"Jinx, watch out!"

She gracefully cart-wheeled out of the way and landed on her feet soundlessly, a confident smile on her face. Her muscles, however, silently whined in protest at the burning sensation she was getting in her limbs.

Trying to focus their efforts on finding just one jewel was starting to really wear her out.

Raven telepathically hurtled more foldable chairs at her. Jinx back-flipped and dodged them all, narrowly missing Mammoth, who was currently in a strength contest against Cyborg.

"Ha! Ha! Haaaaa!" Starfire bellowed as she blasted star bolts at Kyd Wykkyd, who continuously vanished and reappeared in various places.

"This museum doesn't have it!" Gizmo announced in his whiny voice over the melee. "Let's get outta here!"

Jinx sent one last hex and made a dash for the door. Someone beat her to it.

"Ungh!" the Hive Five exclaimed as they flew back from the door. In front of it stood Kid Flash, hand outstretched.

"Stop, villains! And attractive villain," he gave a graceful bow to Jinx ("Kid Flash!" Robin looked ready to explode. "Stop flirting with the enemy!"), then held out his hand in a 'stop' gesture. "Sorry, but I can't let you leave...you've committed a heinous crime!"

Jinx stood and gazed at him coolly. "What crime? We aren't holding anything now, are we? So technically, we haven't stolen anything."

Kid Flash paused. "Eh... uh... I mean..."

"Don't let them get away!" Robin hollered. "They're still convicted of breaking and entering!"

"No we're not," Jinx crossed her arms. "It's visiting hours at the museum. We're in a public domain."

"Well, you scared off the public!" Cyborg retorted, looking smug. Jinx glared at him.

"So what if we did? We didn't run in here, weapons blazing. We just ran in, and they automatically assumed we would attack so they fled."

"Well, how do you explain that?" Raven pointed to the gaping hole in the wall. "That's property damage."

Jinx stared at her.

"Didn't your green buddy cause that?"

Beast Boy sweatdropped. "O- Oh, yeah... hehehe, sorry Raven, I couldn't control my tail."

"But then why did you attack us?" Starfire protested. "Surely, that requires punishment!"

"Well, you were throwing green fire and chairs at us!" Jinx spat back. "Sorry we didn't stay still like good hunting targets! We apologize for thinking we had the right to defend ourselves!"

"I don't care!" Robin yelled. "You're criminals! You deserve to be brought to justice!"

"For what? Defending ourselves? Coming out in public?" she laughed scornfully. "Where do you get your sense of justice, attacking anything that has powers and isn't you?"

"Why, you-"

"Robin, stop," Kid Flash put a hand on his shoulder. "Jinx is right. We attacked her team without explanation."

"Well we want one now," Robin snarled. "What's your guys' deal? Why haven't you been stealing anything?"

"Complaining?" Jinx said coolly. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're just looking for an excuse to throw us in prison."

"You deserve to be there," he retorted. "You're thieves!"

"Have we stolen anything in the past month?"

"...no. But there has to be a reason!" he stomped his foot furiously. "What is it? What are you after?"

"Wouldn't you like to know, crudmuncher?" Gizmo cackled. Jinx moaned in agony and slapped a hand to her head.

"Gizmo, shut up!"

"I knew it!" Robin crowed triumphantly. "There's something, isn't there? You're after something!"

Jinx could feel Kid Flash's electric blue eyes boring into her and began to quake inside. Suddenly, she felt very, very tired.

I just want to go home and start my homework then get some sleep.

"Hive Five, move out!"

Kyd Wykkyd created a dark portal, and the six members disappeared.

"Wait!" Starfire cried. "There is something red in Jinx's belt!"

It was too late. They were gone.

The members panted in relief... until Gizmo scampered over to Jinx.

"What'd you take?" he said eagerly. Jinx stared.

"Take?"

"The alien said you had something red with you... did you grab something?" See-More slowly got up. Jinx blinked in confusion as she reached for her belt.

