Chapter 2 (Noticing…)
A/N: Ok I'm back from China! Sorry about the "Lime-o confusion, I haven't seen any new episodes for a really long time, I have no cable, and the channel that does play it plays it early in the morning, and they are usually reruns. So opps! Thank you to my 2 reviewers: starangel4eva, and StarSoSweet! I'm back from China, and I finally finished "Oh, Right, Courage", so I decided to start trying to finish some other stories too, so I'm going to shut up typing and actually write this chapter now…
Star hadn't noticed that change in how people treated her until that dinner; actually it was the dinner that started the whole dilemma, which you don't even know yet, all with a waitress's mistake….
Star walked in enjoying the beautiful restaurant and how grown up it looked. She smiled feeling nice to feel so sophisticated, Star looked around and noticed lots of boys eyes were straying from their dates and over to her, she blushed and looked away, she only had eyes for Robin… and that cute boy sitting by the window, no just Robin actually…
She had been so excited about the whole thing she had somehow gotten in the restaurant first; she found it kind of intimidating to be on her own. The waitresses were all giving her strange looks, which gave her a feeling that she didn't belong there. She immediately wished Robin was with her, she always felt safer with Robin by her side. She didn't notice a waitress approach her, "Sweetie, are you lost?" "No, I am waiting for my friends…", said Star nervously looking behind her, at the door. It was interesting how she got treated different out of her usual uniform… "Honey, where are your parents?" "I am waiting for my friends", Star repeated confused by a simple question. Questions confused her, and one question usually lead to another and another, leaving her lost in a world of confusion. Now the waitress was figuring another question in her mind, one that Star probably wouldn't know how to answer. Star wished she had walked in with her friends…
An uncomfortable second later, Robin walked through the door. "Robin!" Star immediately bolted to his side hiding slightly behind him, avoiding the waitress as best she could. "Star are you ok? What happened?" "I do not know… Robin what does 'Sweetie' mean?" Robin stopped so suddenly that Star almost ran into him, "Who called you sweetie." Jealously and anger raged calmly through his voice. Star noticed the odd tone but answered calmly back, "The waitress…" "Oh…" Robin scolded himself for jumping to conclusions. "And what does 'honey' mean?" As the rest of the team filed in, Robin found he couldn't find the words to describe what it meant so he simply said, "I'll explain it later." Star still felt slightly confused but she felt safer, protected when she was surrounded by her friends. She was sure they could protect her from the waitress. Odd, she was actually more scared by the waitress than she was of Slade, at least Slade didn't ask questions… But that was because he usually knew the answers…
The 'scary waitress' sat them at there seats and handed them their menus, and sent over a guy to fill their water… Was it just Star or was her glass for water smaller than the others? Maybe she was imagining things... Star looked uncertainly at Robin who was sitting right next to her, "It'll be fine Star just order, the waitress is here to SERVE you, she won't eat you or anything, I promise." Star smiled at Robin, and laughed under her breath even though she didn't quite get the joke. Then she looked at her menu; somehow it looked different to her. She stole a quick glance at Robin's menu, his was defiantly different. "Star what are you going to order?" "I am not yet sure, Robin, who is Mac? And why are we eating him with cheese?" "Mac and Cheese?" Robin looked at Star's menu; it was a kid's menu… Ages 12 and under. (Now I have no clue how old they are but the are definitely older than 12, agreed?) "I think there's been a mistake… Here Star borrow my menu…" After glance Star decided to stick with the Spaghetti with tomato sauce, which happened to be on the kids meal as well.
When the waitress came by to take their orders, she put some crayons on the table as well. Star didn't pay the crayons a second glance but Raven noticed, and so did everyone else. As soon as the SW (scary waitress) left the cup and crayons turned black and sank straight the table. Everyone glanced at Raven, "What? It's not like you were going to use them." Beast Boy looked at his feet," Well…." "Beast Boy, this is a FANCY restaurant, why the heck are we getting crayons? We aren't kids anymore." Robin's eyes shifted to Star's menu, there was a coloring page on the back. He didn't say anything. Star didn't say anything. Nobody said anything. Then SW (scary waitress) came back with bread…and STICKERS (!) Which she gave to Star, Star not knowing what they were, took them anyway. SW (scary waitress) walked away leaving Star to stare at her stickers. "What is her problem?" Mumbled Raven. "Robin what are these.. 'Stickers?'" "Umm never mind Star, they're for little girls." Star looked away from Robin and at the stickers, she felt receiving them had somehow demeaned her. And still she didn't know what 'honey' and 'sweetie' meant, but they had made Robin mad, so they couldn't be good…
After what seemed like an eternity of waiting SW (scary waitress) finally came back with their food. Beast Boy actually looked like he was going to drool as they set the flavored Tofu down in front of him. Cyborg attacked his meat. Raven calmly sipped her tea… Star looked at her food. She paused starring at the bright plate it was in. Scary waitress patted her on the head, and then walked off. The plate was odd, but then she saw her drink. In a bright plastic cup with a straw, and a lid. She had gotten the KIDS spaghetti meal. Now she really began to feel young and unimportant, as she watched her friends eat their sophisticated looking food, on their sophisticated looking plates, and sip their drinks casually from their Glasses. She suddenly felt like a little girl, her friends looked and acted so grown up, while she was stuck with…with… 'Sweetie treatment'. She suddenly felt like crying, as she looked down at her bright plastic cup with a lid, luckily her hair fell covering her face. She found she wasn't hungry; she just wanted to go home, to the titan's tower, where nobody treated her differently, and nobody called her sweetie. She managed to look up, even BEAST BOY looked grown up, and sophisticated, and he was YOUNGER than her! Why didn't HE have a lidded cup? Where were HIS stickers? Obviously the waitress thought she was just a little girl. And that's when Star decided it was time for her to grow up.
A/N: Star might get a little out of character, in the next few chapters. And here's the reason I'm writing this… The waitresses ALWAYS do this 'sweetie treatment' on me. And I got one of those cups with lids at one place, asked if I wanted a kids menu, and almost got stickers as well! I'm very ready to say, "Excuse me I'm a freshman now, I wear make-up, I have a boyfriend, no I do NOT need a kids menu." But that would be rude, so I don't. And don't worry this IS a Star, Robin Fic… I'm working on it…