Chapter 10: Betrayal and Forgiveness

The next day had arrived and Jinx wasn't ready to go on patrol. She was fully aware of what was going on, not like before when she was too exhausted to care. She was thoroughly refusing to go, clinging to any piece of furniture she could grab onto trying to avoid being taken away by Wally. "I can't do this, I'll screw it up somehow." Jinx said clinging to the couch.

"You'll do fine, come on let's go." Wally said as held out his hand to her. "Trust me Jinx."

She knew she was fighting a losing battle. "Fine, I'll go, but I don't know why you'd want to bring bad luck with you." Jinx sighed releasing her hold on the couch, admitting defeat and taking his hand.

"I don't think you're bad luck Jinxy, just misunderstood." Wally said before scooping her up and running off in search of crime.

It wasn't hard to find crime, Star City had a lot of lowlifes that had nothing better to do with their time. It turned out to be a bank robbery again.

"Figures, don't these people know any other way to get money? I mean there's jewelry stores, exhibits, drugs." Jinx counted off on her hands and could've continued the list but shut up when she saw Kid's suspicious face.

"Come on Jinx, you can do this." Kid said dragging her into the bank where there was 3 men with guns and they had a total of 10 hostages. "You get the hostages and I'll get the guys, alright?" Kid said before heading off to deal with the robbers.

"Fine, leave me to deal with the frightened people." Jinx said slightly annoyed as she made her way over to the group huddling in the corner.

Kid was sure this was going to be an easy round up like the other day. He was currently busy with one of the gunman, who seemed a little too trigger happy but, it was nothing he couldn't handle.

After he ran out of bullets Kid quickly knocked him out. "One down two to go." Kid said happily as he looked over to check on Jinx, she was currently trying to coax a crying child out of the corner of the bank and she seemed to be losing patience. "Typical Jinx." Kid thought as he turned to the other guys. He headed toward one of the guys intent on taking him out next, when he saw the other man pointing a gun at Jinx's back as he started to pull the trigger Kid quickly decided what to do.

Jinx had just about had it with this child, she was being nice too, but he was just hysterical. This kid was the last hostage she had to get out and she was about to say "screw it" and pick him up screaming and biting when she heard gunshots a little too close for comfort.

Jinx turned around and saw two gun men pointing their guns at her and down on the ground was Kid with two shots to the shoulder and one to the leg. "Oh my god Kid!" Jinx shouted before she quickly sent a powerful hex toward the gunmen before they shot at her, effectively knocking them unconscious. Almost immediately afterward the child that was causing Jinx so much trouble stood up and ran outside. "Damn kid." Jinx thought as she kneeled down next to Kid.

"Why did you do that! You could die!" Jinx said looking over Kid's wounds.

"It's a hero thing." Kid said jokingly. "Besides I called the titans and they're on their way so I can assure you I won't die."

"The titans?" Jinx said more to herself than to Kid.

"It'll be alright Jinxy, you aren't a villain anymore so it doesn't matter."

"They don't know that I'm not a villain and besides this is all my fault, if it wasn't for me you wouldn't have been shot!" Jinx said frantically, she was terrified of the titans, it was okay when she had a team to back her up but now she was alone.

"It'll be alright I promise." Kid said as he held Jinx's hand in an attempt to calm her. Jinx calmed down some until she saw the Tcar speeding down the street. She stood up and frantically searched for a way out. Upon getting out of the car Robin spotted her and she couldn't take it, she fled down a nearby alley.

She knew from the start she would mess this up. Jinx never got the happy ending, she always found someway to screw up anything happy in her life. She stopped for a brief second to catch her breath and made the sad mistake to look back to Kid.

Those eyes, it drove her mad how they bore into her. With that look of hurt and betrayal. Still she could see hope he had for her, that she'd come back to him, but she couldn't do it, so she turned and fled once more.

After running awhile she hid in a dark alleyway far from the crime scene. "I'll stay here till they leave, they have to leave right?" Jinx said to herself as she curled up in a corner. "If I just had my team, then I wouldn't be such a coward. I mean what kind of back up would Kid be lying on the floor like that? The titans could take me away and he'd have no control, it was best to run." Jinx decided as she tried to calm herself down.

Meanwhile Kid couldn't help but be upset she left him. He understood why she ran, but he really hoped that she'd stay by his side. While Raven was healing him, Robin was questioning him. "Why was Jinx in Star City? What did she do to him? Did she get away with any money? Should we send out a search party?" On and on he went.

"Enough with the third degree Robin! I don't know how she ended up in Star City, and she didn't do anything to me this was all their fault." Kid said motioning to the unconscious robbers. "She didn't take any money, and don't look for her, she's done nothing wrong." Kid said quietly.

