This is a side-fic set after ‘Road Trip’ starring :

Mark Cooper ~ William Hayes ‘Harm’
Atlantis DuBois ~ Cassandra Sandsmark ‘Wonder Girl’

It has been adapted from the actual thread so its easier to read.

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Trip to the Mall.



Will slowly walks to Cassie's room in Titans Tower. In his mind he was a little frustrated, he'd been to Hell before, been face to face with Satan himself, why was this making him nervous? He's simply repaying her for still trusting him after he tried to kill her when they were in Hell. Will knocks on her door.

Cassie threw her pen down in frustration.
The work at Elias high was harder than at previous schools, not that she didn't understand it. There was just so much.
What she needed was a fun day out...someone she wanted to just be with.
A knock at the door caused her to leave the desk.
".....Will!?"

Will seemed a little shy. "Well, remember back when we were in Hell, I said I'd make you all the clothes you wanted. Well...I just wanted to take up on that offer." Will said as he smiled.

"You do?" Cassie blushed slightly. "I have to...i mean, i should really...."
She looked to the pile of books.
Turning back to Will she smiled.
"So where do you want to go?"

"Well..." Will slightly looked away knowing what this would sound like. And the horror stories he's heard about shopping with girls. "There's a mall not to far from here. I could take you there." Will then looks at the books. "Unless you're busy, I could come back later." He said slightly backing up, it was really obvious he was nervous.

Cassie laughed grabbing her coat "oooohhh nooo, your not getting out of this now! As fun as a whole day studying sounds i bet i'd have more fun with you....." Realising how she'd phrased it she blushed again.
"um....So this mall...lead on."

Will smirks as he look at Cassie. "So, do you want to go the old fashioned way, or the fast way?" He says looking at the shadow on the wall, with another smirk.

"The fast way sounds like an...experience" Cassie looked at the walls shadows nervously.
Looking at him again she smiled "I trust you"

Will smiles. "Hold on tight." He says as he holds Cassie and shadowports them to a corner of the mall where they can't be seen. "That wasn't too bad was it?" Will says as he sees the most dreaded place he can see first...a shoe store.

Cassie opened her eyes
"That was....nice" she smiled then got distracted by....
"oooohhh, SHOES!! Come on Will!"

Cass grabbed his hand and dragged him to the store. "What have I gotten myself into?" Will thought as he let himself be dragged into the shoe store. "It's all on me, pick whatever you want." Will said with a smile. At least Cassie seemed really happy.

"Are you sure?" Cassie asked..half her attention on him, half on some black pumps.
After thinking for a second she faced him"So what do you get up to while your not at the tower?"

Will smiles. "Knock yourself out. Hm, well actually I mostly meditate. But believe it or not I do just go out and relax sometimes. Play the guitar a little." Will was suprised all this was coming out, he'd never opened up to anyone. "I used to be in a band when I was younger."

They casually walked throught the store, stopping now and then for random admiration of the shoes from Cassie.
"What kind of music did you play?" She was interested to know about Wills past, about the small things and the big things, the good and the bad too.

Will sits down as Cassie tries some of the shoes on. "Heavy Metal, nothing better as far as I was concerned. That's how I met Buzz actually. He came to one of our performances." Will had no idea what it was about Cassie that was making him be so honest. For some reason he just didn't want to lie to her and he felt comfortable telling her everything.

"Buzz...I've heard a little about him from..." Cassie trailed off, not sure about the subject of Greta. Perking up she put the subject back on track
"So you played on stage then. Did your band have a name? Will you play for me sometime??" Cassie asked as she stood up, testing the shoes. It was nice, that Will was opening up, he was more...'Will' than 'Harm' right now and she liked it.
"What do you think of these?" She wobbled on the killer heels.

Will smiles wide. "My band's name was Harm...sure, I can play for you anytime you want." Will said blushing a little. He then almost yells at himself in his head. ’Blushing? I'm blushing?’ He shakes the thought off as he looks at Cassie in the heels. He had to admit they looked great on her, his first instinct was to act like they were just ok, but he'd already opened up this much, what's a little more? Will grins. "It's like those heels were made for you."

"Really! You think!" Cassie bounded back to him smiling.
’He's a nice guy when he lets himself be. I like that.’
"For some reason Harm's always struck me as the name of a band" Sha said sitting next to him to undo the shoes.
"So this guy Buzz...How'd you get to know him so well?

"Basically he came to my band's rehearsal a couple of times. He always seemed kind of weird to me. But I thought that was pretty cool. He used to say how much potential we had. Heh, little did I know that he wasn't really talking about our musical talent. Well...not completely musical talent. He kinda saw the darkness in us, me mostly. We began talking more, and he showed me some pretty freaky stuff. Then he said he'd teach me how to do it. Once you open that door a little, you get addicted." He was getting lost in the story, but he was consciously staying sort of quiet so the other customers couldn't hear. He then smiled a little, even Greta didn't know this much about that part of his life and this they'd only been there for about a half hour.

They had now paid for the shoes and were walking around the mall to the next store.
"So how did you get from being a ....normal human to being able to shadowport and stuff. And who decided your sponsors?"
Cassie was impressed.
Even though Will had been sucked in he'd managed to beat his addiction, although she knew though from Cissies moms alcoholism that something like that always stays with you.

Will walked with Cassie into a clothing store. 'That wasn't too bad.' He thought about shopping with Cassie, getting all this off his chest actually felt good for once. "Here's what happened. It started innocently enough, you know, making things float, hitting people with trashcans. All fun, right?" Will felt a little embarrassed, he was getting into stuff that wasn't so nice, he didn't know if he wanted Cassie to hear about this part of him, but she's already seen him at his worst...or at least pretty close.

