Chapter 9- A Second Date with Destiny
"Uh…Starfire," Raven called knocking at her door. "Starfire I need to talk to you." The door slid open.
"What is it friend Raven," Starfire asked standing in the doorway.
"Can you help me with something," she paused and an irritated look came across her face. "…in my room."
Starfire looked at her strangely. "What is this thing that you are requesting me to help you with?"
Raven looked around, trying to think of something to make up. "Uh…a new…meditation technique," she said gazing at the floor.
"Glorious," Starfire said with a smile on her face. "I shall join you then!"
The two walked off through the corridor and headed for Raven's quarters, while Beast Boy and Cyborg hurried into Starfire's bedroom before the door could close as they left.
The two leaned against the wall gasping for air after their mad dash for the room. "Next—time—"Cyborg said. "We—wait—till—she's—gone!"
Beast Boy looked up at him with his tongue hanging out of his mouth and dropped the bag he was carrying on the floor next to him. "There won't be—"he panted. "A next time."
Cyborg pushed himself off the wall and picked the bag up next to Beast Boy. "Alright," he took in a breath. "Lets get this over with."
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Robin looked down at the flyer in his hand. "The 9th Annual Jump City Ball," the title read. "Bring that EXTRA-SPECIAL someone." He skimmed through the information presented about the Broadmoor and looked for the date and time of the event. "Next Saturday starting 9 P.M., tickets on sale now!" He looked up from the paper and processed this information. "It sure would be a nice thing to take Starfire to," Robin thought to himself. "But…I'm still kinda upset with her…and she's kinda still upset with me. What if she doesn't feel the same way about you though? What if you've been reading things from her the wrong way this entire time? What if—"his train of thought was broken as something popped in the living-room. He looked around trying to figure out what it was, then static began forming on the T.V. screen. A wave of white went across it then turned black and presented a blinking green square in the upper-left hand corner.
Robin glared at the monitor with narrow eyes. "Deathstroke," he said as he got up from his seat and headed over towards the television.
"Hello Robin," the screen read. "How nice to see you again."
He picked up the controller and typed in his response. "You have a knack for calling me at the wrong times," he wrote angrily.
"My apologies Robin," it returned.
Robin paused. "What do you have for me this time," he asked.
"Oh nothing really, I just thought I'd merely check up on you." There was a lapse in Deathstroke's answer. "Seeing as to how long it's been since we last spoke."
Robin quickly grew tiresome of his game. "Look I don't have time for this," he keyed in.
"Ya know for a boy who's getting helpful information from a loyal friend," he stopped. "You are most ungrateful."
Robin took in a deep breath and calmed himself down. "Look, I'm sorry alright."
"Ruff week," Deathstroke asked.
"Yeah," Robin replied.
"Were you able to handle Johnny Rancid?"
"Yeah"
"I see," Deathstroke paused again. "Well Robin, until next time—"
"Wait," Robin interrupted.
He stopped.
"Listen Deathstroke," he typed in. "Where do you come up with all these leads," he asked intuitively.
Nothing happened. The blinking green square remained still and Robin sighed, figuring his anonymous supplier of intelligence had severed their connection.
"Deathstroke," he wrote but nothing happened. "Deathstroke…Deathstroke are you there?"
Suddenly a message appeared. He gasped slightly under his breath from the letters and words that formed across the screen and his mouth dropped open in bewilderment. He starred blankly at the message which now read:
"STOP CALLING ME THAT!"
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"Raven, is it really necessary for me to balance such large books of text on my head while standing on one foot and holding these replicas of birds made from stone," Starfire asked curiously trying to maintain her balance.
Raven got off of her bed. "Uh…yeah, um…it's good for your brain, you'll be…able to concentrate more."
Starfire looked strangely at her. "GLORIOUS," she upraised. "I shall continue the meditation! Azerath, metrion, zinthose," she began chanting with a look of determination on her face.
A knock came at the door and Raven went to go answer it, hoping it was Beast Boy and/or Cyborg letting her know they were done with their little "operation." It was Beast Boy.
"She in there," he whispered to her.
