Title: How to Kill a Relationship (and other handy hints no-one needs)

Chapters: 1

Summary: The wedding of Starfire and Nightwing is an occasion that brings almost every superhero to Jump City. Unfortunatly for the pink haired ex-villain, that means Wally is back. And she has to deal with him until his girlfriend arrives, three days later. But Jinx has a secret that could destroy Wally's fragile relationship. KFXJ BBXT RXStar

Rating: T

Authoress: Miss Criss Paranoia

Jinx had died four years ago now. In her place was Sophie Hudson. At twenty-two she was no longer a criminal and she was barely even remembered to be one. She was barely an inch taller but apart from the still obnoxiously candy pink hair, she looked nothing like her former self. Her skin had a healthy glow to it that still seemed much more pale than normal. And she looked normal. She was normal. Well in one sense anyway, she didn't go out and commit crimes, she wasn't famous and she didn't risk her life everyday for the good of others, although that last one was debateable. Back when she was Jinx, Kid Flash had once told her that with the amount of babysitting she did for the mini-titans that she should open her own childcare. Now she had. Her job entailed looking after all sorts of kids mostly meta-human, mostly the kids of titans and other heroes. But some were human, some were the kids of villains. Hell knows that Jinx would have appreciated the place to drop off her 'team' when she was HIVE material. Superheroes and Supervillains alike all needed a break every now and then.

She still met up with the Titans every weekend between her duties. Robin (or Nightwing as he went by these days) and Star had a little boy named Ryan. Speedy had gotten about three girls pregnant much to Delphi's chagrin. They were currently working through all issues they had from Speedy's flings in their off periods, by doing all they could to get pregnant. Or so Delphi said, Sophie honestly just believed they were doing it for the sex. It seemed to work out all their problems. Terra and Beast Boy {Beastman?} had been going steady for years now. Cyborg would always be happy as long he had his car and his best had quit the Titans for a while and started her own magazine. No-one knew why. Mas n Menos were grown up and were doing well for seemed so happy these days. And who was missing from this perfect picture except Aqualad? Kid Flash, Oh god she hadn't thought about him in years. Almost as long as she had erased the memory of Jinx. He had left three and a half years ago. Just up and left. She had been a hero all of three months and he left her. He kept in contact with everyone except her.

Jinx rubbed her temples vigorously. She was starting to get a headache from the memories. A hand woke her out of her trance.

"Sophie, you have a headache?" A very pregnant Starfire asked the owner of the childcare. Because Star was so heavily bulging she had offered to help out Jinx at the daycare.

"Don't worry. It's nothing." She rubbed again.

"Jinx. Don't be silly. I can handle it. You deserve a break. It's three o clock, there are only fifteen minutes left until the parents come for their , for me?" The pleading was overidden by the fact that Starfire had used the pink haired girls original name. She meant business and even heavily pregnant wouldn't hesitate to throw her friend out the window or strap her down to a bed.

"Kori. You scare me." Sophie laughed and picked up her things winding her way through all the mini-mes. She stopped at the door and turned towards the alien girl, who promptly glared at her as if to say 'You will leave now.'

Sophie quickly headed from her apartment/studio/place of work and went to the grocery store. She needed Advil, Waffles and Three dozen Doughnuts. And some Orange Juice, oh yes she needed some more juice. She gathered all her items [and some more that weren't on her list but took her fancy at the time] and almost got to the checkout before she was interupted.

"Hey there." A smooth velvety voice came from behind her. She was one aisle from the checkout and she heard the voice of a devil. She turned and saw Diablo in his true form.

"Long time no see." The Flash in Civvies directed at her.

"Whose fault was that, Wally?" She asked curtly. yet all she could remember about him was his kisses, his lips on hers, they way he held her, the roses.

He opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by his ex-girlfriend (or former? They had never formally broken up. But he had a girlfriend now, does that mean he was cheating on Jinx? Wally's head started to hurt) striding off to the Checkout and quickly leaving. He started watching her as his items were checked through. A toothbrush, he remembered when they had moved in together, pens, he thought about the times he stole her sketches and he got hexed for it, Sketchpads, the times she pushed him away, mouthwash, the days they spent doing things that would make his parents cringe, Orchids, he had left her, Roses, how much he loved her and lilies, the way he had been trying to forget about her and how it hadn't worked.