"I started getting more and more into the dark arts, finally it started disturbing my other band members. They got out, we split. I thought they were just jealous. Now I see they could tell that I was changing. After that, I met some of Buzz's 'friends'. They said they could make me immortal. Who can turn down that offer, all I had to do was make a sacrifice to any demons I wanted to and I'd have as much power as I could stand. I chose the most powerful ones...including Satan himself. I...just had to make a separate sacrifice for each demon..." Will's voice started to trail off until he saw a pair of jeans. "Hey, these would probably look great on you."

Cassie laughed......it was just the difference of situation.
Here was Will, pouring out his dark soul to her, then he suddenly notices good jeans. She picked out her size to try on.
"I'm sorry, i wasn't laughing at you...just the change of pace."
She smiled as they continued down the racks, picking out clothes as they went. "So these sacrafices, one for each of the 5 right? What was the other 4?"
Cassie held up a blue-star top against her, she wondered if she should mention Greta, The younger girl had been a little off with her since Cassie had mentioned she'd been hanging out with Will more.

Will stopped for a second, then kept going. "It's not a problem. Well the other four sacrifices were my other band members. I felt like they were all jealous and that was my way of making them pay. But Greta's was special, because the forces of good wanted her too, and because she was the last sacrifice." He actually thought about them all the time, but this is the first time he actually told someone about it. "That jacket would go with it too." Harm didn't know what was disturbing him more, that he was bearing so much of himself to Cassie...or his great fashion sense.

"I should bring you shopping with me more often, your good!" Cassie joked trying on the jacket.
"ok, so you killed the 'sacrifices', What made you decide to become a supervillian? And why Young Justice?"
Cassie still remembered the first fight between them, it was because of that she joined the team, became who she was today really.
Without Harm, she's have never been rescued by Superboy......He was such a jerk.

Will admired Cassie in the new clothes, she actually really did look great in them. "Well, if you couldn't tell by the fact that I killed my band and my sister without as much as a blink, I had totally embraced the evil by then. But it might suprise you to know that I have a bit of an ego." Will smirked at Cassie as they kept walking through the store.

[color=red]"You have an ego? Remind me to get you an ego alarm or something." Cassie laughed

"I wanted to be the best. And I knew it'd be smart to start out small. I went out searching and the first junior hero I saw was Arrowette. I knew that she was connected to Impulse, so she was the perfect option. And then it turned out that you were a team. I couldn't have planned it better. After that it was simply a grudge for you guys always defeating me." Will said looking at Cassie with a smile.

"oooo, wait till Cissie knows she was a two for one special. That would get her steamed.....no, i wouldn't tell her actually" Cassie didn't think she'd tell anyone about what Will had just told her in confidence.
"Wait, so the rest of the team was a bonus?" She smirked "We kicked your ass though.....eventually......several times"
They got to the changing room and Cassie left Will outside the door with a half smile.
"So hows things between you and Greta now?
Whats it like, knowing you get a second chance at it all?"

Will leaned against the dressing room. "It's nice, but thing's are still kinda sketchy between us. You know when I first talked to her after coming back she stabbed me. Then she almost killed me on Apokalips. All honesty, at first I felt like...I dunno...killing her was the only bad thing I'd done. The only thing I felt bad about. She was my conscience for the longest time. I was with you guys and everything, but I never felt like a good guy. I felt like I was just doing what she would have wanted me to do."
Will glanced warily at the lingerie section as he looked away and continued.
"Then that other Warder version of her kidnapped her to get at me. When I thought something happened to her, I was willing to do anything, kill anybody to make sure she was safe. Heh, the same thing happened when Shinigami killed you. That's also when I found out that...I might not even be capable of killing anyone anymore."

"Is that such a bad thing though? Being more wary of how important life is?"
Cassie mumbled from inside a sweater.
"I mean...the fact that you can restore life is proof your power isn't from all bad people...some good guys must have given you some freebies"
Cassie sneaked a look out of the cubicle...Will was such a good guy really, he wasn't even trying to look in.........awww, he was blushing at the sight of lingerie!
Previously, on the very few shopping trips she'd been on with Kon he's tried to be in the changing room with her...trying to peak in...it just made the whole thing so difficult.

"It's funny you mention that. One of my sponsors is actually an extremely powerful fallen angel. So while it's corrupted, the original power is good. But it's corrupted to the point that I only use the smallest fraction of it. Even when I was evil.." Will smirked when he realized he used in in past tense. "..I didn't use it. I'm only as strong as my control over my power. But you have no idea how glad I was that my little control over it was able to bring you back. I don't know what I would have done if something had happened to you." Will's eyes went wide as he realized what he said. "How does everything fit?"

‘Was Evil’
Past tense can be good.

Cassie stuck her head out to look directly at Will.
"I know. Believe me when i say i was suprised to even open my eyes again that day. And to see you......" She blushed as she pulled back into the changing room.

‘I don't know what I would have done if something had happened to you’
What did he mean by that? Would he have killed Shinigami? Or been so crushed by it that he'd cr......but that would mean he'd have to really care for her.
She smiled to herself, remembering the time since she'd been brought back by him.
He'd hugged her...the only thing he could think of doing.
Offered his soul in place of hers to Shinigami.
Even allowed himself to return to evil by going to hell to protect her.
She could relate.....when he'd returned from 'the dark' she'd been so...happy.
She felt the same.

She stepped out in the new outfit.
"What do you think?"

