Just got back from my little trip around China, it was OODLES of fun! I haven't really been planning out this fanfic so far, just writing whatever struck me, so for the past couple days I've been trying to reorganize a bit. Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Please don't sue me.

Humming happily, Starfire flew into the Titan's main room that night beaming. Beast Boy was the only one there, lounging indolently on the couch and watching TV.

"Hey Star! Where've you been? And why do you look like a cat that's got the cream?" To punctuate his point, he transformed into a tiny, fluffy cat.

"What? I do not understand. A cat…that's got the cream…Oh! I have been in town with a friend, and it was a most enjoyable experience. Where is Raven?" said Starfire.

Beast Boy idly flipped through a couple channels, then responded, "Dunno. She didn't come down for dinner, either." His expression suddenly changed. "You don't think she's sick or anything, do you? I mean, she's okay, right?" Beast Boy was now sitting bolt upright in fear.

Starfire laughed. "I am assured that our friend is not unhealthy and very much okay. I will go find her now."

Raven, having finished frenziedly modeling her new clothes in the privacy of her dark bedroom, was now calmly folding them and hanging them up when she heard a knock.

"Raven, may I come in?" said Starfire, her voice muffled by the thick metal door.

The door slid open in response. "How was your date?" asked Raven tonelessly.

"Date? Is that not what two people who like each other very much in a romantic sense do? I was just meeting with my friend Mark."

"Right. How was your meeting with your friend Mark?" Raven reiterated.

Starfire did a little hop-skip of joy. "It was glorious. I have never had such a wonderful day. We drank coffee, and went to the movie theatre, and ate a restaurant that served a most interesting food called wasabi! And Mark is very handsome." A light blush settled on her cheeks. Even more handsome than Robin, she thought.

"That's fantastic. Now go to sleep." After all that…normal-ness she displayed today, all she wanted was to meditate and get back into her usual mood.

Not catching her friend's sarcasm, Starfire nodded enthusiastically, hugged her quickly, and flew off down the corridor.

When she entered her room, she noticed her Mac beeping. I wonder what is wrong.

She nearly squealed in delight when she sat down and looked at the screen. It was an IM from Mark! He wanted to see her again!

Typing quickly, Starfire scheduled one for the next week, knowing that she had training, charity events, and other activities with the Titans. She signed off, glowing with happiness.

Sleep that night came easily and filled with dreams of dark brown eyes.

Robin smiled to himself. All the Titans were doing excellently during their training this morning. He had beaten his best time on the acrobatics course by over 3 seconds. Beast Boy was improving his reaction time and transformation reflexes every day with the simulator he and Cyborg designed. Cyborg had absolutely hammered the training course on the highest level. Raven had been meditating in the corner the entire time, but was now practicing moves with Cyborg and Beast Boy. And Starfire…

She'd been amazing. Her flying was superb, her starbolts large and accurate, her eyebeams under complete control. In fact, Robin had never seen her do better during training, or even during a battle. As she dropped down to the ground, he went over and congratulated her. "Hey Star, you were great today! This is the best I have ever seen. What makes today special?"

Starfire smiled. It was three days after her…date…and she was still elated from it. "I met a b—"

Her words were cut off by the alarm. Robin was already running to their central computer. "Alright Titans, we have a break-in at the Stephanie's and Co. on Main Street. It's…" he trailed off.

The Titans all stared at the picture on the wall. "MOJO JOJO?" they exclaimed in unison.

"Uh…dude, he's the Powerpuff monkey man," Beast Boy said helpfully.

Cyborg laughed. "Well, whatever he's doing out of Townsville, we're gonna kick some bootay!

In the end, it wasn't Mojo Jojo, but the local genius monkey who couldn't think of a more original name. He had taken most of the jewelry and the signature Stephanie's tags, but didn't get very far.

Still laughing about their easy battle with a deranged primate, the Titans decided on spending the evening just hanging out.

Robin was teaching Starfire how to bake cookies. During his time at Wayne Manor, Alfred had taught Batman's protégé a number of useful skills, making a mean chocolate chip cookie being one of them.

Starfire loved working in the kitchen, even more so when people actually liked her end result. Plus, Robin was a great teacher, explaining everything patiently to her. When his hand enclosed over hers to show her how to use a whisk, Starfire felt strange. It was like her senses had multiplied right when his gloved hand rested over hers. She could feel the warmth from his body so close to hers, smell his soap, and hear her own rapidly accelerated heartbeat, or was it his?

She wasn't quite glad when he let go of her hand, but she was definitely relieved. So many new sensations overwhelmed her, she decided to excuse herself, saying she was tired, and went to her room.

Robin looked after her in confusion. Had he gotten too close? Oh god, and what was it she said beforethat stupid monkey thing...She met a b-something. Bird, Batman, boy…She met a boy. He made her that happy. Not me.. He finished baking the cookies almost mechanically, then retreated to the training room to beat the crap out of a punching bag he affectionately named "that bastard."

Starfire drifted slowly down the hall to her room, thinking furiously. Robin had affected her in a way she had never felt before. She shivered slightly, thinking of the innocent touch of his hand. She thought back to their conversation when they were stranded on that planet, and felt warmer inside. She remembered the sudden jealousy she had toward Kitten when Robin had to be her date. There was that word again. Had she referred to Mark as her date earlier? Did she like him in that way? She couldn't remember.

