Well, here it is chapter 2! As the party begins to wind down Robin goes to the roof to watch the sunrise and think about not only the daunting mission ahead, but certain thoughts on his shaky history with women.

I don't own Teen Titans.

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The Main room of Titans Tower was decorated from floor to ceiling with signs and bright colored streamers. Confetti filled the air where the lights shined off the shiny little streamers casting colored lights around the room. The couch had been moved back and a disco ball had been put up over what had become an impromptu dance floor. Loud music that Robin couldn't even begin recognize because of the volume, was blasting was blasting from four speakers that had come out of the ground and walls nearby. On the other side of the room was a large table filled with food and scattered about the rest of the room were various chairs and games ranging from darts to twister.

"Looks like things have really picked up since I left. Hey Star, just how long was I gone?" She turned to him with a smile "I believe you were gone for no more than twenty minutes." Wow, I was gone longer than I thought. Robin looked down at his watch, it was 12:01 Darn, I missed the ball drop in Times Square. Oh well, not really that exciting anyway. "Hey Star?" He looked up at her floating next to him. "Yes Robin, what is it?" she asked sweetly looking back at him. He smiled "Happy New Year." The smile on her face grew even wider when he said this, a feat he thought was not possible, and she flew over and embraced him with a hug that wasn't quite bone crushing, but it was pretty close. "Happy New Year to you as well Robin!" After a moment or two of shock Robin returned the embrace as a light blush spread across his cheeks. Lucky for him the lighting was too dim for his red face to be seen. The embrace ended all too soon, but to Robin's pleasant surprise Starfire took him by the hand and led him towards the table of food.

Beast boy was sitting in a chair by the table with Raven next to him reading her customary leather bound book while Aqua lad and Speedy were having a rather animated conversation next to the tacos. Robin looked over the table; it was a pretty good spread ranging from ribs to pizza and even a little section that was vegetarian. Taking a closer look Robin even saw some of Starfire's Tameranean delicacies. He grabbed a plate for both Starfire and himself and began pilling on the ribs with a small side of salad. Starfire filled her plate with a few of her own food along with a slice of pizza and her now customary bottle of mustard. Looking around Robin saw two empty chairs about halfway across the room; he tapped Starfire on the shoulder and nodded towards them hopefully. She gave an affirmative smile and they headed off towards the chairs to eat their meals.

While they ate they spoke little as the music was too loud for anything but shouting, but Robin noticed that Starfire kept glancing towards the dance floor every minute or so.

Hmm, maybe I should ask her to dance? No, I hate dancing; besides, I'm really bad at it. So what, do it, you might have fun, and besides, you aren't doing it for you, you're doing it for her. That settled it, for Starfire, he would do it. He leaned in close to her so that he wouldn't have to yell to be heard, which also hid the blush spreading across her face from his sight, and spoke into her ear "Hey, star? Do you want to… uhh… dance?" An elated gasp escaped from her and before Robin even knew what was happening she had flown across the room with him and they were standing in the middle of the dance floor. After taking a moment to regain his footing, as well as figure out what the heck just happened, Robin tried his best to let the music move him. After a few minutes, and some near falls, Robin finally managed to get himself into something resembling a rhythm. Wow, for an expert martial artist you sure are clumsy. Shut up! After another minute or two the music changed from loud rock to a fast tango. What the heck, who made this CD anyway? Lucky for him Bruce made him learn the basics of higher class dances and the tango had always been his best one. Robin shyly held out his hand to Starfire which she took and he spun her around and put an arm around her waist once she was facing him again. She put her arm around his shoulder and tried to follow as best she could to this new dance. Wow, Star is really good at this. I mean I knew she was a good dancer, but this is amazing. When the tango came to an end both Robin and Starfire were beginning to get a little hot. As they were about to turn a familiar song began to play. Robin froze Oh no, not that, anything but that. But it was that, the song that had played when he and Starfire were declared Prom king and queen due to the fact that they were the only people left at the dance. Whoever made this CD must have been suffering from some serious mood swings. Starfire too recognized the song and once again pulled Robin onto the dance floor before he had a chance to resist, not that he would have.

