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Chapter Eight: Dating and Deals

Starfire sat on the bed in her room, looking up at the stars on her ceiling. She smiled faintly as the face she was always reminded of with the shinning dots appeared in her mind. He had been so nice and helpful when she wanted to paint it. She remembered that her love didn't really want to help, but he did supply the paint and a step ladder. Raven and Cyborg definitely didn't want to help, so that only left her favorite changeling.

Her favorite changeling. Star closed her eyes and sighed almost dreamily

He was now standing in her doorway.

"Star? You okay? I mean besides the whole Robin being 'evil' thing." Her eyes shot open and she looked at him, breaking into a grin.

"Friend Beast Boy! I was only doing the reflecting on the painting of my ceiling that you assisted me with."

"Oh yeah, that was a lot of fun." He smiled at her in return. "Well, glad to see you're doing better…" He started to turn away when Starfire suddenly said,

"Beast Boy!" He stopped and turned to look back at her.

"Yeah?"

"Would you…would you like accompany to the park this evening? Just us if you would not mind. Must I perform the requesting of please?" Beast Boy stared at her a moment as she gave a dazzling, charming smile.

"Um…I…uh, sure Star," he stuttered, shifting uncomfortably a bit. Starfire jumped to her feet.

"Oh great joy! I must go prepare!" She disappeared into her room's bathroom and Beast Boy watched the closed door for a moment before stepping out of her room and letting the entrance slide shut. He stood a moment before slapping his forehead.

"Shoot! How do I get myself into these things! Robin is going to kill me!"

"Why is he going to kill you?" asked Raven, appearing next to the green furry member of the Titans. He sighed heavily.

"I just agreed to go to the park with Starfire tonight."

"Okay. What's the problem then?"

"I think…she seemed to be emphasizing the part where it's 'just us'."

"Oh," replied Raven, frowning slightly. Beast Boy looked at her like a scared bunny rabbit.

"I couldn't turn her down."

"Well…we could use this to our advantage. You can keep her from killing Robin, while we try to figure out a good memory to recreate and fix everything with."

"Except the emotional scars…" muttered Beast Boy.

"Oh, Star and Robin will be fine."

"I meant mine…" Raven rolled her eyes, but there was a twinkle behind her annoyed expression as Beast Boy continued, "The trick will be getting Robin to agree…I don't think he really wants me to be alone with Starfire at all."

"Are we required to tell him that you two are going on a sort of…date?" the last word came out a little slower than the rest, but the goth managed it. Beast Boy stared at her silently a moment, a pondering look on his face.

"Um…hm. Guess not. But…Rae…are you okay with the whole…'date' cover?"

The empath hesitated before nodding her head.

"Yeah, it's okay. It's not a real date."

"Who's going on a date?" asked a voice from their left. Turning they were met with the masked eyes of Robin. They looked back at him, stupefied, when Beast Boy suddenly said.

"Raven and I. But she said it's not a real date." He blurted out. Raven glanced at him with surprise, as did Robin.

"You two? That's cool." He grinned, "Finally. Have fun you guys!" Then he continued down the hall as Beast Boy turned red and looked at the floor nervously.

"Uh…sorry Rae, I had to come up with something beside Star and I going somewhere."

"T-that's okay." Stuttered Raven, most likely for the first time in her life." It was a good cover…" Beast Boy suddenly looked up, directly at her.

"Just…to let you know…it…doesn't have to be a cover…if you don't want…" He blushed darker and Raven turned a faint pink.

"Beast Boy! Are you ready for our walk?" asked Starfire, interrupting the moment abruptly. The other two spun to face her in surprise. Raven looked embarrassed, but slightly annoyed while Beast Boy looked sheepish and scared.

"Um…yeah, I guess I am." He replied and Raven frowned, but nodded when he looked at her questioningly. Starfire snatched his arm and practically forced him out of the Tower.

Robin thought about what Raven had told him when she returned from finding out information on the knife. He seriously regretted having not told Starfire how his felt now. He knew he loved her. He wasn't sure if she felt the same way, but it looked like he might never know how she had truly felt. He was racking his brain for some memory that was 'potent' enough to trigger Star to finally remember him. And he was doing a pretty sucky job so far.

"Maybe…if I just try to talk to her again." He headed off to find her, with hope in his heart.

There was no answer when he knocked on her door and he frowned, wondering where she could be. Wandering into the kitchen, he came across Raven in the hallway, her nose in a book.

"You think you should sit down with that? I mean, how do you see where you're going?" he asked and the girl looked up.

"I didn't run into you did I?" she questioned and he shook his head, "See? I don't need to sit down. And you don't need to constantly boss people around, Boy Blunder."