Reaching her room, Starfire didn't even turn on the light. She just flung herself onto her bed, ready to go to sleep and dream peacefully. Her happiness hadn't left her, but she was very confused. Imagine her state of mind when she heard a voice coming from the shadows.

"Hey there, princess. You miss me?"

Starfire jumped up, eyes glowing and starbolts ready. "Who's there?" Even as she asked the question, she knew who was there before he stepped out of the corner to face her.

It was Red X, looking like a cat that's got the cream, thought Starfire warily as her eyes lost their green glow. Her hands didn't go down though. "What do you want, Red X?"

"Why, I just wanted to come visit, Starfire." Her name on his lips made her shiver. "Since the last time I saw you we didn't really get to talk, I decided to drop in."

"What makes you think you have the right to break into my home?" Starfire demanded, getting slightly angry.

Red X widened his eyes in an attempt to look innocent. "You seriously don't want me here? I was under the impression that you rather enjoyed my company."

"That was one evening. Since then, your behavior has caused me to forget any good you displayed then."

He winced. Harsh, but true. "I'll be good, I promise. May I sit down?" he gestured toward the round bed.

Starfire looked around hesitantly, trying to think of a way to get out of this. "All right," she replied, sitting down as far as she could from him on the bed. "Well, what do you want to talk about?"

She is so trusting, so innocent…Red X couldn't tear his eyes away from the alien girl. He cleared his throat uncomfortably. He seemed like a completely different person from the smooth-talking badboy he had been a few seconds before. "Starfire…"

There it was. He said her name like that again. She studied him intently. He was looking at her. Their gazes locked, and Starfire couldn't bring herself to look away.

"Ever since I first saw you, I knew you were special." Dammit, I had a whole speech planned out. Now is not the time to use clichés. He tried a different tack.

"Has anybody ever told you how beautiful you are? How amazing?" Okay, that sounded weird too, Red X thought furiously to himself.

In fact, only one person had, and that was Red X himself. Starfire felt a blush coming on. The boy facing her seemed to be getting embarrassed as well.

"Uh…well…look babe, I just can't get you out of my head. Everything I do, I do with you in mind. You're the girl in my dreams. You're the only person that I want approval from, Starfire." With that off his mind, in a sudden and confident movement, Starfire found herself very, very close to Red X.

He seemed to want a hug, but why was his face moving closer to hers? This wasn't the way it was in movies. Nobody had a mask on, for sure, and both were willing! She struggled to get out of his grip, but he wouldn't let go.

"Come on, princess, just one," he said in almost a growl.

Starfire was frightened by the sudden character change. How had the criminal turned into the awkward boy and then morphed into an attacker? The arms encircling her body were locked together and hard as steel. She would surely cause him serious harm if she tried to force out of his grasp.

What is wrong with me? I should be glad to cause injury to this evil person. This line of thought didn't comfort her at all. Still evading Red X's searching face, she brought her knee up hard.

The move Robin had taught her worked very well. Red X immediately crumpled into a heap on the ground, clutching his more sensitive body parts. He barely managed a groan before reaching out a hand to grab Starfire's ankle.

Getting increasingly angry at the would-be Romeo groveling unwillingly at her feet, Starfire sent an eye beam in the general direction of his head. The close proximity guaranteed that his mask would be melted. In Starfire's anger, it had also set his hair on fire.

This effectively had him standing again, though with a limp. "Princess, baby…through all this, I still love you. Watch out for me." He half-ran to her window, jumped out, and disappeared.

Starfire sat back down on her bed, breathing hard not from exertion, but fury. With all the thoughts tumbling through her head, she thought she'd never fall asleep. However, not a few minutes after her feet touched her pillow she had already drifted away.

Raven had been the only one to hear all the commotion. She had been walking down the corridor to her own room when she heard voices in Starfire's room. She wouldn't read her mind, of course, but she wasn't above eavesdropping.

Alarm filled her when she realized it was Red X, and he was confessing his love for a Teen Titan. Should I go in and help? Or should I let Starfire have it out with him? Never one to be indecisive, Raven made her decision when she heard Starfire sharply rebuking him. Neither was she worried when she heard sounds of a scuffle; Starfire's Tamaranian abilities would far overpower Red X's. It was only minutes after Red X had left that Raven had dared knock on Starfire's door. She got no answer.

I'm going to talk to her about Red X. But first, I have to tell Robin. She set off in the direction of the training room.

Starfire awoke, rubbing sleep from her eyes blearily. The memories of the last night came crashing down on her. Hoping to receive some comfort from Mark, she turned on her computer. Before she could begin composing an e-mail to him, though, she saw a new one from him in her inbox.

It read:

Dear Starfire,

I'm so sorry, but I'll have to cancel our date for next week. I just found out that I can't go, can we reschedule for later?

It's been really busy for me so I have to go. Sorry!

Yours, Mark

The news shattered Starfire. After all her troubles from the last night, this was the last straw. She started crying, crying over the tangled mess her mind was after being confused, pummeled, and hurt by the three boys in her life.

The first time she had ever used that pillow for her head, it was soaked with tears.

A/N: YAY! I'm finally done with this chapter! Some parts of this were really hard for me to write, but mostly, this one just flowed from my fingers. I want to answer all my reviews right now, but my computer time's restricted and I barely have time left to upload this chapter. Thanks to everybody who did review though! They are seriously the highlight of my day.

Please, any criticism is welcomed to make this fic better.

Love you all oodles,

Sarah