Fangirl: (jumps up and down in excitement and claps hands maniacally) YAY! Chapter 14! You finally finished it! Do you know how long I've been waiting for this?
Storm: Long enough I know that. I bet you're as happy as you were when you found out you made Cadet of the Month.
Fangirl: Yep! Except when they told I me, I couldn't react in any way so I had a straight face. However, on the inside, I was throwing a party!
Storm: Haha emotionless fangirl? That'll be the day…THERE'S A FLYING RACCOON OUTSIDE MY WINDOW!
Fangirl: (flinches from the yelling) What?
Storm: (points) Look! It's right there! Oh crap, I'm closing my blinds!...okay, it's gone. What were you saying?
Fangirl: (pauses)….ooookkkaaaayy then…that was very random! Anyways, met any guys that you've found a "liking for"?
Storm: HELLO? Earth to Princess! It's the internet! I'm not spreading my personal business!
Fangirl: Come on! I want all the JUICY details! It's high school, so you must have found at least one guy you like.
Storm: Well, you're not getting any 'cause I can't like him because Ali-Kay likes him too.
Fangirl: (gasps) Who is it? You're killing me here!
Storm: It's…wait for it…it's…Time for the next chapter! We own nothing!
Fangirl: What? Dude, not cool! I am not leaving this spot until you tell me! (stomps foot on the ground to add emphasis) Hmph!
Storm: You can stay if you wanna, but I'm out. Enjoy the chapter. Peace!
Fangirl: Storm! Storm! You get your butt back here right now! (looks to readers) I hate it when she does this. (Runs after Storm) Hey, wait up!
"Hm, seems like he finally got the message. Come on Bee let's…" Cyborg smirked and slung his arm around Bumblebee's waist. Confused, angry, and irritated, she threw his arm off her and spun to face him. Cyborg shied away from the fire in her glare.
"What was that about?" she hissed, pulling him over to their table. Everyone had lost interest in them the moment Hotspot walked out and were now madly dancing to Savior by Rise Against.
Cyborg sighed in irritation, why didn't she understand? "He shouldn't have been kissing you. He knew you were with me and –"
"I know why you did it," she snapped, cutting him off for the second time. "What I didn't like is how you reacted. Making such a big scene over nothing!" He was sitting in the booth, lights dancing and reflecting off his metallic head.
"Look I'm sorry, you're right. I shouldn't have acted like that, but Bee, he's doing this to get back at me. He can't accept the fact that I won, and he lost." Cyborg stood up and placed his hands on her shoulders, squeezing them slightly. Bumblebee's eyes narrowed, and Cyborg could swear he saw them flash dark gold. He took a step back, and his mouth dropped open, and his arms fell to his side.
Bumblebee stood up straighter, shoulders back, chest out. Fists clenched at her sides, and her condemning eyes fixed solely on Cyborg. A black and gold goddess stood before him, and he had angered her.
"Lost? Won?" Her voice was low and threatening, completely in control. "Is this a game to you? Who can win my heart? I am not a prize to be won, Victor Stone, and I will not stand to be treated as a trophy. Until you can figure out what I really mean to you, we are finished." She spun away from him and stormed towards the bathroom. She needed to calm down.
Cyborg felt his knees give out from under him, what had he done?
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"So who do you think will win in a fight? Green Lantern or the Martian?" Robin tried from his side of the room. Even after hearing the conversation, he knew that being enemies with his roommate would guarantee a year full of terrible memories and without a doubt one of them, or both, being kicked out of the school. Permanently.
Speedy glanced at him, tearing his eyes away from The Way of the Samurai, the world's most boring autobiography. "Green Lantern hands down." He said after a pause of silence. Speedy knew also what having a roommate as an enemy meant and wouldn't spoil his chances of becoming leader by being stubborn. As long as Robin didn't find out, they might as well have handed him the position right now.
But Speedy didn't know what Robin knew, and Robin knew far more than Speedy.
