Chapter 3
Rapid Heartbeats

Raven's eyes fluttered open. She gazed softly into pools of green. ...ah.. Beautiful eyes, whoever the belong to. hm..it's morning? mmm... starfire? ah..the eyes belong to starfire..me hugging starfire..hm..

"STARFIRE?" Raven jumped up screaming.

"Friend Raven, it is only me!" Raven sat at her door, rocking back and forth with her fingernails between her teeth.

"Why did you..did we? AHHHH!"

"Raven, I only came in to see if you were ok and you..hugged me. It is not my fault that you do such things for unknown reasons.."

Raven blinked at her. I 'hugged' her! She let out a long sigh "oh.."

Starfire was now sitting right in front of Raven, staring into her eyes.

"Does this mean that our 'girl time' is no more?"

Raven sighed with a frown. "No star, you just startled me, that's all. I'm just not used to waking up with two green eyes in front of my face."

Star grabbed her hands "Oh Raven, you don't know how excited I am to-"

Right then, Robin opened the door as they were leaning against it. He was still wearing his pajamas, and a tired look on his face.

"Raven, do you have any-"

Raven's head fell back onto Robin's feet. Star fell into the most..awkward position. Her head was laying right in the middle on her Raven's legs. Robin's eyes rolled into the back of his head and he passed out onto the floor. Star lifted her head from Raven.

"oops.."

Star looked over at the motionless Robin, then back at her with wide eyes.

"Did he just.. fall asleep?"

"No Star, he passed out."

They both stared wide eyed at Robin, who's skin tone was paler than usual.

"What shall we do with him?" Star wondered outloud.

"I don't know..

Raven ended up carrying him to his room and putting him on his bed, so that when he would wake up, it would appear as if nothing had ever happened and that seeing them in that position had just been a perverted dream. After that, they went to their rooms and got ready.

She came into my room..Raven thought as she glared at her reflection in the mirror. Memories of the night before came to her mind. "Robin actually thought that I never get scared. psh.. he must not remember the night that we thought the movie had cursed us.." She grabbed her brush and ran it through her hair. They think that you don't feel. You actually made them THINK that you don't feel at all. She slammed her brush on the dresser. "I just have to maintain control. Why don't they see that?" She heard a thump against the wall in front of her, and looked down at the knife on the floor. It had almost struck at the side of her head. She leaned down and picked it up, holding it to her heart. "The people that I love could get hurt." Star's face flashed through her mind.

Star walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table, waiting on Raven. I'm supposed to be avoiding her. She sighed as Raven entered the room. Ravennoticed the sad look on star's face, but quickly ignored it.

"Let's go." Star said as she grabbed her purse and walked out the door.

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Other than the puddles and wet grass, the weather was actually pretty nice. but something kept Raven from noticing this.

"Starfire?"

"Yea?"

They stopped walking and Raven looked up at her. "I've never broken up with a guy before. Robin is the first boyfriend I've had. but I'm going to have to tell him somehow that I only want us to be friends, but.. I'm not sure he'll react when-"

Star gaped at her. "You're WHAT!" She's going to break up with Robin! Did I hear correctly? What's going on? Am I getting the sick? These words spun around in her head.

"um.. yeah. I'm going to break up with Robin. You got a problem with that?"

Star smacked herself in the head. "No, but are you guys not.. what happened to you two?"

Raven grabbed her hands. "Star, control yourself. Breathe."

Star breathed in slowly and let it out. "Sorry. I just can't figure out what would have happened for your..relationship.. to come to this." Star couldn't bring herself to say that world. Relationship.

Raven sighed. "Do you not remember what I told you yesterday about how he has been pressuring me?

Star opened her mouth to say something, but stopped. Yes, I 'do' remember. But I didn't think that it would come to THIS. Raven sighed. "I told you that I've liked someone else all along. Or.. at least I think I do.. "

Star blinked a few times. "Who?"

Raven looked down at the ground. "It doesn't matter. It will never happen anyway.."

After a long pause, Star took her hand and smiled "Let's forget about our troubles and head to the mall of shopping!"

Raven sighed "Yes, let's do that."

When they arrived, they decided to go to Marion's. Star glanced around nervously at the people there. "Do you think these people like me here?" she asked Raven.

"They probably just don't understand why you are coming here if you are dressed the way you are. This is a darker store than the ones you go to..."

"Oh."

Stardashed towards the clothes while Raventook a lookat theCD shelf.Evanescence? no, have that.. Green Day? They suck..Evanescence again? She grabbed the CD, looking at the cover. I don't have this one..

Starfire interrupted her thoughts "Oh Raven, you have to come look at this!"

She dragged her over to the some jeans that Raven actually thought would look cute on her. They were black, with red and black star studs. They came with removable straps, and a lower leg zip off feature. After that, she showed Raventank topwith a blue fairy on the front.

"I'm going to get these. Have you found anything that you like?"

Raven noticed that she still had that CD in her hand. "um.. yea.Evanescence. " she held it out for her to look at.

"hm.. I've never heard of them before.. "

"Now you have."

"Well, I'm going to go try these on. You can go ahead and check out if you are ready." Star made her way towards the dressing room.

Raven walked up to the cashier, a boy who looked about fifteen. She slid the CD over to him and took out eleven dollars, waiting for him to say 'that will be such and such.' When she was done paying, Starfire stepped out with her new outfit on. That doesn't look too bad

Star ended up checking out her clothes andthen they finished up by shopping at a few other stores.

Raven noticed that the sky was darker than it was a few hours ago, and before long it was raining. They made their way towards the park and put their stuff down on a bench. Stafire giggled, grabbing Raven's hands and spinning around in circles with her.

"AHHHH!" Raven screamed with her eyes tightly closed.

"Raven, we aremerely spinning around the circle. Is it not what you call 'fun?'"

Raven eventually opened her eyes and gave in to what starfire called 'fun.' wow.. this really IS fun.. Just as Raven was starting to enjoy it, she felt her foot slip on something. Raven fell down into a giant puddle, Starfire tumbling down with her. When they landed, she was right on top of Raven. It was now raining harder than ever, but they didn't care. They were laughing too hard to notice. Starfire twirled a strand of Raven's wet hair with her finger, both of them giggling. When they stopped, they were staring into each other's eyes intently. Star slowly leaned in, touching a finger to Raven's lower lip before replacing it with her own. Raven's hand slid down her back, causing shivers to send upstar's spine. Their tongues wrestled with each other, roaming through the other's mouth. They were in that position for awhile, until they finally pulled apart.

Star rested her head on Raven's chest. "I love you Rae.."

Raven stroked her hair "I love you too.. "

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well, as I promised, I have added the third chapter. I know star, and especially rae, are somewhat out of character.. and I will try to put them back 'in character' somehow.

oh, and flaming is always welcome.. but I don't want someone to come along and say "I hate your story. You should die." explain WHY you don't like my story. I've never had this happen before, but I've 'seen' it happen.

well anyways, please leave comments! I will put the next chapter up as soon as I am finished with it. - that will hopefully not be too long..