Now, here is Artemis and Zatanna's side of the story :) Next chapter will be Spitfire planning their friends' first date.
Zatanna sat on her heels as Robin jumped away from her. Zee sat there, a little stunned. She was still thinking of how she wished to rip those sunglasses off of Robin's face. Why would he want to hide those gorgeous cerulean eyes? Zatanna had been staring at the boy wonder's shades to try and see through the opressive black to the beautiful eyes that were hidden underneath. Zatanna bit her lip and sighed slightly as she imagined kissing Robin. Then, she thought about how he had run away from her. *Yeah, right. Like he would ever kiss a freak like me,* Zee thought to herself in self-loathing.
Artemis saw her best friend's face and touched her shoulder. The girl looked totally out of it. "Zatanna?"
The sorceress blinked her eyes as she was pulled out of her thoughts. "Huh?"
Artemis offered a hand to her friend. "Come on. Let's talk in my room." Zatanna took the archer's hand and they walked to Artemis' room. The older girl pulled the raven haired magician over to her bed. "What is going on with you two?"
Zatanna blushed. "Nothing." Artemis heard the disappointment in the thirteen year old's voice.
"But you want there to be." Artemis pointed out. It wasn't a question. The others might not notice it, but Artemis knew Zee well enough to know that she was totally into the bird boy.
Zatanna sighed and fussed with the ends of her Capri pants. "Robin...He's so...I don't know how to explain it right!" Zatanna frowned.
Artemis chuckled. "Zee, I don't have anywhere else to be. We can talk all night." Zatanna smiled gratefully. Artemis was sometimes like the older sister that she never had growing up.
"It's just...Whenever I see him, I feel like I'm on the highest point of a roller coaster and taking a huge plunge. He is so sweet. Robin is always so nice about my dad...Not like he walks on eggshells with me about the whole dad thing like the other boys do. He just seems to understand, you know?" Zatanna had started wrapping a chunk of her hair around her finger. She started giggling as she said quietly, "And that's not even thinking about how he looks."
Artemis raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
"His hair is perfect. I know how stupid it sounds, but it just falls perfectly over his eyes. His eyes..." Zatanna trailed off.
Artemis scrunched her eyebrows together. "Zee...he wears sunglasses. You can't see his eyes."
Zatanna giggled. "Well...I was walking out of my room about a week ago. Robin ran down the hall and into me, but when we fell, he made it so that I fell on top of him. I may have...slightly...shifted so that I could...uh...see his eyes over his sunglasses."
Artemis felt her jaw drop a little. "You did not." Zatanna nodded, looking ashamed.
"I know, I know! It was wrong, but I just couldn't resist and-"
Artemis put her hand on Zatanna's shoulder. "Zee I think it's awesome." Artemis started laughing. "Does he know?"
The younger girl shrugged. "I don't know...I don't think he realized it. I thought it was because he liked me...but why would he?" Zatanna asked quietly. Artemis frowned.
"Why wouldn't he?" Artemis growled.
Zee sighed. "Because...Robin is normal, and I am a freak. When he's not here, he probably has some girl waiting for him in Gotham. I bet she's blonde. They're always blonde. With boobs," Zatanna added as she look down sadly. Puberty was taking a while to kick in for her.
Artemis crossed her arms over her chest. "A few things. One, you are not a freak. Two, Robin isn't that shallow. And three, I think he's into you." Artemis ran her hand through Zatanna's hair.
Zatanna snorted. "Yeah, right Artemis. And you don't have a crush on Wally."
The blonde quickly turned red. "I don't-That's not...We aren't talking about me. We are talking about you." Artemis sputtered. Like she would ever like Baywatch. *Pft. Okay. Like that would ever happen.* "Anyway. How do you know if you don't try?"
Zatanna crossed her arms. "Try what, Artemis? A guy is supposed to make the first move. And Robin doesn't seem to notice me...that way."
"That doesn't mean you can't help him along," Artemis nudged her friend. "I'm sure if you just flirted a little that he would totally be putty in your hand."
"What makes you think that?" Zee asked.
"He's a thirteen year old boy that just hit puberty. You are a beautiful girl. Do the math." Artemis smiled.
