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Chapter 13 Downtime

Mount Justice: August 23

"Hit the showers and head home."

That was the only thing Batman had said to them. Supergirl didn't bother to argue with the Dark Knight, she didn't want to anger him anymore. She knew that they failed on this mission, and she couldn't feel responsible for it. Supergirl was the first to get kidnapped and led the others to failure. She felt so ashamed of herself.

Supergirl marched straight into her room and tore off her dirty clay covered clothes and threw them to the other side of the room before going into her bathroom and turning on her shower before stepping in. She stared to wash her skin raw trying to get the gross feeling of clay off her face. She didn't want to imagine what would happen if Batman didn't come when he did. Clay face had too much of an interest in her for her liking.

When she finished showering she stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her and started to dry off. For some reason staring at the water on the bathroom mirror made her think of Kaldur. What was wrong with him during the mission? He always seemed like was spacing out and that wasn't like Aqualad. Aqualad was always focused and serious during missions, he never took anything lightly when it came to the mission. Yet when Clay face was about to finish him off Kaldur had the most defeat look on his face. If Batman never came, Kaldur would be…

Yeah, she didn't want to think about that.

Supergirl walked over to his closet and grabbed a fresh pair of clothes. When she finished dressing she glanced over to her clothes that she tossed and saw her bracelets laying there. She walked over and picked up the clothes and threw them in the hamper with the other pair of dirty clothes that she changed during the mission. Supergirl hoped that she could get the clay out of them. The she picked up the sliver bracelets and placed them gently on her bed.

Maybe she should find Kaldur and see what's wrong with him. But would be even talk to her? Sure they were teammates but they weren't that close. And Kaldur could have had headed home by now. Supergirl walked out of the room and bumped into Robin. The boy was now showered and in a fresh pair of clothes wearing his sunglasses.

"Did you know if Kaldur left?" she asked him.

"No" he grumbled before storming past her.

The zeta beams announced his leave.

What had happened, was Robin mad her? That was it; he blamed her for the mess up on the mission. Robin seemed like he always wanted to impress Batman and make him proud, it probably didn't help that Kaldur was picked leader and not him.

Supergirl want about to walk back to her room when she bumped into Wally.

"Hey" he greeted.

Supergirl looked down at her own feet instead of saying hello to Wally. She was too upset with herself.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Nothing"

She started to walk past him but he caught her in his arms.

"You and I know that's not true, come on talk to Me." begged Wally.

"I rather not talk about it." she replied as she twisted out of his arms and continued to walk back to her room.

"Hey" he called.

She turned around. "What?"

Wally gave her a smile. "Ever been to a birthday party?"

Central City Allen Residence: August 23

"So who exactly is this birthday party for?" asked Supergirl.

She was holding onto Wally as he was carrying her to his house.

"It's for Jay, you know the first Flash." answered Wally.

Wally had already told her all about birthdays and how they were about celebrating the day you were born. When they reached the house Wally gentle placed her down and together they began to walk to the front door.

"My family is going to be there, Jay and Joan have kind of become like my grandparents over the years." explained Wally.

"Are you sure that it's okay for me to go then?" she questioned.

"Are you kidding, they won't mind. Besides Aunt Iris has been asking about you." said Wally.

Wally opened the door and walked in without even knocking. "Hello, the Wal-man is here!" he called.

And old woman with short white hair and a gentle sweet smile on her face walked up to them.

"Wally, it's good to see you, how have you been sweetheart." She greeted as she engulfed the young speedster in a hug.

"I've been good, how about you?" he asked returning her warm embrace.

"Alright, so who is this you have with you?" she asked finally noticing Supergirl standing at the door.

Wally pulled her up next to him. "This is Supergirl." He introduced.

Joan gave her a smile. "Hello dear I'm Joan nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you too." replied Supergirl.

The older woman nodded in satisfaction. "Well come in, everyone is already here." She informed.

Wally grabbed Supergirl's hand and led her into the dining room with everyone sitting around talking and laughing. The whole house like the Allen home gave this warm happy vibe. When Wally and Supergirl walked in they were greeted by Iris.

"Wally, you're here and you brought Supergirl!" greeted Iris giving Wally a hug and then giving her one.

The woman pulled away from her and held her at arm's length. "How have you been?" she asked.

"Good." Supergirl wasn't quite used to all the physical contact of people hugging her all the time. It felt so foreign to her.

Something speeded up to them and the next thing Supergirl knew Wally was in a head lock by Barry Allen.

"Argh, uncle Barry get off." grunted Wally.

"Hey kid, you're getting slow, usually you would see that coming." commented Barry.

The man looked up from his nephew to smile at Supergirl.

"Hey Little Supey, good to see you." he greeted.

"Hi" Supergirl took the time to notice what Barry was wearing. She usually sees the man in man in the Flash costume but tonight he was wearing jeans a sweater vest and a shirt underneath. The man looks young with this blonde hair and giant smile.

"Barry would you let Wally go and stop pestering him." called an older woman with brown hair walking into the room with a man with brown hair and a

Barry let Wally go and the young speedster walked over to the couple and gave them a hug. Supergirl guessed that this was Wally's parents

"So Wally how's the girl?" asked his mother.

"Isn't it obvious, Wally's got himself a new girl." said an old man sitting at the table.

Both parents looked surprised at this. "What happened to Jessica?" asked the mother.

Wally's face turned a little pink at that comment but Supergirl's mind was focus on something else.

"Who's Jessica?" she asked.

