Summary: Part of the Drabble Series. What happens when you combine Jinx and the unwanted advances of a very touchy vice-principle of her children's school? Part 1!
I don't own Teen Titans and while I would have liked to have more development between Kid Flash and Jinx, I'm glad they're technically a canon couple and even got to kiss in the comics! 8D
Please forgive any mistakes, both character-wise and grammatically-wise. I don't have time to re-read or edit things.
I don't own Teen Titans and while I would have liked to have more development between Kid Flash and Jinx, I'm glad they're technically a canon couple and even got to kiss in the comics! 8D
Please forgive any mistakes, both character-wise and grammatically-wise. I don't have time to re-read or edit things.
Teacher's Pet: Part 1
HappyFace1886
“Mommy!” Iris
squealed as she launched herself towards her mother. Jinx caught her, spinning
around so that she wouldn’t become winded by the full brunt of the
mini-speedster who ran almost at full power at her. With a chuckle, Jinx lifted
her up and hugged her. “I missed you!”
“I missed you
too,” Jinx said as she placed her down, reaching up to pick up Jai who had
appeared immediately after Iris, but was patiently waiting for his hug. Since
he was such a good boy and waiting quietly, Jinx lifted him up higher before
dropping him down for a tight hug. “How was your first day of school?”
“It was awesome!”
Jai immediately yelled as Jinx placed him on the side of her hip. “They have so
many fun games here and the kids are really nice.”
“But I like it
better at your school, mommy,” Iris said with a pout. “We can run as fast as we
want there.”
“That’s true,”
Jinx said, ruffling her daughter’s hair. “But think of this as practice in
controlling your powers. I bet your father will be very impressed by how you’re
able to control your speed once he’s back from work.”
At this, Iris
perked up. “Yeah, that’s true! I bet I can even beat him if I practice
controlling how fast I can run!”
“That’s my girl,”
Jinx praised before ruffling Jai’s hair, knowing he was sporting a pout now. “And
I’m sure you are also working very hard not to run at full speed when you’re
with the other kids, my little man. Who knows, maybe after your sister beats
daddy dearest, you’ll end up beating her.”
“Hey!” Iris said,
her pout returning. “Jai would so not beat me!”
“Oh, is that a
challenge I hear?” Jinx’s eyes twinkled playfully and she jiggled Jai against
her hip. “What do you say, Jai? Up for a little friendly race with your
sister?”
He grinned widely
at Iris. “You’re going down!”
“Bring it!”
Jinx lowered the
two kids and the two immediately went flying off to school field. Fortunately,
it was empty since school had ended a while ago. Besides, even as kids, they
were still pretty fast. Most people would just assume a sharp breeze was going
by.
“Excuse me, Mrs.
West?”
The smooth stealth
of the man behind her took Jinx by surprise and without warning, she slammed
her elbow into his stomach. Moving by instinct, she spun with her hand right
about to grab him by the face and shove him into the ground when she saw the
familiar blonde hair and pain-filled hazel eyes. Her eyes widened and she
gasped in mortification.
“Mr. Perve!” Jinx
squeaked, reaching out to help over the doubled-over man. “I’m so sorry!
You-You startled me.”
Oh great, her
children’s first day of school and she almost knocked out their vice-principal.
Wally was sure going to get a kick out of this once he heard about it. In fact,
she wasn’t going to hear the end of it.
“I-It’s fine,” he
choked, trying to catch his breath. “Glad to know... you’re able to... take
care of yourself.”
“Well I try,” she
said with a cringe, helping Mr. Perve stand up. “I’m sorry, it’s just when
people take me by surprise, I kind of move without thinking.”
“I’m fine, don’t
worry about it,” he said with a poorly concealed wince. Mr. Perve rubbed his
sore stomach while internally wondering what sort of lethal martial arts class
Mrs. West attended. “So where are the kids?”
“Playing in the
field,” she said, nodding towards the field where she knew the two were zipping
around without inhibition.
Mr. Perve would
have looked at what looked like an empty field in confusion if not for the fact
that his eyes were still on Mrs. West. When he had first laid eyes on her when
she had arrived at the school with the twins to have a look around, he thought
his heart had been blown away. Such a beauty with a lithe figure, with that
long brown hair that cascaded down her shoulders and those mesmerizing forest
green eyes that just sucked him in.