Will looked Cassie up and down. "I knew it, that looks great on you." He smiled. In the back of his mind, he knew, while he might be incapable of killing right now. He knew beyond a shadow of a doubt if anything happened to Cassie or Greta, he'd totally flip out.

"What's the next store you want to go to?"

He really enjoyed hanging out with Cassie. "This is pretty fun, we should hang out more often." He said smiling at Cassie, it was nice to have a friend who he could open up to.

"Its just because you like to shop!....All these years Will! Denial!! She laughed
"In truth this has been the most fun i've had in a long time." she looked away with a small smile.
"oooo, what about that store there?" Cassie pointed to a small, obscure kinda shop.
When they got in she asked him to look through a rack of tops for her.
"Look for size.....J" She grinned at the look on his face. "Size J comes after the numbers....really"
While Will was busy she went to the other side of the store and picked up a black T-Shirt with the words
[color=green] I'M NOT EVIL.
I Just Don't Like You!
After paying for it she came up behind him and covered his eyes.....
"Guess who!!"

Will smiles as he feels the hand over his eyes. "The Easter Bunny maybe?" Will says jokingly as he turns to Cassie.
He picks up one of the tops he was looking through to show her. "How's this?"
He shows her a shirt with:
I'M WONDERFUL AND I KNOW IT.
Will grins while showing her the shirt.

"oooooo, i guess you are wonderful....your with me right? gives you the Wondy seal of approval." She joked "I don't think pink is your colour though" She smiled with a wink in his direction.

"After we're through with this store want to get a bite to eat?"

"Yeah sure...What kind of food do you like?"
She pulled through the rail of tops.
So she's bought him a gift ...after all the things Will had bought her today she felt she owed him something. Just to say thankyou.
She felt her cheeks burn up, could she get up the courage to give it to him?

"I like a lot of different types of food. I think chinese is my favorite though. But I'm flexible, this is your day, what's your favorite?"
Will could tell that something was on Cassie's mind. And it looked like she was blushing.
Will smiled at her, trying to make her more comfortable as they walked into the food court. "Your choice."

"I love Chinese!" Cassie could only think of one word for the day.....Awesome.
"What about over there?" Cassie pointed to a place called 'The GoodLuck' She grabbed his hand and walked towards the place.
"You know what i love about chinese?" She realised they were holding hands in silence... "Fortune cookies"

Will laughed. "Oddly enough, fortune cookies are my favorite part too. Don't tell anyone though, it'd ruin my badboy image." He smiled, he could tell Cass was really enjoying herself, that made everything worth it.

Will keeps holding Cassie's hand as they order. While he joked about ruining his badboy image, he honestly didn't care about it at the moment. He ordered shrimp fried rice, his favourite, and made sure that they both got fortune cookies.
"And don't forget the soy sauce."

Cassie laughed "Your badboy image?! I think it would take a lot to tarnish that...."
She became quiet for a moment while she really looked at his face.
"huh...Looks like ....A Smudge!!" She marked his cheek with soy sauce "Nnooo, Your badboy image is destroyed!!" She said with a big smile

Will laughs as he wipes the soy sauce off his cheek. "Ooooh, you're gonna pay for that." He says playfully as he grabs one of the packs, he points it at Cassie, but opens the other part and puts it on his food. "You're lucky you're so cute." He paused for a second before eating...he didn't mean to say that...out loud at least.

Cassie giggled as he prepared to get revenge.....
Will was more relaxed and happy than she'd seen in a long time.
’Oh Hera! .......He said i was cute...’
Cassie blushed again. Sometimes he could be......well, Cute, too.
She cracked open her cookie over her Chow mein.
"hmmm" Cassie hid it from Wills sight
"Says here....'young wonderful and highly cute grasshopper...' What? It does say that!'" She laughed at his disbelieving face
"'....You will be taken out by a mysterious good-bad-boy and have a great time'
”See, they are right!"

He laughed again as he heard her fortune. "Hm, let's see what mine says. It says..." His eyes go wide as he reads it. Will then notices a lot of commotion in one of the clothes stores.
"Lets see what all the fuss is about." He puts the fortune in his pocket as, he takes Cassie's hand and leads her to the store.

As they left their table, hand in hand, Cassie wondered about his fortune.
She had slipped hers into one of the bags.....reminding her she still had to decide on when to give Will the shirt..

As Will and Cassie get to the commotion they see a teenage guy around the crowd. He was wearing a hawiian shirt and baggy jeans. Oh yeah, and he had a gun, pointing it at everyone. Will took a glance at the gun and snickered a little at something.

[color=green] "Duuuudes! This is what's gonna happen. You're gonna give us your money or we'll kill you until you're like...dead."

"As opposed to killing us until we're immortal?" Will says with a smirk. He actually didn't mean to say that, it slipped out. This "robbery" was so sad, for one, he was by himself in the middle of a mall.

"You already are immortal, Will" Cassie smiled, "So you don't count."

She already didn't like this guy.....He'd ruined her day with Will.
Not completely, it still had some damn good parts in.

"What is he doing? Whats he planning on taking?" Looking round she saw no real store to steal from. "Whats the point?"

Will smirks, she was right, but that wasn't why he wasn't scared of the gunman, it was really obvious it was his first time.

[color=green]"Oh, so we got a wiseguy here, who wants to die first. I'm evil, dude don't think I won't do it." The teen says pointing the gun at Will.

Will looks at the guy like he's grown another nose. "You wouldn't know evil if it was staring you in the face." He says as he walks up to the guy who pulls the trigger and nothing happens. Will takes the gun away from him. "Next time, try turning the safety off genius."

