Chapter 5: Are you my brother?
Connor was heading to the Clock Tower. The only thing that had been on his mind all day was Dinah. He usually didn't think about girls that much at all. Now that he thought about it, he never even asked a girl out before. For some reason, Dinah just seemed different from all of the girls he met before and not just because she was a meta human. They just had so much in common. They both had suffered a loss in their life before. They were both vigilantes. They could just relate to one another. He's never felt like this about any girl before but there was one thing that had been bugging him all day and he hoped that this wasn't the reason why he felt
that Dinah was different. Connor walked into the Clock Tower. He was greeted by Alfred.
"Hello, Mr. Connor. How are you doing today?"
"I'm doing just fine, Alfred. Thanks for asking." He spotted Dinah and went up to her. "Hey, Dinah."
"Hey, Connor. Barbara told me she caught you skipping school when she went to No Man's Land."
"Yeah, you were right. I got caught."
"I told you not to go."
"Well, it was worth it. I met Gibson. He's seems like a pretty cool guy. He knows a lot about my father."
"Yeah, that's because his power is to remember everything."
"That's kind of an annoying gift."
"Yeah, I know."
"You know, he told me our parents used to date."
"They did? Really?"
"I was just as surprised as you."
"Well, that's kind of weird."
"Yeah, I know."
"Hey, let's go bug Barbara." They both went downstairs and headed towards her.
"Hey, Barbara, how come you didn't tell us that our parents used to date?" Dinah asked her.
"How did you find that out?"
"Gibson told me," Connor said.
"Come on, why didn't you tell us?" Dinah asked her.
"Well, it never came up."
"So, you were just waiting for us to ask you, out of the blue, if our parents dated."
"I just didn't feel like bringing it up. After they broke up, their relationship was kind of rocky."
"Can I just ask you something because this has kind of been bugging me all day," Connor said.
"Sure, what is it?"
"Is it possible that Dinah and I are brother and sister?" That thought hadn't even crossed Dinah's mind. Just thinking that she could be related to Connor made her sick because of the way that she felt about him. He couldn't be her brother. Could he? Were the feelings that she had for him the feelings somebody would have for their brother? Did she think of him as a brother?
"Well, I don't know. It could be possible. I can take a DNA test if you two want to find out for sure."
"Yeah, I want to know. I want to know if I have a sister or not." Dinah wasn't sure if she wanted to go through with it. She needed to know if Connor was her brother but what if he did turn out to be her brother? That would be kind of weird. Well, at least the good news will be that she had a brother. Either way, she still needed to know the truth. She needed to know.
"Yeah, I need to know too," she told Barbara.
Barbara took a sample of their DNA. She told them that it would take a couple of hours until she got results. They were both kind of nervous. They didn't know what to expect. She didn't know if Connor being her brother would be a good thing or a bad thing. "Hey," she said to him. "So, what do you think about the whole situation?"
"I don't know. I'm kind of nervous. I mean what if you are my sister? It would be pretty cool but it would also be kind of weird. It's not that I don't like you or anything, I just didn't think you were my half sister."
"I'm kind of nervous too. I mean, the first time I saw you I didn't think you were my half brother."
"Well, whatever happens, happens. If we're related that's great. If we're not then we can still be friends. Either way we're still friends except we might share the same DNA. It's nothing to really be nervous about."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. We shouldn't be nervous." They had been waiting for a couple of hours when Barbara finally came up to them.
"Okay, I got the results."
"And?"
"And you're not related."
"Oh, okay." Dinah said. In a way she was kind of relieved. She didn't know what was going through Connor's head.
"Well, we may not share the same DNA but we're still friends, right?" he told her.
"Yeah," Dinah smiled. She thought that if Connor was her brother than that would be way too weird. At least now she knew she didn't think of him as a brother. Her feelings for him were real.
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So, there's you're answer. They're not related. What did you think? Did you think it was good? Did you think it was bad? Please review.
