Starfire held the baby blue cocktail dress up to herself, swaying from side to side in front of the mirror and looking down at her own body, her eyes were concentrated. Raven, who was sitting behind her on a velvet red bench that the store had kindly put out for impatient bystanders, closed her eyes. She knew this was going to take much longer than it should have; they had already been "shopping" for three hours, despite neither of them having one single bag in hand.

Starfire twirled around. "What do you think? Should I try this one on? I do very much enjoy the colour." She said, finally looking up into the mirror. Raven's head bobbed once as if she were falling asleep and she re-opened her eyes.

"Star…you've already tried on fifty million dresses…can't you just pick one?"she begged, severely wishing that her friend would not choose to stay much longer. Starfire stopped moving and stayed quiet for a minute.

"Perhaps you are correct…giving myself all of these options is only making it that more difficult to make of the decision."

Raven yawned and nodded. "Mm."

Starfire smiled and began to walk away quickly towards the changing room stall. "But it would be a shame if I didn't give this one the chance!"

"Ughhhh…" Raven leaned her back against the wall behind her. Why had she agreed to come, she would never know. When Starfire imerged from behind the curtain she gave an elegant twirl, placing her hand behind her head, Raven supposed to look sexy, and she had to admit that she did look very nice. Starfire had finally grown out of her awkward, slim as a board stage and was finally growing into her curves, and this dress showed it as it hugged her in every appropriate spot. She giggled.

"What do you think? Is this the date worthy?"

"You could tone it down a bit…its not like you're going to the Grammys."

Starfire ignored her and jumped with glee in her spot. "I think it is perfect! Oh, I hope Robin will think so too!" with that she jet back behind the curtain. Raven smiled slightly.

Oh well, at least she was happy and they could leave.

After that, Starfire grabbed a pair of silver heals and went to pay. As they walked out of the store and own the hall of the mall, she gabbered on and on about how excited she was for the date, so much so that Raven began to think of what it would be like to go on a date of her own. Her thoughts were brought to an abrupt halt however when the pinkette shoved her arm in front of her, hitting her square in the chest. The two girls stopped walking and Raven backed up, rubbing her sore breasts. She was about to ask Starfire what her deal was until she saw where her gaze was pointed.

"Before we leave," Starfire gasped, her lips pulled into a large smile. "We must go there!"

Raven frowned. "Victoria Secret? Really?" She had hardly pegged Starfire as the lingierie type, what with her lack of earthly knowledge and tact. She could still remember when the alien had first had sex with Robin and had shamelessly announced it at the dinner table. Nearly all of the Titans had choked on their food, and Beast Boy had even spit his entire mouth full of mashed potatoes directly into Raven's face.

Ah yes…she would never forget that lovely moment.

"It was very enjoyable because on Tamaran one does not partake in sexual activity unless it's for the purpose of reproduction." She had said, and now here they were, walking into a lingierie store because she was going on a date.

My how things change.

The alien flitted around happily as though she were a child in a candy store, Raven scuffing behind her and trying her best to keep her eyes straight ahead. The atmosphere made her uncomfortable, the girls that were filling the store laughing and gibbering made her annoyed, and to make matters worse her feet were beginning to hurt from walking all afternoon. She supposed she could easily hover to give them a break but that would take away one reason to complain.

"Oh, look Raven!" Starfire shot over to the wall, pulling what looked like a pile of red scrap material from the wall. She shook her head in disbelief as she walked over to her friend. "Do you think Robin would like this one?"

"I think you could probably just shred the shower curtain for a similar look." She said blandly. Starfires positive attitude did not waver and she put the item back on the wall, taking another off.

"What about this one? Do you think he would like this?"

"Honestly I think you should save your money on this crap. He's a guy. You could wear duct tape on your nipples and he'd be happy, and you can buy that for a dollar."

Starfire looked at her for a moment, her eyes blinking in confusion before she gasped. Raven raised an eyebrow, watching at the girl threw the garment back at the wall and flew past her. She turned around to see what was up.

"Raven!" Starfire called happily, holding up a black, lacy item. "This would look so the good on you!"

Raven nearly dropped dead. She could feel the burn in her cheeks and she shuffled her feet slightly. "M-me?! Why the hell would I need that, I'm not having sex." She spat, trying to keep her mind from turning to you-know-who, which it was trying desperately to do. Starfire looked at the item.

