Pre-movie, time set about five years before when the movie picks up. Ahhh! When I had started thinking of this story, I wanted to start it right away… (even if I should be working on others…B(…I need to stop involving myself with so much stuff at once!) But I've been craving to make a story like this sooo badly!

This is sort of an AU, but it may've still been possible…idk. I'll see where my imagination takes me. xD

"Metro Man?" Roxanne asked as the hero approached her. Her eyes shifted nervously.

"I thought I told you not to distract me when I'm working." Roxanne snapped at him from under her breath, microphone still in hand.

"I'm distracting you?" He asked smugly, and the surrounding, anxious faces that had congregated giggled.

"Well…yeah, if you're talking to me." She sighed, making a 'cut' gesture over to Hal.

"Were you live?"

"No…practicing. I wanted see how it looked on camera." She said, taking a step away.

"Oh…well, listen…Roxie…I wanted to ask you something." She paused and turned back to face him, her arms folded.

"Alright…"

"Well, I was thinking…did you want to go have lunch some time?" Roxanne huffed as she could almost feel the anticipation from the people behind her. Either way, this was going to be a top story, the reporter 'going out' with the town's hero or her turning him down. Metro Man had always been a friend of hers, that was always certain (him always saving her from Megamind and all) but now he was going to do this and ruin it all. After racing through a few thoughts, she came up with a compromise.

"As friends." She said, cocking an eyebrow. She could hear a combination of moans and chuckles behind her then. She rolled her eyes. 'Maybe this will be a good thing.' She tried to convince herself. 'It'll be good for ratings if anything, I guess…'

"Alright. Tomorrow at two?" Roxanne nodded in agreement before watching him fly off. She turned to face Hal.

"You're gunna' go out with that jerk?" Hal asked with an irritated tone.

"We're going as friends, Hal. And he's not a jerk, he's just…" She sighed, "famous." She blinked, forcing a smile. "But this'll be good. Maybe people will want to watch the news more as an effect to this…"

"Wanting to see the city's girlfriend." Hal groaned, "but if you aren't actually going out with him, why-"

"Not all people will hear that." She smirked, "And it'd be their own fault for hearing lies."

"Aren't you worried about people…you know…asking personal questions about you and him?"

"They already do. Him saving me, yeah…people would think that's how it goes…being all overly grateful then get caught up in the moment, but really, I mean, come on… does it always have to end up like that? It would seem like a 'free pass' to a girlfriend for a hero, if you know what I mean." Hal's eyes brightened.

"Yeah, I mean…who likes insane strength, anyway?" Roxanne smiled. Though Hal always had a strange essence about him, it was usually tolerable and he was good for venting her problems with…which he was strangely always available for. They reported the news for the day, and after Roxanne returned home.

"I can't believe I'm doing this…" She said, pulling off her jacket and hanging it on a hook by the door, "the things I do for work." She brushed her hair back. She walked over to her refrigerator, pulled out a bottle of water, and gulped some of it down.

'I mean…I guess I shouldn't be judging him so harshly…he has saved my life more times then I can count…' she screwed the cap back on the bottle, sighing, 'maybe I do owe him at the very least a chance…' she shrugged, reaching down to her bag and dumping the contents of it onto the counter. It was full of fliers of different events, her mail, a hairbrush, assortments of makeup, and among other similar things.

'He's never actually been rude, I guess…not intentionally, anyway.' She shook her head, sighing again as she sorted through the papers, 'Just…like a guy.'

Ughh…it's probably going to kill me, but I'm going to try to limit the author notes (your welcome. XD) There's too much I don't want to give away…

Though I already have one part in particular that I may need to tweak to fit your guy's tastes. The rating may be subject to change.

I'll warn you now; I am already both hating and loving the thought this story…

Anyway, other then that, you're on your own with the interpretations and you'll just have to wait! Muahahaha… :)