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museofspeedTitle: Gold and Blue (Times Two) Part 2.
Characters: Jaime/Bart, Booster/Ted, Wally, Jai, Iris, Paco, Brenda.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1300
Summary: Jaime and Bart babysit the West kids. Ted makes a chart of the different forms of humor. All this, and Exploding Explosions!
Author's Notes: Thanks as always to my beta,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
julius12. Here is part 1, and here is where all former parts can be found. Which is technically just part one, but hush.
“Man, that test was hard,” Paco said as they left the school.
“I think I did well,” Brenda said. “Just because you don’t study doesn’t mean the rest of us didn’t.”
“C’mon, man. Jaime, it was hard, am I right?”
“Should’ve studied, Paco,” Jaime said. “It wasn’t so bad.”
“Jaime! Jaime!”
Jaime turned and saw Bart walking towards them.
“Bart? What are you doing here?” he asked.
“I came over to visit you,” Bart said. “Cassie keeps crying about Conner and Tim’s…also crying about Conner and I’m bored and I thought maybe we could hang out or something?”
“Ahem,” Brenda said.
“Huh? Oh.” Jaime gestured towards Bart. “Brenda, Paco, this is Bart Allen.”
“Uh…we…um…took a knitting class together,” Bart said.
“Wait, Bart Allen as in the Flash who died and is now alive again?” Brenda said. “Do you know Jaime from the Titans?”
“Yep,” Bart said. “Except now it’s Kid Flash again, which is weird because it seems sort of like a demotion so I might change it. It’s funny with everyone knowing who I am all of a sudden. I never really wanted a secret identity, but Max always said it was important so…” he shrugged.
Jaime rolled his eyes. “You do realize that if Bart hadn’t know who I was you would have just given away my secret identity?”
Brenda grinned sheepishly. “Whoops?”
“Anyway,” Jaime said. “I was about to go patrolling. Uh, I guess you could come?”
“Cool!” Bart said.
“Paco, Brenda catch you later?” Jaime said.
Brenda nodded, and Paco said, “Go do your world saving thing, Jaime!” They walked away.
Jaime gave a half wave and powered up his armor. He looked over, and Bart was in his Kid Flash costume.
“Ok! Where do we go?” Bart asked.
“Uh, I usually just sort of fly around looking for something.”
“Cool!” Bart said. “I can run with you!”
“Uh, sure,” Jaime said. “Let’s go!”
“So I was thinking,” Booster said. He was in the Bug with Ted, who was attempting to update its system. Two years can make a ship really wonky.
“Must have been quite an experience,” Ted said.
“Har har har,” Booster said. “Don’t you want to hear my idea?”
“Mmmm, sure,” Ted said. “What’s your idea?”
“We should train the other Beetle!”
Ted rolled his eyes. “Not this again.”
“Think about it!” Booster said. “He must learn the Ways of Beetlehood!”
“I don’t want to annoy him,” Ted said.
“Hey, the kid practically worships you,” Booster said. “I think he’d appreciate the…bugging.” He snickered.
“Puns are the lowest form of humor,” Ted said.
“I thought that was sarcasm,” Booster said.
“Sarcasm is actually a snicker above puns. Little known fact.”
“What, you’ve measured?”
“I’ve got a chart. Here, I’ll show it to you!” Ted opened a file on the Bug’s monitor. “Look!”
Booster glanced over. “Whattaya know. When and why did you make that?”
“Um,” Ted said. “I’m an inventor with too much time on his hands?”
Booster ruffled Ted’s hair. “You doofus.”
“The point is,” Ted said, swatting half-heartedly at Booster’s hand. “The kid’s been used to being the only Blue Beetle around. So have I, really. It might be weird for him. And me.”
“Well, you like him, don’t you?”
“Sure, Jaime’s okay. With his stupid scarab that actually work for him.”
“You’re cute when you’re jealous, Ted. You’ve got the Bug, remember?”
“He flew the bug!”
“If I tell you you’re my favorite Beetle will you stop being jealous of the kid? He’s nice, and he’s got potential.”
“No, I do get that. I like him, I really do.”
“So can we train him? Please?” Booster said.
“Fine!” Ted said. “Fine, you win, we can go to the Tower this weekend and pick him up.”
“Jaaaaime,” Bart whined. “Pleeeeease?”
Jaime sighed. “Fine! I’ll help you babysit the West kids. I don’t know why you need my help. Babysitting’s supposed to be easy.”
“They’re little monsters!” Bart said. “Horrible, terrifying monsters!”
“So you’re bringing me in,” Jaime said.
“You’ve got really awesome armor! You could beat them!”
“Because it takes a lot to beat two little kids.”
Bart waved a hand. “Details. Meet you at seven!”
