Um, I know promised drama for this chapter... but I decided they needed to have a cute chapter together... you know? Just a little Jinx/Kid Flash (or Jeni/Wally) time for themselves...

I'm sorry! I'll put drama in the next chapter, I swear. All right, here we go~!

"You wanted to see me?" Wally said, stopping at the teacher's desk after class. She beamed at him.

"Oh, Mr. West! Wally, I am so proud of you!"

"...you...are?" he managed in confusion. The teacher nodded.

"Your last few essays were just absolutely astounding! You've clearly been working hard at them! I love reading them, they're fantastic!"

"Oh, thank you," he smiled. "How am I doing in the class?"

"You've bumped your grade all the way up to an A! You did all the essays early and completed the extra credit with exceptionally good effort," she smiled with delight. "I'm very pleased with your work, Wally... whatever you're doing, keep doing it."

His mind flashed over his tutor sessions, Jeni's nagging, her flicking his forehead, screeching at him when he goofed off...

"Will do, Mrs. Raleigh."

"Wait! Seymour!"

The tall boy stopped while he was walking with the popular group, looking awkward as Jeni ran up to him. Koma and Terra glared at her, but she ignored them.

"Seymour..." she bit her lip. "Could we talk?"

"Um...now's not the best time-"

"I know," she hesitated. "But...But I just want to-"

"I have to go," he muttered abruptly, and left the school. She sighed, standing at the exit of the school, staring at his back.

See-More... I just wanted to tell you how sorry I am... I should have been a better friend to you.

I really want to tell you the truth about Wally and Kid Flash, but... maybe it's best you don't know.

"Jeniiiiiiii!"

Jeni's head snapped up as Wally slung an arm over her as they walked out of the school.

"Guess who now has an A in Mrs. Raleigh's class!" he sang, ignoring the whispers and indignant gasps of the people surrounding them. Jeni rolled her eyes.

"Yes, I know... my tutoring skills are unparalleled, after all," she said offhandedly. He frowned, crossing his arms.

"Hey! What happened to Oh, Wally!" he made his voice several octaves higher, clasping his hands in a girlish way. "You're so amazing! It was clearly all your hard work that paid off, from suffering through all those tutoring hours I made you go through!"

"...did I really make you suffer from tutoring? Did you really hate spending time with me that much?"

He dropped his hands and blinked, awkwardly shuffling as he saw Jeni's wide eyes and her lower lip trembling.

"N- No! It was just a joke..."

"Oh, Wally..." she sobbed, throwing her face into her hands, and walking away. "How could you? I thought you liked our time together!"

"I do!" he protested, grabbing her shoulders and trying to stop her. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to... Vhix!"

She laughed, shoving him. "Oh, come on, West...do you honestly think I'm going to cry my heart out over the fact you don't like tutoring?"

"Hehe, I guess not," he laughed nervously. "I don't think I've ever seen you cry for real."

"Well..." she said hesitating slightly. "I used to cry all the time when I was younger. But my foster parents and the nuns at the orphanage beat me. They weren't trying to get me to shut up or anything... they just thought that when I was crying, I was in pain for trying to expel the demons from my body. They were just 'helping' apparently."

Wally squirmed. It was times like this, when she said such traumatizing details carelessly, he felt horrible.

"One day...maybe I'll cry without worrying and just let loose," she flung her arms in the air at that, and he shook his head.

"Sometimes I wish you'd cry too. Uh, not like that!" he waved his arms at the expression on her face. "Just... it's not good to hold it back if you really have to cry."

"I guess..."

"And Vhix? I do like tutoring. It lets me spend time with you," came out of his mouth before he could stop it. She blinked, and hid the blush that was spreading on her nose.

"Um..."

"Because...you know!" he said loudly, unsuccessfully trying to hide his crimson ears. "We can... discuss enemy tactics and stuff!"

"Right, right," she said quickly. "Enemy tactics...hey, who you calling the enemy?"

He rolled his eyes. "Oh, yeah, enemy usually refers to the good guys."

"To us, we were raised with that idea," Jeni shrugged. "Come on, let's get to your place... we still have to discuss-"

"No."

She stared at him. "Excuse me?"

"I told you I got an A in English," he smiled proudly. "Let's go celebrate!"

"Wally West, don't you-!"

The world suddenly burst into a swirly mess of color, then settled back down to the diner where they had eaten on their first d- it was not a date! Where they had eaten together the first time.

"-dare," she finished weakly. He was jumping around, smacking at his legs.

