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Chapter 37

"Reflections"

(Back at Titans Tower)

" I'm sorry my friends, I am too tired to continue." It was a lie. She hated to tell this story. Sometimes its too much to handle. This was enough for tonight. "Goodnight." She slowly rose and walked to the bathroom, leaving everyone on the couch in silence.

She closed the door as quiet she could and stared at her reflection in the small mirror in front of her. She leaned down to grab her toothbrush. When she returned her gaze to the mirror, she not only saw herself, but Anders stood behind her. She closed her eyes as tight as she could and tried to make him go away. He's not real. He's NOT! she told herself. She clenched her teeth. He was still there. She could feel it. She opened her eyes, only to see his figure in the mirror, reaching out to touch her shoulder. Get away from me... She said in her head. "Go!" she swung her fist with all her strength at the mirror. It shattered into hundreds of pieces with a loud clatter.

She slumped to the floor, clutching her hand, wincing. She reached up for a washcloth. She hastily picked all the pieces of glass out of her fist, then wrapped the cloth around her hand. "Starfire! Are you alright?" She could heard Robin yell. She heard footsteps running down the hall towards the bathroom. She quickly reached up and locked the door. "I am fine. Please do not worry friend. I will be out in a little while." "Are you sure? What happened?" he questioned. " I…I just tripped and smashed into the mirror. That's all." "Ok, if your sure. Goodnight Star." She steadied her self enough to stand up. "Night Robin…sleep well." She breathed a sigh of relief as he went to his room. She brushed her teeth as best she could, trying to avoid the mirror as much as possible.

She went to Raven's room next. She quietly knocked on the door, hiding her injured hand behind her back. Raven came to the door with a book in her hand. "What?" Starfire tried to conjure up the courage to lie to yet another one of her friends. "I accidentally tripped, fell into the mirror and broke it. Can you please put it back together?" Raven poked up out of her book. "I guess."

The two girls floated down the halls, Raven reading, Starfire wincing. Her hand was hurting again. But despite the pain Starfire was careful to not reveal her hand to Raven. But with the way she was lost in that book, she probably wouldn't of noticed if the apocalypse came. They arrived at the bathroom. Raven closed her book and looked at the mess. "You really took a trip." she commented. She quickly pulled the pieces back together with her mind and placed them in the metal frame they were in before. " There, good as new. Now get some sleep. I'll see you tomorrow for that story of yours." And with that she flew back to her room, reading her book the whole way. "Don't remind me." mumbled Starfire, remembering Raven's last comment. She slowly raised her head to the mirror and saw…nothing. "As it should be."

Starfire slumped into bed, not even acknowledging the picture of her family beside her bed. She clicked out the light and fell into a deep sleep…

The next morning Starfire woke to the alarm screaming. She glanced over at the clock. It was 4:00 a.m. Good thing she hadn't even undressed. She slipped on her boots and flew out the door. Everyone else was already in the main room. She flew to them, wondering what the commotion was. Robin looked glanced up at her then returned his gaze to the monitor. "It's a false alarm." Let's all go back to sleep." Cyborg yawned and said "I'll have to check the systems in the morning." They all groaned at this inconvenience, then slugged back to their rooms. Starfire and Robin were left in the living room alone. "So I guess I'll see you in the morning." Starfire touched his shoulder without paying much attention and drowsily replied, "Goodnight Robin." Starfire lazily flew back to her room, but Robin stayed behind to pick up a bloody cloth left on the floor.

In her room Starfire put on her pink and purple heart pajamas and crawled into bed. She lay there for a few minutes before drifting off to sleep. Four hours later she was awoken by her alarm clock singing "Raindrops Falling on My Head" as the announcer told the weather. "It's rain, rain, rain folks! Stay inside!" he urged. Starfire switched off the announcement and flipped back her covers. She stretched, yawned, and rose. "Time for a shower." She grabbed a towel and adjusted the water. She breathed a deep, relaxing sigh. "Now that's more like it." After she was done with her shower, she dressed and went out into the main room to get something to eat.

The other Titans were there too. Cyborg and Robin were on the couch playing video games, Beast Boy was cooking up some tofu, and Raven was still reading that book of hers. She walked over to the fridge and got out an apple. She plopped down beside Robin on the couch while she ate and watched. Robin looked at her hand, and sure enough, there the cuts were. "Oh dude! You totally just crashed!" Cyborg triumphantly yelled. Robin snapped out of his stare and acted as if he just didn't clear the turn. "Yeah, I did." he laughed on the outside but in his head he was wondering why Starfire would do that.

A half an hour went by before anyone really said anything. Besides Beast Boy asking anyone if they wanted tofu and Cyborg yelling about how he was beating Robin, everything was silent. After a while longer, they boys got tired of the game and Beast Boy had finished his tofu. It was almost time to continue the story. "So Starfire, tell us more." Robin said. Oh well, it was only a matter of time… she told herself. Well… where did I leave off?" she stalled. "Hmmm….." Raven had come over now. "Anders wasn't there when you came." Starfire cleared her throat before continuing.