"Yeah, I guess. But I still don't think I'm his type. He is a genius, I make A's and B's. He is great at fighting, I just know a few spells. He wants someone more like you, Artemis." Zee said.
Artemis laughed. "You think that I am the boy wonder's type? I barely pass Math and Science. English is so-so."
"Yeah, but you both can fight, and you both have the same kind of gut instincts. You would make more sense than I would." Zee explained.
"I'm also two years older than him. Girls already mature faster than boys, I don't want to make thing worse by dating someone younger than me. Besides that, Rob is so not my type."
Zee raised her eyebrow and smirked. "Oh really? Because if I remember correctly, you were pretty upset when you found out Megan was dating Conner? Suddenly you don't have a thing for black hair and muscly teenage boy superheroes?" Zatanna asked with an extra sassy tone.
Artemis blushed. "I...okay. Point taken. But I just meant, I think of him as a little brother if anything. That's it. You, on the other hand, seem to get all starry-eyed whenever that boy comes up in a conversation. You both liked to play with words. And both of you are very kind people." Artemis listed off the similarities. Zatanna smiled.
"Thanks, Artemis...But I just don't think that it would ever happen. We're best friends. That's all he'll ever see me as. We have fun, and he is really sweet, but I mean that's just who he is. Robin treats you and M'gann like that too, right?" Zee replied.
Artemis rolled her eyes and was about to argue when her phone buzzed. "I-Hold on." Artemis opened up a text message and frowned a little. "What?" She started texting back. Artemis put her phone down and was about to talk to Zatanna when her phone buzzed again. "Now-Ugh! Hold on." Artemis picked up her phone again and read the message. Glancing up at Zee, she responded.
"What is it?" Zatanna asked.
Artemis shook her head. "Kid Weirdo is asking about you...Hey, maybe if it doesn't work out with Robin you and Wally can go out." the blonde teased. Zatanna laughed at that. Artemis' phone buzzed a third time and she laughed. "Oh my gosh. He's asking who you like."
"Well, don't tell him! He's Robin's best friend." Zatanna panicked.
"I wouldn't tell him, Zee. Calm down." Artemis soothed her friend. She laughed at his response. "He says it's not for him. Wow. He's really going to play that card?" Zatanna shook her head.
"Well, not that I don't enjoy watching you and Kid hit it off via text, but I am going to go grab some food." Zatanna started to walk out, but stopped. "Hey, Artemis?"
Artemis looked up from her phone. "Yeah, Zee."
"Thanks for talking to me." Zatanna smiled.
"Of course, Zatanna." Artemis said. When her friend walked out, she got another text from Wally.
It said, If I tell you who, I'm dead. You have to tell me who
Artemis: Yeah, right. Like I would betray her trust
Wally: Ugh! Fine...I never told you this okay?
This made Artemis intrigued. The only person he could be asking for is... *I'll never know unless I respond.*
Artemis: Okay
Wally: ...It's Robin. I tried to get him to ask her out, but he's too afraid she'll say no
Artemis was stunned. *I was right! But wait...what about Zatanna? She would love for him to ask her out...I guess I have to talk to Baywatch face to face.*
Artemis: ...We REALLY need to talk
Wally: ?
Artemis: Zee has it pretty bad for the boy wonder, but she thinks he doesn't notice her
Wally: ...dude. meet me in my room. NOW
Artemis sent a text to Zatanna that she had to talk to Wally for like five minutes. Then, she walked into Wally's room slowly. It was weird. She had never been in a boy's room before and she never thought the first time would be with Wally West. They talked and Artemis wanted to laugh out loud. How could two people be so clueless to the other's obvious feelings for them? Wasn't it obvious to the two that they should be together? Artemis and Wally came up with the same idea. Which was kind of scary. *Me and Baywatch on the same wavelength? I must be coming down with something.* Finally, Artemis had a thought.
"Okay then. So...how are we going to do this?"
Wally opened his mouth and said, "I...have no idea. I guess we'll have to talk some more." Artemis smiled slightly. That might not be that bad.
Good? Yes or no? Just a reversal of what Robin and Wally did. Next chapter is the progress of getting Chalant together.