Chapter 8 (Dreams of Dreams.)
Sadly they ran out of time to visit the doctors that day, but they did have Cyborg scan Star. "According to my censors she's fine. Of course, they've been wrong before… Maybe they aren't up to date with the latest Tamerian diseases." "I think you guys are making a big deal out of nothing. She looks fine to me", Beastboy said. Every head snapped to stare at him, "Fine? Great now they are 2 sick people in the house. How is your eyesight?" Robin asked. "20/20", replied Beastboy proudly. Star could only lightly hear the conversation. But she could hear Robin defending her. But what exactly he was defending her from she didn't know, she was totally zoned out, not even able to blink. She was stuck in her own thoughts. "I'm telling you, there is nothing wrong with her, so she is a little paler then usually, and more quiet, and more… Well, I'm sure she is fine", Beastboy said. He patted Star on her shoulder, "Aren't you Star?" Star couldn't quite snap out of her thoughts in time to catch herself. She fell straight back, solid as a thin board. Robin caught her over course, (GO ROBIN'S REFLEXES!) As soon as her back hit his arm, she melted out of her statute like state. Finally blinking. Robin glared at Beastboy. "Ok, ok. Something weird is going on", Beastboy admitted. "Well aren't you observative? You three aren't helping", said Raven, "Come with me Starfire." Silently Star nodded and walked in a zombie-like manner after Raven. Her heart burning steadily in her chest.
Star found herself alone in her room. But all of a sudden she wasn't alone anymore, she was at a party surrounded by people she didn't know. Until she saw Robin, but he was dancing, and she needed to talk to him. She tried desperately to push her way through the crowd of people in front of her, but she couldn't she wasn't strong enough. She tried to use her powers to levitate above the crowd but they wouldn't work. She nearly cried out of frustration. But she caught a glimpse of Robin, he wasn't dancing alone he was dancing with her sister… Another glimpse, and he was dancing with Kitten. She fought even harder to get to him, to get him away from the girls, "Robin!" But more people pushed their way in front of her. Robin was dancing with her sister again. A slow dance… Blackfire put her arm around Robin's neck… They leaned closer… Robin whispered something into her ear… Blackfire's cruel lips curved into a smile. Robin leaned closer; Star closed her eyes afraid to look, "Robin?"
She opened her eyes. "Yeah Star?" Robin was sitting on her bed next to her. She lay shivering on top of her covers. She didn't know what to say, so she just sat there with her mouth hanging open like a fish. Robin smiled at her, "Dream?" She just nodded; she loved how he always knew when to stop asking questions. Never prying deeper into her life then she'd let him. Robin tucked a loose hair behind her ear, "Go back to sleep Star. The sooner morning comes the sooner we can get you to the doctors." He got up about to leave. Star was suddenly scared of an empty room, "Robin?" "Yeah Star?" "I-um-Don't let the Servillian Crockamites bite…" Robin laughed softly, "Ok Star." He gently shut the door behind him.
Robin yelled at himself in his head in the hall, "Is all you can say 'Ok Star and 'Yeah Star', I love her why can't I tell her to her face?" There was no use in Robin beating himself up; it was out of his control. For him it wasn't as easy as flipping a switch, it would be more like walking on nails, while trying to find a needle in a haystack, then fighting Slade all at the same time. Nearly impossible. But if he couldn't say it, why couldn't she? Of course he didn't really expect her too, as a guy from earth he knew that it was his job, to tell her he loved her, his job to ask her out, and his job to look out for her. Of course since she was from Tameraria, so how didn't he know, that maybe it was her job. Maybe in Tamerainia, the girls were in charge of the relationships. But Robin didn't live in Tamerania; he lived on Earth. And therefore their relationship was in his strong, but unsure hands.