"I didn't take anyth-" her breath caught.

In her hands lay a single red rose.

"Fools! Idiots! You have failed us vone too many times!"

The Hive Five scattered like bugs in front of the fearsome Madame Rouge. Jinx, however, stood her ground (well, actually, she swayed a bit on her ground). She wasn't being brave; she was simply too tired to be afraid.

"Madame Rouge, I apologize," she forced out. "We will keep looking for the ruby the Brotherhood of Evil are searching for."

"You had better," the rubber woman snarled. "Ve are in need of it, and if you do not give it to us, you vill not be granted acceptance into ze Bruzzerhood."

"Understood," Jinx ground out.

"Get out," the Brain said mechanically, and the door slammed shut in Jinx's face. She slumped and clenched her fist.

"I will not cry," she bit her lip. "Last time you cried, the nuns beat you, remember? Wake up, Jinx."

That said, she headed to her room to start her homework.

Wally snapped awake. It was the fourth time he had dozed off while he was trying to do his math homework. He forced himself to focus and pay attention as he began to solve problems again. He couldn't help a smile.

Tonight's battle... he knew it. He always knew Jinx was the cleverest out of the Hive Five. He would convince her soon. She was too valuable of an asset to not have.

It was a good thing Jinx was so clever. The next day, when she went to school, she was smart enough to know that the school still hadn't forgiven her for tutoring Wally West. She checked each seat before she sat in it (which was wise for the several times she found thumbtacks on them), she made sure to take bathrooms stalls with the strongest locks, and ate her lunch outside.

Seymour ate lunch with her, so it was nice to have company. It had been awkward, however, when Terra Markov, one of Kitten's cronies, and a few from Kitten's group, approached Seymour during lunch and invited him to sit with them.

It wasn't that Terra was necessarily mean, maybe a bit dull...she simply ignored Jeni and invited Seymour to sit at the popular kids tables. Seymour stared at her and declined. Terra looked surprised.

"But... I mean, we can sit inside. You don't have to sit out here, it's-"

"I said," Seymour said icily. "No thanks."

Terra and the girls looked at each other, then began to walk away, muttering. Jeni released a breath of relief.

"Thanks, Seymour... I knew I could count on you sticking with me."

"Hey, you stood up to Madame Scrooge yesterday," Seymour shrugged. "Least I could do."

Jeni smiled. She had to admit, it was nice to have someone who understood and knew her secret here at school after all.

"Well? Why isn't he with you guys?" Kitten demanded. Terra shrugged as she and girls seated themselves.

"I don't get it... he insists on sitting with that freaky nerd girl."

Kitten growled. "I bet she's trying to seduce him too."

Wally winced. He sat at his usual spot at the popular table, and even though Kitten had only been here for a couple of months, she had won the position of being able to sit next to him.

"Kitten... er, my Kitty," he forced himself not to gag, but Kitten had insisted he call her that. "She hasn't seduced anybody..."

He trailed off as the group turned to gaze at him suspiciously.

"Dude, are you... defending her?"

"What? Oh, hell no!" he laughed. "I just... oh, come on, look at her! Can she really seduce anyone? Don't you have to be attractive for that?"

"You're right, Wally-poo," Kitten crooned (Don't call me that dumb name, you whore). "What were we thinking?"

She began to nuzzle him and he automatically put his arm around her.

She smells like perfume. Too much...I think I'm going to suffocate. Someone help meeeeee...

"What does he see in her?" Koma Ander complained, tossing her long black hair over her shoulder. "He's cute... how come he likes Jinny better than us?"

It's Jeni he almost said, but managed to catch him tongue in time. He had a good feeling he would have a lot of explaining to do if he corrected anyone about her.

"We have an extra period today," Kitten whispered smoothly into Wally's ear. "Wanna... hang out?"

