Jinx awoke to find Starfire leaning over her, much too close for Jinx's comfort. She let out a little shriek, which went unnoticed by the alien girl. "What are you doing?' Jinx asked after a few very uncomfortable moments.
"I wish to once again express the apologies, for not only the starbolt that has caused your injuries, but also for the dish of the food that I had prepared that caused you to 'throw the up-chuck'," Starfire said, not moving back.
"Star, it's either 'throw up' or 'upchuck'." Wait, did I just call her 'Star'? I am getting far too friendly with these people! Jinx thought, but continued speaking. "And you've already apologized at least fourteen times."
Starfire blinked. "Yes, but is it not an Earth custom to continue the apologizing until it is accepted?" Jinx sighed.
"Fine, I'll accept your apology if you promise not to make food for me anymore," Jinx said bluntly.
"Wondrous!" Starfire exclaimed, wrapping Jinx in a tight hug.
"Ow, ow, ow, you're crushing me," she squeezed out, despite having all air flow cut off by the arms wrapped around her midsection. Starfire let go, and Jinx couldn't help but feel a little happier seeing the overjoyed look in Starfire's eyes. Ugh, these are not the people to be getting attached to, Jinx reminded herself, but still gave up a small smile in return. Then she noticed the plate wrapped in plastic on a small table. "What's that?" She asked, slightly wary. Starfire looked to the table.
"Oh, that is a breakfast that Friend Cyborg has prepared! He also has the memory of the incident of vomiting."
"Cyborg, huh?" Jinx said, and reached for the plate. If it's his cooking, it can't be bad. She peeled back the plastic to reveal bacon, eggs, cinnamon toast, and a brownie. She smiled and started on the eggs, only mildly creeped out by Starfire watching her intently. Luckily, her communicator beeped, and Beast Boy entered.
"New friend Jinx, I am so glad to have the forgiveness! " Starfire exclaimed. "I will prepare for my next shift with much excitement!" Starfire floated out of the room.
"Wow, what'd you do to Star?" Beast Boy asked. "I haven't seen her this happy since- Well, this morning, but you know, it's Starfire." Jinx snorted into her eggs. Beast Boy pumped his fist. "You laughed! One slightly disturbed female psychopath down, one to go!"
This time Jinx laughed out loud. "Raven's still not responding to your flirting, huh?" Beast Boy's face lost all color, then turned a deep purple. He scratched the back of his neck.
"That obvious, huh?" He said, sheepishly.
"To everyone except her," Jinx responded honestly. "But don't worry. Sometimes when she's in here meditating, we can hear you laughing across the tower. And whenever we do, she looks down, blushes, and smiles." Beast Boy's face flooded with color again.
"Really?" He squeaked. Jinx nodded solemnly, and went back to eating. Beast Boy flopped into the chair and went silent, a blush creeping over his face every once in a while, the list of jokes he prepared forgotten in his hand. Jeez, if all it took was talking about Raven to shut him up, I would have done it forever ago, Jinx thought. She finished her meal in companionable silence, difficult to do with Beast Boy, but apparently not impossible. When she picked up the brownie, she noticed a folded piece of paper underneath it. She unfolded the paper. Written on it were three words: "You okay? –Cyborg". Jinx blushed without realizing it, and kissed the paper. For once she didn't scold herself in her head. Beast Boy's shift ended and he wiggled his eyebrows at Raven as she passed through the door. Raven looked confused for a moment, but just shrugged it off. A few minutes later, Beast Boy's loud laugh echoed through the tower. With satisfaction, Jinx noted that Raven looked down, blushed, and smiled.
"I saw that," Jinx said.
"Saw what?" Raven said, managing to keep her voice emotionless, but giving herself away by replying to fast. Jinx raised an eyebrow and Raven looked away, still blushing. "Shut up," she muttered, and Jinx obliged. They both sat in near-silence; the only sounds were Raven's meditation chant and the occasional, extra-loud laugh from Beast Boy. Jinx rolled her eyes, she never should have told Beast Boy about Raven's secret reactions. Jinx turned over towards the wall, sighing. She was grateful to the Titans for rescuing her Ugh, grateful. What am I doing, turning into a good guy? But she at least wished for a window. Or a television. Or something. She didn't even know what time it was, or how many days had passed since she had woken up in Titan's Tower. Was it winter? Was it summer? Was it raining, snowing, was there a fog rolling across the city? How many times had the bank been robbed without her? How many baddies had been put in prison, how many had escaped? Were there any new buildings, had any old ones been torn down? Had her favorite store in the mall closed down without her business, or, much more likely, had they actually gotten some sales without her stealing all of the merchandise? She let her mind wander over all these questions, but absolutely refused to think about her old team, those lying, cheating, no-good, not-even-good-in-a-bad-way little twerps who… Okay, maybe she thought about them a little bit. But mostly she wondered about things outside, and if the entire Titan's Tower was made out of windows, how she had possibly gotten stuck in the one room without a view. It must have been her bad luck.
She almost didn't notice when Raven left at the end of her shift, that was, until she heard Cyborg's voice saying "Hey, I've got a surprise for you!" Jinx rolled over.
"Is it a window?" she asked sarcastically, smiling a bit.
"Nope," Cyborg said, his human eye sparkling. "It's even better."