I sighed. He was just so amazing. I turned a page in my sketchpad. How to create an image of the fastest boy alive? A still portrait wouldn't do the job. He was just too fast. It seemed unnatural. Perhaps an action picture?

Yes! That's it. I sketched a quick figure with one arm up, the other down, and one leg up, the other down. I drew the way his hair moved when he raced. The lines on his costume when yellow changed to red, the way his mask looked. I got it all. I got so involved I never noticed when he arrived.

"Hey Jinx, I think my eyes are bluer than that." Kid Flash commented. He leaned over my shoulder. I jumped. "What? You never noticed me?"

"No, I didn't. Now get out of my room!" I said. I folded up the drawing, and smacked him on the arm. "Besides, they aren't."

He raised an eyebrow. "Hey, Jinx. I've been meaning to ask you this for a while but..." He paused, and looked at my floor. "Will you go on a date with me?" He whispered.

"Yes. Friday night, at 8. Meet me at the café downtown. Now get out of my room!" I glared. He got the hint. Kid Flash raced away.

I looked at the floor. He'd left me a red rose. I sighed, and put the rose in a vase with the others. At this rate I'd never run out of roses.

Friday came fast. I told the HIVE 5 I was taking the night off. And that I'd kill anyone who went in my room. The usual stuff.

I put on my best dress. I'd made it myself. I let my hair down. It came to my back. I put one of the roses in my hair. I froze a pair, and made earrings. Time to go. I went out the window. Boys could be so immature, and I did NOT want the HIVE 5 to see me in a fancy dress. Especially See-More. The poor boy had a major crush on me.

I walked over to the Coffee Stop café. It was cheesy, but sweet. Outside, Kid Flash stood with a lily. I stopped a few feet from him. I raised my eyebrow. "A lily? What happened to the roses?"

"I thought you might be tired of them. But I guess not." He held it out. "You still want it?"

"Of course I do, nitwit." I put it in my hair beside the rose. I linked my arm with his. "Now let's go get some food. I'm hungry." Kid Flash grinned.

"Sure, Jinx." We walked through the doors. I got a hot chocolate and a croissant. He got one of everything, and a coffee. I shook my head. How did he pay for his food?

"Oh, hero work pays pretty well. Plus a government discount for everything." Said Kid Flash. I realized I'd said my question out loud. He sat down, and proceded to eat everything.

"Are you sure coffee's a good idea, KF?" I asked. "You have a lot of energy as it is…"

"I've got a high metabolisim. I don't eat this much for fun. I could starve if I don't eat a lot." Kid Flash said around his sandwich.

I rolled my eyes. He had worse manners than Mammoth. And that was saying something. I sipped my hot chocolate. I loved the hot chocolate here. It was amazing. I think they added cinnamon to the mix.

Then something crashed next door. I looked. The HIVE 5 was stealing from parking meters again. "Back in a flash." said Kid Flash. He put his second sandwich down. He zipped out the door.

I stood at the window. Kid Flash was beating the crap out of my team. Easily. I sat down, and resumed drinking my hot chocolate. Then I heard a loud crash. Mammoth had hit Kid Flash over the head with a street lamp. I gasped. I had to do something. But the HIVE 5 couldn't know... I had it. Snapping my fingers, I caused a minor earthquake, centered on them. They all fell down. I snapped again, and they where tied up.

Kid Flash sat up, and shook his head. He stood up, and walked around in a circle for a bit. When he stopped being dizzy, he noticed the damage, and the HIVE 5.

I looked away. I was a traitor. But I had felt ...good when I took my team down on my own.

Kid Flash raced over. He put an arm around me. "Well done Jinx." He whispered. "You're the hero tonight."

I sighed. "No. I'm a traitor. But is it always so fun to stop crime?"

"Sometimes it is. And sometimes it sucks." said Kid Flash. "Why not try it?" He dragged me back to our table. "Now come on. We've got to finish our date."