I have now tried to type up this intro three times, I'm done trying.

Sorry it's late.

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Thanks to my stand-in Beta reader, sakuradancer3

R&R


He felt more energy than he had ever felt before. So this is what love feels like… He was practically doing his victory dance while running. He felt so giddy that his usual energy level seemed almost stereotypically Goth-like in comparison. He went over to his headquarters and ran around full-speed, almost forgetting to vibrate before he created a sonic boom. He ran from room to room, leaving them all remarkably clean for someone of the male species to have cleaned them. He had arranged another date with Jinx for 4:30. That was three hours away. Even if he had been able to concentrate on anything else, he wouldn't have felt like trying.

Jinx was pacing up and down her room, trying to decide what to tell her teammates. That annoying little voice that was her conscience popped up in her head again.

"Nothing."

Pardon?

"You heard yourself. Don't tell them squat."

Not even that I'm just going to go live with my boyfriend?

"Yeah, like they won't have SeeMore brainwash you so they can implant a tracking device."

Well…

"It's your choice, Jinx. Even though I'm in your head, I'm not all of it. I don't get to decide what you do, unfortunately."

The little voice winked out of her head, leaving Jinx with a sense of apprehension and wariness of her teammates. Out loud, she said "She's- I mean, I'm right. They would just brainwash me…I can't tell them anything."

At 4:15, Jinx headed through the living room on her way out the door. Unfortunately, her teammates noticed. "Where're you going now?" Gizmo's whiny little voice asked. Jinx grit her teeth and turned back towards them. "I'm going out with my boyfriend. I'll be back later." She turned and was out the door before Gizmo could even repeat his question about who it was.

Jinx's frown turned into a wide grin as soon as she spotted Wally. She resisted the sudden impulse to run the rest of the way and leap into his arms. She felt like scowling because of the idea, but was too happy to give it much of a second thought. When she walked up, he put his arms around her waist and kissed her softly, enchantingly. She was dazed when he pulled back and just stood there grinning at her. "Hi!" he said, still staying with his arms around her waist. She shook her head to clear away the fuzz. "Hi, Wally." She smiled up at him and disentangled herself from his grasp.

He wouldn't let her get away so easy, though, and took her hand, despite her many protests. They walked down the street, not really having a plan on where they were going. Suddenly, Wally spotted something that made him turn quickly under an arch. Jinx laughed, being pulled along, and Wally looked back at her and smiled. He tugged on her hand to pull her closer, and she finally realized that they were in the clearing where they had had their first kiss. She rolled her eyes and took her hand out of his, walking halfway across the clearing before turning around to look at him, a bemused smile on her face. "Cliché much?" she said, laughing a little.

He grinned at her. "It seemed like a good idea at the time." She feigned shock and hurt. "Is it not a good idea now?" He walked slowly over to her, his eyes dancing. Before she knew it, he had used his super speed to pick her up, put her legs around his waist, and move over onto the bench. She laughed at him, and she could feel his grin against her mouth as he kissed her.

His hand rested on the pale, smooth skin of her stomach. She was lazily tracing a finger up and down his back with one hand, and playing with his hair with the other. When they pulled apart, Jinx was completely under him, and not at all worried by her position. She pulled his lower lip into her mouth and ran her tongue over it. She released it and inserted her tongue into his mouth. She explored brashly, claiming him for hers. He didn't seem to mind all that much by the way he was running his own tongue against hers every so often. She pulled back and they both breathed heavily for a while, Wally using his elbows to keep most of his weight off of her.

He smiled down at her, and she couldn't help but think that, with the sun turning his hair into almost a halo of deep red-gold, he looked like some sort of a demi-god. She smiled softly at him, feeling perfectly content. He scooted until he wasn't on top of her anymore, and tugged her into his lap. She laughed as she stumbled and fell sitting on him.

He put his arms around her shoulders, pulling her up against him. He nuzzled against her neck playfully, surprising a laugh out of her. He smiled lopsidedly while saying "This may be the most I've ever heard you laugh." She blushed. "Well, I guess that it just comes out when you're happy." He grinned. "Do I really make you happy?" She looked at him in shock. "Of course you do! How could you not think that?" He smiled as he pulled her back up against him. "No reason, just poor self-confidence, I guess." She smiled sleepily, drifting off a little.

