~Prologue~

She smirked at him from across the room. Her pouty, red lips curved at him tauntingly as she wrapped a slim arm around Red Arrow. Dick frowned but made no move to approach her when she openly showed affection to her new boy toy in front of the team in Mount Justice. Normally, he'd make a snarky comment to any couple who got too frisky during a team gathering but he was worried that she'd call him out on just being a jealous ex-boyfriend. "Roy," she practically purred his name, "Can you do me a favour and get me some punch?"

Dick clenched his tightly gloved fist as he watched the red head smirk back at her and leave to get what she requested. "Hey boy wonder, still feeling the pain?" Wally bumped his shoulder to Dick's and gave him a sympathetic smile.

"I don't know what you're getting at Wally and I don't really care." As he stiffly walked away he heard Wally call him a 'sourpuss' and then Artemis promptly smack the man upside the head. He knew there was a reason he liked the girl. Zatanna's steel blue eyes watched Night wing walk away with interest. Payback hurts like a bitch, Dick.

As soon as he was out of the team's sight he tore off his mask and threw it to the floor. How dare she treat him like that! He and Zatanna had been an item for as long as he could remember but after she voiced a sudden interest in apartments, he knew she was hoping to get him to ask her to move in with him. He shook his head with how messed up that sounded. He loved her, that was pretty obvious but he just wasn't…he couldn't move in with her. He wasn't ready for that big a step yet. He growled in frustration as he bent down to pick up his mask. Out of all the villains he'd ever face, only Zatanna was capable of defeating him like this.

Red Arrow returned with her drink and she shot him a grateful glance for playing along with her. "I take it the Night wing left?" Roy lifted his eyebrow. Zatanna sighed a little but smiled none the less, "Yeah, guess you were right about the whole jealousy thing. Thanks again for doing this for me Roy." She smiled at him again and he grinned back. "No problem, you're helping me too, Jade thinks you're trying to steal me away and gets more and more possessive. It's so much better than when she pretends she doesn't care about me. "His grin turned impish.

"Glad to be of assistance." She playfully curtsied.

"Zatanna, don't you think you're being a little hard on him?" Artemis cut in as she approached the duo. "If he really knew what you were doing to him, I don't think he'd be pleased."

"Oh please Artemis, he deserves everything I do to him. If Wally broke up with you (over the damn phone by the way), just because you wanted to move in with him, would you just let it go?" Her blue eyes turned sharply to Wally who held up his hands in surrender. Artemis thought about it for a moment and then shrugged in agreement. "Well, when you put it that way…I would have done worse…" Wally's eyes widened as he subtly placed a protective hand over his private area and backed away slowly. Roy chuckled at their antics and stretched out his arms. "Well, as much as I'd love to hear the rest of this conversation, I need to go home, see the kid, see the wife etc. etc."He waved a goodbye to Wally and Artemis then quickly pecked Zatanna on the cheek to convince the rest of the team who wasn't aware of their little scheme before picking up his bow and exiting the cave.

"Tch, I still can't believe Roy is my brother in law." Artemis sighed as Wall snaked his free arm around her waist. Zatanna didn't miss this gesture. "At least you have Wally to help you deal with family drama. I don't think Dick even cares that I'm still trying to find a spell to reverse 's hold on my father…"She furrowed her brows and wrapped her arms around herself. Artemis placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Don't think like that Zatanna, you and I have been friends for a long time and believe me, I know that he still cares and will always care about you." Wally nodded in agreement, his mouth mysteriously full of some kind of chips.

Zatanna's eyes softened at the couple. "Thanks guys, hopefully, this rebound guy act will work on Dick." She sincerely did hope and pray that it would work on the ex- boy wonder. She loved him unconditionally and the hurt that broke her apart when he ended their relationship still felt like a fresh wound every time she saw him. Their break up happened a couple weeks ago but she still hadn't stopped…could never stop loving him, after all, he was the one that helped her get through the loss of her father. "I really hope this works guys." She repeated. Because if it didn't, she might just have to cast an amnesia spell on herself…she didn't think she'd be able to perform as a super hero without becoming a burden to her team if she kept obsessing over a man that didn't want her anymore. So she clasped her hands together and prayed to any god that might be listening. Please let this work.

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