Misunderstood
"Wow, what a party!"
"Well, it was good."
"Hey, Starfire. He will be back tomorrow."
"I know. It's just…"
The T-car turned at the last corner and the tower revealed itself.
"Home! We are home!"
Beast Boy, who under the whole drive had been asleep in backseat, jumped out of the car and ran into the tower. Raven followed him, but Starfire didn't moved. Cyborg could see there was something that worried her.
"Star, what is wrong? You have been so quiet the whole night."
She couldn't look at him, so she kept staring out of the windshield.
"Do you think he really loves me?"
"WHAT?"
First he thought she was joking, but then he saw a tear falling down on her cheek.
"Starfire, if he doesn't loves you, then…then…what have given you that idea?"
Should she tell him? No! She couldn't. How should he understand, when even she didn't? Why hadn't she told Robin, that she had seen the kiss? Why hadn't she? Why… She began to shake…She was afraid, that she was going to lose him…
"Maybe you have right."
She forced a smiled and opened the car door. She was just about to step out of the car, when she saw something on the ground. She picked it up. It was a necklace. She had seen it before, but were….SAM!
"Starfire, what is that?"
Somehow she was able to put a smiled up, there satisfied Cyborg, and she went into the tower. How had this necklace come to be there? Was Sam here? No, Robin had told her, that Sam had left the city forever, but how had it then come to be there? Maybe it wasn't hers, but who's then?
She came into the living room and was just about to walk through it, when she saw them. The necklace dropped to the floor. It couldn't be true! She felt the tears coming up in her eyes. She was just about to run away, when he woke up. Their eyes met. She couldn't read them. She wanted to ask him, why he and Sam were sleeping on the sofa, but the pain was just too big. She turned around and ran to her room.
-
"Starfire, what is wrong?"
He tried the door one more time, but nothing happened. He could hear her crying, which were like a knife in his heart. What had happened? He and Sam… could Starfire feel the feelings between them? No, it was over between him and Sam. Well, there had never been anything. Just some kisses. They were just friends – good friends, but still just friends. It was Starfire he loved.
He tried the door one more time, but when nothing happened he walked back to his own room. Sam was sitting on his bed.
"Did you talk to her?"
He shook his head and sat down next to her.
"I shouldn't have come. I…"
He laid a hand on her arm.
"Sam, we are friends. Friends help each other."
She calmed down.
"Thanks."
"It's alright… if it's okay with you, then I would like to call one of my friends. He can help you disappear without a trace."
She nodded an agreement and he walked over to the phone and dialed the number. The phone rang several times, before Bruce answered it. They talked for a long time, but in the end he agreed to help Sam.
Robin put the phone down and walked back to Sam.
"My friend has agreed, but…"
He hesitated.
"What?"
"Well, since you know my secret… he has some people he trust, who will help you."
She affectionate touched his cheek.
"Do you trust your friend?"
"With my life, which he also have saved a couple of times."
She smiled.
"Then I'm alright. Go back to her."
"What."
"Talk to Starfire. Find out what is wrong. Tell her how much you love her."
He nodded and walked over to the door, but stopped and looked back at her.
"I'm alright. Go to her!"
He walked out of the door.
-
…What should he use? Poison? No, it was too easy. A bomb? No, he wanted the mark to be close. He wanted the hunt. He wanted to the mark feel the pain. The pain, that the mark had giving so many. The same pain he always felt in…
He slammed his fist into the wall
… No, don't think about that. The assassination. The mark deserved it. That he got something out of it…well, it was just an advantage…
He smiled and walked over to the mirror, were he took the mask off.
…He looked good. Maybe he should get a new suit instead of that old one…
He cast a glance over at his second suit and then the Batman-suit, which even after so many months still hanged on its place.
…no, he couldn't change. Not before he had proved to Bruce, that he…
-
She was still crying.
"Starfire, what is wrong?"
He tried the door again, but it was closed like he expected. He had to talk to her.
"Starfire, I'm coming in!"
He used his picklock to pick the lock. He pressed the handle down and opened the door. Her room was dark, but he could dimly see her lying on the bed. He went over to her.
"Starfire?"
She didn't answered, so he sat down on the bed next to her. She pulled away from him.
"Is it something I have done? Star, please tell me!"
She looked at him. The blood in his veins froze to ice by the pain there were in them.
"Why don't you go back to her?"
"Who?"
"Sam! You love her not me!"
"Star, it's you I'm in love with."
He tried to take her hands, but she pushed him away.
"I saw you kiss!"
"What!"
"You kissed her, that day at the play in St. Johns!"
"Star…"
He didn't know what to say. She knew. He cursed himself that he hadn't told her about it.
"Go!"
"What?"
"Go away! I don't want to see you anymore!"
"Star…"
Before he could say more she fired out a starbolt after him. Only due to his quick reflexes was he able to dodge it. She fired a new one. This time it almost hit him, so he escaped out in the hallway.
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Sam was standing by the window. The tears were dripping down from her cheeks. She wished she could tell him, what she really felt. That all she wanted was to hold him into her and never let go. She wished she could, but she knew it was impossible. His heart was not hers.
She hated, that she had to lie, but she couldn't tell him the truth. He already knew too much, which easily could bring his life in danger, but she had nobody else to go to. Hopeful his friend was able to help her disappear not only for uncle Sean, but also for Robin. If only she didn't knew, what she knew, then…
Something down on the earth caught her attention. Robin was driving the R-cycle in full speed away from the tower. She sighted. It had gone wrong. Did Starfire know about her feelings? She had to talk to her.
