Titans Tower.

The monolithic T-shaped structure rested comfortably on Titans Isle, smack dab in the middle of Jump City Bay. The sun was just starting to set, casting down a golden orange glow on the city, bathing Raven in it's warmth. She wasn't normally the type to stop and admire scenery but even she had to admit the city looked rather beautiful today.

"It is good to be home!" Starfire exclaimed as the two Titans floated in front of the main door. "Friend Raven, I do wish to sincerely thank you for a most wonderful time at the Mall of Shopping. I do realize that at times I can be...trying to your patience, so as a token of my appreciation, I wish to present you with this gift." Raven was a bit shocked and felt bad for losing her patience with Starfire at times.

"It's not like Starfire can help it", she thought. "I remember how confused I was at first when I came to earth from Azarath..."

"Star...you don't have to get me anything..." she finally said.

"No, I insist. I know that you enjoy reading the books of poetry, so I purchased the book of poems for you. I do hope you enjoy it." the crimson haired girl said sweetly as she handed Raven a large green book. Raven blushed slightly.

"Thank you so much Starfire...now what do you get me? Poe? Lovecraft?" Raven flipped the book over to look at the cover..."Green Eggs and Ham." She smiled for the first time that entire day and slid the book in her own bag. "Thank you, Starfire. I'll treasure it always." The tall red head smiled broadly before lurching forward to encompass Raven in a hug, with Raven's petite body completely wrapped up in the Tammaranian girl's long arms.

"Starfire..." Raven finally whispered after a beat or two.

"Yes Friend Raven?"

"I need to breathe."

Starfire uttered a quick and sincerely apology, before letting the empathic Azarathian girl down. Raven let out a small gasp as she felt the air rush back into her lungs.

"Perhaps we should make our way back into the tower?" Starfire proposed bashfully. Raven merely nodded, dusting her cloak and leotard off. Starfire put the palm of her hand on the scanner and with a WOOOSHHH the doors opened...

"Dude, no fair! You are so totally using cheat codes!" Beast Boy protested.

"It ain't cheat codes," Cyborg countered "it's called skill! Something you don't have, grass stain!"

On the main LCD TV in the Titans OPs room, Beast Boy and Cyborg were locked in a fierce battle of "ROBOT ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE" for the brand new GameStation 720. Cyborg's character had just completed a fierce 27 hit combo on Beast Boy's robot zombie, allowing Cyborg to not only win the game, but set the new high score as well.

"Boo yah! New high score! Read it and weep, baby!"

Beast Boy scowled as he threw his controller on the floor in disgust.

"No fair man! I didn't get a single hit in. You were SO cheating." Cyborg just grinned ear to ear.

"Now BB, don't be all upset cause Uncle Cyborg took you to school. Everybody loses...just some more than others." Beast Boy sighed, before picking up the controller.

"One more round then! I feel a victory coming on!" And just like that, the rematch of the century had begun. Both boys were so distracted in their intense battle of epic proportions, that they didn't notice Robin walk in, standing right behind the couch.

"So...any word from Starfire yet? And Raven?"

"Man, I keep telling you...they'll be back in a while! You can see your girlfriend when she gets here." Cyborg objected.

"Starfire is not my girlfriend..." Robin objected, crossing his arms over his chest. Cyborg just grinned, nailing Beast Boy with a TRIPLE KAMIKAZE BLAST attack, sending the poor changeling's character flying through a nearby mountain side. "Besides..." Robin added "If you want to talk about somebody having a crush, I think Beast Boy here has me beat hands down." Beast Boy blushed, feeling his green cheeks get warm, as he obviously knew who they were talking about.

"I...do not!" he replied, practically stumbling over his own words. Both Cyborg and Robin chuckled hard at that.

"Oh c'mon BB, it's obvious. I mean, whenever Raven gets within three feet of you, you just kinda freeze up." Cyborg was always good and picking these kind of things up, even if it was so obvious.

"There's nothing wrong with being attracted to her," Robin offered "she is rather cute."

Beast Boy sighed as Cyborg finished off his character with a DELUXE MEGA CANNON attack and once again, the metal Titan had earned a flawless victory against the green Titan.

"It's more than the fact that she's cute..." Beast Boy said, caving in and admitting his crush. "Raven is just...just..."

"What exactly am I, Beast Boy?"

Beast Boy shrieked loudly and jumped nearly a foot in the air.