"Hot pants! Hot pants!" he kept hitting his legs to get rid of the smoking material. Jeni rolled her eyes.

"Excellent job. You just managed to make me feel sick, and to set yourself on fire."

"All better!" he grinned broadly. "In we go!"

"Welcome to Ran- oh, hey, you two!"

Wally and Jeni blinked in shock and simultaneously let out a loud "Whoa!" as Brandy grabbed their hands and led them to a table.

"Welcome back!" she smiled happily. "Joey and I were hoping you would come back!"

"Joey?"

Brandy pointed to the gay waiter, who flashed them a merry grin, then turned back to them. "We saved the same table you ate at last time!"

"...oh... thanks."

"Yeah, you didn't have to," Jeni said awkwardly. Brandy giggled and slapped her shoulder. Jeni choked.

"Uh..."

"Oh, you two! Joey and I decided you two were just soooo cute together, every time you had a date here, we would definitely save this table for you, too!"

"What?" was all Jeni could manage out as Joey placed a milkshake with two straws in the middle of the table.

"On the house!" he sang. "We're rooting for you two now!"

"But!" Jeni argued. "We aren't-!"

"-sure if we can accept such generous support!" Wally quickly finished. Brandy and Joey laughed.

"Don't be silly!" Joey gushed. "You two are adorable!"

"Yeah...sweetie," Wally grinned at Jeni. "We're adorable."

She fought the urge to punch him as Brandy and Joey waltzed away, giggling about the couple.

"Are you crazy?" she hissed as Wally began to drink the milkshake at an alarmingly rapid rate. "We're not together!"

He shrugged. "Well, remember when we were here last time? We were to them, remember? Come on, we can get free food this way!"

"I thought I was the bad guy," she rolled her eyes as she observed the menu. He frowned.

"Aw, come on, if we do this, it'll almost be like you stealing," he coaxed. She rolled her eyes.

"I'm stealing food? Forget it. I steal jewels and pretty trinkets."

"...it allows you to act and be tricky?"

"...well, I am a pretty good actress..."

"Look," Brandy whispered to Joey. "They're so cute together!"

Joey grinned. "Come on, let's go make them romantic food!"

"...they're looking this way," Jeni said through gritted teeth, a large smile on her face as she gave Wally an adoring look. He smiled, lightly stroking her cheek with his right hand with his left one around her waist.

"That's the idea, Vhix," he muttered. "Could you try looking more in love with me rather than looking like you want to punch my lights out?"

"...this is all you're getting, West," she muttered. "Oh, and West?"

"Yeah?"

"...watch your hands, buddy," she warned. He nervously giggled.

"Yes, ma'am."

"But you know...doing this kind of thing..." she hesitated. "You would have made an excellent bad guy."

He stared at her. "No, I wouldn't have."

"You would be smart enough to know when you want something, you could just trick the people into wanting to give it to you, rather than jumping in, firing missiles, and punching holes through walls. I think you would have been great as a Hive student."

"Do I look like Cyborg to you?" he said, suddenly moving away from her. "I am not Hive material. I could never give up the side of justice."

She shook her head. "What is your idea of justice, Wally? What Cyborg did... he considered that justice. Petty revenge? Stealing codes from a school? Maybe in the end, it was to ensure the good guys would win... but it wasn't fair."

"That's not-" he tried to argue, but she cut him off.

"When a villain sneaks into the good guy world, he or she would be considered a traitor, and deserves to be killed or arrested. But when a hero goes into the bad guy world, he's justified in it, because it's his only idea of how to bring justice. He doesn't think of the people he betrays, or the people he hurts-"

"I am not like that!" he burst out. "I wouldn't hurt you like that! I wouldn't!"

He suddenly hugged her, arms tightly squeezing around her waist. But it wasn't comforting, or loving, or even friendly. She swore she could hear a faint, sad sob as he clutched onto her, as if she was his only hope of surviving. Neither of them looked up as Brandy and Joey silently placed food on their table, then looked at each other. The two waiters scampered away, quietly giggling at the romantic position the two were in.

Wally and Jeni hadn't even noticed they were there.

"I wouldn't," he whispered. "I... I'm tired of people thinking I'm the bad guy."

"What?" she didn't dare let go, he was so upset. "But...you're a hero."

"Tell that to Robin," he muttered. She shook her head.

"I'd rather not."

He laughed bitterly, and (although she didn't want him to), he let her go. "At school, people call me a bad boy. To the Titans, I'm just a lazy bum who likes to flirt with girls. But I'm not like that, Jeni. Really. I am so sick and tired of hiding everything by smiling!"

