Jay's P-O-V

"Hello" I said as I picked up my cell, for the past hour I have been in my room doing homework and I just finished and had been about to walk out the door and go meet up with JW at the mall. but then my phone rang and I had to go back into the kitchen to get it because I had forgotten to grab it.

"Jayylyn, it's JW" I heard his voice say from the other line, there was something off about him voice, but I coudn't tell what it was, "somethings came up and I'm going to be a little late, but go on ahead and I'll meet you at F.A.L.L in about an hour."

"alright JW," I told him, knowing it would be pointless to argue with him right know, what ever had come up must be important if he was calling me Jayylyn, "can I ask what's come up?"

"I can't tell you over the phone, but I'll tell you when I see you Jay," JW said, and I just nodded forgetting that he coldn't see me.

"alright, just hurry, I hate going to the mall alone." I told him, and I wasn't lying, when I was five, I went to the mall with my aunt and she met a guy and the two of them left me there, I was in the mall for almost six hours before they finally came back and got me, and I've hated going to the mall alone since. "and you have to buy lunch now."

"fine." JW said as he chuckled, JW and his brother have many things in common, and one of them is that they never really laugh, they just chuckle. and they only do that rarely.

I hung up and headed out the door towards my car, my cousin Max was leaning up against the door and he smiled at me when he saw me, "mind giving me a ride?" he asked me as I got into the drivers seat, Max it 19, he had a car until he crashed it two weeks ago, now he doesn't have a car and he has a cast on his arm. I nodded. "thanks Jay, I'm supposed to be meeting John at his place." Max said as he got in.

"no prob, how is John?" I asked him, john is Max's boyfriend, yes. Max is gay, luckily for me he never has his boyfriend over at our house because my mom hates John, and won't allow him in the house.

"he's fine," Max said, "how is Will?"

"he's doing okay I guess," I told Max, "he hasn't told me any differently anyways."

"good, I like Will, I don't know why,but there's something about him that makes me like him." Max told me, "how is school?"

"it's okay, I have A's in every class and almost all of my teachers love me." I told Max, Max is the only member of my family that I actually talk to, since my brother hates me, and my parents ignore me, to them, it's like I don't even exist, but with Max, it's different, he will sit for hours and listen to me talk about my messed up family, but up until a year ago, I never got to see him. a year ago Max's mother died and he moved in with us, so know the two of us live just down the hall from each other and we spend a lot of time together, that is. when I'm not with JW and he's not with John.

"what do you mean 'most of your teachers love you'?" Max asked me, "which of your teachers don't love you?"

"my Economics teacher hates me, he is always yelling at me for no reason," I told Max, "but I'm fine with it since he hates every one,"

"cool, thanks for the ride Jay." Max said as I parked in front of Johns house and Max climbed out, careful of his injured arm, "have a great day, and tell Will hello, for me."

"will do, have a great evening," I told Max as I poled out and headed towards the mall, when I got to the mall I found a great parking space, right in front of the main entrance, and I quickly parked and went in side, I looked at my watch and saw that I still had 45 minute until JW would be here, so I headed over to F.A.L.L, deciding to read until he got here.

F.A.L.L if the name of a little restaurant inside the mall, they serve some of the best food in Gotham, and JW and I are regulars, and not only that, but the owner is a friend of John's dad, and he always has a booth empty for us, since we always go there around four every evening , as I walked into the restaurant Michelle (the owner) smiles at me and points towards a booth in the right front corner of the restaurant, I smiled at him and went over to the booth, and taking out my book, I started reading.

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"that's a good book" the voice startled me, I had only just began reading when this guy had come up behind me, "it's one of my favorites, but I haven't managed to convince my little brother to read it."

I turned around, the man behind me was about 19, he has black hair that is a little to long, and his bangs are falling into his green eyes, he has a great figure and I can tell from looking at his clothes he is rich, but trying to hide it, he is wearing normal clothes, but the way he wears them reminds me of JW and I can easily tell he's rich.

"it is a great series, I've already read this series five time," I told the man, "but I can't get my best friend to read it, I can't tell if it's because he doesn't like reading, or because he likes telling me no."

"for my little brother, it's because he likes telling me no." the man said, and we both smiled, "I'm Richard by the way, may I sit here?"

"of course. it's nice to meet you Richard, I'm Jay." I said as he took the seat across from me.

"it's nice to meet you Jay," Richard said, "but I have to ask, is your boyfriend going to be mad if he see's me sitting with you?"

I laughed, "I don't have a boyfriend, so I think your safe," Richard looked shocked.

"how could a beautiful young lady like you not have a boyfriend?" Richard asked me baffled, "I've only known you two minutes and I already know your an amazing person."

"thanks," I said as I blushed, I never blushed, and here this guy has me blushing in moments. "but I'm not really the kind of girl guys go out with."

"why's that?" Richard asked me.

"my best friend is a boy that can beat the hell out of anyone that crosses him, and he's taught me how to fight," I explained, "I hate shopping, and gossipping about boys, I hate doing nails and I refuse to wear make-up, I'm unto fast car's, getting into fights, and causing trouble. just yesterday, I punched the head cheerleader at my school."

