"Where have you been big guy?" Gizmo asked suspiciously.

"Looking for Jinx." Mammoth replied stoically.

"Any luck?" Gizmo questioned standing up on the sofa so he could see mammoth wandering into the kitchen.

"No. Ooh, pie." Mammoth said delighted as he removed the pie-goodness from the fridge, Gizmo narrowed his eyes, if Jinx was going to tell anyone where she was it would be Mammoth, and if anyone could find Jinx it would be Mammoth… could he by lying? Gizmo shook his head, Mammoth wasn't bright enough to lie.

"We need to think of a plan to catch that Kid Flash." Gizmo huffed flopping back down on his chair.

"You sound like Jinx." See-More said with a twinge of sadness.

"Shut up, once we've caught Kid Flash he won't be around to protect Jinx, then we can make her pay." Gizmo growled looking at the others, they looked at him blankly.

"Oh come on! Don't you think it's suspicious that since we met Kid Flash Jinx had either avoided going stealing with us or when we have gone thieving everything has mysteriously gone wrong?!" Gizmo cried pointing out the obvious.

"Things always went wrong around Jinx anyway, it's what she did." Billy Neumerous pointed out.

"But not for US! For the good guys! I ARGH, you people really ARE thick!" Gizmo groaned jumping off the sofa and heading for the stairs.

"Where are you going?" See More asked surprised.

"To go build a new level four containment field." Gizmo replied and left.

"He seems pissed." See more commented.

"So? Let's watch wrastlin'!" Billy Numerous shrugged turning the TV on, soon all their worries were forgotten.

"Is this yours?" Jinx asked picking up the Indian blanket.

"Actually I got it for you. I thought you'd be cold sleeping on the sofa." Kid Flash admitted rubbing the back of his head embarrassed, he waited for the sharp remark from Jinx in response to this, but it never came.

"It's nice." She smiled slightly.

"I was hoping you'd like it." Kid Flash grinned broadly.

"Well obviously you would, it's not like you'd get me something hoping I'd hate it would you?" Jinx snorted rolling her eyes, Kid Flash shook his head, there was the remark he was waiting for.

"I'm going to ignore that. You know, you're welcome to stay here as long as you want, you can even sleep in my bed if you'd like." Kid Flash offered, Jinx's eyes widened, Kid Flash realised his mistake.

"I don't think-" Jinx began a little shocked.

"No! I mean, I'll sleep on the sofa and you can sleep in my bed, I'd be a bad host letting my guest sleep on the sofa wouldn't I?" He corrected himself hastily.

"I guess. I'll think about it." Jinx said warily, she eyed Kid Flash, he was in civilian clothing again. He seemed to have no worries about her plastering photos of him everywhere and revealing his secret identity, but then again, it wasn't like she knew his name.

"You're still not worried about me blowing your secret identity then?" Jinx asked sitting down on the sofa, in a flash Kid Flash was by her side with his feet up on the coffee table casually. Why was he always so damn casual and relaxed.

"Nope. It doesn't worry me at all." He grinned at her.

"I don't believe that." Jinx retorted, Kid Flash looked at her questioningly.

"Why?" He asked staring at her pink cat-like eyes.

"If you really weren't worried you'd tell me your real name." Jinx said with a small smirk. Why had she asked that? Did a part of her really want to expose him or did she just want to get to know him better? The real him, the guy behind the mask.

"Oh, wow, I hadn't realised that." He blinked surprised at himself.

"I apologise for being rude and not introducing myself." He grabbed Jinx's hand and kissed the top of it. "Wally West at your service miss." He smirked, Jinx's eye twitched and she burst into laughter, not even caring about the kiss.

"What?!" He demanded of the howling Jinx who was now rolling about on the floor, she looked up at him and wiped tears of mirth from her eyes.

"I'm sorry, but-" She snickered again, after suppressing the giggles once more she continued, "But superheroes are meant to have like… impressive names!" She laughed, Wally West narrowed his eyes at her.

"And?" He said pointedly.

"Well, your name's Wally!" Jinx managed before bursting into laughter again, he flushed redder than his hair, he'd hated his name since he was a kid, but at least in the last few years he'd began to care less and now once again the embarrassment was flaring up again.

"Shut up!" He snapped hurt.

"I'm- I'm sorry." Jinx said trying not to giggle anymore, she saw a genuine flicker of hurt in Kid Flash's, nay, Wally West's eyes, he looked away from her.

"I'm sorry." She said again a little more earnestly.

"Well, what's your real name then JINX?" He said pointedly still feeling a little hurt at her laughter, Jinx's face fell slightly.

"I don't know." Jinx admitted quietly.

"What do you mean you don't know?" Wally asked confused.

"Well, I've just always been Jinx. My parents died when I was really really small, I don't even remember the name they called me. It was my fault anyway." Jinx said in a small voice, Wally's heart twinged slightly, now he felt guilty.

"How could it have been your fault? You said yourself you were really small." He said looking at her, she was avoiding his gaze.

"My powers, the car crashed. I'm bad luck remember?" Jinx muttered angry, she was angry at herself, at the world, and at WALLY of all people. Stupid name.

