The New Members

Chapter 9

Red Mistress's P.O.V.

"It's been five years! Why didnt you call?!" Nightwing asked.

"Tft! Like you'd care!"

"Do you know how long I sat in your room and cried?!"

"Yeah for about two seconds!" Jason spat out.

"No! Try two weeks! You were my brother and I loved you."

"Huh. Well maybe you cared but Bruce didn't!"

"How can you say that?! Of course he did!"

"Well I never saw it! You were always the favorite! Never me! It was always about you! During training, during patrol; 'Dick could have done better', 'Dick wouldn't have done that.' It was always you! Never me!" Jason bellowed.

He turned and stormed out the door. He stomped past me and Alex's hiding spot before pushing open his bedroom door.

Nightwing ran out of the room. "Jason. Jason!"

Jason's door slammed shut as he disappeared from the scene.

Nightwing sighed and turned toward the kitchen.

Alex and I looked at each other.

"I think we just found out what adopted brothers talk about." Alex whispered.

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"Hey." I said.

"Oh hey." Jason said looking up, wiping eyes.

"You okay?" I asked sitting down next to him.

"Yeah."

We sat like that for a while, me staring at the wall and Jason staring at the floor, before M'gann knocked on the door and announced dinner.

"Coming." we said at the same time.

I stood up and looked back at Jason one more time before joining the others in the kitchen.

"What's for dinner?" I asked as Inpulse raced to the fridge.

"Chicken Wizzies!!!" Jaime and Bart cried.

Jaime sat down next to me as he popped a wizzie into his mouth. M'gann placed the food on the table before everone else sat down. I caught Jason's eye as he sat down across from me.

"So. How you find Hood?" Jaime whispered.

"Really easy. I just followed the sound of explosions and gunshots and there he was." I smirked as Alex sat down next to me. I could hear her and Jason glaring at each other, but I chose to ignore it.

Jaime laughed and punched me in the arm. His eyes met mine and he gazed into the them before I blushed and smiled at him.

"I like it when you smile."

Everyone at the table turned to look at us, or rather, him. Jaime immediatly turned red and looked down.

"Sorry I don-"

"Listen pal." Jason stood up, angrily. "You don't make a move on her without my permission you got it!? And before you ask, you don't have my permission. So sit down and eat!"

Jason sat down in his chair as I turned bright red.

"Why doesn't he have your permission? Why does he even need it in the first place?!" Alex asked, angrily.

"Because," Jason looked at me. " Because I love her."