"I'm so sorry." Artemis' voice rang through the silence that had gathered in the room. Zatanna's looked at her and tried to smile but failed miserably before looking at the floor again. The whole team had gathered in her new room and were milling about uncertainly. They wanted to help but they weren't sure how.

"You know we're here for you if you need us, right?" Wally added

Again, Zatanna only glanced at them before agin returning her eyes on the floor. Aqualad, M'gan, and Superboy all chimed in with what they hoped were words of comfort.

"Are you gonna be okay?" Robin's voice suddenly entered the words of comfort coming from his friends as they all turned to stare at him. Artemis glared. Why was he asking if she would be okay? Weren't they trying to keep her mind off her fathers "death"? Zatanna looked at him before whispering a barely audible "I don't know" and returning her eyes to the floor.

"You know he wouldn't want you to focus on his absence, he would want you to be happy." Robin frowned and Wally gaped at him. What the heck! Why would he say that!

"He would want you to focus on the good things and remember him as your father." Zatanna looked up with tears in her eyes but before she could respond Wally had grabbed robin and ran out of the room. Artemis, Superboy, M'gan and Aqualad quickly followed the sounds of yelling to the training room.

"Why would you say something like that! She just lost her father! Why Rob?! Why would you say that?!" Robin had a look of bewilderment on his face. Thy was what batman had said to him the first time he actually spoke to him in a full sentence. Why wouldn't he say it to Zatanna. It was true and it had helped Robin. He was sure it would help her.

"Robin that was a very inconsiderate thing to say. Zatanna is mourning the loss of her father and reminding her that he isn't here is not going to help her." Aqualad stated as he walked into the room. Disappointment radiating off him

"I wasn't reminding her...I was trying to help." Robin stated "Telling her that everything will be fine and that she will be okay that...that isn't helping at all." Everyone just stared at him.

Why would Robin say that? M'gann's voice suddenly echoed in all their heads. All except Robin's

M'gann I don't think he understands what it is like to lose someone. Answered Kaldur

Of course he can't. He's just the happy little bird! We should have seen something like this coming! Wally yelled at them

"You know I know that you guys are having a mental conversation right?" Robin asked as he glared at them "What were you saying."

"Robin you don't say stuff like that to someone who just watched her father...die." Caldur said

"Why?" Robin asked. He really was having a hard time figuring it out. I mean he knew it would be painful to remember him for a while but knowing what he said, Zatanna would hopefully focus on the good things. Wally looked at him in exasperation.

"Robin, you can't just..." Kaldur was cut off by Wally

"Forget it Kaldur. Our happy little Robin wouldn't know what it's like to lose someone you love!" Robin visibly flinched at that before Wally continued "Zatanna just watched her dad die! Right in front of her eyes!"

"Wally..." Robin closed his eyes as he spoke his friends name.

"No Robin you can listen for once! When people lose family they need support not people telling them to get over it! What you feel like if you had just watched you after die!?"

"Wally please..." Robin squeezed his eyes shut tight as he was suddenly assaulted with the memory. Blood. There was so much blood and pain and Robin was responsible for it all.

"Robin just shut up and listen!" Wally snapped before continuing his lecture. Robin wasn't listening anymore. All he could see was Zatanna's face as she realized that fate wasn't giving her father back and his own mother as she looked at him. Accepting what was about to happen. Her eyes had held one last request in them and Robin had followed that request, only, when he tried to keep it, his friends had ganged up on him. Suddenly Robin realized that Wally had finished his speech and was waiting for a response.

"I'm sorry, but, I'm not sorry." Robin stated as he opened his eyes and forced back the tears threatening to overcome him. Wally stared at him open mouthed.

"Robin we don't expect you to understand. You don't know what it's like to lose family." Artemis' comment did it. That was the last straw.

"Stop saying that!" Robin exploded and the rest of the team froze to see their happy bird so angry "You think you know what it's like to lose family?! Sure, Artemis, you're dads a super villain never coming home. Aqualad, your dad is gone. Dead. Superboy you lost the only father figure you had before you were even given a chance! Wally, your parents fight all the time it's like they aren't even there anymore! M'gann, you left all your family back on Mars. Your an outsider here. So what! Sure you guys lost "family" but you still have people to turn to!" Robin was seething how dare they yell at him like that he had lost family. More family then them. Suddenly his anger gave way to sadness and guilt and he wasn't able to keep the tears back any longer

"Robin!" The whole team was horrified why would he something like that. Didn't he know how hurtful that was. Artemis was about to scream at him. She was ready to beat his happy face into the ground for being so senseless but then she saw it. A tear was making its way down Robin's face and she froze. Robin was crying. Robin. Was. Crying. Quickly she looked at M'gann only to find her crying as well. Turning her attention back to Robin she realized that he was continuing his rant.

"I watched my family die when I was eight!" He yelled. Wally stared at him quickly losing the idea of yelling at Rob. "I watched them, all die. Every single family member I had was murdered right before me. And I could've stopped it." Suddenly Robin was crying full out and Wally felt really guilty. Why hadn't Rob told them this? He would never had yelled at him if he had said this before.