Harley and Ivy: The Next Generation

Rating: M

Chapter 5: Killing Time and Sibling Feuds.

"Ugh… Kandi was right about the two of you," Layla screamed as she looked at Lily and Ace, they had just single handedly embarrassed her in front of the entire school. Ace doing most of the improper gestures after jumping up on the table to make herself seen. "You're nothing but a couple of little TRAMPS!" Ace jumped off the table as Powers walked into the lunchroom.

"Now you listen here Sunbeam, Ace and I are NOTHING like you and your cousin, WE do not take our clothes off or sleep with men for money, yes I know your little secret, so insult us again and the entire city will know," Lily stated calmly as she took out her ear bud and stood up, looking at Layla before she walked to her. "Oh and Layla? I should let you know, I don't bluff." She walked back to the table that she, Ace, and Garth were sitting at, it was next to the table Warren sat at.

"Oh I would love to see you try me," Layla stated as she held out her hand a created a vine that she shot at Lily, Ace jumped in the way and the vine wrapped around her legs. "See you're not the only plant user around here, you made me do this just remember that." The vine got tighter causing Ace to fall, she charged up her hand and shocked the vine until it crisped up and let go.

"Oh would you just SHUT UP LAYLA SUNBEAM WILLIAMS, oh yes I know your full name, I also know that you have several "extracurricular" activities that you partake in," Ace screamed as she charged up her hand so that sparks were flying, they were dancing on her hand, a brilliant show of colors. "I know that you think you're such a big bad girl, but you're NOTHING. DO YOU HEAR ME? YOU ARE NOTHING!" She threw the charge at Layla, it knocked her off her feet. Ace's eyes became very hard, a cold and calculating gaze that only meant one thing. She laughed a deep and maniacal laugh reminiscent of The Joker.

"OH SHIT!" Lily muttered loudly, The Card Princess had decided to come out and play. "Warren, get over here!" She looked to the pyro with a look of seriousness.

"Lily what's going on with her?" Warren asked as he looked at Ace, she was charging up a massive amount of energy straight into her hands, the charge was just a blur of dancing sparks in a multitude of colors. "Lily what do you need me to do?" He had tried to light his hand but found that the fire extinguished itself as soon as he could light it.

"I need you to go find either her mother or Mr. Draven," Lily replied hastily as she began to mentally prepare to take her friend on. "Tell them The Princess is out, they'll both know what it means. And Garth, I want you to get everyone out of here." She began to approach Ace, being careful the entire while.

"Got it!" Warren stated as he jumped up and ran for the door. "Wait why not her father?" He ran to go find both adults, he figured that having both of them would be better than just one. He wanted to know why not to get her father but he also wanted to make sure that Ace was safe, she was still charging up an attack that she soon threw at Layla.

"Will, be smart and get your girlfriend out of here, and no I'm not doing this for YOU," Lily stated to Layla as she blocked the charge with a thick wall of vines she then turned to Warren. "Her father will just make things worse. NOW GO! I'm not sure how long I can contain her." Warren nodded and Garth continued to get students out by any means necessary, Will however wasn't moving and neither was Layla.

"Lily…" Ace growled, she barely had manners as the Card Princess, so she tended to growl a bit instead of talking like a normal person. "You know better than to try and stop me." She charged up again, this time a little weaker than before, but still really strong. "I know that they are stupid Lily, however I know that YOU are NOT. Get out of here Lily GET OUT NOW!"

"Ms. Quinn, Mr. Draven!" Warren hollered as he ran to the teachers' room. "The Princess is out QUICK!"

"Where Warren!" Harley exclaimed, she knew what it meant and from the look on Draven's face so did he. Both adults were worried and jumped up to follow Warren.

"I can't do that Ace," Lily replied as calmly as she could, inside she was panicking. "I'm not going to see you be sent to ARKHAM over her Ace." 'Hurry up Warren.' Lily thought as she continued to block Ace's attacks she was also blocking her path.

