Time: 7:23 p.m.
Date: October 17th
Place: T-car, halfway to the hospital

"AHHH!"

The t-car swerved as Cyborg spun in his seat to look at the back "Who screamed?" he snarled, turning around again as soon as he saw no one was injured.

Bumblebee glared at Mas y Menos, her cheeks flushing with rage "They tickled me!" she snapped, smacking the twins.

The boys took no notice of her anger. Instead, they looked at each other cheered, wide grins on their faces "¡Ha¡La abeja es ticklish!"

"This is no time to be playing around…" Cyborg muttered, gritting his teeth as he waited for the red light to change.

"Little monsters…" bumblebee hissed at them, slouching down in her seat with her arms crossed. Aqua lad, who sat on the left of her, looked over and raised his eyebrow slightly, then looked out the window again.

"Well, at least we're not crowded…" Speedy said from the passenger seat, lounging back with his arms behind his head.

"True. It's a good thing Robin said he would give Star a ride on his bike."


Time: 7:25 p.m.
Date: October 17th
Place: Robin's motorcycle

"Thank you for the ride, Robin."

Robin blushed and trained his eyes on the red light, determined not to look at her. If she saw the blush she would ask about it, and then it would be all over. "No problem Star." He muttered. But it was a problem. A big problem.

When he had offered the ride, he had forgotten that she would have to hold on to him. Or so he kept telling himself 'She's…so…close…' his barely functioning brain managed to whisper over and over again.

"Robin? Are you alright?" in an effort to speak over the sound of traffic, Starfire leaned forward and spoke directly into his ear. In the process she managed to press even closer, and her breath ghosted over his neck, causing goose bumps to pop up, accompanied by a slight shiver

"Ya, I'm fine…" he mumbled, hunching over slightly, trying to get a little farther away from her. He had almost looked back over his shoulder and kissed her…which would have been a very, very bad thing.

"But Robin." She persisted "You are bright red, and you are sweating. Perhaps you are sick!" she gasped, something that would have sounded melodramatic coming from anyone else, but sounded perfectly natural coming from her.

"No, Star, I'm fine. Worry about Raven. She's the one that's hurt." He said, sounding a little harsher then he meant to. He felt her stiffen then pull back slightly, and could tell she was hurt "Star, I-I'm not mad…" he stuttered, then stopped. Best just to leave it here, before he made it worse one way or another.

Finally the hospital came into view and he let out a breath that he did not realize he had been holding. Could he have been any dumber?


Time: 7:34 p.m.
Date: October 17th
Place: The hospital, room #634

Beast Boy scratched the back of his head, looking embarrassed "Well, when I call you her heart monitor had just stopped beating…I thought she was dead. But it turned out that her power just short circuited it or something…heh…" he looked down at the goth girl the law looking up at him and smiled.

Raven smiled back, albeit wanly, then looked over at the others, frowning. She usually didn't pry into her friend's emotions and thoughts. Not only did it give her a headache, but she didn't want to invade their privacy. However, you didn't have to be an empath to realize something was wrong.

Waves of emotions were coming off Star and Robin. Relief, small hints of worry, annoyance…those were aimed towards her and Beast Boy. However, she also felt anger, hurt, annoyance from Robin that was aimed at himself, and a feeling of despair and the need to apologize. As far as she could tell, something had happened between them, something big.

She frowned, then looked at Beast Boy. "Beast? Why don't you and the others go get some food? I want to talk to Star…" Beast Boy glanced at her, suspicious, then sighed and nodded. Once the others had left, Raven turned to her alien friend. "Star, what happened?"

Star jumped slightly and blushed "Nothing has happened, friend Raven! I am greatly relieved to see you well!"

Raven snorted and leaned back against her pillows "I may be sick, but I'm not stupid. Spill it. Something made you two very tense around each other."

The tamaranian hesitated, then sighed "We were driving here on Robin's motorcycle, and he was very red. I was worried for him, but when I asked he snapped at me and told me to worry for you. I do not know what I have done to make him angry…how can I apologize?" she collapsed in a chair near Raven's bed, looking distraught.

"Well…" Raven said slowly, allowing a small smirk to surface on her face "I do have an idea…"


Time: 8:03 p.m.
Date: October 17th
Place: Hospital, Cafeteria

"Hey, Cyborg?"

Cyborg turned around to see his green friend rubbing his arm ashamedly "Ya, BB?" he said, warily, hoping he wasn't about to get yelled at again.

"I…I'm sorry." His head was bowed and turned slightly to the left to avoid meeting his friend's gaze.

Cyborg smiled broadly and pulled him into a bear hug "I am too, BB. But I forgive you."

Beast Boy grinned and awkwardly patted his friend on the back "Cyborg…can't…breath…"

Grinning, the hybrid released him "So, what made you change your mind?"

The changeling smiled slightly "I've been here a week, remember? I had a lot of time to think. Sorry, man."

They shared another quick smile, and then went their own separate ways to go find food.


Time: 9:00 p.m.
Date: October 17th
Place: Titan's Tower.

A slight breeze gusted over the roof of Jump city's one and only giant T shaped building, running mischievous fingers through the girls thick red hair and ruffling the boys cape playfully.

"Nice night, isn't it?" The boy leaned against the railing and looked over the sea, pretending to admire when in reality he was watching the girl. Everything about her enchanted him…her courage, her grace, her understanding nature, the way the moon made her look even more lovely then usual, a feat which he before thought impossible.

"Indeed it is. I am glad the hospital allowed Raven to return home so soon." The girl said softly, putting her elbows upon the railing and laying her head against her hands.

The boy nodded, giving up all pretensions and turning to stare at her "You know, you look lovely tonight." He began, hoping against hope that he would finally be able to tell her how he felt. Unfortunately, at that moment, his words were cut off. Fortunately he did not feel like objecting.

Starfire took a step back, blushing, hoping that Raven had been right when she said that Robin would like the kiss. It was not something she would have done before, though she did have feelings for him. She was simply to shy. It was the thought of the fight that gave her the courage to make the first move.

Robin took a step back too, his eyes wide from shock. She had kissed him. She had kissed him. She had kissed him! As his brain reeled from shock, he realized that he had been talking for the past few second and hadn't even noticed it. "Ghrdjshlks…" true, it was just a jumble of syllables, but something in there had to make sense, right "Love you…" ah, there it was.

He blinked. Wait. The one legible thing had been…"Love you"? All thoughts were effectively cut off as Starfire kissed him again, her eyes shining with joy.


End chapter 5. Mwhahaha! Finally, a long chapter. And I got to the StarRob romance! Woo! Do not fear, fans of RobStar...Robin meant it when he said he loved her. He was just shocked that he managed to say it.

Warning: Sorry for those of you that dislike it, but from this point on there will be some slash. Not that there is much left...if the muses cooperate with me, there will only be two more chapters to go. Ta!