He gave her a weak smile. "Oh, um, I'd like to, Kit- my... Kitty. But I have a period during that time...so... uh..."

"You can just ditch!" she pouted. "You're so smart, Wally-poo!"

"...it's art class..." he mumbled quietly. "And I've already ditched a lot. Sorry, er, Kitty, but I have to go... it's the only class I'm not failing."

"It's just school," Kitten tossed her hair. "If you fail, it's not the end of the world."

It is for mine Wally said silently, imagining the look on his Uncle Barry's face if he came home without a single A.

The bell rang to signal the start of fourth period. Kitten grabbed him and immediately mushed her lips against his.

She tasted like lettuce and lip gloss... a lot of lip gloss. Finally, after about five minutes of trying to force the lip gloss out of his mouth, he parted from her.

"Gonna be late for class," he panted, before he bolted, rubbing his mouth.

"...and what answer would that be? Mr. West?"

Silence.

"Mr. West? Mr. West!"

"Huh?" he shot up, eyes blearily opening. The teacher shook her head.

"Mr. West, save sleeping for home. Now, what is the answer on the board? Perhaps Miss Vhix can help you?"

He blinked, and looking over, realized that Jeni was asleep too.

"Psst... Vhix. Vhix!" he hissed, but Jeni batted his hand away and continued to snooze. Wally shook his head.

"Uh... it's, um... Shakespeare?"

"...Mr. West, I suggest you pay attention to which class you're in. I fail to see when Shakespeare was ever involved in biology. See me after class. And after Miss Vhix wakes up, tell her to see me as well."

"You two were once my top students! I just don't understand why you're suddenly slipping down," the teacher scolded. "Jeni, you keep falling asleep in my classes!"

"I'm sorry," she murmured, looking down.

"I know you are, but that doesn't excuse you. And Wally! You used to pass all your classes with flying colors, but lately, you've been slacking off!"

"It's not my fault!" he argued. "I... I've been busy lately!"

"I know ever since you two started seeing each other, you have less time for school, but-"

"We're not seeing each other!" they both said indignantly.

"-that's no excuse to slack off! If you're not seeing each other, care to explain your strange behaviors?"

"Well..."

"They're not... that strange... are they?"

"Falling asleep in classes, failing easy pop quizzes, turning in minimal homework assignments... I just don't know what to do with you two," the teacher shook her head. "I'll have to speak with your other teachers. Go to your next class, but I expect a two-page paper explaining the chapter we just went over."

"But-!"

"I can't-!"

"Out!"

The two students walked out, refusing to look at each other.

"I can't believe Thompson had the nerve..." Wally swore under his breath after school. Jeni glanced over at him as the two walked to Wally's apartment.

"Well...we have been falling asleep in class lately."

"Don't tell me you're taking her side!" he exclaimed. Jeni shook her head.

"School is school. We don't have legitimate reasons to slack."

"I do," he protested. Being Kid Flash is starting to become very tiring.

"Well, so do I," she retorted. Stealing for the Brotherhood of Evil is dragging me down.

"Oh, yeah, what's your excuse?" he snapped.

"Let's hear yours first!" she fired back.

"That's none of your business, Vhix!"

"Well, right back at you!"

The two of them glared at each other for several moments, before angrily turning away. They walked the rest of the way to Wally's apartment in silence, but both paused outside the door. They remained silent and frozen for a few minutes.

"I'm sorry."

They looked at each other in surprise. Both had apologized at the same time. Wally sighed.

"L- Look, I... I didn't mean to get mad."

"Me neither," she muttered. "Sorry, I lost my temper."

"I really have a good reason why I haven't been doing well in class lately," he rubbed the back of his neck. "But that didn't give me an excuse of accusing you of not having one."

"Yeah, I... I do have a good reason too."

Wally silently kicked himself.

Come on... it's Jeni Vhix. She wouldn't dare to fail at school. She obviously has a good reason... maybe family problems?