"ACE HARLEQUIN NAPIER YOU STOP THAT THIS INSTANT!" Harley screamed as she and Eric rushed into the lunchroom followed by Warren, by this time all the students had been evacuated, except Lily, Layla, Will, Garth, and now that he had returned Warren. "Ace listen to mommy. Eric go grab her, she can't hurt you go grab her, hold her arms down to her sides." Eric quickly went and followed Harley's instructions.

"Silly little Harley Quinn, you think you have control over me? I'm NOT your daughter," Ace retorted with a dark chuckle as she fought against the hold Eric had on her, as the Princess she was more reckless, she didn't care about anyone but herself. "She's taking a little nap right about now." Eric held Ace tighter so that she had to work harder to break free.

'Shit, how the hell are we…' Lily thought as she looked at the little group of people. "Warren what are you doing?" Lily demanded, fearing for the boy's safety.

"Just let me try something," Warren replied as he walked to Ace, he grabbed Ace's chin gently and turned her head so that he could kiss her gently.

"GET THE FUCK OFF ME!" Ace screamed as she thrashed about causing Eric to let go of her, she ducked around him and jumped up on a table. "DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO A SAD CLOWN?" She began charging as she jumped from table to table, doing backflips and other acrobatic moves. "ANYONE DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO A SAD CLOWN?"

"I don't know Princess, why don't you tell me?" Lily asked as she followed closely.

"Sorry wrong answer. Next person," Ace replied sarcastically as The Joker walked into the room and Ace noticed, she ran and jumped to where he was. "HOW ABOUT YOU SIR, DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO A SAD CLOWN?"

"Well Princess a sad clown gets this..." The Joker replied as he pulled out a gun and aimed it at her head, he pulled the trigger and a bang flag came out of the barrel.

"YOU SIR ARE CORRECT, thank you daddy," Ace stated in her normal voice, she had a smile on her face and hugged her dad, and they all knew she was back because of the word daddy.

"You're welcome sweetheart," The Joker replied as he patted her head.

"Umm… guys," Ace started as she looked at everyone. "Why are you all looking like someone almost died?" She was smiling widely and laughing a bit.

"That would be because your darling third personality had to go and show up out of the blue," Lily replied in explanation as she looked at Ace, "I had to try to make sure that you didn't end up going to Arkham."

"Umm… no she didn't according to Jacks," Ace muttered as she looked a bit confused, "Jacks said that that was just her being very very pissed off."

"Well she talked and acted just like the other one, so please be careful, they're starting to bleed together," Lily replied as she looked at Ace.

"They seem to be getting a little blendy," Ace replied as she looked at her mother and father. "I'll have to make sure that I keep them under control better." Her mother looked worried and her father looked proud. She saw Warren and he had a confused look on his face. "Warren I know you kissed me, if Jacks and the Princess are blending then the one who told you to get the fuck off her was the Princess. I personally would never tell you to get off me." She winked at Warren.

"Ace Harlequin Napier you behave yourself, I don't want grandbabies yet," Harley joked as she caught a glimpse of what her daughters face looked like. "And I'd like to say good choice, I approve and I'm sure your father does too. Right Mistah Bossman?" The Joker nodded, Ace got a worried look on her face, and her mom was reverting to the crazy Harley, which was never good.

"Mom calm down, you're starting to act crazy again," Ace muttered as she looked at her mother, her father had the same look of worry on his face, he didn't like it when Harley got crazy either. "Mommy, please calm down." Ace jumped off the table she was sitting on and walked to her mother, she charged up her hand and shocked her mother in the head with a gentle current, it was something that she found that worked to get her back to normal, which it did this time as well.

"Thank you hunny," Harley mumbled as Principal Powers walked into the lunchroom. "What can we help you with Ms. Powers?"

"What in the world is going on here?" Powers demanded as she walked up to the small group of students and teachers. "I have been informed by other students that a student has been attacking another student."

"You need to chill out Principal Powers," Ace replied calmly and casually as she looked at Powers, "the Princess got out." She was getting aggravated just being in the presents of this woman. "Since I don't really care about what you're saying I'm out."

"It wasn't Ace's fault, Ms. Powers, she was just trying to protect me," Lily spoke up as she saw that Ace was going to get reprimanded for something that was outside of her control.

