WordGirl twisted her hands together and felt an uncomfortable amount of sweat lingering beneath her gloves. She waited on a park bench watching the last shades of a coloured sky melt into darkness. Her mind sifted through her worries, but the cool of the night air brought her back to the reality and her self assurances that everything would be just fine.
A familiar figured appeared in a pool of street lamp light. Her sweetheart spotted her, and began trotting towards her, flowers in hand. The super heroine stood up, her head swimming from her nerves.
He greeted her with a gentle kiss and seemed unaware of her stiff response. He just beamed at her and offered the flowers.
"Tobey!" WordGirl gasped. Her pulse was hammering against her temples.
"Are you alright, WordGirl?" Tobey reached for her hand, but she pulled away.
"Tobey, we can't do this anymore!" She sat back on the park bench and fought to keep her breath. The worst wasn't over.
"O-oh..." Heartbreak. Tobey's flowers fell limply to his side.
"No, no! Not like that, honey!" WordGirl reached to take his hands. "I just mean..." her panic returning, "I just mean—Oh, Tobey!"
"Shh, it's alright. We can work this out..." he came next to her lacing their hands together. "Umm, whatever it is you need to work out."
Her head came to lean against his shoulder. "It's just that I don't feel *safe* as 'Tobey and WordGirl' anymore..."
"Oh. Yeah... I understand."
"Right. I worry about you." Her head shot back up. "I know, I know. You have big scary robots that can defend you if my enemies connect you to me, but—"
"No, I wouldn't want to be used as a weapon against you. Ever."
"But I also really like you... and we've been dating for a while and... no one should have to date in secret! And I-I think I trust you enough to... well..." A deep sigh. Why couldn't Tobey figure out the rest of this, and help her out a little?
Just then the sound of footsteps appeared down the park path. WordGirl flew into bushes behind the bench faster than Tobey could react.
Two boys from his class walked by, and Tobey further came to understand just how dangerous it was for him to date a superhero. It would only take one person to see them together in the right context, and WordGirl was in serious trouble. He really didn't want to be her downfall. Her weakness. A trap forcing WordGirl to save him from a villain and have her loose everything in the process.
"Haha! Look! Tobey's waiting with flowers!" One of the boys shouted.
"What girl would be with you, Tobey? She's not coming!" said the other. They both stalked away laughing.
"So... I was thinking..." WordGirl's voice came from the bushes as soon as they passed. She found a new strength in the thought of swooping down and proving those boys wrong. "It might be easier for us to—well for you to... if it's alright with you to—"
"Out with it, bushes!" Tobey chuckled.
"If you dated my secret identity!"
Whoa, it's been a while since I published on this site. What can ya do? Here is my first WordGirl fanfic! I have more Tobecky one shots on the way, but this guy will be a 3-shot. Its next update should come in about a week. I hope you will all like this. I don't own anything, and reviews are quite welcomed.