Letting Robin come up with better adjectives: bad idea.
"Please," Starfire's voice sounded from the doorway, "I look presentable?" Beast Boy flashed a grin and gave her a thumbs up, Cyborg let out a low appreciative whistle and I didn't bother to look up considering the fact that I was there when she first tried on the dress and I helped her with her makeup and hair. However...
...Robin's reaction: "Da gah gah la ja gaba wah wah."
Translation: "Holy. Shit."
Starfire just giggled and linked her arm with Robin's.
"I shall see you soon friends," she said as she practially dragged a half-dead Robin out of the door and down to the garage.
We heard the roar of the T-Car as it started up and back out of the garage. It converted in to a hovermobile and headed towards the mainland.
"Do you think Robin'll totally blow it?" Beast Boy asked, looking back at Cyborg and me from his spot by the window.
"Let's hope not," I replied, standing up from the couch. "I'm going to meditate." With that, I headed out of the room.
Kotav Telkovi was the new foreign restaurant that had opened earlier that week. It was also where Robin was tkaing Starfire for their date....
....AND the new location of my third job (aside from being a Titan and matchmaker.)
Now I KNOW what you're thinking: RAVEN! How could you? You always respect others' privacy! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!?!
Well STFU!
Whoa, chatspeak much?
So anyway, here I was, my body in the employee bathroom, my soul-self inside...uh...some random waitress's body, waiting for Robin to collect his nerve and help Starfire out of the FRIKIN' T-Car like every good gentleman should.
"Aly!" I whirled around to find a stout middle-aged man glaring at me, "what are you doing? You're supposed to be waiting on Robin and Starfire! Not staring at them!"
Ah....so I'm in some girl Aly's body. Well thank you Aly, I mentally thanked her. I would've continued, but Robin and Starfire had come in and approached the maitre'd.
"Reservations for Robin," Robin said.
"Uh..." My eyes darted to what looked like a seating chart, "right this-" I checked again, unsure of which table was where, "-way you guys, er sir!"
"Of course," Robin replied. I let out a breath of relief. This emotion thing was much easier in this girl's body.
"Uhm....I'll be with you shortly!" I told them, placing a menu in front of them.
When was the last time I ate at a restaurant? I asked myself, what happens next? Drinks! Right!
"May I get your drink order?" I asked.
"I'll have a coke and...what do you want Star?" Robin asked. Starfire looked up from the menu.
"Oh! I shall have some mustard please!" She smiled at me.
"Right away," I replied, writing 'coke' and 'bottle of un-opened mustard' on the pad. "I will be with your drinks shortly," I said in my most waitress-y tone.
"Many thanks," Starfire said, grinning. I nodded and headed back into the "employees only" section and froze.
"What the heck am I supposed to do now?" I muttered, looking down at the drink orders. I spotted a waiter rip off the sheet of paper and clip it onto a wheel. A cook took the paper and shouted out an order.
"Thank God," I breathed, doing the same.
I was back at Robin and Starfire's table two minutes later with their drinks.
"Ah yes, thank you," Robin said when I placed his coke in front of him.
"Oh yes, I thank you as well," Starfire smiled again. I think the euphoria was getting to her head.
"Are you ready to order?" I asked.
"I shall have the Pastitsio...or prehaps the Gyro salad....oh they both sound so apatizing!" Starfire's eyes darted back and forth between the two items ont he menu.
"What about you sir?" I asked, turning my attention to Robin.
"Hm...I don't know....what would you reccommend?"
Crap.
"Um...I like....a lot of the dishes here!" I quickly improvised, "it would be unfair if I picked just one." He seemed to buy it and nodded.
"Ah...I'll have the Chili Diablo steak and pasta please," he said.
"Yes sir!" I turned back to Starfire, "and what about you ma'am?"
"I decided that I shall have both!" I rasied an eyebrow.
"The Pastitsio and the Gyro salad?" She nodded innocently.
"Why yes? Is that wrong?" Robin shot a half-glance, half-glare at me for making Starfire feel like she had something wrong by ordering two dishes.
"Oh! No! It's just fine!" I said quickly, jolting down her order, "I just wanted you to know that....they go very nice together! Enjoy your meal!" I quickly ran back to the kitchen, clipped the paper to the wheel, and dashed to the bathroom to check on my real body.
