CHAPTER 3

"Um, Star?" Robin cautiously walked into the training room and looked around for Starfire. He found her unmercifully beating the red punching bag in the corner. "Starfire are you alright?" Robin tentatively asked as he walked closer. She continued punching…and kicking.

"Ahhh Yaaa Uhhhh!" It was almost a sin to watch Starfire's delicate hands smash into the sand filled bag over and over and over (though she has fought villains more evil than a punching bag ).

"Starfire!" Robin yelled at point blank range. "Starfire snap out of it!"

A single tear rolled down her face when Starfire heard Robin call out to her. However, it only made her punch harder. Again and again her awesome alien strength beat upon the defenseless enemy until it finally collapsed onto the floor. The steel chain that had held up their trusty Titan punching bag for so many years had broken.

"Starfire what are you doing?" Robin was trying his best to stare her straight in the eyes. But when ever he found them, Starfire would turn the other way.

"I do not understand." She said softly. "We tried to help you. We wanted to help you." Starfire didn't say another word for fear that she would burst into tears.

"Starfire I tried to tell you last night. I didn't mean to yell. It was just—just a reaction. I'm really sorry." Robin responded. "I…" He studered. "I didn't know I had hurt you so deeply.

"No Robin. It was not what you did to me. But it was what I was not able to do for you."

"Huh?"

"I feel guilty, and that I have failed my leader. We could not defend you when you have protected us so many times in the past. When you woke up, angry and frustrated, I wished so much to have been in your dream with you. We could have fought together." Starfire finally looked into Robin's eyes.

Astonished, Robin looked back at her. Starfire felt guilty? GUILTY! He was the one who had yelled at her. He was the one who had been rude! Yet she was the one who felt guilty about last night's events. That should be him.

"I am sorry Ro—mmmmm" Starfire began to speak just as Robin leaned forward to kiss her. It was at that time that Robin truly realized how much he loved the amazing woman he held in his arms. Starfire had wanted to protect him and he treated her like dirt last night. This would make up for it.

So there they stood, in the sweaty, smelly gym. They were two teenagers who had finally found the love that had been missing for so long.

Their kiss could have gone on forever; time might have stopped for all I know. Robin and Starfire were wrapped around one another with their eyes closed and lips pressed. Their kiss wasn't sloppy and lustful like the kind that is seen too often these days. But instead a kiss that was pure and full of emotion.

Beast Boy unexpectedly sped into the gym. "Robin there's some one on the video phone for—oh" He had spotted the two love birds. "Um, I'll come back later." Robin and Starfire were too distracted to even notice his presence.

Panting, BB pounded on the elevator button to take him upstairs. When the doors opened Cyborg was standing there.

"Is Robin coming? The guy on the phone is pretty impatient." Cyborg said. "And BB…what are you jumping up and down?" It was true. Beast Boy could barely contain his excitement.

"STARFIRE AND ROBIN ARE KISSING!" He blurted out.

"What! Twenty minutes ago Starfire wasn't even on talking terms with him."

"Come and see for yourself!" Beast Boy grabbed Cy's arm and dragged him towards the gym.

"Oh I'm totally gett'n my camera out." Cyborg was almost as excited as Beast Boy. His right hand quickly transformed into a digital camera.

"Woah I didn't know you had one of those."

"I have a cannon attached to my arm and a camera impresses you." Cyborg sighed.

"Shhhh. They're right here." Beast Boy smiled and pointed to the training room. "What should we do?"

"I vote sneaking." Cyborg and Beast Boy tip-toed behind the weight sets, unseen to the two smoochers.

"FLASH…click." The camera went off. Robin and Starfire broke apart so abruptly that both fell flat on the floor.

"What the hell was that!" Robin had steam coming out of his ears. He stomped up to Beast Boy, the smaller of the two offenders, and gritted his teeth as if he was about to do something he would soon regret.

"YOU HAVE A PHONE CALL!" Beast Boy yelled out in a blink panic. "Cyborg and I were just alerting you about it! It's from um um…what's that guy's name." Beast Boy was speaking fast, clearly regretting his new job as a peeping tom.

"—Bruce Wayne!" Cyborg cut I in.

"Bruce Wayne?" Robin looked astonished. It was as though this news would nock him over faster than the surprise of Beast Boy and Cyborg be audience to his kiss.

"He seemed pretty impatient on the phone." Cyborg continued.

"You mean he's still on the line? How long did you guys expect him to wait?"

"Opps…" Cyborg blushed.

"I gotta get up there." Robin dashed quickly towards the elevator, leaving the other three titans in an uncomfortable setting.

Starfire touched her lips.

OMG! THE END OF CHAPTER 3! It has been wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too long I know. Sorry I haven't written anything …I kinda forgot about the story. But now that I'm back I intend to finish what I started. Anyway, about the story…I know the kiss between Star and Robin was a little unexpected (not the mention long ). I didn't even intend to make it happen this early it the book. It just did. Hope you like where the story is going!