Jinx woke up with a splitting headache, feeling like she hadn't slept in a week. Rowan was already awake, sitting on the foot of her bed, reading a book. When she heard jinx stir, she turned, a grin on her face. "What time is it?" Jinx asked as Rowan crawled into her lap.
"Almost noon. You sure were tired."
"Are you hungry?"
"No. See-More made me some toast. He's kinda nice, not as bad as the other morons you live with." Jinx giggled.
"I started hanging around with them, hoping that a little estrogen in testosterone central might straighten them out a little, but…" both girls giggled. There was a knock at the door and Rowan stiffened.
"Hey ladies, ya' decent?" See-More's voice came through the door.
"Just a second!" Jinx said, dashing out of bed to change out of her nightgown and threw on her cloths. Rowan was wearing her white leotard "Come in, it's safe."
"I don't have a figure to hide yet so it doesn't matter," Rowan said with a giggle as See-More opened the door. He looked over at Rowan and smiled.
"What's up, Cutie?" he said.
"Nothing but the ceiling," she said with a giggle. He ruffled her hair. Jinx smiled.
"Hey, Rowan, can Jinx and I talk alone for a little while please?" Rowan looked at the door nervously. "Gizmo and Mammoth have run off to cause chaos by themselves."
"Why don't you go watch TV," Jinx suggested. Rowan reluctantly bounded off into the other room.
"I guess she kinda grows on ya' after a while. She's just so damn cute," he said with a smile. Jinx giggled.
"Yeah," she said absently. They passed a few moments in silence. See-More finally spoke.
"You can't keep her here forever, you know, Jinx."
"I know," she sighed. "It's just that…she's…"
"She's your baby, I know." Jinx blushed.
"I just…after loosing my little sister I…I know I should take her home, but…"
"You can't stand loosing another baby sister." She nodded and blushed again.
"I know she needs to be with her sister, her real sister, Raven, but I just can't say good-bye." He put a hand on her shoulder.
"Jinx…I know you love her, but you have to let her go." See-More scanned the room and saw the sparrow Rowan had caught, sitting in a cage on Jinx's desk. "Wow, she doesn't look so good," he observed casually.
"We've done everything the website we found said, but she's still loosing her color."
"That's because she needs to be free. She needs to be able to do what she wishes, just like Rowan. I know she hasn't been trying to escape, and you aren't physically holding her prisoner, but she still is a captive." Jinx sighed. "She needs to be with her family, the Titans. A life of crime doesn't suit a sweet little baby like her." See-More was watching her now. "So…what do you want to do?" Jinx smiled shyly and lifted the cage off the desk. She placed it on the window sill, and she opened the window. Jinx opened the cage door. The little sparrow flew out of the cage and disappeared into the blue sky. See-More smiled at Jinx as she shut the window.