Jaime landed in a deserted alley near the West’s house at 6:58 and walked over. Where was Bart? He rang the doorbell. The door opened.
“Hi, Jaime, Bart, come on in,” Linda said.
Jaime looked over at Bart. “Whoa,” he said. “You weren’t there a second ago.”
“Duh,” Bart said. “Superspeed, remember?”
“Right,” Jaime said.
“Jai! Iris! Bart’s here with Jaime!”
The West twins practically tumbled down the stairs.
“Bart!” they both shouted. “Hi, Bart!”
“Hey, guys!” Bart said, opening his arms for a hug.
They both ran into him and hugged him.
“Baaart,” Iris said, “Jai says I can’t be Impulse because I’m a girl!”
“You can both be Impulse,” Bart said. “There was this one time, back when I was Impulse, when I was hit by this ray and – don’t vibrate through me when I’m talking to you, young lady!”
“Hullo,” Iris said to Jaime.
“Hi,” Jaime said. “I’m Jaime.”
“Blue Beetle, right?” Iris said. “Dad says that you and Booster are really funny.”
“Other Blue Beetle,” Jaime said. “I’m the new version.”
“New and improved!” Bart said. “Jaime’s got alien armor!”
“Ooooh,” Jai and Iris said together.
“Can we see?” Iris said.
“Yeah!” Jai said.
Jaime glanced at Bart, who shrugged. “Sure,” he said, and he powered up his armor.
“That’s so cool!” Iris said. She glanced at her brother. “You can be Impulse. I’m Blue Beetle!”
“No fair!” Jai said. “He’s a boy too! Why don’t you be Wonder Woman or someone?”
Bart gave Jaime a mock scowl. “You’re stealing my fans!” he said.
Jaime grinned. “I’ve got alien armor, Bart. You can’t beat that.”
“Girls can be anything guys can be, right, Daddy?” Iris asked.
Wally had just entered the room. “Of course, sweetie. Mommy and I are going out now. Be good.”
“Yes, Daddy,” Jai and Iris chorused. Wally bent down and kissed them both on the head. “Good night, kids. Thanks, Bart and Jaime.”
“No problem, Wally,” Bart said.
Wally and Linda left, and Jaime, Bart, Jai and Iris went to the kitchen to eat. Afterwards, Jai and Iris squabbled for a bit and ultimately decided that Iris was Impulse and Jai was Blue Beetle. They also decided that Bart was the Joker and Jaime was Lex Luthor, and that Impulse and Blue Beetle had to stop Joker and Lex Luthor from taking over the world.
Then Bart got them ready for bed and told them a story about Max Mercury before they went to sleep.
Bart collapsed on the couch next to Jaime. “Finally. Now we can do whatever.”
“They are not monsters,” Jaime said. “They’re adorable.”
“Yeah, they were good tonight. Probably because they wanted to impress you. But sometimes I think Wally does this to me as revenge.”
“Revenge?” Jaime asked.
“Yeah,” Bart said. “I used to be real impatient as a kid.” He grinned. “I love them, though. They’re great kids.”
“They are pretty cute,” Jaime said.
“Yep,” Bart said. “Here, pass me the remote. I think Exploding Explosions is on.”
Jaime handed it to him. “Exploding Explosions?” he asked.
“Yeah, it’s my favorite movie. Tim took me to the premiere back when it first came out. It’s two straight hours of stuff blowing up. And occasionally some plot.”
“Wow,” Jaime said. “That’s pretty sweet.”
Bart nodded and turned on the TV. “It’s awesome.”
They settled back to watch the explosions light up the screen. About half an hour into the movie, Bart yawned and snuggled into Jaime’s side.
Jaime glanced at him. Bart just looked so tired and adorable, Jaime couldn’t help but put an arm over him. Somehow, Bart managed to fall asleep to the sounds of explosions. Jaime tried not to think too much about the warm body at his side. It was friendly snuggling. Not cuddling or anything. Jaime was completely unaffected by having Bart so close, of course.
Jaime wasn’t gay, dammit.
Next!
Characters: Jaime/Bart, Booster/Ted, Wally, Jai, Iris, Paco, Brenda.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1300
Summary: Jaime and Bart babysit the West kids. Ted makes a chart of the different forms of humor. All this, and Exploding Explosions!
Author's Notes: Thanks as always to my beta,
julius12. Here is part 1, and here is where all former parts can be found. Which is technically just part one, but hush.“Man, that test was hard,” Paco said as they left the school.
“I think I did well,” Brenda said. “Just because you don’t study doesn’t mean the rest of us didn’t.”
“C’mon, man. Jaime, it was hard, am I right?”
“Should’ve studied, Paco,” Jaime said. “It wasn’t so bad.”
“Jaime! Jaime!”