Wally's smile was gone, replaced by a look of apprehension and determination, but Jinx couldn't see that. "Jinx?" he said. She responded with a sleepy. "Yeah?" He bit his lip. "Jinx…" his hesitation confused her and she looked up at him. "Jinx…I love you."


I'm putting this in here just to tell you how much I wanted to put a cliffy right there. But NOOOO, I had to go and be all nice and keep writing! I'd better get some reviews out of this! LOL!
Jinx stared at Wally in confusion. She made a strangled sound and jumped out of his lap. Wally sat there, feeling dumb and berating himself for telling her. She ran a hand through her hair, then turned to him with anger in her face. She walked up to him and said. "No, Wally. You can't love me. You still don't even know if I might turn you over to the Brotherhood!"

She turned around and walked away, then walked back quickly. "You don't even know if I might have been planning all along to get the Hive Five to jump you! You certainly can't know if I wasn't just using you! I mean, Wally, use some brains!" She paced back and forth in front of him. "You don't even know if I'm a villain or a good guy! How can you just jeopardize everything you hold dear like that? You can't love me, Wally! Don't you see how dangerous it is?" She was turned away from him, and she felt him grabbing her hand.

"I can see how it could be, but you aren't like that." She turned on him, her eyes glowing pink. "How do you know that?" she snapped. He took back her hand, and refused to relinquish his grasp on it, no matter how hard she pulled. "Jinx, I know you aren't going to do any of those things, because you wouldn't have just told me all that." She glared at him. "Reverse psychology." She said simply.

He ignored her. "I know you weren't planning on having the Hive Five jump me, because there have been plenty of great opportunities for you to. As for jeopardizing 'everything I hold dear', did you stop to consider that I just might hold you a little more dear than all of that?" his voice had gained an angry quality with the last sentence, and the sentence itself floored her. "Y-you care more about me than about keeping yourself safe?" He nodded, his expression softening. "And that's why I can't believe that you're a villain." He grinned, his eyes twinkling. "A villain couldn't kiss a hero like that." She opened her mouth to say something, but he held up a hand to stop her. "And a villain wouldn't agree to move into a hero's headquarters."

He tugged her closer to him, wrapping an arm around her waist. She struggled briefly, but gave up. He kissed her, and it was rougher than all the others, filled with more raw emotion. She was surprised to feel his tears on her cheeks. He pulled back, and she realized that it hadn't been just his tears on her cheeks. Because she just realized what all this meant. He didn't care who she was, or what path she chose, he loved her. Without purpose, without reason, without thought. He loved her. And she loved him. Only he doesn't know it yet.

She realized with a jolt the kind of inner turmoil that he must be going through. He let go of her hand, and she felt an icy panic grip her stomach. "Wally! Wait!" He looked at her with hurt eyes. She reached for his hand, but he snatched it away. Tears started pouring out of her eyes. "Wally, you dimwit! I love you too! Would you come out of your own little world long enough to let me keep you from leaving before I can tell you?"

She choked slightly on her tears and he stared at her in shock. She turned away from him and let the tears flow. She felt his hand on her shoulders as he turned her around and pulled her to him. He held her steady with one hand while he rocked her back and forth, stroking her back and crooning to her.

His heart was soaring, but he was still confused. When her crying had slowed and come to a stop, he pulled her over to the bench. He sat her down next to him, and tenderly wiped off her face. He smiled softly, unsurely, at her. She smiled back at him weakly. She gave out a bark of laughter, wiping away a tear from her eye; she said "I must have been acting pretty stupid." He shook his head. "No…you were…confused, and upset. And you knew that I probably shouldn't be telling you this." She smiled and shook her head, saying "Then we're both equally guilty, I guess."

He laughed, and smiled at her. He leaned in and kissed her softly, a sigh escaping her lips. They pulled back, and just sort of stared at each other in silence, but it wasn't uncomfortable. It was an understanding silence. Wally put his arm around Jinx's shoulders, and she lay her head on his shoulder. They stared at the sunset for a while. Then Wally turned to Jinx and kissed her, and all either of them could think was So this is what love feels like.


There's more to come!

Should I write a sequel?