1. Friends never ask for food. Best Friends are the reason you have no food.
M'Gann sighed in relief as she opened the hidden panel in the back of the pantry and reached for her secret stash of Oreos.
The Martian's outrage was fierce when she discovered an empty box of Oreos.
The emotional backlash of her anger was so great that she couldn't stop others from the Team from experiencing it. Concerned, Kaldur entered the kitchen with a cookie in one hand and a glass of milk in the other.
"Kaldur…what are you eating?"
"Oreos. These chocolate and cream cookies are particularly delicious. We're out now, but you should try them," Kaldur smiled innocently.
2. Friends call your parents Mr. and Mrs.. Best Friends call your parents Mom and Dad.
"Bye Artemis's Mom, see you next time!" Wally hugged Artemis's mother. The paraplegic woman laughed even as Robin elbowed his best friend.
"Stupid! Her name is Mama Paula!" Robin chided as he received his own hug. The rest of the Team waved goodbye to Paula and Artemis as they left the apartment.
"It was good of your friends to clean up before leaving," Paula smiled at her youngest daughter.
"Yes. I hope you know they hold you in highest respect when they call you 'Mama'."
"Of course dear! Although, I have to ask, what do they call your father?"
"Deadbeat."
3. Friends bail you out of jail. Best Friends are sitting right next to you saying a number of insane things.
"This is all your fault," Zatanna accused.
"I kniht ton," Artemis responded.
"Oh yes it is! Do you realize how much trouble we're going to be in? We're in jail, Artemis!"
"On gib laed. Mlac nwod."
"We're in a jail cell! We're supposed to put villains in here, not get put in!"
"Ti saw ruoy aedi," Artemis pointed out.
"My idea was to get ice cream. Yours was to test how fast the car could make a jump!"
"Ti saw nuf!"
"Not that much fun!"
"Uoy yrrow oot hcum," Artemis grinned.
"Would you stop talking backwards already! That's my thing!"
4. Friends never see you cry. Best Friends have a wet shoulder from your tears.
"Batman completely overreacted!"
"Dude, I told you he'd be upset about you going behind his back," Wally argued.
"You know why I had to Wally! It was for Pop Haley! I couldn't let people think he was some kind of crook!"
"I get that, but you didn't have to lie to the Team and Batman."
"There wasn't time! I had to work fast to get the job done. Batman of all people should understand!"
"But Robin – "
"I lost my parents…I couldn't lose Pop Haley to," Robin whispered
"Dude…Dick…would you just cry already?" Wally wrapped his friend in a hug.
Author's Note
Long time no writing (thank you graduate school). Anyways, I'm planning to do about twenty of these 100-word one-shots of the Young Justice Team and their lives as best friends. So twenty prompts at four per update mean that you can expect four more chapters after this one! I probably could have strung this out into twenty chapters, but I hate doing that for short pieces. Thank you so much Fairy Dell for editing and helping me to finish this. If you haven't read any of Fairy Dell's stuff yet, you really should!