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Mount Justice
September 14, 14:18 EDT
Mia was in her room doing a random sketch when she hears cluttering coming from Conner's room. She heads out of her room and walks across the hall.
She gently knocks on the door "Hey Con. You good?"
The door opens and Mia hides her smile behind her hand. Conner frowns at her for a bit before heading back inside his room. Mia took that as a sign to come in and help. She looks around to see his desk cluttered with hair dye and towels littered the floor.
"Come on Con. Let's make you a blond."
Mia places him on a chair, got the dye ready, puts on gloves and starts dying his hair. As she does his hair, Conner squirms a little bit which caught Mia's attention.
"Conner you're going to be fine. I just need you to promise me something."
"What?"
"Just be careful in there, ok? I don't want to hear that you and Meg didn't make it. I swear, I'll bring you back to life myself just so I can give you an ass whooping. Do I make myself clear?"
Conner lightly chuckles "Yes."
"Good. There all done, just wait for about 45 minutes then you can wash it out."
"Thanks Mia."
"Your welcome. Now if you'll excuse me, I think I hear a pint of cookie dough ice cream calling my name" and she leaves his room.
Mia walks into the kitchen, takes out the pint of ice cream from the freezer and hops onto the island then starts eating the ice cream. Unknowingly, Mia starts daydreaming about a certain sandy brown hair, blue eyed guy named Andy and a smile appears on her face.
"What are you smiling about?"
Mia shrieks in surprise. She turns around to see Robin walking over.
"Play it cool, don't let him know" "N-nothing."
"Nothing huh? Then why did you stutter just now? Hmm?"
"O-oh I-I just-"
"Heh. You can't fool me Mia, I know something's up. Is it something or someone?"
The tips of Mia's ear got red and she looks away from Robin. Robin notices and a smirk forms on his face.
"So it is a guy. Who is it?"
"How should I know? I just met the guy on the first day of school. All I know is his first name but I'm not telling you what it is."
"I'll find out sooner or later."
"Find out what Rob?" Wally asks walking in drinking a soda.
"Oh shit" Mia groans.
"The name of the guy Mia has a crush on."
Wally does a spit take "WHAT?!"
"Shut up, Wally" Mia retorts.
"No no no. Don't you 'Shut up, Wally' me. Who's the guy? What's his name? Where does he go to school?" Wally demanded acting like an overprotective brother.
"He's just some guy who helped me open my locker and gave me some pointers in art class. That's all."
Robin gives her a weird look. "Since when do you need help in art?"
"Give me a canvas, some paint and I'm good to go but place a chunk of clay in front me and tell me to make a vase and I got jack squat. I was never great at pottery, that's why I don't dabble in it."
"If he does anything to hurt you, he'll have to deal with us" Robin points to Wally and himself.
"Sure Rob, but only after I put the fear of God in him" Mia says calmly.
"And here I thought you and Roy had a thing going" Wally casually comments.
"What?!" Mia hops off the island and glares at Wally "Don't you ever say that again. There's no way in hell that I will ever date a guy that has no respect for his friends, treats the rest of us like crap, thinks he's better than all of us, who's also an egocentric narcissistic ass that doesn't care about anyone but himself. If I ever hear you say that again, I'll send you so far into space that not even the Green Lanterns would be able to find you. Capisce?"
Wally rigorously nods and Mia struts out of the kitchen. When they knew Mia was far away, a knowing look passed on each of their faces.
"She totally likes him" Robin states.
"Yeah, she does. I mean she doesn't call just anyone an 'egocentric narcissistic ass' unless she really likes the guy" Wally concludes.
"Now all we have to do is wait and see who she'll pick: Roy or Art guy."
"My money's on Roy."
"I think it's Art guy."
"I guess we'll have to find out" Wally shrugs.
New Orleans
September 14, 16:53 CDT
The Terror Twins were thrown into a warehouse where the Mardi Gras floats are stored. Kaldur and Tornado quickly place inhibitor collars on them while Mia faced them.
"That don't feel right" Tommy spoke in a southern accent.
"It ain't supposed to sugar" Mia tells him in the same accent.
"My strength…But I done just gone toe to toe with Superman."
"Congratulations. It's more quality time than he's ever given me" Conner states dressed up as Tommy Terror.
Mia glances behind her and nods "You look good as a blond."
Conner doesn't respond.
M'gann walks over to Tuppence and touches her shoulder.
"Got your inspiration, Sister Tuppence?" Conner asks like Tommy.
M'gann quickly changes into Tuppence "I believe I do, Brother Tommy."
"Somebody tell me what's going on?" the real Tommy asks.
"It's simple. They're under arrest" Batman answers as he puts inhibitor collars on Conner and M'gann.
Before the couple was taken away, Mia whispers "Remember your promise Con" and he slightly nods.
Happy Harbor
September 17, 08:30 EDT
Mia was sitting at her desk during Mr. Carr's class and couldn't help but feel nervous for M'gann and Conner. "Please let them be alright."