"So don't."

He blinked. "Wh- What?"

"You keep saying I have a choice. I made mine. So make yours. If you don't want to smile, don't. Because..." she hesitated. "You're not making anyone happy when you give a fake smile. At least when you smile legitimately...the people who truly care about you... are happy that you can smile for real."

She was being honest. She felt better when he smiled.

"...I... thanks."

Little by little, the two of them could feel their already strong bond form more and more.

"Thanks, Brandy!"

"Bye, Joey!"

The two waved and left the diner. She shook her head.

"Thanks for the meal, but I'd better go."

"Where?" he challenged. "Back to the Hive? Back to serve the Brotherhood?"

"I don't have to serve them anymore," she said sharply. "I'm almost one of them."

"Almost means not," he countered. "I meant it, Jinx, er, Jeni... you don't want to get mixed up with them."

"Oh, what do you know?" she muttered. She suddenly felt very cranky; Wally was making her realize that she had slaved for weeks and weeks with results that weren't very pleasing. Only half a jewel... exactly what was this great jewel for?

"Come on...don't go back. I'll take you somewhere fun," he smiled, outstretching his hand to her. She hesitated. The last time they had been like this, she had hexed him. Now, she couldn't because she was wearing a power inhibitor and out in public.

And now... they were friends. She inwardly cringed.

When she thought of friends, she thought of little cartoon drawings of happy smiley people holding hands. She considered the Hive Five her team, her family, but certainly not her friends.

Wally...I guess... if I had to have my first friend, it's not so bad that it's you.

"Okay," she relented, and took his hand. "But I have to get back before it gets too dark."

"Deal," he smiled, and like a bullet, zoomed towards his destination.

"I turned down sucking up to Madame Rouge... so that you could take me to a field of weeds?"

"Well..." he didn't hide his blush very sufficiently. "It gives us privacy! A- And they're dandelions, okay?"

"...privacy?"

"I don't know what you're thinking," he said hastily. "But I wasn't thinking of anything perverted!"

She raised an eyebrow. "Neither was I. What did you need privacy for?"

"Oh... just... you know, if you wanted to take off your wig or whatever..."

"It's not a wig," she pulled the holographic generator out of her pocket. "It's a hologram."

She pressed a button, and with a faint flicker, her hologram vanished. Wally stared as she unclicked the power inhibitor from her wrist. Gizmo had managed to store the details and points of a power inhibitor on her wrist to be disguised as a bracelet.

"Whoa... cool... hey, wait!" he paused, slightly confused. "If you just have a hologram covering you, how come I was able to see the Band-Aid on your finger?"

She shook her head. "It's not simple technology that has a hologram covering me; the generator lets the hologram become me, like a second skin. The Band-Aid wasn't programmed into the generator, so it left it alone. It's programmed to cover my pink hair with brown hair, my eyes with green... you know."

"Oh... whoa, you guys thought of that all by yourself?" he asked, clearly impressed. She hesitated.

"No... we got the idea from Cyborg."

Cyborg again! he thought angrily. I swear, I am going to-

"Anyways..." she broke into his thoughts. "What are we supposed to do in a field full of we- oh, excuse me, dandelions?" she said sarcastically. He shrugged.

"Wanna make-?"

"Finish that with 'out' and I'll walk home," she warned. He smiled sheepishly.

"Oh, I wasn't going to say 'out'..."

She relaxed.

"I was going to say 'babies'."

"You pervert!" she hollered, and flung a hex at him, decapitating several poor, innocent dandelions. He dodged it, laughing, hands up in defense.

"Sorry, sorry! It's habit when I see you!" protested Wally. "Jinxyyyy! Don't hit me!"

"Fine!" she retorted. "Just stay still so that I can hex off your baby-maker!"

He squeaked and began to run away at a normal pace (he didn't want to burn his pants again...). She gave chase, flinging hex after hex at him.

"Get back here, West!" she snarled. "I'll help break your nasty, lecherous habit!"

"Somehow!" he panted back. "I imagined us running through the fields in a different way!"

"Oh, yeah?"

"Yeah... you know... all glowy and smiley and happy and... and... whoa!"

He suddenly vanished from sight. Jinx felt her stomach heave.

"Wally!" she screamed, and began to run where he had disappeared.

"Hehehe!" he popped up and before she could even blink, he grabbed her and dunked her into the lake that had been hidden by the field of dandelions. She shrieked before she went underwater, and re-emerged, sopping wet head to toe.

