Back From The Dead

Chapter 5 – Misunderstanding

The mission the Team had been on had given Jason some pretty bad injuries and a lot of stress. He badly needed a shower, and right after they got off the plane he ran straight to the bathroom. As he was running he unbuckled his trousers, took off his jacket and threw it on the floor in the hall, right before he was about to enter "heaven".

Jason was enjoying the coolness of the water as it ran down his wounded, but still perfectly muscular body. He wasn't able to take a hot shower because of the incisions and bruises. The hot water just wasn't helping the pain.

When Jason was done, he put on a white towel around his waist, stepped out of the shower and grabbed his clothes from the floor. He picked up his final piece of clothing and just as he looked up, he saw Cassandra standing by the door holding his jacket and smiling.

"Sorry to interrupt, but…uh, I think you dropped this. I wasn't peeking, I swear!" She looked away as she walked towards the half naked man, handing him the jacket, blushing and looking at the floor.

"Don't be shy Wonder babe. You aren't the first woman who has seen me in a similar situation." Jason laughed and petted the blond girl on the head. As he took his jacket, Cassy quickly turned around. She tried to run from embarrassment, but she tripped on the wet floor. Jason tried to catch her. He reached his free hand to grab hers, but instinctively his other one reached, too. He caught Cassy in his arms and his towel fell off. She shrugged as his "parts" rubbed against her thigh. They both blushed. He quickly let the girl go, while turning her around fast enough for her not to see his naked body. He put his towel on and looked at her. She was standing still in one place and looking embarrassed at the open door. His gaze turned to the person standing at the doorway. His eyes widened as Donna clenched her teeth and fists, narrowing her eyes.

"Donna…babe…it's totally not what it looked like! I …"

"You filthy son of a bitch! How dare you?! Everything you told me was a lie!? You don't really care about me do you? You just want to use me! And you…- she looked at Cassy - …I thought you were my friend." Donna's voice was a little more silent when she said the last sentence. She sounded so disgusted and upset.

"Donna, please listen to me. I swear we weren't doing what you think we were. I was about to fa…"

"ENOUGH CASSANDRA! I don't want to listen to your pathetic excuses." Donna's eyes filled with tears, ready to burst out. She flew out of Mount Justice, leaving both of her teammates behind.

Jason was in the training room, beating the crap out of some computerised villains.

"Stupid…stupid…STUPID!" He was shouting and clenching his teeth.

Miss Martian had been standing in the doorway, watching him for the past few minutes, before she finally said: "Wow…and I thought Superboy had anger issues. What's going on?" She started walking towards him, then stopped and crossed her arms. Jason went to a table and picked up a towel and wiped his forehead.

"It's nothing you have to worry about."

"I know you're not the talkative type but sometimes it's better if you just tell a friend how you feel. And I see you're not doing a very good job by yourself." Miss M went to him and placed her hand on his shoulder, giving him a smile.

"It's Donna…She saw me and Wonder Girl…in the bathroom…" Jason looked away and blushed. Megan's eyes widened and she removed her hand from his shoulder.

"I swear to God we weren't doing anything! Cassandra fell, and in my attempt to help her to not break her head, I let go of my towel and it fell. Then, when I caught her I was naked…and that's when Donna came in and saw me holding Cassy…naked." Jason closed his eyes and his grasp tightened around the towel. Megan started laughing.

"Hey, hey, hey…it's not funny! I thought you came here to help me. My love life is at stake here!" Jason crossed his arms and narrowed his eyebrows. When Miss M finally stopped laughing, she looked at him.

"So you DO love her! HA, I knew it! Listen J, you should go to her and explain everything. Take Cassy with you. And the most important thing you must do is to tell Donna the whole truth about how you feel towards her. I heard about the make out session on the plane last week. Don't be afraid to let her in. You won't regret it." Megan turned around and started walking to the door.

"Wait! How am I supposed to make her listen to me. I don't even know where she is."

"Give her time."

19:45

Donna finally came back to the hideout and straight to her room. She jumped on her bed and covered her face in the pillow. A few minutes later there was a knock on her door. She didn't feel like seeing anyone tonight, so she told them to go away. Suddenly she heard the pleading voice of Jason.

"Please, Donna. Open the door. We need to talk." He stood on the other side, with his forehead leaning on the steel door. Donna lifted her head from the pillow.

"You again! There's nothing to talk about. I saw what you were doing. Now leave me alone!" She buried her face in her pillow again. Jason didn't like being pushed away, especially not by her, so he did what he thought he should do – he knocked the door down. Who knew he could do such a thing without any superpowers. I guess when a person is too scared or, in his case, frustrated he could do anything. Donna jumped from the bed and before she was able to stand on her feet, Jason grabbed her and put his arms around her waist, burying his face in her stomach. She was sitting on the bad with her hands lifted up so she didn't touch Jason, who was kneeling before her and holding her tighter than ever.

"Please…listen…I would never do anything to hurt you, because I … I love you, Donna Troy! I love you more than anyone else in this world. I am ready to let you in…to show you how much I care. I know you might not feel the same, but I am willing to change just for you. Tell me what you want and I'll give you everything! Just…please…don't leave me on my own. No woman has ever tried to understand me, like you do. I can't loose you, not now, not ever. What you saw earlier…was an accident." Jason explained everything then looked up at her face to see her expression. She was calm now, and she finally placed her hands on him – the left one was on his back rubbing it gently, and the right one was holding his cheek. She started crying and she lifted his head and kissed him. When they separated she said: "I can't believe I made Jason Todd "The Red Hood" himself say such things to a girl. And don't worry, your secret's safe with me!" They laughed. "I love you, too Jay darling." They laughed again, and Jason stood up. "I want you to go out with me tomorrow. This time it will be a real date. I'll even take you to a carnival and buy you junk and stuff, you know, like in the movies." Donna stood up and hugged him.

"I accept, but…there's no carnival around here at this time of the year."

"Who said it has to be around here. I suggest we take Miss M's ship and fly ourselves to Italy. We'll spend a nice day just by ourselves in Venice – the city of love."

"Uh…J, Paris is the city of love."

"Really? I thought it was the city of lights! And Venice has gondolas and pigeons and shit…that's why I think it's more romantic. There's also a guy who sings while we make out in front of him…in his boat." Donna giggled.

"I think Rio would be better, but it's your choice mister Google." She kissed him goodnight and pushed him towards the exit.

"You know, you have to fix my door tomorrow."

"Donna…Babe…Leave this to Red Tornado. He's our cleaning lady after all. Let him do his job." Jason grinned and started walking out.

"You should become a history teacher." Donna smiled as she watched him walk away. He stopped to look at her. "Maybe I will. But it's highly unlikely. The salary is miserable…oh, and I can't handle 20 little runts getting on my nerves all day." He winked and left. Donna started packing for tomorrow then went to bed. Who knows, maybe he is willing to change! Let's hope it's for the better.