*Authors Note - I do not own any of the Teen Titans, DC characters or the Grand Theft Auto Cities. I do however own Quake, my Original Character.
Also - 'This is Thinking' - "This is Talking"

Chapter 4 - First Date

Jinx POV

Day 1

I woke up, hoping that the day before was just a bad dream. That I hadn't woken up in Quakes clothes in Quakes house eating Quakes food and sleeping in Quakes bed. But it wasn't a bad dream, as I found out while waking up in Quakes room wearing his pajamas. I grumbled and sat up on the bed. I saw that my clothes were folded up in a chair in the corner of the room. My arm sleeves had new fabric scattered all across them. 'He really did sew up my clothes, why would he do that?' I asked myself. I ignored it, put my clothes on and turned back. On the bedside there was another vase with another rose inside of it. 'Figures he'd put a rose there, trying to convert the villain, Quake?' I thought to myself. I looked around his room, and it was a lot less messy than I had thought it would be compared to the H.I.V.E. boys. I stepped out of his room to discover that he was already up and was making breakfast. My stomach growled in response, remembering the food it had last night. He heard it and turned around, still wearing his costume, just being cautious I guess and I didn't blame him.

"Morning sleeping beauty, was wondering when you'd get up it's almost noon already." he said. I hadn't even looked at the clock yet. "Hope you don't mind but I took the liberty of making breakfast. I hope you like pancakes."

"Y-yeah, I do," I said. I was still trying to figure out his motivations behind helping me.

"Good to hear, otherwise I'd have to throw it all out, start over with something else only for you to tell me you don't want the second thing too", a laugh almost escaped my lips. He must have caught that because he smiled. "What are you smiling at?" I asked him. "Nothing" he replied.

We ate our breakfast together and all the while Quake couldn't take his eyes from me. "Why are you staring at me like that?" I asked him.

His face reddened considerably, "I-I-I'm sorry. I was just captivated by your beauty." Now it was my turn to blush. We both avoided each others gaze.

We finished our breakfast, Quake took the dishes to the sink and turned back to me. Then Quake spoke up again. "I'd like to take a look at your head for a minute." I immediately brought my head back and i must have looked worried because right away he blushed and continued. "I-I-Its not that I want to do anything to hurt you I just want to see how bad you concussion is."

Something about the tone in his voice told me to trust him, so I listened to it. "Alright, but no funny business".

He stood up from the table, walked around until he was behind me. I shuddered nervously, waiting for him to knock me out and take me to the police. Instead he said, "I'm going to put my hands where the debris hit you OK?"

"Um, OK". And at that he did so. His hands were strong yet gentle, it was like he was afraid he was going to hurt me. He touched over every spot that got hit, when he was done he said, "There we go, all done. It wasn't as bad as I thought at first."

"Really? Does that mean I can go back to the H.I.V.E. 5 today?" I asked him. He chuckled a bit.

"Not quite yet. In about 4 days you'll get a clean bill of health and you're free to leave".

"4 DAYS!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. "Why should I stay here for 4 days?"

"Because if your concussion worsen somehow it would be better for you to be here with someone to take care of you than lying in some alley somewhere..." his voice trailed off again. "The point is it would be better for you to stay here with someone who cares about you than with others who care more about themselves than you".

As much as I hated to admit it to myself, he was right about that. The H.I.V.E. boys do care more about getting rich than about the other members of our team. They would leave me if they thought they could get away with the loot. "Alright I'll stay, but for 4 days. No more." "

Unless your condition worsens, then staying longer is mandatory," he said.

"Ugh I can't believe I'm stuck here with YOU of all people," I muttered out loud. He must have heard that because he looked down right away. He almost looked... rejected. I wanted to say something to him but he turned and started to leave the room.

"I have to go on patrol, try not to do anything illegal while I'm gone," I almost missed the hint of venom in those last few words. Obviously I had hit a massive nerve.

Day 2

The routine of today was similar to the routine of yesterday. I woke up, a different rose by my bedside, shared a breakfast of bacon and eggs, and apparently I hit that same nerve from yesterday again. He didn't leave this time though until 2:30. He said he had an errand to run. I didn't question it.

Later that Night...

