Hey Loves!

I know, updating twice in one day? Kinda crazy, but I plan on getting this story done by Sunday, so I will be writing and uploading a chapter each day. I had written the first chapter last night but wasn't about to upload it until this morning because of the new user policy here. Anyways, update number 2, yay!

Hope you enjoy, and please leave a comment to let me know what you think!

Chapter 2

The Hamper turned out to be a lot more crowded than the titans expected, but they scored a table nonetheless(mainly because of their status in the city, but Beast Boy gave credit to how the "ladies love the pointy ears", earning a scoff from Raven.)

At the table the titans were each focused on different tasks: Cyborg intimidating the chef about the 'All You Can Eat' Barbecue special, Beast Boy checking out the ladies, Raven scowling in jealousy as he checked out the other girls(although she wouldn't all that emotion to show itself), and Robin reading the menu as if he was going to have a pop quiz on the thing or something.

Of course, the truth is that Robin was burying his face in his menu in attempts to stop himself from staring at Starfire. Sure, she looked the same, but her same was stunning, and she had put her hair up in a high ponytail that exposed her collarbone. This, for some reason, only made her more attractive in his eyes. Plus the dim lighting of the joint made her eyes sparkle and hair seem like it was on fire(more than usual).

Starfire, on the other hand, was trying to cheer up for the sake of her friends. Being told you suck by the people you love isn't the most encouraging thing. She'd actually been working on a song herself, well, translating. She used to write music and sing along with her mother when she was very young. This particular song was sang many times by her mother, her voice soft and silky and beautiful. Starfire had planned on performing the translation tonight, until confronted on how high-pitched Tamaranian music was. Although, she couldn't help but remain confused. It wasn't that high in her opinion.

She looked down at her bag(well, Raven's, but the witch had hardly used it up to this point and Starfire was wanting to grab something on the way out the door to carry her belongings in) and saw the small piece of sheet music sticking out. She blinked away the tears, caused by memories of her late mother and from the shame she felt was put upon her earlier that evening.

Starfire took a deep breath. "I am going to venture to the room of the bath in order to 'freshen up'", She said, giving a fake smile in attempt to fool her friends.

Robin eyed her up, however, knowing something was wrong. But, remembering how closed off she had been earlier in insisting that she was fine, he didn't want to push her. Not in public, anyway, where she might cry over whatever was bothering her. There would be time to talk later. "Sure thing, Star. Right around the corner to the left."

With a quick nod, Starfire turned the corner, a tear spilling down her cheek, when she crashed into some figure, both falling to the ground.

"Ouch-oh God, I'm sorry." The boy apologized, quickly grabbing Starfire by the hand and helping her to her feet.

"Oh, it is the most alright" she said, before stopping to analyze his face. He was a very tall boy, taller than her, with way dark brown hair and green eyes. Of course, they were not as bright as hers(as those are only found among royal descendants on her planet), but still shined like stars in the dim light. His smile was wide and genuine, and he seemed fairly muscular(not as much so as Robin, she reminded herself). All in all, he was very attractive. Of course, Starfire wasn't the first to notice this, receiving many glares from the jealous girls sitting at the bar.

His smile flattened, as he saw the wetness on her cheeks. "Are you okay? You seem kind of down."

Starfire quickly straightened, trying to sell her best "okay" face. "Oh no, I assure you, I am most uplifted." she lied, quickly brushing away the tears.

He looked her up and down, and smiled weakly. "Uh huh. Well, when you want to tell me whats up, just let me know." he said, and she smiled slightly at him. "What's that?" he asked, pointing to the crumpled paper in her hand.

"Oh..it's-uh, nothing.. " She stuttered, feeling her face heat up in embarrassment; as if the song were a dirty secret or piece of taboo.

He laughed, finding her quirkiness endearing, and took the paper from her hands to see. "Ah, so you write?" he smiled. "You sing, too?"

"Um, I translate." the Tamaranian replied quickly(and awkwardly to say the least). "And, yes, but I have been told recently that I am not very skilled at it."

He smiled, looking at the music more in depth. "This is really good, Red. I bet your voice is like liquid gold." he smiled, causing her to blush slightly at the compliment. "Uh, what's your name?" he questioned.

She perked up. "On your planet, it is translated as Starfire" she smiled.

"Starfire", he replied. "Well, I'm Elliot. And this song is a duet, yeah?"

"Um, pardon?"

"It's for two." he laughed. "Did you plan on singing tonight?"

Starfire felt her nerves begin to eat her alive once again. "Well, I, um...no. For I do not have a partner." She mentally high-fived herself for her good excuse.

He smiled. "Well, you do now." he pronounced. "Wanna give it a try?" He looked at her longingly, and, after receiving a small nod from Starfire(an unwilling nod at that, but she was taught to never be rude to outworlders), he quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her up to the microphones before she could change her mind or protest.

Right when the couple had stepped on to the stage, all eyes were on them-including all of the Titans.

You could see the faces of shock on their faces(and slight horror as they did not bring earplugs), but mainly on Robin. His shock, while partially in response to the fact that his best friend was going to perform, was mainly caused by the attractive brunette who was accompanying her. Oh, he was jealous to say the least. "Star?" he mouthed to her, in confusion.

The poor girl was completely frozen, her mind going fuzzy with the fear of the embarrassment that she was told was inevitable if she had chosen to sing.

She felt a hand place itself on her shoulder, and it ran down her arm lightly in order to find her hand, sending shivers down her spine. Elliot smiled and led her to a small stool that was placed in front of a microphone for the red-headed alien.

"It'll be alright, trust me." he smiled, reassuringly. "Besides, you'll thank me for this later" he winked. (Needless to say, at the sight of Elliot's flirting, Robin was being held down by both Cyborg and Raven to keep him from launching onto the stage to get his hands around the dream boy's neck). But it caused a slight grin to rise onto Starfire's face, appreciating the -slight- bit of comfort his cool demeanor had brought to her.

"Hey everyone," Elliot said smoothly into the mic. "This is Starfire(insert several perverted whoops from the drunk old men here, infuriating Robin more than he'd even been a moment ago), and we're going to perform a little duet that she wrote". He looked back and smiled at her, before walking his mic back to be sat on a stool right next to hers.

"Translated!" she noted into her mic, but then quickly shrunk again. At this point, Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy, they were all covering their ears. Starfire bit her lip in order to keep her nerves together. And Robin, he looked so angry. She thought that she must have brought the anger to him herself, after he had warned her strictly not to perform. She disobeyed her leader and disappointed her best friend. She couldn't look at him.

The pianist started to play with ease, reading the hand-written notes carefully, and Starfire inhaled sharply.

'Oh, X'hal.' she thought.

-To be Continued-