Chapter 1 Of midnight talks and raven hairs
"What are you into?" Richard Grayson, a.k.a the guy who crashes at her dorm whenever he feels like it, asked. She wasn't even the one who knew him. Babs, her roommate, was his best friend and he took liberties with her for that fact.
"That's a vague question dude, specify." Artemis said rolling on the bed until she was resting on her side with a perfect view of his face. He was resting on the floor at the foot of her bed, back flat and hands crossed on his stomach.
"For starters, are you into blondes, brunettes, redheaded, or ebonies?" When he said the last category his eyes rolled to lock with her grey ones.
The girl's lips pressed trying to resist the urge to tease him and smile. "Listen, there's so much a girl can do to resist good looking men, so I would rather taste all the fruit from the supermarket if you know what I mean, but if I were to choose I really like oranges."
Dick, as she liked to call him for many reasons, smirked with mirth. "So redheaded I take it."
They couldn't help but giggle together because really why were they talking about this at one in the morning when they had finals the day after tomorrow.
The moon shone on her breasts and Dick had to appreciate them for a second. It wasn't everyday a lanky kid would surround himself with the hottest chicks in campus. And now that he thought about that, there was Zee, Raquel, Karen, Kori, Bette, Babs, Stephanie, wow, the list was still going. Damn.
With a small contemplative hum he spoke again "Okay and what about eye color."
Artemis took a moment to twirl her fingers on her loose braid. "That's a hard one, but green eyes make me nervous so I guess I'm gonna go with blue."
He took a moment to look at her with the goofiest big eyes. Then he proceeded to laugh at her. "Hey you ass, you're not supposed to laugh!" She huffed. "Besides I never said your eyes squirt"
He laughed completely slipping off her comment. Whatever he wasn't flirting or anything and both of them knew it. He was just the annoying pest that stayed for sleepovers with Babs and her.
"What about you?" She asked after the long pause filled with crickets and wind whooshing.
He tapped his chin thoughtfully and then lifted it as if he had come up with a brilliant plan "Hair, love redheads and ebonies, eyes I'm not picky so I can't choose sorry"
Artemis, seemingly pleased she at least got something out of him, laughed and added "Hey we have something in common!"
His grin turned wider, even if it seemed impossible; and squealed what she thought was a 'yay'.
Artemis realized her eyes were dropping each time they stopped talking. Really it was three a.m. now and they had discussed from butt form to nose shape. In the middle the panda type preference had popped in as well. Obviously red panda for the win. She was about to tell him to show his ass to the door when he said "What about favorite position?"
"Excuse me?" Artemis opened her eyes so fast she wondered if she really was about to sleep a moment ago.
"What posi-"Dick started again but Artemis stopped him. "I heard you the first time it's dawn!"
The blonde was now sitting on the bed feeling so affronted by the kid lying placidly on the floor. She glared with such power Dick felt her eyes were those of some kind of feline creature.
Scared about her reaction he crossed his arms behind his neck. "Hey, it's a normal question."
Artemis let out a puff of air and started gaping like a fish not sure what kind of answer to give. "I'm not answering that." She said with finality.
"Ok then, what kinks do you have?" He smirked as if he was asking how old she was.
"Oh my God Dick I'm kicking you out" She said, though the corners of her mouth were twitching and the next thing Richard saw was a pillow heavily smashed on his nose.
He was laughing all through it and vaguely heard Artemis fake promise to smother him or something.
When she finally let him breathe he was laughing still so his face was so red she felt some of it spread to her.
"You're not answering that either? Come on" He answered for her comically arching his eyebrows and finally deciding to sit up to look at her.
"Ok fine, I like the tying thing a bit. But you have to tell me yours" She was sure her cheeks were going to explode. Dick didn't make her feel weird or awkward though. He contemplated her answer and nodded as if considering a math equation. "Yes but, hands and feet, the x, or eye covering and stuff?" Artemis opened her mouth scared of his knowledge. "No listen, I don't know just tell me yours and go to sleep Dick."
"Well, fine but why don't you think of me as a little brother, or a gay guy would that make you feel better?" Dick tried and lifted his body from the ground to sit on the corner of her bed. The moon shone on his face and she could now see his disheveled hair from almost choking him with a pillow, his grey sweats that had a hole at the right leg, his 9gag t shirt and how he started playing with her stuffed bunny at the bed.
"I know you're not gay because Babs is very explicit about you and it is hard when you're having a fling with my best friend." Artemis said almost spelling to him how he wasn't thinking. "Ha! So you know my kinks!" he almost yelled and she had to stuff the bunny in his face to shut him up.
"Hey I'm exclusive stop throwing things in my mouth." The wink he gave her after that made her burst into laughter and worry about the girls on the next room who were prudes and would probably tell the RA or something.
"Ok fine I'll stop teasing you." He said smiling but his face told her he wasn't done with teasing her at all.
"Dick, aren't you sleepy?" She asked yawning. "Nope, I think I'm half bat really, in fact let's go for a snack."
They stared into each others' eyes for a while. Artemis' reflected her incredulousness and the tired heavy bags almost yelled for sleep. Dick's looked clear, and had a spark on them that yelled crazy cookie.
For Pete's sake if Dick wasn't as half of entertaining and cute as he was he'd have a blue eye by now. "Fine Dick."
"I hope you were telling my name and not insulting me." He laughed. "Let's get us some happy meals!"
Artemis made a mental note to tell Babs to put a bell on the kid next time. That way she could at least escape when he came unannounced to the room and didn't find Babs but her.
