AN: Thanks to my amazing Beta reader Hadley-sensei, because she revised this , this chapter is way better.
Elli woke up groggily. She tried to push herself up but found that she wasn't able to, she opened her eyes in a panic but noticed that it was just Jason's arm around her. She noticed it was still dark out. She lifted Jason's arm off of her and made her way to her room to finish packing. She was blushing, how embarrassing! She wondered what Jason was thinking before he fell asleep.
Jason woke up in a panic thinking something happened to Elli, and then he noticed the light coming from Elli's bedroom. He got up and made his way to the small room, rubbing his eyes due to the sudden change in lighting.
"Good morning, sleeping beauty" he said in a groggy tone. Elli yelped in surprise.
"Oh hey, Jason. I'm just finishing packing up," she finished folding the last article of clothing and declared happily, "Done!"
"No, you're not," Jason said, smiling at Elli's confused face. He walked over to the night stand a picked up the picture of the lady and handed it to Elli. Elli smiled but it was off…It was a sad smile, Jason noticed. He thought it would be better if he didn't ask questions.
"Thanks, Jason for reminding me," she whispered. She put the picture delicately in the bag and zipped it up. "Okay, Jason now I'm ready. Let's go," she said, smiling. Elli was exited; not only would she get to mess with the Dark Knight himself, but she would get to know Jason a bit better. Jason and Elli walked out of the apartment.
As they walked down the street Jason put an arm around Elli's shoulder and said, "Elli, this is the start of a beautiful partnership," She chuckled not knowing what to do with Jason arm, so she just let it be there. They walked down the street. They past a group of men who started whistling at Elli. Jason began to frown, he was starting to get really enraged. How dare those men, check out Elli! They don't deserve her, let alone look at her like that!
Elli could feel Jason tensing up.
"Jason are you okay? You're really tense, just chill," she said in a soothing voice.
"Those men…" Jason started to say through gritted teeth but was interrupted by Elli.
"Jason, let them. They're idiots just ignore them," she said while putting her head on his shoulder. Elli wanted to add "you're the one I really want," but bit her tongue. She just couldn't afford to be with Jason… What if it ended badly? She couldn't imagine a world where she and Jason didn't talk anymore. Slowly, Jason started to relax a bit.
He chuckled, "Sorry, I sorta lost my temper, back there…" he apologized.
"It's okay Jason."
Jason knew no matter how much he loved Elli, he could never be with her… He has a horrible temper. What if he lost control and got upset with Elli and hurt her? He couldn't live with himself if that ever happened. "So Jason, how did you even get into the apartment?"
"Oh I used the spare under the mat," he replied shrugging his shoulders, "You know doing that in Gotham is really dangerous."
"I know. I told Sophie to stop doing that, but in her eye's the world is perfect and for every bad thing a person will do something bad will happen to them. She really believes in Karma," they walked in a comfortable silence until they arrived at the abandon lab where the bunkers where.
Jason ushered Elli into the elevator. Once they got to the bottom floor, Jason bowed, saying, "Your castle, M'Lady," in a Brittish accent. Elli couldn't help but giggle at Jason's little joke. On one of the nights Jason called, Elli remembered telling him that Sophie thought the jacket belonged to her prince charming, and how she made up a lie how she stole it because some guy tore her dress. Sophie had then said that he'll come to pick up his jacket fall in love with you at first sight and they would live happily ever after.
"Oh, I forgot to give back your jacket. I'll give it back tomorrow once I get unpacked," Elli said.
Jason shook his head and said, "Nah, keep it. Consider it a gift from your prince charming." They both laughed, but secretly both wanted it to be true. "But, we have to talk about your common sense. You shouldn't go around being friends with known criminals who kidnap and threaten to kill you and your friends." He grinned and continued, "But I'm the exception, because you know I'm awesome."
Elli laughed "Sure Jason, keep telling you self that. Whatever helps you sleep at night. Goodnight." Elli started to walk to her room. Jason couldn't help but stare until she was out of view. He got on his Red Hood gear to start another night of patrol.