"Have you seen Star?"

"Ah." Her eyes flickered slightly and she lowered her book, causing Robin to raise an eyebrow.

"'Ah' what?"

"She's…out."

"Out where?"

"At the park I think…" murmured the goth unsurely.

"Okay then. Thanks Raven." He turned to leave when Raven jumped forward and grabbed his shoulder shouting,

"Wait!" The masked boy turned and stared at her in surprise.

"Um…is there a problem?"

"She wants to be alone. She needs to be alone. You should let her be alone." Said Raven in a rush.

"Okay…you're acting a bit peculiar Raven. Something you want to tell me?" he asked suspiciously.

"Yes." She responded without thinking.

"Go ahead."

"I…I…Star-…Beast Boy…" stuttered Raven, her eyes wide as her thoughts flew about. She was never nervous like this. What was her problem? She didn't really care if Robin got jealous right? Right. But she did care if the Boy Wonder would want to hurt the green changeling…

"What about Beast Boy?" demanded Robin, his eyes darkening.

"I think I like Beast Boy." Raven blurted out. The approaching fury disappeared from Robin's face, replacement by amusement.

"Oh? Well then. I'm not really surprised. Didn't he say you guys had a date earlier? I thought that you two would be on it right now."

"Um. Yes. It's not until…later. But…it was just supposed to be a friendly thing. I am not very good with these emotional things."
"Not to be mean, Raven, but you're talking to the wrong person. I suck at emotional stuff too. I mean, look what's going on with Starfire. I can't think of a good 'potent' memory…"

"Maybe…you'll help me if I help you?" asked Raven without thinking again. She paused as Robin gaped at her. Then she smiled slightly. It actually sounded like a good plan. "Yes. I'll help you find a good memory to recreate, and help you recreate it, if you help me…with Beast Boy."

"How am I supposed to do that?"

"I'm not sure yet, but I'll think of something. Deal?" she prodded. He pondered a moment before nodding slowly.

"Alright…" he extended his hand. "You have yourself a deal." Raven shook it quickly, then lifted her book again.

"Okay. See you later." Then she made her way down the hallway towards her room. Robin stared after her before sighing and shaking his head.

"Well…I hope she doesn't ask me to do anything strange." Then he went into the kitchen to hunt down some food.

Starfire had finally stopped half dragging Beast Boy when they reached the park. She was now walking down the sidewalk next to the green furry one, holding his arm lightly. He allowed it, though he was striding along a tad stiffly and glancing around frequently, as if a certain caped Titan would jump from the shadows.

"Is it not a beautiful night?" asked the Tameranean, gathering Beast Boy's wandering attention with her luminous eyes. He smiled in return.

"Yeah. It's pretty…" He could trust Raven to make sure Robin didn't show up. He should just enjoy this. Well, not too much…but…why couldn't he? Starfire moved closer, tightening her grip on his arm. He looked down at her and smiled again. This wasn't so bad.

"Hey, Beast Boy! Long time no see! Looking good!" came a familiar voice and they looked up to see Speedy grinning at them. Starfire tilted her head.

"Who are you?" Beast Boy eyes widened in terror.

"Oh. Speedy. Hi. Starfire, this is Speedy. Uh…Cyborg, Robin, and I met him at that virtual battle thing…" Starfire nodded, wrinkling her nose with the memory.

"Greetings Speedy. I am Starfire."

"Now I know who you are. When Robin made some of us honorary Titans, I did some research on you guys. You aren't from Earth, right?"

"I am from Tameran." She replied, beaming at him.

"Cool. So, I didn't know you guys were together. I was actually on my way to your tower to crash for a couple nights, if I could. I have some business-type stuff here and hoped you guys could save me some motel bills."

Beast Boy tried to shove to absolute fear from his body before replying shakily.

"Sure dude. No problem. Lots of room in the tower. Right, Star?"

"Oh Yes." She smiled at Speedy again, and he grinned back at her. "Why do we not walk back with Speedy, Beast Boy?" she asked; her eyes still on the red haired male. Beast Boy gulped.

"Um…okay…"

They made their way back to the Titans' Tower as Speedy chattered about his recent exploits. Starfire listened attentively as Beast Boy tried to think of a way out of Robin slaughtering him. Though by the time they reached the tower, Star had let go of Beast Boy and was walking closer to Speedy. Of that the changeling was grateful for, though he was nervous about the sparkling looks she was giving the honorary member of the Titans. If that kept up, Speedy would certainly not be welcomed into the tower by a certain masked male.

When they entered the building, Starfire called out joyously,

"Hello! We have returned!"

