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Chapter 1 Appearances
Artemis smiled up at the green archer beside her in the kitchen. "Hurry up old man." she said patting her bow against her leg.
Oliver laughed and took another sip from the mug of coffee in his hand. It was boys' night at the Queen household. Roy had invited Wally, Dick, Kaldur and Connor over for pizza, videogames and movies which meant that Artemis got to patrol Star City with Green Arrow.
To say the youngest archer was excited was putting it mildly. Since she had joined the team it had been a while since she had been able to patrol with her dad and she missed it. Going on missions was fun, but it wasn't the same as jumping from rooftop to rooftop and shooting arrows with her old man.
It was late when the two returned home. The boys were still up watching movies and eating popcorn. Artemis was exhausted and went to bed. Oliver decided to stay and watch the rest of the movie with the guys.
Dinah laughed at her husband the next morning as she gave him his coffee. "Late night?" she asked giving him a kiss.
Queen dragged a tired hand down his face. "Glad you find this funny."
Dinah smiled. "They're good kids Ollie. You didn't have to hover. Besides, I thought you liked Wally."
"Yeah, that was before he was dating my daughter." he mumbled into his coffee.
"Goodmorning boys," Dinah greeted the teens as they entered the kitchen. "Breakfast will be ready in a moment."
Artemis was already sitting at the table sipping on a glass of orange juice. "Mom made eggs, bacon and scrambled pancakes." she grinned at the guys as they took a seat.
"Yummy!" Wally said speeding to the seat beside Artemis eliciting a look and a groan from Oliver.
"Scrambled pancakes?" asked Connor when he saw Roy and Dick smiling too.
"I am confused as well." Kaldur spoke up. "I thought the expression was scrambled eggs."
Roy laughed. "It is, but mom can't flip the pancake to save her life so it comes out a golden scrambled cakey mess."
"Hey!" Dinah called out to the table playfully. "They're not that bad."
"Yeah they are mom." Artemis laughed.
"They are hun," Oliver agreed ducking his head as his wife swatted at him.
"But they are delicious and sweet and melt in your mouth." Wally chimed in. "It's warm, yummy, pancakey goodness once you, ya know, get past the fact that it's not shaped like a pancake."
Connor and Kaldur both still looked confused until Dinah put the plates in front of them. They both stared at the golden mound of mush on their plates for a moment, neither daring to try the weird looking concoction.
"Just try it." Dick urged elbowing Kaldur in the side. "Trust me, it tastes one thousand times better than it looks."
Kaldur looked over at Connor who had his fork up and poking at the golden mound of pancake before him and nodded once to himself before picking up his fork and taking a bite.
A smile formed on his lips as he began to chew the pancake and he reached for another bite surprised by how sweet and delicious the substance was. He now understood why no one had reached for the syrup in the middle of the table. It was not needed. He looked up at the others to notice them smiling at him and Connor, who was now devouring his scrambled breakfast cake.
"Good right?" Wally asked him shoveling more of the cakey goodness into his mouth.
"Yes, indeed." Kaldur nodded.
Dinah smiled and got up and cleared her plate from the table and handing Wally the second helping from the microwave. She loved her family. Too bad it wasn't always like this.
A/N: To Be Continued.