"Well... do you want to... you know... talk about it?" he offered, feeling very stupid. She stared at him, then finally gave him a halfhearted smile.

"Thanks, but... I don't think it's something you could handle."

"Oh... well... good luck," he managed lamely. She shook her head.

"Thanks, but don't worry about it. Let's just go in and work."

He hesitated, then feeling rather daring, smiled.

"Let's not go in."

"...what?"

"Welcome to Randy's Diner, and what can I get you?" the waitress said in a bored voice as she snapped her bubblegum.

"I'll have four burgers, three orders of french fries, three hot dogs, an ice cream sundae, and an extra-extra large ginger ale."

"You want everything else on the menu while you're at it?" the waitress said sarcastically, before she lowered the order pad and saw Wally, smiling charmingly at her.

"No, just that."

She smiled, suddenly chewing her gum slightly more coyly. "Oh...well... I like a man with a good appetite."

"Thanks," he winked at her. "I like girls who can appreciate good appetites."

She giggled highly. "You're hilarious!"

"Ahem," Jeni tapped her fingers on the menu. "I'll have a milkshake, thanks."

"...what kind?" the waitress asked, looking at Jeni sort of how one might look at a roach before stomping on it.

"Strawberry," Jeni said curtly. "Here's my menu."

The waitress took it, fluttered her eyelashes at Wally one last time, then sauntered off, popping her bubblegum.

"Floozy," Jeni muttered under her breath. Wally grinned at her.

"Why, Vhix, are you jealous?"

"...drop dead, West."

"You are!" he crowed. "You are so totally in love with me."

"Last I checked, I wasn't a lesbian," she snapped.

"Ouch..." he peered over her shoulder. "Don't look now, Vhix, but I think the waiter over there has a crush on you."

She blinked and turned around. Sure enough, a handsome waiter with black hair, blue eyes and attractively long eyelashes was smiling at her, white teeth flashing.

"...no way."

"He so does."

"Wanna bet?"

"You're on."

"If he doesn't, you're paying the bill."

"If he does, you're paying it."

Jeni got up, shot him a glare, and slowly walked over to the waiter who was clearing a table.

"Er...hi."

"Hey," the waiter smiled at her. "Can I help you?"

"Oh, um... well... c- could I have some more napkins?"

"Sure," he took some out of his apron, then hesitated. "Wait..."

"Hmm?"

"Uh... you know that guy over there?" he indicated towards Wally. Jeni nodded.

"Yeah?"

"Is he... your boyfriend?"

"Him?" she laughed. "Oh, hell no! We're just... uh... well, we're not together."

"Oh... well, that in case..." the waiter said shyly. "I was just wondering..."

"Thanks for the napkins. Bye now."

She stomped back to the table.

"Well?" Wally said eagerly. Jeni glared at him.

"Hope you brought your credit card, West."

"He didn't like you?" he said in surprise. "Then why-?"

"No, he wanted to know if we were dating."

"Oh..." Wally tried to look casual about it, but his red ears always easily gave him away. "Well I take it you said no, because he looked ecstatic. What happened?"

"He also wanted to know if you were available Saturday night."

Wally choked. "Uh..."

He looked and caught sight of the waiter winking at him. He 'eep'ed and shot back into his seat. Jeni shook her head.

"You really are Mr. Popular no matter where you go, aren't you?"

He squirmed uncomfortably. "Not... Not really, but... you know..."

"Yeah, it's okay... I know you are," she said rather casually. "I'm going to the restroom, okay?"

"O- Okay."

She walked off, and he sighed, smacking his forehead. "Good job, West."

"Hey... so what's your name?" the waitress from earlier sauntered over, draping herself over the table. He stared.

"Uh... Wally," he managed out. She giggled.

"Cute."

Lady, I'm in high school! How old are you?

"I'm Brandy," she flipped her hair. "Are you doing anything after?"

"Well...uh, I have to go to my, um, tutor," he managed out lamely. Brandy scowled.

