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Chapter 8: Sort-of, kind-of like home
"FRIENDS!" Starfire exclaimed as she burst through the front doors of the main room of Titans East Tower. "It is I, Starfire! I have arrived to assist you defeat your evil villain!"
She opened her eyes and blinked in confusion. The room was dark and empty. She turned to Speedy just as he came in the room struggling with all her luggage.
"Friend Speedy, where is everybody? The room is empty."
Speedy dropped the luggage and went to the kitchen to drink some water. Starfire followed soon after.
"Well, Starfire, over at Titans Tower, we left around 5:30 pm, which would be around 8:30 pm here. Since it took us like, 3 hours, over at Titans Tower, it'd be, 8:45 pm over there, while right now, it's around 11:45 pm. So basically, everyone in the tower is asleep because it's kind of late. Get it?"
Starfire nodded slowly and then asked,
"Well thank you friend Speedy, for that informative lesson. But for right now would it be alright to show me to my room so I can receive some rest? Only to try and adjust to the time differences in the eastern hemisphere."
"Sure, let me just grab you bags." He hesitantly picked them up and led her to her room.
After the long walk to Starfire's room, Speedy finally dropped all her stuff and laid down on the floor. He was being too stubborn when he declined all of Starfire's offering to help him with her stuff. He wanted to show her that he could handle anything but all it reminded her was of Robin.
A few minutes ago…
"Friend Speedy, you are struggling. Please, let me assist you in carrying my things to the room I shall be staying at."
"No Starfire," said a strained voice from behind her luggage. "Let me do this on my own. I am a man after all and it's only right for you to just sit back and relax."
Starfire was confused by this. She didn't know whether or not to stop and sit down on the floor, or to keep on walking. She mentally shrugged and just kept walking.
"Whatever you say friend Speedy, you are just as stubborn as Robin." she giggled and then stopped when she saw a door marked, "Starfire".
--Starfire then walked in and gasped at the sight.
"MY ROOM!" she exclaimed, "IS SO BEAUTIFUL! THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME STAY IN SUCH A ROOM SO CUTE!" the room was filled with pink, white, and purple. Just how Mas y Menos made it to be.
"Yeah, well, I'm glad you like it Starfire. Anyways, get some rest. We start training tomorrow." Speedy said as he was getting up.
"Oh thank you friend Speedy!" She jumped on the bed and laid down.
"Good night Starfire." Speedy left her room, shut the door and headed towards his own.
Once the door was shut, Starfire immediately took out her hand-held communicator.
Robin just got out of the shower and got dressed for bed. He had a long day and he wanted to get some rest. He laid down and was about to fall asleep when he heard his communicator go off. He quickly put on his mask and opened it.
"Report," Robin answered. Starfire's face appeared on the screen.
"Oh Robin, is that any way to say hello?"
"Yes."
"My my, what has gotten into you my dear Robin? Do you not miss me now that I am safe and have arrived?"
"Yes, of course I miss you, but it seems like forever since you left."
"Anyways, I shall leave you to your slumber. I will call you when you are not so grumpy." Starfire turned it off and Robin sighed and closed the communicator. He then opened it again and saw a smiling Starfire.
"Just kidding Robin," she winked and grinned. "Sweet dreams and I will call you before my training starts. I love you." Robin smiled lazily and nodded.
"Okay, good night Star, I love you too." The screen went blank and the two went to bed, thinking about each other before dozing off.
It was five am. in the morning and Starfire woke up to the dim light hitting on her face.
"Oh joyous! the sun is in rise now!" She jumped out of bed, got changed, and ventured off to the roof.
Speedy heard the door slam to the roof. He sat up and decided to see who it was. He got ready just in case it was Starfire. He went up the stairs and opened the roof. He saw Starfire, but with someone else. He was sitting next to Starfire, rather closely, and he saw the two smiling. He had jet black hair and he was taller than Starfire. He shut the door quietly and stood there watching them.
When Starfire got to the roof, she figured she'd be alone. She saw someone stretching out and watching the sunrise when she reached the roof and immediately thought it was Robin.
"Robin?" she called out. The figure turned around and smiled.
"Sorry Starfire, it's just me, Aqualad." She sat down and he returned to his previous actions.
"So Starfire, like the tower so far?" he asked after a short silence.
"Of course friend Aqualad! I am very grateful for being able to assist you in battle!" she replied.