As the song went on Robin and Starfire held each other close, neither of them had really planned on it, it just sort of worked out that way. Robin lost himself in the moment until he heard the end of the song nearing. Tell her now, while you have her in your arms, tell her! No, I don't want to ruin this moment right now; I don't want my selfishness to ruin the night for her. Besides, there are too many people around. So what, who cares if they hear you, they'll find out eventually anyway. No, not now. The song came to a close and the loud rock started up again and Robin and Starfire returned to their dinner.

After a good meal, and an accidental taste of some surprisingly good Glorg, Robin decided that he might look a little too obvious if he spent the whole party with Starfire. So, even though he wanted to stay with her, Robin got up to go mingle around with his friends.

Robin took a step back to survey his surroundings. On the dance floor he saw Cyborg and Bumble Bee dancing together and Kid Flash dancing with Jinx as well. Scanning towards the door he saw Speedy and Aqua Lad playing what looked like a very intense game of twister with several girls while Beast Boy sat and made comments here and there while eating from a large plate covered in tofu. Over by the door Robin saw that Starfire had gone to speak with Raven and they looked to be enjoying themselves… well at least Starfire did, you could never quite tell with Raven unless you were right next to her. Scanning the room one more time Robin noticed Wildebeest off to the side and, wondering how he missed him in the first place, decided to go and talk with him for awhile. Robin crossed the room, and after nearly tripping over the piles of garbage that he figured he would have to clean up before too long, and walked up next to Wildebeest who was looking out the window at the ocean. "Enjoying the party?" Wildebeest looked down at him, "Parties aren't really my thing, good food though." Robin almost laughed out loud, "I know what you mean, I've never been much of a party guy myself. I'm glad you could make it though." Wildebeest went back to looking out the window. "You should tell her you know." Robin looked to him confused, "huh?" "Starfire, you should tell her how you feel." "What? What makes you think I…" Wildebeest snorted. "I'm not as dull as I look, nor as slow as people think I am. Besides, I can smell it on you. Whenever you're around her you reek of a combination of joy, love and fear." Robin was speechless; all he could do was stare at wildebeest wild-eyed. After a moment or two his brain kicked in again. "How long have you known?" "Since I first met the two of you. I didn't say anything until now because the scent has gotten near unbearable." Robin smirked, "Sorry about that. So, you said you could smell it on me, can you… you know, smell it on her too?" Wildebeest snorted again "First off, Starfire is an alien; she gives off smells that I can't even begin to identify; second, even if I did know I wouldn't tell you, it's not my place to announce the emotions of others." Robin stared at him for a moment. Oh great he thought just what I needed, more pressure. Wait maybe that is what I needed, a little push in the right direction. No, no I can't do this because someone else told me to; neither can I use that as an excuse. This has to come from me, just me; it won't be real if I do it because I was told to. Looking to Wildebeest Robin smiled again "Just so you know I had planned on telling her soon, before you said anything to me." "Good, now go do it." The smile on Robin's face vanished "I'm not just going to do this because you told me to, I'm doing this because I chose too. I will decide when to tell her how I feel, not you, or anyone else for that matter." Wildebeest snorted and turned back to the window. Robin turned and walked off to another part of the room. I will tell her, I will, I just need to find the perfect moment. Wildebeest merely smiled, his plan had worked, Robin would tell Starfire how he felt because he wanted to, and not because he thought he had to.

