Chapter 4

A/N: SO sorry! I know I haven't updated in a while, but I have school, and sports and everything! Anyway, Happy late Halloween! Oh and thanks ForeverChocolateRoses for your faithful reviewing and great advice! Do you know how hard it is NOT putting Timber Wolf or Superman or Cam in this story? Extremely hard. Sorry if you were confused with this chapter. I uploaded it and forgot to put a disclaimer so I had to delete it and put in the disclaimer and upload it again. So before I get sidetracked, on with the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Losh. If I did, do you really think it would be online and not on the TV?

The next day Lightning Lad woke up to the sound of knocking at his door. Before he could tell them to go away, he heard the door open and footsteps coming to his bed side.

"Get up Lightning Lad; you're supposed to be going on patrol." Lightning Lad heard Cosmic Boy's voice from under the blankest. Lightning Lad contemplated arguing with Cosmic Boy, but the memories from his spat with triplicate Girl stopped him. She was right and he knew it, he needed to stop being so grumpy and be part of the team.

Cosmic Boy kicked the bed when Lightning Lad didn't answer. "Come on Lightning Lad! Star Boy is already waiting!"

"OK! Ok, I'm up. Just give me a minute!" Lightning Lad groaned from under his sheets. He waited for the sound of Cosmic Boy leaving his room before throwing back the sheets and got out of bed.

Lightning Lad yawned and rubbed the sleep out of his electric blue eyes after he stretched his muscles. After he was dressed, he tried to flatten his wild ginger hair and left his un-made bed and went to go eat breakfast.

When he got to the kitchen, Lighting Lad could feel the uneasiness rise. He knew that the others were wondering how he was dealing with the latest events, but were too scared to ask. As he walked to the fridge to grab the milk, he could feel the stares blazing into his back. He turned around just in time to see the moving of hair from quickly turned heads. He chuckled quietly to himself before sitting down to eat his cereal.

The others were obviously worried about Saturn Girl as much as he was. The kitchen was usually full of early morning chitter chatter, but today, everyone was either eating silently or talking with someone in hushed tones. The sooner Saturn Girl was better, the better. (A/N: I know it sounds weird when you read it, but it makes sense)

After breakfast, Lightning Lad headed down the halls to the main room where he would meet Star Boy for their patrol. He was hoping that Star Boy wouldn't be too angry that he was late. As he walked into the room, he expected to see Star Boy and perhaps Cosmic Boy. However what he saw was Sun Boy with his back turned, checking the monitors. Lightning Lad cleared his throat causing Sun Boy to jump a little before turning.

"Hey" said Sun Boy.

"Yeah, hey." Lightning Lad said awkwardly. "Ummm, not to be rude or anything but, why are you here? And where is Star Boy? I was supposed to meet him here so we could go on patrol." He continued trying not to offend his fiery friend.

"Cosmic Boy said to tell you that, you were taking too long. So, he went on patrol with Star Boy instead." Sun Boy answered his question.

"But Cos is suppose to be on monitor duty with you right now!"

"Yeah, he said that since he was covering for you, you could cover for him. Sorry Lightning Lad, looks like you're stuck with me." Sun Boy finishes giving Lightning Lad an apologetic look.

"Great" Lightning Lad mumbled under his breath so that Sun Boy didn't hear. Lightning Lad slumped down in his chair to get ready for the next couple hours of pure boredom. Monitor duty was bad enough, but did it have to be with Sun Boy? It wasn't that he didn't like Sun Boy, but he knew that from the recent event with Saturn Girl, he would feel bad and would apologize for most of the time.

As Lightning Lad and Sun Boy sank into silence, Lightning Lad let his mind wander. He knew what would happen when Cosmic Boy would come back from patrol with Star Boy, he would start lecturing Lightning Lad like a little boy and they would end up fighting; and with no Saturn Girl to break up the fight, who knows how far it would go this time. Not wanting to think about Saturn Girl, Lighting Lad sat up and began looking through the scanners that scanned for criminal activity that they had all over New Metropolis. Nothing, the scans were clean, he sighed and leaned back in his chair. Yep, this is going to be a long shift. Lightning Lad ran his fingers though his hair; a habit he had picked up from when the Legion was first made.

"Something on your mind?" Lightning Lad head Sun Boy ask. He turned in his chair to face his friend. Sun Boy gave him a small smile.

"Yeah" answered Lightning Lad scratching the bad of his neck. "It's just everything that has happened lately is stressing me out, and Cos isn't helping."

"Oh yeah, that would make sense. Listen Lightning Lad, if I had known that would have happened, I would of never of volunteered to stay behind." Sun Boy apologized. 'And it begins' Lightning Lad said to himself.

"Hey, Sun Boy, don't beat yourself up about it. It's not your fault, not even Dream Girl saw it coming." Lightning Lad reassured him.

"You seem very, ummm, calm about this. From what I heard happened yesterday, I would have thought you would be angry. No offence. So what happened?" Sun Boy asked

"None taken, well, I got some sense talked into me. I didn't like it, but it was what I needed to hear." Lightning Lad answered.

"Obviously not enough."

A/N: OOOOO a cliffy! I wonder who said that last line. But the answer is probably obvious. Oh well. Once again, sorry for not updating sooner! I'll try to do better next time I promise. Now that you've read, please review!

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