A soft laugh fills the dark room. I turn on my bed side light, to find robin dressed in full uniform crouched on my windowsill.
"What the heck are you doing here?" That's when I notice the slightly sad smile on his face.
"Midnight patrol. You up for it?" He casually pushes his mask up a little. It's an unconscious movement but I know what it means.
I smile a little picking up my bow.
"Always." I stand up from my warm, soft bed and grab his strong hand, and he pulls me out of the window into the chilly night. Holding on tight to each other, we zip line to the nearest roof.
His sweet little laugh travels a little in the night air. I notice he's a little quieter than usual.
I pull my mask on covering up the majority of my face. I'm wearing a t-shirt and a pair of sweat pants, not my uniform, but sufficient for what I'm pretty sure he has in mind. Robin scans downtown Gotham looking for trouble. His arms crossed, he taps his finger anxiously on his glove.
"Thanks f'coming Artemis." He says flinching at the slurred word. I smile a little.
"No prob, Rob."
He cracks a little smile at the rhyme and turns back to scanning the city.
I sigh softly, following his lead. I needed this too. I had another fight with my mom again today, but I don't want to think about that. Glancing back at Robin, it looks like he's a little on edge with batman right now too. He's staring intently at one spot in the sky line, jaw set tightly. He cape flows in the wind, hiding his nicely built body. I look away again smiling, I don't want him to notice me staring. I watch the cars go by on the street below us, trying to keep my mind off of my family. When I look back at Robin again, he's gone.
"Robin?" I say quietly into the darkness around me.
"Here Arte."
I walk toward the sound of his small voice that came off to my left. I could barely hear him over the traffic below.
He had his head on his knees, cape wrapped around him like a little kid, domino mask thrown aside on the floor.
"Robin, you ok?"
He hesitates a bit before he says "f-fine" with a shaky voice.
He's not. It's not that hard to tell. Even the strongest people fall apart sometimes. I sit down next to him and place my hand softly on his back. He's shaking, not a lot, but enough that I can tell. I rub his back a bit before pulling him into a sideways hug, which he quickly turns into a full hug. He shivers in my arms. I hug him tighter.
"Artemis, I should 'splain-" His words slur, unspoken pain clear in his voice.
"You don't have to tell me, Robin, it's ok." Even as I say it I am dying to know what's going on, I mean this is Robin. Robin who stands up for everyone. Robin who always has a smile on his face. Robin who tries his best for his friends, to match his friends, even if he doesn't have the physical strength they do. Robin, the strongest person I know.
He slowly lifts his head up and raises his hand to push back his black hair. His eyes sparkle in the faint light. Blue. His eyes are blue. Blue, tear-filled and absolutely gorgeous. He smiles sadly at me.
I try to hold in a gasp.
He laughs a bit at the look on my face.
"My eyes are blue." He says lowering his head with an ashamed look on his face.
"Your eyes are blue" I say back, not sure how else to reply.
A few minutes later he mutters softly, "My eyes are b-blue just like my m-moms."
I hug him again pulling him in tight. I rock us back and forth trying to calm him. His small, fragile body shakes. He rubs his face on my arm, his soft eyelashes quickly coating with tears. My eyes start to sting.
"Robin, what happened?"
After a slight hesitation he says," I w-was watching a r-report on T.V. about g-g-gymnastics and my m-mom..."
He brakes down in heart retching sobs again. I cry silently, rocking the little bird. He's thirteen. Only thirteen. His mom is gone...
"I watched her die, Artemis. She f-fell and the n-net, there was n-no net..."
I cry out loud now, our sobs the only thing I hear.
"I could've s-saved her, and d-dad too. N-now their gone an I can't..."
He sinks to his knees. I rock him slowly.
"Don't tell Batman." he whispers shakily. I let the silence be my answer.
Suddenly, a sweet voice fills the cruel air.
* "Can you hear me? Does anyone around me feel the way that I feel now?"
Robin starts to sing. His voice is perfect, filled with emotion. He breathes hard holding down a sob before moving on:
"'Cause from the window where I sometimes cry, I just wanna see your face tonight. I'm willing to loose everything I am."
I grip my little bird tightly, his forehead pressing hard into my shaking arm.
"I need you more than ever. I need your help to find where I've been going wrong so far."
He breaks down sobbing but continues on as best he can, his lip quivering and voice rough.
"Take me under your wing tonight. Make me so perfect in your eyes. Hold on 'cause it'll be alright, your not alone."
He curls up on the cold roof next to me, his hair covering his tear filled eyes. I sit cross-legged pulling his head gently onto my lap.
"When your near me, I feel like I just found me in the traces of the boy from yesterday. In a world that seems so black and white I'll take the steps I need to change my life. I won't be coming back here again. I need your loving hand to guide me through the maze of all the things inside me. Then I'll know that I'm alright."
I sit still waiting for him to finish. I push his black hair back from his blank eyes. He takes another deep breath.
"I need you more than ever. I need your help to find where I've been going wrong so far. Take me under your wing tonight. Make me so perfect in your eyes. Hold on 'cause it'll be alright. Your not alone. Please help me get from worse to better before these tears soak through this lonely sweater. I've still got one strike of this match left."
His body isn't shaking as much now, my t-shirt is gathered in a little clump in his gloved hand. He tries hard to keep his eyes open.
"It's getting a little dark in here to see..." he stops letting out a few final sobs. His eyes shut all the way.
"You remind me of her, ar-mis. He smiles sweetly up at me, a lost little kid, who finally found a friend.
"You really loved her didn't you?"
"Mm..."
I bend down, placing a sisterly kiss on my little birds forehead. He puts a hand on my shoulder.
"'Polagize to your mom, Arte."
He whispers. I try to keep back my tears, how did he know?
I looked down at him a little confused.
With his eyes closed, he says, "Batman's protégé." A smirk planted on his face.
I scoff a little at the hacker who is quickly falling asleep on my lap. We fall asleep right there. With all of Gotham oblivious to the pain of my little brother.

When I wake up in the morning, Robin is gone. His cape is thrown over me like a blanket. I rub my eyes taking in the sight of early morning in Gotham. Picking up the cape, I notice a small piece of paper falling from it. Lifting it gently off the ground, I find a phone number, and a note.
'Call me if you need anything. And I mean anything.'
I smile, making my way down the fire escape. I start to walk home when I pass a Dunkin' Donuts.
I think, 'Sure, why not?'

"MOM! I'm home!" I burst in the front door smiling. My mother is sitting in the living room. She quickly wheels over to me.
"Arte, where were you? I was worried sick!" Her face is white, and her eyes look broken.
"I thought you were gone. I thought you left for real thi-"
I smile pulling the bag out from behind my back.
"I got your favorite."
She looks at me confused then bursts into tears.
I hug her. Whispering into her ear. "I'm sorry."
"Why Artemis? Why did you come back?"
"A little bird told me to." I can't help but smile at my statement. Mom would never guess how close that was to the truth.
Robin was right. She needed this. I needed this. How on Earth is he always right?
I hear a soft laugh coming from my room.
I roll my eyes.
That little bird is too good.

OK! So first one, yah! Hope i did everything right, someone help me please? I really don't have anything to say other than the song is Take Me by Hawk Nelson and if you don't know it, then go look up the acoustic version on you tube please! it'll help out quite a bit with the story:) hope you liked it! please review if you have any tips on how i can make it better and such. Thank you:D