I woke up very thirsty. I got up from the bed and walked out into the kitchen. I walked by Quake in the pull out bed. He was tossing and turning in his sleep. 'Must be having a nightmare' I thought to myself. As I filled up a glass I got from his cupboard his nightmare had apparently worsened, he was tossing and turning even more violently than before. I contemplated waking him up to end his torment when he woke up on his own. His costume was off, but his face was hidden from me by shadows. He looked around the room and saw me in the kitchen. "I'm sorry if I woke you up Jinx," he said. "No i-its alright Quake. I was already up anyway." He was sweating profusely, and it looked like he was going to pass out completely. I don't know why I said what I said next, but the words came out of my mouth before I could stop them. "D-do you want to talk about it?"

"Not particularly," he replied. "Are you sure? It might help?" I told him, again the words came out before I could stop them. "Fine."

He told me his nightmare, about how he loved this girl and how she didn't know how much he loved her. He was about to tell her one day when an attack from another nation hit Jump City. War had broken out and Jump was one of their targets in a nationwide attack. He struggled to find her after the attack, but he managed to find her. And to add insult to injury the blast rendered his powers useless, he couldn't fly, had no super speed, no strength, no nothing. He found her, hurt near the edge of the crater caused by the missile launched. He ran towards her, but the edge of the crater gave way under her feet. She screamed and he reached out his hand to grab hers. He wasn't able to save her, the last time that they saw each other she fell to her death. The last time that they touched each other was when their fingers briefly touched before she fell. She died never knowing how much she meant to him and how he had to carry that with him for the rest of his life.

"Wow, that's quite a story." I said to him.

"Yeah, I wasn't fast enough or strong enough to save her. Sorry about having to make you live it with me Jinx"

"Oh that's alright, sometimes it's good to talk about these things instead of keeping them bottled up, especially if your powers are controlled by emotions. That's why the H.I.V.E. academy had someone to talk to about these things."

"Thanks for this Jinx. It's nice to have someone to talk to." I blushed a bit when he said that. "I'm going to go back to bed. Goodnight Jinx".

"Goodnight Quake," I said. I went back to bed thinking about the dream he had. 'Looks like he fears losing people he cares about. That's almost sweet of him...wait, what am I thinking. I could use this against him if I wanted.' But some part of me couldn't help but feel something for him deep inside of my heart.

Day 3

The routine was the same as the other mornings. Wake up, a new rose by the bed, a breakfast burrito for breakfast, and that same nerve again somehow. I somehow manage to hit that same nerve for the last 3 days now. He left again at 11:30 for a minor disturbance downtown and again at 2:30 for an errand.

Later that Day...

"Ugh, I hate being cooped up in here with you all day." I said, I must have hit that nerve again because he looked down instantly. "I'm sorry, it's just that I'm a little on edge right now."

"No it's alright," he sighed "I'm used to that kind of treatment by now". 'What kind of treatment did he mean?' I asked myself. "How about this, we play one hand of poker. If you win I'll do whatever you want for a week," he said.

"Sounds good to me so far," I said with an evil smirk.

"May I continue?" he said.

"Sorry" I replied.

"Now where was I...oh yeah. And if I win, you have to go out on a date with me tomorrow." I almost shuddered at the thought of going on a date with a HERO. But still, cards was a game of luck and maybe I could inflict some bad luck on his cards so he'd lose and have to do whatever I asked.

"Fine I'm game."

We played Texas Hold 'Em. The long and the short of it is that I lost to him. I had a 3 of a kind of Kings and he had a freaking flush. If that last card had been a King instead of a damn 2 of diamonds I would have won (his flush was clubs by the way).

"Ugh, I hate my bad luck". I muttered out loud. "Really, because I call getting a date with you good luck, not bad."

Day 4

More of the same routine. Wake up, rose, grilled cheese sandwiches for breakfast, but this time I managed not to hit that nerve. At least our "date" wouldn't be the only different thing about today.

It was about 2:15 when I heard Quake talking to me. "Alright get up off the couch. Time to go out for a bit."

"What are you talking about," I asked him. "This is usually the time you go on your errand, isn't it?"

"Yeah, but I'd like you to join me today."

"Why?"

