Thanks, ya'll, for all of the prayers for my grandma. It really means a lot to me. THE LAST CHAPTER SHOULD BE UP ON MONDAY! I actually can't believe that this story is almost finished! During my upcoming school year (I start highschool on the sixth) I'll be posting a series of one-shots under one title. It's titled The Elevator and Other Stories. Really dumb title, I know, but it's all I could think of. Right now, the rating is K, but it may go up as the stories progress. My updates will be totally and completely random, but I don't plan on just disappearing from this site. I've gotten "The Elevator" typed up, and "The Rain" and "The Hardest Place to Be" are in progress. A lot of these one-shots will have rain mentioned somewhere in them. It's some phase that I've gotten into that I'm like in love with the rain. Rain was necessary in "The Elevator" and it inspired "The Rain." So you can expect that up sometime on Monday; it's a Teen Titans fic of course.

My obsession has strayed from Rupert Grint for a little while, although I'm still in love with him. I now have a fixation with the Teen Titans, and if I don't get my daily fix I totally wig out. Yesterday night at student orientation, I realized that I was missing it and got really hyper. I had my friend cracking up almost the whole time we were there. Yeah. I'm weird. Deal with it. Does anybody find it weird that I'm going into my first year of highschool and still watch cartoons? My dad thinks it is.

Sorry for the long author's note, I just needed to go off on a completely different track today and talk about random things. If you're reading this, thanks for listening.

Chapter Nine: Dinner and an Auction

"Ooooh! Look, Candace! Chairs!"-Me last night at orientation after I realized I was missing Teen Titans. It's a long story.

Dedication: This is dedicated to my friend Candace. For sticking by me, listening to and laughing at my really idiotic jokes, and belting out some random song into the phone yesterday before orientation. What would I do without you? I know! I'd be running around the house singing the theme song to Teen Titans in my pajamas! Thanks for sticking with me, girly!

"We are so dead."

"Unless we can find a way out of here." Robin replied. Before either of them could do anything, the door was opened a crack.

"On second thought, I shall keep my coat," the lady called out. "Eef Meester Wayne ees in a meeting, I shall take leave." The door to the closet was shut again and Robin and Starfire both sighed in relief. About a minute later, the strains of the front door opening and closing reached their ears, and they heard Alfred shuffle off. Robin cautiously opened the door of the closet, his eyes roving the front hallway, making sure that nobody was there. As soon as he was sure that nobody was going to walk in and catch them, they made their way back to the living room where Bruce sat, looking slightly bored.

"Ah! There you are. I was wondering if you'd gotten lost." he said, forcing a grin. Starfire laughed good-naturedly and sat down.

"We just got held up." she replied, lacing her fingers with Robin's and smiling brightly. Bruce nodded as if he understood and watched the clock for a few seconds before turning back to the young couple.

"Why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself?" Bruce asked the red headed girl. Robin tightened his grip on her hand and scowled at his surrogate father.

"Tell me where to begin, and I will." Starfire countered evenly and sat back, her eyes never leaving the older man's face.

"Ah! The Teen Titans!" a tall man dressed all in white exclaimed as he opened the door to the City Hall where the charity auction was taking place. His smile faltered as he counted and realized that there were only two Titans standing before him. "Where are your friends?" Raven rolled her eyes and stepped across the threshold with Beast Boy in her wake.

"They couldn't make it." she replied dully and swept her cloak off her shoulders, revealing a pair of jeans and a purple tank top over a black mesh shirt. "Unlike others they have things to do." Beast Boy's nervous grin faded slightly at her words and he tugged nervously at the neck of his black t-shirt. The man's face contorted into a disgusted scowl and he glared at the empath.

"Uh, she means that they all wanted to come with us, but other things came up. We're really happy to be here though." Beast Boy chuckled as though Raven had made a joke. The man raised an eyebrow and turned from the two Titans, starting on a long speech about the auction and what they were expected to do. "Lighten up a little, will ya, Rae?" the green changeling hissed.

"It didn't come out right, okay?" Raven whispered back. "You know what I meant to say, and if he doesn't like that I said the wrong thing, then he has issues."

"So, let me get this straight." Bruce said, setting down his wine glass and leaning back in his chair. The remains of a very large dinner were strewn across the dining room table. "Your parents and your younger brother are dead, your sister's out to get you, and you rule some planet called Tamaran?"

"I don't rule it. Technically speaking, it's Galfore who rules Tamaran, I'm just sorta like the princess. I'm not his natural heir though." Starfire corrected him, pushing a lock of hair behind her ear. Robin sat next to her, bending the spoon in his hands backwards as he sat in silence. His finger slipped and a spoonful of potatoes went flying across the room, colliding with a painting that hung on the wall across from the table. Starfire bit back a giggle and hid her red face in her glass of water. Robin turned crimson as Bruce put a hand to his forehead.

"I-I can fix that."

"Guys! Guys! Bee and me are back together!" Cyborg bellowed, bursting into ops. He looked around, realizing that the room was empty. "Guys? You here?" He wandered over to the kitchen counter where three sticky notes were stuck. "'Went to Bruce's -Robin.' 'Went with Robin -Starfire.' 'Went to charity auction, be back at eleven -BB and Raven.'" Cyborg thought about for the notes for a second then picked up the tv guide. "Ooooh! Jenny Jones is on!"

---Three Hours Later---

"I can't believe they had a Jenny marathon!" Cyborg cheered. "That was awesome! Oooh! It's on again!"

"We're back, Cy...borg?" Beast Boy called out as he and Raven walked into ops to see their friend surrounded by junk food and watching Jenny Jones.

"Ya'll are back just in time! There's a Jenny Jones marathon on!" Cyborg exclaimed.

"So we've noticed." Raven deadpanned.

"It was nice meeting you, Starfire." Bruce said stiffly as he watched Robin help Starfire into her coat. She grinned at him and threw her arms around his neck.

"Same to you, Bruce." she stated. Bruce cleared his throat and she backed away with a sheepish smile. "Sorry." Bruce nodded and opened the front door.

"Good luck."

So, the next update for this is going to be the epilouge. It might be long, it might be short, I dunno. Please review, and thank ya'll once again for keeping my grandma in your prayers.

-RupertLover09