(A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed. I don't want to make this a/n as long as it was last time so I can't mention any names but just so you know, I read all of them. As I promised: Here's the next chapter! Updated as soon as possible. This is probably my favorite chapter and I don't think any RobStar fans will be displeased. BUT, THIS ISN'T THE LAST CHAPTER! There's more and some unresolved stuff. Please R&R! Enjoy!)
Chapter 5: Jealous Kisses
"There has to be something in here, somewhere!" Robin growled to himself as he rummaged through his closet one more time. "Here!" Robin pulled open a small drawer and found a couple sets of normal clothes. He pulled out a pair of dark blue jeans and a loose black, cotton T-shirt with the symbol of a gray bird on one of the sleeves. He tossed the clothes onto his bed along with a clean mask, then he gathered up the all the clothing he had haphazardly discarded in his search for regular clothes. Walking over to the closet again, Robin shoved the pile of uniforms onto the floor and slid the closet door shut. He looked at the clock. Half and hour wasted, he thought and hurried off to get ready.
Forty-five minutes later, Robin stepped out of his room and made his way to the main room. He had showered, gelled, changed, put a tiny dash of cologne on and even with his mask on he thought he looked pretty darn good. Quickly he checked his appearance then strode in. Cyborg was putting some drinks in a tub filled with ice when he heard Robin enter the room. He looked up at his leader who was taking in all of the new improvements to the room.
"So?" Cyborg prompted Robin. "What do you think, man?" Robin was dumbfounded as he looked around the newly transfigured main room. In less than an hour and a half, Cyborg had managed to move all the couches out of the room save for one, which he had placed in a corner. The walls glowed with Cyborg's signature blue sheen, the counter had been converted into a bar, TV screen had been retracted into the ceiling and in it's place was a digital countdown to the new year, a disco ball hung from the ceiling, and a turntable had been brought in for Cyborg.
"Cyborg. It's amazing!" Robin managed to say. "How. . . When. . .?" Robin couldn't continue. Cyborg laughed but before he could say anything the door opened again and in walked a pretty African-American girl followed by two red blurs and two teenage guys, one with long black hair and one with shorter red hair.
"Hey Sparky!" the girl said cheerfully.
"Yo Bee! Mas, Menos, Aqualad, Speedy." Cyborg greeted the Titans East team. Robin waved at his fellow Titans and Speedy nodded back in response. Mas y Menos were still racing around the room.
"¡Hola¡Somos listos bailar¿Dónde está la muchacha gótica y la muchacha bonita¡Tenemos hambre!" Mas y Menos said in rapid Spanish.
"What did they say?" Robin asked.
"Something about dancing and eating." Bumblebee said laughing. Since living with the two Spanish speedsters, she had improved her Spanish a lot.
"I think they want to know where Starfire and Raven are," Aqualad said helpfully.
"Oh, they got back about half and hour ago." Cyborg said. Just then the intercom buzzed.
"Hey big boy." Came a voice.
"Jinx!" Cyborg said excitedly. He pressed a button on the wall and buzzed her up. Bumblebee watched the exchange and frowned.
"I brought some friends. Hope you don't mind." The pink haired witch said as she strolled into the main room. "Don't worry. They'll be good." She added as an afterthought. Seconds after she came in, a crowd of people came streaming through the door. Cyborg recognized some of them as former H.I.V.E students, the rest were teens from around Jump City.
"Well Alright!" He called and made his way to the turntables, completely leaving the Titans East team and Robin to fend for themselves in the incoming wave of people. "Let's get this party started Y'all!" Cyborg yelled and flipped a switch on his new customized turntable. Immediately the main lights went out and colored lights and strobes lights began flashing all over the room. The disco ball began to spin, music blasted out of the new sound system and Cyborg's big New Year's Eve bash was officially underway. . .
Raven stood in the center of Starfire's extremely girly room with her hood pulled over her face in hopes that it would block out the pink and purple overload. She could hear muffled music from the party coming through the walls of Starfire's room and wished her alien friend would hurry up. Raven desperately needed to talk to Beast Boy.
"Starfire, I think your hair has suffered enough." Raven said stonily. Starfire was sitting at her vanity dressed in light blue jeans and a purple tank top. She would have looked nice if not for the thousands of ribbons and hair ties she had put in her fiery locks.
"Perhaps one more?" Starfire asked timidly.
