A Siren's Forte [Young Justice]

Exceptional Human Beings

Short chapter today, but since it was practically nothing but original scenes and next week's chapter is going to be two episodes mashed together, I wanted to flesh out the fic as much as I can. Also, I just feel like we don't get enough of Jenna's day-to-day sometimes <3

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Star City

October 12, 05:00 PDT

"I'll be at the shop once you're done with training, alright?"

"Okay."

"Have fun, Vi."

After Jenna had shut the door, her shoulders sagged. She would have liked to lead training that day, but since her schedule was packed with a mix of her civilian life and heroine life, there wasn't time.

I need some coffee. Jenna trudged over to the kitchen to brew a fresh pot. As she got it started, she turned back to the TV.

Conner once said that he liked listening to GBS for the sake of learning what the 'other side said about heroes', yet while she didn't disagree, Jenna tended to keep away from the irritating reports from G. Gordon Godfrey.

Luckily, he wasn't the one currently on screen, so Jenna was fine with leaving it on mute as she got some forms pulled up on her laptop; Oracle had sent them a couple of days before. She stifled a groan as she began to open the links while she waited for the coffee to percolate.

"The role of 'mom friend' is being taken way too seriously," she said with a sigh.

It was well past time that Violet needed to start enrolling in school, but since they knew so little about the girl, they couldn't use her old identity. Not to mention 'Gabrielle Daou' was supposed to be in Markovia as a refugee. It wouldn't look too good if she suddenly appeared in the States.

So a new identity meant creating a new life for her, even if it was just temporary. And Oracle was happy to give that responsibility to Jenna.

"'Fill out the forms,' she says. 'I'll handle the rest,' she says," Jenna muttered, pouring fresh coffee into a mug.

After she had gotten settled at the kitchen table, she began to scroll through the first form with a weary sigh. Here we go... She briefly glanced up at the TV across the room before focusing on her task.

Then she did a swift double take.

She didn't know what was being said; honestly, it wouldn't have mattered. She could only sit there, frozen, as she watched Aquaman speak. It looked vaguely familiar so it might have just been a recap, but that didn't change the fact that Jenna's eyes were glued to the screen.

Her heart stubbornly skipped a beat.

"I can't believe that after everything we had been through together from day one, you didn't trust me enough to help in this situation."

"My love, it is more than that."

"No, Kaldur'ahm, it's not. I don't care about how you try to justify it, you deliberately chose to keep this a secret from me from the very beginning."

Jenna tugged her glasses off, setting them off to the side as she pinched the bridge of her nose, brushing against the rough texture of the scar there. Am I being a hypocrite? I'm participating in nearly the exact same circumstance that I was left out of two years ago. How would the team and League feel if they find out?

A chime from her cell phone broke her out of her stupor. Blindly, Jenna reached out to grab it before finally raising her head to check the text.

Lian misses her godmother. Come over this evening for some dinner?