"Dad...!"
"Run, Rose."
"But, Dad-"
"Go on without me!"
"I'm not leaving without you, Dad...!"
Rose Wilson was only fourteen when she was with her father for the final time, looking at him as he was badly injured by colliding with Beastboy's horn when he was turned into a rhino. It was their final fight with the Titans when both she and her father stole a priceless ruby red diamond necklace, but she didn't know what it was for.
"Give it up, Slade..! You're surrounded now!", says Robin as he throws one of his birdarangs at Slade's feet, tying his feet together and tripping him. Rose brings her sword close to her chest as she was ready to swing but Slade told her not to do anything.
"Dad...lemme do this...! I'm ready!"
Rose was about to aim for Robin, but she got distracted by a girl wearing all-purple. Her raven-colored hair was cropped short and her eyes were as dark as the nighttime. She stares at Rose, who was blushing and she turned away. The girl comes closer to Rsoe, but her friend, Cyborg, tries to pull her away, telling her, whose name was Raven, to stay away from her. But, while Rose was distracted by Raven, she didn't see Robin bringing out his sword and stabbing Slade in his abdomen. She turns her head and screams. She runs over to her dying father, who looked at his daughter through his blood-streaked mask. Her dad. Everything her dad did, she copied. She even rendered her eye, making her blind in one eye as holds his head upon her lap as her tears were blurrying up her vison. Slade puts a hand upon her cheek as she opens her eyes to see him and hands her the necklace, for it was supposed to be a birthday present for her, but he didn't have the money to afford it. Slade, the only family she had, tells her that she was the only thing that mattered to him and to live her life the best way she knew how. She listens to her father's dying breath until it stopped, so she clamps her hand upon her mouth, covering her sobs.
After school, Rose was sitting upon the first flight of steps when the final bell rung. As she was waiting for Rachel to come, she was still thinking about her father's death. She was starring to rock her body back and forth as she was trying her best to fight off tears, but she needed Rachel. Now. She gets up and tries Rachel, brushing past Starfire and Kara, who was carrying both black and pink cans of spray-paint. Rose should be concerned but she shrugged. She needs Rachel before she had a meltdown. Kara grabs Star's shoulder as they both go into the girl's bathroom, putting on fuchsia and American colored bandanas, covering their mouths as they got a can of spray-paint, shaking them and spraying vulgar language upon the walls. After a few minutes, the bad girls high-fived each other, but Kara stopped to sign Rose's name upon the damage, both girls running away and removing the bandanas. Rose saw Rachel walking down the steps slowly, for she was talking to Garfield. Rose was tapping her foot impatiently as she grabs Rachel. Startled, Rachel says, "Hey...! Rose! I was having a conversation with Garfield here!"
"So, now you're gonna go out with the wildebeest?"
"Wildebeest!? Rachel! Tell your...THING that I'm a bohemian!"
Rachel shakes her head and says, "Shut it, Garfield. What is it, Rose?"
"I need you."
"For-"
Rose pulls Rachel away from Garfield, making him grumble, and they both go into the courtyard.
"What is it, Rose!"
"I'm thinking about my dad."
Rachel's face turned stone cold and she kisses her. "Rose...what?"
"I miss him."
Rachel hugs Rose as she was dissolving into tears. Stroking her hair Rachel whispers in he ear not to worry and everything'll be alright. Rose kisses her and asks her if Rachel can come to her house. Mouth open, Rachel was stammering but Rose made her stop by kissing her. Rachel nods shyly but she said she had to tell her parents where she was going. Rose growls.
"Tell your mom, not your dad."
"But-"
"NO! Your dad hates me! He hates US! Think about it. Gay people are hated here...trust me. Come and stay with me."
Rachel taps upon her chin and nods in agreement. "Let me see if my mother would pick up the phone, hopefully."
As Rachel was about to call her mother, there was a tall police officer wearing all-blue handcuffing Rose and Principal Kent was next to him, a frown on his face. Rachel puts her phone down, her hand hovering, as she was trying to talk, but nothing came out of her mouth. Then, after a while, she grabs Rose away from them.
"Why is Rose getting arrested for? She's sorry about the dumpster fire! What else is there?!"
"We've found some graffiti sprayed upon one of the girls' lavatories upstairs-", says Mister Kent before he was interrupted by Rachel, who was angry.
"And you assume that Rose did it!"
"Her name was found upon the walls.", says the Spanish police officer, whose name was Carlos.
"So? She was framed! She was with me!"
"I'm sorry, Rose, but-"
"But, what! You're gonna take her away again?"
"Sorry, Rachel...", says a sympathetic Clark Kent before Rachel dissolved into tears. "But, I'm afraid that Rose is...expelled until further notice."
Rachel hugs Rose tightly, whispering "No..." in Rose's ear, and Clark Kent pulls Rachel away while Carlos the officer drags Rose away, before she kisses Rachel for the very last time. Little did Rachel know that Kara, Karen and Starfire were all watching the same thing at the same time.
