Officially a Good Guy

"They let me into their tower. They let me fight with them but I can't get a communicator?" Jinx asked angry. She was talking more to herself than to Kid Flash. They were on their way back to Keystone City; however the two heroes were still in Jump City. After the victory over the Brotherhood of Evil all heroes had gathered in Titan's Tower and had later kicked the butt of Doctor Light. She had never seen a villain this scared or running this fast. And she had been pretty sure he had wet himself, but that might have been just her imagination.

Before the two had left, they had told the main Titans that they would stay in Keystone City. That Kid Flash was willing to work with her had amazed not just a few Titans (and actually her too). But that didn't bother her. The thing that upset her was the fact that he had gotten a communicator and she hadn't. "That's so…." she sighed "I just should be glad that they give me a chance. Without Starfire I would be in jail now."

"You seriously think I wouldn't protect you?" the red haired boy asked. She rolled her eyes. "I don't need protection."

"And that's why you asked me to stay earlier?" he teased.

The former villainess glanced at him for a second but then she gave in. "I can defend myself, but I needed at least one friend with me there. After all you're…" She didn't finish the sentence, although the answer was quite simple. But only thinking about it made her cheeks burn a little. Suddenly she stopped walking.

"I'm what?" the hero asked. "We're…here…" the pink haired girl said surprised.

"Where?"

"You're so blind! Right in front of us! The museum" she replied and now she was smiling "Seems like forever since I was here the last time. I hope they got a better security system." She shook her head slightly, while she was looking at the building. It looked exactly the same like a few months ago. But now it seemed to her to be more special. It was a strange feeling.

"I never bothered to ask, but why the rose?" Jinx asked "Giving a rose to a criminal seems to me a bit weird." "And far too romantic for an encounter between enemies" she added in her thoughts. "I thought it would be nice" he answered. She looked at him a bit sceptical but then she shook her head. "I hope you don't do that every time you meet a villainess."

"Don't worry, I stopped. So you don't have to be jealous all the time." "JEALOUS?" the pink haired girl asked angry but mostly flustered "Why would I be jealous, if you give some girl a rose?" She crossed her arms before her chest "Never heard something this ridiculous before." She saw how an all too suspicious smile appeared on his face. Jinx was pretty sure that he was about to say something that would earn him a shockwave. "And what about the thing you did with Argent?" he asked teasingly.

"Ididabsolutelynothing!" the heroine answered so fast as Kid Flash could run. She turned around, so he wouldn't see how her face turned dark red. To be honest she had done something with the heroine. The black and red haired girl had talked with him just so long and his flirty nature, even though she knew he could do nothing about it, had caused her to…lose her temper. It hadn't been anything serious (besides everyone could trip over his own feet.) But she had been on the other side of the room. Why did he think it had been her?...Or rather how did he find out?

He was in front of her again. "You know when you did nothing, why do you blush?" "I'm not blushing!" she replied, turned around and covered her cheeks with her hands. Even she knew that this looked pretty ridiculous. The young hero stood in front of her, before she had even finished turning around. "And I did nothing!" she insisted "I'm not responsible for every bad luck in the world."

"I didn't say that…"

"Good."

"But I said that you were responsible this time."

"Please! Why should I do that? Especially to a heroine I barely know?"

"Because you were jealous" he answered smirking.

"I WASN'T JEALOUS!" she almost yelled with quite a high-pitched voice, which proved her answer immediately wrong. The pink haired girl wanted to storm off, but after two steps he took her by the hand and pulled her back. Too surprised by this she forgot to resist. "Come on, Jinx. Why don't you admit it?" he asked and tilted his head. "Because I wasn't jealous…" she answered silently and avoided eye contact.

However, her resistance was already crumbling down even though she tried everything to prevent that from happening. She wasn't sure how he did that. "Theoretically…" she started and felt how his look rested on her face "If I had been….jealous, would that have been…bad?" She waited for an answer, but she didn't get one. Eventually Jinx looked a bit confused up.

