Disclaimer:
Woot! I get to say the disclaimer!...wait...isn't that a bad thing... Darn-it! She tricked me again! Grrrrr...oh well! Flamesofthesun does not own the Teen Titans, and sadly...neather do I. But! There is something she does own! Flames owns Tyler! Yay!...but I still don't own anybody...or anything...(crys) isn't that sad?
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I said...ISN'T THAT SAD!
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(grows really big and lightning and thunder crashes in background, eyes start to glow red also)CRY YOU MORTALS CRY!
(everybody cries)
Good! Thank you! On with the chapter!...you can stop crying anytime now...all better? (pats back) ok, good then... READ!
Chapter 10 :Revelations:
Robin was shocked when he discovered it. He was possibly the first one. He had never thought that Starfire could feel as much affection to any man as she felt for him, but Robin couldn't deny it.
He had competition.
He didn't resent it so much, though. He actually liked Tyler. They had all formed a special bond with the sound of his giggle as he ran throughout the tower. Almost never walking. Somehow there was always a pack of pudding cups sitting in the pantry. And when Tyler discovered the wonderful world of puppets on Sesame Street, the rest of the team memorized when it came on everyday and all found different things to do between 4:30 and 5:00.
Yet, none of them seemed aware of their sacrifices. It seemed to them as if they had always been giving up the last slice of pizza and trading in an afternoon of long complicated novels to one of coloring books. They couldn't remember a time when pouring over police reports took priority over playing tag.
But Robin still didn't get it.
He still remembered the first day she came home from looking for a daycare for Ty. It was normal before, but now he needed to go back to it. Analyze it.
"We're baaaack!" Tyler shouted as he and his mother stepped through the tower doors. Starfire smiled down at him and squeezed his hand gently.
"Why must you always be so loud, my Tyler?" she asked, playfully ruffling his hair.
"Cause, mommy." he responded, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Starfire rolled her eyes.
"Of course." she said, lightly smacking her hand to her forehead. Tyler giggled at his mother's antics. He quickly hugged her around the knees, this being the closest thing to her waist that he could reach, and ran into the kitchen looking for someone tall enough to reach the pudding.
"Hey Ty. How was your day? Your mom told me that you went to look for a daycare." Robin greeted warmly.
"Hi Robin!" Tyler said, in that overly loud voice that two-year-olds tend to use. "We wents to lots of places, but mommy saids that they weren't good for me. I got a happy meal too! Can I have a pudding?" he asked, getting straight to the point. Robin chuckled at his randomness. He was about to answer when Starfire strolled into the room.
"Sorry, baby. No pudding today. I think Raven said that she was ordering Chinese. If you are really hungry then you may have an apple," she said to the toddler. Tyler frowned and was about to protest. Starfire beat him to it. "Sesame Street is already on. If you hurry you can still see the letter of the day."
The frown of his face instantly turned into a bright smile as he scampered into the living room and climbed onto the couch. Starfire watched him go. When she saw him disappear behind the couch, she finally allowed the smile on her face to melt away. She sank into a chair next to Robin with a tired sigh. Robin smirked.
"Slowing up at the ripe old age of 20?" he teased. Starfire smiled, but didn't laugh. Robin peered at her curiously. "How did the search go?" he asked, trying to change the subject. Starfire's eyes flared in anger.
"Robin, I have never been so insulted in my life!" she spat. Robin could tell that she wasn't just insulted. "You should have heard the heads up at those schools." She put on a high mocking voice.
"We have no room for a rambunctious little love child. If you wanted quality daycare you should have thought of that before you went out on a fling." Starfire snorted angrily. "Who are they to judge me? As if they were acceptance board to get into college." she sniffed. Robin was possibly the only one who could catch the hurt tinge in her voice.
"Star, why don't you just let this go? Tyler can stay here all day. We don't mind and it's not like we get called that much," he said protectively. Starfire shook her head.
"Tyler cannot stay here night and day. He needs to be around other two-year-olds. He can not spend the rest of his life with people 18 years older than him." she said quietly. She sighed. "I must try again tomorrow."
There. Right there. That was possibly the first clue. He should have gotten it right then. She had found a great daycare the very next day, but he shouldn't have had to have even one more clue. He should have seen it.
He saw even more hints, dropped here and there, but he still needed more. And then he finally saw it. It was about two months after Starfire found Tyler a daycare.
"Hey Rob, Star looks really tired." Cyborg whispered to Robin suddenly. Robin nodded. He had also noticed that she had been drifting off during the day. She had been this way for a few days. Robin was sure it was Tyler. He had been having some nightmares lately, and waking up Starfire in the middle of the night.
"I was thinking. Maybe we could take Tyler on a trip for a day or too. Let her rest." Cyborg continued. Robin turned to him with a stare.
"Genius! Let's go tell, Star!" he exclaimed. They rushed into the kitchen where Starfire was carefully cooking stir-fry beef. "Hey babe." Robin said, sliding his hands around her waist.
"Hi, Robin. Hi, Cyborg." she said back. She struggled to stifle a yawn. Robin peered at her levelly.
"That, is exactly what we wanted to talk about." he said after kissing her cheek softly. Starfire finally turned to face him fully.
"What do you mean by that?" she asked. Cyborg stepped forward and plucked a still cooking piece of beef from the pan.
"Well we know that Tyler has been keeping you up at night. So we were thinking, maybe we should take him on a trip for a day or so. Maybe take him over to Steel City." he said through bites. Starfire frowned uncertainly.
"Oh no, my friends! I could never expect you to do that!" she exclaimed.