"So Roy how's Kaldur as a roommate?" Wally asked as he chewed on leftover fries. The older ginger, architecture major, assessed his younger friend. After a year in college Roy acted more stoic than before and the antics of Wally now annoyed him. "Heard he's in the swim team, what if he goes to the Olympics or something?" Wally continued as if Roy's answer wasn't even needed. The older redheaded raised an eyebrow and sighed. "Wally I don't know, Kaldur is simple, quiet and perfect for me."
Wally choked a bit and his freckles seemed to dance. Then he guffawed like the mad man he was. How dare the kid mock him, Roy Harper?
"Ah man the way you said it." Wally giggled wiping a tear.
Roy clenched his jaw more in embarrassment than anger. "You know what I meant moron."
"I don't judge you man, as Lady Gaga once said, you were born that way, and so be a queen." Wally rolled to the ground and started pressing his stomach. Roy rolled his eyes and started walking away when Wally realized that he had gone too far.
"Okay okay I'm sorry." Roy seemed to slow down and turned his face to the side to smirk at Wally, liking how easy he manipulated him.
"I'm still going back to my room, I left my bow there and I have archery today." The taller ginger added giving his back to Wally.
He seemed confused for a second before grinning and saying "I'll go with you!"
Roy grunted in approval and they headed to the room next door.
Kaldur was a tall dark skinned guy majoring in marine biology. He was impossible not to notice. From the white blondish hair to the huge tattoos covering his biceps he looked ripped and cool. Wally almost let out the mental 'wow' he had. Hey, he was a straight guy but anyone would agree both of his friends were what every girl wanted. Tall, muscles and attitude.
Though, kaldur seemed more like a peaceful giant turtle or something. "Hello nice to meet you Mr. Kaldur." Wally said extending his arm to formally greet the guy.
Kaldur took it normally and smiled. "It's a pleasure." Wally looked happy for the gesture and felt as if he was meeting president Obama.
Roy started scrambling his arrows and quiver from the messy side, which Wally assumed was Roy's bunk because Kaldur gave the neat kind of guy vibe.
Kaldur meanwhile reassumed the labor he was at before Roy and Wally barged in, tuning a guitar. "Hey man didn't know you played." Wally said seating next to him and ignoring Roy's cussing from the back of the room because he had pinched himself with an arrow.
Kaldur smiled calmly and said, "Not really, it's from a friend I fixed instruments at dad's shop."
"Oh." Wally supplied dumbly. "So I get it you're not from here."
"Wow, no, really? Doofus." Roy from afar still busy on what Wally guessed making room to step.
Kaldur nodded silently and then added "He studies here, my friend, Garth."
"Oh yeah I know him! I take chemistry II with him" Wally smiled only to be interrupted by Roy who dropped his equipment near his feet.
"Yeah, that's cool but I'm leaving so I suggest you either help me carry these or give Kaldur a tour."
Wally afraid of the ginger he considered practically his older brother suggested. "I'm gonna go with touristing Kaldur…"
"Fine, suit yourself." And with a wave he supposed was meant for Kaldur, who returned it, Roy left.
Bette Kane was a tall blonde girl a.k.a the RA of the girls' dorm. Her roommate was an international student called Megan Moorse. The petite freckled girl was a sweet thing that apparently had clumsy feet. Just in the morning she had dropped her books near the cafeteria, and stumbled on top of a senior on the parking lot.
"Megan I'm not saying you should dye your hair but redheads are known for being crazy, and after pinning that guy to the ground… I'm just saying. Reputation."
Scared Megan trembled grabbing her hair. "Uh, no thanks I like it very much the way it is."
Bette smiled before grabbing a tab where she scribbled some notes and turned her back to face the door. "So I better check that Artemis girl we've been hearing from." Bette said more to herself.
"Alright girl, do you promise me good behavior while I'm gone checking the other girls?"
Megan tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and smiled while nodding. "Okay then." Bette grabbed a red cap and placed it on her curly blonde hair currently tied in a ponytail. "See you later Megs" Bette winked and strolled to the halls.
Megan sat on her bed quietly for a few minutes. She tried to straighten her now soiled pink skirt and stood up. "Alright Megan it's time to unpack." Silence unnerved her after all.
Megan was from the U.S but her entire life she had lived in Africa with her dad who helped people in there. Megan loved that about her family, it was small, but she could say good things about it.
Stretching her muscles she glanced to the window where some guys were playing with what looked like the school mascot, a white furry husky. Personally she liked the white wolf to be a symbol of JLU.
Suddenly her eyes stopped on the black haired boy holding the leash of the husky. He had a black shirt that read a single red letter. A man in a white robe approached the boy.
Megan thought the newfound white robe guy looked really scary and wished she wouldn't have any class with him because she assumed was a professor. Her red hair started getting in her face, she guessed because of the wind and the fact her room was on the fourth floor.
The guy with the husky took what looked like a small metal box from the man. Megan wondered what would a teacher be doing giving a student a creepy box.
She was so enthralled on the scene she didn't notice how hard her stare had been until electric blue eyes met hers. The boy had seen her. She gasped and quickly ducked taking a sitting position under the window. "I really hope he didn't see my entire face." Megan muttered to herself.
It was too suspicious right?
RA = resident assitant or the college person in charge of looking out for dorms etc.
A:N/Hello dear readers, this is your friendly neighbor Ponita, here to announce her new story. Yes because I update sometimes. I'll write more if you like this.