'Recognized Robin B01'
The young hero came rushing into the cave running towards the team gathered in a group. "What's the emergency," he breathed out holding his cell that KF had contacted him with and in his Robin uniform. "Dr. Ivo? Clayface? Chesfire?...Why aren't any of you suited up...?"
"Dude," called Wally hitting his head with his palm for Dick's stupidity. "I didn't mean that kind of emergency!" He ran over to his friend and threw an arm carelessly around the younger member's shoulder. "Rumor has it that you've got a date with Ms.Z," he replied mischievously winking at Dick.
"You...," Robin began awkwardly blushing redder than his outfit. "Heard about that? HOW?"
"Oh, Robin, she was so excited," squealed Meghan jumping up and down enthusiastic for her little brother.
"WHO?"
"Cuh! Who else," Artemis shouted hiding her excitement. "Zatanna!"
"Zatanna," asked Robin enthralled that she would sound as excited as Meghan claimed. Then again, the martian did tend to dramatize things...
"She did seem flustered by the news," comforted Aqualad smiling for Dick's happiness.
Dick tried to remain calm. He really did. But, his blushing was burning so bad and his crush actually seemed to enjoy the idea of going out with him. Okay, just remain calm. Act cool. Pretend it's no big deal. "W-when did she tell you about it? What did she say?" Darn hormones!
"It was hard to tell with the girls shrieking out-loud," muttered Superboy crossing his arms in disapproval..
"I was not freaking out," corrected Artemis. "I just—was surprised, that's all..."
"Okay," interrupted Kid Flash. "We're getting off subject here! The point is," the speedster continued punching Robin's shoulder. "Boy Wonder here has a D-A-T-E -"
"We can all spell," informed Artemis ever so helpfully as she crossed her muscular arms in a fit.
"Uh, look guys," explained Robin removing Wally's arm off of his thin shoulder, began raising his hands as a signal to lay off, and walking away slowly."If this isn't anything important, then I should get goi-"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," contradicted the red-head grabbing his friend in front of him and practically holding him in place. "Who said this isn't important?" His best friend faked an action of wiping away a tear. "My little buddy's growing up (sniff)"
Robin responded with his, hard-earned, 'Bat glare.'
"Okay, fine," smiled Wally casually. "But, this is still a big deal! I mean, she said this dance is tomorrow and you know NOTHING about girls!"
A quick, sly smirk slipped through Robin's amused grin. "And you do?"
"Don't be jealous," he comforted jokingly holding out his hands as sarcastic modesty. "Not everyone can have my good looks." Dick's eyes rolled across behind his domino mask as his head began shaking at Wally's logic. "But, don't worry," he replied to his his bud putting a hand on the younger. "She'll forget your looks once you distract her with the right moves."
"NO," shouted the rest of the team aside from Aqualad who merely smiled at the outburst.
"Ah, come on! The chicks love the wink, right babe," he suggested eyes falling to Meghan.
"Wally," giggled the martian. "Robin doesn't have time for your flirting lessons; we should train."
"Party pooper," mumbled Wally crossing his arms in heavy disappointment.
After the younger teen mouthed a 'thank you' to Meghan, she offered, "Come on, Robin you can train with me."
"Alright," shouted Dick energetically relieved to get off the subject of Zatanna. Although he was curious to how happy the magician seemed to tell the team about their date. However, if the only subject was advice on how to handle girls, or what a cute couple they'd be, he'd far rather spar.
Both young heroes found their way to the fighting platform. The freshman was about to ask his opponent why she would choose to still where the dress when fighting. But at this point, and from plenty of girl advice from Bruce, it was his better judgment to never comment on a girl's clothing unless you were to compliment it...as you do with many other things about girls.
Robin's long legs began to spread apart until his arms were snatched closer to the girl. Based on instinct, he was about to throw her a skilled punch until he caught the look in her eyes. They weren't sparring!
"Meghan, what are you doing," questioned the boy backing away from her in confusion.
"I- thought," she began hesitantly worrying if she had done something insulting in earth standards by Robin's initial reaction "I thought you wanted to train-"
"Well, yeah," began the confused boy wonder placing a hand on his ebony locks in misunderstanding. "But, what were you trying to do?"
"Ahhh," replied Kald'ur catching onto the girl's mistake in communication. "Robin, she means training to dance."
"WHAT," yelled the kid backing up cautiously. "I- I don't need to train on how to dance!"
"I don't like this idea," grumbled Superboy stubbornly jealous of a boy dancing with his girlfriend.
"Oh, come on, Robin," encouraged Meghan relieved that she did nothing wrong as she melted back into her giggly girly tone. "If you're going to go to a dance, you're going to need to know how to dance!" She clutched her hands confident in the skill she wanted to teach him. "Don't worry," she eased. "I've rewound 'Dancing with Steph' practically a dozen times, and have every step memorized!"
