Lightning in a Bottle

Chapter 2: Do Talk to Strangers

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans or the vair sexy Red-X would be in more episodes.

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It was typical of my life that my stupid aunt's motor broke down five miles off-shore.

I almost cried, just thinking about how horrible my luck was. It took 18 hours of annoy difficult engine work, and my favorite bay blue tee was covered in sticky black grease, but at 10 pm we were docked at Jump Harbor.

I had cleaned up into a black and yellow striped shirt. It made me look like a striped lemon wearing denim. My unmanageable hair allowed me to force it into a loose low ponytail and I told the aunt that I was "Just going out for air". She was sleeping so that at daylight we could turn right around for the sleepy shores, never again to see a city up close till I go to college. She for the life of her, just couldn't figure out how we had gotten turned around and turned towards this "Horrid city that's too big fo' its own good! Never go into the city, Lilla dear, that's where the devil lives." I would roll my eyes and think about how even though she grew up in a huge house in Boston, she acted like she had come from West Virginia or something.

It wasn't hard to sneak out; the woman could've slept through a fire-as if her boat could catch fire. I just had to find out where the titans lived, since I'd never seen it on TV.

"Excuse me sir," I said grabbing a passerby's arm, "But where do the Teen Titans live?"

The man laughed and his green eyes twinkled. "You must not be from around here, cutie, cause everyone in Jump knows that the Titans live out on Titan Island in Jump Bay." He held out his hand to me and I shook it awkwardly.

"I'm Lilla Gull," I mumbled while looking at my shoes as if my pair of black flats were suddenly super interesting.

I looked up long enough to see him grin at me whilst answering. "Pretty name for a gorgeous girl," he mumbled just loud enough so that I could hear, "The name's Jason Todd, nice to meet ya. I'll show you to the bay and if you don't mind a little sea water, then I'll ferry you to the island."

I was almost discouraged, I hated water, but then I remembered why I was doing this and visualized David's smiling face in my mind. For David.

"Sure, I'd love to."

"Great! And I hope you don't mind a tour of the city too." He was grinning again. His eyes, bright, green, and twinkly, had been buried by an avalanche of too long blond hair. I hope he didn't notice, but I stared for a while, trying to remember where I had seen him before. When I came out of my daze he was standing by a black shiny motorcycle holding a helmet in his hand. I walked over and he snapped it onto my head.

"Don't you need one?" I asked over the purr of the engine as he started it.

I could feel him laugh as I climbed onto the motorcycle behind him. "Nah. Plus, my mom always said I had a pretty hard head." And as I drove off with this stranger in a strange town at night, I giggled for what felt like the first time in forever.

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A/N: Thanks for reading broskis and chicklets! Pretty please to the 50millionth power review!

Lilla: For my sake, or else she won't post the next chapter and I'll be stuck at the same point in this relationship with this "Jason Todd" guy forever!

Lots of Love, adios!

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