"He left the safety on??" Cassie broke into a laugh. "Come on 'Duuude' thats rule one!" ‘Where'd the gun go?’

"OH NO HE DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDN'T!" From the back of the crowd a teenage girl comes out and stands beside the would be gunman.
"WHAT THE HECK IS WWWWWRONG WITH YOU! FORGETTING TO TURN THE SAFETY OFF, I SHOULD SMACK THE NINJA TURTLE WANNABE OUT YOU! WHERE'S THE GUN?" The girl yells at the would be gunman. "That creepy dude took it." He points at Will.

"Don't look at me." Will puts up his hands to show that he seemingly doesn't have it.

As the two look at each other arguing over the gun, Will smirks at Cassie, whoever these people were they were total amateurs. He then whispers in her ear, "There's one more of them, I can't really tell where he is yet, but he's watching."

"Do you think he's the one behind...Tweedledumb and tweedledumber?" She jerked her thumb in the direction. "We need to stop them...if we can stop laughing at them"

"Stop laughing at them? I'll make no promises." Will whispers back with a smirk.

The first two continued to argue until finally the girl slapped the guy.

A guy wearing bright red with a compact mirror in his hands steps from inbetween them. "You guys are making total idiots of yourself. Why do I have to go through this hell....oo" He says as he sees Cassie. "So? Who are you little lady? How'd you like to be my bad girl?"

"Your bad girl....riiiiiight." Will said barely keeping himself from laughing. He'd never admit it, even to Cassie, but he felt a tinge of jealousy.

Little Lady? Bad Girl?
Jeez, what Cassie wanted was a bucket.
"I don't think so...I like guys who aren't evil and inteneded for jail" Cassie said without thinking.
Except thats exactly what Will is.......

Meanwhile the girl stepped up the one with the mirror. "Would you stop flirting and start getting the money, this was yyyyour idea in the first place."

"Aaaaaah, so you're the genius who decided to rob the middle of a mall in broad daylight." Will says rolling his eyes. The girl walks up to Cassie and Will. "Just because we don't have the gun anymore doesn't mean we can't still take you're stuff." She says looking at the bags Cassie had.

Cassie looked at the girl coldly.
There was no way she was going to let this girl take the things Will had chosen for her away.
HE chose them.
"Excuse me missy...i think it means you should give up.....what are you going to do? Annoy us to death?" Cassie faced up to the girl "unless we die from laughing first?"

The girl's eyes go wide. "First off! You don't call me anything unless it's my name, and my name is Shanika Laquita Rosita Chiquita Sashae!"

Will raises one of his eyebrows. "Um, you guys don't call her by her complete name do you?"

Both guys start snickering. "Both of you sssssshut it! And you girl, you have an attitude problem!" She then backhand slaps Cassie.

Will's eyes go wide as he slowly looks away. This wasn't going to be pretty.

She hit me! That stupid...ANNOYING girl hit me!

The blow didn't knock Cassie to the floor, it took her by surprise though.

"You so don't want to do that Missy." Cassie tried to stay polite....So far she was just a random girl in a mall.
No one had noticed she was Wonder Girl yet.
Which would be the best way to keep it.
"You think i'm going to be scared by some girl...especially a girl in that outft?
Someone who can be that annoying?
This whole place is laughing at you, cant you see that?" Cassie was toe to toe with ......the long named girl.
"Besides..Missy those pants make your butt look big!"

Will couldn't take it anymore, with that last comment he bent over laughing. Shanika..whatever's face became beet red, as she hears the various laughter around her. She does the "Z" snap. "Oh no she diiiiidn't, girl you best be gettin ready to be jacked up, okaaaaaaaaay" She says as she takes off her earings. "Don't just stand there looking stupid get the bags." The one with the mirror was admiring himself in it, "I never look stupid, come on, look at me. Don't hurt her too bad, I just might give her the pleasure of going out with me." The surfer guy rolls his eyes at the other robber as he walks to Will, "Dude, I've yet to see you with a single girl since I've known you."

Will took advantage of the fact that he was bent over and made his eyes flash white which caused both guys' pants to fall to they're ankles as they both tripped over them. By this time most of the crowd had left and the others were almost rolling on the floor laughing at the trio. Will steps on the robber's companct mirror, breaking it. "Oooops." The robber's eyes go wide as he looks like he's about to cry. "My mirror!"

"Duuuuude, this is totally ruining our image man." The surfer one said, trying to pull his pants back up without standing. The other one looks back at him. "At least I'd know enough to turn the safety off!" "Oh please both of you are pathetic, I don't even know why I put up with you!" The annoying girl shouted turning her back on Cassie to argue with her partners in crime. Both guys began humming "Baby got Back", as they continued to bicker, Will took Cassie's hand once more, and pointed his head in the direction of the cops that were walking towards the crowd that was left. As Will leads Cassie away, her words echo in his head. "..I like guys who aren't evil and intended for jail" While he was still smiling, you could tell his mind was occupied.

As Will leads Cassie away it seemed as if he was further away...more distant.
Even the way he was holding her hand was different, less tight......as if she had done something.
"Will?.........Are you ok?" Cassie asked. "Have i done something wrong?"
Her voice was quiet....she couldn't meet his eyes either.

Will looks into Cassie's eyes. Who knows, maybe she didn't mean that directed at him. He smiled. "No, you didn't do anything..I just wanted you to have a good time. I hope the stupidity trio didn't ruin the day for you." He softly touched the cheek that was slapped. "I actually wanted to ask if you were ok."

