AN: This is quickly becoming my most successful story, so I decided to up its priority. Don't worry, I'll still work on my Oathbreaker and Well, This is Different. In fact, the next chapter of Well, This is Different is already in production and might even be released before this. I also have the next chapter of Oathbreaker started (about 1000 words), but I got stuck and can't seem to continue. However, you're all here for a Teen Titans story, so a Teen Titans story you'll get.

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, obviously.

She said, I know what it's like to be dead, I know what it is to be sad - She Said, She Said, The Beatles

Floating down the hallway, Starfire looked at the various care products in her arms. As she made sure everything was there, she couldn't help but think about how much she loved her friends. Every time one of those evil klorbags would attack Jump City, her friends would all come together to defend all those who couldn't defend themselves.

She knew friend Cyborg was in town, she had gone down to the garage and the T-Car wasn't there. Cyborg often goes into town, so Starfire wasn't worried about him. He was probably at the store, restocking the Titan's supply of food and mustard. Hmm, mustard. Starfire hopes he gets the new kind she added to the list, the one with jalapeños. It tastes so much better than regular mustard, which Starfire didn't think was possible. No one else really liked it though, Starfire thought with a frown. The others might think she doesn't realize, but Starfire knew exactly how they felt about her cooking. But she wouldn't give up!

Only a little while before, she had cooked another traditional Tamaranian dish and had friend Robin try it. He took a large bite, and for a moment, Starfire was hopeful that she had finally found something her friends would like. So she turned to get get more, but when she came back to the table, Robin was gone. She hadn't seen him since, but she was pretty sure where he was. Or there was a security breach in the Tower, and now a loud monster is occupying the boy's toilet.

Leaving Robin behind, Starfire decided to try her luck with friend Raven. Being the only girls on the team had forced a bond between them much faster than there would be otherwise. The Puppet King fiasco only served to strengthen their relationship. Starfire knew that Raven was most comfortable with Robin because he too appreciated the quiet, but she also knew that if no one shined a light in Raven's life, then she would drown in her own darkness.

Of course, getting her to look towards the light was the challenge, made all the more difficult by friend Beast Boy. Starfire could not begrudge him for wanting to spend time with a teammate, but at times she was sure that he would purposefully aggravate Raven. This was a problem because an angry Raven was not a fun Raven. Getting Raven to agree to a makeover, or a slumber party, or a girl's night was hard enough for Starfire without Beast Boy making Raven lose control. The only thing they can do together then is meditate, and while Starfire enjoys the quiet camaraderie, she would much rather have the 'girl talk' with Raven.

Approaching the hallway that was for some odd reason Raven's and Beast Boy's, Starfire hoped Raven would be in the mood for a makeover. Hearing knocking, she quickly goes back around the corner, just peeking her head around to see what's happening. There, in front of Raven's door, is none other than Beast Boy. Oh, no. This isn't going to be good.

Getting no reply, Beast Boy knocks again, harder this time. Hoping that Beast Boy had just forgotten the passcode to his room again and needed Raven to magic his door open, Starfire cringed as an irate Raven slide the door open just far enough to see her face. The glare directed at him didn't seem to faze Beast Boy at all, if anything, it seemed to encourage him and his face split into a wide grin.

"What do you want, Beast Boy?"

"I just thought I'd give you another chance."

Starfire was so shocked by his words she almost fell onto the ground, dropping all her care products and revealing that she had been eavesdropping. Raven also seemed floored, clearly not having excepted that answer.

"Another chance for what, Beast Boy?"

"To have fun." There we go, that was classic Beast Boy. Starfire was hunkering down to withstand an explosion, but he just kept on going, "After your little stunt in the ops room burnt the concert tickets, I realized that maybe you're not a music person. That's okay, I totally get that, it's just not your thing. So I was thinking, what about movies, eh?"

Starfire was completely stupefied at Beast Boy's stupidity. You don't talk to Raven that way! Raven looked like she was taking it all in stride, but Starfire knew what she was like. She'd bottle it all up inside until she explodes, and the her anger is far worse than it would be if she just stopped him early.

