Chapter 22

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*Jamal's pov*

I lost the only girl I loved. I watch her through the window as Cecil drives off. She watches the car before straightening herself up, and  walking towards her friends with that damn Dick Grayson. That arrogant son of a bitch.

"Yo, was that the Wayne family?" I ignore Cecil's question. He has eyes he can see for himself.

"I didn't know Tina knew the Waynes. You know what this means," Aaron laughs from the back seat. I quickly turn around and punch him in the face.

"What was that for?" He groans.

"Whatever you're thinking, fucking stop it! Leave her alone," I growl. Cecil pulls over and turns towards me. "Listen, this payout, could be a huge for us. You're not thinking big, Jamal!" He frowns as he watches me sink into my seat. Fuck, just one more time. One more and I'm out.

"Fine!" I scowl. Why am I doing this? I should've said no.

"That's what I'm talking about!!" Aaron yells. "Glad you see things my way," Cecil grins as he puts the car in drive. The gears shift for a moment before the car takes off on the road again. A police car speeds down the road in the opposite direction. Shit where are they going?

* meanwhile: Tina's pov*

"Awesome work! I have one note to give you, but I swear it's nothing bad," I reassure them. They groan, and complain, but they quiet down when I clear my voice. "The note is to relax. Just calm down, chill out. This is supposed to be fun." Dick snorts from the side of me, so I turn to him.

"Why you laughing?" He tries to swallow his laughter, but he couldn't help himself. The smooth rich sound of his laughter fills the open area we're in. A warm fuzzy feeling buzzes low in the pit of my stomach when I see him laugh like that.

I gladly welcome that feeling although I'm not sure that I should, especially when me and my boyfriend just broke up. Would I be considered a bad person if I moved on? I mean I'm not really heartbroken, but I think it'll be best to focus on myself for a bit before I ask Dick out. Wait, does Dick like me how I've secretly liked him? Does he want to be more than friends? Oh God, I'm spiraling.

"Tina, think about it. None of them, except...I don't know Alfred, Spade, and Jason, would know fun," he explains. Oh shit was he talking? I completely zoned out! Play it cool, Tina.

"Um-" loud sirens roar through the air. A cop car parks onto the grass, and an two officers get out. Maybe they need to check my permit.

"May I help you?" I ask as I approach them. I can feel my heart start to beat harder as they look at each other before looking back at me.

"Are you Tina Remington?" This can not be good. "Y-yes. Yes I am," I say nervously.

"Ma'am you're under arrest, for conspiracy to commit burglary," the officer says as he pulls out his handcuffs. I didn't know that I was screaming until the officer touched me.

"Fix it, Jesus!" Someone cries out. Maybe that was me.

"ROBBERY?!" Tears are already running down my cheeks when he turns me around to put on the handcuffs. On any other occasion I would have laughed at this cruel prank, but I'm too busy cringing at the feel of the cool metal against my wrists.

I release a wretched squeal as the situation becomes more real. "I-I didn't do anything!!" I cry out.  Through my blanket of tears I see someone on the phone, and my friends trying to talk to the officers. Dick's face hardens as he watches the officer try to get me to straighten up.I've never seen him this upset.

"She didn't do a damn thing, let her go," he growls as he gets into the second officer's face.

"Yeah? Who do you think you are?" The cop chuckles when Dick clenches his fists. I can't risk him going to jail too.

"Dick...please," I sob. He slides a glare towards the officer before looking at me. He relaxes his hands almost immediately before turning back to the officer. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his badge.

"I'm Detective Richard Grayson from Blüdhaven Police Department of the sixth precinct, Dennis. You got something else to say, asshole ?" He says as he steps closer to this 'Dennis'.

"Well," Dennis clears his throat before he could continue. "Sorry, Detective. I have to take her in. I'll explain more at the precinct." Dick eyes him one more time before turning to me again. I bite my lip to hold back more tears, but I fail miserably.

"I didn't do anything, Dick. I swear-" I try to explain to him.  He brings his hands to my face to wipe my tears. "I know you didn't do anything, baby. You're going to be alright," he kisses my forehead before slowly placing a soft kiss on my lips. I feel my eyes drift closed as I take in his warm lips.  My heart that had once raced because of fear is now racing because of this guy right here.

He places his forehead against mine before slowly sliding his lips away from me. "I'm getting you out of there okay? For the time being go with these dumbasses," I chuckle a bit as I look into his deep blue eyes. "What do I always tell you?" He asks.

"That you got me."

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