When Jasmine woke up, Dick was gone. She frowned and looked at the time her alarm clock. 9:30 P.M.. She should start getting ready to meet Robin at the skyscraper. Jasmine got up to get dressed. She walked to her closet.
Jasmine had gone shopping for her new outfit, and she thought it was perfect. It was a long-sleeved sky blue leotard that went up the her neck with white leggings, black combat boots, a black leather jacket, a belt for any gadgets, and last but definitely not least, a plain black masquerade mask. She found a motorcycle online that she liked as well: it was also sky blue, along with the helmet.
After Jasmine put her mask on, she went out to the skyscraper.
FF to skyscraper.
When Jasmine got to the skyscraper, she looked around for Robin. When she didn't see him, she called out. "Robin?"
Jasmine suddenly felt a presence behind her and did a back-flip, pulling out a knife and pressing it against the person's neck. Jasmine heard a familiar chuckle, and relaxed. "I see you've been keeping sharp, Jaz."
Jasmine put the knife back in her belt and glared at Robin. "Robin! You startled me, I thought you were some bad guy."
Robin placed a hand over his heart. "Do I look like a bad guy, Jaz?"
Jasmine raised an eyebrow. "Is that a rhetorical question?"
Robin rolled his eyes and wrapped an arm around Jasmine's shoulders as the two sat on the edge of the skyscraper. For a while, they sat in silence. Robin looked at Jasmine. "Sing for me?"
Jasmine blushed. "I-I'm not sure…"
Robin pouted. "Pleeeeeaaaaase? For me?"
Jasmine laughed. "Fine. One song."
Robin smiled victoriously while Jasmine thought about which song she should sing, then remembered a song that reminded her of her parents. Jasmine began humming the tune.
(What Hurts The Most by Rascal Flatts)
I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house
That don't bother me
I can take a few tears now and then and just let them out
I'm not afraid to cry every once in a while
Even though going on with you gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again I pretend I'm okay
But that's not what gets me
What hurts the most
Was being so close
And having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was tryin' to do
It's hard to deal with the pain of losing you everywhere I go
But I'm doin' it
It's hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I'm alone
Still harder
Getting up, getting dressed, livin' with this regret
But I know if I could do it over
I would trade give away all the words that I saved in my heart
That I left unspoken
What hurts the most
Was being so close
And having so much to say (much to say)
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do, oh
What hurts the most
Was being so close
And having so much to say (to say)
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do
Not seeing that loving you
That's what I was trying to do
Jasmine finished singing the last tune, and realized she had been crying. Robin must have seen it too, because he reached over and wiped her tears away. "You were thinking about your parents, weren't you?"
Jasmine nodded as Robin pulled her into a hug, covering her with his cape protectively while she sobbed into his chest. Robin felt a wet spot on his shirt from Jasmine's tears, but he didn't care. He just wanted her to feel safe. Robin held her tighter. "You can always talk to me. I'll be here."
Jasmine continued sobbing, while Robin began running his hands down her hair, whispering words of comfort to her. Eventually Jasmine calmed down, but Robin still held her, rocking back and forth. "Robin?" Jasmine asked meekly.
Robin looked down into Jasmine's green eyes. "Yea?"
"Thanks for making me feel better." Robin smiled down at her. "Hey, what are friends for?"
Jasmine nodded, resting back against Robin's chest. "Can you answer a question honestly for me, please?"
Robin tensed. "Jasmine, before you say anything, I am going to tell you who I am. Just not yet. I'll let you know when its time, but…"
Jasmine looked up at him. "But what?"
Robin looked at her uncertainly. "Can you please promise me that you'll still be my best friend and not be mad at me? I've wanted to tell you who I am for a while now, but Batman wouldn't let me…"
Jasmine smiled. "Ok, but I can't promise I won't be mad. But I will still be your best friend."
Robin sighed in relief. "But, you do owe me two."
Robin's head shot up, confused. "What? Why?"
Jasmine looked up at him. "Well, one for my asterous performance and one for giving you a great time with the famous Blue Jay."
Robin smirked at her. "Touché."
Jasmine smiled, eyes closed, and rested against Robin, who wrapped his arms and cape around her protectively. The two sat like that for God knows how long, until Robin's com beeped. Robin pressed his ear.
"Robin here. Go ahead."
"Dude! Where are you? I thought we were gonna play video games tonight!"
Robin paled. He had forgotten that he had promised Wally that he would play video games with him later. "Um, KF? I'm kinda busy right now."
