Like I said,

It's not my fault I haven't posted in forever, my other fic "Underneath Your Clothes" got removed so I got blocked from posting for a week so once again, I'm sorry.

oMg you guys! As of 5:04 today I am officially 17! I'm kinda happy and kinda not so w/e

Oh and I have a sort of contest, my 100th reviewer gets a OneShot dedicated to them! You even get to tell me what you want the oneshot to be about, it has to be, of course, Robin and Starfire. Anonymous reviewers leave your email addresses so I can contact you.

Enjot this chapter I so meticulously slaved over, well, not really I just wrote it LoL

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Richard was pacing back and forth across the Maxell mansion's living room floor. He couldn't believe he was here to ask for Starfire's hand in marriage. The first time he had met her he wanted her as a wife but he never thought it would actually come true and now, on this day it was going to happen he would walk out of here an engaged man.

He stared at the baby pictures of Starfire, she was even cute when she was a little girl. The red, vibrant curls bounced around her shoulders and matched her bouyant appearance in the photo. She saw pictures of Blackfire too, always scowling and glaring at the camera.

"Ahem." He heard a female clearing her throat behind him, it was Blackfire, she wasn't wearing black which surprised him because they had just gotten over their father's funeral yesterday. "Is it true?" She said walking slowly down that stairway.

"What." Richard said not really knowing what she was talking about. He put the picture back on the top shelf where the fireplace was.

"What Starfire told me yesterday, that you two want to marry." She walked over, closer to where Richard was standing.

"Oh, yeah. I do-we do." He quickly corrected himself.

"Well then." She smirked. She's not as stupid as she looks She commented to herself internally.

"But I need to know one thing."

"And what is that?" Blackfire asked.

"Does she have anyone else." It was hard for Richard to accept that Starfire had never been courted or to even believe that she wasn't even married yet.

"No, of course she doesn't why would you think that?" Blackfire didn't know if he knew about Speedy but he wouldn't find out from her lips.

"I was just wondering." Richard felt safer.

"Let's get down to business." She continued for him.

Richard looked at her. Something was missing, or more like someone.

"What?" She caught on as to how he was staring at her.

"Well, isn't Starfire going to have any part in this."

"I prefer her not to." She replied cooly.

She sat down on a nearby couch and asked him to do the same with a hand gesture, but he didn't sit.

"Well I do." Richard stood there standing looking down at her. "Besides she's going to be my wife, not you."

Blackfire stared at him, nearly glaring. With him standing there daunting over her, it almost seemed as if he were challenging her.

"Fine." She gave in. Noticing that if Starfire weren't there they would never get this over with. "Starfire!" She called up the stairway.

Starfire came down and as always in Richard's eyes she looked radiant. "Yes?" She asked Blackfire. She had seen Richard and right away she started to lightly blush.

He did the same and tried to hide it by touching his chin and not looking her way.

"Sit down, we're planning the wedding." Blackfire said coldly.

Starfire's eyes lit up but she modestly walked, with her head down and hands held in front of her, in front of Blackfire and over to where Richard was standing, waiting for her to sit. She sat, Blackfire sat, and then Richard sat.

Starfire sat a distance away from Richard, thinking it was too bold to even think of sitting so close. But once he saw what she was doing he cleared his throat and scooted closer hoping no one would notice. She noticed and Blackfire did too. Starfire only blushed a deeper color and Blackfire actually wished this had never happened.

While she babbled on Starfire and Richard were trying to see who would look at who first. Richard felt like an idiot, kept grabbing at the back of his neck debating with himself whether he should reach for her hand or not.

And Starfire, wondering why he was so distraught. It looked like he was talking to himself, she gave him a look of confusion but she decided to make a move to make him feel better.

He jumped when he felt a hand intertwine between his fingers, when he looked up he saw Starfire smiling, blushing with her green orbs glued to the floor. He looked down at her soft hands, they looked so good when he held them with his own.

"So are we agreed?" They both turned their heads over to Blackfire.

"I'm sorry what." Richard asked now paying attention.

Blackfire let out an angry sigh. "I said three weeks."

"Three weeks for what?" Starfire asked.

"For your wedding!" Blackfire yelled not believeing that they were there the whole time and neither knew what she had said.

"Wedding?" Starfire said while Richard said "That's fine with me."

