Author: Sorry it took so long to update, I hadn't managed to get to it.. this chapter's a bit longer, but it was also rushed, so...
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one more thing... each chapter switched POV's. last chapter it was Star, this time it's Raven.

"Are you alright, Starfire?" The empath whispered, going to the other girl's side and sitting next to her. Her eyes were all Starfire could see, but she noticed something within them she'd never seen before. Compassion. Concern. And something else...

Chapter 2: Sleep

Starfire looked at Raven curiously, and had opened her mouth to speak when Raven blurted out, "He didn't hurt you did he!" Starfire merely shook her head, and Raven sighed to herself in relief. "Alright then," she made her voice as emotionless as possible. She didn't want to break something, "I'll go now." She got up and walked towards the door.

"Wait!" She heard Starfire call out. She stopped and turned her head back to face the other girl.

"Yes, Starfire?"

"P-please.. dd-o not leave me...I am.. afraid.."

"Alright, Starfire, I'll stay. Only to make sure he doesn't come back." A small crack appeared in the lamp on Starfire's bedside table as Raven lay down on the ground near Starfire's door. The floor, even with carpet on it, was cold and hard. Great, now I'll have back problems too, Raven thought to herself. Almost as though she could sense the other girl's discomfort.

"Friend-Raven? You could...ummm... sleep with me... in my bed...if you like." The crack in the lamp widened.

"Are you sure, Starfire?"

"Oh yes, friend-Raven! It is a large bed. We shall both fit."

"Yeah..." The empath lifted herself from the floor and quietly padded over to the bed. She sat back down next to starfire, noticing the tamarainian girl hadn't decided to change. She accepted the pink covers Starfire offered to her and slipped underthem, leaving her cloak on and her hood up. "Thank you, Starfire," she monotoned, the lamp cracking just a bit mar.

"I welcome you, friend-Raven, and I thank you for saving me from...Robin." At the sad tone in the girls' voice, Raven rolled over and looked at Starfire who was sitting up next to her. "Tell me, why did he do that?"

"Starfire," Raven began, sitting up and placing a hand on her /friend/'s shoulder, "that wasn't the Robin we know. I believe he's being controlled or it's an imposter. He was harder to read than usual, so I didn't get much." Not to mention I wan't worried about why he was doing it.

"Oh..." Starfire looked down at her pink covers and Raven saw tears forming in her eyes.

"You're safe, now, Starfire. He can't hurt you," the empath said, a bit of emotion slipping into her words, "not while I'm here."

"I thank you, friend-Raven." Starfire's gaze went to her teammate. Raven managed a small comforting smile for her.

"I'm sure you'd do the same for me." Just not for the same reason, a nasty voice in her head said. She stifled the voice.

"Yes, of course I would!" The most adorable, in Raven's opinion, look of concerned graced Starfire's features.She did NOT just think another girl was adorable, did she? "He hasn't...has he?" Raven shook her head in response.

"No, Starfire. I wouldn't let him in my room normally, much less if he didn't seem like Robin. Mentally, I mean." Starfire looked relieved. "Go to sleep, Starfire."

"Will you be here when I wake up?" The question caught the empath off-guard.

"Err.. of course, Starfire, why wouldn't I be?"

"Oh good. I was merely curious."

"Err..right, well..I'll..I'll be here.." God she better get her stuttering under control! Why was she stuttering anyways! Starfire settled down next to her, curling up into a ball and cuddling the covers. Before she closed her eyes, a small frown crossed her face.

"Surely, you must be quite warm in that." She glanced at Raven's cloak.

"Yes."

"Then why not remove it?" Sure, why not. Raven felt like a puppy, an obediant one at that, as she lowered the hood, unfastening the cape, and folded the cloak up. She placed it on the floor directly next to the bed and turned back to face Starfire.

"Better?"

"Now you will not die from too much heat." Only if my face gets any redder. The other girl didn't seem to notice Raven's slight blush, though.Raven continued sitting upright, glancing at the red head next to her. The girl was so close, yet so forbidden, the nasty voice rang in her ears again. Once more, she blotted it out.

"Now go to sleep Starfire."

"Yes, friend-Raven." Raven felt a pair of arms encirlce her waist and cling to her for a moment in a tight hug. The lamp on Starfire's table exploded, the only light now gone from the room, thankfully hiding Raven's blush.

"Sorry..." Raven muttered.

"It is alright, friend-Raven. You are here, and that is all that is important." Raven's breath caught in her throat, for Starfire's arms hadn't let go of her. Please, Starfire, don't let go. I need you, want you...love you...

But one thing caused Raven to stay up through the night, mentally stabbing herself. Friend-Raven. Friends, nothing more.

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