Cassie found she'd become slightly breathless when Will came so close.
He softly touched her cheek. It was electric.....in a good way.
"Yeah, I'm fine" Cassie whispered softly ’Better than fine even’

"How about I make it up to you. Not only will I get you clothes, I'll get you whatever cds you want, what do you say?" He says as he looks up at the music store. She'd become a little distant herself, this was his idea, and he was going to make sure she enjoyed herself.

"Music?...Oh...Have you heard this song by Fountians of Wayne."Cassie asked.
"Its really.......Addictive."
She grasped his hand tighter to lead him into the store.
The distance was gone. To a point.

"If it's the one I think you're talking about, I've heard about it. But I haven't actually heard the song. We can check it out in here." Will could tell that the majority of the tension was gone, which made him happy. As he listened to the song, he could tell she was right, he'd listened to it about 3 times already, he was even singing it a little, even though he was doing it in a low tone.

Cassie flipped through the CD's till a sound caught her ear......
Will was singing.
It was quiet.....but she could hear it.
Cassie smiled to herself.

As he looked around the store he saw an electric guitar, and an idea popped into his head. "Cass, you said you wanted to hear me play right?"

Cass looked at Will, then at the guitar, then back to Will with a huge smile on her face.
"Right."

Will smirked as he went to one of the workers. "Do you mind if I test out that guitar?" The worker shrugs and walks away. "Guess that was a yes." Will picks up the guitar and plugs it in as starts playing "Stacey's mom" with a smirk on his face, then he changes the tune to one of the song's he made.

It was the first time he'd played in public since he was in his band before. He just let the music flow as he played it, he looked up for the first time since he started playing as he looked Cassie in the eye. People began to gather around as Will played, but he wasn't really paying attention to them. You couldn't tell by looking at him, but he was a little nervous playing in front of Cassie. 'What if she didn't like it?' he thought. He dimissed the thought as he continued to play. Actually the nervousness was helping him play better.

Even thought a crowd had gathered it was like Will was playing just for her.

Cassie didn't recognise the second song, she wondered if it was one of his own songs......It was beautiful.

Here was this really cute guy playing in the middle of store in front of loads of people.
When he usually doesn't play to anyone.

And it was just for her...

As soon as Will's song finished, everyone started clapping. Will looked like he just noticed the other people for the first time and blushed a little as he took a bow.

As the song finished Will seemed to suddenly notice the people.
’He blushes a lot....’
She half smiled
’.....I wonder how many people get to see him like this?
This happy?’

He then walked to Cassie, he wondered if she realized that he didn't even know that the other people were there, he was only playing for her. "How did you like it?" He said in a slightly low tone. At this point it was obvious he was nervous as he waited for her answer.

Cassies smile said it all.
"That was AMAZING!! Where did you learn to play like that?"

Will smiled, he could tell she meant it. Cassie seemed to be smiling at herself about something. "Believe it or not, I taught myself. Watching music videos and buying books, it just comes naturally."

People were staring at them as they walked out of the store with the cds. Will wasn't sure if they were staring for a good reason or not, but it didn't really matter to him. As they walked in the mall some more he saw a flyer for a carnival, and noticed it said free ice cream on it.

Will did a sly grin. "Want to get some ice cream at the carnival, looks like fun." Will then thinks about what he said 'looks like fun'. Oh boy, he's gotten so soft this day. His badboy image was completely ruined, but as long as it was just Cassie, he didn't really mind.

"The carnaval? Sounds really fun!!" Cassie linked arms with Will as they made their way to the Malls exit.

"You know the best thing to do when you get to a carnival? Go on the HUGEST
coaster that they have and scream your head off!" Cassie was happy, really happy.
"Will you go on the ghost train with me? I get scared.....yeah, i know its stupid...Wondy scared of the ghost train....." Cassie looked at Will.
"Please?"

Will looks into her eyes as she asks about the ghost train. "I'd love to go on it with you." He could tell that it embarrassed her to tell her fear like that. Will paused a little as he thought about what he was about to say. "...Wonder Girl scared of a ghost train is nothing...compared to Harm being weirded out by cats." He said with a wink. "We had a lot of them at my foster home. I never liked them, it just kinda...stuck with me." He'd never told anyone this, he always just kinda kept it to himself. But he trusted Cassie with it.

Cassie couldn't help it, she laughed. "I'm sorry, i didn't mean it, its just...i wouldn't expect you to be weirded out by cats......Ninja beasts of doom maybe, but not Cats."
Will had told her something he obviously didn't tell many people, it made her feel special.
"You know......I have a thing against cats too. I never used too but one time, I rescued a cat from these boys...and it just scratched me!" Cassie remembered that that was actually just before the two had met...agreed Harm had been evil then. But she was glad they had met.

Will walks out with her, he could have shadow ported them to the carnival, but he liked walking with her. It made him... calmer.

Will smiled wide, Cassie was practically bubbling. It was obvious she really enjoyed carnivals. "I love roller coasters, I'm usually too macho to scream though." He says sticking out his tongue.

Cassie laughed "Well i guess you are macho then Mr. Non-Screamer." She stuck her tongue out back at Will. "But you don't know what your missing"

"Maybe I'll scream this time for you." Will said with a wink. This was honestly the most fun that he might have had, and it had only been a few hours.

As they got to the carnival, Will bought them both ice cream with extra chocolate sauce and whipped cream for both of them. If it were anyone else Will would have still felt embarrassed over the cat thing, but he still felt comfortable.