"Tutor? Was that the frumpy girl you were with? What happened, did she ditch you?"

Lady, are you even allowed to say these kinds of things to the people you're serving?

"No, she's in the bathroom," he said uncomfortably. "Uh, look, um, Brandy, it was nice talking to you and everything, but-"

"You know, I can tutor you," Brandy offered. "I can teach you... lots of things."

He scooted back into the booth. "I'm, uh, good."

"Are you sure?" she leaned forward, exposing her cleavage. "I'm very... experienced."

"No, really, I-"

"Hey, West, do you have-?"

"Jeni!" he said in relief. Jeni stared at him.

"Uh... what are you-?"

"Here...uh, babe, sit here," he grabbed her hand and forced her into his lap. She squeaked, face flaming.

"Don't say anything," he muttered under his breath. "Or I swear I'll tell everyone you're a lesbian."

"You son of a b-" she hissed but he cut in quickly.

"Yeah, I missed you, too... honey," he said loudly. "Why'd you take so long?"

She stared. "I was only gone for-"

"I'm hungry...wonder where our food is?"

Brandy scowled. "I'll go get it."

He exhaled in relief.

"West?"

"Yeah?"

"Get your hands off of me."

He suddenly realized that when he grabbed her, he subconsciously wrapped his arms around her tiny frame. He blinked.

Dang... for someone so strong, Vhix is really light...

Bet she'd be great at gymnastics.

"Oh... yeah, sorry," he shook his head and released her. "See? It's not great being Mr. Popular. You start getting unwanted attention."

"Unwanted attention... now that I can relate with," she murmured. He cocked his head to the side, allowing some of his red hair to gently fall into his sparkling blue eyes, an action that (although she hated to admit it), made Jeni's heart start pounding faster.

You'd be an idiot to deny it... Wally West really is attractive.

"Wanna talk about it?"

She shook her head. "Do you honestly think talking about it will help?"

"Well..." he shrugged. "I don't know, psychologists do it."

"West, we could talk about it, and then I'll feel better. Then, realistically, we go back to school tomorrow, and you're back with Queen Kitten, and I'll be at the bottom of the food chain. No thanks."

"...you always this cheery?"

"Only with you," she said smugly, as their food was placed before them. Wally shook his head as he began to devour a hot dog.

"Still... it must be nice to not care what people think about you."

She laughed. "You're an idiot, West."

He paused. "Excuse me?"

"What, do you think I'm some kind of helpless character that has such a pure heart that I don't care what the public thinks?" she snorted. "It's not that I don't care. Of course I care."

"But... But you... you're not exactly-" he struggled. She shook her head.

"That's not how life works, West. It's not that I don't care. You think when people call me a freak or an outcast, I take it in stride and smile? Of course not. It still hurts as much as it would for anyone else. But I can't do anything about it. Whether I care what people think or not, if I tried to change, people would still shun me."

"But..." he trailed off. She was right again. People simply looked for excuses to pick on her; she had just been the unlucky one.

"How's your food?" she asked calmly, as if the awe-striking speech she had just given was about the weather. He shook his head.

"Fine. But Vhix, you're-"

"-trying to enjoy my milkshake, thanks very much," she glared at him. "Don't ruin the mood, West. I haven't had strawberry milkshake in a while."

"Fine, fine," he relented. "Oh, yeah, you wanna work on the two-page paper together?"

She shrugged. "I don't know, I could finish it in ten minutes, the chapter's pretty easy."

"Oh..." he felt slightly foolish for asking her. "Never mind then... well, how's your art project going?"

"Fine," she said rather sourly.

"Whatcha drawing?" he poked her.

"None of your business," she turned her nose up.

"Come on, I wanna see," he whined. "Show me!"

"I said, mind your own business!" she stuck out her tongue at him.

"I just want to see one! Come on!"

"No, West, I am not- hey!"