Unfortunately, Robin was the first to make an appearance.

"We?" he looked at Beast Boy and Speedy suspiciously, though mostly Beast Boy. "I thought you were at the park by yourself." She glared at Robin and didn't respond. Beast Boy gave an attempt at a smile.

"Um, yeah. So, Speedy was wondering if he could stay here for awhile. He sort of…appeared out of nowhere?" The aforementioned hero extended his hand to Robin.

"Hey, long time no see. Would you mind if I spent a couple nights here? I wanted to avoid spending money on a hotel or temporary apartment."

"Um…sure." Responded Robin hesitantly. "Um…Starfire, why don't you show Speedy to a spare room."

"I will do so to be polite, no because you have ordered me to." She sniffed, walking away with Speedy who gave Robin a questioning look. Beast Boy tried to edge away but the leader of the Titans fixed him with a piercing stare.

"Stop right there. What is going on? I was under the impression Starfire had gone to the park on her own."

"Well…she asked me to go…and…Raven said it would be a good chance for me to try and figure out a memory. I was just going to ask her about her memories of you when Speedy interrupted us. Nothing happened."

"That sounds familiar. Is it another lie?"

"It wasn't a lie the first time!"

"Oh, so it's a lie now!"

"No! You need to stop being so jealously possessive!" Beast Boy yelled back, surprising himself as well as Robin.

"…Then stop giving me reason to be. So I'm assuming your date with Raven was just a cover? That explains her strangeness earlier."

"No. We are going on a date." Came Raven's voice and both men turned to see her standing in the doorway, frowning at them. "You need to stop jumping to conclusions Robin, Beast Boy was merely trying to help you. I asked him to. I told him not to tell you because I figured you would react in the way you have."

"Beast Boy help me?"

"We are going on a date?"

"Yes. Now, I think you two need some time away from each other. Beast Boy, go join Cyborg in playing whatever violent video game has possessed him now, and Robin, perhaps you should work out some of your frustrations in the training room."

"Okay!" replied Beast Boy happily.

"Fine," Gritted out Robin. They both went to their respective "time-outs" as Raven nodded in satisfaction.

"Problem solved. I should get paid for this." Then she returned to her room.

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Starfire was wandering the halls, having gotten Speedy settled in and him having asked if she could let him get some rest. She stopped at a partially open door, hearing grunts and shouts, coupled with the occasional curse word. She entered slowly and stopped, for two reasons. First of all, Robin was in there, shirtless, hitting a punching bag relentlessly. Second of all, she had been hit with the strongest sense of déjà vu. She crept closer to the scene of violence, her head tilted with puzzlement. Stopping near Robin, she was about to ask him what he was doing when he spun around, about to kick her.

"Oh!" he said, stopping immediately. "Sorry. I thought you were Beast Boy or something." She stared at him, her eyes having a strange light to them. "Starfire? Are you okay?" Her eyelids fluttered as a similar scene came to her.

His foot was raised, knee bent and about to collide with the green-eyed girl's stitched stomach. He froze about an inch from the injury and looked at the alien wide-eyed.

"Starfire. What are you doing here? Why didn't you say something? I could have hurt you!" He dropped his leg immediately and stepped closer. Starfire bit her lip.

"I am sorry. I was going to cough to alert you of my presence…I did not wish to disturb you but…it seems that you have not quite actually done the given of for with Beast Boy." Robin frowned slightly.

"No. I haven't forgiven BB." Starfire was surprised at how easily he just said that about his friend.

"But…Robin, Beast Boy did not do what you suspect of him."

"Yes he did." gritted out the leader of the Titans savagely.

"He did not try to 'do anything' with me! I promise you! I just fell!" She said, getting a bit angry. Robin blinked at her in surprise.

"Robin…" she murmured and he looked at her in astonishment.

"Star?"

"I just…remembered something. I believe. I am not entirely sure."

"Tell me about it…" replied Robin, moving closer to her. She didn't protest as she explained her memory. He smiled when she was done. "Oh. That was about…five days ago I think."

"It truly happened?"

"Oh yeah. You practically begged me not to be mad at Beast Boy. It was cute, really."

"You…talked a lot about trust…"

"Yeah." He took the opportunity to put his arms around her and she accepted it, leaning against him slightly.

"Do you…still trust me? Even after I have tried to avenge my-"

"Yes. I…really like you Star…nothing can change that."

"I am…not sure how I feel about you. It is very difficult with all of these conflicting memories. But I am starting to believe that you did not kill my love…"

"Yes. I didn't."

"Perhaps someone else did…"

He sighed. He wouldn't respond to that now…At least she wasn't trying to shoot him anymore. The rest could wait.