"It doesn't matter if she was protecting you or not, she apparently nearly killed one Layla Williams," Powers stated making no mind of what Lily had said, she was getting a glare on her face that was rather hard. "Ace, you only have one more chance before I sign the papers and send you to Arkham." Ace rolled her eyes.

"Look I'm in no control of my other mindsets ok?" Ace demanded, she was getting angry, Powers just didn't want her here because of who she was. "I have no idea what they do unless they tell me." She stood up and glared a death glare at Powers. "I hate to tell you this Powers, but you don't even know what goes on in your school."

"Ace," Lily started, she was prepared to get detention so that Ace would be able to stay.

"Quiet down, Ms. Wayne," Powers muttered angrily, she was getting upset that Lily was defending Ace.

"Looks like being daddy's princess isn't going to get you out of this one, Tramp," Layla muttered to Lily as she looked at her with a smirk.

"SHUT UP WILLIAMS! I'M GOING TO SAY THIS ONCE, YOU'RE GOING TO STOP ANTAGONIZING MY BEST FRIEND OR SO HELP ME, YOU WILL NOT SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN!" Ace screamed as she was getting very irate and was about to punch Layla in the face and throw her off the school. "You are a NOTHING a NOBODY! Do you understand finally?" She walked out of the lunchroom and stormed down the hall toward the gym. Warren followed out after her, Lily too walked out of the lunchroom.

"You are NOT off the hook young lady," Powers called after them as she followed the teens. "Get back here so I can take you to the detention room."

"Go suck an egg Powers," Ace replied as she slammed the doors to the gym open and began to jog as soon as she set foot in the gym, she tended to exercise when she got upset.

(With Lily)

Lily was walking around the halls trying to clear her head when she bumped into someone, "Excuse me… oh sorry Mr. Slade, I wasn't looking where I was going," She muttered as she looked up at who she had bumped in to.

"It's quite alright Lily," Slade replied as he looked at Lily, he saw that she was distraught about something. "What's bothering you?" He wanted to help her, he was her father after all and that's what fathers did, just look at what the Joker just did with his crazy ass daughter.

"Well Mr. Slade, it's nothing I haven't dealt with before," Lily replied, she couldn't figure out why he was prying so much, it was a bit odd to her.

"Tell me about what's going on, I heard quite the ruckus from the lunchroom," Slade asked as he watched Lily, he was trying to learn more about his daughter, he genuinely wanted to be a part of her life and felt that this was a great way to achieve that. He had fought with her brother for most of his teen life and knew that Lily had been raised in a nurturing and caring environment so he was happy that she got a great childhood.

"Oh nothing much, just the cousin of one of my former tormentors taunting me and Ace, Ace got angry and every things fine now," Lily replied calmly, she was slightly exhausted by her latest exertion at the hands of Ace, so she gave the condensed version of the story. "Or as close to fine as a pissed off energy user could be when she could be on the warpath against anything that breaths if she gets looked at wrong and switches personalities at the drop of a hat."

"Ah yes…" Slade stated calmly as he led Lily off to an abandoned side hallway that had benches. "I can feel the residual energy build that she created, and I am currently feeling Ace continue to blow off steam, probably a good thing so that the school doesn't end up in ruin." They sat down on one of the benches. "So tell me what happened?" He was trying to sound fatherly without sounding like he was fathering her in a bad sense.

"It was the usual, Layla, the girl taunting us, is the cousin of a former bully that I had at my old high school, and well, before I came here, Kandi and her two friends Scarlet and Ruby, broke a bracelet that was given to me by my dad that I've never taken off, and I lost control of my powers and held down Ruby and Scarlet while I seriously injured Kandi, and... let's just say Layla holds a grudge," Lily replied, close to tears. Slade put a hand on Lily's shoulder in an effort to calm her.

"Lily…," Slade began to ask as he looked at her. "Did your mother ever tell you who your father was?"

"Well no… but then I never really asked, why?" Lily asked in reply as she looked at Slade with a confused look.

"Well…" Slade began before a door slammed open and Dick screamed "STAY AWAY FROM YOUR DAUGHTER SLADE!"