"I'm sure you do,"agreed Robin a bit uneasy about the whole 'dancing concept'. "But, I don't need to practice how to dance because I already know HOW to dance!"
"Since when," screamed Wally until he was punched by Artemis to 'shut up.' "Ow!"
"Uh," stuttered Robin unsure how to bluff his way out of this. "I-it doesn't matter when. I just know how to! I mean, it can't be that hard!"
"Prove it," challenged Artemis darting her playful brown eyes into Robin's masked gaze knowing far well that he couldn't refuse a challenge. Robin stared at her angrily understanding why she had said that, and was forced, due to his competitive nature, to oblige.
"Fine," muttered Robin through his tightly clenched teeth holding back the anger poked at. "But, if I can last more than one minute, then we call it off, and you guys can stop ranting about Zatanna and me!"
"Deal," Artemis stated placing her heads firmly on her hips.
"Oh, this is going to be so much fun," squealed Meghan taking Robin's hand and placing it on her hip. Robin's mask spread out all over his slender, blushing face as something dawned on him that hadn't before...
This was going to be reeeeeally awkward...plus, Conner's glare smacking his back didn't help. He hoped desperately that the clone hadn't mastered heat vision...
"Okay, now Stephanie always goes over keeping complete eye-contact with your partner," explained Meghan professionally. "She says that you're not trying to pin their gaze on you like darts, but rather brush their attention gently, and- Robin, you have to look at me, not my shoes."
"Uh, Meghan," he murmured uncomfortably. "This is really weird, and I'm sort of feeling a bit nonlaxed...y'know, like relaxed, but NOT..."
"DUDE," yelled KF off in the sidelines of the small crowd observing the couple. "You're throwing her off! You really DON'T have moves with- OW, Artemis!"
"Robin is much smaller," commented Aqualad placing his fingers softly to his chin.
'Thank you, Kald'ur,' robin thought to himself in sarcasm. 'I was kind of trying to word my way around that one...'
"Hello, Meghan," she smiled slapping her palm to her head. "I can just morph myself!"
"Wait- what-," began Robin until Meghan cut him off by shaping into a certain girl that took the heart of the young hero.
"M-Meghan," exclaimed Robin as deep blushes flowed to his burning cheeks into more of a shade of velvet. "You- you don't have to morph yourself as Zatanna!"
"Why not," she giggled innocently.
"It's...weird. I mean, this weird enough, but this is just...whelming, y'know?"
"Shut up, and dance with her already," ordered Artemis tired of Robin's stalling.
"C'mon, Robin," smiled the martian guiding Dick's hands onto her hips while both he, and Conner, growled under their breaths. "Okay, now guys are suppose to lead, but since I'm teaching you, follow my lead...one, two, three, one, two, one, there you go!"
"This is so weird," muttered Robin under his breath trying to watch his partner's foot movement.
'I'm bringing sexy back (yeah) them other boys don't know how to act-'
"Wally," screamed Robin. "TURN OFF THAT MUSIC!"
"Just trying to help set the mood," complained the speedster shrugging carelessly while Kald'ur unplugged the stereo system.
A giggle slipped softly from the Zatanna disguised alien. "Okay, keep moving like that. One, two, three, one, t- ow!"
"Sorry," apologized Robin trying to ignore Wally's snickers behind him. So his feet weren't the swiftest at times... which was odd since he was the most skilled in stealth. He tried to follow her lead. He really did, but her feet kept moving so quick, and this whole situation was weird! He wanted to look up at her face, but it only made him more nervous to see Zatanna's face. Gosh, she was beautiful...in every way! The way her thick, ebony hair dropped over her thin shoulders. Her rosy, pink lips pulling out into a smile. If anything, this 'exercise' was only making him more intimidated by the enchantress after picturing her as Meghan. Not that he thought the alien wasn't pretty or anything, but she just wasn't Zata-
"Ow!"
"Sorry"
Okay, so he got lost in thought for a bit.
"It's okay, Robin; just remember, one, two-OW!"
"Sorry!"
"DUDE," screamed Wally clutching his stomach from painful laughter comprised inside of him. "You really are a lady's guy! I hope your date brings combat boots-OW! Artemis!"
"Maybe it would be a good time for a break," suggested Meghan forming back into her original look while trying to rub the pain out off her foot.
"You know, babe," smiled Wally evilly. "If Robin doesn't have the right moves, I'd be glad to-OW! ARTEMIS!"
"Okay," sighed Robin out-loud as he sat down exhausted. "Maybe this is harder than it looked." His head drooped over finding a place on his bent knees in despair. How was he going to survive at the dance?
