Chapter 2 (Falling for you.)
Star woke up the next morning and tried to talk her into him Robin, "He must know how I feel about him. Do I what to just be his friend for my whole life? Well, that would not be too bad… No, I must tell him… What if something happens and-" She gave up, " There is… always a tomorrow…?", Star wasn't very convincing, not even to herself. She sighed; but got out of bed, and pulled on her uniform. She really liked her outfit; her favorite colors were purple and green, after all. Her mind began to change topics; except for it did get very cold in the winter….
Meanwhile Robin was in his room lying on his bed, already in his uniform. He was also trying to convince himself to tell her, he could say if fine when she wasn't in the room. But when she was in front of him, with her slim waist, her beautiful eyes, her lovely figure, her personality, just all of her, he couldn't say it. He didn't know why, he just couldn't. "You love her", he reminded himself. He sighed, he wasn't going to get anywhere trying to get anywhere, in fact just in general: he wasn't going to get anywhere, not today at least. He pulled himself off his bed and into the hallway where he came face to face with: Starfire! She was as surprised to see him, as he was to see her, "Oh! Robin…Friend… Erm-Would you-uh…. Care to accompany me to a glorious breakfast?" He scolded himself, for her being more brave then he was, "Be there in a second Star I have to…make my bed…" "Oh, ok…" she walked off, light down the hall. As pretty as Star was, in Robin's eyes she was 10 times prettier. He sighed a breath of relief, and then glared at himself, "Why is this so hard?"
Robin fake excuse reminded Star that she needed to make her bed so she went back into her room. As soon as Robin heard her door shut he popped his head out in the hall, with no sign of Star he walked toward the kitchen, he heard a door open. Jumping he ran through the door ahead of him, "Smooth, real smooth." Beastboy sat on the couch, racing Cyborg with one hand and eating Tofu with the other. Cyborg was disgusted by Beastboy's choice of meal but he continued playing against him anyway. Today Beastboy was better then Cyborg, "Dude, I just beat you with one hand. I RULE!" Cyborg glared at him, "Stick some more tofu in your mouth, then at least you'll be quiet!" "Hey!" protested Beastboy. Robin could see Raven's shoulders shake with though she was in the air and facing a wall. So she wasn't totally oblivious, she found arguments funny apparently… Robin grabbed the closest cereal box to him, and sat down on the couch, "I play winner." "That would be me", Beastboy grinned. "We'll just see about that Tofu boy", growled Cyborg. Robin laughed, "Take your time."
Star had tidied up her room, and made her bed. As she walked toward the door she paused to look in the mirror. "Does Robin not like me because I am not 'pretty'? But Robin does like me; he is my friend, my best friend. Then why is he not telling me that he 'loves' me?", millions of questions and arguments with herself, raced through Star's mind. She only had one boot on, so she pulled on her second and stepped into the hall; she was sad to see that Robin was not in the hall. "He is avoiding you", her mind told her. Star just shook her head, he liked her, and she KNEW he liked her, right? Her mind was suddenly full of doubt. As she approached the door to the kitchen her nose itched, the door opened. She went to take a step, but she sneezed. A small sneeze but it threw her off balance, she stepped on the stairs with the side of her foot, it twisted, her whole leg twisted because her boots were strapped on so tight. Her whole body was thrown off because of her badly placed ankle. She didn't have time to fly into the air, she fell down the stairs. Lightly smacking her head on the floor. Although the hit was light, it was enough to knock her out. The team turned around and gasped as they saw her, lying on the floor. Now that was a true 'wardrobe malfunction'.
Star's mind was blank; she was half awake, and half asleep. She couldn't force her body to move, but she could hear what everyone was saying. "What happened?" asked Raven, she had been facing toward the wall, "Star isn't usually that clumsy." "Yeah Beastboy is usually the clumsy one", agreed Cyborg. "Hey!" argued Beastboy. As those two broke out in arguments, while Raven watched silently laughing at them Robin bent down next to the fallen Star. "Star?" he asked softly. It had been a small trip, but what if she was-, what if she was- and he hadn't told her. If she was gone, and he hadn't told her that he loved her? He felt a rush of guilt; he easily pulled Star up into his arms. "Star?" He couldn't even tell if she was breathing or not. Tears welled in his eyes, but he didn't let them escape. He lightly stroked her hair, "Star?" "Friends? Robin?", Star's eyes were closed and her voice shook, but it was her voice, she was alive. Robin hugged her, "Star don't scare me-err-us like that!" Star opened her eyes, and cocked her head to the side, "I know not what happened." "You fell down the stairs, it happens to everybody", Raven said somewhat deadly. "Yeah, I fell down the stairs yesterday", Beastboy pulled up his uniform, revealing his legs; they had a small bruise on them. Raven stuck out her tongue, "I didn't need to see that…" Star nodded silently. Robin stood up, forgetting that Star was in his arms. "Umm, Robin, you can put Star down now…", Beastboy, said. Robin blushed and set Star on her feet, Star blushed too. "Are you sure, you're ok?" Robin asked. "I am more then fine, I am glorious", Star assured him. Little did she know that she was not fine. At least she wouldn't be in a while…