Jonathan watched Rhiannun carefully from the old lopsided table in the kitchen of the old coat factory. She was making them both some lunch and he found it interesting to see her in a 'normal' environment.

When she was finished she set two plates of spaghetti on the table and sat down. Crane immediately started to eat but paused when Rhiannun made the sign of the cross and whispered, "Bless us oh Lord in these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty through Christ our Lord. Amen."

She finished with another cross then took a bite of spaghetti. She glanced at crane from behind her hair, "Does it bother you?"

Crane peered at her through his glasses, "Does what bother me?"

She took a sip of tea from her glass, "Me being so openly religious."

Jonathan looked at her curiously, "It doesn't. It is just rather odd to see a young woman so open about her religion."

"I am so sorry that you had to go through all of that." Her brown eyes stared sorrowfully into his blue orbs.

Jonathan's lips quirked up slightly, "I say murdering my grandmother made up for it."

Rhiannun nearly chocked on a bite of spaghetti, "You killed her?!"

Jonathan nodded tersely, "It wasn't very hard to do. I was about to leave for college and that woman was yelling at me about going and putting myself in the devil's tutelage. During her rant, she let slip that she had killed my mother for birthing me. I stabbed a knife through her and left."

Rhiannun put a hand over her mouth and turned slightly away from Jonathan. He sighed and standing up, put his hand on his shoulder and turned her to him, "I know it sounds awful…but I've done worse."

He was very surprised when she hugged him, tears streaming down her face, "It's not that Jonathan…I'm not crying because of what you did, I'm crying because you never cried for yourself."

His eye's widened further as he awkwardly held her, "How…?"

She just looked up at him through her tears and smiled, "I guess we're done eating."

She stepped away from him to grab the plates. She put them in the sink and then paused. Rhiannun clutched her leg and let out a hiss of pain. Jonathan rushed forward, "Are you O.K?"

Rhiannun turned away from him, "Just a cramp."

Jonathan shook his head and lifted her into his arms, "Let me check it anyway."

She nodded and let out another hiss. Jonathan carried her quickly to his lab and set her on an examination table. He injected her with a pain reliever as she settled back onto the table. He grabbed another needle and took a blood sample, "Wait here."

After hours of waiting he read the results of Rhiannun's blood test. He clenched the paper in his hands and growled out a curse. Scarecrow was absolutely raging in his mind. He looked at Rhiannun as she counted cracks on the ceiling. He went and sat next to her, "Ivy's poison left it's mark."

Rhiannun looked at him, "You said that all of her poison had been flushed out of my system."

Crane nodded, "It was. It caused some damage to your muscular system. Luckily nothing more will happen except for the painful muscle spasms which you just encountered."

Crane took his glasses off and put them in his coat pocket.

Scarecrow glared at the wall, "I'm gonna kill that bitch."

Rhiannun sat up, "What?"

Scarecrow looked at her, trying to mask his fury, "I am going to kill Ivy."

Rhiannun turned so she was facing Scarecrow completely, "You don't have to do that. I've forgiven her already."

Scarecrow stood and grabbed her shoulders. His eyes stared into hers and saw that she was telling the truth, "How can you forgive her? How can you not hate her?"

Rhiannun looked at him and said carefully, "I don't really know…I just can't hate her. She was my friend…"

Scarecrow raised his voice, "That's not a reason."

Rhiannun put a hand on his cheek and said calmly, "It is for me. I hope you can forgive her someday too."

He shook his head, "Never…I will always hate her because you never will. I will never forgive her because you will."

She smiled slightly, "An interesting way of putting it. You were listening to Jonathan and I talking earlier. I appreciate your feelings towards Ivy. But for my sake, please, don't kill her."

Scarecrow leaned in a bit and whispered, "I won't make any promises."

Rhiannun nodded dejectedly and went to remove her hand when Scarecrow put his hand over it. He grinned at her, "Now…who said your checkup was over."

Immediately a blush rose to her cheeks, "Scarecrow…"

His grin dropped into a smirk as he took her hands in his and kissed the palms, sending a slight shiver up Rhiannun's spine. He placed her hands on his shoulders as he stepped closer to her, placing himself in between her knees. He placed a soft kiss on her lips as his hands drifted down her sides to rest on her hips. A slight hum came from Rhiannun as she wrapped her arms around his neck to pull him closer. He pulled back from her as she let out a sigh of disappointment. He smirked again as he tilted her chin up so he could have access to her neck. She let out a small gasp at his kisses as she pressed against him.

Suddenly he pulled back from her completely. He pushed her shoulders down till she was laying on the examination table. Her eyes were still closed in contentment and she opened them, "Why did you…"

She was cut of when his lips met hers again as he climbed up on the table with her. She blushed as he slowly slipped his tongue into her mouth. Her eyes closed again and a moment later she felt a prick on her arm and Scarecrow pulled back, a needle in his hand, " I need you to stay here while I take care of a little weed problem."

She felt her eyes get heavy, "No…Scare…crow."

He pressed one last kiss on her lips before lifting her up and taking her to another room. He set her on an old bed and left, locking the door behind him.

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