Yeah second chapter done. I sort of struggled with this one but this is a good one so please enjoy

Oh and i do not own the characters or the show...wish i did!!


Chapter Two- After Phantoms

The doors opened up and Brin stepped in to the sitting bay area only to wince and turn around. Phantom Girl was in the same room and he really, really didn't want to talk to her or have another confrontation. Brin had originally planned to come to the sitting bay to get some peace and quiet, don't get him wrong he enjoyed being in the legion but there was a point to when it got too noisy and Brin wanted some peace and quiet.

Brin was about to leave when Phantom Girl phased into view and he had to step backwards to stop himself from running into her. He almost fell over backwards so he staggered to avoid her meaning that he missed her reaching out to stop him. Well until she grabbed his arm and they both fell onto a nearby sofa with a large oomph!

During their tumble Brin had pulled Phantom Girl into his arms and had turned himself around so that he would take the brunt of the fall. Once Brin had recovered he winced inside as he realised this would probably make her have a got at him again for being a chauvinistic idiot, he didn't mean it but he had just felt that her being a princess she was more vulnerable then others. Boy had he been wrong.

"Thank you and sorry." Wait did she just say thank you? Ok now Brin was confused didn't she hate this sort of thing? He glanced down at her to see that her face was resting on his chest but was averted from looking at him.

"Sorry say that again?" Brin heard her sigh and felt her move slightly in his arms.

"I said thank you for stopping me from falling down first and sorry for causing this." Phantom Girl turned her head so that she was looking at him but not so that she was meeting his gaze. She was really looking at his chin not his face. That was something that Brin was thankful for, he didn't know why but looking straight into Phantom Girl's eyes made him uncomfortable.

"Timber Wolf?"

"Hmmmm?"

"About earlier on today when we we're fighting Drax and his pets."

Brin winced this was exactly what he didn't want to talk about, this kind of talking was not what he was best suited for. It meant talking and a lot of feelings being brought up and getting close to people. Three things Brin struggled with hopelessly at any time, he was just glad no one could see him right now. Except maybe the security cameras. Damn he was going to have to find this scene and delete it from existence.

"Timber Wolf are you listening?" Oops! No he wasn't.

"Sorry. No I wasn't. But I am now."

"Oh." Phantom Girl moved her head so that it was back on Brin's chest however a large mass of her hair decided to rest on the bottom half of his chin. Brin was currently getting more and more uncomfortable with the situation and position they were both in, he tried to shift but that brought Phantom Girl's head and especially her hair closer to him.

"Look I know I was hard on you but all my life I was treated like a porcelain doll by my mother and everyone who worked for her or people high up in the political world." Phantom Girl started to explain. Brin winced and realised that he had just done exactly what the very kind of people he disliked did. Damn bloody politics.

"And also the way you kept getting involved made me feel like you didn't think my powers were good enough." Phantom Girl said this time she raised her head to meet his gaze head on but Brin got a face full of hair.

"That wasn't my attention, I just felt you were…well a porcelain doll and I only wanted to help out." Brin said while trying to avoid her hair. "I wasn't trying to say your powers or even you were useless I was just trying to be polite." Damn that hair was getting annoying. She smelt wonderful though. Brin suddenly went stiff as he went over what he had just said about Phantom Girl's hair.

"So you don't think I got into the legion because of my mother's influence?" Phantom Girl's question made Brin grab her chin with his free hand and pull her head up to look at him.

"What would make you think that I would think that?" Brin tried to capture her gaze but she was rather good at avoiding it. "Phantom Girl! What would make you think that I believe you were able to join the Legion because of your mother's influence not by your own merit?" Brin reinforced the question and put a sterner voice on to get her to answer and look at him.

She raised her head and met his gaze square on. That familiar jolt shot through him again but he forced himself to ignore it as he didn't want Phantom Girl to notice how uncomfortable he was feeling which would make her not answer his question.

"Because it's what everyone in the legion thinks. Well maybe not the ones I work with closely but the rest of the legion think it. Why do you think I only work with Saturn Girl, Lighting Lad and the rest?" Phantom Girl looked away from Brin's gaze and attempted to loosen his hold on her chin. Brin was having none of it and instead sat up forcing Phantom Girl to rise up aswell and look back into his eyes. That familiar jolt went through his whole body but he couldn't help but feel her shiver eswell, it made her scent even more intoxicating but he forced that to the back of his head.

"Timber……Brin." Phantom Girl said softly and Brin cocked his head as a response, "Thank you for caring about me when we were in the phantom zone, it was nice to know that someone cared enough about me to question Brainy's plans." She smiled at him warmly and Brin felt his face get hot, ok her smile was worse then her gaze. Maybe he should avoid her altogether, yeah that could work. Try and spot her and leave before she sees him and avoid speaking to her, yeah that could work.

"Brin?" Phantom Girl looked at him and realized he wasn't paying any attention to her what so ever, she raised her hands and forced his face to look directly at her, she made them an inch apart. "Brin can I ask you something?"

Brin finally escaped his ramblings and actually only looked at her only to move his head even closer so that his forehead was resting against hers. Suffice to say both were red as a tomato however neither moved.

"Wha…what did you….what did you want to ask me?" Brin sputtered out.

"Um…I was just…I just wanted to know if you….." Phantom Girl began but her voice kept getting quieter and quieter that Brin and to move his head nearer her mouth to hear her.

"I just wanted to know if you wouldn't mind being partnered up a bit more during missions…..and things." Phantom Girl said quietly she then suddenly got up causing him to almost fall on the floor. "Of course I can understand if you don't want to." She looked away missing the small smile on Brin's face at her question.

"No it's alright."

"REALLY?" She said happily whipping round to look at him, that action caused her scent to invade Brin's nose. She really did smell lovely.

"Thank you Brin!" She grabbed his hand and smiled and Brin felt his face go red. She let go and waved him goodbye, saying something along the lines of going to contact Brainy and the others about their new partnership. As soon as the doors closed Brin sat back down.

Phantom…..no Tinya Wazzo was a really interesting person, and their partnership was going to be…well surprising to people. Brin just wasn't sure if he was going to last very long with her around him.


Okie dokie that's the second chapter done. Isn't Timber Wolf sweet? I really wanted them to start using their real names and i figured this was probably the sort of time they would have done it. You've probably all realised that Tinya has a little bit of hardship in the Legion. I figured this made sense as in this episode (and in champions) her mother's influence is brought up and i thought that many might resent her having such a powerful mother.

Oh well review please!!