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Her hands cupped the water and let it drop. Sighing, Bumblebee remembered her non-water proof eyeliner and quickly dismissed the idea of splashing the liquid on her face. Turning the facet off, Bumblebee dried her hands on of paper towels. A sniffle came from the back stall, and then a choked sob echoed through the mostly emptied bathroom. Looking around, she saw no one who looked like the owner of the voice, only three girls, two blondes and a red head laughing together as they reapplied their basic makeup.
One of the girls, a blond looked up and saw Bumblebee's eyes searching the stalls. She smiled and walked over, her friends giving her confused looks. She heard the song outside change to Dynamite by Taio Cruz.
"Hey, you're Bumblebee right? The one who made the entrance to Black and Gold?" Her voice was high, so she was still pretty young, Bumblebee guessed no more than a sophomore, junior at best. Bumblebee nodded curtly not really interested in her. The girl bounced up and down. "That's so cool! I heard that you were like, the best female fighter in this whole school, and that you only have two other girls that can match your skill. Starfire and Raven."
"Um, I guess." Bumblebee wasn't entirely sure how to react to the girl's claim. There was another sob, but the echo made it impossible to tell where it came from. "Where is that coming from?"
"Oh, the crying? It's some poor freshman, we tried to get her out but," the girl shrugged. "I'm Diamond Snake by the way." She stuck her hand out, and Bumblebee automatically took it.
"Diamond Snake?"
"Yeah, I can enter peoples subconscious, and I'm able to wrap around them in my snake form and change their thoughts as I please." She giggled. Bumblebee quirked an eyebrow.
"Come on Dia! The boys are waiting!" The red head yelled. Diamond Snake shrugged and ran out of the room. Another sob, less muffled this time. The person must not have realized she was still here.
"Hello?" Bumblebee called, the echo bouncing her words right back at her. She pushed the stalls door opened as she walked, each one empty. The sobbing had stopped completely now, and there was the ruffle of a skirt. Bumblebee walked to the last door and opened it.
"Kole? What happened?" She gasped, wrapping her arms around the depressed child. The sobs started again as Kole clutched her shoulder and relayed the entire story.
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"Hey Jinx, have you seen Kole?" Kid Flash stood with Jinx's back to him, and she outwardly smirked. So the poor dear had believed her after all and run off in unnecessary misery. Jinx felt a pull of guilt at her words but dismissed them when she turned her eyes to Kid Flash who was paying complete attention to her.
Jinx had dreamed to be the center of his attention, the sun that he needed to survive; if only for a moment. And now she was, and she'd be damned if she let a little guilt stop her from getting the boy she wanted.
"I saw her a few seconds ago at the punch bowl, but she walked off, and I haven't seen her since." She answered, the words spilling out of her mouth. Jinx didn't mean to lie, but that wasn't a lie, was it? After all, Jinx had seen Kole at the punch bowl, and after their little chat, Kole left, and Jinx hadn't seen her since. Kid Flash sighed, running two gloved fingers through rose red locks.
"Well, I should keep looking then, see you Jinx." Kid Flash waved and turned his back to her, walking as he scanned the crowd.
"Kid!" Jinx yelled and felt her stomach twist as she searched her brain for something to say. Something to cover her impulsive action and make it look planned. "We could look together." Oops, that wasn't supposed to come out. Jinx mentally smacked herself but kept her composure on the outside; adding a concerned expression for special effect.
"Really?" Kid Flash's face began to glow. He was by her side instantly, their arms interlocked as he led her forward. A slight blush was noticeable on her pale cheeks. "Thanks Jinx, you're the best."
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Bumblebee was not mad.
She was furious.
First, her boy friend and best friend go at each other. Then, she breaks up with her boyfriend because of his possessive comments. Now, she finds a freshman, sweet Kole to be specific, bawling her eyes out over a lie that she was to innocent to decipher as a lie. Best night of her life, right?
Oh yes, she was angry, and all that anger was being directed towards finding the pink haired wrench. Bumblebee walked on the outskirts of the dancers searching for light pink hair, and if she was lucky a red haired gentlemen looking for his date.