The red haired boy was looking at her. "Hey, are you even listening?" she asked. A second passed then he looked away…and his head moved a bit too fast. Curiously she tilted her head. "Have you even heard a word of what I've just said?" she asked and suppressed a smile. She could have sworn that his cheeks were slightly pink. "Sure" he answered, but this time his voice wasn't as convincing as usual. "You know, you always say that I'm a bad liar, but you are not that good at it either" the heroine teased.

"Liar? I wouldn't ever lie to you!" he said with acted consternation. Now she smiled. "You're impossible" she sighed and out of the blue she leaned forward and kissed his right cheek.

His surprised look nearly made her laugh. "Wha-What was that for?" the young hero asked still amazed. She jerked her shoulders. "Ah you know. For staying with me and helping me to convince them. That was quite nice of you and I wanted to say thank you." Jinx stretched her arms. "So…can we go home now? I'm really starting to miss Keystone City."

"I could say the same thing" he answered. She smiled. After some moments she said suddenly "Hey, do you realize that we defeated today an organization of villains and saved the world by doing so?"

"Really? Can't remember that." She rolled her eyes.

"It feels weird."

"What feels weird?"

"Saving the world." But she felt incredibly pleased and proud.

"Now that you mentioned it, it really is weird." She tilted her head a bit surprised.

"Seriously?"

"It's weird that we haven't celebrated yet."

"Celebrated? I thought that heroes are too modest for that."

"Modesty doesn't mean hiding success only not boasting around with it."

"Okay. And how do you celebrate something like that?"

"I do things I enjoy. Why do you ask?"

"It's just…" she hesitated and wanted to turn around, but he was still holding her hand making it for her impossible to turn around "It's just that I never…that I have never been on the winning side. I had small victories, yes, but only temporary and too unimportant to celebrate them."

"Since you're on the good side now, I think you will experience a few more real victories" he answered still smiling. The girl jerked her shoulders. "Well, maybe I will. Depends on the fact if they kick me out or not. And I'm not even in yet." She couldn't suppress a sad sigh.

"Jinx, you've got Starfire on your side. There's no way they will kick you out" the young hero said encouraging.

"Huh? Just because Starfire is on my side, doesn't mean..."

"If Starfire's on your side Robin is too. And if he's on your side no one can kick you out." She looked at him unbelieving.

"...No way! Are you implying what I think you're implying?"

"Come on. You have to be blind to miss that he's crazy about her."

For a second there was silence. Then she said with a winning smile "I knew it! I so totally knew it! And I started to think I was imagining things."

He raised his eyebrows. "What did you know?"

"I knew there was something more between them than just friends. And Billy didn't want to believe me."

"It's already so obvious that even villains see it?"

"Only the smart ones…and I guess only the girls but yes."

"And they still aren't together… Actually there are bets going on when they finally get together."

She looked at him sceptical. "You bet on something like that?"

"Yeah."

She rolled her eyes. "That's not very considerate. …And if Robin doesn't loosen up it will never happen anyway."

"You're right about that." Jinx had to smile. The imagination of Robin "loosening" up was as ridiculous as funny.

"So…back to the celebrating-topic" the heroine said "What do you usually do?"

He thought about that for a moment and then he answered "Nothing, just enjoying that the world is save once again."

"You can't be serious."

"I am!"

"You are unable to be serious. I don't know much about you, but I know that for sure." She rolled her eyes, while saying that. Then after a while she said hesitating "Hey, would you mind stopping by…at a certain place. I have to go there just one more time." "Sure! Why not?" he answered smiling.

…

Jinx coughed after she had breathed in the dust of several weeks. "Oh come one. You could have cleaned it at least once in a while" she said and shoved the broken door aside. "Why do you have to come back here again?" her companion asked from behind. "Because I left something" the girl answered, but she could understand why he was a bit confused. Even she found it a bit strange that she had to get something from her old home, but there was no way around that. The pink haired girl wanted it back. End of story. But she had never imagined that the Hive Base would be in such a poor state.