"What are you talking about Dick?" Lily demanded as she looked at Dick, who was poking his head out the door.

"Ask him yourself Lily," Dick replied shortly as he closed the door.

"Mr. Slade?" Lily asked as she looked at him.

"Yes Lily I am your father, your mother and I decided that it would be best if you found out later so that you didn't get the same treatment that Ace did and still does," Slade replied as he stood up and knelt in front of her. "So we waited until you asked, but you never did so you had to find out because of Dick."

"I… uhh… I gotta go," Lily muttered as she got up and began to leave to hallway, she didn't know what to think or how to feel about this strange turn of events, she had always known that Bruce wasn't her father, she looked nothing like him.

"You should probably go talk to Ace about this she can help," Slade called as Dick came out of the room he was in and grabbed Slade's neck in a vice grip, before he, Dick, growled out a "You. Just. Stay. Away. From. Her." He was angry.

"She wouldn't have known if YOU hadn't said anything Richard," Slade replied as he made Dick let go of him and before he walked off he said, "So you're going to let me go and you're going to run and hide, she's off to go talk to Ace and Ace will be out for blood, particularly your blood when this is all over."

(With Lily and Ace)

"Hey Lily, you look confused, what's up?" Ace asked as Lily walked over and Ace began throwing punches at the punching bag that Warren was holding at the current time, she had a sheen a sweat all over the exposed skin of her body, which since she had ditched all her clothing save shoes, shorts, and her shirt, was most of her body. "Oi… Tell me what's going on chika."

"Nothing's going on Ace, I'm fine," Lily muttered unconvincingly as she leaned against the bleachers, Ace had known Lily long enough to know when something was bothering her.

"No Lily, I know you better then you know yourself sometimes Lily-bells, now tell me what's going on," Ace demanded gently as she continued punching the bag, she was still jumpy with the energy that she had collected, it was a small side effect of her collecting that much energy at any one time. "Lily we both know that it's better you tell me who's ass I'm kicking, instead of me kicking everyone and their brothers asses until I find the right person."

"Hey Ace, chill out on the punch strength energizer bunny, you've been going like this for almost an hour, first running for about 15 minutes, then acrobatics for another 15, and then right before this you were running the dodging course on full speed for shits and giggles," Warren spoke up, with a slight need to catch his breath, he also had a fair bit of sweat running down his face. "The rest of us mere mortals would like a chance to sit down, we don't all have the ability to keep going and going and going."

"Well… Thanks to Dick I now know who my biological father is," Lily replied quietly, Ace had taken a short break and Warren was using that break to wipe his face and run for the water fountain, Ace hadn't stopped since she had started and she started again.

"I hope Slade warned Dick," Ace growled as she stopped punching the bag again she then cracked her knuckles, which were red and one was bleeding, she had been punching the bag without gloves. She then stormed toward the door and stormed to find Dick, she was out for blood.

"SHIT!" Lily muttered as she went after Ace. "Ace, don't!"

"No Lily, I promised your mother, I promised your mother Lily," Ace replied as she walked to where she thought Dick would be. "OH DICKY BOY! WHERE ARE YOU DICKEY BOY?"

"Ace it's fine, don't worry about it," Lily muttered as she put a hand on Ace's shoulder.

"No Lily, Dick needs to learn to keep his trap shut," Ace replied as she shrugged off Lily's hand, she was only planning to punch Dick a few times. "DICK GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE!" Dick poked his head out of the door and looked around.

"Yes, Dick needs to learn when to shut up, but you almost got expelled once today, I'm not going to let it occur a second time," Lily stated sternly, she didn't want to lose Ace to Arkham.

"Lily keep Powers busy then, it's either I rough him up or I get him fired, your mother was very specific," Ace muttered as she stormed toward Dick and dragged him out of the room he was in.

"Ouch! Napier what the FUCK," Dick yelled as he looked at Ace, who was starting to beat him.