Robin was fuming How dare he, I know he's just trying to help but he should know that I have to do this on my own! Without truly realizing it Robin had left the party and was heading towards the workout room. I need to let off some steam, besides, this might help me think. Robin walked over to the middle of the room from which hung five punching bags in a circle. Taking a deep breath Robin began smashing the hanging bags with all of his might, taking out all of his pent up anger, sadness, and most of all fear onto the bags. The longer he went the harder his punches and kicks got until he was moving from bag to bag as if fighting multiple opponents just so he wouldn't have to wait for the bag to swing back. As he continued on Robin began to fall inside of himself, there was no thought, simply pure emotion and skill. Doing a quick standing back flip robin landed one last devastating jumping kick to the center bag causing it to explode into a shower of sand and stuffing upon impact. Woah, never done that before. Robin stepped back to catch his breath. Looking at his watch Robin saw that it was 5:30 AM; he had been practicing for nearly four hours. It only felt like a few minutes, wow. Not really wanting to go back to the party just yet Robin remembered that sunrise was supposed to be at 6 Am and began making his way to the roof using back hallways so nobody would see him.

The early morning air was freezing and Robin was glad he had decided to grab a jacket from his room. After clearing a space in the snow, a space he unconsciously made big enough for two people, Robin sat down and let his mind drift. He thought back to a girl he had known in his home town. He name had been Alyssa, his first ever crush. He had moved with his family when they all joined the circus and he never saw her again. He read somewhere that she had married some rich business tycoon and was living in some huge estate in Beverly Hills. After Alyssa had been Jessica, he still remembered the way her black hair shined under the spot light. She had been one of the floor acrobats in the circus and he had fallen for her in an instant. When he finally got up the courage to tell her how he felt she yelled at him and they never spoke again. After his parent's murder and he left the circus he never saw or heard of her again. After that he had been too busy with his training under Bruce to think about girls, until he met Batgirl that is. At first the two clashed almost constantly, but over time Robin had grown to care for her. They had become close friends, though Robin began to think of her as more, despite his better judgment. Robin let out a small chuckle as he remembered the day he had tried to kiss her; he spent the next week in the infirmary. After he got out they had a little talk and he realized she saw him as nothing more than a close friend. Then he met Starfire. He was still amazed; she was the most amazing person he had ever met. Not only was she beautiful, but she was strong, smart and incredibly kind hearted. Never before had he been so happy since the day he met her. She had an almost uncanny ability to cheer him up. She was the only one in the tower that was capable of pulling him away from his work. Had it not been for her he might have been hospitalized for malnutrition and lack of sleep hundreds of times. He owed her so much, and to top it all off he was in love with her! What am I getting myself into this time? Starfire was both the love of Robin's life and hid best friend. What if I tell her and she hates me for it? I don't think I could live without her. No, that may be going too far, but I'll simply be stuck with a half-life, an empty life. I'll just become a body going through the motions; my soul would be torn to pieces. Robin's thoughts continued on this line for a few more minutes until he heard a faint click of the door opening. Turning to look he was met by a glorious sight; Starfire came out with a rather shy look on her face, she was wearing a turtleneck that matched the color of her eyes and a pair of sweatpants that seemed a bit too big for her. "Robin, are you up here?" He turned back to look at the horizon "Yeah Star, I'm over here." She walked over and sat on the cleared space beside him "Is everything alright, why did you leave the party Robin?" Robin continued to watch the horizon "I'm alright Star, I just needed some more time to think and thought it might be nice to watch the sunrise." "I see, then I shall leave you to watch the sunrise." Starfire said sadly. Robin turned quickly before she could move too far and grabbed her hand "Star, you don't have to leave, you can watch the sunrise with me if you want." Nice work boy blunder, now she's going to think you're an idiot. To Robin's utter, and pleasant, surprise Starfire smiled brilliantly and sat next to him "Thank you Robin that would be wonderful." No Star, thank you. All thoughts of the daunting mission ahead of him left Robin's mind as he sat and watched the sunrise on a new year with the love of his life… if only she knew.

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Well, I hope you liked the second chapter. I am planning on writing more, but I need to figure out where this story is going to go first so it may take a little while, but I will finish it I promise. Anywho, please Review and I'll see ya next time. (Hopefully sooner rather than later)