Jaime turned and saw Bart walking towards them.
“Bart? What are you doing here?” he asked.
“I came over to visit you,” Bart said. “Cassie keeps crying about Conner and Tim’s…also crying about Conner and I’m bored and I thought maybe we could hang out or something?”
“Ahem,” Brenda said.
“Huh? Oh.” Jaime gestured towards Bart. “Brenda, Paco, this is Bart Allen.”
“Uh…we…um…took a knitting class together,” Bart said.
“Wait, Bart Allen as in the Flash who died and is now alive again?” Brenda said. “Do you know Jaime from the Titans?”
“Yep,” Bart said. “Except now it’s Kid Flash again, which is weird because it seems sort of like a demotion so I might change it. It’s funny with everyone knowing who I am all of a sudden. I never really wanted a secret identity, but Max always said it was important so…” he shrugged.
Jaime rolled his eyes. “You do realize that if Bart hadn’t know who I was you would have just given away my secret identity?”
Brenda grinned sheepishly. “Whoops?”
“Anyway,” Jaime said. “I was about to go patrolling. Uh, I guess you could come?”
“Cool!” Bart said.
“Paco, Brenda catch you later?” Jaime said.
Brenda nodded, and Paco said, “Go do your world saving thing, Jaime!” They walked away.
Jaime gave a half wave and powered up his armor. He looked over, and Bart was in his Kid Flash costume.
“Ok! Where do we go?” Bart asked.
“Uh, I usually just sort of fly around looking for something.”
“Cool!” Bart said. “I can run with you!”
“Uh, sure,” Jaime said. “Let’s go!”
“So I was thinking,” Booster said. He was in the Bug with Ted, who was attempting to update its system. Two years can make a ship really wonky.
“Must have been quite an experience,” Ted said.
“Har har har,” Booster said. “Don’t you want to hear my idea?”
“Mmmm, sure,” Ted said. “What’s your idea?”
“We should train the other Beetle!”
Ted rolled his eyes. “Not this again.”
“Think about it!” Booster said. “He must learn the Ways of Beetlehood!”
“I don’t want to annoy him,” Ted said.
“Hey, the kid practically worships you,” Booster said. “I think he’d appreciate the…bugging.” He snickered.
“Puns are the lowest form of humor,” Ted said.
“I thought that was sarcasm,” Booster said.
“Sarcasm is actually a snicker above puns. Little known fact.”
“What, you’ve measured?”
“I’ve got a chart. Here, I’ll show it to you!” Ted opened a file on the Bug’s monitor. “Look!”
Booster glanced over. “Whattaya know. When and why did you make that?”
“Um,” Ted said. “I’m an inventor with too much time on his hands?”
Booster ruffled Ted’s hair. “You doofus.”
“The point is,” Ted said, swatting half-heartedly at Booster’s hand. “The kid’s been used to being the only Blue Beetle around. So have I, really. It might be weird for him. And me.”
“Well, you like him, don’t you?”
“Sure, Jaime’s okay. With his stupid scarab that actually work for him.”
“You’re cute when you’re jealous, Ted. You’ve got the Bug, remember?”
“He flew the bug!”
“If I tell you you’re my favorite Beetle will you stop being jealous of the kid? He’s nice, and he’s got potential.”
“No, I do get that. I like him, I really do.”
“So can we train him? Please?” Booster said.
“Fine!” Ted said. “Fine, you win, we can go to the Tower this weekend and pick him up.”
“Jaaaaime,” Bart whined. “Pleeeeease?”
Jaime sighed. “Fine! I’ll help you babysit the West kids. I don’t know why you need my help. Babysitting’s supposed to be easy.”
“They’re little monsters!” Bart said. “Horrible, terrifying monsters!”
“So you’re bringing me in,” Jaime said.
“You’ve got really awesome armor! You could beat them!”
“Because it takes a lot to beat two little kids.”
Bart waved a hand. “Details. Meet you at seven!”
Jaime landed in a deserted alley near the West’s house at 6:58 and walked over. Where was Bart? He rang the doorbell. The door opened.
“Hi, Jaime, Bart, come on in,” Linda said.
Jaime looked over at Bart. “Whoa,” he said. “You weren’t there a second ago.”
“Duh,” Bart said. “Superspeed, remember?”
“Right,” Jaime said.
“Jai! Iris! Bart’s here with Jaime!”
The West twins practically tumbled down the stairs.
“Bart!” they both shouted. “Hi, Bart!”
“Hey, guys!” Bart said, opening his arms for a hug.
They both ran into him and hugged him.
“Baaart,” Iris said, “Jai says I can’t be Impulse because I’m a girl!”
“You can both be Impulse,” Bart said. “There was this one time, back when I was Impulse, when I was hit by this ray and – don’t vibrate through me when I’m talking to you, young lady!”
