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Summary: A day study between Speedy and Cheshire. Two of the most unlikely people to fall in love under threat of injury.

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After a long night and day and pretty much a full month of crime fighting, Speedy was ready and glad to have the weekend off. Bumblebee had insisted after he had collapsed at the front door that afternoon from exaustion.

So, he had decided, after a two hour nap, to head down town to his favorite hole in the wall cafe, the White Dragons Coffee Hut. Beautiful place to just sit and enjoy a hot drink or two. Plus, the owners gave him a discount.

Today he decided a nice half cocoa half english toffee with a handfull of haystack chocolate would be good.

After placing his order and choosing a table with a view of the river, he sat and took a drink.

'Peace at last.'

His eyes closed as he leaned back in his seat a bit. The smell of his and most everyone neaby's coffee wavering in the air along with the scent of river water and the flower garden splayed across the the lawn.

"Excuse me sir, but is this seat taken?"

The red head bolted up, startled by the slighly accented voice. Opening his eyes, he saw the voices owner. An Asian looking teen about his age with long dark hair wearing a light green top and soot black pants.

"No. It's available."

The girl nodded and sat down with a tattered old book and what looked like Irish coffee.

Speedy, though handsome out of costume was not accustomed to sitting near a girl as attractive as this one. She looked vaguely familiar, but totally out of his league.

So, what else could he do, but hit on her?

"Did anyone ever tell you that you look like a model?"

She looked up from her reading for a second to look at him with that face that either read 'are-you-serious?' or 'god-that-was-lame.'.

"No."

"I'm sorry, am I bothering you?"

"A little, but I don't mind."

This was a new spin on an old technique.

"I must have sounded really stupid, but you do kinda look like a model."

She put her book down, her attention on him fully. She had time to spare and her coffee hadn't cooled yet.

"You would only sound stupid if you winked at me. Usually a line like that is followed by a wink and that phrase 'What's your name?'"

Was she giving him tips on pick-up lines?

"Well, I guess I'm in trouble then. What's your name?"

She gave a light chuckle as she put her drink to her lips.

"Jade. Your's?"

"Roy. Pleased to meet you Jade. You live in town or just visiting?"

"Well, technically, both. I have an apartment in this city but, I have one out of state,too."

Roy nodded, she had his attention.

"What's your job?"

She paused a moment before answering,"Well, I'm not sure what I really 'do'. I'm somewhere between medical advisor and... er, well... an escort."

Roy raised a brow.

"Escort? Isn't that when a guy pays you to pretend to be his girlfriend?"

"Yeah."

"Must be... interesting."

Jade grinned, "You have no idea."

She grinned like a cheshire cat.