"Kinda busy? What could possibly be more important than playing video games with your best bro? Other than fighting, which I know you're not doing because I can't hear any fighting in the background."
Robin gulped. "Well…"
"Wait, is Jasmine there?"
Robin paled more. "What? Pssh, no! What would ever make you think that?"
"…Dude, seriously?"
Robin looked down at Jasmine's now sleeping form. "Ok, maybe she is."
"Oh my freaking gosh, man! You've got it so bad for her!"
Robin's face blossomed red. "Shutup."
"Dude, you seriously need to bring her to the Cave sometime to meet the Team."
"After Batman tests her. Then, I can tell her everything. My identity, the Team, our missions…everything." Robin heard Wally sigh on the other end of the line.
"Fine, but you gotta bring her this week. Otherwise, I'm dragging you both there. Hey, does she have any powers?"
Robin shook his head slowly. "None that I know of."
"Is she hot?"
Robin got mad. "WALLY!"
Wally laughed. "I'm only kidding, dude. Chill."
Jasmine began to stir. Robin rolled his eyes irritably. "Great job, KF. You made me wake her up."
"Wait, are you sleeping with her?!"
Robin blushed madly. "No, you idiot! Jaz and I are up on a skyscraper and she fell asleep! Gosh, Wally."
Robin could hear Wally laughing uncontrollably, then Artemis asking what was so funny. "KF, don't you dare-"
"Robin's sleeping with his girlfriend, Jasmine!"
Robin felt his face on fire. "No I'm not!"
He heard Artemis' laugh in the background. Jasmine looked up at him. "Robin? Who are you talking to?"
Robin smiled down at her. "Just some crazy friends of mine. Sorry I woke you up."
Jasmine smiled and was immediately awake. "Can I meet them?"
Robin paled and his mouth went dry. "Um, I don't think that's a good idea…"
"Why not? We'd love to meet your girlfriend!" Robin felt his face grow hot again. "Dude! Not cool!"
Jasmine tilted her head to the side. "Why not?"
Robin looked at her, unsure of what to say. "Well, they-they're kinda…weird. And loud, very loud."
Jasmine's smile grew bigger. "That's good!"
Robin groaned. He didn't have many options here. If he brought Jasmine to the Cave, the Team would tease him and her for who knows how long. But if he didn't bring Jasmine to the Cave, she might not be happy. Jasmine looked up at him. "Pleeeeaaaase, Robin?"
Jasmine began giving him her best puppy eyes. Robin tried to look away, but her green orbs captivated him. Robin sighed. "Fine, I'll introduce to them. Later."
Jasmine smiled. "Yes!"
Robin smiled back at her, then something occurred to him. "Wait, where did you learn the puppy eyes from?"
Jasmine smiled up at him. "It was Dick's idea."
Robin laughed. It was true, he did teach her that today. "Okay. Well, do you want to go get some ice cream?"
Jasmine nodded eagerly. "Okay, lets go."
"Aw, little Rob is taking his girlfriend out to get ice cream! He's growing up so fast!" Robin turned red. He had forgotten that he'd left his com on. "Dude! Seriously?!"
Robin heard Artemis and Wally laughing their heads off in the background. Robin rolled his eyes and turned his com off, pulling out his grappling gun. He shot it to the next building, then turned to Jasmine. "You coming?"
Jasmine nodded, putting her hands around his waist. "Hang on!"
Robin and Jasmine began swinging through Gotham, Jasmine whooping like crazy. Robin smiled the whole way there. Soon they arrived at Baskin Robins. Something occurred to Robin and he smirked. "Look, Jaz! Someone named an ice cream place after me!"
Jasmine rolled her eyes and pushed him playfully. Robin widened his eyes in mock surprise, then shoved her back. This continued for a while, until Jasmine said, "Enough, I want that ice cream you promised me."
Robin chuckled. "Fine, lets go inside."
The two entered the building as they received numerous stares. Jasmine ordered strawberry and Robin ordered mint chocolate-chip. Robin looked around at the people staring at them. "You'd think that they'd never seen two vigilantes going out for ice cream," he said as they walked out of the building.
Jasmine gave him a flat look. "Probably because they've never seen two vigilantes go out for ice cream before, Robin."
Robin mock glared at her. "Don't give me that attitude. How was I supposed to know that they've never seen it before?"
The two glared at each other for a while before bursting into laughter. After they calmed down, they swung back to the skyscraper, pints of ice cream in hand.