"R-R-Raven! How long have you been there?" Raven raised an eyebrow before making her way to the kitchen to prepare herself a long deserved kettle of tea.

"I heard you attempting to describe me. So what am I?" she said calmly, setting the kettle on the stove top. Beast Boy felt his mouth go dry, his body numb, his palms sweating profusely inside of his gloves.

"Raven, you're awesome. I love every inch of you and I think you're an intelligent, beautiful young lady." is what he thought he said. Instead, what came out was "I...well...I mean, that is...uhh...you're cool, I guess."

"Whatever." Raven said as she merely rolled her eyes and returned her attention to her tea, but deep inside whether she wanted to admit it or not, she was slightly disappointed he didn't go into further detail.

"So Raven," Robin said, approaching the now slightly depressed Azarathian, "where is Starfire exactly?" Raven merely shrugged as the whistle on the tea pot signified her warm drink was finally done.

"We arrived back at the tower and she said she wanted to show off a new outfit she bought. She wouldn't let me see it, insisting I be surprised like the rest of you."

"Huh..." came Robin's confused reply "I wonder kind of outfit she bought?"

"Dude! Helllloooo? This is Starfire we're talking about here!" Beast Boy said, happy for the subject to be changed. "It's probably some pink Powerpuff Girls tee-shirt or maybe some frilly dress with ribbons." Raven nodded in agreement and attempted to take her first sip of her herbal tea, when at the same time the cup touched her lips, Starfire bounded into the OPs room, grinning broadly as she proudly displaying her new outfit. What followed next was a shock wave that registered over the other 4 Titans...

Raven almost choked on her herbal tea, swallowing it down as best she could, feeling the hot liquid glide down her throat...

Beast Boy exclaimed "DUDE!" loudly, his eyes unblinking in amazement...

Cyborg repeatedly checked his visual input scanner to make sure what he was seeing wasn't an illusion...

...and Robin?

Robin merely stared at her, his mouth open, a very, very slight trail of drool dribbling down the corner of his mouth. He attempted to speak but all he managed to muster was a random combination of babble and nonsensical ramblings.

Starfire blushed a deep shade of red at everyone's reactions. Instead of her normal lavender halter top, mini skirt and boots she normally wore, her new Topic of Hot outfit was drastically different in appearance.

It appeared to be a "French maid" outfit, with a micro-mini skirt and thigh high dark black fish net hose and left little to the imagination. She did a slow twirl for everyone to see, causing Robin to feel like he was going to pass out.

Finally, Raven broke the silence and asked the question that was on the minds of everyone. "Starfire, for the love of Azar, what possessed you to get THAT?" she said, the tone of her voice reflecting her over all distaste for the outfit.

"I had remembered what you told me, friend Raven, about earth people buying clothes that draw attention to themselves and wishing to experience this earth ritual, I merely asked what the most "drawing of attention" outfit was and was immediately told about this glorious garment." she said sweetly, completely unaware of the paralysis it seemed to put in the boys.

"I think you accomplished your goal rather well..." Raven said dryly "...and I think Robin is now in a coma." Robin merely nodded, his face still a vacant mess.

"Come Starfire..." said the pale sorceress "let's get you changed back into your uniform before Robin has a heart attack." and with a swissssh of the door, the two female Titans headed to Star's room to attempt to return things back to normal.

"Did...anybody else just see that?" Beast Boy finally asked after what seemed like hours of silence.

"I saw it...don't know if I believe it, but I saw it." Cyborg added. "What about you, Robin?"

"I think I need to go lay down..." the Boy Wonder said softly.

It was night time, with the moon shining into Raven's bedroom, causing the girl's skin to glow with an almost white hue. She stretched her slender arms outwards, yawning deeply, as she prepared herself for slumber...it had been a crazy day and she was glad to finally get some well deserved rest. Poor Starfire even made the 7 o'clock news, with a reporter talking to a still visibly shaken Joy about how "that weird orange alien girl just snapped and attacked me!" Robin mentioned he was going to issue a press release tomorrow to clear the situation up.

Raven sighed and crawled into her bed, pulling the blankets right up to her chin, snuggling her body to get warm.

As the Titan fell asleep, her room became encased in silence, the only sound being her soft breaths coming in a slow, gentle rhythm. The moon bathed the bedroom with it's soft glow, casting it's light on the many artifacts and items in the empathic girl's room.

One of these items happened to be her bookshelf, where nestled among volumes of spells, potions, poetry was a copy of "Green Eggs and Ham."

THE END