"Oh, you are so getting it!" she shrieked, and, plunging her hand underwater, she sent a hex that blasted up and splashed him with water. He spluttered indignantly.

"Hey!" he twirled his finger at super-speed, and created a mini-tornado that sent water spiraling over the now-drenched girl. She shrieked and splashed him with water as well.

Soon the two of them were splashing water at each other, laughing.

I sort of wish... the two of us were here like this forever... Wally thought wistfully as Jinx lunged on him.

"Gotcha now!" she said triumphantly and giggled.

The two lazed in the field of dandelions. Although Wally could have easily just sped them around so that they were dry, he insisted it would be better to bake under the sun and allow its warmth to sink in. Jinx had to agree, it was very pleasant.

"Question time again?"

"Sure," he propped himself up with one arm. She hesitated.

"Why did you kiss me?"

His arm gave way and his chin hit the ground.

"Oof! Uh..."

He wasn't quite sure what to say. So he finally said the first thing that popped into mind.

"What kiss?"

Her nostrils flared. "Ohhhh, what kiss? Never mind! I suppose the great Wally West kisses so many girls, he forgot about the one with me!"

She fumed and turned her head, but couldn't stop the tears in her eyes and the redness in her cheeks, which she swiftly hid. He didn't answer, busy remembering the kiss.

Forgot? How could he forget? Her kiss had been like liquid fire, racing through him, almost like his own power in a heightened pleasurable state. The kiss...it had been exhilarating, filled with fire, passionate, then soothing, comforting, soft...

"West, why are you drooling?"

He snapped up, and laughed nervously. "Uh, no reason! Okay, my turn!"

"You already asked your question," she snorted. "'What kiss?' was a question. All righty... question number two..."

He smacked his head. She was just looking for excuses to ask all the questions, dang it.

"That was you at the dance, right? The one who was apparently the Kid Flash fan?"

"Huh? Wh-? Oh!" he suddenly remembered the girl he had met at the dance. "Yeah, that was me...oh, dude, I didn't even think about that... that was you after all!"

She stared at him.

"Th- That was you, right?" he asked sheepishly.

"...you just realized that now. Wow," she snorted.

"Hey, I knew it!" he said defensively. "It was just... kind of... in a little corner of my mind. Okay, my turn!"

"You asked if that was me. My turn again!" she said cheerfully. He groaned.

"I have got to stop doing that... All right, what's your question?"

"Did you really like me? Like... Like have a crush on me?" she wondered. He sighed. He knew he would have to answer this eventually.

"Well... yeah," he laughed, forcing himself to sound casual. "I mean, I thought you were this whole evil villain able to turn good... but I mean, we're friends now. That's all that matters, right?"

"...right," she said sadly, leaning her head back and allowing the sun to gently beam upon her face as it slowly began to descend behind the hills.

There was an awkward silence between them.

"No," he said suddenly. "I...I'm tired of lying. I already told you that."

She turned to look at him. "What?"

"Shoot. Dammit. All right, all right... I l-liked you. I think... I still like you," he said, hesitating. She stared.

"Wh- What?"

"I mean-!" he tried to find an excuse, but finally gave up. I'm tired of running. Just say it! "Yeah. I like you."

He said it so straightforwardly, Jinx could only stare.

He hesitated. "I... I think... I think I actually, um... I think I actually like you a lot."

Wally couldn't remember feeling this embarrassed. Usually his ears turned red when he was embarrassed, but this time, he could feel his entire body, from head to toe, turning crimson.

She shook her head. "You don't like me."

That was not the answer he had been expecting. "...excuse me?"

Jinx abruptly sat up and slapped her bracelet. In a flash of light, she transformed back to Jeni. Geeky Jeni Vhix, with glasses and mousy clothes...

"Can you tell Jeni that?" she said, eyes full of scorn. "You can like me when I'm Jinx, but when I'm Jeni, I'm just another girl to you."

"Fine," he shrugged casually. "I, Wally West, am attracted to you, Jeni Vhix."

She stared at him, unable to comprehend the situation. He sighed.

"Look, Jinx... it doesn't matter which one you are. I think, if you two were different people, I would have just liked both of you, and felt bad because my feelings for the two of you were the same. But... but now I see you two are the same people! So... I feel... better, having these feelings for you."

"I-"

"All I know is, I like you," he bit his lip. "And I... I'm actually glad I do."

"...you know... for someone who claims to like me," Jinx raised an eyebrow. "You apparently don't remember my kiss."

"Yeah, I... what?"

She gave him a grin. "Maybe you should remember."