"You FUCKING IDIOT, HOW THE FUCK DO YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN DO THAT TO LILY!" Ace screamed as she slammed her fist into his head the way her father had taught her, it would just stun Dick. "You KNOW she was supposed to ask on her own, you idiot, NOW SHE'S GOING TO END UP LIKE ME AND YOU KNOW IT!"

"Ace, you need to stop," Lily pleaded.

"Fired it is then Lily, I need to go see Powers then," Ace replied as she let go of Dick and walked towards Powers office.

"I'm sorry Dick, but you kind of brought it on yourself," Lily sighed as she looked at her brother before walking out of the room, heading for the quad.

"Principal Powers I have something to bring to your attention," Ace stated as she entered the office.

"And what is that, Ms. Napier?" Powers asked, she was aggravated due to what had happened in the lunchroom.

"I feel it necessary to let you know that I was involved in sexual relations with one of the teachers, and it resulted with a pregnancy," Ace replied, she was being as respectful as possible.

"Ms. Napier, these are very serious allegations you are making...IF you are right you could ruin this persons reputation, and if, most likely you are, wrong, you WILL ruin what GOOD reputation you have...which isn't much," Powers stated sternly as she looked at Ace with a small glare.

"Principal Powers, I already know what I'm getting into. The person is Richard Greyson, I have medical documentation to prove the pregnancy, it's on file here on campus. And honestly Powers I already know that everyone thinks little to nothing of me short of maybe 6 people," Ace replied as she looked at Powers, she wasn't worried about her reputation.

"Yes, I've seen your file… and Ms. Napier...I don't see where I should be inclined to believe you...your file clearly shows that you've been pregnant a total of three times in the last two years...ALL from different fathers," Powers stated as she looked at Ace's file briefly.

"Be that as it may Powers, I would also like to make known that though I thought I had had a miscarriage I am still in fact pregnant with the child of one Richard Grayson. And you can have me examined if you don't believe me," Ace said as she looked at Powers with a look that said 'try me bitch.'

"I don't have to, because what I also have here is the results from your physical that you had when you were enrolled and you are not pregnant since you had evidence of a miscarriage," Powers replied hotly as she looked at Ace.

"Check me again. You'll find a different answer, I was surprised myself," Ace replied, she was getting irate, and starting to see red as it were.

"I don't have to, Ms. Napier, because in the short time you've been here you've had eight fights, twenty detentions, you blew up the Mad Science lab, and now you are attempting to tarnish an esteemed teachers reputation, I will NOT have it. Now if you will run along to your next class," Powers muttered, she was dismissing Ace as a lying girl.

"You're going mental lady, it's the fourth day of school. I've only been in three maybe four fights you can even ask Mr. Draven. I've had two detentions which granted, I haven't served any of them, but whatever. And if all you goody two shoe hero fuckers would get your heads out of your ass's you'd realize that sometimes you have to look past what someone does and take what they say as truth until you find out differently. But I FORGOT YOU'RE ALL FUCKING HERO'S AND IM A VILLAIN THAT AUTOMATICALLY MEANS IM BRUSHED OFF RIGHT? Oh and get your facts straight I never blew up the science lab, medulla wouldn't let me wear my gloves so he blew it up not me," Ace screamed as she looked at Powers.

"Be that as it may, if I hear of ONE more incident you are out of here and on your way to Arkham. Now get to class," Powers stated calmly as she looked at Ace.

"Fine Powers, see you in HELL," Ace stated as she walked out of the room, she walked to the gym, she had gym class and needed to blow off steam, so here she was stomping around toward the gym.

(After School)

"You okay?" Lily asked Ace as the two girls changed out of their combat 101 gear and into their normal clothes.

"Yeah, Dick still has his job, I'm still technically pregnant but I'll survive," Ace grumbled as she grabbed her bag and looked at Lily. "I'm going to ask Warren if he wants to go out sometime."

"That's good," Lily replied as she also grabbed her bag and the two of them walked out. "You'll need it."

"Yeah I'm going to handle my little problem and have a chat with Eric and Warren," Ace muttered as she looked at Lily.

"I'll see you tomorrow Ace," Lily stated as she walked to Garth's jet, Ace walked to Eric's bike.

"See you tomorrow Lily," Ace replied as she got on Eric's bike.