Soon they came to the skyscraper and sat down on the edge, Jasmine swinging her legs happily as she ate her strawberry ice cream. Robin smiled at how childish she was being. Jasmine saw him staring at her and blushed. "What?"
Robin continued to smile at her. "Its just, how childish you're being. Its just really cute."
Jasmine raised an eyebrow. "You think I'm cute?"
Robin felt his face go red for the third or fourth time that night. "No! I mean, you're not ugly. I mean, you're…argh!"
Robin put his face in his hands, embarrassed beyond belief as Jasmine laughed her head off. "Its ok, Robin! I get it. I was just teasing you."
Robin looked up and tried to glare at her, but failed miserably. Instead, a smile blossomed across his face. Jasmine smiled back, then continued eating her ice cream and looking at the view, swinging her legs. Robin began eating his mint chocolate-chip ice cream.
After a while, Robin looked over at Jasmine then her ice cream. Jasmine caught him staring, and offered him a spoonful of strawberry ice cream. "Want a bite?"
Robin nodded and Jasmine smiled. "Open up." Robin opened his mouth and ate the ice cream Jasmine offered. "Is it good?"
Robin nodded, enjoying the flavor. When he swallowed, Robin offered her some of his ice cream. "Do you want to try mine?"
Jasmine nodded with a curious look on her face. "I've never tried mint-chocolate chip before."
Robin widened his eyes at her. "Seriously?"
Jasmine gave him a sheepish smile, shaking her head. Robin smiled back, holding the spoon up. "Here."
Robin placed the spoon in her mouth, then pulled it back out. Jasmine closed her eyes, savoring the delicious ice cream. "Did you like it?"
Jasmine nodded, still not swallowing. Robin chuckled. Then, Robin's com beeped. Robin smiled sheepishly at Jasmine. "Sorry, this'll take just a sec."
Robin pressed his com. "Robin. Go ahead."
"Robin! We need help, the Cave's been attacked! We need all the help we can get, now!" Robin sighed. "Wally, I know you want to meet Jasmine, but seriously-"
"Get here NOW! Batman's orders!" The com went dead. Robin remembered Batman saying that Jasmine would be tested soon, so he looked at Jasmine. Jasmine frowned. "Whats wrong?"
"That was Wally, and he said the Cave is being attacked. We need all the help we can get. You in?" Jasmine's face brightened and she nodded eagerly. Robin smiled. It was nice that Jasmine wanted to help, even if was just a test.
Robin shot his grappling gun to the next roof and he and Jasmine swung to the nearest zeta beam. Robin turned to Jasmine. "Wait until I tell you to go, then you follow me. Okay?"
Jasmine nodded in acknowledgement. Robin smiled and walked into the zeta tube. "Robin, B01."
Robin looked around in the Cave. Batman and the Team were waiting in the mission room. Robin walked up to them. "Okay, how is this gonna work?"
Batman turned to him. "You are going to be captured and everyone else will be disguised as villains. I will be monitoring from the rec room."
Batman walked off, while the rest of the team got ready. Soon, everyone was dressed as a villain. Artemis and Wally were dressed in all black, like members of the League of Shadows. Miss Martian and Superboy were the Terror Twins. Aqualad was with Batman in the rec room, so he could analyze as team leader. Zatanna was Cheshire.
Robin was chained to a wall somewhere in the cave. A camera was in the room, with Cheshire(Zatanna) and her sai, who's job was to 'scare' Robin and Jasmine. Wally and Artemis guarded the door. The others were stationed in the living room of the cave, with the camera feed of Robin on the TV.
Robin's com beeped. He knew it was Jasmine. Robin nodded to Zatanna to put the plan in motion. "Well, what do you have here, Robin?"
She looked at the com. "You tell whoever that is to come here and there is no problem. Got it?" She pressed the com and held it out to him. "Robin? Is it all clear?"
Robin looked at Zatanna for a minute, then yelled into the com. "No Jasmine! Don't go into the zeta tube! The Cave's been-"
Zatanna punched Robin. Not hard enough to actually hurt him, but enough to get him to grunt in pain. "You stupid little boy!"
Zatanna pressed the com. "If you want to see your Boy Wonder again, come into the Cave, quietly. You have 15 minutes."
"What did you do with Robin?!" Zatanna faked a despicable laugh. "Oh, you naive little girl. He is simply hanging around, aren't you Robin?"
"Don't go into that tube, Jaz!" There was a silence, then an echo fell around the cave. "Blue Jay, B09."