...the only
problem was that annoying ring around her finger, but that was a problem easily
rectified. He had a way with the ladies, especially the married ones. It was
just too easy to get them to sway from commitment, particularly when the
husbands were away often. And he knew for a fact that Mr. West was never
around.
With darkened
eyes, he reached over and placed a hand on Jinx’s shoulder. “Well then, while
the kids are playing, how about I give you a more in depth tour of the school?”
Jinx glanced at
the hand on her shoulder and internally arched an eyebrow. “Um, that’s alright.
I already had a good look of the school from before.”
Of course, she had
inspected every nook and cranny to make sure this place was safe for her
children. Not to mention, she had thoroughly investigated their curriculum and
staff. They were all clean. Nightwing, aka the grown version of Robin, had also
looked into things for her. Though he had recommended a private school, she and
Wally had decided that a public school would probably be better for the kids
socially.
“But I insist,”
Mr. Perve said smoothly, his hand trailing from her shoulder until he had it
around wrapped around her in a loose grip that had her pressed close to him.
“Come this way.”
Jinx was now
openly gawking at him. No way. He had to be kidding her. He was not... no...
nope, she was over thinking this. Yup, that was probably it. She had been so
cooped up at her school surrounded by other kids that she was just thinking too
deeply into this.
Not to mention,
this was the vice principal for the school her children were attending! The reports
showed that he was a decent man. She and Robin didn’t dig too deeply into his
personal life other than that.
Yup, so this was
all in her head. She hadn’t been involved in the... uh... romantic scene
outside her marriage for so long that she was being delusional.
...oh who was she
kidding? She may not be active when it came to looking for a boyfriend or
whatever since she didn’t need one, but she did still do the occasional recon
mission where she needed to flirt with people. And goodness, she knew the signs.
She grew up with those types of signs thrown her way and her throwing it back.
“...mhm, yeah,
sorry Mr. Perve, but the kids and I have to get home. Their father,” she emphasized the word
dramatically, “is going to get home soon from his business trip. Wouldn’t want
to miss the big return.”
“Is that so?” Mr.
Perve said lightly, his arm still wound around her. He leaned in close and with
his arm trapping her against him, she couldn’t move as his face came closer to
hers in a very much inappropriate distance. “Does Mr. West leave frequently on
these business trips?”
It was a
double-edged question and they both knew it. If she said yes, it was like
giving him the green light to come on to her. If she said no, well, it would be
obvious she was lying since Wally did leave a lot for his job with the Justice
League. So either way, he would continue to flirt with her until he got her
defenses down.
Fortunately, she
was saved from having to answer his question as she felt Iris and Jai barrel
into her from behind. Literally. She almost fell forward if not for the fact,
ironically enough, that Mr. Perve’s arm was around her. The two adults yelped
out in surprise and fell forward, but he pulled her back so that he ended up
with the brunt of the fall. Jinx fell, landing on top of him with her hands on
her chest.
Oh shit...
Ooooh shit...
She scrambled off
of him, looking as though she had digested something inedible and it was
threatening to come back out. Oh gross. Gross. Gross. Gross. This was bad. Had
she really thought it was fortunate she didn’t have to answer his question? She
took that back, totally took that back. She would rather answer that question a
thousand times than what just happened.
“Okay,” Jinx said
awkwardly, brushing the grass of her clothes. “Sorry about that Mr. Perve. Jai
and Iris just love to run,” she gave them an admonishing look and the two
looked away with playful grins, “and they have a tendency to run into people
like that, a habit,” she gave them another look, “I hope they’ll learn to grow
out of.”
“Its fine, I don’t
mind at all.” He... purred? Oh goodness, she was just imagining things. This
man was not purring at her.
Ugh...
“Okay kids, time
to go.” She grabbed Iris and Jai by the hands and walked in a pace that could
easily rival their run. “It was nice talking to you Mr. Perve. Got to run!”
Jinx figuratively
ran for the hills.
And she felt no
shame.
No shame at all.
::TBC::
AU: The holographic generator technology simply covers her hair, eyes, and skin color. I was contemplating about turning her into Linda Park, but decided against it. The Teen Titans cartoon is obviously an AU, so I see no reason to go with the flow of the comic book other than most stuff. Think of this as an AU where he just ends up with a different girl, but Wally’s life is similar to the actual comic. :)
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