A/N a lot of questions are answered this chapter, such as "where was Jinx living before that huge battle?" and "How did Flash know where to find her?" And oh, Kid Flash cannot read minds, it's just that Jinx thinks out loud half the time. Silly girl XD
Jinx had promptly fallen asleep after being brought to Star City, probably because she had not slept at Titan's Tower in Jump; she had been too busy reconciling with Starfire and drinking tea with Raven, showing Beast Boy how to win at videogames, talking about her training with Robin and Cyborg. She had played Uno with Aqualad, Speedy and Bee, spoke limited Spanish with Mas y Menos, and had the Herald explain that whacked out trumpet to her. She'd talked clothing and powers with Argent, and they together had tried to speak in sign language to Jericho, who appreciated it greatly, all of these while being watched by Kid Flash.
He looked at the sleeping girl and brought her a blanket, covering her with a smile. He was so proud of her; she had been so brave, to turn her back on everything she knew and begin a new life. She was courageous and clever and kind and beautiful, and God, even more so when she was angry. He still remembered the first visit he had made to her after that night with Madame Rouge…
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Jinx played with the rose he had given her a week before, its petals beginning to droop and darken. Even after she left the headquarters, she had tried to give the flower fresh water, buying water bottles and hastily sticking the flower in them, willing it to stay alive a little longer.
She had used her own money to pay for rent in a small, cramped apartment, not even bothering to lay it out like a real home, and bought green contacts to hide her pink eyes. The hair she could pass off as dye, but the eyes would be a dead giveaway.
She worked in a pizza parlor, a small one with normal customers that didn't have superpowers or any of that. It was a good place to start, but she knew she could not stay. Eventually someone would figure it out. Sooner or later, Jinx was getting out of Jump.
She made friends, regular kids with names like John and Linda, teenagers that went to school and held a job and babysat and what else, and they had fun. She called herself Ginny and wore her hair down, no ribbons anywhere, and hid her powers like they were the plague. Ginny waited tables and took orders and the customers loved her; until one customer came in, one wearing the most easily recognizable suit for a metahuman ever, one that raced in like a dart after a bank robbery was foiled down the street. And he ordered a pizza and a sub even though he was alone.
Ginny was asked to take the order because she was the only one with the catlike grace to carry all of the food and drink he had ordered at once. Her friends had seen that she was nervous, and chalked it up to her meeting a real live superhero. They encouraged her heartily and sent her on her way, with a smile and a thumbs-up.
She slinked into the room, her head down, attempting to hide her face, her thoughts running through her head like little Kid Flashes; and that thought just made a bad situation worse. All she could think was that she should have dyed her hair because he of course would see through it and if he spoke her name then everything would be over but damn it all, she would make a stand before she got arrested.
She had turned her head up and looked him right in the eyes, and the pink glow behind the green contacts told him to be silent where he stood. Her voice was pleasant if a little strained, and she put the food on the table slowly.
"My name is Ginny, and I made sure to put mustard on your sandwich. Didn't want it to be dry, you know." And then he had smiled at her, and was gone and back in a flash, bearing a red rose.
"Well Ginny, I had been looking for Jinx," he whispered, passing the rose over, "so if you find her, pass it on, okay?" And then he was gone, and in place of the food was payment with a very generous tip, and a sheet of paper that read: "367-0059, call anytime, feel free to leave a message, you know I'll get back to you – XOXOXO" and then, a lightning bolt.
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Of course she had called, and he had dropped roses in the apartment and even stopped by for pizza in regular clothes, no mask or anything, and they had talked like real, normal people…But Kid Flash was snapped out of his reverie by an alarm going off in the apartment. Apparently someone was robbing the bank.
He took a dry erase marker and wrote on the front window:
"Saving the world-be back soon. Make yourself at home-plenty in the fridge. XOXOXO-Wally"
A/N that's chapter 4, folks. And stay tuned, because that bank robbery is more than some hungry thieves XD Catch ya later and thanks to everyone who reads and/or reviews!