Young Love-RoyJay

Chapter Two

Roy's POV

I jolt awake to a blood curdling scream. I quickly jump out of bed, grabbing my bow before I make my way out of my room. I slowly creep down the hallway, bow notched and ready. Another nerve rattling scream goes off. "Jason" my mind supplies. I quickly make my way down the hall and kick Jason door open, bow up. the door flies open and I freeze. Instead of finding Jason getting tortured by an invader I find him laying in a mess of tangled sheets on his bed. I lower my bow, setting it down beside the door entrance. I carefully make my way closer to Jason, taking in the sight. blankets twisted around him, his sweat drenched shirt clinging to his skin, and tears running down his flushed cheeks. "Jason?" I whisper. no response. "Jason?" I try again, giving his shoulder a little shake. He shoots up into a sitting position gasping. His eyes land on me and he jerks back, falling off the other side of the bed. He quickly backs away into the corner. I raise my hands up, palms facing him. "Hey, I'm not going to hurt you." I reassure, not moving from my spot on the other side of the bed. Jason gives a jerky nod, hands clenching the bedding that is still tangled around his waist. 

Jason takes a breath before talking. "S-sorry for um for waking you up." He stutters out. 

"No need to apologize." I soothe. Jason nods vacantly. I beat of silence passes. "Do you want to talk about it?" I ask. Jason swallows and gives a tiny shake of the head no. I glance over to the now broken door and then back at Jason. "I don't judge ya know." I try to joke but it comes out more soft then I intended. 

"I'm alright." Jason rasps. 

I nod, slowly making my way to the door. "If you need anything just holler." I state. Jason nods.

I walk back into my room, falling down onto my bed with a thud. I try to go back to sleep but my mind has other plans. 

why does the team seem to not like Jason?

what was Jason dreaming about?

Why doesn't Jason have a necklace?

I eventually fall into restless sleep.

(Time skip to morning.)

I wake up with a crick in my neck. "Just great," I mutter. The memories of last night slowly start to filter back in. I run my temples. "I'm so going to fave a stress headache today." I complain to no one. I throw my sheets of myself and stand. I quickly pull on a washed out pair of blue jeans and a red T-shirt with of course my trucker hat. I walk out of my room, heading straight to the kitchen. I walk in to find the rest of the team, talking and laughing with one and other, well everyone but Jason, who is sitting on the other end of the island looking about as miserable as anyone would expect. I walk over to the coffee maker and pull to steamy mugs full. I take a seat across from Jason, casually passing the Wonder Woman mug over to him. His head snaps up to look at me before he hastily looks back down, snatching the mug up. 

"Thanks." he grunts. I nod. 

"Hey Rorie how about you come sit down here with us." Artemis calls from the other side of the island.

"Rorie? the fuck not." 

"Na I'm good." I reply, taking a sip from my Superman mug.

M'gann clears her throat. "I was thinking we all could go out to the outlets or something sense we don't have a mission today." 

Nods and agreements go around the island "Everyone get dressed and meet in the basement." Conner states.

I'm the first one in the garage. M'gann and Conner are the next people to enter the garage. M'gann is wearing a pink sleeveless summer dress and pink sneakers. Conner is wearing a black t-shirt and dark navy jeans and black tennis shoes. The next person to come into the garage is Kaldur'ahm. He is wearing a light faded blue tee with light blue jeans and a pair of white sneakers. Artemis comes in next. She is wearing a  white tennis skirt with a black tank top that has a mesh pastel green shirt over it and black block heels. Jason is the last to walk in. He is wearing black jeans that are ripped in the knees with a oversized red t-shirt and black combat boots. "Cute" I quickly shake my head. what the fuck, I cant be thinking like that about one of my best friends little brother. Artemis, M'gann, Conner, and Kaldur'ahm get into the first car and Jason and I get into the second.

I pull into the parking lot and park. Jason and I get out and walk over to where the group is waiting at the entrance of the outlet. We all walk into the outlet. Automatically I'm hit different sounds from all directions. I guess that's what happens when you go shopping close to the end of summer. I glance over at Jason, who has his shoulders hunched inward. We all move over to the map key. "I want to go to Ulta and Dick's sporting goods" Artemis squeals when she spots it on the map. 

"Same!" M'gann agrees.

Conner laughs. "I'll go with the girls then." 

"I'll come too." Kaldur'ahm states.

"We'll meet you guys at the Food Court around Twelve?" M'gann asks. I nod. The four of them then walk off.

"Where too?" I ask, once the others are out of eyesight. Jason shrugs. "HotTopic?" I offer. He nods.

We make our way down the strip when a large group of what looks like collage students pass by. Jason shifts closer to me and I feel my alpha instincts kick in. I gently grab Jason's hand and intertwine our fingers. we quickly enter HotTopic once we are safely inside the less crowded store I release Jason's hand. We look around for a couple minutes and Jason ends up buying a pair of crowbar earrings. I decided not to ask why crowbars. "Any where you want to go?" Jason asks as we leave HotTopic. 

"Uh," I pause to think. "I've been wanting to go to Alpha&Omega." I reply. Jason gestures at me to lead the way. We enter the store, which is way busier than HotTopic. Jason's phone then rings.

"Fuck," he mutters, looking down at his phone. "I'll be outside." He states. Before I can reply he's already half way to the exit. I contuie to lookm around until I get everything I need.

I walk out of the store to find Jason sitting on one of the metal benches. 

"What the fuck Jason!" 

Both Jason and I look up to see the team storming towards us. 

"why the hell did you kill those thugs?" Kaldur'ahm whisper yells once he is close enough to make sure no civilian could hear. 

"Because they deserved it." Jason answers nonchalantly 

"I new we shouldn't have let the fag onto our team." Artemis spits.

"Whoa," I start, holding up one of my hands. 

Jason clenches his jaw and stands up from the bench he was sitting on. "If you want to go bitch. lets fucking go." He sneers at Artemis. Kaldur'ahm steps between them. 

"Calm down." He hisses at Jason. He then turns to face the rest of the team. "Bruce can deal with Jason." Kaldur'ahm states, giving Jason a disgusted look. Jason rolls his eyes in response. 

"How about we all go get lunch?" I offer, trying to cool down the growing tension. 

"I agree with Roy." M'gann adds with a small forced small. After a moment everyone nods in agreement. 

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