He understood, and slowly rolling over, he knelt down and pressed his lips against hers.

His senses burst, like a fountain of color, sending him into overdrive. It was searing into his mind, his heart, his soul... Unable to resist, he moved from her lips to her cheek, then down her jawline, and her neck...

She let out a soft laugh as he rained kisses over her skin. He loved her laugh. It made him feel proud; he had brought something happy into her life.

"I don't believe this," he murmured. "I can't believe I am doing this..."

"You read my mind," she retorted. He chuckled.

"I guess if someone asked us just a couple of months ago if we would be making out, we would have-"

"We were not making out," she glared at him. "We were kissing!"

"Hey, we-"

"This is making out," and before he could even react, she jumped on him and firmly began to massage his mouth with her own. His eyes widened.

Whoa... was all he managed to think as he wrapped his arms around her waist. Eventually, though, he could feel himself growing a little too happy in a certain area, and she squeaked and broke off.

"Sorry," he said sheepishly. "It's, uh, been a while."

Face flushed, she giggled in embarrassment then paused as she laid back down in the field. This time, he slowly linked his fingers with her.

"Ew... I'm giggling."

"What's wrong with that?" he asked as he also laid down next to her. She cringed.

"I hate the whole 'giggling girl' stereotype. When I giggle, I feel like redhead alien."

"Starfire? Well, I'm glad it's not her I'm making out with," he smiled. "Back to questions?"

"Sure," she shrugged, feeling a little disappointed they were already done kissing. "Fire away."

"...am I a good kisser?" he teased, propping his cheek up with one arm. She felt herself turning scarlet.

"N- No!" she turned away, trying to will her face to turn back to its normal color.

"Aww... don't be shy, Jinxy," he laughed as he gently pushed her.

"Don't call me Jinxy," she threw at him, trying to force herself to turn back to her normal skin color.

"I think you liked making out with me!" he crowed. "I always knew I was a good kisser!"

"Kiss this!" she roared, and smacked him on the forehead.

"Owww!" he whined. "Was that really necessary?"

"You're an idiot," she rolled her eyes but couldn't help a smile.

"All right, your turn to ask."

"Um..." she hesitated. She looked like she was struggling, but finally, she asked (while her face was a deep maroon).

"Do you not... like the fact that I'm not very experienced? Like Kitten and stuff?" she tried to ask casually, but the shy sadness was too obvious in her eyes and her voice. He stared at her, then gently gathered her head and pressed it into his chest.

"I'm glad you're you," he said simply. "You once said things about you were petty little tidbits of your life. Whether you're experienced or not, it doesn't change the fact that you're Jinx. I don't want to treat you like other girls, Jinx. I want us to be... you know, slow and special and stuff."

"Okay," she smiled against him. She could accept that answer.

"Jinx... I really..." he hesitated. "I really... I'm really happy I could tell you."

She knew what he was trying to say.

"I know," she whispered. "Me too."

He hugged her and the two laid there, silent and steadily breathing as the wind brushed over them.

He walked her home (well, close enough... it would be pretty bad if he went right to the door, and some member of the Brotherhood saw him), and in typical first-date fashion, he pecked her lips before she went in.

"Hey!" she protested. He gave her a challenging look.

"What? We aren't together now?" he retorted. She gave him an unfathomable look, then glared right back.

"Hey, don't think that now that we're together, I'm going to be easy... you have to earn your kisses from now on, mister."

With that said, she whirled on her heel and walked towards the Hive headquarters. He stood in the streetlight, mouth agape... until, he began to whoop and dance down the street.

"She totally digs me!" he sang before he zoomed away.

Jinx waltzed around the living room, hugging herself.

"What are you-? Ew!" Gizmo screeched as, without warning, Jinx plopped a kiss on the young boy's bald head.

"I'm going to bed!" she sang. "Good night!"

She didn't even care if a Brotherhood member might see her. Right now, she was floating on Cloud Nine... heck, she floating on Cloud 100 if there was one. She had never felt so alive, so... ecstatic. She now knew: she could never join the Brotherhood. Maybe she could be a Teen Titan? She could ask Kid Flash for some help...

She whirled around one more time before entering her room, rushing to the bed, then flopping into it. She released a loud, long, girlish squeal into her pillow, one she had wanted to release earlier, but had too much dignity to do so in front of...

She let out another giggle.

"Hello, Jinx."

She jumped off the bed and assumed a fighting position. "Who's there?"

The figure moved into the moonlight. She swallowed.

"See-More."

All right, real drama starts next chapter, I swear.

See you all then!