But just her luck, that's not what she finds. Nope she finds the exact opposite: The red haired gentlemen looking for his girl, and a witch trying to slow dance with him to a slow beat instrumental that no one could name, but no one really cared.
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Jinx pulled lightly on the sleeve of Kid Flash's suit, asking him for a quick dance. Kid Flash smiled sadly at her and said it would have to wait until they found Kole. She turned her head away and sighed in defeat and pretended to scan the crowd for the girl.
A flash of gold caught her eye, and Jinx, like Cyborg, found the eyes of an angry goddess focused on her. Jinx looked away, but she didn't understand why. She wasn't afraid of Bumblebee. Jinx smirked, that's right she wasn't. Turning her head back, she caught the goddess' eye and stuck her tongue out, pulling her body closer to Kid Flash's arm.
Bumblebee was upon her in a moment, prying her away with difficulty. Kid Flash jumped. He thought he was the only one in the school that could move that fast, besides Mas y Menos of course. The three stood in a ragged triangle, each face with a different expression; confused, angry, and smug.
"What do you think you're doing?" Hissed Bumblebee in a low voice. Kid Flash squirmed at the intense aura that radiated off the two girls.
"Helping Kid Flash find Kole…." Jinx retorted smoothly. The words after 'Kole' were lost to the wind, the music plucking it easily away before anyone could fully digest what she had said. A wave of disappointment flooded her momentarily as the slow song stopped and Telephone by Lady Gaga skipped to the middle of the song, and the bass was amplified to the max, making the walls, tables and floors vibrate in beat of the song.
"Well, if you were really helping him, you could tell him that his date was really in the bathroom crying her eyes out after your little stunt." Bumblebee snapped, her voice in a yell to be heard over the music. Kid Flash felt a click in his mind but didn't have all the pieces yet to make a logical guess. He turned to Jinx for the answers.
"Jinx, what does she mean? What stunt?" He asked slowly, his voice full of confusion. Jinx felt her heart flip. Oh how he sounded like a confused child. She just wanted to scoop him up in her arms and cuddle him, telling him answers of the universe.
"Yeah, Jinx tell him." Bumblebee narrowed her eyes in disgust when she noticed the dreamy look Jinx gave Kid Flash. She was infatuated with him, that explained her actions towards Kole, and her actions when Bumblebee had first found them, and her words.
"What do you're doing?"
"Helping Kid Flash find Kole, even if it may be a lost cause, because there is someone else who will have his affection before the night's done."
"Nothing Kid, she's just blabbering gossip she heard in the bathroom." She said coldly. Jinx knew she would be caught soon. It would be best to leave now, to cut her losses and take the good memories she had. But Jinx wanted more, and she wanted Kid Flash, under the flashing black and white lights, and the colorful dots spinning on the floor and through her hair.
"Kid, you've got to go get Kole, she's bawling her eyes out in there." Bumblebee pleaded, her eyes snapping over to the young man. Jinx winced, and they were slowly pushed towards the refreshment booth where the music was a bit dimmer and less people crowded the air.
"I have no idea what either one of you are talking about!" Kid Flash exploded, clutching his hair in his fists. "Where's Kole?"
"I'm here." A small timid voice said from behind them. Kole had finally come out of the stall. Her usual optimistic expression was solemn. The small layer of eyeliner on her face was a bit smudged but barely noticeable. Kid Flash looked at Jinx, and she flinched away from the understanding, hurt, and disappointment in his eyes. No…her perfect moment was shattered.
"I'm not. I don't know what Bumblebee here is blabbering about," Jinx slurred her name a bit, mocking the other girl. She decided that she would at least leave with her dignity and began to walk away. "But I refuse to be accused of something I had nothing to do with. Good day to you all."
Bumblebee pursed her lips at the girl. Could she really let her get away after everything she had done? Not with just Kole, but the constant insulting of Raven and herself, the never-ending battles with Starfire. Bumblebee knew that Jinx wouldn't stop until she got what she wanted, and what she wanted was Kid Flash. Glancing over at said boy, she observed him hastily apologizing and reassuring Kole that this wasn't a pity date. Bumblebee's eyes narrowed at the girl, and let out a tired breath and made up her mind.