Connor was heading to the Clock Tower. The only thing that had been on his mind all day was Dinah. He usually didn't think about girls that much at all. Now that he thought about it, he never even asked a girl out before. For some reason, Dinah just seemed different from all of the girls he met before and not just because she was a meta human. They just had so much in common. They both had suffered a loss in their life before. They were both vigilantes. They could just relate to one another. He's never felt like this about any girl before but there was one thing that had been bugging him all day and he hoped that this wasn't the reason why he felt
that Dinah was different. Connor walked into the Clock Tower. He was greeted by Alfred.
"Hello, Mr. Connor. How are you doing today?"
"I'm doing just fine, Alfred. Thanks for asking." He spotted Dinah and went up to her. "Hey, Dinah."
"Hey, Connor. Barbara told me she caught you skipping school when she went to No Man's Land."
"Yeah, you were right. I got caught."
"I told you not to go."
"Well, it was worth it. I met Gibson. He's seems like a pretty cool guy. He knows a lot about my father."
"Yeah, that's because his power is to remember everything."
"That's kind of an annoying gift."
"Yeah, I know."
"You know, he told me our parents used to date."
"They did? Really?"
"I was just as surprised as you."
"Well, that's kind of weird."
"Yeah, I know."
"Hey, let's go bug Barbara." They both went downstairs and headed towards her.
"Hey, Barbara, how come you didn't tell us that our parents used to date?" Dinah asked her.
"How did you find that out?"
"Gibson told me," Connor said.
"Come on, why didn't you tell us?" Dinah asked her.
"Well, it never came up."
"So, you were just waiting for us to ask you, out of the blue, if our parents dated."
"I just didn't feel like bringing it up. After they broke up, their relationship was kind of rocky."
"Can I just ask you something because this has kind of been bugging me all day," Connor said.
"Sure, what is it?"
"Is it possible that Dinah and I are brother and sister?" That thought hadn't even crossed Dinah's mind. Just thinking that she could be related to Connor made her sick because of the way that she felt about him. He couldn't be her brother. Could he? Were the feelings that she had for him the feelings somebody would have for their brother? Did she think of him as a brother?
"Well, I don't know. It could be possible. I can take a DNA test if you two want to find out for sure."
"Yeah, I want to know. I want to know if I have a sister or not." Dinah wasn't sure if she wanted to go through with it. She needed to know if Connor was her brother but what if he did turn out to be her brother? That would be kind of weird. Well, at least the good news will be that she had a brother. Either way, she still needed to know the truth. She needed to know.
"Yeah, I need to know too," she told Barbara.
Barbara took a sample of their DNA. She told them that it would take a couple of hours until she got results. They were both kind of nervous. They didn't know what to expect. She didn't know if Connor being her brother would be a good thing or a bad thing. "Hey," she said to him. "So, what do you think about the whole situation?"
"I don't know. I'm kind of nervous. I mean what if you are my sister? It would be pretty cool but it would also be kind of weird. It's not that I don't like you or anything, I just didn't think you were my half sister."
"I'm kind of nervous too. I mean, the first time I saw you I didn't think you were my half brother."
"Well, whatever happens, happens. If we're related that's great. If we're not then we can still be friends. Either way we're still friends except we might share the same DNA. It's nothing to really be nervous about."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. We shouldn't be nervous." They had been waiting for a couple of hours when Barbara finally came up to them.
"Okay, I got the results."
"And?"
"And you're not related."
"Oh, okay." Dinah said. In a way she was kind of relieved. She didn't know what was going through Connor's head.
"Well, we may not share the same DNA but we're still friends, right?" he told her.
"Yeah," Dinah smiled. She thought that if Connor was her brother than that would be way too weird. At least now she knew she didn't think of him as a brother. Her feelings for him were real.
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So, there's you're answer. They're not related. What did you think? Did you think it was good? Did you think it was bad? Please review.