“Hullo,” Iris said to Jaime.
“Hi,” Jaime said. “I’m Jaime.”
“Blue Beetle, right?” Iris said. “Dad says that you and Booster are really funny.”
“Other Blue Beetle,” Jaime said. “I’m the new version.”
“New and improved!” Bart said. “Jaime’s got alien armor!”
“Ooooh,” Jai and Iris said together.
“Can we see?” Iris said.
“Yeah!” Jai said.
Jaime glanced at Bart, who shrugged. “Sure,” he said, and he powered up his armor.
“That’s so cool!” Iris said. She glanced at her brother. “You can be Impulse. I’m Blue Beetle!”
“No fair!” Jai said. “He’s a boy too! Why don’t you be Wonder Woman or someone?”
Bart gave Jaime a mock scowl. “You’re stealing my fans!” he said.
Jaime grinned. “I’ve got alien armor, Bart. You can’t beat that.”
“Girls can be anything guys can be, right, Daddy?” Iris asked.
Wally had just entered the room. “Of course, sweetie. Mommy and I are going out now. Be good.”
“Yes, Daddy,” Jai and Iris chorused. Wally bent down and kissed them both on the head. “Good night, kids. Thanks, Bart and Jaime.”
“No problem, Wally,” Bart said.
Wally and Linda left, and Jaime, Bart, Jai and Iris went to the kitchen to eat. Afterwards, Jai and Iris squabbled for a bit and ultimately decided that Iris was Impulse and Jai was Blue Beetle. They also decided that Bart was the Joker and Jaime was Lex Luthor, and that Impulse and Blue Beetle had to stop Joker and Lex Luthor from taking over the world.
Then Bart got them ready for bed and told them a story about Max Mercury before they went to sleep.
Bart collapsed on the couch next to Jaime. “Finally. Now we can do whatever.”
“They are not monsters,” Jaime said. “They’re adorable.”
“Yeah, they were good tonight. Probably because they wanted to impress you. But sometimes I think Wally does this to me as revenge.”
“Revenge?” Jaime asked.
“Yeah,” Bart said. “I used to be real impatient as a kid.” He grinned. “I love them, though. They’re great kids.”
“They are pretty cute,” Jaime said.
“Yep,” Bart said. “Here, pass me the remote. I think Exploding Explosions is on.”
Jaime handed it to him. “Exploding Explosions?” he asked.
“Yeah, it’s my favorite movie. Tim took me to the premiere back when it first came out. It’s two straight hours of stuff blowing up. And occasionally some plot.”
“Wow,” Jaime said. “That’s pretty sweet.”
Bart nodded and turned on the TV. “It’s awesome.”
They settled back to watch the explosions light up the screen. About half an hour into the movie, Bart yawned and snuggled into Jaime’s side.
Jaime glanced at him. Bart just looked so tired and adorable, Jaime couldn’t help but put an arm over him. Somehow, Bart managed to fall asleep to the sounds of explosions. Jaime tried not to think too much about the warm body at his side. It was friendly snuggling. Not cuddling or anything. Jaime was completely unaffected by having Bart so close, of course.
Jaime wasn’t gay, dammit.
Next!
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Date: 2008-02-07 03:53 am (UTC)'Exploding Explosions'? I laughed. A lot. And then decided I wanted to watch it, badly. Also, the last couple of paragraphs... I'm betting that's happened to a lot of people Bart knows :)
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Date: 2008-02-07 01:23 pm (UTC)I'm glad it made you smile so much! The next part is halfway written, too.
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Date: 2008-02-08 02:27 pm (UTC)much love for Booster/Ted interaction and the “Um,” Ted said. “I’m an inventor with too much time on his hands?”
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Date: 2008-02-09 08:59 am (UTC)What Jaime didn't know was that being "not gay" was the secret Blue Beetle superpower, and he was therefore doomed.
So much love for Ted and his charts. Because everything is more persuasive if you make a chart to back it up.
Small typo: “Wait, Bart Allen as in the Flash who died and is now alivea gain?” Alive again.
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Date: 2008-02-09 05:55 pm (UTC)And yes, Jaime is doomed. But it's a happy sort of doom.
Whoops! *goes to fix* Thanks!
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Date: 2008-02-09 10:34 am (UTC)Ha!
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Date: 2008-02-11 06:16 am (UTC)Every babysitting job I've ever had makes me echo this sentiment.
Awww, Ted's charts!! If sarcasm is just a snicker above a pun, is irony a guffaw above a knock-knock joke? XD
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Date: 2008-02-11 12:21 pm (UTC)Somewhere around there! Actually, irony's high up on the list. Though not verbal irony. We placed that already.
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