"Hey" Mia turns to see Marvin whispering at her "Where's Megan and Conner?"
"They're out sick. Conner's got a fever and Megan has a stomach bug. Hopefully they'll be back in school soon."
Marvin nods and both turned their attention back to the lesson.
For the rest of the day, Mia couldn't help but feel a sense of dread in the pit of her stomach. It wasn't until art class that she knew something happened to M'gann and Conner. She was moving some glass jars from the table to the shelf when one of them suddenly breaks and cuts up her hand.
"Ow!" Mia holds her hand in pain.
Andy rushes over with a clean cloth and takes her to the sink. He wets the cloth then gently cleans her wound and she didn't make a peep.
"She's pretty calm for someone who has a deep cut in their hand" "Are you ok?"
"Oh sure, never better. I've always enjoyed getting bloody cuts in my hands" Mia spat out.
Andy looks at her in shock. Mia sighs and looks away.
"I'm sorry Andy. I didn't mean to get all snarky at you."
"Don't worry about it. Besides, I was asking about how you were feeling, not about the cut."
"Why would you ask that?"
"You seem distant today."
"I'm just worried about my cousin and best friend. They're out sick."
"Don't worry, I'm sure they'll feel better soon."
"Thanks Andy" she smiles at him.
He looks back at her hand and saw that it won't stop bleeding.
"Let's get you to the nurse" Andy wraps a dry cloth around her hand tightly and takes her to the nurse's office.
When they arrived at the office, the nurse cleans out Mia's wound and dresses it. The couple spent the remaining time in the office since they won't be missing much in class.
"Guess now's the perfect time to ask" "Hey Amy."
"Yeah?"
"The football coach wants you to come to practice today after school."
"Why does the football coach want to see me?"
"Because he saw you throw that beautiful perfect pass at Ben and he was impressed. He wants to see what else you can do."
"Jeez I don't know Andy, I…wait a minute. How'd you know about that?"
He nervously chuckles "I may or may not have been there when you threw that football."
"Wait, you're on the football team?" "He's pulling my leg. There's no way that he's on the team."
"Yeah, I am."
"Huh."
"What?"
"You don't seem like the kind of guy that joins the football team."
"Why? Because I'm an art nerd?" Andy frowns a little.
"That's not the reason" he glances at her and sees a smile "Andy, you're such a gentleman and a caring, sweet guy. I don't see how a kind guy like you is on a team filled with meatlugs with no brains."
Andy laughs for a bit before calming down. He wipes away a stray tear and smiles at Mia.
"I'm just on the team with my best bud. I tried out and apparently I'm really good at football."
"Oh."
Mia looks down at her bandaged hand and decides to study the intricate details of the bandage. Andy takes her bandaged hand and gently rubs the back of it with his thumb.
"Amy" she looks up at him "You don't have to be sorry for thinking like that. Besides, I think you're sweet too."
"Thanks Andy."
They continued to hold hands until the bell rang. Both were startled by the sound and quickly let go of each others hand.
"So, um, how about coming to practice today?"
"Sounds good. I don't have anything to change into but maybe I can ask Wendy if she's got some spare clothes."
"Great, I'll see you soon."
"Yeah, see ya."
Andy leaves the nurses office, leaving Mia alone. She pulls out her phone to send a quick text to Tornado that she'll be coming back to the cave later. Soon she heads to the girl's locker room where Wend would be. When she entered, Mia finds Wendy talking to the rest of the cheerleaders.
"Hey Wendy" Wendy turns and smiles at her.
"Hi Amy."
"So this might be completely random but do you have some spare workout clothes I can borrow? It's for-"
"For the football tryout that Coach Brown wants you to do" Wendy finishes.
"Wait, how did you hear about that?"
"The whole school knows about it" Wendy states.
"Yeah girl, almost everyone is coming out to watch."
"Say what?" Mia visibly pales.
"Karen stop scaring her" Wendy chides.
"Girl you got this. Don't sweat it" Karen encourages.
"Karen's right Amy. Now, go change and we'll walk you out."
Wendy hands her the clothes and Mia starts changing. She changes into a purple sports bra, running shorts and a gray sleeveless t-shirt. When she finished, she looks at the girls nervously.
"What if I mess up? Everyone will make fun of me for the rest of my high school career. Maybe I shouldn't do this."
Mia turns to leave but Wendy and Karen stopped her.
"Amy, you can do this" Karen states.
"If Megan was here today, she'd tell you that you'll be fine and go have fun. All of us will be right behind you" Wendy gestures to the entire cheerleading team.
"Why would you do that? I'm not part of the cheerleading team. I'm not a Bumble Bee."
"Amy" Wendy places her hands on her shoulders "You might not be a cheerleader but you are a Bumble Bee and that makes you part of the team."
Mia nods and a look of determination appears on her face. The rest of the girls opened the doors and Mia walks outside with her head up and back straight. A roar of cheers caught Mia off guard and she winces a little in pain. "That might be getting some use to."