"why did you punch the cheerleader?" Richard asked me laughing.

"because she was hitting on my best friend and it was making him uncomfortable," I told Richard, "and him being the shy person he is, he refused to tell the girl to fuck off."

"your best friend is shy?" Richard asked me as he raise an eyebrow, "but I thought you said he could beat the hell out of someone."

"he can, but that's only if they are picking on some-one else, he won't do anything if they are picking on him, but he will always stick up for others" I told Richard, "the head cheerleader has been hitting on his since the beginning of school, and she keeps doing these really embarrassing things, that is why he seemed kind of shy."

"your friend sounds like a cool guy." Richard observed. and I detected something in his voice that I couldn't place.

"he is, the two of us have been friends for ten years, and he is like a brother to me." I said, "him and his brother are actually the closest things to brother I have."

"so your an only child?"

"I wish" I told Richard, "I have a brother, but he hates me, and my parents ignore me, but I spend so much time with my best friend and his brother that the two of them have become like brothers to me."

"sad," Richard said, and then his watch started beeping, "I'm really sorry Jay, but I have to go, it was a pleasure to meet you."

"goodbye, thank you for talking to me." I smiled.

"any time."

Richard started to leave but then he turned around again, "Jay will you go on a date with me tomorrow night?"

"I would love to." I told Richard after a minutes hesitation. "where, and when?"

"I want it to be a surprise." Richard smiled at me, "I'll pick you up at six."

I quickly gave him my address and he left, then looking at the clock I saw that the two of us had been talking for almost three hours, and that JW was two and a half hours late, I grabbed my stuff and left. and the entire way home I was thinking about Richard.

Richard's POV

"sad," I said, I was about to say more but my watch started beeping, looking down at it I saw that a bank was being robbed and that Batman needed me to take care of it because he was busy doing god only knows what. "I'm really sorry Jay, but I have to go, it was a pleasure to meet you."

"goodbye, thank you for talking to me." she said, and she smiled the sweetest smile.

"any time." I replied, I had enjoyed talking to Jayylyn, and I would really like to spend more time with her, and get to know her better, just as long as she doesn't figure out I'm Nightwing.

I started to leave but then I had an idea and I turned around again, "Jay will you go on a date with me tomorrow night?"

"I would love to." she told me after a minutes hesitation, I could tell from the look in her eyes that she was afraid this was a trick of some kind. "where, and when?"

"I want it to be a surprise." I said and I smiled at Jayylyn, unlike Bruce and Will, I actually laugh, "I'll pick you up at six."

she quickly gave me her address and I left. I didn't leave the mall right away though, I went to the other side of the mall and entered a magic shop, that just happened to be owned Zatara, one of the members of the League, he already know the identity of all League members, and he knows me by sight, so he quickly let's me into the hidden room and I go through the transporter, back to the Batman, where I quickly changed into my suit and hopping onto my bike I took off for the bank.

it took me five minutes to get to the bank, and when I did I saw the police outside, normally I would just go in and knock the morons out, but something told me this was more than just another robbery, so I walked up to Commissioner Gordan, "what's going on in there?" and I'm almost positive that if his men hadn't been here he would have peed his pants.

"Nightwing, thank god." Gordan said as soon as he saw it was me. "the robbers have a bomb, in there, and they have fifteen hostages, we can't get to them without the robbers setting off the bomb, and we can't let them do that, because one of their hostages is, Dinah Lance."

to say I was shocked would be an understatement, Dinah Lance is a world famous fighter,she was supposed to be in Gotham for a fight against a group of men that had called her out saying her fights were fake, and she had come to Gotham to prove them wrong. but not only was she a famous fighter. she was also married to the billionaire Oliver Queen. and tell no one, but Oliver Queen is Green Arrow and his wife Dinah Lance Queen. is the Black Canary.

how would I know this? because Batman and I know the secret identity of all the League members, the League just dousn't know that.

I left the Commissioner and quietly slipped inside the building, I saw the robbers, they were emptying the savem and their hostages were being held at gun point in the middle of the room. and there in the middle of the group of hostages was, Dinah Lance.

the hostages were all grouped together, and the robbers were paying very little attention to the hostages. I moved around the edge of the room until I was standing right behind the robbers, and just then Dinah looked up and we were staring right into each others eyes, I didn't even bother telling her to be quiet because I know that she won't say anything anyways.

I slipped closer to the robbers, and before they noticed me I took out a Night-stick and hit all of them on the head in turn, knocking them all out, them turning back to the hostages, I looked at Dinah.

"where is the bomb?" I asked her, and she pointed towards the corner, from looking in her eyes I could tell that she was keeping her mouth shut because if she talked she would lose control of her power. I turned and seeing the bomb I went towards it, it was a type 2 bomb, and I had it deactivated in a matter of minutes. then I tied up the robbers and left.

I went home and changed out of my suit, before going into the kitchen and making a sandwich, then I sat down, but I didn't even take a bite of the sandwich. I just sat there staring off into space, thinking about the beautiful girl I met earlier.