While they were eating the ice cream, Will saw one of those dart games with stuffed animals as prizes. He then looked at Cassie. "Which one do you want me to get for you?" He said with a smile.

Cassie licked the Chocolate sauce from her icecream.
"A cat?" She said with a grin.
"Seriously...anything will be cool" She said shyly.
True, it had only been a day, but it felt like they'd been like this forever.
She remembered her training hours with Arrowette, when she'd been taught how to hone her aim...
"Ok then Will, Whoever wins pick the ride..." She smiled mischiviously.

Even though Will didn't realize it, he had some whip cream still on his face. Will smirks evilly. "Guess I'll be picking the ride then."

Cassie laughed. "Will, um...Whip cream looks really good on you"
She smirked as she indicated the cream on his face.
"Prepare to loooose"

Will blushes a little as he wipes off the whip cream.
Will was tempted to use his powers, but he felt like he didn't need them, even though he could tell that the game was rigged. The balloons weren't inflated all the way so when you throw the darts at them, they bounce off. But he knew he was strong enough to bypass that trick. He only had to worry about the aim.

He looked at Cassie as he was aiming, it was obvious she knew what she was doing. He threw the dart, just as he expected it went right through the balloon. He smirked and then saw that Cassie's had gone through also. He picked the big teddy bear for her and looked at the huge Ferris wheel. "I guess we have to agree where we go now, the Ferris Wheel?" He said with a smile.

She watched him as he threw his darts, and realised he didn't use the powers.
’He didn't use his power.’ She smiled to herself.

She didn't know what to say as Will gave her the bear, she just smiled and nodded to the suggestion of the ferris wheel.

As they walked to the giant wheel, Casie casually said
"So what should i call him?"


"Hmmm, how about..." Will smirks. "..Billy the Bear"
He had heard of a Japanese tradition that if you name the bear after who gave it to you, that it's double luck, it couldn't hurt.

Cassie hugged the newly named "Billy the Bear"
"You know in Japan if you name the bear after the person who gave it to you.....Forget it, its kind of stupid." Cassie laughed and blushed.

Will grinned, he could tell Cassie liked the Billy the Bear.
He then laughed as Cassie started telling, ironically enough the reason Will named the bear Billy. "Actually I heard about that tradition too." He said winking.

Cassie laughed as he explained himself.

On their way to the Ferris Wheel, Will took a lick of his ice cream but if fell on his shirt and to the floor. He was going to use his power to fix it, but there were too many people around. He shrugged and smiled at Cassie. "Oh well, it's no real problem."

"Oh, i hate it when that happens" Cassie rememebred that she had bought the shirt for Will waaaaay back in that obscure store.
"Why don't you wear this one?" Cassie asked as she gave him the bag.
She's done it, got up the courage.
Would he like it though?

Will takes the shirt and as he reads it, he breaks out laughing. "It's perfect, thank you." He said with a smile as he instinctively hugged Cassie. He blushed a little as he let go. "Let me get changed, I'll be right back, you can hold our place in the line." Will yells and he runs into the nearest bathroom with the shirt.

She was apprehensive as he took it, but when he laughed it was like...an approval.
She smiled hugely wide as he hugged her then ran off to change.

As He got in the bathroom and switched the shirts, he couldn't seem to stop himself from smiling. She bought him this shirt. Maybe she really did like him. Whether she did or not, he knew that he'd cherish the shirt as he ran back outside to meet up with her in the line.

She stood alone in the line, hugging 'Billy'.
For some reason it was just ...quiet without Will.
She suddenly blushed as she thought of how he'd hugged her. It was nice.

As she watched for his return she rememebered the shirts words.
’I'm not Evil, I just don't like you.’
That was so Will.
But then she'd said to that guy..."I like guys who aren't evil and intended for jail"
Did Will notice that?
Because if he did...it didn't count.
But only for him.

Will met up with Cassie just as it was their turn to get on. "Glad I wasn't late. Thanx again for the shirt. I love it." He said with a smile as they got on the Ferris Wheel.

Cassie smiled as he ran up. For a moment there she was worried he wouldn't make it in time. "You look good, suits you"

Will smiled as Cassie complimented him.
When he looked at the word 'evil', he was reminded of Cassie's comment in the mall, which still saddened him a little, but he pushed it away, he didn't think he would have the guts to bring it up anyway. He got closer to Cassie, and looked over her side as they began to get higher and higher up.

[color=red]Cassie loved the feeling so high in the air, she was glad her hair was in bunches because of the wind that had been unnoticable from the ground.
She moved closer to Will, sheltering from the cold. It was an excuse.

Will noticed as Cassie was getting closer to him, it was making him a little nervous, but in a good way. It felt so calm in the air. All other thoughts in him mind left as he only thought about the amazing day he had so far with Cassie.
He points to the Ghost Train as he sees it. "We can go there next. Too bad we can't go to a cat ride to make it even huh?" Will jokes.

"The ghost train?" Cassie looked kind of scared for a second "well ok, if you want me to be like this the whole time." She said as she grabbed hold of Will, hugging him close.

Will was a little suprised when Cassie hugged him, but quickly calmed down and hugged her back. He smiled has he looked at her. "I think I could live with that." This was really nice, it felt like this was possibly the closest that they had been. He didn't want this day to end, as they reached the top of the Ferris Wheel again, he held her close as they both looked at the view.

"Wow...look at that view." Cassie was always amazed by how the world looked from above. Every time she flew it was a marvel to her.
Cassie smiled, it was nice to be held by Will. This was the one moment she wanted to continue forever. Next to Will, at the top of the world.

