Chapter 1: Plans

Zatanna watched as Artemis shot her first arrow into the bulls' eye of the target. She was amazed that Artemis could still shoot a perfect arrow even if she was four months pregnant. Wally came into the room and walked towards Artemis. He put his hand on her stomach and smiled. Artemis smiled back and they kissed. Zatanna could only wish to have a loving husband like that and a family to look forward to bonding and playing with, but for now all she had was herself. Literally. Her dad wasn't able to even help because of his formation to Dr. Fate years ago. Zatanna noticed a black and red dot in the corner of the room. Artemis and Wally must have noticed who it was because they had left the room. The small blurred dot started walking toward Zatanna. It was Nightwing. He walked over to Zatanna and smiled.

"Hey...um... I was just wondering if you wanted to come on a date with me tonight...I mean I know we went on one last week, but I need to talk to you about something important...so you wanna come?" Nightwing asked as Zatanna gave him a smile. They had been dating for more than a year now and have only kissed once or twice. Nightwing was shocked that he only had the courage to kiss Zatanna a few times and now he had to gather his courage for this.

"Yeah, What time?" Zatanna asked casually not knowing what Nightwing or more precisely Dick was going to do tonight.

"Um...how does 8 o'clock sound to you?" He asked rubbing the back of his head with his hand.

"How about 6?" Zatanna asked laughing inside while staring at Nightwing blushing. He nodded.

"Okay pick you up at 6 and we'll go to your favorite restaurant, The Magician's Hat," Nightwing told her. The Magician's Hat was Zatanna's favorite restaurant by far. Her father always took her there on special occasions like her birthday or Christmas. The food was always good and she always had special memories there of her mother and father.

"Okay sounds good, Oh and do I need to dress up fancy or just casual?" Zatanna asked knowing the answer but just wanting to hear it from Dick.

"Fancy, see ya at 6!" Dick said as he turned around and left the room. After he left Zatanna went to get her bags from the gymnasium she was training in. Dick, who was already outside the room and walking down the hall, pulled out a small white box. He opened it and looked inside. He smiled at it and sighed.

"I just hope she'll say 'yes'" He said to himself as he closed the box and put it back in his pocket.