"No. It's fine."
"Please, May I now do your hair?" The alien princess turned around to look at Raven.
"No." Starfire's face fell a bit but then returned to its usual cheerful expression.
"Then, I am ready now." She said and walked away from her vanity. Quickly Raven used her powers to untie all of the ribbons and hair ties set in Starfire's hair. She felt a little bad since Starfire had spent so much time on her hair, however, Raven just couldn't allow Starfire to go to the party with that hair monstrosity. The pale girl watched as Starfire's hair returned to its normal style. At the door, Starfire turned and looked at Raven expectantly, oblivious to the correction that had just happened to her hair.
"You go on without me." Raven replied to Starfire's unspoken question.
"But Friend. . ."
"Why don't you go find Robin?" Starfire's face lit up and she nodded. Then the princess turned and ran out the party to find her best friend. Raven followed and stopped in the hallway. She watched Starfire enter the main room and caught a glimpse of flashing colored lights before the door slid shut. Then, Raven turned and walked down into Beast Boy's room. She had some unfinished business to take care of. . .
After Cyborg had ceremoniously started the party, the other titans had joined the mass of the dancing, leaving Robin alone by the bar. He now was leaning against the wall in a shadowy corner scanning the crowd for Starfire. A drink clutched tightly in his left hand.
"Hey hot stuff!" A girl danced her way over to Robin. "Wanna Dance?" She asked. Robin shook his head. Several girls had already asked him to dance but he had refused all of them. This girl, however, refused to accept his refusal. "Come on," she said swishing her long blond hair in Robin's face. "It'll be fun!" She grabbed his hand and tried to pull him out of his shadowy corner. Robin resisted for a few seconds then he saw the door open. He watched as Starfire entered. She turned her head a few times as if searching. She didn't see Robin standing in his shadowy corner.
"Dance with me!" The obnoxious girl at Robin side said as she pulled his hand harder. Robin stepped out of his corner, tore his hand away from the girl.
"No. Way." Robin said before walking away. . .
When Starfire had come into the main room, she had immediately been bombarded by flashing lights and blaring music. She stopped for a few seconds to adjust then she looked around the room over the heads of many dancing teenagers.
"Robin!" Starfire called above the loud music. She glimpsed a mask on the other side of the room and began to work her way through the throng of dancing people. "Robin! Robin!" She tried to catch his attention. Finally she managed to work her way to where she had seen the infamous mask. Suddenly, someone bumped Starfire and knocked her to the floor. "You know, you really should apologize!" She called indignantly at the figure that had bumped her.
"Here" Starfire turned her head and saw a gloved hand reaching down towards her. Quickly, she grabbed the hand and stood up. "Oh X'hal! Robin. . ." Starfire looked up at her rescuer then trailed off. She was indeed looking into a pair of masked eyes. However, just not the ones that belonged to Robin.
"Hey." Speedy smiled down at the beautiful Tameranian. Stunned, Starfire said the only thing she could think of.
"You are not Robin." She spoke plainly but to Speedy, the words were slightly offensive. Still, he tried to brush off her comment as nonchalantly as possible.
"Never have been." He gave her a small, lopsided grin. "Speedy, of Titans East at your service." He gave a mock bow, hiding his offense at her earlier remark.
"I am Starfire of Tameran. Would you like to be my new friend?" She asked him. Speedy was taken aback for a moment by Starfire's straightforwardness. Then he replied.
"Sure."
"Glorious!" She crowed and gave Speedy a tight hug. "Hello, new friend, Speedy!"
"Hello, new friend, Starfire." Speedy said without missing a beat. His voice carried hints of contained laughter and Starfire beamed. . .
Robin tried to follow Starfire as he saw her disappear into the tangle of dancing bodies. Like his gorgeous best friend, Robin began to work his way through the teenagers. But before he was able to reach Starfire, the blond girl who had asked him to dance, stepped in front of him.
"That was like, so rude!" She exclaimed. Robin tried to maneuver around her but there were too many people. "Hello? Are you listening to me?" The girl waved her hand in Robin's face. Robin gave an exasperated sigh and looked at the girl.
"No." He said pointedly.
"Well that is, like, so obnoxious!" She glared at Robin. "You have to dance with me! I asked you and, like, NOBODY says no to me!"
"Guess I'm nobody." Robin's face was calm but inside he really wanted to slap this girl. She reminded him of Kitten. The boy wonder shuddered at that horrible memory.
