This is chapter three. I hope you guys enjoy and can review. I could use some feedback.

It was Thursday and I already wrote the letter to him but now I sort of regret sending it. I like him but now I think I was too nice about it. I respect him but I want him to change. At the same time it's his choice. What right do I have to tell him what to do? Wait there's the first amendment but I don't think that counts.

"Nicole! Nicole P! Quit daydreaming and get back to work! You may have caught up in a few days but it doesn't mean you can slack off." Ms. Curtis nagged.

I nodded before staring at my history book. Sometimes when I'm this confused, I wish for Alden to appear and talk to me.

"Pst. Nicole want to read together?" Jude my other best friend asked. My thoughts on Alden disappeared while I read the Great Depression.

Icicle Jr. was starting the Great Gatsby when the guards stopped by with a letter. He dropped the book and opened the letter.

Dear Cameron,

My brother and best friend suggested I stop writing to you and I almost gave in because I don't want to get hurt. I know I'll get hurt physically but I don't think I can be hit in the emotional and mental part. You're a sweet guy who has villainous ambitions. You have a goal which I like but I wonder are they your goals or your father's? I'm not saying I approve of what you do as a villain but I do respect you. I don't want you to lose yourself and I will continue writing to you because I want to be less lonely but if there's ever a time where you feel you need to cut me off, then do it. I would rather you cut me off then give me false hope. It sounds stupid but I feel like you're someone I can depend on. It's dumb since you're a villain. You're well cold hearted sometimes but I respect it. The Great Gatsby is a good book. It's boring in the beginning but in the end you'll definitely have a change of heart. I do warn that the book has a crappy ending. As for the picture, I think I'm not pretty enough for one. I'll cut one out of playboy and send it to you. Just listen to what you what.

Sincerely,

Nicole.

Icicle Jr. almost tore the letter up. Nicole almost stopped writing to him. Did she really think that he was that bad? He thought he would be okay with her accepting him as a villain but instead he wanted her to tell him to change his ways. Did she think he was horrible and judgmental, she couldn't send him a picture of himself? The worst thing was Nicole had a point. Was he a villain because of his goals or really his dad's? Icicle Jr. sat in his cell and crumpled the letter in his hand.

Artemis was in class with Dick who wouldn't shut up.

"So you're friend is nice. What is she like?"

He particularly wouldn't shut up about Nicole. Artemis was too tired from training and patrol with Green arrow last night to argue with Dick about partnering up for the assignment. Too bad because he ended finishing it in twenty minutes which left about another hour to talk.

"She goes to Gotham North, is Chinese and white, lives with her brother and doesn't eat pork or beef." Artemis bluntly said.

"So she's bilingual huh?"

"Sort of, she and Peter don't really practice much so they're not fluent."

"That's cool, does she like videogames?"

"No, she's more into other stuff."

"Like?"

"Shouldn't you be doing something else?" She asked annoyed with the twenty questions.

"No Nicole seems smart though, shouldn't she attending this school?"

"I don't know now can we please talk about something else?"

I sneezed before Jude and I left for lunch. We could leave campus so we went to the nearest fast food joint. Jude was my best friend. He has blue eyes, blonde hair, skateboards and tells the funniest jokes. We just picked some fries and chicken tenders for lunch along with some smoothies.

"So how's it going with Jr.?" Jude asked.

"I almost stopped writing to him. Peter and Artemis got me thinking. He's bad and I could get hurt."

"Nicky, you're a nice girl but sometimes you let people take advantage of that. You're like ice cream. You're cold but sweet. You have a sharp tongue when riled up but usually you're quiet." He explained. "But I know you're smart enough not to let Jr. become an Alden. Look Alden is sorry for what he did but he's getting help now. Maybe Jr. just needs help but still look out for yourself."

"Everyone keeps going back to Alden. Why does everyone think he's Alden?"

"Look Alden had problems at home; he put a front at school. He wasn't okay and then you two almost died. He loved you so much and still does but that doesn't give him an excuse to do what he did."

"I wanted to do it too."

"I'm not talking about the sex, I'm talking about letting his drug problems and the fact he almost sold you to a pimp!"

"Alden said he was-"

"Stop being in denial, Nicole, he almost killed you! He could have after he was done getting high and that could have been too late. It would have taken a while for him to even realize what he had done. He didn't know what he was doing. He was high and lost. If Robin wasn't there, then you wouldn't be here right now. " Jude finished his smoothie.

"I know I was lucky; I could be dead or stuck as a prostitute. I was in such denial. I saw the changes within Alden, outside and inside. Yet I didn't do anything. I thought he was just having some bad days. I was so stupid too. On that night I just let him drag me there. Anyone else and I would have knocked them out. I should have helped him sooner."

"It's not your fault. None of us knew but he is getting help. His sister is his legal guardian now and she wants us to go visit him next month."

"Jude, I don't know. I mean he's been gone since July 31."

"I'm not forcing you to go. I just wanted to let you know. We better be getting back or Ms. M is going to have our heads if we're late to her literature class." Jude paid the tab. I only followed him back. We had few hours until school was over and then I had therapy.

Artemis looked like she was about to strangle Dick because even while she was eating, he wouldn't leave her alone. She was trying to finish her sandwich but Dick was being a Dick.

"Does she like nuts?"

"Dick. "

"Yeah?"

"Shut up!"

Here's the end of the chapter. Please review if you can or send me a message if you want to chat. I'll try to respond as quick as I can.