"Well I'm glad." he smiled before continuing, "so, what are you doing up this early? I must be the only one on this whole team who is awake by now." He took a seat by Starfire since he was done stretching.
"Oh friend Aqualad, I, too, awake this early in the morning. I enjoy watching the rise of the sun."
"Yeah, it's cool. Well anyways, I'll see you at breakfast alright? I need to warm-up for training today. I'll see you later okay?" he smiled and she smiled back.
"Alright friend Aqualad, it was nice conversing with you! Have fun with the doings of the warming up!" He waved and jumped off the roof of the tower. He dove into the ocean to do whatever he had to do.
Once Speedy saw Aqualad leave,he slammed the door and pretended like he just arrived.
"Good Morning friend Speedy! You too awaken in the morning at this time of day?" Speedy faked yawned.
"Nah Starfire, it's just that I thought about you might've been hurt since I heard a door slam earlier." 'Hah, good one Speedster.' he thought to himself.
"Oh, thank you for your concern, but I assure you that I am very much safe. Well, since you are already on the roof, would you like to accompany me to watching the rise of the sun?"
"Oh, sure Starfire. That'd be cool. Thanks." Speedy sat down next to Starfire, closer than Aqualad was sitting, and she didn't take notice. She was too busy watching the colors that reflected over the ocean the sunrise had made.
"So, Starfire," Speedy asked after a long silence. "Why do you like watching sunrises?"
"Well, honestly, I do not know. It cannot be described. But I think, that I have enjoyed the rises of the sun more than ever before because Robin has always accompanied me watching them. It is a time where we can talk about anything and not get interrupted by friend Beast Boy."
"Oh, that's cool."
After a while, the sun has finally rised, and Speedy and Starfire were talking about the training that would take place that afternoon. Soon, they heard yelling inside the tower. They decided to go check what was going on.
Speedy and Starfire walked through the main room doors and saw Bumblebee yelling at Aqualad while he was laughing, a blushing Cyborg was on the screen, and Mas y Menos were on the kitchen counter, eating breakfast burritos, watching the whole scene take place.
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE!" Speedy yelled.
"Yes friends, what is the matter? Why is there chaos here?" Starfire asked.
"Bee…Cyborg…boyfriend…HAHAHAHAH!" Aqualad said between laughs.
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH. THERE'S NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT IT! YOU BETTER BE HAPPY THAT I'M NOT OVER THERE BEATING YOU ASS RIGHT NOW. YA KNOW WHAT, THAT SOUNDS APPROPRIATE TO DO NOW. GET YO-"
"Hey hey Bee, it's alright. I'm cool with him knowing. In fact, I didn't think we'd keep it a secret." Cyborg said on the screen. Starfire's eyes widened at the whole situation.
"OH CONGRATULATIONS FRIENDS CYBORG AND BUMBLEBEE! I am very happy for you two!" Starfire exclaimed.
"Um, thanks." They both said. Mas y Menos started to drool when they saw Starfire. Aqualad and Speedy tried to stifle in their laughter at the new couple. Bumblebee took out her lasers and both zapped their butts to shut them up. She smirked at and said to Cyborg,
"I'll call you later Sparky. I gotta handle my team."
"Okay, talk to ya later-HEY! It was my-" Bee turned off the screen before she could hear whatever Cyborg said. Then she faced her team. Speedy and Aqualad were rubbing their butts (ya know, since Bee zapped them and all..), Mas y Menos were staring/drooling at Starfire, and Starfire looked lost.
"Alright y'all." Bee announced. "Let's get to training. We can eat afterwards. NOW MOVE." Everyone immediately sped out of the room and went outside. Bee smirked and said to herself,
"Now that's more like it."
Starfire didn't know what was going on, but when she heard Bumblebee yell, she somehow knew what to do. She waited outside next to Speedy and Aqualad, and getting stared down by Mas y Menos. She blushed and waited.
'Oh joyous,' she thought to herself. 'Another training. I wonder what Robin and the others are doing around this time.' She looked around and noticed Bumblebee had come out, only to argue with Speedy and Aqualad about who should go first.
She thought to herself, 'this is sort-of, kind-of like home.' She smiled and went to try and fix the disagreements between the others.
Okay sorrie for the long update you guys..my computer's being like super stoopid and i've been really busy..but thaks for always reviewing you guys!
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