Christmastime is Killing Us

Snowbells Ring

Jinx checked her communicator. "Where are they?! They were supposed to be home an hour ago!"

"They'll be here, babe." Kid Flash threw down a card. "Beat that!"

Nightwing laid down a card. "Consider it beaten."

Changeling laughed. "He beat that!"

"Listen to me!" Jinx sat on Kid Flash's lap.

"Babe, Cyborg and Bumble Bee will be home when they get home." Kid Flash kissed her cheek.

She hit his chest lightly and sighed. "I'm calling her!"

"Babe!" He wrestled for her communicator. "No!"

"Jinx calling Bumble Bee! Come in, Bumble Bee!" Jinx yelled.

"No!" Kid Flash ended up on the floor with her on his back. "Wait. How'd this happen?"

"Come in, Bumble Bee!" Jinx made sure he stayed on the floor.

"What?!" Bumble Bee came over the feed. Her visual stabilized.

Jinx brightened before glowering. "Where are you?!"

"Where are you?!" The older girl tossed back.

"I'm at home! Where you should be!"

"I am at home!"

"What?!"

Nightwing and Changeling grimaced to cover up their smiles. This would be good.

"What do you mean you're at home?!" Jinx roared.

"What does being at home mean, Jinx?" Bumble Bee asked dryly.

Jinx saw red. "When did you get home?!"

"I don't know! An hour ago?!"

Pink energy seeped from Jinx.

"Babe?" Kid Flash couldn't see her face but could feel a shift in the air.

"Get up here." Jinx ignored him.

"No." Bumble Bee didn't care.

"Get up here now."

"Please just go see what she wants." Cyborg sighed off screen.

"She ain't the boss of me!" Bumble Bee scoffed.

"The sooner you go, the sooner you can come back."

"That's true. Alright, harridan, I'm coming." Bumble Bee rolled her eyes. "Bumble Bee out."

Jinx closed her communicator calmly and got off her boyfriend.

Kid Flash stood and watched her warily. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." She wasn't fine.

"Maybe you should calm down before she gets here?" Raven suggested as she flipped through her book. "No one wants to hear a screaming match."

"Please do not do the fighting." Starfire chewed on her lips. "I dislike your aggression so."

"You're not going to make us choose sides, are you?" Terra worried.

"I'm calm." Jinx lied. "I'm calm."

"No, you're not." Raven set aside her book. "I should check on Sebastian. This might wake him from his nap."

"Sit!" Jinx stabbed a finger in her direction. "Nobody's going anywhere and we're going to have a nice, rational conversation."

"I'm here. What do you want?" Bumble Bee flew into the common room.