Zatanna's POV

I stared at the phone, my face flushed and hot. After an embarrassing conversation with M'gann and Artemis about my first day being a part of the team, I immediately started blushing. They were coaxing me into trying to ask the Boy Wonder for a date, to which I immediately hung up the phone and buried my face in my pillow in embarrassment. I did like Robin, but I kept wondering if it was that painfully obvious.

Was it? I thought back to the way I acted on that day. I got my answer soon enough. Yes.

I reached for the phone to call them back to apologize for hanging up so suddenly. As soon as I touched it though, it rang. I picked it up straight away.

"Hello?"

"Zatanna? Robin here"

I was startled but strangely happy. I bit my lip as I felt the blood rush in to my face.

"Robin, hi" I shifted nervously on the bed comforter. "How did you get my number?"

Stupid question. He was the apprentice and protégé of the greatest detective in modern history. They called him the detective for goodness sake.

"When something is important to me, I know how to get it." He started. "I know how to get things I want."

I heard him chuckle through the phone. "I usually don't do things the normal way, I have the feeling you don't either."

I blushed furiously. I was surprised how flattered I felt by this. I loved the warmth I heard in his voice, I had the sudden urge to ask him to say my name again.

"Id like to see you again Zee, wanna hang out tonight?"

I tried to fight off the sudden urge to scream out the window in glee.

"Tonight?" I hadn't expected this, but I was still amazingly excited. "I'm free" I said simply. I tried to keep my words at a minimum, afraid of saying something that would scare him off.

"Cool! Why don't we have dinner?, I know this special place just outside the city. You'll love it"

"A fancy dinner?" I asked nervously. I suddenly felt self conscious. Inside a fancy restaurant beside Robin, wouldn't I look so out of place?

"Stay whelmed, its actually pretty casual. The owners were old friends from Paris." He explained.

The tone in his voice immediately relaxed me. I also smiled as I realized he had revealed a personal bit of information to me. No matter how small it was. I realized he must trust me atleast a little bit.

"Sounds…asterous" I smiled.

I could almost imagine him perfectly grinning as he heard me say that through the phone. The smile was evident in his voice.

"Its all settled then, I'll pick you up right after dark"

I laughed. At that moment he sounded charming. "After dark?, what time is that?"

He chuckled himself. "Details, details." I imagined him smirking. "Let's say, around seven thirty?"

"Seven thirty?" I repeated. I played nervously with the telephone cord.

"That's the plan"

I smiled widely. "See you soon then Boy Wonder" I blushed lightly.

He laughed. "Can't wait to see you Zee"

I blushed harder. It didn't sound like a pick up line, he sounded sincere. He was sincere.

"It's a date then, see you soon" he continued. I heard the phone hung up with a click, then the normal recorded voice of the operator cut in. I hanged up the phone, my face hot as I wrung my hands together.

My heart was pounding as I lied back down on the bed. There was no way I was possibly going to be able to calm down my heart rate anytime soon. Robin just asked to see me, and he called it a date.

"Calm down Zatanna" I said annoyingly to myself. I smiled widely as I replayed our conversation through my head, blushing harder each time I played that one moment he said he wanted to see me right away. I buried my face down in the pillow.

I felt so nervous, I couldn't relax. I snatched the phone in my hands again to vent out my feelings to M'gann and Artemis. They wouldn't believe what just happened I'm sure.

I glanced out my bedroom window, realizing the sun had set over an hour ago. It was now seven o clock. I heard the soft sound of faint voices coming from downstairs. Artemis and M'gann had come over to se how I was holding up. But they mostly just came to embarrass me when Robin would come over, and maybe take blackmail pictures or something. I wasn't really worried though, Robin would probably just hack the camera and burn the files.

I slipped out of my jeans, taking my shirt off in the process. I walked over to my closet and opened the wide double doors. I stood before the rack of clothing, contemplating what to wear.

I casually picked a flowered silk black dress from one hanger and slipped it on. I looked into the mirror.

"This reminds me of mom" I thought. "In a good way though" I added.

My mother died the night I was born. But from what I heard and saw of her through pictures and my father's old stories, she was very beautiful. Which meant I picked the right thing to wear. I fingered the necklace I had placed on my neck that morning. It was my Grandmothers locket. It was my favorite piece of jewelry.

I turned around towards the window, and I was shocked as I saw somebody right behind me.

I stifled a scream. There in front of the open window stood Robin wearing a playful smirk on his face.

"How did you get in here?" I looked back to my bedroom door, it was closed, just as how I left it. I hadn't heard it open either.

My heart started pounding as he smiled at me.

"You look beautiful" he said. He leaned forward, gently brushing his lips against my neck.

I blushed furiously as I looked at his calm face.

The kiss made me shiver, but not from the cold night air either. My skin felt heated where his lips came into contact with my neck. My shock and nervousness began to fade.

From behind his back he presented a long, dark red scarf. It was silk, so it shined as he held it out to me in the light. "For you" he said simply. "I thought it would look great trailing behind you while you were riding on my bike."

I accepted the scarf with a casual 'thank you'. I wrapped it loosely around myself. My neck grew warm beneath the red fabric, that same hot feeling his kiss had given me. The scarf was beautiful.

"Thank you very much" I said more sincerely as I smiled up at him.

He smiled. "My pleasure" he whispered.

Somehow, those words only succeeded in making me blush.

"I'm not sure if I'm ready yet" I said nervously as I stared into the dark rim of his shades.

He smiled at me again. "You're perfect" His fingers gently brushed against my cheek for a moment before he took my hand in the same second.

"Can we go? I'm hungry" he said casually. I reluctantly let go of his hand, missing the warm touch almost instantly.

I laughed, walking up to the closet and slipping into a pair of black heels.

"Sure, just let me tell the girls were leaving"

He quirked an eyebrow at me, indicating his silent question.

"Artemis and M'gann came over not too long ago" I explained with a sigh.

He sensed my obvious reluctance to go downstairs to face them. He grasped my hand a bit tighter before giving me his playful, mischievous smirk.

"Who says we have to say goodbye?"

I quirked an eyebrow at him. "What do you mean?"

"We can sneak out of here without them noticing us, just leave a note." He said confidently.

He took one small step closer to me. "Why play by the rules? were too good for that"

I smiled as this feeling of mischief and excitement rose up inside me. He was right. Who said we had to play by the rules? I reluctantly let go of his hand, walking over to my desk and scribbling a small note. From the corner of my eye, I saw him smile playfully at my direction for deciding to do this with him.

I took his hand again, sneaking downstairs. We were extremely quite, even more than I thought possible. I looked over Robins shoulder, realizing both girls were watching television in the living room. Robin gave me a side ways glance, smirking. In one swift movement, I dropped the note on the table and we were instantly out the door.

I felt absolutely thrilled, and a bit guilty.

The night air was warm and crisp outside. We both ran to his motorcycle which was parked in the street. I hopped behind him and onto the the back of the bike. I gently wrapped my arms around his waist, blushing a bit as I did so.

"Hold on tight Zee" He called as he started the engine. I tightened my hold on him.

I laughed in his ear as we sped out of town and onto the highway.