Alice: Sorry it took so long to update. I guess I just kind of had writers block, but I recently was hit with an idea. Literally. Like, the idea slapped me in the face.

Emily: *Sarcastically* Yeah, haha.

Alice: Anyways, here's the next chapter. Most of it will be from Wally's POV but some will be from Conner's. Enjoy!

Emily: Thanks for all of your reviews! I love you all! ALSO, I'M GOING TO ADD THE PAIRING ROY X JADE!

Saturday Morning

Wally West and Conner Kent

"First love?" Wally whispered, his green eyes twice their normal size. Dick blushed a bit but nodded anyway, hugging his knees tighter than before. Wally bit his lip and glanced over at Conner and Megan, who smiled at each other with such light in their eyes. From that look, Wally wouldn't have been able to tell if they were crushing on each other or not... but he wasn't exactly the best when it came to these things. He could tell body language, flirting, and almost everything except for actual romance. Dick, clearly, could though and this situation upset him. Wally sighed, wondering why he suddenly cared about what Dick was feeling. Before today, he would just have made fun of the younger boy for even liking a boy! Now, he wasn't against homosexuals. In fact, he was rather supportive, but he couldn't let his friends know that or else. They would probably call him gay and spread rumors. He couldn't handle his friends turning on him. Yet, another thought ran through his head. Dick... he didn't have any close friends. Sure, he had Barbra, Artemis, and, in a way, Conner. How close did he let them in though? Did he tell those friends what he felt? How he felt? About his past...

Did Wally even really know about the past of Richard Grayson? Did he want to find out? His thoughts were interrupted by Dick, who mumbled, "Say something..."

Wally blinked, not expecting that the boy wanted comfort from him. Dick refused to look him in the eye and instead had his head angled away from him as he stared at the carpet. Wally frowned, knowing that expression. "What do you want me to say?"

"That I'm a freak," Dick mumbled. "Like, charity case or circus loser. Maybe even what they used to call me in the juvenile center. All those names seem appropriate. Boys are supposed to like girls, right? I don't though... so doesn't that mean I'm different? Doesn't that mean I'm not good enough for society? Does it really make me a freak?" Wally opened his mouth to speak only to be cut off by Dick. "Bruce says that I'm the way I am for a reason. That I shouldn't be ashamed of my origins or of my family... yet I am. I know Bruce has done so much for me. He gave me a home, a family. He even learned Romani for me."

"Romani?" Wally questioned.

"My native language." Dick answered. "He learned how to speak it for me. When I have a breakdown or I'm scared... I start speaking it, so he learned it. I mean, I know he loves me but sometimes I wonder why he took me in. Was it for the media? Was it because he pitied me?"

"I think it's cause he could relate to you," Wally mumbled. Dick stared at him with questioning eyes. "I read in the paper once that Bruce's family was murdered right in front of him by a gun. Maybe... maybe he knows what you're feeling and that you need a family. That's it. He could relate and knew what was best for you. After all, your parents died."

"No, they were murdered," Dick whispered darkly. Wally's eyes widened. Dick noticed this. "Not by me though. I would never do that... but... it was my fault. I mean, I saw him. He was so close I could have touched him, but I didn't tell my parents or Jack, the owner of the circus. He was like a grandfather to me. Now Alfred is, but that's not the point. Instead, I let it slide. I didn't know what he did, but I knew it must not have been too bad. Well, it was. He loosened the bolts on our trapeze act. I went on for a little while, like I always did. I went back onto the podium and right when I was about to jump for them... my moms eyes went wide with fear and the ropes... well... they fell to their deaths, and I saw."

"Fell to their deaths...?" Wally whispered with wide eyes. Now, for the first time, he suddenly understood why Dick never really spoke to people. They thought of him as the circus freak. The circus was his home... where his family was murdered. In front of him too. They called him a charity case when Bruce does genuinely love him. Yet, this boy was insecure about all those things. He didn't want people to judge him on his home or where he lost his parents. He just... he...

"Tony Zucco," Dick whispered darkly. "When I find him... I don't know. First, I wanted to kill him, but I would be no better than him. Now, I just want to catch him and bring him to justice."

Conner's heart was beating fast. He couldn't help but smile though. Megan... she really was beautiful. For some reason, he wanted to understand her. He wanted to know what was it like to be her. So, being the blunt boy he was, he asked. He asked her questions about her life, the good and the bad, her friends, her real self, and he even asked about her uncle. Her eyes twinkled when he mentioned her uncle as she began to tell the story as if he were some great hero. And to her, he was. Conner smiled softly as she continued to smile brightly and go on about him. She blushed after a while, mumbling something about how it was mostly unimportant to him. Conner shook his head in result. "It's not. Trust me. I... I'd like to know all about you."

Megan smiled softly. "Hello Megan! That's why you asked!"

Conner blinked as Megan blushed, gasping that she just said her catch phrase... which she never told anyone. People used to make fun of her for always saying that yet she just let it out so naturally with Conner. She blushed as she glanced up to see him chuckling a bit. He smiled. "Hello Megan?"

"It's a show," Megan mumbled. "I used to watch it as a kid, so I always wanted to be like the girl, Megan. And, I somehow managed to start saying her catchphrase. People used to make fun of me for it, so I stopped. I don't know why I said it... I mean-"

"I think it's cool," Conner smiled. "I mean, I've always liked Conner from that show. Interesting name too..."