"How could she run? Maybe she didn't love him like he thought she did, Jinx had never said she loved him, she just never denied it. Was she just stringing him along?" Kid thought to himself as Robin was going off about how guilty people always run and that kind of nonsense. "Look Robin, she hasn't done anything wrong in awhile except maybe breaking into my home, but she's alright I promise." Kid said sitting up while Raven finished healing him.

"I don't trust her Kid and I'm not going to. We'll respect your wishes and not search for her but she's still a criminal in my book. Good luck trying to convince me otherwise." Robin said strictly as he prepared to leave.

"Well, if I ever see her again I'll try my best." Kid said in response as he stood up and handed the robbers over to the cops. "I doubt I'll ever see her again with how fast she was running away." Kid thought as he finished up his patrol and headed home.

Jinx stayed in the alleyway until it was pitch black, she was about to run again to a new city and start over for a second time but, her stomach was bothering her. "What is this feeling, is this guilt? Ugh, I just want it to go away!" Jinx said trying to ignore the stupid feeling but, it was driving her crazy. "I'll just go back to say goodbye, he probably hates me anyway." Jinx decided as she stepped out of the alleyway and headed in the direction of Wally's apartment. "He has to be asleep by now. It'll be fine." Jinx repeated over and over reassuring herself that it would be okay.

Upon arriving at his apartment she decided to go through the window one more time, so she could make a quick escape if need be.

The apartment was dark, a good sign that he was most likely asleep. She crept down the hall and peeked into his bedroom. Sure enough there was Wally sound asleep.

Jinx wandered over to his bedside and carefully ran her fingers through his mess of red hair. "You're an idiot you know that? Trusting me of all people? That isn't smart. Im sorry, for leaving and everything. You probably hate me anyway. You really should've married Linda, you'd be much happier with her you know." Jinx said quietly so he wouldn't hear, but deep down she hoped he heard every word. "I don't know why I love you, I really don't. I guess it doesn't matter though, this wouldn't have worked out. I hurt everything eventually you know." Jinx said as she turned to leave. She made it about one step before she was pulled down onto the bed and enveloped in Wally's embrace.

"I love you too Jinxy, don't go." Wally said clinging to Jinx who was in shock he was awake.

"We won't work out, surely you must know that. I ruin everything in my life. I'm just bad luck." Jinx said sadly as she half-heartedly tried to push him away.

"I don't care about any of that Jinx. But if you feel the need to leave me, then go ahead I won't stop you." Wally said simply as he regretfully released his grasp on Jinx. She got up from the bed and walked over to the door. She looked back and saw him turn over to the other side of the bed.

Jinx left the room and Wally almost cried. He had lost her all over again and it hurt worse than the first time. He was alone in the dark, and the silence was driving him mad. "Why do I even try with her? She tells me she's going to hurt me and I always refuse to believe her. I brought this upon myself." Wally thought as he sat up and put his head on his knees.

She drove him crazy and he knew he wasn't going to be able to sleep anytime soon. He was never one for crying but he couldn't help it right now. "Doesn't she know that leaving hurts me worse than staying?" He thought as he hugged his knees closer to his chest. He was about to get up and go drink his sorrows away when he heard a voice.

"Wally?"

There in the doorway was Jinx in a purple tank top and some pajama shorts, she left him for five minutes and came back to this. She probably should've told him she was going to change but, she honestly didn't know what she was going to do until she reached the hallway and had the sudden urge to run back into the room and stay with him.

It was five minutes though, it took five minutes to turn Wally into a crying mess. Which seemed like an eternity to him. He didn't even give Jinx a chance to ask what was wrong. In a flash he was in front of her kissing her. It took her a minute to figure out what was going on and respond. She wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss, this was their first real kiss. They stayed that way until the need for air overcame them.

Wally picked Jinx up and headed to bed, he held her in his embrace. He wasn't giving her a chance to leave ever again.

"Did someone miss me?" Jinx teased as she curled up on his chest.

"Mhmm." Wally said half aware of what was going on, he was so happy she came back. He just held her to him and drifted off.

Meanwhile Jinx laid there on Wally's chest thinking over the past few months. She had failed at being a hero yet again and he still had hope for her. He never once gave up on her.

She was going to try harder next time, and everytime after that until she got it right because, she refused to let him down again. No one had ever cared for her and she wasn't going to let this get away. She may stumble and fall from time to time but, he'd be there to catch her.

During all these months her life had changed so drastically yet, she still ended up right where she started.

"Maybe I belong here." Jinx mused as she snuggled closer to Wally and drifted off to sleep.

Author's Note: Alright last chapter, took me forever to figure it out but I did it.