"Don't worry Garth, I'm fine," Lily said as she looked at the look on Garths face, it was worry.

"I know but I also know that you're worried about Ace," Garth replied as he opened the jet and both got in.

"It feels like everything is falling apart, and I don't know what to do," Lily whispered as she nodded and sighed.

"Nothing is falling apart Lily," Garth replied gently as he started the jet and took off. "Things are just taking a turn. Ace can take care of herself, she won't get herself sent to Arkham." They flew toward where Garth hid the jet. "And as for what to do, just be careful about how you handle Layla."

"I already know how to handle Layla, I had to deal with her cousin, the only difference is that Layla's a super," She said as the two of them got out of the jet and headed toward the apartment.

"According to Ace, so was Kandi, she just didn't have a noteworthy power," Garth replied as they sat on the couch and turned on the T.V. "And what I meant by handle is just make sure that she doesn't get you in trouble with school."

"I'll be fine Garth, don't worry about me," Lily stated as she curled into his side and reached up and kissed him.

"I know you'll be fine Lily, but I still worry because of the connection you have with Ace," Garth replied as he kissed her back and wrapped an arm around her. "Lily let's watch some T.V."

"Did you know?" Lily asked a few hours later while she was fixing for herself and Garth.

"Did I know what Lily?" Garth asked in reply as he watched her cook.

"Did you know who my biological father was?" Lily replied as she turned away from what she was doing.

"No Lily, I actually thought that Bruce was your father," Garth replied casually as he continued to watch Lily.

"Good to know that I wasn't one who was kept out of the loop," Lily muttered with an eye roll as she turned back to the chicken she was frying.

"What are you making?" Dick asked as he watched her. "It smells delicious."

"Well Garth, I'm making fried chicken with roasted garlic mashed potatoes, fried green tomatoes, and sweet iced tea," Lily replied as she continued to cook.

"That sounds delicious Lily, I can't wait to taste it," Garth stated as he looked at Lily.

"Everything should be done in a couple minutes," She said as Garth started to set the table and she put everything into serving dishes.

"It all looks delicious Lily," Garth replied as he got up and set the table with blue plates, paper napkins, and silverware.

"Thanks, though I didn't realize I cooked so much," She said when she looked and saw the sheer amount of food she had made.

"This is delicious Lily," Garth stated as he was eating a little bit of everything.

"I'm glad you like it," Lily replied with a blush, she was happy that the first real meal that she had made for him had turned out well.

"This is so delicious," Garth said as he ate more of the chicken. "Where did you learn to cook like this?"

"I learned mostly from Alfred, but also from my mom during the rare times I got to see her and from Bane," Lily replied as she ate her own meal.

"You are an amazing cook Lily-bear," Garth stated as he looked at Lily.

"Thank you," Lily replied as she continued to eat.

"No problem," Garth stated as he watched her eat.

(A few minutes later after the two were done)

Lily was putting the food in containers to put in the fridge, she also started doing the dishes that she had used. "Want to go for ice cream?" Garth asked as he watched her do what she was doing.

"Sure, just let me get my coat," She replied happily as she walked up the stairs. Garth walked to the coat rack that was in the living room and grabbed his coat. "Ready to go?" Lily came back down stairs with her coat in her hand.

"Yeah, there's a great little place right up the street, it's called Sullivan Bros.," Garth replied with a smile as he watched her walk toward him. "We could walk there."

"That sounds wonderful," Lily replied with a smile as she took his hand and let him lead her into the cool night.

(At the Ice Cream Place)

"I hope you like this place Lily," Garth whispered in her ear as they stood in line.

"I'm sure I'll love it," Lily replied as they moved up in line, she rested her head against his shoulder.

"What flavor do you want?" Garth asked as he looked over the menu that they had snagged from a box in the line. "They have a lot to choose from."

"I'll have the root beer float," Lily told the cashier as she looked over the choices.

"I'll have a Sunday, peanut butter ice cream with nuts, whipped cream, cherries, pineapple, and hot fudge," Garth told the cashier as he looked over the menu.

