PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!!!!!!!!!! I WANNA LIIIIIIVE!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN MY DRIVERS LICENSE YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TTNG: New Team

Chapter 24: Some Silent Advise

About an hour after she woke up, LB and Hex finally got Lucky's blood sugar to stay at the proper levels. Arachne was in the bathroom the whole time, and LB ended up diagnosing her with the stomach flu. She didn't like the fact that LB wouldn't let her go on missions.

"You guys really don't have to do this." Lucky protested. LB smiled slightly at the small thirteen-year-old. She had forgotten how sweet she was. Sarcastic and brutally honest, but sweet. She watched as Hex raised an eyebrow at his little sister.

"Yes we do. After what you went through, you deserve it. Besides. I still owe you from the.....seventeen times you've saved me over the years." he explained with a smile. Lucky frowned.

"Wat do you mean I deserve it? I've been working with Slade and that really creepy chick." she complained. Lucky never liked getting something that she felt she didn't deserve.

"Come on Squirt. We know you. And we also know about the insulin thing." Hex explained, glaring at the last statement. Lucky looked down, embarrassed. Arachne came out of the bathroom, and wiped her mouth.

"Hey. It's OK Lucky. We know two other people who have been there. You're not alone. Maybe if you talk to Sunny-" she was interrupted by Hex.

"No! Sunny can't know she's here!" he whisper-yelled. Arachne looked at him, obviously confused.

"Why not? She's the leader. She needs to know these things." she said slowly, then ran to the bathroom. Again.

"You know what she's like when it comes to this subject!" Hex was trying to keep Lucky's feelings from getting hurt, but nothing gets by her. That made April Fools Day impossible.

"You mean she doesn't trust me. Not like I blame her. Not like I would expect anything different from her. She never liked me anyway. Said I was too honest." she muttered with a half smile. Hex laughed slightly.

"Can't really argue with that. But seriously though. We can't tell her."

"Or Crow. We tell him, and the sucker will go be the loyal boyfriend that he is, and blab to Sunny." LB said rolling her eyes.

"That depends on what it is." a voice said from the doorway to the infirmary. Their heads all snapped up, and they all turned to see Crow leaning on the doorpost.

"Uhhhh..." was all they could say. Crow chuckled.

"Don't worry guys. I won't say anything. Unlike what you said, I don't agree with Sunny on this particular subject." he said smirking. LB's eyes widened.

"I didn't say that!"

"You were thinking it."

"Dang."

"And guys, if you don't want me to know something, you'd better keep your emotions in check. I knew Hex was home the moment he stepped through the door. There was so much panic coming from you, I almost fell out of bed when I woke up. That combined with Lucky fading in and out, and LB's shock, I knew exactly what was going on." he explained. LB raised her eyebrows.

"So you ain't gonna tell Sunny about this?" she asked, the skepticism loud and clear in her voice.

"Hey. I do think for myself you know. You have no idea how many times I've tried to tell her she's wrong not to trust Hex about Lucky. But she's just so stubborn! No one can convince her of anything. In other words, I won't tell her. But I have to warn you, nothing can be hidden forever." Crow said in a no nonsense tone. Ari rolled her eyes.

"She doesn't trust us anyways. She went through my room just because I was a little reluctant to say 'Hi! I'm Penny!' to the world." her head was laying on a night stand.

"What happened to 'She needs to know these things'?" Hex asked. Ari shrugged.

"Don't know. I just remembered when she went through my room." she said, slightly annoyed at the memory.

They soon all got into a ranting session about how annoyingly nosy Sunny was. Well, everyone except Crow and Lucky. She was uncomfortable. She might have been honest, but she didn't think she had the right to say anything. She said things to the persons face. Not behind their back. Crow just stood there steaming, until he couldn't take it anymore.

"HOW CAN SHE TRUST ANY OF YOU MORONS IF SHE CAN'T EVEN TRUST HERSELF?!" he yelled. The talking stopped that very instant.

"Huh...?" was the brilliant response that Hex came up with. Crow shook his head. How could they not see it? Sure they weren't empaths, but couldn't they see what she was going through?

"How can you guys not see that?! Are you blind?!" He said a bit more quietly. He didn't want to wake Sunny. She would flip.

"Whoa Crow. Calm down. They don't know her as well as you do." Lucky spoke up. She suddenly felt responsible for everything going wrong around her. Crow breathed deeply to calm himself down.

"I just find it hard to believe that none of you noticed how she hardly ever smiles anymore. Maybe a smirk here or there, but almost never a smile." Crow said to the speechless bunch. They all looked at their shoes. Now that they took the time to think about it, they did notice.

"But she trusts you, right?" Ari asked. Crow looked down.

"I wish." That was not a response they were expecting. Lucky used her brilliant deductive reasoning to figure out that they were (finally) dating.

"Can you explain in detail please?" LB asked. Crow sighed.

LB might have been book smart, but she was lacking common sense when it came to people. But he had to respect her since she was the most mature, and serious of the group. Followed by him, but he pulled practical jokes so she beat him in that area. Which reminded him, he should steer clear of Percy in the morning.

"Ever since she was Slade's apprentice, she's lost her trust in her own judgement. Now, she doesn't trust anyone around her. She's distancing herself from us, because of one mistake. She doesn't trust her mother, me, Mr. Wayne, or you guys as you've noticed. The only person she trusts is her dad, which has improved their relationship allot more, but not so much for anyone else." he explained.

His tone pretty much brought the mood down lower than it was before. There was a long silence as everyone contemplated what Crow had said. It made Lucky feel even worse than she originally had. Crow sensed this, and sent some silent advise, that only she could hear.

Your past doesn't define who you are, Lucky. That's what the future is for. To redeem yourself.

Well how's that for a corny ending! That was probably the hokeyest ending I've ever written!!!!!!!

I noticed that I'd made Crow more of a sideline character that always gave in to Sunny. That's not at all who he is. As this chapter mentioned, he is the second most mature member of the team behind LB. He's a person with real depth. Now for the apology!

I am so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so sorry I didn't update for so long! What with homework, and stuff like that, it gave me writers block! I started this chapter months ago, and could never finnish it! Well now I have. I would have last week but I was at camp.

So review! I'd like some feedback on Lucky's character! And Crow!