"Yes," Raven answered dryly.
"Okay, well, we're done so—"Raven went back in the room before he could finish his sentence.
"Alright Starfire," said Raven. "I think that's enough meditation for one day, why don't you go make yourself useful somewhere else."
"But I wish to continue the meditation," Starfire said with a sad puppy face.
"Please Starfire," Raven said getting frustrated with her. "Get out!"
Starfire dropped the books and statues and headed out the door, a look of disappointment now across her face. She sighed as she exited the room and the familiar feeling of loneliness came across her again as she now had no one to spend time with. Feeling somewhat defeated, she made her way back to her quarters with her arms drooped forward and her head hung low. The door slid open and she looked up slightly to find something resting on her bed. She strolled curiously over to it and discovered a piece of paper along with a dark red flower. She picked the rose up, having no clue what-so-ever as to what this strange plant was and put it up to her nose. She inhaled the sweet aroma and let out a sigh, enjoying the pleasant smell as the flower tickled her nose and made her giggle. She picked the note up and began reading it.
"Dear Starfire," it read.
"I'm sorry for acting like a jerk the other night, and I didn't mean to hurt you. Please, I want to talk to you about everything that happened and I was hoping you'd meet me on the roof tonight.
-Robin"
She put the rose up to her face again and drew in the pleasant fragrance once more as it tickled her nose. She cradled the delicate flower in her hands and spun around the room twirling her hair and giggling like a school girl, happy that she and the boy of her dreams were going to work things out.
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Robin sighed as he entered his room feeling a lack of confidence in himself for not having figured out who Deathstroke was, or, now why he didn't want to be called that anymore. He looked up from the carpet of his room and noticed something lying peaceably on his mattress. He went over to his bed with an inquisitive expression on his face and found that it was a note written supposedly by Starfire.
"Dear Robin," it read.
"I dount want to be fihting anymore." He looked up from the piece of paper with an ambiguous look on his face as a question mark appeared above his head then continued reading. "It has been a long time since we lasted talked to eachuther and I miss U. Please meat me on the roof twonight so I can apollowjize.
-Starfire."
He wasn't sure of what to think of the letter as he held it in his hands and skimmed through it one more time. The spelling and grammar was terrible and it had several lines scratched out in different places as if it took her a long time to figure out how to spell certain words or how to say something the right way. He didn't really care about that though, he felt as though a huge weight had just been lifted off his shoulders while he held the letter in his hand. A smile formed across his face and he rested himself on his bed and let himself fall back. He closed his eyes and this time, thought about the girl of his dreams in a much more positive light.
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The clock struck four and everyone began piling into the living-room. Cyborg and Beast Boy were already duking it out on the Gamestation, Raven was reading her book, and Robin was just now entering the room. The three Titans sitting on the couch immediately looked up at him and notice his some-what more confident posture that he lacked for the last few days as he sauntered his way into the living room and headed for the kitchen. He began pulling dishes and cups out of the cabinets as well as forks and knives from the drawers and began setting the table. Starfire came in now, and her mood seemed to have changed as well as she joined the others. Robin turned to look at her while he set a clean fork and knife down where she normally sat and their eyes met. They starred at each other for only a moment before the two lovers turned bright red and broke the connection with smiles forming across their faces. Starfire made her way into the living-room, but as she came behind Robin, she stopped and looked at him one more time. He turned to face her, and their eyes met once again, but the gaze was short lived as they began blushing and giggled under their breath.
Beast Boy and Cyborg looked at each other trying to hide the huge smirks on their faces and inconspicuously gave each other low-fives behind the couch. Starfire sat down close to Raven and watched Beast Boy and Cyborg play their game while Robin finished setting the table.
"So Cyborg," asked Robin. "What are we doing for supper tonight?"
Cyborg turned and looked at him. "I thought we'd order some take-out if that's alright with everyone?"
"Glorious," Starfire cheered. "I wish to have the rolls of egg, and the beef alongside the broccoli!"
Robin smiled under her remark, something he hadn't done in a while.
"And don't forget the egg noodles and rice," Beast Boy said paying close attention to his game. "Or the chopsticks."