"I know you think most of the movies nowadays are kinda dumb, but I'm sure we can find one together that you'd like to watch. Then we can buy the tickets online and not even have to interact with anyone! Sound good?"

Raven was unimpressed, "Just go, Beast Boy." Unfortunately for the structural integrity of the Tower, Beast Boy doesn't know when to quit when he's beat.

"But why would I want to do that, Rae-Rae, when you're so much fun to hang out with."

"That's not my name, Beast Boy."

"And if I called you Raven? Then would you go to the movies with me?"

"I told you to go, Beast Boy."

"And I told you I'd stay."

"I said GO!"

Black energy exploded out of Raven's room and flung Beast Boy into the wall hard enough to dent it, probably giving him a concussion. Raven's door slammed shut with a resounding SMACK of finality. It is pretty clear to Starfire that Raven wouldn't be in the mood for a makeover, but she can't bring herself to be mad at Beast Boy. Sure, he was asking for trouble, but Raven has a habit of going overboard when it comes to him.

Starfire is about to glide over and help Beast Boy up when he climbs to his feet on his own. Swaying towards Raven's door, he makes as if to knock again, but then decides better of it. Instead, he fishes in his pocket for a few seconds before pulling out a little slip of paper and placing it in front of the door. Then he drunkenly walks to his room after fumbling with his lock pad for a bit. Once Starfire was sure he was safely in his room, she floated over to Raven's door and picked up what Beast Boy left behind.

It was two tickets to a movie she hadn't heard of that night, and a short note saying, 'In case you change your mind.' Leaving the pieces of paper on the floor, Starfire headed back to her room, bringing her care products with her, all the while thinking of the scene she had just witnessed. Starfire found many of Earth's customs confusing, and she didn't even always understand her friends. but she knew she was missing something vital.

From her experience, when someone shouts at you and knocks you back strong enough to make a dent in steel walls, then you try to avoid them. And this isn't the first time Raven had done something like that to Beast Boy, but he just kept coming back. This time he was even prepared, leaving a note behind. But why did he approach friend Raven to ask about going to the movies, when his last offer was met by fire? A frown marred Starfire's face as he thought about everything that occurred that morning, it just didn't make any sense. Why would Beast Boy act that way? It was as if he wanted her to get mad at him! But why? She would figure this out. She was the Princess of Tamaran.

Starfire knows that her friend is often angry, especially with their green teammate. In fact, anger was the only emotion Raven really showed when it came to Beast Boy. At least usually. So why would he try to make her angry even when she was not?

Putting her care products on a shelf dedicated for them, Starfire picks Silky off the floor and floats to her bed, scratching his (its?) head. Beast Boy was not the smartest member of the team, and Starfire accepted that this was because of his lack of formal schooling. He was much more knowledgeable than all the others combined on things like surviving in the wild, and his ferocity could not be questioned after his defeat of the Brotherhood. So then why would antagonize Raven like that? Robin had recently explained to Starfire that the saying, 'let sleeping dogs lie' is not about making sure some cute puppies get enough rest, but to avoid restarting an old argument. She felt it fit pretty well, except that Beast Boy would make a better dog than Raven. Then again, Robin later told her that in the Hebrew version it went something like "don't wake the demons from their nap". That sounds a lot more like Raven.

If Beast Boy knew how Raven was going to react, as was implied by him having the tickets and letter ready, and it was a similar reaction to before, why would he try again? He wasn't stupid, unlike some claim, and Starfire knew him to be quite mature. He had helped her out before when no one else could, and he alone would always try her dishes, as long as they were vegetarian. The whole situation sort of reminded her of the courtship process on planet Glifthro...

Oh...

Maybe...

Suddenly, it made a lot more sense, and suddenly, Starfire was feeling a lot of sadness for her friend Beast Boy. And awe. A lot of awe. Beast Boy's heart was truly something special, she decided.

After all, loving someone who hates you is really quite a feat.