Hello. How are you all. I know I made you wait, but you always know it's worth it. I'm bringing you the details to a very unusual dating situation. I hope you like it.

Robin and Nayla sat in silence on a park bench. She looked down at her hands, not quite sure what to say. What was it about dates that made everybody feel awkward and incredibly exposed. She took a deep breath and hoped that something good came out of her mouth.

"Sooo...do you always wear that mask or do I just scare you?"

Robin scratched the back of his head, blushing slightly.

"Well, actually, it doesn't come off that often. I do have a secret identity to protect and I..."

She finished for him.

"Don't exactly trust me."

He gave her a wide eyed look as she smirked at him. He didn't know what to say. She was pretty much right. He didn't trust her, not enough to show her his face. She shrugged.

"You shouldn't worry about it. You shouldn't trust me."

He couldn't understand that. She mimicked his earlier action and ran her hand through her hair. This definatly going to be difficult. She saw a ice cream vendor not to far from them, and ponted to it.

"Hey, you want to get a cone?"

"Hmm...Oh. Sure."

They stood up and walked over, hoping that they could find something to say to each other along the way.

Robin handed the guy a few dollar bills and handed her her cone. She smiled and mumbled a thank you. The started to walk side by side down one of the park paths. Nayla made a face as Robin licked at his ice cream cone. He raised an eyebrow in response.

"What?"

She made the same face, and then started to walk a little faster with her head held high. He speed up to stay at her side. He repeated himself.

"What? What's wrong?"

She didn't let her face change, and speed up a bit more.

"Vanilla."

She childishly stuck out her tounge and started to speed up once more. He stopped for a moment, totally lost, and then continued to go after her. She smirked inwardly as when he caught up and starting matching her steps almost unconciously.

"What's wrong with vanilla?"

"Nothing. It just suits you far too well. The little hero. Always seeing the black and white of the world. Being the good boy, and not taking chances. It's a bit sad."

She licked her own lime, orange, and strawberry sherbert ice cream as if emphasizing a point and increased her pace.

"Plus...It taste horrible."

Robin smirked, finally catching on to her game. This time he increased the pace.

"There's nothing wrong with vanilla, or knowing right from wrong."

By now they were 'casually sprinting.' She almost laughed at that. After all, this was the same boy who had created RedX hadn't he? She turned around as she momentarily was in front.

"So you've never been tempted to walk on the wild side? Use those gadgets of yours to get what you want?"

An image of RedX flashed behind his eyes, and for a moment he just glared as he speed passed her.

"I've...crossed a few lines before. What about you."

She just smiled as she caught up with him. Her leg was protesting a bit, but she could handle it. There was no way she would let him win this.

"Oooohhh. The good boy as been bad. I don't believe it!"

She chuckled and started into a full fledge run. Without hesitating he ran right after her. They ran through the park, closing in on the lake that was away from the path. They sped up, both competing to reach the shore first. Only a few feet from the lake's edge Nayla's stepped down hard on a rock. She stumbled and reached up for the nearest body to break her fall. Unfortunatly that was Robin. She caught hold of his shirt and pulled him down with her. He lost his balance, and together they toppled into the lake. Robin was the first to stand up out of the water. His hair was falling into his eyes. When Nayla surfaced she shook her hair, getting Robin wetter.

"Well that was fun."

Nayla started to laugh, and point to his head. He reached up and his hand brushed against a cool spot on his head. His forgotten ice cream had ended up on his head. Nayla leaned forward, and licked some of the ice cream from his hair. The moved back with her eyes closed, looking as if she was thinking.

"Hmm...It seems I was wrong. Vanilla is alright."

She laughed hysterically, and splashed him. He splashed her back. They started laughing at each other, each trying to remember when they had ever had so much fun.

"Uhm."

They stopped mid splash and looked up. A police officer stood over them with his arms crossed. They smiled at each other, and then looked back at the authority figure.

"Is there a problem officer."