Robin yelled. "No, Jasmine! Run!"
Back in the living area, Jasmine found the Terror twins waiting for her. She got into a fighting stance. "Where is Robin?"
Tommy laughed. "Oh, sweetheart. He's just hanging out with Cheshire." He motioned to the TV. Jasmine gasped as she saw Cheshire running her sai down Robin's cheek, who was struggling to get out of his bonds. Jasmine glared at the twins. "You'll regret this!"
Blue Jay attacked Tommy first, since he ticked her off. She swept his legs out from under him, and hit a pressure point. Tommy was out cold, which surprised Jasmine. She got into a fighting stance again to face Tuppence, who had a look of rage sketched on her face. Tuppence charged at Jasmine, who flipped over her and delivered a hard punch that knocked her out cold.
Jasmine looked at the twins that were now on the ground, unconscious. She smiled. Just like Robin and Dick had taught her. Jasmine looked at the TV, and saw that Robin now had a few scratches on his cheeks. Jasmine fumed. How dare Cheshire do this to him?!
Jasmine turned off the TV and listened, concentrating. She heard the teasing voice of Cheshire, coming from around the corner! Jasmine ran in the direction of the voice, and was met with two Shadows. She quickly analyzed them.
It looked like them female was very well trained, her fighting stance was perfect. The male, however…Jasmine mentally shook her head. He wasn't going to be so hard to beat, so Jasmine aimed for him first.
Jasmine feigned a punch to his face, and kneed him between the legs. Taking the opportunity she had opened, Jasmine knocked him out. She turned to the other Shadow, who came after her. Jasmine dodged the Shadow's fists, and hooked her foot around the Shadow's ankle, causing the Shadow to hit the ground. Jasmine kicked her in the head, knocking the Shadow out.
Jasmine walked through the door, and saw Cheshire cutting Robin once again. Jasmine looked around and found a crowbar. Seriously, what was a crowbar doing in here? Jasmine came up behind Cheshire with the crowbar and knocked her out before either of them had noticed her.
Robin stared at Jasmine in awe. How did she manage did enter the room without even him not knowing? Jasmine began working on breaking the chains. "You gonna catch flies, or are you gonna help me?"
Robin snapped back to reality. "Oh, yeah. Thanks."
As soon as Robin's chains came undone, Jasmine smiled and brought him into a hug. When they pulled away from each other, Robin's eyes widened in alarm as Jasmine felt a presence behind her. "Jasmine, look out!"
Jasmine turned around just as Cheshire swung the crowbar. Everything went black.
When Jasmine woke up, she was sitting in a chair with her wrists tied behind it. She looked up and saw Robin tied in a chair as well. Jasmine struggled against her bonds. "Don't bother, I already tried."
Jasmine looked at Robin incredulously. "Seriously? You're not gonna keep trying?"
Robin opened his mouth to reply but was interrupted. "No, because Bird Boy here is smart. You should take a page out of his book."
Jasmine glared at the newcomer. "Cheshire. What do you want?"
"Well I just wanted to see if you really wanted to join this little Jr. Justice League. That tells me whether I have to kill you or not." Cheshire twirled her sai around lazily. Jasmine scowled at her. "Go ahead and kill me, just don't kill him."
Cheshire laughed. "Oh, you actually think that anyone has a choice on that matter?"
Jasmine felt her ropes finally untie, but held them together. "Please, I'll do anything."
Cheshire seemed to consider this. "Including joining the Shadows?"
Jasmine's eyes widened as she looked between Robin and Cheshire, considering her options. "I could go undercover in the Shadows, then report to Robin of their plans! Perfect!"
Jasmine feigned a sigh. "I'll go with you."
"Thats enough." Jasmine jerked up and saw Batman. She leaped up from her bonds and punched Cheshire, getting to Robin. Jasmine got out a knife and cut his bonds. She pulled Robin up. "Come on, before they-"
"Jaz!" Jasmine looked at Robin, confused. Robin smiled. "It was a test."
Jasmine's eyes widened. "It…was a test?"
Robin nodded and looked over at Tuppence, who changed into Miss Martian. "Miss Martian, what was Jasmine thinking when she agreed to join the League of Shadows?" Batman asked.
Miss Martian smiled at Jasmine. "She was thinking about getting intel from the inside, then meeting Robin on the skyscraper to warn us of their plans."
Batman gave a small smile to Jasmine. "Congratulations, Jasmine. You passed the test."