Jinx felt somewhat depressed at her lost moment with Kid Flash. It was all Bumblebee's fault. If she hadn't come along and ruined everything, maybe she would've gotten her dance with Kid Flash, but she'd never know now. Jinx added Kole and Bumblebee to her list of people she disliked on Team Falcon. It now consisted of Kole, Bumblebee, Starfire, Raven, Panthera, Beast Boy, Ms. Gypsy, Speedy, Robin, Mas y Menos… To make a long list short, it included everyone except Kid Flash and on occasions, Cyborg. Jinx grunted as she pushed a stray lock of bubble gum hair from her face. Oh well, at least she still had-
Jinx felt a tug on her foot, and a black shoe with a single, yellow strap across the top was between her feet. Her hands instinctively flew forward and grabbed the cloth on the table as she fell. Twisting, she landed on her side, and the white cloth with orange flowers on the edges was yanked from the table, and all its contents with it. Jinx felt the cold red drink splash onto her upper body. Her mascara, foundation, and eye liner began to drip onto the floor as it ran down her face. Cups assaulted her legs, not hurting her, but some were still full and stained her stockings with the rosy liquid. Chocolate chip and sugar cookies shattered as they hit the floor; crumbs exploding on her and sticking to her drenched dress. Her clear Hex Pink lip stick smudged against the table cloth, effectively ruining her makeup. Her dress clung to her skin from the weight of the punch and chaffed her skin as she sat up.
The entire hall was silent except for the gasp that lately escaped Kole's lips. Bumblebee cocked an eyebrow at Lightning (A/N: I bet you thought Bumblebee tripped her didn't you? Ha you have to give me credit for that fake out!) who had overheard the conversation and decided to get payback since he knew Kole was too innocent, and Bumbebee was too rational.
Jinx looked up at the crowd around her. Everyone had either a look of amusement or pity in their eyes. Jinx hated it. She tried one last time to save some of her reputation and stood up. Her foot swished from under her, and she fell back down. The hall erupted in laughter.
"Jinx," Kid Flash held a hand out to help her up. Jinx felt tears well in her eyes when she looked at him. His normally care-free and friendly eyes were guarded and emotionless as they looked at her. She could take the laughter, she could take the humiliation, heck she could even take the amused smirk on Bumblebee's lips, but the way he looked at her destroyed her, and she busted into tears.
She couldn't take it, she didn't belong in Falcon. Anger started to rise in her stomach, and she clenched her fists. This wasn't her fault! It was Starfire's! Yes, if she hadn't made that false call, then they would have won. If they had won, Jinx would have been able to feel confident enough to ask out Kid Flash, before Kole, the guppie, could. Starfire had made the others dislike her since, if someone as sweet, perfect, and unjudging as Starfire could dislike her, she had to be a terrible person. That's what everyone thought, and everyone included Kid Flash. In fact this was his fault as well. If only he had seen the signs, realized that she was the one he deserved….
"Get away from me!" She growled, slapping his hand away. Her eyes vibrated pink, and the balloons all popped without warning. The laughter died down, and Jinx stood up. "This is all your fault," she snapped at him and spun on her heels and walked towards the exit.
"Jinx wait," Kid Flash's voice was somewhat concerned but for the most part uncaring. It shattered the last of Jinx's hope.
"I'm going to ask the Council to transfer me to Team Wasp as soon as possible. I can't take you or any of the other losers on Team Falcon anymore!" With that she slammed the door and walked out.
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Ms. Gypsy stood on the roof looking down at the Hex girl and closed her eyes. She was right. She knew that Jinx wasn't the right match for Team Falcon, and she wasn't the right person to teach her. But she knew who was, and that person was the strict leader of Team Wasp. A woman who even Ms. Gypsy felt weary around and questioned the Justice Leagues' decision on allowing her to join their ranks and teach their future. Madame Rouge.