Comforted by The Stars

A Missed Goal

"Ain't no way you're gettin' past me, B!" Cyborg boasted as he spread his arms out to defend his soccer goal from the green skinned Titan. "Oh yeah?" Beast Boy's cracked as he guided the ball across the field with his feet, having Robin tail close behind him. "Watch this!" He began to shift, and soon he was bolting down the field as an elephant. Starfire let out a gasp and covered her head as she hovered on Cyborg's part of the field, hearing the soccer ball whiz past her head and into the goal. Lowering her arms, she could see Beast Boy teasingly waving his trunk at Cyborg, who began shaking his fist at him. "C'mon now! You know that's cheatin', you didn't even use your feet! No hands!" Starfire paused, turning in the air to face her friends. "Forgive my intrusion into your discussion, but I believe he did not use his hands. Elephants do not have hands..do they?" She looked slightly confused, head tilted to the side and arms crossed as though trying to remember. Cyborg rubbed his face in frustration, then began to chuckle at Starfire's naive and literal nature. "You know what Star, you're right. Beast Boy, you can have the point." Starfire let out an amused giggle and picked the ball up, only to pause and look at her girlfriend Raven sitting in the shade under a rather large tree. "Might we pause the game? I wish to check on Raven..perhaps she would like to play?" Beast Boy shifted back to his human form, rubbing the back of his neck. "I dunno, she said she was gonna meditate while we played." She frowned, looking down at the soccer ball. "I think perhaps I will try and get her to participate. It is a rather beautiful day, after all. I think she would like this physical activity." Handing the ball to Cyborg, Starfire gracefully landed and walked over to the tree, sitting down next to Raven. The grey skinned, violet haired Titan looked at peace with herself, legs crossed and eyes shut as she sat in silence. Starfire paused, and then gently placed her hand on Raven's cloaked shoulder. "Raven? Might I speak with you?"

Raven chuckled and slowly opened one eye, giving her a small smile. "Of course you can, what's up?" Starfire smiled and pulled her hand away, gesturing to their friends kicking around the soccer ball. "I merely wished to see if perhaps you would like to join us for a game of soccer. It is a wonderful day out, and I think it would be nice for all of us to play together, yes?" Raven paused, rubbing her arm and looking down some. "I dunno, Star..are you sure they want me to play? You guys look like you're having fun on your own, and I wouldn't want to interrupt-" She shook her head, cheerfully replying. "Nonsense! You are a member of the team, and their friends. We would love for you to play the game of soccer with us." Starfire offered her hand to Raven, giving her a smile. "Most importantly, I wish for you to play the game of soccer with us. It will be nice to spend some time with my friends and my.." She seemed to lose the word for a moment, Starfire sometimes had trouble finding the proper words in English for what she wanted to say. Raven chuckled and took her hand, shaking her head. "Girlfriend. The word is girlfriend." Starfire smiled and helped her to stand, walking with her back to the soccer field. "Would you like to start, Raven?" She shook her head and pointed to Cyborg. "He's the tallest, he should probably drop the ball in the middle of the field." Star nodded and the game went on. Beast Boy scored quite a few more goals with animals that technically didn't have hands,  and the team finally seemed to be having fun together. As the game continued, Raven seemed to be enjoying herself. Dodging past Robin and Beast Boy, she chuckled and kicked the ball past Cyborg into the goal. "Yes!" She spun Starfire in a little victory dance, while Cyborg groaned and tapped his head against the metal of the goal. "She came outta nowhere!" Beast Boy patted Cyborg on the back. "Don't worry about it man, just be glad we're all havin' fun, y'know?" He leaned his head against the metal and began to chuckle. "Yeah, yeah I guess you're right. It's rare that we get to see Raven smiling. We should enjoy it." He took a breath and lobbed the ball at Robin, grinning. "It's your turn to start the match, Robin!"