Jasmine looked at everyone, completely confused. "Whats going on? What was the test?"
"It was supposed to test your fighting, analyzing, and decision-making abilities. And you aced them all." Jasmine urned to Robin. "So, I passed the test. What does that mean?"
Robin's smile grew larger. "You're joining the team!"
Jasmine smiled. "Really?!" Robin nodded enthusiastically. "Yea, you did it Jaz!"
Robin picked Jasmine up by the waist and spun around, laughing. Jasmine grabbed Robin's shoulders as he spun around. "You did it Jaz! You can finally join the team!"
Robin slowly put her back on the ground, then Jasmine got an idea. "Wow, I can't believe I did it. I didn't think I'd be joining the team so soon."
Robin smiled. "Yea, you did it."
Jasmine gave him a flat look. "How many times are you gonna say that?"
Jasmine laughed. "Kidding, I'm just kidding."
Robin smiled. Someone cleared their throat. Jasmine looked over Robin's shoulder at the team. Wally spoke up. "Yeesh, get a room you two!"
Wally smirked as Robin turned around, face red. "Shutup, KF!"
Jasmine took the opportunity to jump on Robin's back. She grabbed his shoulders, getting a boost. "Ah! Jaz!"
Jasmine laughed as Robin regained his balance, hooking his hands under Jasmine's knees. Robin looked up at Jasmine. "Not cool!"
Jasmine leaned down and whispered, "Oh, but it was."
Robin let out an involuntary shiver. Wow, deja vu. Wally raised an eyebrow. "What was that you said, Jasmine?"
Jasmine and Robin glared at Wally. "Nothing," they said.
Robin smirked up at Jasmine as he got an idea. Jasmine froze. "Robin, what are you thinking?"
Robin began backing up against the nearest wall. "No, Robin! Stop!"
Robin squished Jasmine between him and the wall. "Not so fun, now is it?"
Jasmine glared down at him. "Move. Forward."
Robin laughed but did as she wanted. Jasmine yawned and realized how tired she was. She laid her head on Robin's shoulder. "Robin?"
Robin looked at her. "Yea?"
"I'm tired. Can we stay here tonight?" Robin chuckled. "Sure. We can sleep on the couch and watch some movies, if you'd like."
Robin smiled as Jasmine nodded sleepily. He made his way to the couch and sat down so Jasmine could get off his back. Jasmine leaned back and Robin got off the couch to get a blanket and some pillows.
When Robin got back, Jasmine was almost asleep. Robin smiled at her. He walked over and gently shook her shoulder. "Hey, Jaz. Jasmine, we're gonna watch a movie."
Jasmine nodded and opened one eye. "Are you just gonna stand there the whole time or come lay down?"
Robin chuckled as he put a pillow on the arm of the couch and pulled a blanket over Jasmine. Robin slipped under the covers, pulling Jasmine close to him as he leaned against the pillow. Robin picked up the remote and played the movie.
During the movie, Miss Martian, Superboy, Aqualad, Kid Flash and Artemis joined them. Miss Martian and Superboy sat in the recliner chair, Wally and Artemis sat on the floor in front of Robin and Jasmine, and Aqualad sat on the other end of the couch Robin and Jasmine were sitting on.
About halfway through the movie, most of the team was asleep. Artemis' head was on Wally's shoulder, his head on hers. M'gaan had fallen asleep against Conner's chest, who's arms were wrapped protectively around her. Aqualad and Robin were still awake, Jasmine growing drowsy.
Robin chuckled as Jasmine laid against his chest, snuggled closer to him. Robin noticed Kaldur smiling at them. "What?"
Aqualad shook his head, still smiling. "It is not my place to say."
Robin raised an eyebrow at his comment, but left it alone. He looked back down at Jasmine, smiling. Jasmine yawned, struggling to stay awake. She caught Robin staring at her and looked up at him.
"Take a picture, it'll last longer," she mumbled. Robin rolled his eyes but smiling nonetheless. "You wish."
Jasmine smiled then shivered, getting cold despite the blanket Robin had brought in before. Robin noticed and pulled Jasmine closer, wrapping his arms tighter around her. Jasmine smiled at Robin's actions and snuggled into his chest.
"Thank you," she mumbled. Robin smiled down at her. "Anytime."
Jasmine hummed in acknowledgment as Robin began stroking her hair. Soon the two fell asleep in each others arms. Little did the two know that their picture was taken for blackmail. (WALLY!)