"You," she whispered with her eyes wide, "you watched Hello Megan?"

Conner blushed slightly, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly. "Well, yeah. I mean, at first, I watched it because it was on until I found myself waiting for it to come on. Dick and I used to watch it together, but he would rather watch action shows. He let me watch what I wanted then I let him watch what he wanted."

"What was it like? Having Dick as a friend I mean?" Megan asked. Conner blinked as he glanced over to see Dick in a corner with Wally, talking. Though he could hear every word, he chose to ignore it. After all, what they were talking about was private. Why else would they move over there? Shaking his head, Conner thought back to the question. Dick was bullied, but Conner always saved him. Dick would repay him by saying millions of thank yous and even offering him food. In a way, Dick helped him with his anger issues from before.

"Dick as a friend," Conner whispered before smiling brightly. "Well, with him around, you'll never look at the English language the same way ever again."

Megan tilted her head to the side before giggling. Though she didn't quite get the joke, Conner clearly showed nostalgia and even glanced over at Dick and Wally, who were separate from them. Megan giggled, knowing very well they might... well...

She knew Wally was at least bisexual. She never told anyone because she knew that much was private, but she knew that maybe those two would get along very well. Maybe as well as Conner and her were getting along. Blushing at the thought, she glanced back at Conner, smiling. "That sounds... nice. It really does."

"It was," Conner whispered.

"Why don't you talk to him then?" Megan tilted her head to the side. "I mean, he was your best friend, so maybe you can be like you were. I'm sure he misses you too. You need friends, Conner, and friends are meant to be jealous of each other. I'm jealous of my friends but they're still my friends. Wally... I'm jealous of him but I still like him. If anything, he's my only real friend."

Conner nodded. "I'm your friend."

"For how long though?" Megan whispered. Conner frowned. "I mean, you just said before we wouldn't be friends after this... so... I would talk to you, I really would. You really are a great guy. You seem awfully loyal and nice and you-"

"I never said I wouldn't talk to you," Conner mumbled. "I'm just saying that... well... maybe you guys won't talk to us. We're not exactly liked around the school. I may act like I don't notice but I know what people call me. Superboy, right? Some people don't bother to learn my name. They treat me like I'm a ticking time bomb ready to go off if they say hi to me. Before, I was a ticking time bomb but now... I'm different, and I just wish people would see that. I don't even think they've ever seen me angry... well except for Dick."

"I don't think your Superboy," Megan whispered.

Conner raised an eyebrow.

"I think you're Conner. Conner Kent," Megan grinned brightly. "And I'm Megan Morse. We're no one but ourselves. And... I don't care if people think of me differently! I don't care that people will ask why I'm hanging around you and Dick. Right now, I'm happy. And I want to stay happy. So, I'm going to be you friends. I know the girls around me aren't my friends and the boys don't have... well, censored motives."

"How would you know that?" Conner asked.

"Let's just say I can read people very well. That's why Wally and I are good friends. He can't read anything while I can. Of course, we're only friends," Megan clarified.

Conner smiled once again. "Dick and I are good friends because I though I can't soar, he helps me leap off the ground."

Dick blinked as Wally began talking about Conner. The conversation somehow went from Tony Zucco back to Conner. Wally began explaining that first loves aren't really first loves if you don't date them. He went on about how true love works differently than movies and TV shows. Dick listened carefully, wondering how this boy, who was the school player, knew so much about this subject. Wally continued to go on and about before stopping, smiling at Dick. "So... love... isn't exactly love unless-"

"I know," Dick chuckled. "How do you know so much about love? I mean, you always have a different girl on your arm every day."

"Well," Wally paused. "I guess I'm just too soft on girls. They come up to me and ask to go out or to have dinner or have sex, and I just can't say no."

"You've had sex before?" Dick raised an eyebrow.

"Well..." Wally bit his lip.

"Are you a virgin?" Dick wondered out loud.

"Dude!" Wally flushed red. "You're thirteen! You shouldn't know what a virgin is!"

Dick blinked before he burst out into fits of laughter. Wally's face began to return to its natural color as he began to chuckle with Dick, who doubled over in pure hysterics. His body shook with laughter as Wally soon joined him on the floor. They were beside each other, laughing so naturally as if they've been friends for the longest time. Slowly, Dick opened his eyes only to be met with green. Soon, their laughter died down as their smiles faded. Soon, Wally West found himself lost in Dick Grayson's blue eyes. Sadly, though, Dick Grayson's eyes were on a different sight. Wally frowned and followed his sight only to see Conner Kent and Megan Morse hugging. Dick quickly stood up, frowning. "So... I might not be in love with him," Dick whispered softly. "But... I still like him."

Wally soon found himself frowning, his chest beginning to feel heavy as the want to rip Conner to shreds filled him. He frowned, placing his hand on his heart. What was this?

"Help me fly," Megan smiled at him.

Conner blinked as Megan smiled again. "I've always wanted to fly. So... you're saying Dick can help you get off the ground right? Promise you'll take me with you?"

Conner's eyes widened as he smiled softly. "I promise."

Megan nodded as Conner slowly wrapped his arms around the smaller girl, pulling her into a hug. Megan blushed as she returned it, leaning into his chest as she listened to the thumping of his heart.

Best detention ever.

Alice: Sorry it's a bit short.

Emily: The next chapter will be a lot better, trust me!

Alice: A ton of secrets will come out.

Emily: And friendships will be tested. Thanks for all your reviews!