"Oh. I'm sorry." He said, Jinx said nothing. He reached a hand out to her.

"Come on, don't sit on the floor, come up here with me Jinx. I promise you can make fun of my name all you want." He offered, Jinx looked at him. Damnit, why was he so… generous and honest? It made it really difficult to hate him. She ignored the hand and sat on the sofa.

"You like horror movies?" Wally asked picking up the remote to fill the silence, Jinx looked sideways at him.

"The good kind or the ridiculous cheesy 80s ones?" Jinx questioned trying not to give too much away.

"Well either, but I prefer the cheesy ones." He admitted with a laugh.

"Why am I not surprised." Jinx laughed slightly, she couldn't help it, Kid Flash's laughter was infectious.

"Well?" He asked poking her in the side.

"Ouch, well what?" Jinx squeaked shuffling away.

"What ones do you like?" Kid Flash laughed poking Jinx again and eliciting another squeak from her, it was a shockingly adorable noise considering the subject, he poked her again just for fun.

"Quit it! The cheesy ones! The cheesy ones! Stop poking me!" Jinx screamed running out of sofa to escape from him on.

"I'm glad you're here you know." Kid Flash said relenting from poking Jinx.

"Why? Because I'm not a bad guy anymore?" Jinx asked looking at him curiously.

"Well that too, glad to see you admitted it finally by the way, but no." He smirked.

"Why then?" She asked with a frown, at least Kid Flash supposed it was a frown, it was a little difficult to tell as she had no eyebrows.

"Because it gets lonely around here, since I decided to stop playing sidekick to the Flash and be a hero in my own right I've been lonely. Not that I want to go back to being a sidekick mind you." He added.

"You were a sidekick? You don't strike me as the type." Jinx said tilting her head quizzically at him.

"Oh?" He said fiddling with the corner of Jinx's blanket.

"Yeah, you seem like too much of a natural leader. Much more so than Robin, that boy blunder has some serious power issues, he'll always be Batman's whipping boy and he knows it." Jinx snorted, Kid Flash tried to contain his laughter out of respect for Robin, he was shaking with the effort but it was to no avail the laughter was coming out in irrepressible waves. When he finally calmed down he looked up at Jinx with a happy smile on his face.

"I am glad you're here, just… don't let robin ever hear you say that." He giggled, he was laying on the sofa with his feet hanging off the arm and his head near Jinx's legs. He debated snuggling up into her lap but he decided that he liked his head where it was, that was, attached to his neck.

"Pft. I'm so scared, ooh! Wasp woman!" Jinx exclaimed in glee as she flipped through the channels.

"What now?" he asked craning his neck to see the TV.

"It's this old movie about this woman who gets kidnapped by wasps or something and becomes their mutant leader. Cheesy horror at it's best." Jinx grinned widely.

"You're happy." Kid flash stated after a second of watching the film.

"Shouldn't I be?" She frowned not taking her eyes off the screen.

"No no, I'm glad you are, but this is the happiest I've ever seen you. It's nice." He said softly.

"Well it's nice not being annoyed by those damn boys all the time, that might be it." Jinx laughed, Kid Flash smiled, Jinx really did look pretty when she was smiling.

Two cheesy horror movies later and Wally West had finally worked up the courage to shuffle forwards so his head rested in Jinx's lap, he stared fixedly at the TV pretending that he hadn't even realised that he'd moved. Much to his delight Jinx did nothing about this and halfway through the film she was even stroking her fingers through his hair.

"Are… are you purring?" Jinx blurted out shocked.

"Meyow?" Kid Flash suggested with a small laugh, experimentally Jinx tried stroking her hands through his hair again, her fingernails brushed his scalp and she listened to the noise that sounded remarkably like purring coming from Kid Flash's chest.

"You freak!" She laughed at him.

"Shut up… that feels nice it's not my fault." He muttered stretching his arms out, he rolled over so he was snuggled into her stomach, Jinx paused for a second then continued.

"You know I should really have hexed you by now." She said out loud and tangled her fingers in his hair again, she felt him smile against her stomach.

"See, I trust you." He pointed out as he looked up at her, Jinx stared down at him and felt uncomfortable, it was those damn eyes, they just saw EVERYTHING.

"Can I have your bed?" She asked faking a yawn, Wally twitched and yawned as well, it was contagious.

"Mmm, let me just make the bed up for you." He nodded and sat up then disappeared in a blur.

"Your bed awaits you princess." He smirked at her as he leaned against the doorframe.

"Shut it." She said poking him in the arm and delivering a small shock via her hex powers.

"Ow, hey. That wasn't nice." He said sticking his tongue out at her, she laughed and shut the door. Happily Wally West walked over to the sofa, he bent down and turned the TV off and looked out of the huge windows in his apartment to the sleeping Jump City below.

"This is almost too good to be true." He smiled happily before retiring to the sofa.

Several miles away the grainy image of Wally West shone through on Gizmo's computer.

"Don't worry Wally West, I assure you it IS." Gizmo smirked, he began an evil laugh that his teachers at HIVE would have been incredibly proud of him for.