got on my first story. I am so excited!!! Keep it up! Also, I'm now working on the very last chapter of this story. (I like to write ahead so if I have a major project due or something I don't leave you guys hanging.) This means I'll soon be starting on the sequel to Heart's Desire! Yay!

DID YOU GUYS SEE LAST NIGHT'S EPISODE?!?!?!? That was about the best episode, action-wise. And there were hints, subtle, yet still existent, of a little Robin Starfire thing going on. YAY!

Now for review comments.

lil' LIK Star: Aww, thanks for saying I'm a good writer. It's nice to know that you think everything flows well, because that's definitely what I try to do. Thanks!

Starrobin4eva: I'm very, very lucky because I do most of my homework during my free period which leaves a lot of time open for me to write and update my story. Plus, like I said above, I write my story ahead of time, like on the weekends, so in case I don't have time I'm set to go. Plus I rarely have crippling writer's block so I write for hours on end. I do a lot of social stuff on the weekends but I always make sure I have time to write. Mucho importante! I'm looking forward to your story, let me know when it's out!

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Riles: I tried emailing you back but it told me that you weren't accepting emails from me which means that you have the AOL blocker thing on. I hope you had a good time at IOA with your friend, and YES THE EPISODE WAS AWESOME!!! I agree with you, it has to be Brother Blood. I'll look forward to your snipers returning. ;)

Okay! Sneak Peak time!

Sneak Peak: Derek reveals his secret weapon. Is it really the end for the Titans?

Blair