"I have my reasons," he said. He held out his hand to me, wanting me to take it. I gulped, 'Should I go with him?' I decided it wouldn't hurt to go. I took his hand and he led me out the door. When we reached the bottom step of his apartment building, he said he forgot something and had to go back and get it. Less than 5 minutes later we got into a car. I looked at him funny, wondering why he would want to drive a car when he could fly. I got into it and we drove off, it was 3:00 when we arrived at our destination. I asked him why we were using a car and he said he wanted to be inconspicuous. I didn't pry any further on the subject. Our destination was a school of all places. We both got out of the car and waited. At 3:15, the bell rang, school let out and the kids were running to the buses, they couldn't wait to get home. Quake still had his costume on, guess he still didn't trust me enough to show me his face, even in public.

Then this blue haired, blue-eyed teenage girl yelled out "BIG BROTHER". She couldn't have been more than 12 years old. Quake started walking towards her, pulled down the hood of his costume revealing his reddish-brown hair. I couldn't see the front of his face at all. This girl ran up towards him, he knelt down and they hugged each other. She looked up at me, said something to him and he motioned for me to come over to them. I refused to come any closer to the school then I was. Quake flipped up his hood and they walked over to me. As they were walking I could hear them talking to each other.

"So when did you dye your hair blue?" he asked her.

"I did it yesterday, do you like it?"

"It's a very interesting choice Tracy," she giggled at this.

They walked up to me and said to the girl, "Tracy this is a good friend of mine Jinx, Jinx this is my little sister Tracy."

"It's nice to meet you miss Jinx, are you a hero like my brother?" she asked me.

"Uh..." I couldn't think of what to say.

"She hasn't decided yet if she wants to be a hero or not Tracy" Quake quickly said.

"Oh, OK. I must say that you are even prettier than my big brother said you were", Tracy said.

"Oh really" I looked at Quake who started to turn beet red.

"Yeah he's told me all about you, he's got a cr-" she started to say when Quake put his hand over her mouth effectively silencing her.

"That's enough out of you missy," he said to her. I couldn't help but laugh at this. "Anyway are you ready to head out Trace?"

"Sorry but I can't today, Mom said we're leaving on a vacation for the weekend so I gotta get back ASAP."

"Alright we'll give you a lift, just hop in the back seat."

We drove for about 20 minutes until we stopped in front of a home on the opposite side of town from Quakes apartment. The entire trip Tracy kept asking me questions about myself. I did my best to answer the questions without revealing I was a villain, but it eventually slipped out and was a very awkward trip after that. All three of us got out of the car, she hugged her older brother and ran towards the door of her house.

"She's a very interesting person Quake."

"Yeah, she's the best thing in my life right now. If anyone threatened her I would tear them limb from limb." I chuckled a bit at this, thinking he was kidding. But the look he gave me told me he wasn't joking. "Anyway time to head back to our apartment, it's about time we headed out on our date Jinx."

We got back to our apartment and on his bed was a purple top and black pants, both in women's sizes. 'Did he pick those out just for me?' I picked up the top, and thought 'It is kind of cute though.' I changed out of my usual costume and into the civilian clothes Quake picked out for me. I walked out of his room and saw that he was changed into civilian wear as well, though shadows kept his face hidden from me. I stepped towards him and asked "Do I look OK?"

"I think you look very beautiful Jinx. But I think that your hair would be a dead giveaway." He stepped forward and reached his hands up to my head. To my surprise he removed the metal bands that held my hair up, letting it fall past my shoulders. He stepped back and said, "There, that looks much better. You look great with your hair down, you should do it more often." I blushed madly when he said that.

"Y-you don't mean that," I said.

"That's your own opinion, but mine is set."

We walked out of the apartment and towards his car. We drove towards the downtown area, and I broke the silence between us, "I can't believe I'm going out on a "date" with a hero of all people,"

"Well let me make it up to you Jinx, during our date you can ask me about anything you want and I'll answer every question truthfully."

"Really?" I asked him and decided to see if he was telling the truth, "so what's your real name then Quake?" He wouldn't answer this unless he was naive or really stupid.

"My name is Nicholas Mills" obviously he was really stupid.

"You really told a villain your real name? Geez, your more stupid than you look".

"Or I trust you Jinx." I looked up at him when he said this. He trusts me? No one has ever put their trust in me before.

I quickly changed the subject, "Soooo, what's the most weight you've ever lifted?"

"Heh, twenty-four and a half" he said.

"What pounds, tons?" I asked him.

"Close," he said, "that's quintillion tons."