Richard stood. "Well, if this is it then I've got to get going."

Blackfire and Starfire stood as well. "Starfire, would you accompany Mr.Grayson to the door?" Blackfire asked Starfire politely but it seemed rude at the same time.

"Uh yes." Starfire said still trying to register what had just happened.

She and Richard linked arms and walked out the door where Richard's carriage awaited. Starfire walked with him down the entrance and when they got there he looked through the carriage's window and noticed he had forgotten something. He let go of her arm.

"Wait right here." He told her.

He walked over and opened the door, on the seat he had left three white roses. He grabbed them and walked back to Starfire.

"Here." He offered awkwardly.

"Oh." Starfire reached for them, surprised. "They're very beautiful. Thank you." She bowed. When she lifted her head she saw that Richard had come closer. They're faces were nearly touching.

Starfire smiled and Richard stared.

She couldn't stand not knowing what he was thinking, he was just there staring at her. What was he thinking?

"So um..why three roses?" She asked to lighten the tension she felt from him staring at her.

"Huh?" Richard asked a little dazed.

"I asked why you gave me three roses." She repeated.

"Oh..well. One for everytime I've seen you."

He came in closer with his hands held behind his back. Starfire thought for a moment, was that all the times he had seen her? Just three times? And they were going to get married?

"Starfire" He called, pushing her out of her inner thoughts.

She came out of it and saw him looking down at her.

He wasn't just looking at her though, he was looking at her lips. Craving to feel the warmth and softness of her lips against his own. He went in for a kiss and their lips touched, for the first time he felt like he had her. Like she was his and only his. And for Starfire, it was the first time she had been kissed by another man that wasn't Speedy. He didn't use his tongue, only his lips. He didn't want Starfire to be uncomfortable or feel like this was all happening too fast.

They broke apart, "Richard, do you love me." Starfire asked out of nowhere.

He smiled at the innocence of her question. "Yes, I do." He said. "Very much." He grabbed the back of her head and looked into her eyes, he wanted her more than anything in the word.

"Why do you ask?"

"I don't know."

"Do you love me?" He asked. He knew the answer but he needed to make sure

"I don't know." She bent her head and almost cried then and there.

It hurt but he knew that with time she would grow to love him as much as he loved her. Maybe even more.

"Starfire." He said and she looked up at him.

"I want you to know, that I will never hurt you and I'll never make you do anything you don't want to do."

"I know." She whispered nearly crying. He was too good for her. All he thought was of her and she, in return, had spent so many nights wondering where Speedy was or if he was okay.

"Just give me a chance." Richard went on. "I'm going to love you forever." He bent over and planted a soft kiss on her forehead.

She smiled, he wasn't like the pervert she thought he would be. He was very nice, handsome, and Blackfire wanted him as a brother-in-law. Maybe this would work out. But she could still feel Speedy in her heart, why wasn't he gone?

No showing what was going on in her head she replied. "Richard, I'm going to try my hardest to give you the love you deserve."

Richard smiled and grabbed her hands, covering them with kisses, "You'll never regret this." He said.

"I'm going to make you the happiest woman on earth."

She looked at how excited he was, she felt good knowing she had brought him this joy.

He let go of her hands. "I'll come see you tomorrow."

"Don't forget me." Starfire teased, he had left her in such a good mood.

"I would never do that." He called back as he lifted himself into his carriage to ride away. He left, the last thing he saw was her waving her hand left and right and once she was out of sight. He missed her, he had made such a fool of himself telling her all those things but it didn't matter, for now he was just happy that he was going to marry the woman he loved and he would do his very best to make her love him.

Outside, where she had waved Richard off Starfire still stood. Happy, but at the same time very sad. Once before she had pledged her heart out to another man and now with Richard she had just done the same. She hoped with all her heart that the same thing didn't happen again, she couldn't go through it again. Never again, she couldn't take it again. She wished she never had to love again.

But at the same time she knew she had to set her heart free, so it could love again. And she had to make it love Richard, it couldn't be so hard, she already held a great kindness towards him. Yes, she knew that one day she would love him.

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O my gosh you guys! I'm so sorry! I couldn't make this any longer but for the record, it is only three times. Once when he saw her for the first time at the dinner, once at the cemetery where her dad died and then once today! LoL

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