Conversations
CH.1 Speedy Racer Returns
"Hey there beautiful!", Flash felt almost giddy in delight of his return to the Watchtower.
Wonder Woman, in return was delighted to see her dear friend. "Flash! It's been so long, how have you been."
"You know, cruising the town, saving lovely damsels in distress. After Hawkgirl left, the destruction of the Javelin and the Watchtower, I just needed to get away. I wanted to be there for the formation of the Unlimited. But when Green Arrow arrived, I felt like I could take some time off. Seems that I've missed quite a bit though."
"Well to recap, a nasty bug made Superman and Batman to their respective "happy place.", Lantern, Superman, Batman and I were briefly turned into eight-year-olds"
Diana paused at this. She actually found the experience fun at times. She felt in charge for once, and Bruce. Bruce, was heartbreaker even then.
"An old enemy of my mothers was released from the Underworld. Zatanna and Batman saved me from a fate worse than...well, I've decided to become a vegetarian."
"I see. Zatanna. Man she is a hotty. That top hat, those fish nets. I'd love to see what she could pull out of her hat!"
"Don't let her here you say that! We have to keep B'Wanna Beast several yards away from her. She has threatened to do terrible things to him if we don't!" "Flash, I missed you. You make me laugh".
"You do seem, sorta sad, if you don't mind me saying. Maybe sad isn't the right word. I'm not good with words, that's Bat's department. I still can't believe that Bats is Bruce Wayne. I said this to GL. You'd think a billionaire playboy could crack a smile every once and a while."
"Batman, Bruce is very complicated, to say the least. He has issues." Diana couldn't help but remember that conversation on the balcony across from the Iceburg Lounge. She thought, "He assumed I was talking about us. I was, but how did he know? Is he always one step ahead of me?"
"Diana?" Flash still felt strange calling her that. Wally West was more akin to Batman in the respect that he liked to keep his personas separate. Ever since the Thangarian invasion, Wally realized that there would never be a clear distinction between Wally and the Flash. In any case, he continued.
"This is none of my business, and please don't hit me for asking. But is there something going on between you two. I've had some time to go over the past few years in my head. I'll wear the dunce cap for not noticing Hawkgirl and GL. But now that I look back on it... you two always paired up it seems. I remember when Savage made an appearance in Kasnia a while back, I had seen photos of you and Bruce Wayne in Paris before Princess Aubrey was almost kidnapped. When we all went to the Batcave while we were underground during the Invasion... there was this weirdness I couldn't pinpoint. I figured it was because we were all so tense. But you stand close next to him while his was in that oversized chair facing his gigantic computer thingie." As Flash continued, talking as fast as someone with superspeed would speak, he noticed that Diana would subtly nod and the space between her eyebrows would crinkle.
"Flash." She put her a hand on his shoulder. "I do have feelings for him. I don't feel a need to hide it. But Bruce has made it clear that nothing will ever happen." She sighed the sigh off all women that have felt the pang of unrequited feelings. But this was worse to her. She knew that her feelings were returned. Her thoughts focused on a song. His song. Her song.
"Wond...Diana." Flash felt brilliant with this idea. "Clash of the Titans just came out on DVD. I think you'd really get a kick out of it. Perseus, Andromedea, "Flash couldn't help but grin thinking about Andromeda coming out of the bathing pool naked.
"Hmm... "Diana couldn't help but want to escape reality for a little while. Even though she knew a Man's World versions of the Gods and Godesses she knew personally could only be ridiculous. "That sounds wonderful."
"Iced-mochas, for old times' sake?"
"Sounds perfect. You don't use any meat products when you make those, do you?"
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To be continued...
