A/N: This chapter is when Jason and Dick first meet.

Gotham Academy-

The halls were quite and empty, as Jason walked down them.

He was done with school today, it was his free period, and lunch was next and his best friend wasn't here today, which just made school that more dreadful. He threw on his jacket and prepared to head out of the school when the sound of music caught his ears. He glanced around the hallway and decided to follow the sound.

Jason, soon came to a classroom, that used to be the music room but it no longer was because the school had expanded some and had now a large auditorium.
He slightly pushed the door open and peeked inside the classroom. His eyes soon fell onto a young guy sitting at the piano, who seemed lost in the music he was playing. Jason's eyes ran up and down the guy before him.
"Humm" thought Jason as he looked at the dark hair guy. He took a step closer and suddenly, the guy turned around and Jason was lost within his brilliant blue eyes. "Wow" thought Jason but quickly shook that thought away.

The dark hair guy quickly took the back of his hand and brushed it against his cheeks, whipping away tears that Jason could see clearly now.

"Oh, umm...Sorry to interupt ya man'' said Jason who then turned and was about to leave when suddenly the 'cute' guy spoke.

"It's no biggie'' said the guy and Jason looked over his shoulder.

"Whatcha doin' in here anyways?" Jason asked and watched the guy shrug his shoulders. He then turned back around and ran his fingertips over the keys on the piano, just barely touching them.

"You know there's an auditorium on the other side of the school, right?" said Jason and the guy quickly turned around and shook his head 'no'. Jason looked at the guy for a second.
"How couldn't he know about it, it was one of the big topics at this freakin' school, unless..." thought Jason who took a step closer towards the guy.

"You new?" asked Jason and saw a smile creep up on the guys face. He watched as the guy rubbed the back of neck.

"Is it that obvious?" said the new guy with a small chuckle. Jason smiled back at him and shrugged his shoulder.

"Nah. So...who are ya?" Jason asked, he was a bit curious and it wasn't like he had anything else better to do anyways.

"Umm...I'm Dick'' said Dick who looked down when Jason began to laugh.
"Seriously?!" laughed Jason but then stopped when he looked over at Dick. "Uh, sorry man.''
Dick shrugged his shoulders and walked over towards the window, he gazed outside.

Jason sighed. "Okay, well see ya'' he said and went to leave. He only glanced back at Dick for a second, to see that Dick looked kinda down but Jason kept on going.
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Dick stood silently and waited for the classroom door to close. He sighed and turned to watched the dark hair boy disappear. It was the first person to ever be nice towards him, it was very strange. He walked slowly back over at the piano, his mother used to love music. She had an amazing voice and only taught him a few things before....

He grabbed his folder and his pen and walked over towards the door and then froze in the doorway and looked back at the piano. A ghost of a smile formed upon his face as he looked at it, imaging his mother before him.

Dick slowly walked outside, it was lunch time. He had nowhere to sit, no one to be with. He had no place where he belonged. That thought, that feeling was a constant pain to him. He noticed that everyone was inside for lunch, so he slowly walked over towards a tree and sat down.

His back was pressed against the tree as he stared off in the distance, becoming lost in thought, lost in everything.

Just then, someone stepped into his line of sight and broke his train of thought. The blurry image of the person came closer towards him and he could now see it was the same guy as before. A small smile came upon his face as he watched the guy come closer towards him. Dick didn't know what was up with this guy, why he even spoke to him in the first place, he was nothing but a tiny warm feeling filled him up and he was kinda glad to be seeing this person once more.

"Hey'' voiced Dick who pushed himself up some more and looked at the guy standing now before him.

"What are you doing out here? Did you get lost?" said the guy with a tint of sarcasm in his voice. Dick shook his head 'no' and looked behind the guy. He heard the guy sigh before he walked over and suddenly sat down beside him.
"You want to get out of here?" asked the guy and Dick quickly turned to face him, shock written all over his face. He couldn't believe that this guy who just met him was, A. being friendly towards him and, B. wanted to get away and hang out with the likes of him.

"We've have school'' said Dick and the guy chuckled and lean his head back against the tree and looked up at the branches, small rays of sunlight hit his face. A tiny blush crept onto his face and he looked away from the guy quickly. He had no idea what it was about this guy, but Dick liked him.

"So? Come on, let's get out of here! I'm freakin' board out of my mind. My best friend isn't here to distract me from this dead hell hole'' said the guy and the small smile upon Dick's face faded.

There it was.
The truth. This guy wasn't hanging out with him because he liked him, no he was just being friendly towards Dick because he had no one else, no other options.
"Stupid. Why would anyone want to hang out with me, I'm nothing'' thought Dick who looked down at the grass, twisting strands of grass between his fingers.
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Jason who was sitting beside Dick glanced over at him and pulled his knees closer towards his chest as he watched the guy next to him. He seemed okay at first but now everything suddenly changed and Jason didn't really have an idea as to why it did.

He thought about what he said and something very tiny hit him and he looked more closely at Dick.
His school uniform was old and raggy. He was always alone and appeared to be depressed. He was brand new to school and had no one. He didn't even have a book bag with him, only a ripped folder and a pen. His shoes were rough and dirty and Dick looked to be worn down slightly.

It then became clear to Jason, that Dick didn't fit in at all with all these stuck up, rich snobs here at school. And neither did Jason or his best friend, Roy. Both him and Roy were adopted into this life style by both very rich men.
In the beginning they both started off similar to Dick.

Jason knew that Dick needed a friend and for some reason he felt a connection towards him.
Jason then stood up, and held his hand out towards Dick and waited for him to take it.

Jason watched as Dick slowly raised his head. He could see that his blue eyes were a bit clouded. Jason sent Dick a warm smiled and hoped that Dick would take him hand. He really didn't understand it all but deep down he liked this guy, even though he kept constantly telling himself he wasn't interested in guys, that he was straight.
But the moment his green eyes met Dick's blue ones, something sparked within.

After a few seconds, Dick slowly, as if fearful, reach out and take Jason's hand. Jason pulled Dick to his feet but held his hand for a second longer before letting go. His cheeks, now dusted with a slight pink color but he played it off as nothing.

He slung his book bag over his shoulders and looked over at Dick, who held his ripped folder close to his chest, with the pen now stuck in his mouth.
Jason smiled and began to walk towards the sidewalk, to get away from the school. Only a second pause and then Dick was treading behind him. Jason slowed his pace and he and Dick then ended up walking side by side to one another.

"So, I'm Jason by the way'' said Jason. He looked over at Dick and could see him smiling a bit.