He probably shouldn't have done it, but he was curious. What did nerds like Jeni Vhix draw? He swiftly reached into her open messenger bag and grabbed the sketchpad. Jeni stared.

"Whoa... you're... really fast."

Shoot!

"Hey, the coach knows how to choose running backs," he grinned casually, while his heart pounded in his ears. He held his breath as Jeni shook her head.

"Whatever. Now... give me back my sketchpad!"

"Just a peek!" he insisted.

"West, don't you dare-"

He opened it. There was silence.

"Whoa."

Jeni's cheeks reddened as she angrily reached over. "Give it back!"

"Hang on!" he snatched the pad away. "Vhix, you... you're really good!"

She growled. "Yeah, yeah, thanks, but I don't need to hear it. Just give it-!"

"No, seriously!" he insisted. "You're really good!"

He lowered his gaze again to see the single red rose in a porcelain white vase, the sun streaming down to hit it at certain angles. She had used watercolors to give it an elegant, Victorian look, the streams of sunlight looking like golden dust.

"It's... wow," he shook his head. "I just do sketches. I don't think I can sketch and paint this well."

She finally managed to grab it, cheeks red. "Yeah, well... I only started using watercolors recently," she mumbled. His eyes widened.

"But it looks real!" he said earnestly. He wasn't lying; he almost believed that if he touched the rose, it would feel like soft silk petals.

"Well... some jerk made fun of my sketches, so I decided I should... you know, change it up a bit."

"Well that moron obviously can't appreciate art," he said, slightly indignantly. "You're good!"

"Thanks," she said in embarrassment.

"Seriously, whoever made fun of your drawings must have the brains of a rock. What a jerk," he muttered. Jeni shook her head.

If only he knew he was badmouthing the great superhero Kid Flash...

They ate in silence, until finally, Jeni dropped her straw back into the cup.

"Okay, I want to know," she gazed at him. "Why are you being so nice to me?"

He choked. He hoped he would never have to answer that.

"Uh...I don't... I don't know what you're talking about."

"You invite me over to your place, you take me out to eat, you compliment my drawings..." she ticked off her fingers, then frowned. "What's your deal, West? Are you trying to trick me into something?"

"Yes... I am subconsciously getting you to fall in love with me," he said with a grin. She rolled her eyes.

"I guess you won't have to try hard to getting people to convert to homosexuality, now would you?" she smirked, indicating towards the dark-haired waiter.

"Hey!" he choked on his burger. "So not funny!"

"So was," she grinned. He couldn't help but to laugh.

"I don't know... I guess you're cooler than most girls."

She snorted. "Is your head screwed on correctly today? You just called Jeni Vhix cool."

"Seriously... you actually have a brain and use it," he insisted. "It's nice to know."

"I can't believe you of all people can say that," she shook her head.

"What?" he glared at her. "Just because I'm a jock I can't be honest?"

"No... you say you appreciate a girl with brains, but you're dating Kitten Moth."

"...she's..." he managed lamely. Jeni gave him a piercing look.

"Yup."

"Well... hey, I'm smart enough for both of us," he said in an attempt to save face. She rolled her eyes.

"West, I find it hard to believe you're smart enough for one person, much less two."

"Hey!"

They continued eating, still bantering, until finally, Jeni finished her drink.

"You finished all that food before I finished my shake?" she said in amazement. "Whoa..."

He laughed sheepishly. "I burn it all off."

She shook her head. "I'd hate to see you on caffeine."

"Yeah, it throws me off-balance. I get really crazy."

She snorted. "I've seen crazy before."

He paid for the check, and the two of them walked out. Before they reached the door, however, he put his arm around her and leaned his head on top of hers.

"What are you-?"

"Just play along," he muttered quietly. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see the gay waiter and Brandy both gnashing their teeth. He silently laughed.

"Well, I think we're done for today," Jeni capped her red pen. "I'll see you Monday after school then."