"Hey, don't worry about," comforted Artemis walking over to the kid, and offering a hand up, which he gratefully accepted. "Dancing is stupid anyways. Come on, you and I can spar instead..."
"I dunno, Arty," complained the boy wonder head hanging low. "I mean, homecoming is tomorrow, and I really suck at this dancin-"
"Forget about it," advised the archer. "Look, you can't worry about problems like that unless you release some energy so just go a couple rounds with me."
A long held sigh dropped from his dry mouth as he offered a weak smile. "Okay, just a few rounds..."
Artemis replied back with a charming smile as she waved her hand a certain way bringing up a holographic control panel. She quickly typed in the password causing the platform to light up announcing the first duel.
She automatically grew serious as she positioned herself in a fighting stance at the same time Robin did. The archer made the first move. She charged the younger, but he slid under her legs, and rolled back into a stance, then they both footed around each other in a slow circle. She suddenly changed her circling route causing Robin to follow cautiously eyeing her next move.
She cartwheeled over at him, but he back-flipped over her so they wound end up on opposite sides. She then charged him again throwing her foot near him, but easily caught the foot, and flipped her over. The blonde landed perfectly on both of her feet.
Running over, she leaped a tackle, but he found her foot once more pushing her to the air causing her to spin at rapid speed as her thick, blond pony-tale wrapped all around her body. While in the air, Robin found himself stepping in several different positions trying to predict where she would land. He was planning to grab her foot as she landed, then throwing her to the floor in defeat. But, she flipped landing her arms on Robin's shoulders, then pushing herself away.
She charged him again this time with her fist, but he snatched it first and swung her under his arm causing her to twirl...then he stopped with her hand still in his as he noticed something.
'I'm bringing sexy back (yeah)'
"WALLY," he yelled. "I told you to turn off that music off! Is there a reason you can't use headphones when we're sparring?"
"Robin," smiled Kald'ur for the boy's lack of understanding. "You were not sparring." Robin's masked eye rose a bit in confusion. "You were dancing."
"What," exclaimed Robin. "No, we were-" then his head turned to notice his hand in Artemis' while his eyes rose to acknowledge the triumphant, sassy smile she was darting at him. Okay, he felt like an idiot...
"That was so amazing," squealed Meghan jumping up and down in fresh joy. "It looked JUST like episode six of 'Dancing with Steph'! Right, Conner?"
"You make it sound like I can actually watch that show without falling asleep before the theme song is over," the Kryptonian huffed still bitter about Robin dancing with his girlfriend.
"And, it would have been perfect with music," began Wally.
"You have got to get better music," smiled Robin his blue eyes circling around behind his mask. "It's almost as bad as when you listened to Justin Bieber..."
"DUDE!"
"So, what do I do if it's a slow song," asked the boy wonder sinking his black gloved hand into his thick, dark hair.
"I could always lend you the 'Dancing with Ste-"
"Ah, that's okay, Meg," smiled Dick lifting his hands in front of him as if to signify his refusal. "I'll just pretend I hurt my ankle. It'd be a pretty good excuse with crime fighting and all..."
"You're a wimp," snickered the freckled redhead as his arms crossed over his chest.
"Am not!"
"You so are. You're too scared to even try dancing. Sure, torture doesn't make you quiver, heights that you could die falling from can't break your sweat, but when you catch a glance at a girl-" Wally's eyebrow raised with a ridiculous smile plastered on his freckled face. "-You freak out!"
"Not true," refused the young hero despite his realization of the fact in his words.
"Is too."
"IS NOT!"
Robin's eyes found themselves scanning over his friends' expression of obvious smiles hitting him...even Conner was smiling at Dick's clear denial. Great. This was so gonna end up as blackmail.
He did like Zatanna. A lot. And, it was clear to see that... like debating if the sea contained fish, if rain came down, or if Wally would clear the fridge gone. Everyone could see his feelings for her. The way he stuttered, became less careless, and dropped his tone to more of a warm soft sound like that of a comforting ray of sun.
So, why did Robin have such a problem it's apparent truth visible to the rest of the team? Well, 1. He hated to have to deal with their repeating advice to their little brother. 2. He was afraid of gossip spreading like cancer to Zatanna that he liked her. Although, he was pretty sure she already knew... 3. (and most importantly) WALLY! It wasn't like he didn't like the speedster, or anything. Heck, he was Robin's best friend! But, he did have a tendency to ruin things...
Defensively, the youngest member held out his hands admitting defeat to their stares. "Alright, alright," he sighed out heavily. "I'll check out some websites tonight on ballroom dancing...," and with that, the zeta beam transferred him back right before a sour murmur slipped from his mouth quietly.
"So," began Wally turning to the blonde with an evident smile clear on his face. "How did you know moves from 'Dancing with Steph'?-OW!"
R&R pweeeeeease!