A/N: Mentions of eating disorders and abuse.

Jason, Roy and Dick sat in the diner and waited for their food to arrive. Both Jason and Roy were chatting, lost within their own little world, while Dick sat back in silence, watching them. He felt totally out of place. He didn't belong there with them, they were friends and he was no one, he was nothing to either of them.
Dick thought about getting up and sneaking out of the diner.
"They probably won't even notice I'm gone." thought Dick, and right before he got the courage to do that, the waiter came over, bringing their meals.

Both Jason and Roy had a large milk shake, fires and a burger. Dick looked down at his small salad and water and then looked back up to see Jason staring over at him.

He couldn't tell what that look was within Jason's eyes but he felt drawn into his green eyes for some reason, that he had no idea why.

"Are you a rabbit?" asked Roy.

Dick looked over at Roy then lowered his head.
In the corner of his eyes, he could see Jason slapping Roy's arm and whisper/yelling at him. Dick didn't understand why Jason was still being so kind towards him. Maybe he discovered how smart he was and wanted Dick on his good side so he could help with his, maybe their school work.

After a bit, Jason and Roy were half way done with their food, where as Dick barely touched his. He kept poking at the salad and taking very small sips of water. The instant he began to eat, his stomach turned and twisted in knots, he felt ill and he couldn't bring himself to eat anymore. He knew if he ate more, he would most likely get sick, his stomach wasn't used to too much for, one from his living conditions and two from being anorexic.

Dick's hands were twitching under the table as fear and panic rose up in him, it was getting a bit late and he had a lot of chores he had to get done and if they weren't complete then...
Dick shut his eyes tightly, trying to not think about it.
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Jason was having a great time, he always did when he hanged out with his best friend Roy. But this time, it was different. No matter what he and Roy was doing, he kept finding himself thinking and looking over at Dick, the new guy.

Jason just felt a magnetic pull towards Dick and he didn't know why.
He saw how Dick had barely eaten anything and that sent a small ping of concern throughout Jason. He looked sad and pale. But something told him not to push it, not push Dick. So, he continued his meal and his conversation with Roy, but he kept glancing over at Dick.

Finally, Roy said he had to go and quickly waved bye and left Jason and Dick alone. Jason sighed and shoved his milk shake across the table towards Dick. This caused Dick to raise his head up and look up from his hands that were under the table. His blue eyes landed on the milk shake then up over at Jason.

Jason smiled and shoved it a bit closer towards Dick.
"Here. I told you that you had to try it, that this place has the best milk shakes'' said Jason. He watched as Dick took his eyes off of him and place them down upon the milk shake.

Dick then slowly shook his head 'no'.
Jason pouted a little bit. "Come on, just one sip and then we can get out of here'' Jason said. He watched as Dick sat there in silence, appearing to be struggling with himself. He then slowly reached out and took the cool glass in his hand and looked down at the shake.

"I-I...I don't have a straw"said Dick as if trying to make that his excuses for not drinking the milk shake.

"Use mine'' said Jason which earned him a glance from Dick. "It's cool'' said Jason who leaned back in his chair and tossed a few french fries into his mouth then crossed his arms over his chest. He watched as Dick slowly brought the glass closer towards him. With one hand he grabbed ahold of the straw and brought it close to his lips. He peeked up for a split second to look over at Jason, before placing it into his mouth.
Jason watched as he sucked upon it and then saw Dick pull away and give him a tiny smile. Jason then sat up and took the glass cup from Dick's hand, his fingers gently brushing up against Dick's skin.

"See, I told you it was awesome'' said Jason who then took a sip of the milk shake, and he watched as a tiny blush brushed across Dick's face.
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The two of them left the diner and slowly walked side by side in silence, heading towards Dick's foster home.

Oddly enough, this whole day had been one of the best days that Dick has had in a long time. His life has been nothing but pain, dark, empty and cold since his parents fell.
Meeting Jason, changed something within Dick. Jason was a spark of light that broke apart some of the darkness that Dick was surrounded in.

The two of them finally came to a stop and turned to face the place Dick was staying at. Right away Jason noticed that Dick and the air changed quickly. He seemed to be folding in upon himself. He watched Dick as he quickly glanced down at his watch on his wrist then sigh, closing his eyes and taking a step forward.

Jason out of no where reached out and grabbed a hold of Dick's arm, stopping him for a moment from going onward into that house.
Dick looked over his shoulder at Jason, his eyes locked onto Jason's green ones, a silent plead of help shinned through them.

"Dick..." said Jason but before he could say anything more, the front door to the house flew open. Jason sadly let go of Dick's arm and glanced up at the man at the top of the stairs.

"Finally!" shouted the man and Jason looked over at Dick to see his shoulders tense up slightly. "Get your worthless ass in here already!"

Dick then turned to look at Jason, his eyes looking deeply into his.
"I-I...I'll see y-you tomorrow, if that's o-okay?" said Dick, his was stuttering as he trembled slightly. Jason nodded his head.

"Yeah, of course it's okay'' said Jason and gave Dick a tiny smile. What Jason said caused Dick's eyes to light up for a split second before they heard the man shout out at Dick again. Dick quickly waved bye to Jason and lowered his head and he raced up the few steps and dashed inside the house.

Jason started up at the man, who was staring right back at him. An evil grin was plastered across the man's face as he turned and slammed the door shut.
Jason stood there frozen, he didn't know why, but something seemed to be keeping him in place.

Jason could now hear shouts coming from inside, the sound of glass breaking and then...a scream of pain.

Jason took a step forward but paused. What could he do? He just simply met Dick and yet he wanted to be there for him and protect him. He knew that he could easily barge into the house and hit the man hitting Dick but then what? Where would that lead him and Dick? What would Bruce say about all of this?

So, Jason who hated himself so much right now, turned and left. He closed his eyes as he continued to hear the shouts and screams from outside the house as he walked away. But he needed to think, he needed to talk with Bruce, to solve all of this and to do it as fast as possible, for Dick's sake.