A/N So, the last chapter was okay. Good. I hope you will enjoy this chapter too. It'll probably be one of the funniest chapters.

Disclaimer I do not own Teen Titans. I do own this story.

Matched Chapter 20,

Anticipation


Middle of the night At the Tower

"You know guys, I'm really not sure about this. I mean are you sure the second they come in from their honeymoon they're gonna want to have a huge party? And we really don't know when they're coming home so I don't think we should invite anyone who doesn't live in the tower." Raven said, explaining some of her concerns with the wedding shower idea.

Beast Boy, Cyborg and Raven were at the tower after a wild trip to the Jump City Marketplace Mall. It was 300am and the previous day they had browsed through at least forty stores and all they had to show for their efforts was thirty boxes of nine different varieties of chocolate.

"Well maybe Rae's right. Maybe It should be a party with just us. It won't be as much fun though. I mean, if we were to invite Mr. Bruce Wayne and Alfred then they might have to stay here a while, we just don't know when Robin and Starfire are getting back. So if we want to surprise them it's going to have to be just us." Cyborg said.

"Well, as long as we have a party...I guess that's okay, and we've gotta find more stuff then just chocolate. I say tomorrow we just go to Wal-Mart."

"I agree with Beast Boy, at least about the chocolate, and we'll have to watch the outside very carefully so we will be ready for when they get back. Then we'll order some pizza. Maybe we could give some gifts."

Hearing no objection from the boys Raven had as close as she ever gets to a satisfied grin, without actually smiling.

"We can just buy some decorations for the tower at Wal-Mart." Cyborg suggested. Beast Boy reluctantly agreed. "Well, I still want to have a big party, but okay." Raven gave her consent

"Fine. It's settled, tomorrow we'll go to Wal- Mart, but after that we're going to be done with the shopping, and this time we pay attention to the time." Raven stated.

Beast Boy and Cyborg grinned, remembering the evening, the reason why they were still talking to each other at this hour, they had got locked in the mall, they had to break their way out, and then they had to deal with all the trouble they caused.

"Okay, it's bedtime. Since we're up so late I don't want you guys to be out of your rooms until 1000am, I don't want to have to deal with two sleep deprived teen boys, so no leaving your room unless there is a emergency. Understood?"

"Yes." The boys replied, in unison with each other. Raven went to the elevator No sooner then Raven was gone then Cyborg whispered in Beast Boy's ear " Since when did Raven become out mother? Not even Robin was this strict."

Beast Boy nodded and said "Yeah, really, he had better get back soon, or I think I'm going to go nuts!" Suddenly all the lights in the tower went out and Raven's voice came over the communication system "IN BED NOW!" She yelled.

They boys were in bed in less then 60 seconds.


It was sometime in the middle of the night and Robin and Starfire had traveled away from the ruins of Slade's old hideout and they now lay in a forest in a patch of thick grass. It was cold, but it was fall, Robin could tell because a lot of crisp leaves had fallen on the ground.

Starfire's sleeping body lay next to him. 'Poor girl, she hasn't gotten a good real night sleep for a really long time.' He thought. As soon as they had found a nice spot in the forest Starfire had just lay down on the ground and fell asleep. So Robin had put the blanket over her and now he lay beside her on the ground.

For the moment they were safe, being quite a distance from the reckage of the hideout. Robin had no idea where they were, or how far they were from Jump City, but he was determined to get there, after sunrise.

Break Titans! Break Titans Break!

Robin woke with the sunrise. He smiled to see Starfire still sleeping peacefully. The morning was crisp, maybe 45 degrees, and Robin could see his breath freeze. Robin still didn't have his cape, it hadn't been in the box, so he felt a bit cold and his skin felt a bit clammy because he had been sleeping on the ground.

He stretched his arms towards the sky only to realize how horrible he must have smelled. 'If I see a lake I'll have to jump in.' He thought.

They had to get going, quicker they left this place the safer they'd be. He turned to Starfire and gently shook her. "Starfire. Star, wake up, we have to go." Starfire yawned and slowly sat up, her eyes still closed.

"Starfire, we have to get back to the tower." Robin told her. "mmm..." She replied, still mostly asleep. Robin stood up and took her hand in his and pulled off the blanket. Reluctantly Starfire stood. "Okay, I'm awake now. I had the most terrible nightmare. We almost got crushed by giant gears and burning wood."

"Yes Starfire, now come on we have to go.". Robin led her gently by the trees. They walked on in silence for quite a while and Starfire became completely awake.

