A/N: Welcome back! Just like last chapter let me know if this one is a bit too mature. Again I wanna portray the growth into adults with this season. But were still gonna get plenty of action so stay tuned! So far I have tons of ideas for where this can go but I'm always open to your ideas as well. I think half you guys guessed my Season 6 story after the first 10 chapters so a lot of your ideas helped keep it fresh and not too predictable. The more ideas the better! As always drop a fav or follow if you enjoy what you're reading and please leave a review to let me know how I can improve! Thanks for reading!

The next day Starfire was rushing around her room. Richard had promised her a very special night and she couldn't help but feel a little anxious. Her bedroom was a mess with her bed, floor, and nightstands covered in all kinds of clothing from tight fitting stylish pants to dresses for the most formal of occasions. She didn't know exactly what he had in mind for their date. All she knew is she wanted to look better than she had ever looked in her entire life. She burrowed through every piece of clothing she had looking for the "perfect" thing to wear.

"Perhaps this might..." She hesitated as she held out the long dark pink dress with a pattern of shiny decorations in the shape of roses down the sides, "...absolutely not. This will not do." With that she threw it over her shoulder where it landed on top of a small pile of clothes at the foot of her bed.

Just above that pile sitting on the foot of her bed were two more girls. Starfire had even called on Raven and Terra for a second opinion on these things. The two sat in a position of discomfort with a look of concern and irritation on their faces. They looked like they had been sitting there for half a lifetime. As Starfire continued to rip through her closet Terra leaned over towards Raven...

"She's been at this for hours..." Terra whispered through her clenched, annoyed lips, "I don't know how much longer I can take this..."

Raven looked back at Terra from the corner of her eye. She felt the exact same way... but this was Starfire. She was always there for them. The least they could do is return the kindness by being there for her no matter how small the matter might be. Though she couldn't deny, at this rate Starfire might miss her date entirely.

Raven sighed and spoke up, "Starfire!" she said aggressively to get her attention.

Starfire stopped in her tracks and turned to face the other girls.

"You need, to calm, down." She spoke slowly emphasizing her words, "Dick isn't going to care what you are wearing he's only going to care that you are there."

"Yeah... You're over-thinking this way too much." Terra add.

"But what if he is not the, impressed with my appearance? What if he resents me for not having put forth the effort for him?" Starfire said with nervousness in her voice.

"Are you kidding?" Terra said with a grin, "look at you!" She gestured to her entire body, "you have a perfect figure, your eyes are literally emeralds, your smile could stop an apocalypse, and you are the most badass chick on this planet!"

Terra almost sounded jealous as she praised her friend. But she was right. Raven might be more powerful, but to fill the roll Starfire was in right now, even she couldn't handle it. She truly is one of a kind.

Starfire blushed as she avert her eyes from them towards the ground covered in clothes in front of her.

"Maybe, we can go shopping," Raven purposed. She almost sounded desperate just to get out of Starfire's room, "I bet we could find something you like at the mall."

"Yeah!" Terra said immediately jumping on the bandwagon. She sounded more desperate than Raven, "this new store just opened that I really want to check out too!" She had stars in her eyes like she already knew there was something there she was going to buy.

Raven glared at Terra with an eye brow raised. Her expression screamed: "seriously? We're here for Starfire" and she laid it on thick.

Terra picked up on the glare from Raven's half dead eyes and felt a chill run through her spine.

"After we find something for Star of course..." She said with a nervous smile as she raised her right hand to the back of her head.

Raven got an eerily familiar feeling from that reaction and she thought of Beastboy for a moment and how that was almost exactly how he would have respond.

You two really were perfect for each other weren't you? Raven thought to herself. She couldn't help but think if it weren't for Slade they might have ended up together and she would have never fallen for him. But she shook off the thought and looked back to her friend who was in a small crisis.

Starfire's mood changed though. She seemed to have a bit more confidence in herself and she smiled at her friends.

"I thank you for your kind words," she said softly, "perhaps the mall may be a good idea."

She smiled again and the three girls giggled amongst themselves before heading off to Jump City's most popular mall.

The sun beat down from its highest point in the sky. The day was perfect for the beach or summer activities and this put the girls in a much better mood as they entered the enormous building made mostly of glass. If it weren't for all the stores inside the building, it could easily be mistaken for a massive greenhouse.

They went from store to store looking through all the womens clothing trying on all kinds of dresses and outfits they liked and they had an amazing time with each other. Yet nothing seemed to satisfy Starfire's taste for the outfit she was looking for. Raven and Terra were starting to wonder what it was that Starfire was even looking for.

"So... what exactly are you going for?" Terra asked bluntly.

Starfire thought about that for a long moment but her face just remained puzzled before she finally respond, "I do not understand..."

"What is it you want Dick to think when he sees you?" Raven said trying to make it clear.

