Sapphire sat on the shore of the tower, looking at the water as the waves came in. She used her right hand to stir it, making a single stream come out and dance around in front of her, and in her other hand she held a Teen Titan communicator. She was now officially a member of the team, and yet she wasn't happy. She felt guilty, as if she was turning her back on Atlantis. She didn't need to be there to know that trouble was brewing. Atlantis was like a distant memory to her, as if she had been there forever and was born again. It was impossible of course, she was just created. But still it was a haunting memory and when she tried to search in herself for why she was having those troubles, she saw war with Trident. The wind blew and blew her hair in front of her face. Was she doing the right thing? What if her people needed her and she wasn't there? It was her job to protect them, what if she failed? "Sapphire…" she heard Aqualad speak up from behind her. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

"You don't sound it."

"I was just thinking." Aqualad looked puzzled at her from behind and took a seat next to her.

"Talk to me." He offered.

"I feel like I'm turning my back on Atlantis." She explained, "Like I'm giving up on them. What am I doing?"

"You're not," he replied, "You're just helping us out keep justice up here on land. Trust me, if and when there's trouble in Atlantis, we'll be there."

"Even you?" she asked, turning to him. He smiled at her again.

"Even me." He assured her, "You're just nervous about being a titan. Everybody who joins is at first."

"But I still don't feel right."

"Don't worry. I have Tramm keeping an eye on things, he'll radio me if something is wrong. Then I go and take care of it."

"Do you work alone?"

"Most of the time I did…but not anymore."

"I mean in protecting our home."

"Yeah, I do." He told her. "Why?"

"Because you don't have to anymore." He smiled at her again. "I can sense it you know?"

"Sense what?"

"When Atlantis is in trouble. I just know it."

"You have a gift."

"I guess I do." And there was silence between them.

"Hey," and he cleared his throat, "I got you something as a welcome to the team present." And he reached behind him and pulled out a blue wrapped square with a red bow on it. He must have been hiding it. Sapphire took it from him and opened it, undoing the bow and then tearing off the wrapping paper. "I heard you liked Kelly Clarkson." Aqualad added. She looked at the gift in front of her and saw that it was Kelly Clarkson's second CD. She smiled and turned to him.

"Thank you, Aqualad."

"You're welcome." He replied after swallowing hard. She just continued to smile at him.

"I'll listen to it before I go to sleep tonight." Aqualad stood up.

"I'll see you later." And he walked back into the tower, leaving Sapphire alone to cherish her gift. She hugged it to her chest and thought to herself. He was such a perfect person, and almost envied him for being so perfect. Or at least he was perfect to her.

Aqualad entered the tower again and walked into the living room. He took a seat down on the couch and sighed. Speedy was playing a game on the game station and paid Aqualad no attention. The video game made a dropping noise and the words "Game Over" flashed on the screen.

"Awe man!" Speedy complained and set down the controller. Aqualad didn't even look at him; instead he just stared straight ahead. "So where were you?"

"Huh? Oh, I was giving Sapphire her welcome present." He snapped back into reality after a moment.

"You got her something?" Speedy was interested.

"Yeah, I got here the Kelly Clarkson CD. The second one." Aqualad replied. Speedy gave Aqualad a look with a childish grin on his face, "What?" he snapped.

"Oh nothing…I just find it amusing."

"What's amusing?"

"That you like her so much but you try to hide it." Aqualad was struck.

"I do not like her. She's a new member of the team and I want to make her feel welcomed. That's it."

"Yeah right." Speedy commented.

"Look, she's new to everything, so I'm trying to help her get her footing."

"Dude, just admit it, you like her…a lot. She's a great fighter and a pretty girl…everything you like in a package."

"And you giving her a hard time and critiquing her just makes her feel better right?"

"My job is the peanut gallery." Speedy said as he picked up the controller again. "Just admit you like her and get on with your life."

"What makes you think I like her?"

"The fact that you stare at her all the time, and when she's not around you're thinking about her. You guys have a lot in common, it's completely normal." And then Aqualad heard Mas y Menos making kissing noises from behind the couch and laughing. "They have the right idea."

"Do you enjoy being rude, or something?"

"I enjoy watching you stumble through this little crush you have." And with that Aqualad exasperated and left. Speedy just smiled to himself and chuckled. "Loser."

Mush later that night, Aqualad awoke when his door opened and closed. He sat up and looked around, but nobody was there. He settled back down under the covers and went to sleep, but his eyes jolted open when he felt a hand run up his stomach and onto his chest. He turned to his side and saw Sapphire, lying in bed next to him under the covers. Her hand went up to his cheek. "Hello, Aqualad." She purred. He was shocked, but didn't move. He just looked at her as a tingling sensation went up his spine. "I was just thinking about you and decided to drop in."

"W-what's on your mind?" he asked her. She grinned and sat up and straddled him. He was surprised to see her acting like this, this was definitely not Sapphire. Had Speedy put her up to it? Aqualad looked at the beautiful girl on top of him and noticed that she was in nothing but a set of skimp underclothes, showing her cleavage right to his face. With each breath she took they grew closer to his face, the warmth hitting him. He couldn't stop staring at the two plump mounds of flesh in front of him and felt a sensation surge from his head to his toes. He wanted to burry his face in them, only yearning to feel how soft they were. He reached up one hand and went to touch one, but she grabbed his hand. "Naughty, naughty." She whispered in a seductive tone. "Do you want to see them?" she asked. He didn't know what to say, but he knew what he wanted to say.

"Y-yes." A dry answer came from the back of his dry throat. She smiled and reached up one hand and began to tug at the front of her bra. This was it! And then…

Aqualad shot up in bed, sweaty and out of breath! He looked around his room, and there was no beautiful girl on top of him nor anywhere else in his sight. It was all a dream. Thank goodness! Or maybe not. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed. He had a weird feeling in his stomach. "What's the matter with me?" he said aloud. "Why am I dreaming about Sapphire?" and he punched the side of his bed. "Stupid Speedy and his dirty tricks!" he cursed his teammate. "It was a dream, it was all a dream. Just go back to sleep." And he laid back down, but he was unable to fall asleep for the rest of the night and lolled on his bed until the sun was up and his alarm clock went off. He just sat up and growled from exhaustion.

He sat out at the table while the others were having breakfast and fell asleep with his head on his arms. The others giggled as he began to drool onto his arm and snore from extreme fatigue. Sapphire reached over and touched his shoulder. "Aqualad?" and he shot up with drool still on the side of his chin. The others broke out into laughter. "Are you okay? You seem to be really tired."

"I'm fine." He said and he wiped away the spit. "I just didn't get much sleep last night."

"Is everything okay?" she asked. He turned to her and saw her stunning smile. He just gave her a small smile back and stirred his oatmeal.

"I'm fine. I just had a bad dream." Bad dream, yeah right! He liked his dream, whether he was ready to admit it or not. Deep down he knew he did, and almost wished he had never woken up. Seeing Sapphire like that was…unexplainable. He was embarrassed to talk to her after seeing her practically naked in his sleep. Sapphire cocked her head.

"What was your dream about?"

"Uh," he started and blushed, "Spiders."

"Spiders?" Bee asked.

"Yeah, you know, spiders." He shrugged and cleared his throat as he tugged at the clothing around his neck.

"But you're not afraid of spiders." Speedy stated.

"I know…but…they were really big ones." And Aqualad stood up and walked away from the table. "I'm going to bed, I need some rest." But the alarm went off again. He groaned and rubbed his head.

"No time, trouble!" Bee said and everyone ran out.