"Or the sweet and sour pork," said Raven looking up briefly from her book.
"Any other special requests Rob," Cyborg asked.
"Sesame Chicken would be nice," he said.
"Alright then," Cyborg pressed a button on his forearm and put his hand, in the shape of a phone, up to his ear and mouth. "Hello, Empire Asian Buffet? I'd like to order some take out please."
Cyborg placed the order and an hour later, a short Chinese guy wearing a yellow rain coat on a bicycle came to the door. Robin went downstairs and paid the wet delivery man then made his way to the elevator with the heavy bangs of food in hand. He stopped abruptly in the middle of the large gallery of the lower level of the tower; he felt as though he were being watched. He heard a noise…it almost sounded like someone whispered his name. He scanned the enormous room as his eyes landed on huge pillars and comfortable chairs that made almost a walkway towards the elevator. He stopped moving and hung his head slightly as he listened closely to his surroundings. "Robin." He heard a voice whisper. "Robin" the voice seemed to say it in a lighter tone this time around. "Robin…I see you." He panicked and quickly dashed for the elevator as the doors began closing behind him. He sighed, and was relieved as it came to the top floor where everyone was located.
"Dinner is served," Robin said with a fake smile trying to hide his fear.
He placed the bags on the counter and began opening up the cartons of food.
Beast Boy looked up at him and said, "Dude, are you okay?"
Robin didn't look at him. "I'm fine, why?"
"Cause you're sweating." Beast Boy raised an eyebrow.
Everyone else in the kitchen looked up at him at different times, making sure he didn't notice, and saw what Beast Boy was talking about as another drop of sweat went down the side of Robin's face. They all sat down at the table and ate away at the wholesome meal of Chinese goodness and once everyone was finished, Beast Boy picked up everyone's plate and started doing the dishes (since it was his turn).
Robin got up from his seat and headed out the door, giving one quick glance back at Starfire before he left. She never really specified a time for them to meet, he thought to himself, what if she were waiting for him to make the first move? Robin considered this heavily as he walked down the long hallway and went into sick bay where he took a shot of Ibuprofen from the bottle and laid it back down on the counter. He walked over by the window and gazed out it noting that the rain had stopped and the clouds were now dissipating over the city. The deteriorating clouds revealed a transparent night sky that faded from a warm orange to a dark blue as the sun began to set. Stars could be seen here and there as well as the full moon that now took the sun's place in the heavens above.
Starfire floated silently outside the entrance of sick bay, contemplating on whether or not to go in and talk to Robin. He had specifically said to meet him on the roof tonight, she thought to herself, but he never said when. She wanted things to work out between them and was afraid she'd screw things up if she didn't show up on time. She decided it would be best if she just waited for him on the roof, and made her way to the staircase that lead to the top of the tower and found a place to sit and wait.
Robin remained fixed in his position with his arms at his side gazing out the window thinking of the future relationship of him and Starfire after tonight. He wanted to ask her out; it's something he's wanted to do for a very long time, but he was so unsure of himself and the feelings Starfire had towards him he didn't know what to do. He looked over at the clock that hung on the wall and wondered when Starfire was expecting him to meet her. He decided that he didn't want to screw things up even more between them and that he'd wait on the roof, all night if he had to, for her. He took in a deep breath, swallowed his pride and made his way to the staircase that leads to the roof.
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"OW CYBORG, would you quit moving around so much," Beast Boy yelled at him as he began sweating profusely. "Why do I have to hold you up! Why can't I see!"
"Because you didn't come up with the plan Genius," Cyborg said with a grin on his face as he made himself more comfortable on Beast Boy's shoulders.
"Boys," said Raven blowing her hair out of her eye as she sat at the base of the tower levitating her friends so they could ease-drop on Robin and Starfire.
"Hey Raven," Cyborg called down to her. "Can you get us just a little closer!"
"That's all the help you're getting from me for the rest of the night," she said harshly as she crossed her legs. "You two can figure the rest out on your own." She leaned forward and rested her chin on her hand and listened to them argue.