"Peanut butter ice cream with pineapple?" Lily asked as they took a seat and waited for their dessert.

"Hey don't knock it till you've tried it," Garth replied with a smile as he waited for their number to be called. It was called and he got up and got their food, bringing it back to the table.

"Whatever floats your boat," Lily stated as they began eating.

"Here try a little bit, I promise you'll like it," Garth coaxed as he gathered a bit of each onto the spoon and held it out to her. She tentatively took the bite.

"…it's not my favorite thing," Lily replied after she had swallowed.

"It's not for everyone, I happen to like it just because it's a weird combo, something that I began doing while I stayed with the Titans and Beast Boy cooked," Garth replied in a hopeful explanation as he continued eating.

"Let me guess, Starfire?" Lily asked as she continued to eat and drink her float.

"Kinda, she's one weird girl," Garth replied with a nod as he continued eating.

"Eh… She's not weird, just different," Lily stated as she and Garth both finished their ice creams.

"True," Garth stated as they got up and took care of their trash. "Now let's get back home."

"I love you," Lily whispered in Garth's ear before kissing him after they walked out of the parlor.

"LILY WHAT THE HELL!" Dick demanded as he looked at them both, he had come out for an ice cream not to see his sister and best friend making out.

"What's it look like Dick?" Lily replied with a groan as she heard his voice.

"Garth, how could you dude, she's my little sister," Dick stated as he stormed up to them.

"He's my boyfriend, and you know what, I didn't give you and Ace grief when I saw you guys kissing," Lily replied as she looked at her brother.

"Chill out dude," Garth groaned as he put a hand to his head.

"Lily it's just because you're my little sister, no guy is ever going to be good enough," Dick stated calmly, he cared deeply for his sister, biological or not.

"Is that so?" Lily demanded as she glared at her brother. "Well, what if I don't WANT to be your little sister anymore?"

"Lily don't say things like that," Dick replied quietly, he was getting sad, he and Lily had never had these problems before he broke up with Ace, and he realized that it may actually be because he and Ace broke up that he and Lily started fighting. "You know that I care about you Lily."

"You have a real shitty way of showing it Dick, and I don't care anymore," Lily stated, her features becoming cold, she was done and Dick knew that nothing short a miracle would save their relationship. "Well don't worry Dick, you won't have to put up with me anymore." She stormed away from the two boys, inside she felt like she was dying, she never spoke to her brother like that.

"Lily, please come back," Dick whispered as he looked at the ground, he knew that he had fucked up this time.

"Lily, I know that you love him, and I'm okay with it but I just don't think that any guy would ever be good enough for you in his eyes," Garth stated as he ran after her, she had let him catch up to her.

"Leave me alone Dick," Lily growled as she threw up a wall of vines that were very thick in between her and Garth and Dick.

"Lily, don't be mad at him forever, it's not who you are, even if he does deserve it right now," Garth whispered as he hugged her tightly. "But I don't want you to ruin your relationship with him, and neither do you." He kissed her forehead.

"But that's the thing Garth…" Lily replied as she hugged him back, she was breaking on the inside and Garth knew it. "I think our relationship is already ruined." She was emotionless on the outside but on the inside she was a raging storm of emotion.

"I know your brother Lily, he'll be mad and pout for a few days and then he'll get over it," Garth whispered, he was trying to keep everyone calm. "But you can't be saying things like that to him, now go talk to him, don't bring up Ace or me, and don't let him do it either." He kissed her forehead again. Lily nodded and went off to go find Dick.

"Dick?" Lily asked tentatively as she searched for him, she hoped he hadn't gone.

"Hey Lily-bells, I'm sorry about a few minutes ago," Dick replied as he held his arms out in a hug, he waited for Lily. "I let my anger get the best of me, Garth is a great guy for you." Lily walked up to Dick.

"I am so sorry for what I said too Dick," Lily whispered, she was close to tears as she hugged Dick tightly, she hated when they fought.

"It's okay Lily, we were both angry, now you get on home with Garth and I'll see you in class tomorrow," Dick replied as they separated from the hug. Lily nodded and walked back toward Garth, she got rid of the vines too.