A/N:  contains Panic attack and abuse.

Dick woke up very sore the next morning. The events of the night before flashed in his mind, he cringed as he remembered each punch and kick, feeling the pain all over again.

He had to quickly get up and make his two foster parents downstairs some breakfast before heading off to school. 
Dick then froze in his tiny room, well it wasn't a room, it was the attic. 

School.
Jason.

Dick looked at himself in the cracked mirror. He had a busted lip, a black eye and a cut across his check. 
"Great" thought Dick, "I want to become friends with Jason, but what is he going to say and think when he sees me like this? Sees me so...pathetic.''

Dick quickly tried to not think about it and got dressed very quickly before heading downstairs to prepare breakfast for them, which he was not welcomed to eat at all.

After he made breakfast and cleaned up after, he began to sell a snack for lunch today but his foster father caught him.

"Trying to steal are we? After everything we have given you! You worthless piece of shit!" he yelled and slapped Dick across the face. 
Dick stumbled backwards and held onto his now burning check. He glanced up at his foster father, awaiting another hit but it didn't come. He lean in closer towards Dick and grabbed a hod of him but the collar of his t-shirt, lifting Dick off his feet.

"Your lucky I have to go to work. But you won't be so luck come this evening boy!" he said and tossed Dick to the ground and then left the house. Dick sat down on the floor for a moment, his body was shaking.

"Stupid! I am so stupid! Why did I think it was a good idea to take some food, I'm not allowed to eat...anything!" thought Dick as he slowly pushed himself up and out the door heading off to school.
He just hoped that no one would pay attention to him, and why should they, he was nothing. But deep down Dick was wishing, hoping that someone would notice him and care about him. He hoped Jason would be there, be there for him.

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Jason had gotten to school early today, he texted Roy, his best friend, that he needed to see him right away, that it was important.

When Roy met up with Jason this morning, Jason quickly told Roy everything about Dick. 
By the end, Dick now had two friends that was willingly going to protect him and be by his side. 

Jason also tried to talk about how he felt around Dick, earning him a huge grin from his best friend then a pat on the back. 
Roy told Jason that there was something about Dick, that he saw when he first met him. It was kinda similar to how they used to be at one time, both him and Jason and also Jade, Artemis and Wally. Each one of them, in their tiny circle of friends has been in an abusive situation. 
Whether it be from their parents, school or a living environment, each one had suffered at the hands of another.

So, 
Jason, Roy, Artemis, Jade, and Wally banded together to help both Jason and Dick out. 

This eased Jason's mind a bit. He knew how lucky he was to have such great friends and now he was going to share them with Dick, who Jason could tell by one glance, desperately needed it.

They all waited outside of the school building, waiting for Dick to arrive but when he didn't and the bell rang signalling for them to head inside, Jason frown. Roy nodded to the others that is was okay for them to go inside.

Roy turned to face Jason. "Do you want me to wait out here with you? Cause you know I totally don't miss missing class'' Roy said and smiled, trying to slightly cheer up his best friend. 

"Nah, it's fine." said Jason who nodded towards Roy. Roy patted him on the back then headed inside the school. Jason looked down the street and waited a bit more before figuring that he must not be showing up today, and who would blame him after what Jason had heard and figured what was going on behind those closed doors. Jason sighed and turned and entered school, in a very unhappy state.
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Dick arrived to school late, which he hated very much so. He quickly went to class and kept his head low and blended into the crowd, not being unnoticed by anyone. 

After that class came to an end he walked down the hallway quickly making it to his locker. 
His locker was pretty much empty. 
All he was granted from his foster parents was an old folder. All the kids in school, their lockers were full of books and other things, but not Dick's. He had no school books, because he had no money to buy them and his foster parents weren't going to give him any money for books, because they didn't care about him. They only reason Dick got into Gotham Academy was because of how smart he was, so he was granted a scholarship.

Dick reached inside his locker and grabbed his jacket and threw it on. He just wanted to get out of there. He felt like he couldn't breathe at all, he needed to leave. 
So Dick quickly walked past many other students, trying his make his way from the halls of the school, not noticing that he rushed pasted Jason.

Dick shoved the doors open and rushed down the stairs and off into the distance. He bent forward, one hand pressed against the trunk of a tree as he tried his best to gather his breathing. 
He didn't realize that Jason had followed him outside and was keeping a watchful gaze on him, but kept his distance.

Dick's legs felt super weak and his knees to crash down to the ground, one hand on the tree the other gripped tightly onto his chest. His chest rising and falling quickly. He was having an anxiety attack, Dick didn't really know why or want trigger this attack. All he knew right now was that he couldn't breath. He shut his eyes tightly and flashes of the events of last night flashed in his mind, every hit, every kick and ever word as if it was all happening once more. Then he saw his parents and the warm smiles across their faces. 
Dick's breathing reached a new level of speed, which he didn't know made Jason more concerned and made him approach him slowly.

Dick shook his head and tried to clear his mind, when suddenly a hand was placed upon his shoulder. No matter how gentle the hand was place on him, it felt like an attack. 

Dick jumped backwards, his blue eyes blown wide. He stared up at the figure before him, his mind not making any connections to who it was but after the initial panic was over he recognized who was standing before him.

Jason.

"J-J...Ja-J..." Dick couldn't get his name out due to how he was breathing at the moment but he could tell by the look on Jason's face that somehow Jason knew this and understood. Jason knelt down before him and nodded his head.

"You're going to be alright Dick'' Jason said to him in a calming manner. Dick watched as Jason's green eyes looked down at him and he could feel them on him, seeing all what his foster father did to him last night. 
Dick could feel his face heat up with embarrassment. He moved backwards slowly and pressed his back against the base of the tree, as he still breathed quickly. The longer he continued to breathe like this the more his vision became unfocused and getting lost within himself.