Eyes were staring at Alicia as she was laying on the couch, her lips curled as she scented the air and then straighten up, "What do you need, Dennis?"

the boy walked up, "How did you know it was me?"

"You're the only one that has a scent pleasing to my sense of smell," Alicia answers, "Everyone else uses shampoos and soaps that make me cringe"

"Teach me," Dennis states,

Alicia blinked "Teach you what?"

"Teach me to be like you," Dennis answers, "I don't want to be a burden to the team, the only reason why I'm here is because of you."

Alicia stood up, "So you wish to learn the ways of the cat? Hard thing to teach but I can teach you the methods of being a thief, silent, stealthy and the like."

Dennis nods, "When you think I'm ready I can be like your sidekick or something?"

"Partner," Alicia corrected,

"What?" Dennis asks,

"I don't wish for a sidekick, since this team is made up of them. We'll be partners, watch each other's back," Alicia answers,

"Oh okay," Dennis states, "So what do I do?"

"We go outside in the woods," Alicia replies,

Dennis was confused but followed Alicia out of Mount Justice through the other end where the door was and not the zeta tubes,

once in the forest, Dennis was amazed that Alicia seemed to disappear within the surrounding wilderness,

"A cat's best hunting trick is camouflage, which is basically what I do when I go on missions reserved for my skills," Alicia's voice explains from the woods,

Dennis looked around to see if he could find Alicia but he couldn't, until he felt someone tapping on his shoulder

"Behind you," Alicia states,

"How did you do that?" Dennis asks,

"Look at my feet," Alicia answers,

Dennis looked down and saw that Alicia was using her toe claws to knead the ground,

"Feel the earth between your toes," Alicia answers, "I use my claws because I feel the earth with them,"

Dennis took off his shoes, and did so he laughed as the dirt felt weird to him,

"Now without your shoes try to sneak up on me from the woods," Alicia instructed

Alicia sat on a root of a tree listening to Dennis complaining about how he kept stubbing his toes or something poked him, "Three, two, one."

"Gotcha!" Dennis yelled as he jump at Alicia only to have her move away and him landing face first in a pile of moss,

Alicia rolled her eyes as she went over to him and couched down next to him, "Give you ten points for the landing,"

Dennis sat up and spit out moss bits then turned to glare at Alicia, "What am I doing wrong?"

"I could hear you a lot, you need to focus on your breathing, and learn to relax," Alicia answers, a black blur caught her eye 'Conner, you have just interrupted my teaching so you will be the prey,' "Watch the master and learn,"

Alicia stalked her prey as he was trying not to be seen, she followed as he stopped to look around for her and that is when his guard was down, she pounced as tiger would and with enough force to make the half-Kryptonian fall to the ground,

"I let you catch me," Conner states, as he stared up at Alicia,

Alicia hissed at him, "What are you doing here?"

"Nightwing sent me to look for you," Conner answers, "What are you doing out here?"

Alicia back away and her tail swished in anger, "I don't need a babysitter,"

"Alicia?" Dennis asks, "Did you find him?"

"Yeah, it was Super Babysitter." Alicia answers as she turned and watch Dennis walk out of the foliage with his shoes back on. "My mistake Superboy."

"What did I do to you?" Conner asks, "And my name is Conner,"

Alicia shrugged "Don't know, I like teasing you, just like I keep threatening to turn La'gaan into sushi," the feline stiffen as she saw the dark look pass over Conner's face, "I'm sorry for mentioning him,"

"Forget it," Conner states as he turned to leave

"Dennis, the lesson is over for today. And I believe you have class with Beast Boy later," Alicia states "So go and brush up on the other lessons,"

"Alright," Dennis sighed as he left.

Alicia listened until she couldn't hear Dennis' sneakers anymore before she turned to Conner, "Get over her already,"

Conner's back stiffen as Alicia opened the wounds again,

"She's already dating La'gaan, why can't you move on too?" Alicia asks softly,

"You don't understand," Conner states

Alica's fur bristled at that, "Believe me, I do know what it's like not to age. At least not like a human does and I know what it's like to have my heart broken and I know what it's like to have a crush on someone who can't get over his ex-girlfriend." she turned and left.

Conner turned and watched as Alicia left, "Maybe you do understand," but he wondered if it was him that she had a crush on and why?