Chapter One
Starfire awoke from her dreaded dreams and sighed. It was not a nightmare, nor did it have anything to do with the word 'dreaded'. The only reason she thought that was because it involved him.
She rose out of bed and walked over to her dresser where she pulled out one of her uniforms. She took a few other things out and proceeded to the bathroom which was connected directly to her room. She placed the items down on the counter next to the sink and looked up into the mirror. Another sad sigh escaped her lips and tears threatened to escape her eyes. She looked horrible. Her face was red and tear stained. Her once long, neatly combed red hair was messy and tangled. She closed her eyes and turned away. She proceeded with taking a shower.
Meanwhile, down stairs, everyone was sitting at the kitchen table. Beast Boy ate his tofu breakfast slowly as Raven drank her herbal tea. Cyborg was standing over the stove, making waffles for everyone.
It had been a week since Robin had left and still no one spoke a word about it. It was pointless. They knew what today was going to be filled with; they knew exactly what was going to happen.
Beast Boy placed his head down on the table; he sighed and lifted himself back up a few moments later. "She's going to come through that door happy as ever to see us and pretended she's not hurting," He said disappointedly. His elf ears drooped.
Looking at her glass, Raven nodded, "I don't see why she hides it. I can sense that she's upset. I tried talking to her about it but she just brushed me away. She claims there is nothing wrong."
Slowly, Cyborg walked over to the table and sat down the pile of freshly made waffles. "We all know she's hurting. The problem is getting her to accept it so she can move on." Cyborg sighed, "Has anyone heard from Robin yet?"
Getting angry, Beast Boy looked up at Cyborg, "Heard from Robin? What is wrong with you? He's the jerk that started this whole mess!" He shouted.
Cyborg was taken by surprised but regained his composer. "Look man, I know you have some serious issues with him, but that doesn't mean you have to act like that. He's still our friend."
The issues Cyborg was referring to was one of jealousy. It was true that Beast Boy had a crush on Starfire, but Starfire was unaware of it and only considered Beast Boy a close friend, just like Cyborg. He was jealous of Robin because he had a chance with her, and he did not.
Beast Boy rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. A few minutes of silence went by and the doors to the operations room could be heard opening. Soft, gentle foot steps were heard.
"Good morning dearest friends!" Starfire smiled. No sign of her crying could be found. To a stranger she was unchanged. To her friends, she was a disaster.
Everyone gave her a small smile. Cyborg took a seat and started piling some waffles onto his plate. Starfire sat to his right, Raven to her left; she placed one piece on her plate and began eating it.
Beast Boy was the first to notice that something was wrong. He looked over at Starfire and watched her cautiously. After a moment he realized what it was. "Starfire, you're not eating mustard with your waffles!" He exclaimed.
Turning his head, Cyborg noticed the same thing. Even Raven looked up to notice that Starfire did not have one drop of the yellow substance on her food. Mustard to Starfire was like water to a fish. She literally drank that stuff.
"Star, is everything ok?" Cyborg asked gingerly.
Starfire smiled, "Everything is fine, friend. Please, do not worry about me," a small pause went by and she looked away, "Excuse me; I must do the cleaning of my room now. Thank you friend Cyborg for the lovely breakfast, it was most enjoyable." With that being said she quickly got up and walked towards her room.
She hadn't been in the kitchen for more than six minutes.