Hey, I just got obsessed with Blue Beetle and Wonder Girl. I don't know why, they're barely ever together but they're two of my favorite rookies. And there are so few fics about them that I just wrote this. Thanks for reading! PLEASE REVIEW!

Chapter 1: This Is The Start Of a Beautiful Friendship

"Jaime!" Blue Beetle heard his name being called out; he looked up from his laptop screen. There, at the frame of the doorway, stood Cassie Sandsmark, wearing orange mini shorts and…a golden bikini top?

Cassie walked towards him once she saw Jaime looking at her. He was sitting on the stool of the bar, using his laptop, which looked about ten years old. She went to the other side of the counter and put her forearms on table and leaned forward. But at that time, Blue Beetle was already back into whatever he was doing with his dinosaur of a computer.

She didn't care though, they were both rookies but Jaime barely talked to anyone on the Team, she wasn't even quite sure if she and him were acquaintances. So the night before, she decided to get to know the Team a little better. And why not start with the person you know the least? Heck, she didn't even know where he lived when he didn't stay at Mount Justice.

So there she was, hoping that a simple smile would let her become friends with her teammate.

But before she could say anything, Jaime was already apparently getting tired of her being there, "What do you want Cassie?" he asked impatiently and didn't look away from the screen.

The demigod took in her surprise and smiled, "The others and I are going at the beach. I was wondering if you wanted to tag along." She said, as sweetly as she possibly could.

Jaime took his eyes off of the screen and stared at the blond girl with an Are you seriously asking me that right now face. With that Cassie's smile turned into a frown.

No, she would not give up. She will become friends with Jaime Reyes if it was the last thing she did! So she put the grin back on and said, "Come on, Jaime!" she stood up strait and started bouncing on her toes, "It will be fun!" her blue eyes were filled with joy and her smile was huge on her face.

Jaime sighed; he thought about it but pushed the thought away almost immediately. Going to the beach meant taking off his shirt, he didn't really care about that part but when he would, everyone would see the scarab. He couldn't afford that. And the only one on the Team who knew about his scarab was most likely Nightwing and Superboy, and the clone didn't give a shit. But everyone else… they already thought he was a freak because he talked to himself so much…

Thanks a lot, Scarab, he thought.

You are welcome, the scarab replied suddenly, Although, I do not know what you are referring to.

Jaime grunted; he was really getting tired of that machine thing on his freaking spine. "Dios mio! I was being sarcastic you idiot!" he accidentally said out loud.

Cassie stared at Jaime, wondering if he was talking to her or to himself again.

Blue Beetle's eyes grew big as he realized he had just talked out loud, again. But apparently, Cassie was just waiting for his answer. Of course he wanted to go swimming, but that stupid scarab would be out in the open, people would think he was even more of a freak. He sighed in defeat. "No thanks, Cassie." He said and then stared at her, she looked…disappointed? Then he started feeling bad for the girl, she was probably being friendly, the person she was and he didn't want to kill her mood because he rejected her offer. So he added a little: "But thanks for asking." And as well as a small smile that he only let so very few people see.

Inside, Cassie was disappointed that Jaime had rejected her, but when she saw the smile he put on. She was jumping up and down, on the inside of course. That was the first time he had smiled at her. At least that's something, she thought.

Yet, she felt like she should do more. She got that far; why not continue while they were already there? So she walked around the counter, pulled out another stool and sat down beside Jaime, "What are you looking at?" she asked him.

He raised an eyebrow, wondering if she seriously wanted to know what he was doing on a laptop that was half dead. But when he looked at her eyes, they looked genuine. She really wanted to know what he was doing.

Jaime sighed, "I'm studying." He simply said.

Now we're getting somewhere, Cassie thought, "About what?" she asked him eagerly.

The boy rolled his eyes, "About the Justice League." He answered, barely making a full sentence.

This time, she was getting interested, "Why?" she asked, just as eagerly as before.

