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No Man's was normally what you could call a packed place; there was still a rather small population of meta's in the city but that night it seemed like every meta in New Gotham must have been there. But despite the bar and tables all being pack to bursting Helena managed to find the two of them a small corner next to one of the pool tables.
"I'll be back, want anything to drink?" Helena asked.
"Soda please." Dinah nodded smiling; Helena returned the smile as she turned toward the bar. A moment later she returned with two glasses in hand and handed one to Dinah. "Since when do you have fruit punch on your night off?" She teased.
"Since you're still 19 and I didn't want to be rude. You up for a game?" Helen tilted her head towards the pool tables.
"Why, you'll only make me look stupid, you always do." She laughed.
"Maybe it's about time you get a real lesson then." Helena put her glass down and pulled Dinah from her chair and towards the table.
Hours past as Helena instructed Dinah on proper pool strategy and technique, she would put her hands on her young partner's hips to adjust her stance. Dinah would try her hardest to focus of what Helena was saying without getting distracted by her touch. At one point Helena excused herself to refill their drinks, which gave Dinah a chance to calm her nerves. She was so busy trying to calm herself that failed to notice another young meta closing in on her. He looked to be Dinah's age he had two drinks in hand and a smirk that left none of his intentions to the imagination.
"You look like you could use a drink and a better pool partner." He strutted up into her personal space. Placing one drink the table beside her and placing a hand on the wall beside he leaned in close. "Cause I'd be happy to help you out with both, beautiful." Dinah glared at him unimpressed, she was about to give him a piece of her mind when she felt a familiar hand come around her waist and spin her around. Like a practiced dance move she spun into her partner with a smile, she looked up into Helena's eyes she was surprised. The look she got was not one she had seen before; Helena smiled at her for a moment before turning her gaze to the boy. Dinah watched her face change from calm to angry and her eyes glowed yellow as she focused them.
"This young lady is spoken for," Dinah took a small step closer to Helena, "leave now."
"But I think she wants to come with me, don't you sweet heart?" He brought his hand out towards Dinah's hair. Just as he was about say something else Dinah gently pushed away from Helena and spun her fist into the side of his neck. He slumped to the ground near unconscious but otherwise unharmed.
"I'm not your sweet heart." Dinah smirked.
"Let's go baby bird." Helena gently grabbed Dinah's hand and pulled her towards the door. She gave Gibson a somewhat reproachful nod as they passed; he only chuckled and shook his head.
Once they were out onto the street Helena burst into laughter and hugged Dinah close. The incident was quickly forgotten as their conversations moved to other things on their walk home. Light rain fell from the sky though neither noticed as they walked shoulder to shoulder all the way home.
"So are you going to tell me what happened in the training room or do I have to start guessing?" Helena asked once they were in the elevator. After a pause Dinah answered.
"I took your advice and it worked."
"But only for a little while."
"Yeah but the point is I think I know how to trigger it now and then I can start learning how to control it."
"You aren't going to tell me what it was? Why so secretive baby bird?" Helen leaned in close to Dinah and her eyes showed just the faintest glow but it was gone in the blink of an eye.
"You're normally the mysterious one now it's my turn to make you guess." Dinah realized only a moment later just how flirtatious she sounded and apparently so did Helena. She raised a dark eye brown and gave a small smirk.
"Well I guess that mean that I'll just have to pay very close attention to you, now doesn't it my baby bird." She replied just as the elevator halted on the clock tower's top floor. Secretly they both wished the night wouldn't end but once they arrived back at the clock tower it was back normal.