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Starfire sat on the roof with her legs drawn in towards her chest and her arms wrapped around her legs. She rested her head on her knees and sighed, wishing Robin would show up soon. The sun had almost fully set now, and there was only a small patch of orange light that hung over the ocean as Starfire looked off into the distance. She got to her feet and strolled a short distance around the roof, growing impatient over Robin's absence. She sighed, then stood over by the edge and wrapped her hand around her upper arm and let it hang as she slouched slightly. She looked up at the stars that cluttered the night sky like Christmas lights and gazed upon them as a gentle breeze brushed her hair.
Robin finally gathered his courage and opened the door that lead to the roof and immediately laid eyes on the being that occupied the space. He was shocked to find Starfire waiting for him there, but was even more shocked by how majestic she looked gazing upon the stars like a curious child. Her big round eyes reflected the brilliant light of the stars and the moon in the heavens that almost seemed to make her eyes twinkle in the night. The breeze blew her hair back revealing her soft beautiful face that glowed a very light orange from the diminishing sun in the background as she stood there like an angelic statue waiting for the boy of her dreams. Robin paused, not moving an inch as he took in the pleasant sight of Starfire standing there on the roof. He stepped out of the doorway and slowly made his way closer and closer towards her, doing everything he could not to disturb the beautiful creature posing there before him.
"Um…Starfire," Robin finally said.
She turned to look at him as the dull wind blew her hair in her face.
"Robin," she said in her soothing voice as she ran her fingers through her hair and brushed it behind her ear.
Their eyes met, and they gazed at one another for a long while.
"I got your note—"
"I got your note—"
They said simultaneously, now wearing crimson red faces and awkward smiles. They both disregarded the fact that they had no idea what the other one was talking about with getting their "note," but they put that aside and continued gazing at one another.
"Look, Starfire about the other night—"Starfire interrupted him before he could finish.
"Robin, it is I who am truly sorry," she said.
"No Starfire really, I was wrong for blowing up in your face, you were only trying to help me and…I'm sorry."
She giggled, happy to know he finally understood. "As am I, please forgive me for yelling at you the way I did, it was…most hateful and I did not mean what I said."
Robin grinned and chuckled slightly, then embraced her in a warm hug. "I forgive you Star."
Their bodies met and every hair on Starfire's being stood on edge as she almost fell into a trace in Robin's arms. She snapped out of it and quickly returned the gesture.
"Oh Robin," she cheered as she wrapped her arms around him and nearly squeezed the life out of him. "I wish for us to never fight again!"
"Yeah," he said in a choking voice gasping for air. "Me—too…"
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"Dude what's going on up there," Beast Boy asked as sweat began pouring off his face.
"They made up, and now they're hugging each other," Cyborg answered.
"Wait…I think Robin's gonna say something else."
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Starfire loosened her grasp around him and placed her hand on his chest and smiled at him. Robin looked to the side and scratched the back of his neck as a sweat drop went down the side of his face. He was building up the courage to ask her something he wanted to ask her for a very long time and knew there could be potential issues between them and the team if things didn't go the way he hoped they would.
He took in a deep breath and sighed. "Starfire I was thinking," he said now looking at the ground. "Ya know cause there's this—"
She looked at him curiously. "What is it Robin?"
"Well you see…there's this dance coming up next Saturday and uh," his face was now a very dark red.
Starfire's eyes lit up, and she now looked intuitively into his eyes waiting for him to finish the sentence, or as she hoping, the question. "Yes," she said eagerly.
He now realized he had her full attention. "Well…I was wondering if ya know…I mean you don't have to if you don't want to, but—"he paused again.
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"Hey, Cyborg," Beast Boy said still grunting under his weight.
"Quiet BB, I think Rob's finally gonna do it," Cyborg said keeping his eyes fixed on Robin and Starfire.
Overhearing this, Raven couldn't help but be curious as to what he was talking about. Was Robin finally going to ask Starfire out? All of them could see the attraction Robin and Starfire shared, but they never really knew if it would ever blossom into anything. She swallowed her pride and floated up to the edge of the tower and joined Beast Boy and Cyborg as they watched Robin pop the big question.
