Chapter 7
At the apartment.
"Well , it' not much but..I'm sure it'll do." Bee said.
In the apartment - which was by the way HUGE!- there were 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, one kitchen, and living room and dining room that joined.
"Girl, this place is..blazin! How do you afford it?" Cyborg said.
"well...Since we each don't have parents and we're old enough to live and take care of ourselves, the City sends us money and we save up."
"wow." they all said (well the guys only.)
"yeah, we were lucky that we found each other. And we're lucky that we are together."
Cyborg and Beast Boy raised a brow.
"Nothing negative sparky!" Bee said.
"go0d. 'cause I don't want my girl to go looking at other women while with or without me."
"your girl?"
"well... we're friends...but ..."
"yea..ok sparky. I'm gunna go and change, so just make yourselves at home." Bee said smiling.
"Aright! No problem."
Starfire and Bree followed Bee and went to change.
"I will be back." Starfire said. Robin just nodded and smiled.
The boys and Raven sat on the sofa waiting for the girls to come back. Each of them in their own thoughts. When the girls did come back, they were each in sweat pants and an over sized sweater. The pants hugged the girls hips while the sweater showed off their curves(along with the sweat pants.) even if it was loose.
" ok, so uhm... I'll go and prepare some snacks. Sparky, come help me in the kitchen. The rest of you could just browse around." Bee said.
"Come. Let me show you our home." Starfire said to Robin and he followed her to the kitchen where Cyborg and Bee was. Bree, Robbie, BB and Rae were behind starfire and robin. "This is the kitchen as you can see." Starfire said smiling. Cyborg and Bee were too busy to notice. The rest continued to follow the couple.
Starfire led them through the kitchen into a short hall where on the left side, there was a bathroom and two bedrooms to the right.
Starfire opened one of the doors and said- "Ihis is bree's room." which was a baby blue color. Bree and Robbie walked into her room and closed the door leaving BB and Raven with Starfire and Robin.
Starfire opened the second door and said- "And this is Bee's room." Which was a light shade of yellow.
"So, where's your room?" Robin asked.
"Across the hall." Starfire said and walked to the room which was on the left next to the bathroom. She opened the door and there, the walls were a very light lavender. It smelled like lavender air freshner too. The bed had a light purple bedspread and comforter. The room was very tidy and not very big nor too small. It was just like the other bedrooms.
"Niiiicee! It suites you and smells nice too." Robin said smirking and Starfire smiled back.
"Yumm... it does smell good." Beast Boy said agreeing.
"I like this room better than the others-surprisingly." Raven mumbled since purple and blue (along with black)were her favorite color.
"So, if this is your room, and those are the others' rooms, then what's the fourth bedroom for?" Robin asked a little confused.
The forth bedroom was all the way at the end in the middle. Starfire closed her room door and walked to the back room.
"This is the bedroom for our guests who wishes to spend a night or so." She opened the door and there it was. The master bedroom. Painted white with two large beds and a large dresser.
Robin whistled in awe. Beast Boy was drooling and Raven was wide eyed. "This is bigger than any other rooms at our house." Raven said.
"You all...share a home?" Starfire asked confusingly.
"Well, uhm...Star... I have to explain some things to you." Robin said.
Beast Boy and Raven took it as their chance to leave.
Starfire looked at Robin ...hesitating then said " Yes. I believe that I...uhm...please follow me." She said not bothering to finish her sentence.
And so he followed her back to her room and she closed the door. They went over to her bed and sat down.
"ok..uhmm..." Robin began but didn't know what to say.
Starfire just stared at him in a confused way.
"Ok...I intend to keep that promise to you Star. I promised you that you would meet Robin , right?"
She nodded.
"'kay...so uhm...how do I begin?"
"uhm...Robin?" Starfire felt strange saying the young teen's name since she never called him that.
"hm." he answered.
"May I ask something?"
"Sure. go ahead." He said smiling.
"Uhm...what...how did you ...decide to become a ...hero?"
"Welll...uhm...I...I was adopted when I was smaller and my stepfather was a super hero as well- When I was younger that is. And I took pride into him. He was my role model. I looked up to him. I always thought that one day I'll turn out just like him. And I guess I did. I used to work with him, but then...I guess things didn't go all too well when I got older and started to...well..."
"Started to what?"
"uhm...date."
"date?"
"Yea...you know, go out with girls."
"Ohh. Ok. Please go on."
"Yea well, Ba- urm..my stepfather was afraid that I would have revealed my identity. And I wanted to prove to him that I wasn't that careless..if I was at all. So, I left and started the Teen Titans."
"Ohh. And how did you meet your friends?"