*clikclikclikclikclikclik KLUNK*

...............

"We've stopped." Cassie stated the obvious with a little smile.
She peered down. The ferris wheel guy was looking up and gave her a small wave which she returned.

Earlier by mere minutes.

"Let me get changed, I'll be right back, you can hold our place in the line."

Cassie turned to see a guy with the Ferris wheel symbol on his jacket staring at her.
"Can i help?" Cassie asked politely
"Sorry.....its just, your Wonder Girl right" He asked
"Um...No..i'm just..." Cassie clutched at Billy.
"I just wanted to say thank you. You saved the town we were last at from parademons. and if theres anything i can do...?" He smiled "Is that your boyfriend?"
"um...Well....not yet. I mean no!" Cassie blushed. "Do you think you could make the wheel stop at the top? I've always wanted that to happen."

Will had a suprised look on his face as the ride stopped. He didn't realize it, but he actually held Cassie a little tighter. Then he thought to himself 'She's Wonder Girl, it's not like she needs you to protect her from a Ferris wheel.'

Will noticed Cassie's little smile. It crossed his mind that she might have been behind it, but whether she was or not, it didn't matter. They'd been given more time on top of the Wheel, and he wouldn't waste it. As Will held Cassie and looked into her eyes he said, "Cassie, I just wanted to let you know, today has been the best day that I've had in a very long time. I've always felt like an outsider, like I wasn't supposed to be happy. Like I was being punished for something I don't remember doing, but being with you...it makes me feel...I don't know...like I was never evil to begin with. You've forgiven me for so much, I don't know what I'd do without you."

You couldn't tell on his face but he was litterally almost in shock that he'd been able to get all that out. He wasn't sure how she'd respond to it. He suddenly smiled. "Sorry, that just...came out. You don't have to say anything back, that was ...an elaborate way of saying thank you, I guess." Will then turns back to the view, still holding Cassie.

Cassie didn’t know what to say.
Here was this guy who, yeah, it had to be said, was mostly all about evil.
He didn’t say a lot but for this one day he’d been open and honest with her.
She didn’t trust her own words to show him that she felt the same way.
“You’ve made my day.”
She lent over and lightly kissed him on the cheek.
"Any time you need me i'll be there for you.
You mean a lot to me."

Will smiled as she kissed his cheek. She said he meant a lot to her. That proved it. When she said she "Didn't like guys who were evil and intended for jail.", he was an exception. While he had opened up so much to Cassie, he still didn't want her to see him grinning like an idiot so he tried to just keep it as a small smile.

"I'm glad I made your day better." He said with a smirk as they looked at the view again. "You must see views like this all the time flying, maybe I could go with you one time." 'It's funny' Will thought, all the powers he had and flight wasn't one of them, but then again, who needs flight when you can use shadows as portals.

"I'd love to take you flying, anytime you like. The best place to be is above the clouds though...total privacy." Cassie thought about the kiss and blushed slightly.
"You know, these views never ceace to amaze me. Especially at night, all the lights kind of guide your way around." Cassie said, her arms around both Will and Billy the bear.
"When i was younger i always got asked the 'Invisible or flight' question. I'd say flight but I always thought something like teleportation was better...the best of both really. Flying is awesome, but it sometimes takes too long."

*.....clikclikclikclikclik*

The ferris wheel had started again.

"Too bad. Gotta say, this is the most fun Ferris Wheel I've been on." He actually was a little sad the the ride was about to end. But then again, they were going to the Ghost Train next. Actually he loved scary things like that, not a big suprise."

As they walked past the operator he seemed to have a smirk on his face. Will smiled, Cassie did plan it. It was a great chance for them to talk. He couldn't have planned it better himself.

Cassie had smiled at the guy as they'd gotten off the ferris wheel. He seemed to know he'd helped.

As they got inside the train, he held her close. He knew she'd be tense, but he wanted to do his best to comfort her.

"So the ghost train then?" Cassie asked...a slight hint of dread in her voice as she slipped in the car beside Will.
"Ok, i'm ready to be scared witless." Cassie said shutting her eyes as the train jerked into life.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you." Will said smirking. The ride seemed pretty normal at first, then you began hearing the howls and the music. Will felt kind of silly, he didn't realize it, but he was actually scanning the ride for evil, he was getting way too into protecting Cassie.

Cassie actually felt a lot more secure with Will beside her.
He made her feel safe.

Will smiled a little as a bunch of bats came flying by then, even though it was dark, he could tell they were fake. They made a sharp right as they went through, cobwebs and it really did feel like spiders crawling, he had to admit, he didn't see any though, who knows how they did that. Suddenly a huge zombie popped out in front of them. Will laughed, it actually had startled him a little. But nowhere near as much as when he noticed the huge black cat jumping out onto the train. Normally cats just put him on edge but the way it appeared out of nowhere made him show just about every sign of fear short of yelling.

Cassie cowered down slightly as the bats fluttered past....ok...that was ok, she delt with bats at night sometimes....least it wasn't Spi..
SPIDERS!! Cassie literally lept on top of Will, away from the spiders.
She didn't even noticed the Zombie recovering from the spiders...But she saw the cat.
Will paled and flinched slightly...all in all he hid his fear exceptionally well.
Cassie slipped her hand into Wills.
"Your cute when your terrified, you know that?"

Will blushed, the cat was gone. "I...wasn't terrified. Just..scared out of my mind." He said with a smile. He then slightly squeezed her hand, his heart was actually still pounding, not that he'd admit it. "You know, you're cute whether you're terrified or not." Will winked as he said it.

