Ten words: My brother didn't have work. Sorry for the long update.

Chapter Six: Getting Away

Dedication: Meli Lu, I have no idea what I'd do without a friend like you in my life. I'd probably be completely lost. You keep me laughing and grounded at the same time and your advice totally rocks. Tell everyone in Texas hi for me, okay? - Me

Laughter echoed around the enclosed pool as Beast Boy performed a belly flop. Starfire and Raven winced as they were doused with waves of water. The changeling surfaced, shaking the water out of his brown hair and rubbing his stomach. "God damn that hurt!" Robin and Cyborg- the metal man was still in the disguise of Stone and Beast Boy in his of Garfield- roared with laughter. The changeling stuck his tounge out at his friends and shoved Raven forward. "Your turn, Rae."

Raven scowled at him but clambered out of the pool, ringing out her hair. "I cannot believe I'm actually participating in this." she muttered, backing up against the wall. She narrowed her violet eyes in concentration and jogged forward, her feet slapping the pool deck. At the edge she jumped, tucked her legs in, and- She emerged from the water an slight smirk on her features. Cyborg shook his head. "Near perfect water displacement, but you still haven't beat Robin."

The black haired boy's grin widened. "Nobody can beat me."

"Somebody's ego's a little big." Raven deadpanned. "It's Star's turn." Robin's smile disintegrated as the alien princess pushed herself out of the pool and crossed the deck. She stole a brief moment to tie her hair back and then she took her turn. In four easy strides, the red head cleared the deck. A quiet "Oh shit," slipped from Robin's mouth as he watched Starfire. Cyborg started laughing.

"Dude!" Beast Boy yelled.

"Woah." Raven said.

"Fuck." Robin muttered.

Cyborg just laughed. "Man, she got you good! I haven't seen anybody beat you before!"

Starfire giggled, shaking her head. The doors to the pool opened and a little red haired girl walked in, followed by a brown haired boy. The Titans each raised an eyebrow. Raven and Starfire were the first to get out of the pool and snatch their things off a table in the corner and exit the pool. The boys were quick to follow.

Robin glowered at the boy as he passed and hurried to catch up to his friends. That kid looked too familiar.

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"Okay," Beast Boy said. "Now that we've watched Richard get his ass kicked in our cannon ball contest by Kori-" Robin scowled- " what do we wanna do next?"

Starfire and Raven looked at eachother. "We wish to go into town." the red head announced.

"What's in town?" Cyborg implored, taking a rather large bite of his hamburger.

"A bookstore." Raven replied.

"And where would this bookstore be?" Robin said.

"In the mall."

"Rae, you hate going to the mall." Beast Boy said. "You going to the mall is like the apocalypse or something. It just doesn't make sense."

"I've been to the mall."

"When?"

"Why should I tell you?"

"We're not going into town, I'm telling you right now. I refuse to leave this hotel."

A sly smile crossed Starfire's face. "There does happen to be food in town." Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Robin's eyes all lit up and the alien girl sat back in her seat, a satisfied smirk on her pretty face. Raven turned to look at her friend.

"You're good."

"I happen to know that, friend Raven."

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"I can't believe that I just spent two hours at a mall and not one girl gave me her phone number." Beast Boy whined, buckling his seat belt. "I mean, look at me!"

"What about you?" Raven said from the back seat where she was comparing items with Starfire. "I like that studded belt."

"I'm one sexy dude!"

Raven and Starfire snorted with laugher. "Dear X'hal help us!" the green eyed girl giggled. "Please do not tell me he just said that!"

"For the love of all that is good and holy, Beast Boy, when will you get over yourself?" Raven queried.

Cyborg smirked, backing the rental car out of the parking space and drove out of the mall's parking lot as the bickering between Raven and Beast Boy continued. And they talked about Robin and Starfire being slow? The were just as slow, if not even slower. And what was he? He was in for one hell of a ride, going on this vacation that's what he was.

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"No! Mas! Menos! Don't touch that!" Bumblebee yelled, chasing the twins away from a sludge sample that looked highly toxic. The twins raced from the labratory, cackling evilly. Bee sighed. What the hell had she gotten herself into? Her communicator buzzed and she flipped it open. "Titans East, Bumblebee speaking. Oh, hey, Sparky."

"Hey," Cyborg's face replied. In the background, the leader of the Titans East could hear two other Titans bickering over stuff that was "for all that was good and holy" and being dead sexy and what it meant to be dead sexy. She frowned.

"What's going on over there, Sparky?"

Cyborg chuckled. "Nothin' much. Rae and BB are just yellin' at eachother and Robin and Starfire are crashed in the back."

"They're sleepin' through all of that?"

"Yep. So how're things goin' at the tower? Everythin' okay?"

"Cyborg! Watch out for the wildlife!" came another voice that Bumblebee took to be a sleepy Robin's. She shrugged.

"We're fine. Aqualad and Speedy tried to get into the girls' rooms earlier, but we're okay."

"Nobody goes into my room!" Raven growled on Cyborg's end of the line. "Stop poking me, Beast Boy!"

"You know I'm sexy, Rae! Admit it and I'll leave you alone!"

The bickering continued but was cut off as soon as Bumblebee snapped her communicator closed. "Idiots." she muttered to herself. A loud crash and obscene words sounded from the operations room above her. Bumblebee massaged her temples with her fingers. "I really need to get away." She swept from the labratory, locking the door behind her, and made her way upstairs where she found Aqualad and Speedy yelling at eachother, a broken lamp on the floor inbetween them. "I really, really need to get away."

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Starfire sighed, kicking at a mound of snow as she walked by it. Her breath froze in the air and she shoved her hands into the pockets of her black parka. A shadow fell over her slim form and an arm slipped around her waist. "Whacha doin', Kori?"

Starfire grinned and leaned into Robin's side. "Thinking."

"About what?"

She shrugged. "Various things."

"Like..."

"You, time, friends Raven and Beast Boy, why Raven snores..." She giggled at this thought. "I could not sleep."

Robin smiled. "That seems to happen to you a lot."

"I have plenty to think about and night is the best time to do it, I have discovered. Besides, I could say the same for you. You are always up when I am."

"Force of habit."

"I am a habit?"

"Nah," Robin replied, his grip on her waist tightening. "Just an obsession of mine."

Starfire rolled her eyes and bent over to stroke a small orange and white kitten and picked it up, cuddling it close to herself. It nuzzled her neck with it's head and started purring. "Do you suppose that friends Raven and Beast Boy are falling in love?"

It was Robin's turn to shrug. "I dunno. Why?"

Starfire was silent as she set the kitten free and watched it escape into the night, it's tail swishing as it trotted into the darkness. She turned to face her companion, was neither aware that it had started to snow. "I think that she likes him. I know that he likes her. I have an urge to push them in the right direction, but I do not wish to interfere. They are very... complicated." They continued walking, bathed in the golden glow of the street lamps that line the sidewalk. Neither spoke, they felt they didn't have to. After a while though, Robin broke the silence.

"Does Raven really snore?"

To be continued...

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I so wanted to make them kiss during that scene, but I couldn't. I'm waiting for the opportune moment. Maybe that was it. I dunno.

R and R please!