~Argent's Diary~

January 9, 2011,

9:30 A.M

It's been about a month since Jeff has come to live with the Titans and me. Although Jeff and Kid flash had not got along at first, they've become the best of friends. When Robin and the rest of the of the original Titans retuned they let the rest of us stay as an extension of Titans West. As it turns out 11 titans is a good thing as crime rate went down by 20%. Over the past month I found out a lot about Jeff. His father was in the military who was transferred to Helsinki, Finland, where Jeff was born. After parents died, he moved to Raleigh, North Carolina with his aunt and uncle when he was 10. With his parents dead, he learned how to move quickly and quietly like he does now and started to jack cars and rob convenience stores. After Jeff's second arrest, his aunt and uncle enrolled his to the Academy of Heroes to teach him responsibility with his unique talents at the age of 13. Jeff is 18 now. The only thing I haven't found out about him is his connection with red x. I've asked him about that once or twice but, he always says he doesn't want to talk about it.

January 9, 2011,

10:40 P.M

Just this past week, Kid Flash proposed to Jinx. It was a little surprising due to how young they are: he is 21 and she is 20. I was happy to see that Jeff and Wally have become such good friends. They became so close that he asked Jeff to be his best man. The wedding is set to take place on March 1st. I cant wait for that.

~Rest of the chapter will be told in 3rd person~

Toni woke up in her bed surprised not to see Jeff next to her. She slowly rose to the winter sun blocked by the dark red curtains, she guessed it was around 10:00. She threw on some athletic shorts and a tank top to search for her boyfriend.

See strolled into the main room to see Jeff at the stove making breakfast and Wally sitting at the couch. The two, now insuperable friends were talking about sports, cars, ect.

"Hey, baby. I was looking for you" she said kissing Jeff's cheek.

After the rest of the Titans entered the room, they had breakfast. Jeff was reading the newspaper away from the collaboration of people in the middle of the room. With Jeff away from earshot, many asked Toni questions about him.

"So what do you know about him?" Jinx asked her.

"Well pretty much everything, except one thing, he seems pretty wired about it."

"What is it?" She asked back.

"He had a run-in with some guy in a black costume, kind of similar to Jeff's. He had a white mask with a red x on it."

"The crowd of titans suddenly stopped, and turned to look at Jeff all in unison."

Jeff noticed the sudden silence and looked up from his paper to meet ten sets of unblinking eyes.

"What?" Jeff asked blankly.

"You know red x?" Robin asked worried that their would-be friend was nothing more than a trader.

Jeff slowly looked up with a grimace on his face., "Toni, can I talk to you for a minute?"

Everyone watched as Jeff led Toni to the other room.

"Ok, his real name is Will, Will Sydal. He's is… was my brother. He was the one who told me to become a criminal. To care for no one else. To be a monster."

All Toni could do was hold a crushed look on her face wondering that this had gotten to him indefinably. Jeff leaned in quickly and kissed her. She could feel the passion radiate off of him.

"I know he's wrong though. I'm not a monster, and I do care for others. I care for you." Jeff continued, "I think I better explain myself to the others"

"Good idea" Toni answered

"And one more thing, I don't care for you,… I love you." Toni added.

Jeff simply smiled and walked back into the main room whispering "I love you too" just loud enough for Toni to hear.

Authors Note: I know this chapter is short, but I have a solution. Make a lot of chapters. I plan to have at least twenty chapters in this story before having an ending, so don't worry.

Your fellow writer,

A.J Penn