Damn, why is this girl asking so many questions? He thought.

I do not know. Perhaps she is merely curious is all, the scarab said.

"Shut up!" he yelled, facing Cassie.

Wonder girl's eyes looked defeated. He didn't want to yell at her, not for the second time in five minutes.

"No! I'm sorry," Jaime said, apologetically, "I didn't mean to upset you. I just…" he let out a deep breath, "I was just talking to myself again."

But this time, Cassie didn't smile or show any signs of her normal cheerfulness. This just made him feel even guiltier.

And just as Cassie was turning on her seat, ready to jump off and go to the beach, Jaime caught her bare shoulder. The blond turned around and was welcomed with another rare Jaime Reyes smile. "I'm learning about heroes and their missions. Things like that." He told her.

Wonder girl turned her seat, making herself face Jaime without twisting her neck or body and grinned. But it wasn't just because she had gotten what he was doing out of him, but also because she got his to smile, not once but twice in the last 5 minutes! Now that was something to be proud of.

So she continued asking, "Why?" she asked, not even noticing his hand was still on her shoulder.

Jaime shrugged, "Well, I'm a superhero now. I should know things like these." He said, "Last time I went on a mission, I didn't even know how the Justice League was formed." He admitted, slightly ashamed of it.

But while Jaime was being ashamed, Cassie was filled with joy. Yes! I'm finally doing it! She thought, I'm finally getting to know who Jaime Reyes is!

And they just stared at each other like that, not saying anything. Then Jaime felt his hand warm up and realized that his hand was still on the blond girl's shoulder. He blushed, although it wasn't very obvious because of his dark skin but she saw it and couldn't help but flush as well, the only problem was, for her, it was very obvious. And she couldn't help but break what felt like the shortest eye contact ever and Jaime let his arm down, suddenly missing the extra body warmth that she gave.

Cassie couldn't help but bit her lower lip, "Uh, do you mind if I see what you're doing?" she asked, slowly leaning forward, staring at the screen.

He was reading an old article about the Team. 5 years ago. There was a picture of Robin, now Nightwing, Aqualad, and now turned evil, Miss Martian, Superboy, Zatanna, Rocket, Kid Flash and Artemis, now retired. It was about how they stopped another one of The Cult of the Kobra's plans. Kid Flash was holding something in his hand, probably one of his infamous souvenirs, and the other hand around Artemis's waist.

She felt like she was just punched in the gut, they were just mourning for her a few days ago. It felt so weird reading an article of when she was alive, during her glory days. Artemis and Kid Flash had retired right before she, Jaime and the other arrived. That hit her really hard, she always loved Kid Flash, admired him her whole childhood and when Artemis arrived, she couldn't help but love her. It reminded her of her half cousin Artemis, the Goddess that is.

Then out of nowhere, Jaime said, "I wish I could have known her." He mumbled beside her.

Cassie nodded in agreement, "Let's just hope we become just as glorious as her one day, fight for this hell of a world until our last dying breath."

Then silence overcame them.

"So…why aren't you want to go swimming?" Cassie asked shyly, trying, for some reason, to not make eye contact with him.

"Uh…" Jaime thought about it but couldn't get a good enough excuse so just said the first thing on his mind, "I just don't feel like it."

Cassie raised an eyebrow, "Are you saying that you'd rather study than go swimming?" she asked, not quite believing him.

One side of Jaime's mouth curled upwards, which Cassie thought was pretty cute and rubbed his neck, "I guess I'm taking this superhero thing more seriously than I thought."

And Cassie couldn't help but smirk as well, "I guess so." She agreed.

And Jaime just had to admit it, "This was nice." He whispered, close to her ear, which tickled her.

"Yeah," she said, "it was."

And she thought, This is the start of a beautiful friendship.

So? Hopefully this is going to be a multichapter fic and please tell me what you think! I know, not a lot and not very descriptive but I just wanted them to start off as friends :) PLEASE REIVEW!