'Wow twenty-four and a half quintillion tons, I think that's more than Superman can lift'. We arrived at our destination, not quite a fancy restaurant, more of a casual place. We took our seats and ordered up our meals. We sat and talked about whatever subject I cold think of. I asked how old he was and he asked the same, I asked him about how he joined the Titans, and I also asked him about the other Titans members. And true to his word, he answered every question. He was 19, but he'd turn 20 in about a month and I was turning 18 in 2 days, he told me the story of how he joined the Titans and I almost shed a tear, and he also told me everything he could about the Titans. How Beast Boy had a massive crush on Raven and he's never told her that, how Robin and Starfire liked each other but never told each other their feelings, he even told me about how Cyborg became a hero. Just before our dinner arrived I asked him one more question.

"So, is this your first time taking a girl out on a date Quake?"

"Hey Jinx, while we're out in public please don't call me Quake, please call me by my real name. And the answer to your question is yes. You are the first girl to accept my invitation to a date."

"Oh so you asked out other women before?" I asked him, a bit annoyed that he'd asked other women out before me.

"Yeah, but it's not an issue I'd like to talk about right now so can we just change the subject?"

"Why? Embarrassed about how many women you asked out?"

"Please can we just change the subject?" he asked, his voice raised in volume, obviously a little upset at that.

"So why won't you tell me about it? Were you lying when you told me I was the first girl you took on a date?"

"ENOUGH ALREADY!" Any louder and he would have made the entire restaurant jump up. "Just let it go." he seemed really upset now so I thought it was better not to push the issue any more than I had already done. "No more questions, you've done enough".

The rest of the meal we sat in silence, after dinner we got back into his car and drove back to his apartment. We stopped outside and walked into his apartment, all the time neither of us said anything. When we entered his place he spoke for the first time in nearly and hour. "Well, tomorrow you are free to leave."

"So that's it? You're not going to take me to jail?"

"Have you done anything illegal in the last 4 days?" he asked.

"No."

"Then I have no reason to take you to jail."

We stayed up and watched some TV together before we went off to bed. I couldn't help but think about what happened during dinner. Why he got so upset when I asked him about other women, and why he wouldn't show me his face at all. I decided it didn't matter since I'd leave him tomorrow and since he told me the Titans returned in a few days, he'd head back to his city. So why did I feel so bad about leaving.

The Next Day...

I woke up really early so I could leave as fast as I could, I figured Quake wouldn't be up at 5:30 yet. But I was wrong, Quake was up and had already started breakfast.

"Good morning Jinx," he said. There was a hint of sadness in his voice as he spoke. "I didn't think you'd be up yet but whatever, you're up now."

"Yeah I'll see you around Quake."

"Don't you want to have breakfast first?" I was about to protest when my stomach decided to answer for me.

We sat down at the table and he served up some pancakes, eggs and bacon for the both of us. It wasn't long before I spoke up. "Why are you doing this?"

"I didn't want the last time that we spoke to be an angry argument between us." I didn't pry any further than that.

After we ate he put the dishes in the sink and I turned towards the door. I put my hand on the door when another hand gently grabbed my shoulder and turned me around. 'I knew he wouldn't keep his word,' I thought to myself.

He then spoke up, "You don't have to be like one of them. You could do so much better than the H.I.V.E. 5 Jinx. You've got so much potential to be a hero." I looked at him with disbelief, he couldn't be serious could he? "If you ever need anyone to talk to or a place to stay, you know where I live. And for you, Jinx, my door is always open."

I just couldn't believe what I was hearing. "Uh...alright then." I turned towards the door when I felt something soft and wet on my cheek. Did Quake just kiss me on the cheek? I blushed almost instantly and he pulled back, smiled at me and handed me a rose, which I took. "...Ok then...I'll see you around Quake," I opened the door, stepped out and left him behind.

Late that Night...

I was in my room at the H.I.V.E. headquarters handling the rose he gave me, the guys had asked me all kinds of questions about how I'd escaped, what I learned, etc. I couldn't help but think about a certain superhero who took care of me regardless of how badly I treated him. He stuck in my thoughts like a catchy song. I was so interested in Quake I didn't even notice what was sneaking up behind me...

All right that's chapter 4 for everyone. Hope you enjoy.

Sorry about the cliffhanger at the end, but I have to keep interest in my story.

The next chapter is all in Quakes POV, and spoiler alert: It's called Suicide Mission for a reason.