It looked fine. Ie also looked dead, but I'd just have to deal with it. I pushed it gently father into the corner and bent down next to it.
I quickly made a transition form Aly's body to mine and back to Aly's.
MAN stating your own body as an 'it' sure does feel weird... I thought as I headed out of the bathroom.
About twenty minutes later, I was back at Robin and Starfire's table delivering their food.
I had just put Starfire's plate down when a loud scream of horror was emitted from the employees only section....the women's bathroom to be exact.
"Oh shit!" I whispered to myself.
The stout, middle-aged man (who apparently was the manager of the restaurant) stormed over to the small, blonde woman who had come out into the open.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?!" he fumed. The woman pointed to a waiter who was carrying a body.
Correction: MY body.
"Shitfuck!" I cursed.
"Raven?!" Starfire gasped in horror.
"Raven?" Robin asked.
"OMIGOD!" The blonde screeched before she fainted and hit the floor with a thud. Robin and Starfire made their way to my body while I ducked into a corner.
"Raven! RAVEN!" Starfire cried.
"Raven?" Robin shook my body's shoulders.
"Oh Raven! Why are you not responding?" Starfire sobbed. I smacked my forehead.
"Kill me now," I muttered. My soul-self left Aly's body, dove into the floor and back into my real body.
My eyelashes fluttered open like in some sick romance movie. My gaze focused in on Robin who was kneeling beside me. I yawned, runing what would be a 'romantic moment' if it weren't for the fact that Robin was an idiot and Starfire's (not yet, damn) boyfriend/husband/EPICSOULMATE!
"Uh...hi," I said sheepishly. Robin glared at me.
"WHAT THE HELL RAVEN?! YOU SCARED US HALF TO DEATH!" he yelled furiously. I winced.
"What would happen if you were scared half to death twice?" I asked desperately trying to lighten the mood with one of Beast Boy's corny lines.
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING HERE TO BEGIN WITH?!" he yell again.
"Uh...I was...hungry...?"
"Not here, here. I meant in the employee's bathroom!" Robin growled.
Fuck.
"Um....came in the back?" I said uncetainly. Robin's anger seemed to melt and he helped me to my feet.
"Whatever you say...Aly." I gasped.
"How did you-?"
"Not very hard to tell when an employee knows even less than the costomer," Robin's expression hardend again. "I'm very disappointed in you Raven." My face twisted into a frown.
"Well I am disappointed in you Robin!" I snarled, "you couldn't notice that Starfire really likes you so I basically had to FORCE you into dating her you, you....STUBBORN WORKAHOLIC!!" I watched Robin's enranged expression turn to fear. I smirked.
Then I realized what I'd just said.
I slapped a hand over my mouth and turned slowy to Starfire whose face was a mix of emotions.
Rage. Sadness. Confusion. Disbelief.
Betrayal.
She said nothing and quickly picked up the nem of her dress and ran out the door of the restaurant.
"Starfire!" Robin began to bolt after her with me on his heels, "Starfire, WAIT!" I stopped in the doorway.
"Why?" came her furious response, "so you can trick me some more by pretending you have 'the feelings' for me?! I do not think so!"
"Starfire, you don't understand!" Robin protested, grabbing her wrist, "Raven was a bitch and-" I gasped. Starfire, sweet, graceful, kind Starfire, with all of her alien strength had smacked Robin clear across the cheek.
"Do not EVER place the blame on Raven," she said in a dangerously low tone, "she may have convinced you to pursue the outings with me, but she did not hide her true feelings from anyone."
"Star..."
"Do not call me that...in fact," she turned away from him, "do not call me ever." And with that, she laucned into the sky, flying back to the tower, and leaving Robin to stare at her retreating figure. He collapsed on to the ground and pounded it with his fist.
"Damn it!"
I closed my eyes and sighed before lifting myself in the air to find Starfire.
A/n: Whoa long chapter....this is probably the LONGEST thing I've ever written. Cool!
Robin's in deep trouble right now. So please don't state the obvious if you review by saying "looks like Robin's in for it now" because seeing that I'm the author, I don't want my own words echoed back thank you.
So....yeah! R please! Ha ha!