Suddenly a burst of laughter broke out from Barry, Iris and the old man as Wally went as red as his hair. Supergirl didn't know what she asked wrong.

"Mom, Dad this is Supergirl, she's the girl I told you about from by team." introduced Wally.

Both parents then nodded in understanding. Supergirl shook hands with of them and exchange words when the Joan walked into the room.

"Who's ready for dinner?" she asked.

All the speedster's in the room raised their hands in reply. Supergirl let out a chuckle, she was glad to know that it was only a speedster thing and not a Wally thing.

"Okay then you boys can set the table." said Joan.

Supergirl only blinked and the table was already set and the food was all there ready for them. Of course no one else in the family was fazed by this at all.

"Good, everyone sit down time to eat."

Supergirl sat down next to Wally and they stared to eat.

"So kids, what have you been up to, any new missions lately?" asked Barry.

Supergirl turned to look down at her plate; she didn't want to talk about their previous mission.

Neither did Wally. "Yeah a few"

"Supergirl, do you have another name that we can call you. I feel bad only calling you by your hero name." said Mrs. West.

"No, Supergirl's the only name I have." She admitted.

"You mean you haven't picked out a name yet sweetheart." asked Iris.

"No, seems like I haven't found the right time." She replied.

"Don't worry, I'm sure you will find the right name soon." said Barry.

Supergirl only gave nod and they continued eating. The night continued and soon became more enjoyable for Supergirl. Barry and Wally were telling stories of some of the adventures they had as Flash and Kid Flash. Jay even shared some of his stories of when he was a hero. Then Mrs. West and Mr. West started to tell her all the girlfriends that Wally had ever had. Wally was the only one that didn't find this amusing.

Everyone let out a laugh as Wally screamed out another "MOM".

"But I have to say Kid, this is the nicest girl you have ever brought home." commented Mr. West.

"That's because she's not dating him." said Jay.

Everyone laughed as Supergirl and Wally both turned red.

Barry stood up picked up his plate and Iris. "All take this." He offered.

Suddenly he flashed around clearing everything off the table. Wally was just finishing eating from his fifth helping when he stood up and Barry ran past him and took it.

"Thanks Uncle Barry." said Wally.

"You're welcome kid." replied Barry.

As Wally went to the kitchen Mrs. West chuckled.

"You're a lucky lady Iris, your Wally certainly isn't that fast. Not when it comes to clearing the table." She said.

"Mom" moaned Wally.

"Neither is my Jay, believe Me." remarked Joan.

Jay was about to commented when Joan cut him off. "I know you're a retired speedster, and since it's your birthday we won't argue."

Barry walked back in with a chocolate cake with only one candle. "Wally's fast enough when he wants to be, were suddenly out of ice cream."

Supergirl looked back to the kitchen to see that Wally had empty an entire tub of chocolate ice cream.

"Wally." yelled Mrs. West.

The young speedster only gave a sheepish grin. "Um, Happy birthday"

Supergirl started laughing and soon everyone was laughing again. After they had sung and ate eat Supergirl now was sitting at the table while she watched the family interact in the family room. Wally said that they weren't related to Joan and Jay but they were all so close that anyone on the outside would assume these people sitting in the living room were family.

Iris noticed her sitting in the kitchen and walked over to her.

"Don't you want to come into the living room?" she asked.

"No, I'm okay here." answered Supergirl.

Iris sat down next to her and continued to stare at her.

"Your hair has grown since I last saw you." commented Iris. "It's now to your shoulders, it looks nice."

"Thank you." said Supergirl quietly.

"Are you okay"

"Fine"

"That seems hard to believe." admitted Iris. "You seem like something is bothering you, I could tell during dinner. Do you want to talk about it?"

"Why does everyone think I need to talk?" mumbled Supergirl.

"Maybe because they don't like seeing you so distress and they want to help you." answered Iris.

"I just want everyone to see that I'm not just the useless clone. I can be as good as-"

"Superman" finished Iris.

She sighed. "Yeah"

"I heard that he's giving you a hard time, but don't let him get to you. It's going to be hard but I have feeling that one day you will prove yourself to everyone. And if Wally or any of the boys gives you trouble you just tell me and I'll smack some sense into them." said Iris.

Iris's words made Supergirl feel better than she did before. "Thank you."

The older woman pulled her into hug and Supergirl returned the hug.

"Am I interrupting girl time?"

Both women looked over to see Wally standing at the door frame of the room.

"I think I need to get you home." said Wally.

"Oh so soon, I was hoping would stay longer." said Iris.

"No he's right M'gann would probably be wondering where I am." replied Supergirl as she stood up.

She walked to the front door with Wally. "Thank you again; I had a real nice time."

"Thank you for being here. It was nice to meet one of Wally's friends." said Jay.

Barry opened the door as Wally and she walked out.

"See you later little Supey."

As the door closed behind them Wally turned to her with grin. "So what did you think?" he asked.

"It was great; your family is very nice." She replied.

"Glad you had some fun, it seemed like you really need something to cheer you up." He said.

The Wally lifted her off her feet.

"You I can walk." She said.

"Yeah but you won't be able to keep up with me." said Wally.

"Couldn't we just walk to the zeta tube?"

"We could but I have learned from many of my other girlfriends that it's not nice to keep them out so late." He remarked.

"So now I'm your girlfriend?" she questioned.

"Um…come on let's get you home."

Supergirl chuckled as Wally ran to the zeta tube.

TBC

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