Chapter 2 (Just Not Today.)
A/N: Ok, I rededicate this story to my new boyfriend, 'My Lighthouse of Love'. Go Figure.
The team decided to go out to a buffet for dinner … Because Beastboy gets VERY cranky without his Tofu! And that way Cyborg could get his fair share of meat and Raven could eat… Does Raven eat? Has anyone ever seen Raven eat? Hmm. So they all hopped into the T-car, Cyborg driving of course, he didn't trust anyone else to drive it. Unless they could pass the special driving test he had made. Beastboy tried and failed about 10 times, Cyborg wouldn't even let Star try the test. Raven couldn't care less, and Robin had his motorbike. Star sat gazing dreamily out the window; she smiled as her thoughts fell on Robin. She sighed happily, maybe someday she would tell him. Just not today.
As they reached the restaurant Star began to wonder what she would do… Who should she sit next to? And what should she eat? Surely they wouldn't have Zoraflakes, or Capri-corn…. She decided to try to sit next to Robin; after all she did like him! She liked him a lot… But he didn't seem to like her back, and even if he did his mask usually seemed to cover his emotions, as well as his eyes. If only she could see Behind the Mask… But the fact was she couldn't so she'd have to find out if he liked her the old fashion way: asking him. And she would! Just not today.
About 5 minutes away from the restaurant Robin snuck a look at Star, but she wasn't looking back. He silently sighed under his breath. Sometimes it REALLY seemed like she liked him, but it was probably just her normal enthusiasm… But the way she looked at him, almost past the mask, and into his eyes… "She looks at you as a best friend and nothing more", he told himself. "I'll find a way to prove it, I'll prove she likes me!" "No you won't, because she doesn't like you like that." "She does! And I will! Just not today."
Raven almost looked angry starring straight at the seat in front of her, and not out the window. She usted to love starring out the window, carefree, but she wasn't carefree anymore. She'd be wasted time to look out a window. But deep down secretly in her mind, she wasn't so serious. "He loves me…He loves me not…He loves me… he loves me not…" "What are you doing", she hissed at herself. "Seeing if Beastboy likes me-er-us…" "Well he doesn't and you are wasting your-er-MY time, you might as well go stare out a window for your whole life!" "Hey, I like starring out windows!" "All you do when you stare out a window is watch the world go by." "Exactly, and I don't understand why you can't take a little time to stop and smell the roses, watch the world go by…" "I don't stare out windows anymore, not in a very long time." "You should, you spend your time saving the world, but have you ever watched the world go by?" "Look if it'll make you happy I'll look out the stupid window…" "Good." "Just not today."
Meanwhile, Beastboy had somehow ended up sitting next to Raven. And the car was uncomfortably quiet. His eyes slowly drifted over to the dark hooded figure next to him, he could only catch a glimpse of her face. Raven looked angry; probably at him… At second look she wasn't angry she in thought… He could help but wonder what she was thinking about; then again he didn't want to know. What went on in Raven's head was more of a realm, then thoughts. And he'd been there before, and he actually liked Raven's emotions more than the real Raven, but that was only because 'Happy' thought he was funny. But actually 'Happy' was a part of Raven, and maybe if he got to know her really well, he'd find out she had secretly liked him, and he'd finally get to meet, the real Raven, complete with emotions… And maybe someday he would… Just not today.
In short all the way to the restaurant the car was silent, but it wasn't completely and totally uncomfortable, because everybody had his or her own little Thought-Bubbles… Star thought about Robin, Robin thought about Star, Raven thought about looking through windows, and Beastboy, Beastboy thought about Raven and her lack of emotions, and Cyborg thought about keeping his eyes on the road. So most of the titans' thought of each other. Hmmm. And maybe one day they'd actually tell each other they liked them, maybe they'd all get married, and maybe they'd all have their own families… Just not today.