1. Filling the Gaps

After attending Garfield and Raven's wedding, Robin, Starfire, and Cyborg returned to Titan Tower. It wasn't long before they realized something pretty significant. They were understrength. After looking at this for some time (about five minutes), Robin resolved this issue with his usual alacrity. He had the Tower computer scan through any Titan transfer requests to select two people to fill the empty roster slots. Everyone was somewhat surprised when Jinx and Wildebeast showed up to fill the empty slots on the team.

"Jinx! Wildebeast! Good to see you both." Robin glanced at Jinx for a bit. "I'd have thought Kid Flash would have been reassigned with you."

Jinx glared at Robin for a bit. "Let's just say it's best if we're not in the same tower just now."

Now, usually Robin would have pried, wanting answers. However, the Truth Garfield had spoken to him some months back had left him changed, so, rather than demanding answers, he thought about what was said. From her reaction to his question, he determined that the issue was personal rather than professional, so he decided to keep out of it. "Okay. Cyborg will show you to your room. WIldebeast, come with me."

Jinx followed Cyborg through the Tower, and he led her to a room that was an almost exact duplicate of her room back at Hive Academy...before the place got blown up, anyway. "Wha...how?"

Cyborg smiled. "When I heard you were coming, I wanted you to feel at home. I remembered what your room looked like at the academy, the one time you let me in to help you study."

Jinx smiled. "Thanks, tin man." She went through the room, checking everything over. It was accurate down to the last detail. "You know, if it were anyone else, this level of accurate detail reccolection would be creepy, but from you, I know it's just exact recall from your cybernetics, isn't it?"

Cyborg nodded. "My cybernetics recorded everything exactly. I'm very good at judging dimensions and construction at a glance."

Jinx glanced towards him, a slight frown on her face. "I suppose that means you can probably guess my measurements, right?"

"Uh-er-I-uh-" Cyborg was obviously flustered. He had not been expecting that question.

Jinx laughed. "Easy, tin man. We can't help what we're made of." She glanced at herself in the mirror, sighed, and sat down on the bed.

Cyborg sat next to the bed. "Wanna talk about it?"

"About what?" she asked, trying to dodge the question.

"ABout why you broke up with Kid Flash. He cheated on you, didn't he?"

Jinx stared at him in shock. "How did you-"

Cyborg sighed. "Robin may be the detective, but I know people. Your need to be in a seperate tower from the guy is what told me you broke up. You're sad, but also angry, which means it was something he did. And I know how he behaves."

Jinx stared at Cyborg for a while, then looked at the ground and sighed. "I guess it will be good to talk to someone about this." She gathered her thoughts. "We...we'd been taking it kinda slow, or at least, as slow as Kid Flash can take anything. We'd been dating only for a couple of months, and we'd really only exchanged the occasional kiss. Occasionally, he'd push to advance the relationship, but never too hard. I thought it was perfect...until I found out he'd been sleeping with seven other girls behind my back!"

Cyborg's human eye popped. "Say WHAT!"

Jinx nodded, her anger building. "His so-called perfect patience was because he was leading along seven other girls at the same time, and they were putting out! I...I couldn't even look at him when I found out. I put in the transfer request as soon as I did...to keep myself from tearing him to pieces."

Cyborg, who had been on the verge of hunting Kid Flash down to do just that, calmed down. He put his arm around Jinx. "I'm sorry it didn't work out Jinx. I'd hoped...you'd find happiness. You certainly deserve it."

Sighing, she leaned into his embrace...then sat back up. "You're not putting the moves on me, are you?"

"What? Jinx, how could you think that!" Cyborg was the picture of offended shock. "You've just been through a terrible break up, and need a friend to help you through it. I promise, I am not going to put the moves on you!"

Jinx leaned back into the hug, her sigh of relief tinged with regret.

"...till next month," Cyborg finished impishly.

"Oh, you!" Jinx shouted, pushing him away and laughing. They shared a good laugh. "...thanks tin man. I needed that."

"Whatever you need, Jinx, I'm here for you."

Jinx smiled. "Thanks." She yawned. "But right now, I need a nap. Jet lag."

"Alright." Cyborg stood up and walked out of the room. He stopped at the door. "Welcome home, Jinx. Sleep well." He shut off the light, and closed the door.

Jinx curled up in the bed, sighing happily. Things felt right now.