Chapter Twenty-Two: "Star Light"

"I refuse to believe that." Raven told Love as she pushed her hand away.

"Come on Rae, you can't deny this. I'm you and I symbolize love. If I was wrong then I wouldn't be here now."

"She's right you know. That Beast Boy is a fox. Literally!" Lust chimed in.

"What are you doing here Lust?" Raven asked, beginning to get frustrated.

"I'm here to tell you Love isn't Lying, we both have the hots for him." Lust smiled.

"I don't believe them Rae. I think he'll deny us. He's just being friendly." Timid sat down beside Rae, only on the ground instead of in the air.

"See, Timid knows I don't love him." Raven snapped at Love and Lust.

"Timid is scared of denial. Of course she's going to agree with you." Lust shot back.

"I think BB is funny." Happy giggled.

"You've always thought he was funny." Lust told her.

"I know, but he's even funnier when he's pretending to help."

"What do you mean pretending?" Raven asked her.

"Well I thought this was one of his pranks." Happy beamed.

"Oh my gosh! It could be." Timid replied looking at Happy.

"That would be highly illogical, I mean look at him; he's actually reading!" Logic chimed in.

"Ok everyone I need to meditate." Raven said, closing her eyes and getting ready to blow something up.

"Um, you are meditating." Logic informed her.

"No I mean peace and quiet" Raven shot at her.

"Raven you can't have peace until you figure this out." Love said softly.

"Figure what out? There's nothing there!" Raven shouted.

"Yes there is. Look deep within yourself."

"Leave me alone Love." Raven said softer, but still harsh.

"I'm a part of you Raven, I can never leave you alone." Love frowned.

"Raven your heart beats rapidly every time he's near you." Logic jumped in.

"That doesn't mean I love him."

"No, but it's a key factor of realizing your in love."

"I think he's sexy" Lust said as she began twirling her short purple hair.

"You think all guys are sexy." Raven replied.

"Well, not all of them." Lust frowned.

--In Beast Boy's Mind--

You have absolutely no idea what you're looking for do you?

Yes I do.

No you don't.

Yes I do. All I have to do is read everything I can on these Shadow people.

That doesn't mean you understand it.

I just need to read and tell Raven my ideas on what to do.

And what ideas are those?

Ideas that I have.

You don't have any!

Yes I do.

Then what are they?

Uh . . . secret ideas!

Ya sure. You can't keep secrets from your own mind.

I could if I tried.

Anyway, why are you even trying to help?

Because she needs it.

Is that so?

Yes, why else would I be in here?

Maybe because you like her.

What?

Stop kidding yourself BB; you're in love with the girl.

No I'm not. I'm just trying to be useful. I don't want Robin to leave Star.

True, but look at her. (Beast Boy looked up at Raven, sitting there, levitating, calm.)

What about her?

You can't sit here and tell yourself that you don't have any feelings for her.

I don't.

That's a lie!

No it's not.

Yes it is! To you she's an angel. A dark, mysterious, gorgeous angel!

What!

Hey, you're thinking it.

Shut up.

No. BB you can't kid yourself. You love Raven.

I do not. I love Terra.

How can you love Terra? She's incased in stone! You've completely forgot about her till just now.

I never forgot Terra!

Yes you have, why else would you be trying to get Raven's attention.

She's my friend. It took her a year to get use to me.

And?

And it'll take her forever to actually love me.

How do you know that?

Because she's not the kind of girl who falls in love with someone like me.

That's not true.

Yes it is. She fell in love with Aqualad and then she fell in love with Malchior.

Aqualad is just a crush and Malchior broke her heart.

I know that.

Well, show her there's other fish in the sea.

Very funny.

I'm serious. Tell her how you feel.

How can I tell her how I feel if I have nothing to tell her!

You do to!

I do not!

BB look deep within yourself.

I am.

Tell me, why are you in her room?

To help her out.

And why are you helping her out?

Because I care.

Care about?

My Team mates.

True, what else?

I care about . . .

About . . . ?

Raven.

Don't you feel better now?

Not really.

And why is that?

Because she doesn't feel the same about me.

Well, we'll have another conversation later. Get back to reading.

--Back in Raven's room--

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos, Azarath Metrion Zinthos . . ." Raven continued chanting.

Beast Boy sighed, he looked up at Raven and saw how calm she looked. I wish you knew how much I cared about you. He thought to himself. Beast Boy began reading one of the books Raven had laid out before him.

At the top of the tower Robin and Starfire were watching the sunset. Neither spoke a word as Robin held Starfire. He held her tight, afraid that if he let go he'd never be able to hold her again. As the stars started coming out Robin leaned towards Starfire's ear.

"I wish to be yours forever." He whispered to her.

Starfire giggled. She didn't understand why he had said that.

"Robin?" Starfire asked.

"Yes Star?" Robin replied.

"Why do you wish when stars are out?" she asked innocently.

Robin never told Starfire about wishing on stars. Actually, he never believed it, he thought it was a waste of time and breath.

"Well, some people believe that if you wish on a star your wish will come true." Robin smiled. "There's even a small little saying you can say before you actually make your wish." He looked up at the night sky that seemed to have gone from orange/pink to purple/black.

"Will you tell it to me?" Starfire asked sweetly.

Normally Robin would have said no, but this was Starfire, his Starfire.

"Star light, Star bright, first star I see tonight I wish I may, I wish I might have this wish I make tonight." Robin began blushing as the looked up at the stars, he didn't want to see Star's expression for fear that it may not be a good one.

"How do I make a wish?" Starfire asked, looking up at the sky.

"Well, first you find a star, not just any star, your star. One you can wish on anytime you feel like. Then look at it and repeat what I just said and make a wish. Usually you'd want to keep your wish a secret because a lot of people believe that if you tell it to someone it won't come true." Robin said, looking at her lovely emerald eyes.

Starfire looked up at the sky and looked back at Robin.

"Which one is your star?" She asked innocently, looking back up into the sky.

"My star is right here next to me." He smiled, blushing horribly.