After about a hour of walking they came to a clearing in the forest. In the center of the clearing there was a apple tree. Robin took some apples and they sat down, leaning their backs on the trunk of the tree.

"So Star, how are you feeling?" Robin asked, taking a bite out of his apple

"Oh, I am doing well, I am still feeling a bit ill, but I feel better every minute." She replied abruptly.

"Do you want to talk about what happened?" he asked, just wanting to comfort her. Starfire looked very reluctant to answer, but she did.

"Hmm... After that last evening, when I... I hurt you... I fell asleep, then I awoke in a dark room. I was chained to the wall on my wrists and my ankles. I was already in this dress... Then my sister and Slade came in. They wanted me to eat, though I refused, they fed me what they could force into my mouth. I refused to talk and I would not do what they wanted..."

Starfire paused. Robin nodded, he understood that it brought her pain to talk about this. Tears swelled up in her eyes as she continued

"But they made me. I did not wish to. Wherever Blackfire moved I moved. When Slade pressed a button on his wrist my body would shoot a starbolt, or a starbeam. Fighting my body made me go unconscious, or throw up. I felt very cold and almost always sick. Sometimes I would have the fever and feel very cold."

Starfire stopped talking, a few small tears streaming down her tearstained face. It was clear to Robin she did not want to tell anymore, and her facial expression looked very distant. Robin sighed, and reached for Starfire's hand. She took it and was comforted.

They both munched on their apples watching the sunlight dancing on the colored leaves. Little squirrels ran around under some old oak trees, gathering acorns and bringing them back to their homes.

"Well, Starfire if you're ready we should take some of these apples with us and start walking again." Robin suggested. So they both got to their feet and started moving.

Robin passed the time by telling Starfire what had happened to him. All the silly things he did when he was all alone in the dark. Sometimes Starfire would giggle at his stories. Sometimes she would nod her head in agreement and sometimes she would gasp in shock.

Robin found himself paying more attention to Starfire's reaction then to the actual story he was telling. 'I'm just so crazy about her. I gotta tell her.' He thought, and just as he opened his mouth another thought came to him 'But what if I make a fool out of myself? What if she doesn't feel the same way about me that I feel about her? Not right now.'

Robin closed his mouth and smiled at her, feeling half like he did the right thing to be silent, the other half telling him to tell her. They walked on, always walking forward.

The forest was very rocky and it was very easy to twist ankles. Since Starfire did not have shoes she would fly over the ground.

"Is it just me, or does this forest have no end?" Starfire commented as the sun was starting to go down in the sky, Robin did not answer, but he was beginning to think this was all a virtual reality.

However by the time sunset came, they had reached the edge of the forest. There was a huge lake and when Starfire put her toes in in was quite warm.

"Well Starfire why don't you go swimming, and I'll start a campfire." Robin suggested. Starfire eagerly nodded and Robin thought 'Well, if this is a virtual reality then I'm happy with it.'.

Starfire took off the outer part of her dress. The inner part of the dress she was still wearing went down to her knees. It had spaghetti type straps on the shoulders. Robin was very thankful it didn't show any skin where it shouldn't. Starfire set the outer part of her dress on a rock near to where Robin was building the fire then she ran out into the lake and splashed around as Robin built a log cabin style fire and he lit it.

The sun was setting off in the west and the clouds shone in millions of shades of orange, red, yellow, blue and purple.Robin set some apples on pointy green sticks and let them roast. Then he joined Starfire in the lake.

It felt so good to rinse all the dirt and grime off along with his worries, not having dried sweat and soda on his clothes alone made him feel great. They held races and had water fights. Sometimes Starfire would win, other times Robin was the winner.

The sun disappeared beyond the horizon and the moon came out. Starfire seemed to glow under the moonlight and Robin had to catch his breath from just looking at her. He at least had to tell her how beautiful she looked.

"Starfire, you look like a angel." He quickly said, immediately embarrassed. Starfire blushed and sent a little splash of water towards him. "Thank you Robin.I must say, you smell a lot better. Oops, I did not mean to imply that you smelled like a snorglasphz before, but-"

Robin laughed and said "See, that's what I love about you Starfire." Robin mentally kicked himself for saying that, but Starfire just blushed and smiled. Then she began to say something.

"Robin..."


A/N: So, how did you like that chapter? I liked writing it. So, Robin finally let it slip, he told Starfire that he loved her. Next chapter we'll find out what Starfire says in reply.