He gave them a stern look and pointed to a sign that said no swimming. They chuckled nervously and walked dripping out of the water. Nayla was soaked to the bone. She turned to see that Robin was in the same boat. He took off his red hoodie and wrung it out. She started to cat call and howl when she saw the tight fitting black t-shirt that he had underneath it.

"Wow. I see why you have a fan club."

Robin just shook his head.

"I suppose we can't get lunch like this."

Nayla looked down at her dripping sweater, and had to agree.

"So what now?"

Robin thought about it for a while and finally got an idea. He stood up and grabbed her hand.

"I know where to go."

She looked around her, and then skeptically back at Robin. He had brought her to a large dojo.

'There was he serious?'

"Well I gotta say you're creative Robin. Not many guys would take a girl out to watch a fight."

Robin smirked as he led her to an empty training room.

"It looked like you were holding back when you were at the mall. So I thought why not give you a chance to show your skills against a real opponent."

"Like who? I don't see a challenge anywhere around here."

He walked into the room and right to it's center. He took a defensive stance and looked towards her.

"Well it wouldn't hurt to get a little excercise would it?"

She smiled and rolled her neck. If he wanted a fight, he would get one. She walked in front of him and copied his stance.

"No. A little exercise never hurt anyone."

She took the offensive, and charged him. She tried a high kick to his head. He blocked her easily, and grabbed her foot. She lifted her other one and kicked him hard in the stomach. Both of them felt the force of the blow. Her leg was now ready to fall off, and the blow to the strenght of the kick had taken him by surprise., but neither let it show. Once more she went after him. She struck out with her fist this time. He braced himself for the punch, but she flipped and stood on her hands landing a two footed kick. Sending him onto his back, and her right on top of him. She put a hand on either side of his head and leaned in close.

"So...You said something about a challenge?"

Robin flipped them over so that he was over her. He held her hands over her head, both of them were breathing hard.

"Hm. Maybe this time I should try."

She growled slightly in frustration. There were quite a few things she could do to get out of this hold, but she could only think of one that would be fun. She smirked and leaned up. She landed her lips on top of his and kissed him for all she was worth. His eyes widened, and he let her arms go. She pulled back smiling widely and punched him.

Robin wouldn't look at her. She sat against wall and looked up at the ceiling. He ahd been like that for quite a while. She turned and looked at him.

"You aren't still sulking are you."

He glared at her from his seat next to her against the wall.

"You cheated, and I am not sulking."

She rolled her eyes.

"I didn't cheat. I won."

She looked down at her watch, which had been drowned.

"Hey, kid, what time is it?"

He took out his communicator and looked down at it.

"Almost four."

She frowned and stood up.

"I gotta go. I promised Isaiah that I'd be back before it got to late, and I've got to work tommorrow."

She took a step forward, and suddenly collapsed. Robin was up and at her side in an instance.

"Nayla! What's wrong, what happened?"

She turned over and cringed. She'd pushed it a little too hard. There was no pain in her ankle yet, but it was numb. She would definately feel that the next day.

"It's nothing. M..My leg just fell asleep."

She pushed him away, and once more tried to stand to her feet. She was not this weak! She made it up, and even took a few steps, but soon her leg gave out again and she fell down. This time Robin was there to catch her. He picked her up bridal style in his arms.

"You're not okay. I'll take you home."

She shook her head in protest. There was no way in hell she was going to show him where she lived. she pushed against his chest.

"I'm fine! I can take care of myself."

He tightened his hold on her. She looked up and could feel the intensity of his look through his mask.

"I can tell you aren't fine. What you are is hurt, and you've shown you can take care of yourself, but right now you need help. So be quiet so I can help you."

She nodded mutely. There wasn't much you could say to that.

"Now. Where do you live?"

She sighed in defeat and silently pointed the way.

I hope you like it. I know there hasn't been a lot of action lately, but that's going to change pretty soon. The next chapter is going to bring back the excitement, along with the badest of the bad. You guessed it. Slade is going to return!