"Okay, and what did you leave here?" Kid Flash asked sounding quite curious. She opened the door to the living room (Jinx had to use her powers, because the electricity was turned off) and answered "You'll see." Not a very satisfying answer, but she didn't care.

Once the former villainess saw what had been her living room she said furious "Those jerks! I can't believe that they didn't even consider cleaning up this mess…that you caused!" She turned her head to him while she was saying the last words. He raised his hands in defence. "Hey, you don't live here anymore so don't be mad. Besides it's not my fault that your friends…"

"Former friends…" Jinx corrected him and went to the door to her right.

"What?"

"Former friends. They aren't my friends anymore" she answered and broke the door with a single shockwave.

"Since when aren't they?" he asked a bit surprised.

"Isn't it obvious?" They were walking through a hallway. "Since the day I finally found out that being a heroine is far more…rewarding or something like that. It's not that I dislike them. More like a…neutral feeling."

"And who are your friends now?"

She sighed. "Good question" Jinx thought bitter. The girl went down some stairs, closely followed by him. "I suppose…Starfire is. I mean she seemed quite excited about the fact that I've changed the sides. And Hot Spot looked like he would like me. Wildebeest kinda seemed like he would find me likeable. And…" she breathed out "You are my friend."

"Fhew…I started to think you wouldn't like me at all" he answered grinning.

Jinx sighed and opened the next door. But silently she whispered "But after all you're my best friend."

"What?" he asked surprised from behind.

"Nothing" she answered quickly and felt how her cheeks started burning. The girl was hoping he wouldn't notice.

"Did you just say "best friend"?" the hero wanted to know.

"I didn't say anything at all!" she replied.

"I'm pretty sure you said "best friend""

"Oh shut up!" He opened his mouth to say something in return, when she cut him off. "We're there!" and Jinx looked at her room. She felt how the anger rose in her chest again, while she was looking at the destruction. He noticed her expression. "Am I getting hit by a shockwave for that again?" he asked. "Again? When did I punish you for…" she stopped, because she remembered the occasion. Jinx had punished him for that right after she had k…. "And I blush again. Great" she thought and turned around.

"You look cute when you blush" he said smiling. "Shut up, Kid Flash!" she snapped. Couldn't he keep his mouth shut for a single moment? Then a book on the floor caught her attention.

"Found it!" Jinx said smiling brightly. She took her sketch book and blew the dust off it. She was surprised that it didn't seem to be damaged at all unlike the rest of her room. It was strange, but just holding it made her feel happy. "So you came all the way for that?" the young hero asked. "And?" the girl replied in a sharp tone.

"I was just asking!"

"Good!"

Jinx thought about opening it, but she didn't. The pink haired girl didn't want to hear his remarks about her unicorns. "Boys don't understand something like that!" she thought by herself.

"Are we finished here?" he asked.

"Bored already?" Jinx said and tilted her head. Due to his powers, he was used to do everything fast and was quite easily bored. Especially when she was doing something at her speed. (Although he once had said teasingly that her pace hardly counted for him as speed at all.)

"Not bored. I only wanted to know if we can go." But she didn't believe that he wasn't bored. Jinx knew him well enough for that.

"Yeah, we're done here" she answered and rolled her eyes. Then she looked at him. "Oh no! I know this look. Whatever you intend to do…" she stopped in the moment when he took her by her shoulders. He was smiling in a certain way she didn't like at all. The girl narrowed her eyes. "Don't. You. Dare. To…" But as always she was too slow for him. "He's so going to pay for that!"

The next thing Jinx knew was that she was leaning against a nearby wall, praying that she wouldn't throw up. "I hate you!" she said, but her voice sounded weak "You know that I can't stand moving at that kind of speed." "Please! I ran slowly" he answered. "Slowly? SLOWLY?" she said unbelieving. "I swear as soon as I recover you'll pay for that!" She tried to calm down or rather calming down her stomach.

