A wild Robin chase

Summary: Wally really couldn't believe his eyes, but it was right there! Dick… flirting… with a GIRL? Too bad no one believed him.

A love cookbook… how quaint and ORGINAL. But I can't help it! I'm a cook!

Recipe 1: Blueberry Muffin Top Cookies
Ingredients (makes 10 cookies)
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup salted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 teaspoon lemon zest, about 1 lemon
1 cup frozen blueberries, thawed and drained

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl, set aside.
2. In the bowl of your mixer, cream together butter and sugar until well combined. Add in egg and beat until combined. Add milk, almond extract and lemon zest then beat until combined.
3. Slowly add dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, and mix until combined. Gently fold in blueberries. The dough will seem too thick, but just keep at it!
4. Refrigerate the dough for at least one hour, then shape into large balls. Bake 6 to a baking sheet for 13-15 minutes, or until slightly golden brown on the bottom, and set on top. Do not over-bake, Let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, and then transfer to a cooling rack to cool all the way.

Prologue
The nicest kids in the dorm

Dick sighed as he dropped his bag on his bed, making a rather cross expression at the conglomeration of boys that took up every other available surface in the room. After almost a year, the rest of them knew to keep away from his bed or risk being judo flipped out the window, but it still bothered him that he never had a flat surface to do his homework. Thank God for small mercies, though, and Dick sat cross legged on his soft mattress, pulling out his Chemistry textbook to finish the last five problems the teachers had assigned.

At least, that had been his intention until his annoying roommate pulled his book right out of his lap in a flash, rolling away from his groping hands and onto the floor like a fat cat. "You're such a nerd, Grayson," Wally drawled, looking at the large tome with something akin to utter disgust. "You seriously need a life."

The book was plucked out of his grip and replaced by the angry frown that was Dick's face. The younger teen gave him one last vicious stare before he simply sat back onto his bed, deciding that giving an uncaring comeback would be preferable to their usual insult-wars. Tonight, he wanted to go to bed early.

"You're one to talk, West," Dick returned, eyeballing the teens gathered around the console connected to their crappy dorm room TV with great distaste. Wally had sat up and seeing the other boy's dry stare, returned it with a sneer that made him look ridiculous.

"Hush, Robin," the redhead scolded, shaking an imperious finger at him. "Talking makes you look stupid."

Unimpressed icy blue eyes rose from the text in front of him long enough to give him an exasperated stare then dropped back down in obvious dismissal. Wally fumed and stood quickly, ready to pull their cute little red bird into a good ol' noogie.

"Leave him alone, Flash," their third roommate, Roy, snapped as he walked in, weaving around Garfield's extended legs and kicking the indolent boy on his flank for good measure. His comb was already in his hands as he sat down next to Victor, who had been apparently hogging the controller and was having an almost brawl with the twins nicknamed as Mas and Menos (because their real names were too hard for Wally to pronounce). The short youngsters were crawling all over the taller, buff football player. Victor kept pushing them away, still trying to race Garth and Garfield, but apparently losing against them due to the Guatemalan twin's interference.

"Yo! Git off me, twerps!" Victor roared, shaking in place to try and dislodge the pint sized juniors. The pair laughed and taunted him in nasty Spanish swear words, pulling his ears and poking his eyes for good measure.

Dick was looking over his book at them, amusement glinting in his eyes like steel. "You should be glad you don't know Spanish, Stone. They're not exactly being nice."

"Shut your trap, Grayson!"

They watched as Victor was soon overwhelmed and Dick went back to his book, reading the last problem and chewing the tip of his pen as he considered the way he'd need to move the atoms to make the organic molecule a stabilized structure. Perhaps if he moved the hydrogen atom..?

"Cy! You're getting in my way!" Garfield whined, kicking at the gloomy Victor who leaned against the TV, blocking the view of his car.

Beside him, Garth sat almost peacefully, completely still except for the movement of his fingers. Mas and Menos, now empowered and sharing Victor's controller, were on his left, chattering between themselves as they worked together to catch up from last place.

Once done, Dick put his book away, preparing to head for the bathroom and freshen up. A tug at his pants stopped him and Wally smiled unpleasantly from his spot, Dick's pants caught between his fingers.

Roy slapped the offending hand off of Dick before the younger boy could tear it off at the shoulder. "Wally," he warned. Albeit with every ounce of belligerence he could muster, Wally let Dick go, glaring as he moved to let Roy try to convince their roommate to their plans.

"We were thinking of heading out tonight," Roy invited, smiling winsomely. "Want to join us?"

Wally laughed, shaking his head. "Didn't you get the memo, Speedy?" he taunted, sitting up and cocking his head to the side, managing to look every inch cruel. "Robin doesn't do outings with us normal folk. He's too good for that."

The taller redhead sighed, rolling his eyes and shrugging as Dick stayed quiet, simply allowing Wally to continue spinning odd tales until Garfield interrupted him.

"Nah," the green haired youth said, eyes still glued to the screen. "Robin's just a stick in the mud, is all." Dick reached out, pulling on his odd colored hair. Garfield squeaked, but continued to play, ignoring the insistent albeit gentle pressure of Dick's tugs. Giving up when his year mate refused to look at him, Dick headed for his side of the drawers, determined to shower.

"Yeah," Victor agreed, poking Mas with his index finger and smirking when the boy looked gravelly annoyed. "He takes life too seriously."

Garth spoke up from his spot, almost lethargic. "You would too if you were apprenticed where Dick is."

Wally stood, shaking his head and for a moment, Dick saw the kind roommate he'd met beneath the layers of the bully he'd come to know.

"Besides," he continued the joint attack, looking smug. "Robin doesn't like girls, does he?" The room at large laughed except for Roy, who decided that it was best to just leave it alone, as usual.

Dick looked back at them all, his sleeping pants and shirt hung over his right arm. With an almost devilish smirk, the boy tossed an atomic bomb into the room. "I'm not the one playing Nintendo 64 like a total nerd, now, am I?"

Roy face palmed.

To be Continued…

I promise I'll be nicer to Kid Flash, but we need him to be mean! For now, it's part of the development… and the fact that Kid Flash looks like the envious type.

For those who didn't understand the undercurrent going on… you shall.

Probably.

Victor Stone is Cyborg's true name, Garfield is Beastboy's, Garth is Aqualad and Roy is Speedy… obviously. Mas and Menos will not be given names because most of this story is told in a sort of Wally point of view.

Word of Warning, updates will be rather glacial in pace, so be patient with me!

Words: 1,000 (not including the recipe)