"Star," Robin whined. "You are tired. Ty is absolutely no problem. I'm starting to get worried about you." Starfire looked uncertain again and was about to protest, but Cyborg, knowing what Starfire was about to do, had a sudden idea.
"Hey Ty!" he shouted out. Starfire jumped at the sudden outburst. Tyler soon came trotting into the kitchen. He looked around confused.
"Yes?" he asked. Cyborg swung him up and sat him on his shoulder.
"Hey little man! How would you like to go with me and Robin to see the Titans East?" he said, trying to excite the boy. It worked.
"Cool! Can I? Please, please, please?" he begged. Cyborg frowned suddenly.
"Oh!" he exclaimed, feigning surprise. "Your mom has to say yes. And she thinks you might be a burden." he said. Tyler turned to his mom.
"Mommy!" he whined. "Please! I'll be real good I promise!" He jumped down from Cyborg's shoulder and ran to his mother, clamping firmly onto her leg. "Please, mommy! Pleeeeease!"
Cyborg grinned at his handy work. Starfire looked completely boxed in.
"Ok. You may go," she said, sighing in defeat. Tyler and Cyborg shouted out in triumph. Tyler grabbed Robin's hand.
" Come help me pack!" he commanded, practically dragging him to his room. Cyborg laughed as the tiny boy took Robin hostage. Starfire glared softly at him.
"That was a dirty trick," she said. Cyborg laughed harder.
"It's for your own good." he said and exited the kitchen.
So it was decided. Tyler, Robin, and Cyborg would leave early in the morning and head to Steel City. They would spend the weekend there and be back Sunday night. When they finally got the car loaded up and ready to go Starfire, Beastboy, and Raven came down to see them off.
"Drive carefully, and he'll probably want to eat around nine, and I packed some sandwiches and things for all of you. If you give him a soda, don't let him drink all of it at once." Starfire said quickly. Robin just let her talk, thinking it would be good to let it out of her system.
"Done?" he asked, amused. Starfire sighed and nodded. She leaned down and stuck her head into the car.
"Baby?" Tyler stirred in his drowsy state. He yawned.
"Huh?" he asked sleepily.
"Be good. Listen to Robin and Cyborg and the rest of the Titans East. Ok?" she asked. Tyler nodded. Starfire smiled at him and kissed his hair one more time. She shut the door gently, knowing that the boy was already on his way to sleep.
That was it! That was the exact moment when it had fully hit Robin. And when it did, he almost felt ashamed that it had taken so long. He had overlooked something right under his own nose.
Even as Robin tried to be there for both, Starfire and Tyler. And even as he watched Tyler almost disregard his efforts to become a father and turn to his mother even more. He always told himself that Starfire was simply doing what was best for the boy and that she had forged the bond of affection with him. But he was wrong.
So very wrong.
Starfire was simply doing what was best for her son. Her child. Her baby. She had made more that affection for Tyler. She had slowly, but surly built a connection with him. When Tyler even started became cold, she felt an urge to find a blanket. If Tyler had a bad dream, her sleeping became lighter even before he woke up. It too Robin almost three years to realize.
Starfire had become a mother.
I feel like doing a poll thingy!...ok I will! please do
the poll if you do not feel like doing it then please answer number 5
cause I need to know if i am doing a good job
1) How do you like this story on a scale from 1-10?
2)What are your favorite stories, and who are they by?
3)Have you read Flames other One-Shots? If you have do you like them?
4)Have
you red my story and/or one-shot yet (Story is called Jump City University & One-Shot is
called Butterflyz) and if you have have you reviewed it yet?...Do you like it?
5) Am I doing a good job on Flames disclamers and end chapters? (this is not optional! I NEED to know!)
6) What are your favorite Teen Titan episodes?
7) Are you comming to Flame's computer's funeral? If so would you rather have chicken or beef?
Robinstarfire4ever's answers
1) a total 11!
2) All of Flames story's, Normal Teenage Life by Queen-of Azrath (I think I spelled that wrong...sorry!), Teen Titans go to School by xxx.angelicdevil.xxx, Painting Love by Bella Morte (or something like that I am not sure), all of the lone phsycopath, and lots others.
3)YES I HAVE AND I AM A PROUD REVIEWER! I LOVE HER STORIES!
4)...do I really need to answer that...Duh!
5) I think I am doing ok...BUT I NEED YOUR OPINION!
6) STRANDED! woot! I love that episode! I also like "How long is Forever?", "Date with Destiny"...basicly all of them but "Haunted" ...I have seen that one soooooooooooo many times i can almost say all of the lines!
7) Yes I am comming, and i would rather have chicken
Flames of the sun's answers
1) 9, She likes it but she thinks it could be better
2) When the Angels Fell Scilent by Princess of Tameran, The White Rose by Jessiemudflap, and RS4ever's stories!...of which there are two, but they are really funny!
3)...Um she is pretty sure she read them...she wrote them but she can't remmeber if she read them or not.
4)Yes she has read them but she hasn't reviewed them because her computer died (crys) It was such a good computer, too. But she did review to my face...
5)She says I am doing a wonderful job...she is soooooooo proud of me (tear tear)
6) STRANDED!1 "Betrothed", "Haunted" but she hates "The Beast Whithin" cause it beat to death.
7) Yes she will be the mistress of ceremonies and she hopes for chiken...
Oooook peoples! That was the chapter! We hope you liked it!
please review and remember DO NOT FLAME! Oh and if you do flame send
the flame to Flames e-mail...Flames will not be answered since Flames
computer has died (crys...yet again) ...If you could follow that snaps
for you!
Thank You(smiles really big-like)
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