Disclaimer: look at the previous chapters..i think you get the point yeah?
Chapter 9: Phone Call
The first week for Starfire's stay at Titans East Tower went by fast. Training everyday, pizza after training, phone calls with Robin, Mas y Meno's attempts to be with Starfire 24/7, Speedy combing his hair, Aqualad trying to get Mas y Menos to leave their guest alone, Bee talking with Cyborg, everything seemed to make Starfire more comfortable around her temporary team mates and she got used to everything fast.
Titans Tower seemed to be lonely since Starfire was gone. Nothing has happened except a few bank robberies but that really wasn't anything. Beast Boy and Raven would hang out more often, Cyborg would be talking to Bee on his phone/arm thing, and Barbara would talk to her friends on her cell phone while Robin would be in front of his computer, trying to keep his thoughts off Starfire until she called. Of course, even with Barbara there, the tower still felt empty; there was no happy energy in the room that Starfire would always bring. They just weren't used to not having Starfire in the room.
It was Sunday morning and the Titans East decided that they needed a break from training. They all sat around and watched TV. Mas y Menos were on the floor, and then Speedy sat next to Starfire, who sat next to Bee, who sat next to Aqualad. They all jumped when Cyborg's face suddenly appeared.
"GOOD MORNIN' BEE!" he yelled. She smiled and said a 'Wassup Sparky.' He smiled his biggest smile and then his face was replaced with Beast Boy's.
"You little grass stain!" they heard from the other side of the screen.
"Hey you guys," Beast Boy answered.
"Hi Beast Boy," they said in unison, except for Mas y Menos, who said 'hola'.
"Friend Beast Boy! How is everyone at the tower over there?" Starfire asked.
"It's been so boring! I was thinking that we should like, go over there and start a partayy! What do you say Bee?"
"Uh, no. I wish, but no." Bumblebee replied. Soon, Beast Boy was surrounded by a black light was put on the couch by Raven.
"Rae! What'd you do that for?" he asked.
"We can't see Starfire. And lover boy over here isn't very patient." she said.
Speedy knew that Robin was going to see Starfire once they adjusted the screen so he decided to take action, just to piss him off. He scooted in closer to Starfire and put an arm around her whispering, "I'm so happy that you decided to help us Starfire, there's no possible way we can thank you." He then pulled her into a hug and kind-of made it a long one.
Barbara, too, had this same notion to want to piss Starfire off and took Robin's hand and measured with hers.
"Robin, look at how funny this is. Your hand is bigger than mine and I'm like, older than you." She gave a fake laugh and looked at the screen. It was now adjusted so you could see the whole team on both sides.
It was as if Barbara and Speedy planned the whole thing because when Robin and Starfire saw each other, they gave each other a hesitant smile but jealousy welled up in their eyes. Barbara took note of this and then laced her fingers with Robin's and laughed. Robin saw how Speedy was hugging Starfire and didn't see her struggling so he went along with Barbara. Starfire saw Robin and Barbara 'holding hands' so she returned the hug to Speedy. Speedy smirked and got up, saying something about going to fix his hair. Barbara left too, patting Robin's head and going to her room to make a phone call. Robin and Starfire avoided each other's eyes until Starfire got up to go on the roof. She kept thinking to herself, 'Does he still love me? If he does, what were they doing holding hands? Maybe Robin had moved on and gone to love another...'
Robin sat there, not listening to the others talk and laugh to each other. His head filled with thoughts like, 'What was with Speedy and Star hugging? Does she still love me? It's only been a week and Speedy and she seem to be comfortable with each other. Man, maybe she doesn't love me anymore.'
Barbara went into her room and locked the door. She picked up her cell phone and dialed a number she took from the Tower's phonebook. She listened to it ring until she heard a voice.
Speedy was complimenting himself in his head and was going to his room when he heard the phone rang in the kitchen. He shrugged and ran to go get it.
"Hello?" he asked.
"Hi, is this Speedy?"
"Yeah, who's this?"
"This is Barbara Gordon. I'm a friend of Robin and I'm currently hanging out with the Titans down here. Anyways, I'm that redhead that you met when you stayed over to pick up Starfire."
"Oh yeah, I remember you. You were that cute chick that always made Starfire jealous."
"Yeah, whatever. Anyways, you like Starfire right?"
"Yeah, she's hot. And you like Robin right?"
"Yeah.Anyways, I've been thinking…since you like Starfire, and I like Robin, we should do something about that. I mean, it is perfect timing…"
"Keep talking…"
"Well, what if I had an idea of us partnering up and getting what we both want?"
mm-kay short chapter I know. so sorrie… busy lately. Anyways…what's Barbara planning? And what's gonna happen with Robin and Starfire once the plan is revealed? You'll find out next chapter.
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