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After about 20 minutes a pair of shoes stopped directly on top of the grate, a man knelt as if to tie his shoes but instead whispered.
"You guys okay down there?"
"Oh yeah Reese great why don't you come down and join us?" Helena barked back.
"Well if you'd prefer I could just leave you here." Reese stood and took a step off the grate before Dinah called to him.
"Reese, please help us!" He came back laughing under his breath.
"Alright keep an eye out Alfred is going to bring a van around in about 3 minutes. He'll pull up at the end of the stairs, you will only have a minute before an officer notices and sends him off, so you better be quick about getting out of there. Unless you two would like some more alone time down there?" He walked off pretending to take notes while still laughing.
"Uh I'm going to kill him later." Helena cursed under her breath hoping Dinah couldn't tell how red her face was.
"Please wait until we get home." Dinah whispered, they had barely moved since the first police had heard them. Dinah was still leaning back against the wall and Helena was still gently pressing into her. Helena had shifted to the side just slightly and was resting her head on a pipe beside Dinah's head while Dinah discovered how convenient the slight height difference between the two of them was. "How are your eyes doing?"
"Like someone not only turned off the color but is making me look through a bowl of jello." Dinah barely contained a laugh. "Hey don't forget this is only temporary and we have a training session this weekend. I am glad it was me and not you."
"Why?" Dinah asked turning her head to look at Helena's face as best she could.
"Cause I'd never hear the end of it from Barbara if you got hurt on sweeps with me." Dinah smiled weakly and nodded in understanding. "And I'd…Never mind, I'm just glad you're okay kid." Helena raised her head and gave Dinah a quick kiss on the forehead. Dinah had to bite her lip to hide her smile.
"I'm not a kid," she scolded still smiling.
"I know D. but your still …I don't know the…"
"Baby of the family." Dinah offered frowning while Helena chuckled.
"The baby bird, sounds about right. I, we worry about you baby bird. It's only because we love you." This time Helena slowly brought her mouth the Dinah's forehead and let her lips linger for a moment there before releasing her.
Right on the dot Alfred arrived and Helena quickly slid the grate off and pulled Dinah out from the sewer.
"Hurry Dinah," she whispered as Dinah lead her into the van. They could here Alfred talking to an officer in the front of the van. Just a second after they closed the back door a police officer circled the van and Helena and Dinah had to duck down low to keep from being spotted. But once the light passed Helena made no move to get up she just laid in the back of the van.
"What's wrong?" Dinah asked leaning down toward her partner.
"Sleepy, aren't you?" Dinah answered by laying down beside Helena.
"Wish I had pillow," Dinah's grumble was answered by Helena's arm coming over her head in an offering gesture.
"Come here," she whisper. Dinah didn't need to be told twice she rolled to allow Helena's arm to come under her head and one of her arms to lay on Helena's stomach. They both sighed and fell asleep before Alfred even turned to check on them.
The minute Dinah crossed the threshold to the clock tower she knew she was in trouble.
"What were you thinking!" Barbara began shouting. After the shouting ended then came the questions over and over again. "What happened? What do you mean you don't know?" Again and again with the same question that neither Helena nor Dinah seemed to be able to answer.
While the birds continued their arguing Alfred had seated himself at the Delphi system and was in the midst of furious button pushing when he caught Helena's attention.
"What are you doing Alfred?" She shouted over Barbara and Dinah's arguing.
"I do believe I have discovered exactly what Ms. Dinah was doing tonight." He answered politely while turning the monitor towards them. "Flying."
Hours later Dinah lay in her bed thinking back over the nights events, flying, she couldn't have done that. Could she? The fight had been so blurry after her blow to the head she couldn't really remember any of it except for the feeling of terror when she saw Helena hanging there unable to breathe. Barbara had sent her to bed saying they would begin exploring her new power tomorrow, bright and early. Both Dinah and Helena had groaned so Barbara had told Helena she didn't need to come, which only made Dinah more unhappy. Her mood slightly improved when Helena told her she'd take her out to No Man's when she was finished with, that had greatly improved her mood, she admitted to herself. Perhaps a little too much, before she had been enamored with Helena running about like a little fan girl if she was being honest with herself. But now she was discovering different feeling for her mentor, the desire to touch her and feel her touch, her lips. Tonight was not the first time she had found herself physically close to Helena and tempted to close those last inches between them and kiss those lips. Dinah also found herself becoming more concerned for Helena not just her physical well being but emotional, she wanted to comfort Helena and take away her burdens. Dinah was falling in love and she wasn't sure if she should feel happy or sad about it. Love was great and all in the stories but really what chance did she have of it ever being returned.