"Well, I was in a battle with..uhm...a guy..well more of a rock... named Cinderblock. And well, I wasn't doing all too well, and lucky for me Cyborg came along with his friend Beast boy. We talked a little and hung out for the day getting to know each other. Then that same day, we were at a cafe, and there is where we met Raven."
"o0oh." Starfire said in amazement.
"Yea and since we worked so well together I decided that we could probably be a team and that's how it all started. We live on an island in the ocean off the shoreline. You could see it from anywhere in the city. It's a huge 'T' that you can't miss. And we all stay there."
"Oh yes. I believe that I saw the T'' before. But please, I wish to know. Cyborg and Beast Boy are...strange. But what about Raven-where is your friend Raven from?"
"uhm...I do not know if I should tell you." Robin said unsure but seeing her pout and looking at the floor was sad.
"It's not that I don't trust you...it's just that...well..Raven, is very...protective about herself. She doesn't trust people easily. It took her a while to get used to us. And she still doesn't fully trust us, especially Beast boy."
"Oh...well..then..it is...well." Starfire said still disappointed.
But Robin felt that he could trust this girl. So he said " Okay. Fine. If I tell you pleeeaase promise you would not tell her or anybody else. 'Cause if she finds out...well...she'll have my head." He said mumbling the last part.
"Excuse me?" not fully getting what he said at the end.
"Huh? Oh. nothing. Um...yea Raven. Well...she...well has trouble keeping her powers under control. She's not allowed to show emotions. Otherwise, something'll go wrong. Like, at the mall when we first met." They both blushed at the thought of that. "Yeah uhm.."Robin said clearing his throat. "Uh... Yeah, so she lost control that day and that's how come the soda exploded on me. She's a telepath. Meaning, being able to move objects with her mind and plus she could take control of anyone and sometimes anything. Raven is from a different...world. An entire different place. Probably not even a planet. This place is Azerath. Nobody could really get there unless she allows it. She doesn't talk about her family much- if at all."
"What about yours?" Starfire asked. Robin looked up shocked.
"M-my parents?"
Starfire nodded.
"Uhm..they...I don't really...talk about them. There's a couple of things I don't let my friends see or talk to me about. My parents being one and plus...when I took off my mask at the party, your the first person I ever showed my eyes to. Excluding my stepfather and parents. Your the first friend I have ever showed them too."
Starfire looked up in surprise. He really did trust her. " I am glad that you trust me enough to show me your eyes." But something in her voice told Robin that she thinks he could not fully trust her and that is what she wanted. For him to trust her...completely.
"But...If I could trust you, thenIi'll tell you. I didn't even tell my team what happened to them. Whenever they mentioned my parents I would get hysterical."
"yes. I promise."
Robin stared at her for a long time and said- "I trust you Starfire."
Starfire nodded.
"ok.." Robin said sighing. "uhm..my p-parents..they...they died...in an accident."
Starfire gasped. " Oh robin. That is terrible."
"yea... well. I'm not sure it was even an accident. It was planned. Everything. The act, the show, me being there, EVERYTHING!" Robin yelled.
"Robin...please. Calm down." Starfire said resting her hand on his shoulder.
"Sorry, Star."
"It is alright. I know what it is like."
"You do?"
"Yes. Remember, my parents also died."
"How?"
"Just like yours, an accident except it was planned. So it really was not an accident."
"Oh..I'm sorry star."
"There was nothing I could have done. I was small and helpless."
"Do not blame yourself."
"I often do."
"Your not the only that does that."
Silence took over for a little while. Starfire was thinking. Thinking hard. She did not know if to tell him where she was really from or just forget about it. But she couldn't. Robin- a guy she just met- had just told her one of his secret and he trusted her. He showed her his eyes when he never showed it to anyone else.
"Uhm..Robin?"
"Yeah star?"
"Um...I also have something I need to tell you." Starfire said slowly.
"Ok...go ahead."
"Robin, can I trust you?"Starfire said trying to look at his eyes through the mask but couldn't.
"Sure star. Why?" 'stupid question.' Robin thought.
"Well I wanted to tell you where I am from."
"ok..."
"ok..I am...I am not from ear-" But she was cut off by the sound of music and Cyborg yelling - "Yo robin! Get you and your girlfriend's butt down here right now!" Robin blushed at the words of Starfire being his girlfriend.
"Shall we go?" Starfire asked.
"What about what you wanted to tell me?"
"That can wait. It is not important at the moment."Starfire stood up happily and pulled Robin to his feet. He smiled and they slowly walked out of the room and as they reached her room door, they heard the doorbell. Slowly they continued to walk down the hall and then they walked into the kitchen. There they watched as Cyborg and Beast Boy prepared snacks.
"Uhm...Starfire?" Bree said coming into the kitchen.
"Yes?"
"Uhm..there's someone here to see you." Bree said sadly and a little upset.