p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The ride home was silent. But that wasn't the first clue that something different had transpired this school day. No, the first tip had been the fact that Alfred had been parked, idle at the curb for nearly 15 minutes waiting for Jason to leave the school building. Despite Jason's obvious preoccupation and uncharacteristic silence,the butler didn't ask, he was confident that Jason would speak when he was ready. He missed the enthused chatter that usually accompanied their journey, nevertheless./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Wordlessly, Jason dropped his bag at the foot of the stairs and hooked his jacket over the banister when they arrived at the manor, before heading into the kitchen. He retrieved a bottle of water and sat at the table, watching Alfred work as the man took a selection of vegetables to the chopping board. He sighed a little, and spun the bottle top on the tabletop before him./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Jason,"/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Don't forget to take your things with you to your room when you head up. Please, don't leave them in the foyer," Bruce Wayne reminded, a fond smile in place./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""I won't, Bruce. I promise."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Seeming satisfied, Bruce came to sit beside his young ward, ruffling his hair as he pulled out a stool. He spoke again./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""How was school?"/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The same question every weekday for the last 3 years, and the replies - though varied - were usually positive and enthusiastic in nature. Jason had always been eager to learn, everything and anything. He had spent quite some time in public libraries throughout his childhood, sometimes just to get out of the cold, wet streets for a few hours. It had led to him being quite an avid reader, in a number of subjects and genres. So, it surprised Bruce when Jason sighed a little, giving a simple, off-hand "It was okay, I guess."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Bruce cocked an eyebrow, and Alfred paused in his task to glance over his shoulder at the pair. The two men shared a look, both of them growing increasingly concerned about Jason's sullen mood. Bruce shifted in his seat, suddenly uncertain as he gently nudged Jason's shoulder with his own./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Do you want to talk about it?" He asked./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Jason shrugged and huffed out a little sigh again. Honestly, the school day had been good, much the same as every other. He enjoyed the material he studied. He had friendly and polite conversation with his fellow classmates, though he wasn't particularly close to any of them, but that had never bothered him. It had been perfectly mundane for the most part, if anything he'd even been excited. He'd been overjoyed when Mr Wilson had approached him about the tutoring, his mind had raced with all the benefits and opportunities it could give him. He'd been a little naive to not consider how the other student might have felt about it. In any case, his initial enthusiasm had been extinguished./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Jason was a little irritated with himself for letting the older boy's words get to him. He didn't know why he was so bothered by it, but he felt affronted by the entire exchange. It wasn't his fault the guy needed tutoring. Jason was confident that whatever the problem was, they could get it straightened out in no time. If Roy would just get over himself long enough to cooperate then this whole process could end up quick and painless. He was willing to help, he liked the work and it would definitely add points in his favour when he started applying to colleges. He didn't see the downside, until he actually met Roy Harper, at least./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Jason relayed the encounter to his father figure. He was a little annoyed that he'd been accused of being 'stuck-up'. He knew that Roy didn't know him from Adam, he knew that the collective mindset of the vast majority of the student body didn't take kindly to outsiders. And from Roy's words, it was reasonable to conclude that he lumped himself into the category. Jason reasoned that maybe both he and Roy had joined the academy unconventionally, but Roy wouldn't have known that by looking at him. Though Jason wanted to erase the misconception Roy had of him, to do so would open a whole can of worms that he'd really rather not. It wasn't like he owed Roy Harper anything anyway./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Bruce listened attentively, suggested that it seemed that Roy was dealing with things himself and Jason just happened to be there. Roy had just been told he was flunking, maybe that had upset him more than he'd let on. Jason conceded to his guardian's point. He decided to just wait it out. If Roy had needed an outlet and Jason had just been the nearest available target, then there wasn't much to be done about that now, but at least in that case it wasn't personal. Jason would just continue to do what he was asked to and not concern himself with the attitude of a stranger. Feeling a lot better, he headed upstairs to complete his homework before dinner./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The next morning was a nightmare for Roy. He'd raided Ollie's liquor cabinet almost as soon as he'd gotten home. He didn't want to dwell on the events of the school day for a moment longer. Bizarrely, he felt truly guilty for upsetting Jason. His guilt and his shame at his failing grades, combined with his loneliness at coming home to that big empty house, all drove him straight to the drink. He hadn't gotten himself completely trashed, just drank enough to allow his sleep to be dreamless, to shut out his thoughts. When he awoke the next morning, he was dealing with a slight headache as a consequence. And to make matters worse, his lighter was out of gas, and he had been denied his morning smoke. The walk seemed to take much longer than it ever had before, he was just grateful it wasn't raining./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"As he approached the school building he spotted the kid - Jason - step out of a flashy car and wave goodbye to the driver with a grin. Roy nearly scoffed, of course he'd have a chauffeur. But Roy watched in bewilderment as Jason - as soon as the car was out of sight - scrambled up the front steps, and completely ignored the main door in favour of dashing around the corner and behind the cover of the surrounding shrubbery. With a confused frown, Roy followed after him. /p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The odour of cigarette smoke hit him first, quickly followed by the sound of a heavy sigh. He rounded the corner to see Jason, leaning casually against the wall, his backpack at his feet and a cigarette between his lips. Roy masked his shock and recovered quickly. Maybe he would get a morning smoke after all./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""You got a light?" Roy smirked./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Wordlessly, Jason dropped his bag at the foot of the stairs and hooked his jacket over the banister when they arrived at the manor, before heading into the kitchen. He retrieved a bottle of water and sat at the table, watching Alfred work as the man took a selection of vegetables to the chopping board. He sighed a little, and spun the bottle top on the tabletop before him./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Jason,"/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Don't forget to take your things with you to your room when you head up. Please, don't leave them in the foyer," Bruce Wayne reminded, a fond smile in place./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""I won't, Bruce. I promise."