My school just did a play on High School Musical, so now I've got all of those songs stuck in my head. These are only shortened versions, though. There are two songs: The Start of Something New and What I've Been Looking For. Well...
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Living in my own world
Didn't understand
That anything can happen
When you take a chance
Robin sat on the roof, smiling to himself. Starfire... What he would be without her, he didn't know. He remembered their first meeting...the one and only time they'd ever kissed...Only once? Life would be so much better if I could kiss her every minute of the day...
I never believed in
What I couldn't see
I never opened my heart
To all the possibilities
Starfire, fresh out of a Gordinian slave ship, had been trying to get some sort of futuristic handcuffs off of her wrists. She smashed them on a pillar of a pizza parlor over and over again, attempting to break them. The column was felled with her strength. Robin, not knowing anything, threw a birdarang straight at her.
"Who are you?" he had asked.
Instead of answering, she came up into a leap that carried her all the way across the street, leading into an asphalt-wrecking downward swing. He jumped clear in the nick of time and touched down in a backward skid, but one roundhouse after another forced him to keep bobbing and weaving. Robin leaped high over Starfire and slung a handful of grenades, which exploded in her face. The smoke from Robin's grenades couldn't quite hide those beautiful, glowing green eyes of the fighter within it. The column evaporated to expose her fully; and Robin gasped softly, amazed she could withstand such a blow. She then proceeded to throw a car straight at his head.
"Hm. Stronger than she looks," he had said shakily to himself.
That was before she had broken his bo-staff.
"Zota," she had said. What the heck did that mean? Robin realized he had never really asked her. Had she been insulting him?
She came for another jumping strike. Before she could reduce his skull to powder, though, a green bighorn sheep bounded into view and rammed her at full speed. Beast Boy had arrived at just the right moment, and he resumed human form and saluted Robin.
"Ex-Doom Patrol member Beast Boy, sir! How can I help? Wowzers! You're Robin, aren't you, sir?"
"Well, you can start by not calling me "sir.""
Robin had spent a few more minutes arguing with Beast Boy, until Starfire recovered from Beast Boy's hit. She picked up and threw a bus at them. Cyborg, just arriving at the scene, had stopped it.
"Yo! Who's here messing up my neighborhood?" Cyborg had yelled.
Beast Boy had pointed to Starfire. "She started it!"
Starfire had begun fighting yet again. It was three on one, and she had been winning.
Ooh, I know that something has changed
Never felt this way
And right here tonight
This could be
"Girl's gonna wreck the whole city!" Cyborg had said.
"Maybe fighting isn't the answer," he said calmly.
"What do you think, you the boss or something?" Cyborg had asked.
"Just give me a chance."
He approached her slowly, but she had been trying to scare him into a retreat.
"Gokta!" she had screamed.
Robin had held out a lockpick.
"It's okay. Look." He had gained her trust, apparently, because she was edging forward, allowing him to take off her shackles. He smiled at her, though she did not smile back. It was the first time he had seen her up close, and she looked even more beautiful than from far away. The handcuffs fell to the ground.
"There. Now maybe we can be-"
Then, she had kissed him. Robin had honestly thought he was in heaven. He barely knew this girl, and from what he did know, she hated him. Well, that was what he had thought. But, apparently, she had liked him enough to kiss him.
She pulled away, much to his annoyance, and pushed him away from her. Not only that, but she started to speak English.
"If you wish not to be destroyed, you will leave me alone!"
The start of something new
It feels so right to be here with you, oh
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
Robin smiled to himself again just as he heard the door to the roof open. "Robin? May I join you?" asked Starfire's sweet voice. Robin grinned at her and patted the spot next to him. She flew in eagerly and settled beside him. "Is there a reason you are out here tonight? You did not come back in for dinner."
Robin frowned. Dinner. Whoops. "I forgot. I've had a lot on my mind lately."
It's hard to believe
That I couldn't see
You were always
There beside me
Leave it to Starfire to remind him. Now she was worried. Damn. "Are you okay, Star?"