"Oh! Well I..." Starfire thought even harder on the question and her face started turning red, "I um... Wish for him... to..." She trailed off unsure what to say next.

The others saw her face growing red and they instantly knew what it was she wanted. Or at least... Terra did.

"I think I know..." Terra said with a devilish grin, "you want him to drool at the very sight of you but still appear as someone respectable, huh?"

Starfire's eyes went wide as she blushed even harder... that is exactly how she felt but she couldn't figure out how to put it into words.

"Precisely! I want him to... Well... I wish for us to..." Starfire felt embarrassed as she tried to voice her feelings.

"We get it!" Terra exclaimed, "I think we've all felt that way before, right Rae?" She asked Raven hoping for backup but when she looked at Raven her face was hidden under her hood as she lifted it over her face, "Raven?" Terra asked with some concern this time.

Raven hesitated for a moment before finally speaking up, "I... can't say I've had that feeling... yet." She felt embarrassed as if she should have felt that a long time ago. It only concerned her more that maybe she was maturing at slower rate than the others.

"You must have had the desirable temptations for Beastboy..." Starfire chimed in trying to get a clearer idea of how she felt.

"I'm sure she does," Terra said immediately, "whenever we talk sometimes he's all she talks about."

"Of course I desire him," Raven said defending herself from under the hood of her cloak, "but I've never felt the desire... uh... you know... physically." She said emphasizing her meaning but it only further embarrassed her.

Terra and Starfire looked at each other confused. Raven and Beastboy had been together for six months now. Have they really done nothing more with their relationship in all that time? It almost seemed incomprehensible in the modern age they were living in... Yet here they were just confused as she was.

"Wow... I had no idea you felt that way..." Terra said almost ashamed of assuming that about her friend, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have-"

"Am I supposed to have those feelings?" Raven interrupted, "is there something wrong with me?"

Raven's monotone had a clear sound of concern within it. She feared for her relationship. What if this meant she didn't love him they way she was supposed to? What if it meant their relationship was doomed? It rattled her to her very core because she knew for a fact she loved him with all her heart. And with that being the case... why hasn't she experienced what the others have? It terrified her.

"There's nothing wrong with you," Terra said quickly, "some people's feelings just take longer to develope than others. When the time is right I'm sure you will notice it."

Starfire nod her head in agreement. She felt bad for Raven but she couldn't believe that Raven had never felt the way she had. Beastboy and Raven are so close now and their interaction is pretty physical so she always assumed Raven had felt the same way about Beastboy as she did about Richard. After thinking for a second Starfire gasped as she got an idea that might help her shy friend out.

"I have a marvelous idea!" She exclaimed, "come with me!"

The girls followed their Tamaranian friend until they arrived at the store she was intending for. Terra and Starfire were both excited to go in and try clothes on but Raven felt more nervous than she had ever felt before. Her face twitched with an uncomfortable stare as she looked up at the store that stood in front of her with a giant logo that read Pritoria's Secrets with the picture a flawless beautiful model on the glass window in her stylish underwear.

The female underwear model, Pritoria, was famous for her top selling underwear brand and her wildly amazing success in love affairs because of it.

"Not a chance..." Raven said in her agitated monotone voice as she turned to leave but the two excited girls next to her grabbed her by the cloak and dragged her inside, lifting her off her feet as if she were a flag waving in the wind.

Terra and Starfire put Raven infront of a mirror next to the dressing rooms with her hood off and started picking out bras and panties they thought looked cute or sexy and started putting them over Raven's clothes at her breasts and waist to get an idea of what she might look like.

"I've never... Felt so... UNCOMFORTABLE." Raven expressed her feelings verbally as a bead of sweat rolled down her cheek. She looked like steam could be seen radiating off of her. Her face was bright red with an irritated look in her eyes like she might end the world again just so wouldn't have to deal with this.

"Oh calm down," Terra said playfully, "were trying to help you." She giggled as she picked out more underwear to test out.

"How could this possibly help me in any way?" Raven said full of skepticism.

"I imagine myself wearing such things in front of Richard one day. When I picture this, I get such a feeling that fills me with excitment!" Starfire said with a flushed smile, "perhaps you will feel the same if you picture yourself in front of Beastboy." She smiled and held up another bra to Ravens bosom and shrieked with glee. "You must try this one!" She begged her friend.

"Yeah..." Raven said sarcastically taking the pink bra with a floral design from Starfire. It was definitely not her style and more for Starfire than it was for her, "I don't think so."

"I think I found something you might like," Terra said with a confident and teasing voice.

She handed Raven a dark velvet bra with a spiral design starting from the edge and twisting to the center of each cup kind of like her dark energy wrapping around an enemy. The panties were the same dark velvet as the bra but made of silk smoother than anything she had ever touched before. Raven had to admit... Terra knew her well and she didn't disappoint in finding something she might enjoy. Regardless Raven still didn't want to participate in this experiment.