"Yeah... see you then too," he mumbled tiredly. They both jumped as there was a loud knock on Wally's door.

"Wally!"

He nervously peered out the door's peephole, then gulped and unlocked the door.

"Er... hi, Dick."

"What took so long?" Dick said in an annoyed tone, then stopped when he saw a confused Jeni packing her stuff.

"Oh... you have company. Sorry," he said in a tone that clearly said he was not sorry at all. Clearly, he was used to walking in on Wally with a girl over.

"Um, Dick, this is Jeni Vhix, from my school. She's tutoring me in English. Jeni, this is a friend of mine, Dick Grayson...he goes to Jump City Academy."

"Hello," she said softly, shook his hand, then went back to packing her stuff. Dick's expression softened.

"Hi," he said politely. "You're tutoring Wally?"

Jeni nodded. "Our English teacher asked me to."

"Oh, I see... I take it you're good at English. Are you looking into it for the future?"

"Maybe... I'm thinking of being a college professor," she lied casually. Dick nodded.

"That's a good profession. Maybe you could take some classes at the Academy."

"Oh, I actually already was offered admittance there."

"Oh?" Dick's eyebrows shot up. "You were? Why didn't you go? Tuition too much?"

She shook her head. "I got a scholarship."

"Really?" his tone changed from polite to impressed. "Then why do you go to Jump City High?"

"It's too far; my parents refused to let me go," she said smoothly.

Actually, if I went there, the workload would make it impossible to pull off heists with the Hive Five. Ugh, I'm already struggling with balancing my schedule at public high school.

"Well, if you reconsider, let me know if you come to the Academy," Dick smiled at her. "I'd be happy to show you around."

"Thank you," she smiled back at him.

"Vhi- Jeni," Wally interrupted loudly, feeling slightly left out. "It's getting late. Want me to walk you home?"

She stared at him. "You don't know where I live."

"Oh... yeah, well, um... it's getting late. Maybe you should call your parents."

"I brought my car," Dick offered. "I could drive you."

She smiled. "Thanks, but I can take the bus. Good night. See you on Monday, Wally. Nice to meet you, Dick."

"You too."

"See you," Wally muttered uneasily. She left, and Dick turned to Wally.

"See?" he scolded. "You should be going after girls like her! She looks like an excellent type to date!"

"Yeah, says the guy dating the mega-hot alien," Wally snorted. "Thanks, Dad, but I think I can pick who I want to date."

"Oh, yeah?" Dick's eyes narrowed. "Last I checked, you're dating someone who calls you 'Wally-poo'."

"Look, what do you want, Dick?" Wally snapped crankily. "You could have just left a message on my Titans communicator. Why come all the way here?"

Dick sighed.

"Wally, I just wanted to check on you. You haven't been yourself lately. I just wanted to let you know... if there's anything you want to talk about...you know we're best friends, right?"

Wally was ready to joke about how Dick had just said 'friends' without flinching, but seeing the serious look on Dick's face, he slumped.

"Yeah, I... thanks, man. But there's nothing, really. I've just been really tired, trying to stop the Hive Five."

"Okay, but-"

The Titan theme song went off, and Dick picked reached into his pocket to pick up his Titan's communicator.

"Mumbo's causing trouble downtown. Are you going to be okay?"

"Yeah, go on, hero," Wally mustered up a grin. "I'll catch up with you if the Hive Five show up so its an even number."

"All right. I'm going now. See you."

"See you," Wally sighed as he closed the door after his leaving friend.

Time to start homework.

So... yeah, okay, this chapter was a bit pointless, but I just had this idea today. Sort of their first date, even though it's not a date (can't you just imagine the two of them insisting "This isn't a date!"?)

Plus, I thought it would be funny if Robin as a hero yelled at Kid Flash for flirting with Jinx, but tried to bring them together as a civilian... haha!

Hope you liked it! I'll post up a new chapter as soon as I can!

:D