Just a new girl? Part 8

The next morning, Raven was at school but BB was still ill. Starfire leaned against the lockers, one foot planted firmly on the ground and one leaning on the lockers too. She fumbled about with her phone. She was waiting for Raven to emerge, patiently. She noticed Robin walking in with Cyborg and the familiar gang of pink and glitzy girl gang led by Kitten. He mumbled something to Cyborg and the girls and they walked on leaving Robin on his own. He looked over and gave a small smile. Starfire looked concerned and signalled for him to join her. He walked over, hands in his leather jacket pockets. "Hey," He said, grumpy.
"Greetings. What is troubling you, Robin?" She asked, sweetly. He looked up at her when he heard his name.
"Nothing...I mean Nothing is wrong, why?" He asked, abruptly. She narrowed her eyes and raised an eyebrow.
"Robin. I know when something is the matter with friends. Please. Tell me..." She asked, touching his arm lightly. He blushed slightly but collected himself.
"Well. You know how me and Kitten broke up?" He asked, looking into her beautiful eyes.
"Yes?" She replied, [Of course I do!!] she thought.
"Well. We talked last night and we...got back together..." He finished looking away from her face.
Starfire's eyes widened and she let out a very quiet gasp, not loud enough to be heard by Robin. She gritted her teeth but it wasn't noticable. Her hand simply fell from his arm and she blushed a light crimson as she realised the time which had passed in silence. She looked at the floor with sad eyes, hidden by her bangs which delicately fell over them. "Oh. That's...great." She whispered. Robin looked at her hidden eyes, obviously not as well hidden as she thought they were. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed purple boots standing outside, knowing it was Raven. She looked up at him. Her eyes which had been so fresh and happy were now dull and lifeless. She gave the weakest of smiles, "I have to go. Glad you and Kitten are back together...again." She mumbled. She leaned forward her face becoming ever so close. He could smell her intoxicating scent of Strawberry and orange. It made him a little dizzy. The scent soon disappeared as she trudged away from him to Raven. She was obviously upset as she didn't really have the normal bouncy spring in her steps. As soon as Starfire made sure she was out of eyesight of Robin, she growled.
"Uh. Everything okay?" Raven asked, jumping a little at the noise.
"Raven. Is it obvious that..." She trailed off. Raven glanced at her and smirked,
"What? That you like Robin? To me, but I don't think he's linked it yet." She replied, smugly.
"How?"
"You don't hide your feelings very well when your with him..."
"oh...I guess not..."
"But yes. Why did you seem so depressed when walking away from him?"
"Hmph. He is back together with the queen of evil."
"Huh. Figures, without Robin, Kitten is practically a loser."
"How so?"
"Well, she has tried out for chearleading ever since she stared here, since that's the instant way of becoming popular. But, they don't really like her all that much. But if she is with the most popular boy in school, then she will become popular too."
"Oh. I see. So, does she not really like Robin?"
"Doubt it..."
"Hmm...I do. Everyone at this school seems to think of him as the rebel and the main popular but when I'm with him he does not seem like that. Not at all..."
"I agree. You seem to bring a better side to him..."
"Hmm. Anyway. Let us get to homeroom or we will be in trouble." Starfire suggested. She and Raven wandered into the classroom. But just as Raven stepped in and Starfire was close behind, someone grabbed her arm tightly and hauled her away. Her back hit the wall and she narrowed her eyes to see Kitten by herself for once, "Hey, newbie! Me and Robbie-poo are back together. So. Don't even think about hanging out with him anymore. Got it?" Kitten hissed.
"You do not control me, Kitten. I shall hang out with whomever I please and you are not to tell me otherwise!" Starfire said through gritted teeth. Starfire broke Kitten's grip on her arm. Kitten stared. Astonished. Starfire felt pretty confindent too. But soon, she felt very uneasy as a very horrible feeling stung her arm. At lunch, she examined her arm and saw it had a very unpleasent, purple bruise forming where Kitten's grip had been so tough but she doubted it helped by her own strength breaking the grip. She pulled her sleeve down and made her way for the bathroom door only to be stopped by Kitten and her gang. "Aw. What's wrong? Not so tough now my girls are here, are ya?" She patronised. Starfire knew this was true and tried to go past but there was no way of doing so.
"Oh. Wait, wait. I just wanted to show the girls my work..." She cackled, pulling up her sleeve roughly. She winced as the sleeve rolled over the bruise.
"Nice," Cheryl praised.
"Thanks. I totally thought so, too." She laughed. Starfire quickly rolled her sleeve down and ran out of the bathroom, leaving the cackling girls behind. She found Raven on the grounds. Raven faced her and looked horrifed.
"Star! What happend? You look as white as a ghost!" She feared.
"Oh. Raven! I want to leave this school!" She cried. Tears rolled freely down her cheeks and Starfire flung into Raven's arms and leaned on her shoulder, tears drenching Raven's shoulder.

Robin noticed Starfire crying and made a start over to her. A hand stopped him. "Hey Robbie! Where ya goin hunny?" She saked, sweetly.
"Uh. Oh. Uhm. Nowhere." He replied. She gripped his hand firmly as the bell Rang.
"Okay. Should we go to Spanish, then?" She asked, pulling him to the languages building. He wished so badly that he had gone over to Starfire and hugged her and kissed her and told her, "It's okay, I'm here."
But he couldn't. He unfortuantely made a certain deal with a little devil the night before. He was with someone else. Which was sad. All he wanted to do. Was to be with Starfire...