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"Please Robin, what is it you wish to say," Starfire asked.
Robin looked at her again. "Well Starfire I was wondering if—"he took another deep breath and finally asked. "If you'd wanna go out next weekend, to the dance or something."
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A/N:
Okay guys that's the end of that chapter hope you liked it……………………NOT! HEHEHEHEH, J/K.
Starfire remained motionless as she looked into his eyes and processed all of this information. "You mean…on a date?"
Raven had once told her about the earthly ways of boys asking girls to accompany them for an evening to a special place, when the boy is interested in the girl. She even went to say that sometimes the "dates" would lead to "relationships" and the boys and girls would get "together." She took all of this into consideration and gave little thought to Robin's question itself.
A smile began slowly forming across her face, and her eyes lit up like a score board. "OH YES ROBIN!" She scooped him up in another hug and toppled him to the ground, overwhelmed with happiness and excitement that he had finally asked her out. "I CANNOT WAIT TILL THEN, I AM MOST OVERJOYED!"
"Yeah, me, either," Robin said choking under her grasp.
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"Dude…I can't hold you anymore. Cyborg…I'm going to drop you if you don't get off my back," Beast Boy said as his knees began to buckle.
"SHUT UP BB," Raven and Cyborg yelled simultaneously.
"Well dudes, at least, tell me, what they're doing," Beast Boy grunted.
"Robin just asked Starfire out and now—"Cyborg stopped as a horrified look came across his face as well as Raven's.
"And what now," Beast Boy asked earnestly. "What did she say?"
"Huh, oh um…oooooh, um…I think this is where we need to leave," Cyborg said with a grossed out look now on his face. "Robin and Starfire need some privacy."
"No dude, let me see," Beast Boy shouted.
"No, we're done here," Raven demanded. "Lets go back inside. We shouldn't have been out here in the first place."
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Back inside the tower, and a few hours later, Robin sat alone on a bar stool at the kitchen counter sipping away at some V8 Splash (I LOVE THAT STUFF TOO!), with a smile on his face. Beast Boy entered the living-room and stood by the doorway starring at Robin.
"Um…hey Robin," he asked curiously.
"What is it Beast Boy," he answered.
"So is like…everything between you and Starfire cool now?" A fake smile came across his face trying to hide his insecurity of being alone in the room with him after asking that question.
Robin smiled and looked over at him. "Yes Beast Boy, everything between me and Star is cool." He took another sip of his juice.
"Great," he said, relieved that his life was no longer in jeopardy. "Well I'll see you in the morning then."
"Alright then, Goodnight," Robin said.
"Goodnight." Beast Boy turned and faced the door when Robin called back to him again.
"Oh and Beast Boy," said Robin, a hint of mischief in his voice. "One more thing…"
Beast Boy turned to face him, curious as to what he had to say. Robin Reached in his back pouch pocket and pulled out a birderang. The wings inside the base of the contraption came out like a switch-blade making a sharpening noise as Robin turned to face Beast Boy with a mischievous look on his face.
"Don't isn't spelt with a 'U,' and fighting is spelt with a 'G.'"
Beast Boy's ears drooped and his lips began trembling for he knew they had been caught. He put on a fake smile then made a mad dash for the door in a panic as his life flashed before his eyes. Robin casually threw the birderang at him, and it swooped around Beast Boy's legs; tripping him as he face planted the ground and slid to a halt. The birderang glided across the room and back into Robin's hand.
"Consider that me taking it easy on you," Robin said playfully. "If I weren't in such a good mood right now, I would've done a lot worse."
Beast Boy got up and started out the door, his face throbbing with pain.
"And Beast Boy," Robin called back to him. "You'd better hope Starfire doesn't find out it was you two who wrote those notes."
Beast Boy didn't say another word and left the room with his head hung low, hoping that was the full extent of his punishment for being caught.