"Dance with me NOW!" The girl ordered. Robin was seriously beginning to hate this Kitten clone. He reached out, lightly pushed her aside, and walked past. He saw Starfire a little way in front of him and hurriedly pushed past some dancing people. Then, suddenly, he stopped. Starfire was definitely in front of him. But, she wasn't alone, in fact, she was hugging somebody. Robin narrowed his masked eyes. Unfortunately, that somebody she was hugging was. . .
"Speedy. . ." He growled jealously. . .
"You were present when Cyborg opened the can of 'butt-whoop' on the Brother Blood, yes?" Starfire asked Speedy. Unfamiliar with Starfire's formal style of speech, it took Speedy a couple seconds to understand what she was saying.
"Oh. . . Do you mean was I there?" Speedy asked and Starfire nodded. "Oh. Yeah. I was."
"Starfire!" Robin interrupted as he marched furiously over to the pair.
"Robin!" Starfire said happily. "This is my new friend, Speedy!"
"Hey Robin." Speedy flashed a grin. To Robin is seemed more like a cocky smirk. Robin ignored Speedy and the archer frowned, it was clear he was unwanted. Around them, a few dancing people had begun to stare at the trio. One of the teenagers, a thin, blond girl walked over to the trio and grabbed Robin's hand. Speedy and Starfire watched, surprised, as Robin tried to brush her off.
"New Friend?" Speedy asked, one eyebrow raised. Robin glared furiously at Speedy.
"Robin, who is this girl?" Starfire asked.
"I don't know." He said through gritted teeth as he tried to pull his arm out of the girl's death grip.
"I was dancing with him. Who are you?" The girl said snobbishly as if that answered everyone's question. "Are you his girlfriend?" She put a disdainful emphasis on the last word. "I doubt you are. You're just too plain." Starfire gasped.
"And you are a nothing but a ZORBLARK!" Starfire yelled then she attempted to lunge at the Kitten-clone. Quickly Speedy grabbed Starfire and held her back. Robin saw this and was filled with jealous rage.
"ALRIGHT, Y'ALL! IT'S 11: 59! IF YOU GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL PLANNED BETTER GO FIND THAT SOMEONE 'CAUSE WE'RE COUNTIN' DOWN NOW!" Cyborg shouted from over by the turntables, interrupting the commotion on the dance floor. Robin heard this and panicked. He had to get to Starfire. Quickly, he shoved the girl's hands off his arm as hard as he could. Then he reached out and roughly pulled Starfire away from Speedy. Robin glared at his "Carbon-copy" and dragged Starfire through the crowds.
"Robin, what-?" Starfire said in bewildered tones. One minute she had been about to attack that girl. The next, Speedy was restraining her and now, Robin was pulling her through the group of dancing people.
"Yo! Here we go!" Cyborg called again. "Ten! Nine!" Hurry, Robin thought heading towards the single couch in the corner by the window.
"Eight! Seven!" Everyone had joined the countdown. "Six! Five!" Almost There. Robin could see the unoccupied couch. "Four! THREE!" Just a little farther. . .
"Robin, please, I merely wish to-"
"TWO!" YES!. . . Robin had reached the window. He pulled Starfire closer.
"ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Robin gently pressed his lips to Starfire's. Around them people were throwing confetti and screaming "Happy New Year!" but Robin and Starfire didn't care. After a couple seconds into the new year, Robin pulled away. Starfire opened her eyes slowly and looked at Robin.
"Happy New Year, Star." Robin whispered before disappearing into the crowd of the cheering . . .
(A/N: I hope you all enjoyed that chapter. If any one is confused, I haven't exactly gone into detail on the BBRae stuff. It's more of a touched upon thing but don't worry. It will be cleared up soon. Anyways, like I mentioned way above, THIS IS NOT the last chapter. There will be a few more. I was planning on writingat leastten chapters for this story. Why do that when I could have a decent ending now? Well, It's because of a few things. 1) Nothing worth having is easy to get. 2) There's still unsolved issues. 3) I've already introduced some characters and set them up to play bigger roles. cough speedy cough and4) I go with the flow on this and somehow letting Robin off so easily doesn't seem right. I hope I don't come across as horrible because of this. I really am a huge fan of RobStar but well. . . you'll see. Please Read&Review and I sincerely hope you enjoyed this chapter!)