"I am merely worried for your health. Please, Robin, why do you avoid meals and such? You shall suffer from malnutrition and become completely starved and perhaps--" her eyes widened in fear as she looked at him--"Perhaps you shall die! Robin, you must eat this very second! You cannot avoid--"
Robin silenced her with his laughing. "Come on, Star. It's only one meal. I'll eat later. I just need to clear my head."
Starfire looked confused, so Robin added, "Sort out some thoughts."
Starfire nodded and studied him. "Perhaps you could share with me what is bothering you? I have heard it is healthy to trust someone with a problem, so that it shall not remain 'bottled up' inside of you."
Robin almost laughed. Since when had she been so concerned about health problems? "It's nothing, really, Star. Just a few things I need to sort out on my own."
She smiled at him, but he could tell he had disappointed her. "Very well, but you know I am always there if you need me."
"I know, Star."
Thought I was alone
With no one to hold
But you were always
There beside me
Starfire got up, sighing. So many times, Robin had helped her through difficult events. She had just wanted to "repay the favor"--at least, that's what she thought it was called--but Robin would not let himself be helped.
Robin grabbed her arm, and Starfire thought she saw a light blush upon his face. "Can you stay, Star?" he asked. She smiled and nodded. Anytime with Robin was special to her. Ever since she had met him she knew she harbored feelings for him, but it was very hard to come out in the open about them, she discovered.
Starfire sat down next to him, but closer this time. She watched him as he stared out at the water.
This feeling's like no other
I want you to know
I've never had someone
That knows me like you do
The way you do!
Robin turned to her and grasped her hand. Tonight, he decided. He had to tell her tonight. It was no use trying to keep it hidden any longer. They'd come out eventually. So why not now, when the others were busy eating dinner and there was no fear of an intrusion?
"Starfire, you know you're my best friend, right?"
I've never had someone
As good for me as you
No one like you!
Starfire nodded, and couldn't help but let a little hope into her eyes. Maybe he would tell her what was insecting him! Or was it arachniding? She didn't care at the moment. He stopped suddenly, as if he just wanted to forget he ever tried to say something about it.
So lonely before
I finally found
What I've been looking for.
"Yes?" she egged him on. He sighed, too and let go of her hand. He suddenly seemed so lost, out of his league. Starfire hugged him out of pure instinct. "Please tell me what is wrong, Robin.
"Nothing's wrong, really. It's just that...you know I'm not good at talking about...how I feel and stuff." He scratched the back of his head nervously.
"Perhaps words are not needed."
So good to be seen
So good to be heard
Don't have to say a word!
Robin shook his head. "Yeah, they are. I can't...I can show you, but it won't mean anything to you," he said, a little desolately. It wasn't until a while later that he learned she had only kissed him to absorb the language, not because she might have actually liked him that way. Of course not. His brain must have been a little too worn out from the fight to realize it at the time.
But what if she doesn't like me now, either? Robin wondered. He chose to ignore that particular thought.
So long I've been lost
So good to be found
I'm lovin' havin' you around!
"Starfire..." he grabbed both her hands again and stared at the beautiful emerald eyes currently wide with worry. "I want you to know...you know everything about me, no matter how hard I try to hide it. No one's ever been as close to me as you are. I've never had someone that knows me like you do."
The way you do!
"And I don't think I'll ever meet someone as kind, caring, and beautiful as you in the rest of my life. You're completely perfect, and way to good for me, but no one's ever made me feel like this before. I'll never meet someone as good for me as you again."
No one like you!
"Starfire...what I'm trying to say is...I love you," he choked out. He waited, dreading the worst, when Starfire tackled him to the ground in a fierce hug.
"I have been waiting to hear that for so long, Robin! I..."
She was silenced by his lips. When he pulled away, he was amazed at how flushed she looked for it meaning nothing but a knowledge transfer for her. "Starfire? I didn't mean to upset you..."
"No, you did not! Raven has told me that you wished to perform the knowledge transfer with me many times, and she told me everything...what it means. And I..." she stumbled across the words, not quite sure what to say. Robin smiled.
"Starfire, do you love me?"
"More than anything."
"Good." Starfire beamed at him, understanding. Words were not needed anymore. She leaned in for another kiss.
So lonely before
I finally found
What I've been looking for.
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