"I'm not trying this on," Raven continued to protest, "We're supposed to be finding Starfire something for her date tonight..."

"My friend is more important than what I must find to wear tonight," Starfire retaliated as if she had rehearsed it in the mirror.

Raven looked to Terra. Terra smiled and crossed her arms in front of her chest agreeing with Starfire. They werent going to let this go.

Raven sighed. She then figured the quicker she does this the faster it's over with. She opened the door to a dressing room, entered, and set the underwear down on the bench provided. A mirror the size of the wall in front of her provided a perfect reflection of her as the light above her shined bright to reveal every detail possible in the small space. Raven closed her eyes and the ruby button that held her cloak over her shoulders unbutton itself with dark energy and levitate to a coat hanger on the door behind her. She undressed herself and put slipped the straps of the bra over her shoulders before connecting the back adjusting cups to fit her rounded chest. After she put on the panties she looked down at her body as if nothing had changed but when she looked up at the mirror her reflection was another story. She felt... Strange. Seeing herself wearing these things gave her an overwhelming feeling of confidence that her beauty truly could be physically desirable. Maybe even tempting. And just as Starfire pictured herself in front of Richard, Raven began picturing herself in front of Beastboy like this. Her heart began to pound... before long it began racing and her cheeks filled with a flush of red. Her eyes widened and as her heart continued to pound furiously until a small power of dark energy escaped her and the light above her shattered showering the small dressing room in darkness.

The girls were eagerly awaiting outside to hear what Raven might say about what she was wearing... until they saw the light vanish from the crack of the door with the sound of a lightbulb bursting into pieces. As the lightbulb shattered so did the two girls hope's for helping their friend. They could only assume that they angered Raven and made her so uncomfortable to the point she couldn't take it anymore. They had forgotten about how important Raven's emotions are to her powers. She had been doing so well with her emotions lately that they almost forgotten it was ever an issue to begin with... But now reality dawned on them once again.

Raven began breathing heavily in the darkness of the dressing room. She leaned forward on the bench in front of her as she placed her hand over her heart trying to manually calm herself. Behind her a light from the store shined under the crack of the door giving a small amount of visibility to the room.

"Raven?" Terra said knocking on the door, "are you ok?"

"We heard the light had been destroyed," Starfire add holding her hands to her chest, "might you need assistance?"

Raven couldn't focus on their voices after what she just felt... As her heart rate began to slow down so did her breathing. She regained her composer and took a deep breath before she took off the underwear and dressed herself with her usual clothes and cloak in the concealment of the darkness.

She unlocked the door and stepped out into the store where Starfire and Terra both looked like they were begging for forgiveness from her.

"We're so sorry!" Terra began, "we didn't know it would upset you this much!"

"We beg your forgiveness," Starfire said lowing her head with her eyes closed.

Raven didn't know what to say. She had never felt that way before and it was both an exhilarating and terrifying experience. The intense feelings making her heart race was amazing but the fact that it caused to her lose control for a second frightened her. She was right. There are some hidden emotions she hasn't faced yet that could end up doing some damage. And if a small lightbulb burst just from putting on some clothes she couldn't imagine what could happen if things were "serious."

"Its fine." Raven said with a blush as she looked at the ground in front of her. She felt a little embarrassed that she lost control for a second. But she couldnt tell her friends why she lost control. After all... she didn't even really know why. Raven looked around for a second and found where Terra had picked out the underwear for her and placed it back in its place before returning to her friends, "let's just find something for Starfire tonight ok?" With that she began walking out of the store.

Terra and Starfire looked at each other for a second a little confused. Was she not mad? She didn't sound disturbed at all. In fact her tone was a little more upbeat than normal. They shrugged at each other and followed behind Raven to another store.

As they entered the next store Starfire's eyes lit up with sparkles shinning off of them. She levitate off the ground and hovered over to the dress in front of her. She knew instantly this was the one.

"Its perfect," Terra said agreeing with Starfire's choice. Not that she just wanted to be done with this witch-hunt for a dress but she thought it really was perfect.

"Looks like our work here is done," Raven chimed in as she watched the star struck Starfire swoon over the dress but all she could think about was the image she saw in the mirror of that dressing room.

"What are you waiting for?" Terra asked loudly, "go try it on!" She yelled with a smile.

Starfire looked back at them and giggled with glee as she snatched the dress up off the display model and flew like a missile to the nearest dressing room.

Terra and Raven slowly began making their way over to Starfire as she began to change into the dress she found and unknown to them someone was hovering over the mall looking down through the glass windows watching their every move...

"Aw... I wanted to be there for her first date," a familiar dark voice sarcastically said, "well... since I missed the first date I guess this one will have to do..." the voice finished with a dark smirk.