/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""How was school?"/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The same question every weekday for the last 3 years, and the replies - though varied - were usually positive and enthusiastic in nature. Jason had always been eager to learn, everything and anything. He had spent quite some time in public libraries throughout his childhood, sometimes just to get out of the cold, wet streets for a few hours. It had led to him being quite an avid reader, in a number of subjects and genres. So, it surprised Bruce when Jason sighed a little, giving a simple, off-hand "It was okay, I guess."/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Bruce cocked an eyebrow, and Alfred paused in his task to glance over his shoulder at the pair. The two men shared a look, both of them growing increasingly concerned about Jason's sullen mood. Bruce shifted in his seat, suddenly uncertain as he gently nudged Jason's shoulder with his own./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Do you want to talk about it?" He asked./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Jason shrugged and huffed out a little sigh again. Honestly, the school day had been good, much the same as every other. He enjoyed the material he studied. He had friendly and polite conversation with his fellow classmates, though he wasn't particularly close to any of them, but that had never bothered him. It had been perfectly mundane for the most part, if anything he'd even been excited. He'd been overjoyed when Mr Wilson had approached him about the tutoring, his mind had raced with all the benefits and opportunities it could give him. He'd been a little naive to not consider how the other student might have felt about it. In any case, his initial enthusiasm had been extinguished./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Jason was a little irritated with himself for letting the older boy's words get to him. He didn't know why he was so bothered by it, but he felt affronted by the entire exchange. It wasn't his fault the guy needed tutoring. Jason was confident that whatever the problem was, they could get it straightened out in no time. If Roy would just get over himself long enough to cooperate then this whole process could end up quick and painless. He was willing to help, he liked the work and it would definitely add points in his favour when he started applying to colleges. He didn't see the downside, until he actually met Roy Harper, at least./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Jason relayed the encounter to his father figure. He was a little annoyed that he'd been accused of being 'stuck-up'. He knew that Roy didn't know him from Adam, he knew that the collective mindset of the vast majority of the student body didn't take kindly to outsiders. And from Roy's words, it was reasonable to conclude that he lumped himself into the category. Jason reasoned that maybe both he and Roy had joined the academy unconventionally, but Roy wouldn't have known that by looking at him. Though Jason wanted to erase the misconception Roy had of him, to do so would open a whole can of worms that he'd really rather not. It wasn't like he owed Roy Harper anything anyway./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Bruce listened attentively, suggested that it seemed that Roy was dealing with things himself and Jason just happened to be there. Roy had just been told he was flunking, maybe that had upset him more than he'd let on. Jason conceded to his guardian's point. He decided to just wait it out. If Roy had needed an outlet and Jason had just been the nearest available target, then there wasn't much to be done about that now, but at least in that case it wasn't personal. Jason would just continue to do what he was asked to and not concern himself with the attitude of a stranger. Feeling a lot better, he headed upstairs to complete his homework before dinner./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The next morning was a nightmare for Roy. He'd raided Ollie's liquor cabinet almost as soon as he'd gotten home. He didn't want to dwell on the events of the school day for a moment longer. Bizarrely, he felt truly guilty for upsetting Jason. His guilt and his shame at his failing grades, combined with his loneliness at coming home to that big empty house, all drove him straight to the drink. He hadn't gotten himself completely trashed, just drank enough to allow his sleep to be dreamless, to shut out his thoughts. When he awoke the next morning, he was dealing with a slight headache as a consequence. And to make matters worse, his lighter was out of gas, and he had been denied his morning smoke. The walk seemed to take much longer than it ever had before, he was just grateful it wasn't raining./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"As he approached the school building he spotted the kid - Jason - step out of a flashy car and wave goodbye to the driver with a grin. Roy nearly scoffed, of course he'd have a chauffeur. But Roy watched in bewilderment as Jason - as soon as the car was out of sight - scrambled up the front steps, and completely ignored the main door in favour of dashing around the corner and behind the cover of the surrounding shrubbery. With a confused frown, Roy followed after him. /p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The odour of cigarette smoke hit him first, quickly followed by the sound of a heavy sigh. He rounded the corner to see Jason, leaning casually against the wall, his backpack at his feet and a cigarette between his lips. Roy masked his shock and recovered quickly. Maybe he would get a morning smoke after all./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Hey there," Roy ventured./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Jason spluttered and coughed around the drag he'd just taken, whirling to look at Roy with the perfect imitation of a deer in headlights. He was speechless. For the first time Roy considered that maybe there was more to Jason than Roy had first anticipated./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""You got a light?" Roy smirked./p