"Oh, but it would go so well with your skin tone and hair color. And black is your favorite color, yes?"

"No." Raven deadpanned causing Starfire to sigh and put it back on the wall.

"The television always makes shopping with female friends seem so enjoyable. " she said, her shoulders slummping down as she floated beside Raven. They both began towards the exit of the store.

"It's enjoyable for people who enjoy shopping, which I don't."

"Can we at least get an evening meal…I am famished." As soon as the question left Starfires mouth, Raven's stomach growled loudly. Finally, something she was happily willing to do with her friend.

The two of them made their way to the food court and after grabbing a table they split up to get their meals. It wasn't often that Raven ate junk food, beside pizza, so when the restaurant employee handed her the tray and the smell of her burger and fries hit her nostrils, she felt like melting. Not that the greesy smell of junk food necessarily appleaed to her all the time, but right now, it was exactly what she needed. She walked back to the table where Stafire had already started to dig into her Chinese noodles, a large plate of chicken balls piled beside them. Raven chuckled to herself and sat down.

Only Starfire.

The pinkette looked up with full cheeks, quickly covering her mouth while she chewed. She mumbled something which Raven took to be an apology. She merely shook her head, flumbling with the pack of vinegar she was trying to open to pour over her fries.

"No need to apologize, you did say you were famished." She said. Starfire smiled with closed lips and roughly swallowed her mouth full of food.

"I am happy I was able to find a dress and shoes at least." She changed the subject. "I look forward to seeing where Robin decides to take me."

Raven didn't say anything and instead un-wrapped her burger slowly; not that she didn't care about her friend's relationship, but she honestly just didn't know how to converse about such things. Robin and Starfire had been together for a few years now, and in the beginning she had found it was a bit easier to think of things to say. But now that they were old news and something she was very used to, she felt as though she was just repeating the same questions over and over again and talking about the same topics. She lifted the burger to her mouth and took a large bite.

Delicious.

When Starfire realized the demon girl was not going to respond she stuffed a few chicken balls into her mouth. "Do you ever wish you had a boyfriend, Raven?" she asked after swallowing. Raven, in mid chew, looked at her through lidded, unamused eyes.

"Why would I wish for something dumb like that?" she asked, pushing the food to one side of her mouth so she could respond. "I can survive on my own."

"But, do you not think it would be nice to be cared about by someone or to wake up in anothers arms?" Starfire asked, putting her chopsticks down on her tray and looking seriously at the purple haired girl. Raven raised an eyebrow and for a moment wondered if Beast Boy had perhaps put her up to this in a sick ploy to find out her true feelings.

"I woke up in anothers arms this morning and I hated every moment of it." She took a sip of her Sprite. Starfire's mouth dropped open slightly as the look of the memory came crashing back into her mind; immediately Raven regretted bringing it up.

"I am the surprised that you allowed Beast Boy to sleep in the same bed as you." She said quietly. Raven shrugged.

"I had no choice. It was either that, wake everyone up by trying to drag his drunken butt back to his room or go sleep on the couch, which…no offence but I didn't really feel like cuddling Silkie all night."

"Could you not have used your magic?"

Raven blinked. Well…that she had not thought of, but Starfire was right. She could have easily just created a portal and shoved him through. How could she have been so stupid?

Starfire watched her for a moment as she picked her chopsticks back up and began eating her noodles again.

"I guess I was too tired to think of that."

"I have noticed that he has been particularly close with you as of late. Did something happen?"

Raven put her burger down and crossed her arms over her chest. She was beginning to lose her appitite.

"I told you already. No. If he's being clingly I have absolutely no idea why that may be. Maybe he just feels weird since everythings a bit different between all of us now, and he's trying to find some sort of normalcy." It wasn't her best lie, but she knew it would be quick enough to fool the Tamaranian. Sure enough Starfire nodded, a frown tugging at her lips.

"If it is because Robin and I are now together….I apologize for any inconvience…." She said, sadness dripping from her tone. Raven tilted her head.

"That's not it Star. We are all happy you and Robin are together." She assured her. "We're just getting older, things change. It's normal. If I really get annoyed with Beast Boy's presence, then I'll let him know; and don't worry, he won't be staying in my room again."

Starfire nodded again but Raven continued before she could say anything.

"Now, can we please go home? I'm exhausted."

"Okay."

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