She laughed a little. "You were scared. Its ok, i'll protect you from the cats."
Cassie smiled while Will put his arm around her.
That cute huh.

He put his arm around her as the music got lower and the lights went black. Suddenly the ride stopped. "Hm, two consecutive times?"

The smile faded slightly as the lights dimmed down.
Oh no. She didn't want to be stuck in a Ghost Train at all!
She got closer to Will without knowing it.

Then the lights flashed back on and demon looking monster growled at the train. Will instinctively turned his eyes red and blasted the fake demon. When he realized what he did, he just looked away and whistled innocently. "Wonder what happened to that robot?"

The lights blinked on showing a giant demon......
"AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" Cassie actually screamed.
It turned into laughter though as Will blasted the plastic creature into smoldering pieces.
"I thought you were here to keep me safe? Your as scared as i am." She smiled "You just hide it well."
She took his hand in hers. "Come on!..We have superpowers!..we can get through this together!!" She half-joked.

Will laughed. "It was a reflex reaction." He said trying to defend himself. Scared or not, this ride had been a lot of fun from thier reactions if nothing else. And he had to admit, he really enjoyed being this close to Cassie. The train jerked forward, as the what was left of the plastic demon went back up.

"They really went through a lot, making this ride." Will was actually getting a little antsy waiting for the next thing to happen. This was one of the better Ghost Trains he'd been on.

"Yeah. I like this place. Great views, Good company, Endless fear.
Everything a girl could ask for on a first dateeee-day out with a friend." Cassie was glad the darkness covered up her blush and the secret smile on her face.

The howling sound started back up as felt like wind was blowing from different directions. The howling started coming closer and closer as there was a huge flash of light. As Will's eyes adjusted back to the dark, he saw the group of ghosts surrounding the train. He was playing it off, but they were making him nervous, even if he was convincing himself they were part of the ride...they did look pretty realistic.

The light flashed, momentarily disorentating the girl.
"Oh my Gods and Goddesses..........The ride is haunted!!" Cassie pulled Wills arm around her tighter.

"Took the words right out of my mouth." Will smiled as he heard Cassie's slipup, it felt like a date to him too. Even if it wasn't he felt like he would want to ask her on one at some point.

As the ghost started spinning around, edging towards the train, Will held on to Cassie right as she pulled him closer. Suddenly the ride jerked backwards as the ghost chased. Will smiles when he realizes for sure that this is part of the ride. He thought to himself, 'This really is sad, we're both superheroes, we've both been to Hell, and a ghost train is freaking us out.'

Cassie let out a sigh of relief she didn't know she was holding as the burst out of the dark tunnel.
It was then she realised just how close Will was holding her, as if he wouldn't let go for anyone. Protecting her.

The train then goes forward on a different track as Will looks back and sees the ghosts still chasing. He then feels a rush of fresh air as the Ghost Train is back outside and comes to a final stop. Will gives Cass a warm smirk. "That wasn't that bad was it?"

"Wasn't that bad?" Cassie laughed "Hey you got scared too."

Will laughs, "I didn't get scared, I got...edgy." He says just realizing that he's still hugging her. Realizing it he finally lets her go.

As they got out of the car is was raining lightly. The carnival was begigning to close for the day.
"I guess its time to go." Cassie was actually really sad it was over.

He looks up at the rain. "Can't have you getting wet now can we?" He then shadowports her back to the Elias School.

"Hey Will, do you think we could do this again sometime?" Cassie asked shyly as they made their way to her room.

Will smiles. "I'd love too. Nothing could keep me away." He says as he leans over and kisses Cassie. His eyes go wide, as he blushes. He kinda just went with the moment. "Oh! Before I go, I never told you what my fortune was." He then reaches into his pocket and gives Cassie the fortune which reads:

[True happiness is closer than you may think. You only have to open up.]

Cassies eyes flew open as Will kissed her.
The wall behind her felt cool to her blushing skin.

She couldn't think of what to say so she just smiled, her emotion plain to see.
He gave her his fortune, proving that chinese people predict very well.
She had to show him she felt the same way.
Time ticked past and goodbyes were said.
Nothing more to say, the moment had past.

As he turned to leave she grabbed him back and kissed him again.

As Cassie kissed Will, he froze, the only change in him whatsoever was the huge smile that spread across his face. It totally caught him by suprise, he couldn't believe that someone who'd done all the bad things that he'd done could be so lucky.

"That was...i wanted....i mean...to say...Thank you."
She slipped into her room, keeping her eyes on Will the whole time.
Finally the door was closed.....the day...the DATE was over.
She lent against the door, grinning to herself.
Hanging up her new clothes she found the smile never faded.
Her eyes fell on undone schoolwork. Looked like tomorrow was already taken.
Sighing, she pulled Billy the bear from the last bag.
As she did so her own fortune fluttered to the floor.
Placing Billy on her bed she picked up the fortune smiling and stuck it on the notice board beside Wills.

[True happiness is closer than you may think. You only have to open up.]

[You will find yourself in harms way to find the one you love. Create your own moment.]

When Cassie closed the door, Will shadowported to the front of the school. He looked up to Cassie's window and waved as he walked home. While it was raining, Will didn't even notice, he just kept walking home with the huge smile on his face that wouldn't leave.

By the time he got back to the Tower, he was back into his regular character. When he got into his room he thought about the great day that he had with Cassie and how he couldn't wait for them to go on another date. As he layed in his bed and drifted off to sleep, he looked down at the shirt Cassie had bought for him. He knew that he would never change this shirt into his costume, it would always hold a special place in his heart