Finally, the dreaded first day of school was over. Relieved looking students flooded out of their classrooms, grateful to be free at last. Among those was Dinah. She was just on her way to her locker, when she noticed un unfamiliar person struggling with her books.

"Here, let me give you a hand," Dinah offered, balancing the books with her hand.

"Thanks," the girl replied, "I had no idea we needed all this. We had a lot less where I used to go to school." She smiled, but her eyes remained placid and solemn, her voice cool and silky.

"No prob," Dinah answered, "My name's Dinah, by the way. What's yours?

"Rose," the strange girl replied.

"So, you doing anything right now?" Dinah asked, struggling to keep the conversation going.

"I was just going home. Wanna come with me?"

"Sure," Dinah answered, "Just hold on a sec," she added, seeing Barbara wheel out of her classroom. "Hey, Barbara, I'm going over my friend Rose's. Be back later, okay?"

"Yeah, whatever," Barbara replied, sounding tired and far away.

"Hey, are you okay?" Dinah asked, looking concerned, "You've been acting strange all day. You should really go home and lie down."

"Yeah," Barbara repeated, "I need a rest. Have fun Dinah." While the two were talking, Rose had moseyed over to them, in hopes of overhearing something useful.

"You live with Miss Gordon?" she asked, making Dinah jump.

"Yeah. She adopted me just last year."

"Really? She sounds pretty nice."

"She is. She's almost more of a best friend than a mother. We tell each other everything. It's really great."

"I bet. Look, we're here." Dinah was shocked. It seemed like they'd barely taken a step, yet here they were, right in front of Rose's apartment. "C'mon, let's go inside." The apartment wasn't all that big, but it looked like Rose and her family were comfortably suited. The girls walked into a small, barely furnished room, and sat on the bed. Rose pulled out a book titled, DISCOVERING THE REAL YOU: OVER A HUNDRED QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR TRUE PERSONALITY.

"I don't know if you're interested in this kinda stuff, but." Rose said, with a sly grin. Dinah returned the grin. Everyone knew that she couldn't resist any personality quiz.

"Alright, me first," Dinah said eagerly.

"Okay then, what calms you?"

"The beach. I love the beach!"

"What's your greatest fear?"

"Bugs, especially spiders."

"What means the most to you?"

"Barbara and Helena."

"Helena?"

"She's my adopted sister. Barbara took her in too."

"Tell me more about her."

"Helena? Well, she's really tough. Not much can scare her. She's the kind of rebellious type, and as much as she doesn't admit it, she really cares about us, and I think she'd sacrifice her life for us, even."

"You said Barbara adopted both of you. Do you know about your real family?"

"My mother was Carolyn Lance. All I know about her was that she died recently."

"What about Helena?"

"Her mother was Selina Kyle. Her father was Bruce Wayne. Selina was murdered in front of Helena when she was 16. She never knew her father." Rose was satisfied with the information. She blinked, and Dinah looked at her watch.

"Oh my God! 5:00?!" she exclaimed, "I gotta get home. See ya later!"

Yeah, I'll see you, Rose thought, but you won't see me!