"And how am I going to pay?" he asked. The young hero was now next to her.

"Don't know yet, but you will" she growled. The girl wanted to move, but her body thought otherwise and she lost her balance. She didn't fall however. Her "partner" caught her.

"Easy! You'll get yourself hurt if you aren't careful" he said smirking.

"And whose fault is that?" Jinx asked angry, but she knew that she would fall over if she would let go off him. "Come on. It wasn't that bad" he answered "Last time you yelled at me. Now you don't. So it couldn't have been that horrible." "I should yell at you" the pink haired girl replied "But I don't feel well enough to try."

"Sounds like I'm lucky"

"Yes, you are. And now let go off me."

"You're sure that you can walk?"

"Yes, I am sure!" To be honest, she wasn't, but she wanted to go.

"Okay, then I let go off you now" he warned her.

"Yeah, I'm ready" she answered impatient.

But in the moment where he was about to let her go, Jinx felt that she still hadn't quite recovered and to prevent her from falling she grabbed his shoulder. Well, both of them fell.

"I thought you were sure?" he asked grinning. "I'm not in the mood" she replied annoyed.

"Jinx?"

"Yes?"

"There's a spider in your hair."

"WHAT?" she yelled and immediately her hands moved to her head to get the thing off. She wasn't afraid of spiders. Jinx simply didn't like them.

He took her hands and stopped her from ruining her hair completely. "Calm down. I'll get it out, since you are so afraid it" he said. "I am not afraid of spiders! They just don't belong in my hair" the girl replied.

She turned her head to the side. He was barely inches in front of her face now. She could hear him breathing. "All done" he said and the girl could hear his smile in his voice. "Seriously?" she asked. He nodded. "Okay. Thank yo…" but he didn't let her finish the sentence. Jinx simply felt how he lifted her chin up to kiss her.

"Heroes!" she thought more surprised than angry. After some seconds she caught herself kissing him back. The girl felt his smile. Eventually she ended the kiss.

She looked at him sceptical. "Was there ever a spider?" Jinx wouldn't be surprised if he had said that on purpose and much to her annoyance she couldn't be as angry at him as she would have liked to.

"Honestly, there was one" he assured her, but it was hard to believe him, while he was grinning like that. She sighed. "Okay, I believe you."

"No shockwave this time?"

The girl rolled her eyes. "No shockwave."

"Great!"

"You're still an idiot" she replied and stood up "Can we go home now? I think we've spent enough time here."

"Can we go at my speed?" he asked.

"If you want me to ever kiss you again, then definitely not" she said insistent and started walking.

"That's blackmail!" he replied, but he was still smiling like an idiot.

"I know" Jinx answered lightly "But that's the only way to keep you from killing me."

"Killing you? You are exaggerating."

"I'm not. You can go ahead if you want, but I'll walk normally" the heroine answered.

"I can't leave you here. You might get lost" he teased. Jinx sighed heavily. Like this they would never ever reach Keystone City.

"I have an idea how we could solve the problem" Kid Flash said.

"Really? You do?" she asked. Her look was skeptical.

He leaned forward and whispered his idea into her ear. "Oh come one! That is blackmail!" she said. "It's not that bad. Last time I went out with you was really great" he answered.

"Now that I think about it, I only went out with you because you blackmailed me" she replied.

But after a few moments Jinx gave in. "Okay. Fine! Yes! Now go ahead. I'll catch up later."

"Great! Then I'll see you in Keystone City" the hero said smiling, but before he left he kissed her again. Only briefly, but she felt how her cheeks burned slightly. And then he was gone.

"Heroes…" she said sighing. Suddenly Jinx smiled. "And I'm one of them…"

I did it! I've finally finished the story. I'm really quite proud of myself now.

Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed it and had fun while reading it. Thanks for the nice and encouraging reviews!

And if you have time, check out my other stories. Perhaps you like them as well.