Mia walks up to Coach Brown with a smile. "Here goes nothing."
Brown turns to see Mia behind him. "So you must be Amy Chester, the girl with the perfect spiral."
"Yes sir Coach Brown."
"Perfect. Now I'm warning you, I won't go easy on you just because you're a girl."
"I wouldn't have it any other way coach."
"Glad to hear" *clears throat* "Quit dawdling Chester and move your ass. Now!"
"Sir yes sir" Mia salutes and runs to the middle of the field where the rest of the football players are.
Brown puts Mia through the same regime as the other players and she's doing a great job. Her tackles are flawless and the guys were surprised that Mia could tackle guys twice her size. When she blocks, the guys have a hard time trying to knock her down. While Mia's doing a great job, Coach Brown takes down notes and nods in approval.
"This girl's amazing. She'll be a great addition to the team." He blows the whistle and the team gathers around him.
"Hope I'm doing ok" Mia glances at Brown nervously.
"Great practice guys. Now before I send you home, everyone here has to catch at least one pass from Chester. Got it?" everyone nods "Good, go!"
Brown walks with Mia while carrying a bag of footballs. When they reached the end zone, Brown hands her the first ball and yells "Suarez you're up first!"
Suarez runs and Mia waits until he was at the 50 yard line to throw the ball to him. He catches it then runs off to the side so the next player would go. This went on for a bit as nearly every player was able to catch the ball except for four guys: Andy, George, Sean and Jacob. Andy's the last one in line while George, Sean and Jacob are repeats.
"Simmons!"
Andy walks up and before he makes the run, Andy winks at her. Mia froze for a few seconds then throws the ball. "Damn it Andy. Why did you have to wink at me?" Mia saw that Andy caught it and smiles at him as he leaves the field.
When the repeats were finally done, Coach Brown places his hand on her shoulder, proud that she did good.
"Great job Chester. Meet me in my office tomorrow before practice."
"Yes sir."
Brown nods and leaves Mia. Before she could do anything, Andy wraps her in his arms and lifts her then twirls her for a bit.
"That was amazing Amy!" Andy still had her up in the air.
"Um thanks Andy….hey Andy" she whispers.
"Yeah?"
"C-can you, um, maybe put me down?"
Andy realized that Mia was still up in the air and he blushes profusely. He quickly puts her back down and steps back a bit.
"S-sorry" he sheepishly smiles.
"It's ok" she smiles back.
The couple continued to look at each other ignoring the rest of the world until it was broken by Wendy, Karen and Ben.
"Come on Amy. Let's get you cleaned up" Wendy says.
She takes one arm while Karen takes the other and they practically had to drag her away from Andy.
Ben pushes Andy away "Dude, we've got to go."
When Mia was in the girl's locker room, Wendy, Karen and the other cheerleaders surrounded her and bombarded her with questions.
"Are you and Andy dating?"
"Is he going to ask you out?
"Are you going to ask him out?"
"When did you first meet?"
"What are you going to wear on your first date?"
"Whoa! Hold up!"
Mia raises her hands and they stopped talking. She takes a deep breath before speaking.
"I don't have the answers to those questions except for one of them" the girls leaned in "We met on the first day of school when he helped me open my locker."
"That's it?" Karen asks.
"What did you expect? It wasn't something like:
'There were just a few minutes before class started and I couldn't open my locker. I was in distress and I didn't want to be late for class when suddenly this bright light shined behind me. I turn to see my knight in shinning armor. He was taller than I, towering 3 inches above me, his hair the color of a sandy beach, his eyes bluer than blue and his smile made me weak in the knees as I'm star struck by how genuine his smile is. He tells me his name and I tell him mine. Noticing that I was in distress, he offers a helping hand and I accept. He opens my locker and I thanked him. He offers to walk me to back to my class. I accept his offer. We walked to my class in blissful silence and when we arrived, we bid each other farewell and went our separate ways.'
Were you expecting something like that?"
Mia looks at the girls and didn't like the looks on their faces. Every cheerleader had love stricken looks on each of their faces. Together they let out a collective sigh then went back to normal. Mia laughs nervously as the girls started to surround her. "Oh shit." The girls started acting like obsessed fangirls. "This might take a while."
In the guy's locker room, George, Sean and Jacob talked privately.
"We need to take care of her" Jacob states.
"There's no way in hell that I'm playing on the same team as that chick" Sean adds.
"Dudes, what if Brown makes her the new QB?" Jacob wonders.
"If she's the new QB then I'm quitting the team. George, what do you think?"
"I think that if she does end up as our new QB then we'll just have to teach her a lesson she'll never forget. Hopefully that'll be enough to make her quit the team."
George cracks his knuckles as a sneer forms on his face. Jacob and Sean made the same faces. "There's no way that some random chick is going to take my position from me" George thought as he comes up with a plan to deal with Mia.