Got Your Back, Always

V.XVI

Rachel set her pen down, throwing her head back, shutting her eyes.

Jinx chuckles as she pops another chip into her mouth, "Bored already?"

Rachel turned and glared at her, "I'd have a much easier time studying if you didn't have the TV so loud. What are you even watching?"

"Dunno," Jinx shrugged. "Just came on."

Rachel turned her attention to the screen. She got a flash of Cassie, Dick, and a bunch of owls flying. She gasped and blinked the vision away.

Jinx raised a brow.

Rachel shook her head, and grabbed her phone, texting Cassie and Dick.

"What's all that about?" Jinx asked eating another chip.

Rachel let out a breath after sending her text, "Got a vision, about- about Cassie and Dick, and a bunch of owls for some reason?" She sighed, "They are in danger, I can feel it."

Jinx raised her brow again, "So you're just going to text them? Why not just go to them if they are in danger?"

"Because I have class?"

Jinx rolled her eyes, "So? Just skip."

Rachel rolled her eyes too and turned back to her desk, "I can't. Tomorrow is my last midterm exam before spring break. We'll go once I get out." She paused, "If you want to come that is, you don't have to."

Jinx shrugged, "I said I'd go to the dinner, so why not a few days early."

Cassie shuts her eyes for a moment, giving them a rest after they started to burn.

Dick pauses, he was practicing shooting his darts, when he noticed her move. He sets down the weapon and walks over to her.

Dick puts his hands on her shoulders and starts to massage them.

She sighs in content. Her computer chimes and she opens her eyes. "And there's even more."

"You've been at this all week Cass," Dick says as he continues to massage her shoulders. "You're stressed, I'm sure you have enough for it. Take a break."

"I can't," she tosses her hand up. "Every time I think I've found every awful thing he has helped out with I find even more. And I can already tell there are gaps in the data so there's no telling what else the Court is involved with. It's like it never ends."

Dick pulls her chair away from the desk.

"Gray- no Gray come on-" Cassie groaned.

He spun her chair and made her stand up.

"Gray I really need to get this done," she looked at him. A small smile grew on her face when she looked at him. "Why are you smiling at me like that?"

He beamed, "Because I love you. And you are getting stressed out, and when you get stressed you tend to not really ah- take care of yourself. So I'm making sure you at least stand every now and then."

She rolled her eyes, "Okay Gray whatever you say."

He raised a brow, "Whatever I say? Well then date night: graveyard!"

Cassie's jaw dropped, and she shook her head, "No, no that's not what I meant and you know that."

"But you said it!" Dick chuckled, "Besides we've been in Gotham for a few weeks already and have gotten almost no alone time. A date night with no work and getting to visit our parents afterwards is exactly what you need to de-stress right now."

"Really?" Cassie sighed, "You have never pulled a graveyard on me, never, and you choose now to?"

Dick shrugged, "I was always the one who needed to be pulled out of the darkness, and now you need me to help keep you from falling into it. Pulling a graveyard was a drastic measure."

"I haven't been that bad," she scoffed.

"If you can tell me today's date is I'll take it back."

Cassie clicked her tongue thinking for a moment. "Damn."

"I'll reserve the restaurant for tomorrow night," Dick pulled her closer. "And don't even pretend to be upset about it, I see that small grin you are trying to fight."

"But what about patrol?" Cassie leaned against him. "They'll need us."

"And we will be back before they head out. And if we're a little late it'll be okay," Dick pulled her in for a kiss.

She melted into him. Cassie pulled away for a moment, still close to his lips, "You're so lucky you're cute. And you're even more lucky Lily's package came in early with mom's dresses."

He chuckled and pulled her in for another kiss.