Chapter 2: Getting to know each other
"So sweet cheeks. You have a name?" Wally asked Wonder Girl. She popped another cookie in her mouth.
"Yes. But it is not sweetcheeks." She said with venom as she said 'sweet cheeks.' Robin chuckled at the turned down Wally. "So what is it?" He asked defeated.
"Maria." She said and cracked a smile. Maria met Robin's gaze and raised an eyebrow. "Something you're staring at Robin?" She asked and Robin looked down then back up.
"Oh, uh. Nothing. It's just..." He stopped and gave her another look. "I feel like we've met before; Have we?" He asked and Wonder Girl furrowed her eyebrows. "No, not until today." She grinned. M'Gann piped up.
"Oh! I just remembered! Artemis and I were going to go out tonight. Wanna come?" She asked and Wonder Girl smiled. "Sure. What are we doing?" She asked. "Oh! We're-" Artemis covered her mouth. "We are just gonna walk around the city. See if we can find something fun." She said obviously not wanting the guys to hear what they were doing.
"When are we going?" Wonder Girl asked with curiosity. "Around ten." Artemis said. Wonder Girl nodded with a smile.
"What are you girls gonna do for the next long six hours?" wally asked with a sly smile. They all knew- except Wonder Girl- what was going through Wally's mind. "Sure as hell not with you." Artemis fired. Wally hit his chest where is heart was. "That hurt Arty." He teased. Robin leaned over to wonder Girl, "They're always like this." He whispered and she chuckled.
"Do you guys have, like, a gym or something?" Wonder girl asked and they all nodded. "Can someone- besides Wally- direct me toward that gym?" She asked, smiling. Robin's hand shot up. "I will! I mean, sure. If you want." He offered terribly.
"Smooth." Super boy muttered jokingly. Robin ignored him but kept his cool. "Thanks." Wonder Girl said and stood up. "Okay." He said as they started walking through the empty halls of Mount Justice.
"So Black Canary should be in the gym. She usually is. Black canary is the one who helps us with training and sometimes just talks to us. Like a therapist." Robin spaced out like he was thinking of something. "Oh." Wonder Girl said obviously not listening. As they came up to the gym Wonder Girl gaped. "Wow! This is an amazing gym!" She exclaimed. Her eyes darted from the navy blue mats, to the fighting dummies, to the ropes and rings hanging from the extremely high ceiling.
"Yeah, It's good." Robin said. "Good? This is nothing like where I trained." She said jumped on the rings and doing a couple flips, then landing. "Yeah…Where did you train?" he asked. "Somewhere back in-" She was interrupted by a girls voice.
"Hey Robin!" They both turned to see a girl the dark black hair, and pale skin. "Oh, hey Zatanna!" Robin said, putting a hand nervously behind his head. They gave each other a quick hug and smiled. Wonder Girl cleared her throat and Robin turned. "Oh Zatanna! This is wonder Girl. She is…now on the team." Zatanna frowned but Wonder Girl beamed. "Hey." She said. "This isn't fair! Why is she randomly allowed on the team and I'm barely allowed to come here?" She said and Wonder Girl tried not to laugh. "I sense jealousy." Wonder Girl muttered so no one heard.
"I don't know. Maybe cause' we got caught and you got grounded." Robin teased and Wonder Girl snickered. "What's so funny?" Zatanna asked. "Oh it's nothing. It's just, grounded?" She asked and smiled. Zatanna turned red and shrugged. "What did you do? Cheat on a test?" Wonder Girl asked sarcastically. Robin shot here a look. "What? Sarcasm is a part of me. Better get used to it teammate." Wonder Girl jumped on the balance beam and Zatanna joked, "Wow, she seems nice." Robin laughed.
"So why are you here?" He asked and Zatanna shrugged. "What I can't visit my friends? Without getting terrible news?" She asked and looked at Wonder Girl.
"She isn't so bad actually. I felt like I've known her though. From somewhere." Robin said and looked at the flipping girl on the balance beam.
"But in reality you've only know her about a day." Zatanna joked. "Correction: half an hour." Robin said and Wonder Girl came up to them.
"So Robin! Wanna show me around this place?" She asked and looped her arm around his. "Yeah sure." He said. And with that the two thirteen year olds left. Zatanna shrugged and walked back to where the rest of the team was.
"Wanna fill me in on the teammates here?" Wonder Girl asked with a smirk. "I like gossip, it's interesting." She said, looking ahead.
"Okay. Well, Kaldur/Aqualad is the levelheaded hero of the bunch. He is always helping everyone out and keeps everyone calm." Robin said, purposely leaving out the part where he lied to the team. "Go on." Wonder Girl said. "M'Gann/Miss Martian is super powerful. Connor/Superboy and her are practically a couple. He is super powerful also but not like M'Gann." He continued. "Ok, stay away from the Superboy, or else my mind gets raped. Got it." She joked and winked. "Wally/Kid Flash….What can I say. A true annoyance. He flirts with every girl he sees to avoid his own problems. But you probably figured that out already. Him and Artemis….God." He joked and laughed. "Artemis…She is a hardheaded, stubborn girl. But she is hilarious when it comes to putting down Wally. Makes my life a whole lot easier. But she ishardto figure out." Robin looked at Wonder Girl and shrugged.
"And me." Robin winked. "You'll have to figure me out yourself." Wonder Girl smiled and nodded. "Won't be too hard for me." She said and raised one eyebrow. Robin cackled a familiar cackle. Wonder Girl's eyes went wide. Like she just remembered something urgent. "Something wrong?" He asked.
"What? Oh, no I'm okay." She said with an innocent smile. Robin nodded. "Okay. Well, everyone is probably waiting for us. Let's go back." He said, turning back. "Okay." She said walking with him, still thinking about that familiar noise.