Hacker R (Book 1)

» 12: A Date To Remember

"I need your help."

I watched as both M'gann and Artemis looked at me with questioning looks. "Did something happen?" Artemis asked, setting her magazine aside. Why do girls even read those..?

"Kinda.." I chuckled, rubbing the back of my neck. "You see. I have this date and-"

I immediately had hands tightly grasping my shoulders as a storm was squealed into my ear by an ecstatic Martian. "Oh my god! You have a date! With who?! Do we know them? What time do you have to go? Oh! What are you going to wear-"

I was beginning to regret asking.

"M'gann breathe," I stated, placing my own hands on her shoulders. She nodded, taking in a lungful of air. "Better?"

"No!" She squealed, letting go of me and opting to levitate in the air. "You're going on a date! This is so exciting."

"Anyway..." Artemis cut in, raising a brow at the Martian. "Who's this date with?"

"I'm kinda afraid to say," I mumbled, side-eyeing the squealing fangirl. "...It's with Wally and it's this afternoon-"

"Wally?!" They both exclaimed at the same time, frozen in place.

Oh no. maybe I shouldn't have told them.

"Oh my god.." M'gann gasped, hands flying up to her mouth. "That's adorable!" And let the squeaking continue. I glanced over at Artemis as she continued to smirk.

"Wally huh?" She chuckled, placing a hand on her hip. "I gotta say, I'm surprised. You sure you want to waste your time on someone like him?" She joked.

"What can I say? I have a thing for gingers with an impossible metabolism." We both chuckled at that.

"M'gann! Quit your fangirling and help me find Dick something to wear!" Artemis called. "Come on pixie boots, let's go."

"Pixie boots? What kinda nickname is that?"

"Don't know, just seems to fit you." She smirked, grabbing me by the collar of my shirt, and dragging me away.
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"Wow." I looked over the speedster once more, and I must say, he looked good. Who knew he could make black jeans and a red button up look so nice. "You look great."

He chuckled lightly, running a hand through his hair. "Thanks. You look pretty good yourself."

I pulled on the collar of my own white button up, mumbling thanks. Why are you mumbling? It's just a compliment! Get it together Pixie boots! "Ready to go?" I grinned. Nodding, he fell into step with me. "So? Do you like pizza?"

"It'd be a sin not to." He fake gasped, causing us both to break out into a fit of laughter.

And the laughter remained as we made it to a local pizzeria, ordering a couple decent sized ones to put a dent in his constant hunger. The laughter continued to the point soda shot out both of our noses and as surrounding customers gave us glares.

"I think we should leave. That mom looks like she's going to suffocate us with her babies pull-ups." I chuckled out, wiping the remaining soda from my face.

Wally glanced over at the mother, another snort of laughter finding it's way out. "Oh my god. She does. I'm all for fighting Gotham's crazy clown, but an angry mom? Count me out."

"I couldn't agree more." Throwing a few bills on the table, we made our way out, but not before I shot said, mom, a special finger.

"I can't believe you did that." He smirked.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I glanced up at the setting sun.

"Sure you don't." He chuckled, rolling his eyes.

"So. where to next?" I asked, looking back over at him. His eyes looked rather nice.

He put a thoughtful finger to his chin, tilting his head slightly. "Hmm. no clue. Anywhere you like to go?"

"There is one place."
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"So he actually asked you to be his protege?"

I nodded, dangling my legs over the edge of the building. "Not just that, but he laughed. Not just smiled. Laughed."

"Dude, that's creepy. What did it even sound like? Was it like some kind of screeching bird. No, wait. Do bats make sounds, because if they do, I'm betting that's what it sounded like."

"You do realize he's just a normal guy, right?" I laughed.

He quickly shook his head. "There is nothing normal about that guy. Hell, he can make even Superman piss his pants with the right look."

"Superman's a softy though." I pointed out, gazing up at the stars. "A lot of things can intimidate him if you pay attention."

"So, does that mean you're going to be living with him?"

I blinked.

And then blinked again.

"I.. Uh.. I don't know."

"Well if you do. I need deets. All the information you can find, because I'm pretty certain he lives in a cave."

Now that brought a smile to my lips. "Now who do you think you're talking to?" I asked, looking at him. "You know I don't give information away for free."

He let out a groan, rubbing his hands over his face. "I completely forgot you do that kind of thing."

"So, what are you willing to pay?" I smiled, watching as he removed his hands from his face, studying me.

Letting out a sigh, he ran his hand through his hair once again. "Fuck it." And before I could react, I felt a soft pair of lips gracing my own.

And boy was I in heaven.

But, sadly it ended just as quickly as it started, and we both sat there red as a tomato. "Okay. You win." I squeaked out, running my fingers over my lips, mind in a slight daze.

I want another kiss.

"Now that was the kiss I owed you for learning your name." He stated and I looked over at him. "This one is for the information and the one after that is just because I want to." He smirked. My face grew redder with every word and I couldn't utter a word with how flustered I was, so I just nodded.

And he swooped in and kissed me again and let me tell you, it was more than just a simple peck on the lips.

Who knew speedsters were so good at being slow?

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Author Note:

Oh. My. God.

This chapter.

I love it!

Ahhhh they kissed!! My life is complete! I was reading this over and honestly, forgot I wrote it for a second. Just ugh!

BirdFlash will be the death of me. ;^;

Anyway, I think I'm going to end book one here and get started on book two: Robin. That one should pretty much be about Dick, and Wally's relationship, and as Dick slowly, but surely learns the ways of a hero.

Plus a bit of tragedy at the end.

But, hey! What's a book without tragedy?

Thank you all so much for reading, even if it was a crappy book. Haha. XD It means a lot to this miniscule writer. You're all the best.

Have an amazing day/night. I'll see all of you in the next book!

-JJ