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A/N:
You guys had better feel pretty special right now, it's 12 a.m. now and by the time I get done writing the individual review notes, it'll probably be 1 or so by the time I'm done. But anyway, so what did you guys think of the chapter though? A little longer than usual I know but I didn't want to take up another half chapter writing the last park of this. So now that you all know Robin and Starfire are going out on a date, I'm going to try and fit the preparation for the date, the part where they go out to eat, and the actual dance itself within two chapters. I will forewarn you though, these next few chapters may sound lovey-duvy, but there are some…events that will take place that I've anticipated for a VERY long time. I think you'll especially like the dance, I'm really excited about that chapter and I've had something planned for that for a long time now. So what did you guys think of Deathstroke now? I thought I'd throw in that little twist into the jist of things, and I guess I'll go ahead and say that…we won't be hearing from him for a little while, but for good reason (gives evil grin). So yeah, hope you all liked the chapter and I'll start writing the next one tomorrow. Next Chapter: "Furnish the dress, and tighten the tux."
Aries-Raven- I'm glad you thought the Cyborg "inconspicuously" giving Robin the flyer was funny, I enjoyed writing that part of the story and I think it's good to have some comic relief in an otherwise VERY SERIOUS story. My plan between Robin and Starfire, I want to say yes it will/did work out…but when I think about what will happen towards the end…I kinda want to say that it won't but then again…it does…I don't know I'll let you be the judge of that. And you're thing about how you think you know, but you don't; I'm pretty honest in these personal thanks notes, so what I tell you here is pretty much the truth I just make sure I don't give away too many hints or lead you to a certain conclusion. But I love the way you're thinking, and I'm all ears on your opinions and by the way…what's a chappy? Thanks for the comment.
Infamous One- Yes I've seen "Birthmark" now and it TOTALLY changed Slade's character! I like the Slade that was so confident, laid back, and cool that it made him creepy. This one is just scary cause like he can fly n' stuff, and he shoots fireballs from his hands. But what sucks the most though is how he talks now and how he interacts with everyone, and how he answers to like…SATAN or something! Slade doesn't answer to anybody! But to answer your question, I don't know…this new Slade like SERIOUSLY freaked me out which was super cool, but…I REALLY like the ghostly one that plays with your mind. That's what I'm shooting for in this story, the ghostly play with your mind Slade. Thanks for the review.
KaliAnn- Yeah I guess it's pretty obvious it'll work, I mean, come on…it's Robin and Starfire. But I think you'll like it when they go out to dinner and to the dance cause it'll be very Romantic n' everything and there will be some very nice guest appearances there as well I might add. Glad you liked the chapter though, and sorry this kinda took so long.
Van Gordan- Sorry I haven't sent you an email with the specks on the new episode, I've been pretty busy lately with college n' stuff so it's not often that I reply to mail but I'll try and explain as much as I can in here in a minute. So what did you think of Deathstroke though? I mean, he yelled at Robin to stop calling him that, and then Robin started hearing voices in the main lobby of the tower after picking up the Chinese food! Heheheh, I thought I'd throw that twist in, and I wasn't going to have Deathstroke yell at Robin till a later chapter, but after you said you would've liked to have seen another message from him I was like, "alright I'll throw that in." But your sister's theories on Slade, hehehehehe, keep guessing, cause I'm not going reveal anything just yet. But anyways, the new Episode of Teen Titans. Well, I have to ask, what's the last episode you saw, cause tomorrow we're already gonna be 4 shows into the 4th season. But anyway, in "Birthmark," yeah Slade's back and he's TOTALLY DIFFERENT! He has powers now and I'm not too sure how I feel about that, it kinda sucks actually. And the way he makes his entrance, he just kinda…comes out of Hell is really the only way to describe it. But in the episode we find out that it's Raven's destiny/purpose to bring on the destruction of the world, and Slade has teamed up with Trigon and answers to him as "Master," which kinda pissed me off. Slade's now a lap dog, and Slade can't be anyone's lap dog, he's way too cool for that! But yeah, sorry all you got are reruns, if you wanna find out more about the episodes we got here go to http:wf. or . The first site has like bios n' episode guides, it's pretty cool, but yeah, so this has got to be the longest review I've ever written. You'd better feel special! Thanks for reviewin.'