"I mean I wasn't expecting a party or anything but maybe a welcome home?" He muttered entirely to himself. As soon as the clerk finished scanning the items – and it took a long time, shopping and waiting for people to ring up what you've bought was enough to make him understand the concept of just stealing it, almost- he payed the boy and ran out of the shop at what he deemed an acceptable pace for a civilian.

"Jinx!" The pink haired girl was walking rather briskly to the park. She sat down on the bench and a few seconds later he joined her.

"No-one calls me that anymore." His heart broke as her voice seemed so...drained.

"I know I've been gone a while-"

"Three and a half years."

"What?"

"That's how long you were gone. Three and a fucking half years." There were two parts that worried him about this a ) he swore it hadn't been that long. He thought it had been an eternity but not to her, not to everyone else. and b) she wasn't yelling. His Jinx wasn't even yelling at him. Wait..she's not mine anymore remember?

"Uh-"

"Don't. Please. Just don't. I don't want to hear any excuses. I'm guessing you're only here for the wedding. Do me a favour and don't come near me in that time." Star and Robin were having a shotgun wedding, although it was simply that they had been putting it off for three years.

Wally's heart disintegrated.

"So is Jenny coming? How fitting, Jenny and Wally." She knew. How did she know?

"Yeah. She'll be here on Thursday."

Thursday? Today's Monday. Great Three days of this idiot. Although I wish it could be more. NO YOU DONT! Sophie, get a hold of yourself. You are Sophie. You can do all this without him. You never needed him.

But she instantly knew that wasn't true. She would still be doing petty theft even into her twenties if he hadn't found her that day in the museum.

"Cool. So when's the wedding?"

Wally had a cute confusion on his face.

"Um Saturday?"

"No I mean yours and Jenny's, you dolt!" She was yelling at him. This was better than the drained girl he had seen earlier.

"Oh. Right. Well, um, there probably won't be one." Aww he was stuttering. How cute. Sophie tried to knock herself out of it but Kid had been her first love. And sometimes that just never goes away.

"Trouble in Paradise?"

"You could say that. besides she's not really my type. I'm more a sucker for a girl who can sucker punch me when I need to be put in my place." He joked. An evil grin spread across his exes face. He hastily added "And that doesn't mean you can punch me. Even though I deserve it." He whispered.

"Yes you definitely deserve it." Wally never felt a punch though.

"Why do you still go out with her then?"

"She likes my money. I like not being called gay. It's a win-win."

Jinx, damn not Jinx, looked at him curiously.

"No! I am not by the way." He seemed to understand that look. He wasn't gay. Unless the girl sitting next to him was a man. But he was pretty sure that she wasn't unless he had missed something last time he was down those ways. A small blush appeared on his cheeks. Even til this day he had stupid teenage hormones all for this one girl. She had changed, he noted, as he took in her naturally straight and out hair. It reached her shoulders and she had a little skull clip that clipped her fringe to one side. She looked gorgeous as usual even though she had remnants of crayons and baby puke on her.

Oh God. She's moved on.

"Sorry about the outfit" Sophie muttered pulling on her crayoned white blouse and the black mini she was wearing. "It's a hazard of working at a day-care where half the kids aren't only pure evil, even if their parents are bloody superheroes and deny it, but also have powers of flight. And find it funny that I have to spend my entire pay check on new clothes." Wally had zoned out after day-care. She worked at a day-care. The marks weren't from her life as a mum or a wife but as a worker.

She suddenly got up.

"Name's Sophie Hudson. Not Jinx. You know perfectly well I abandoned that name years ago." She shook his hand, refusing to admit the tingle in her body as she did so.

"I like it though. It's cute." Wally muttered mostly due to the fact that this girl was driving him insane from a mere handshake.

"I'm not supposed to be cute. I'm twenty two." Sophie glared and started to walk off.

"And don't bother me!" She cast over her shoulder and grinned as a faint glow surrounded her hands and suddenly the park bench, complete with Wally, fell to the ground. He lay there in the rubble for a moment staring at the retreating back of his lover.

"Give you more roses? Got it!" He called out admiring the view and the soft sound of her laughing. She had pretty much asked to be stalked now.

Not a great end I admit.

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xo miss criss