AN: Yaaasss! I just found out that the Fox/X-Men deal ended! Anyways, I'm not sure whether or not I want this to be Spitfire, Birdflash, Snaibsel, or whatever, but I'm aiming for a Gen fic. There might be some background Supermartian tho. Also, big thanks to sydhaa701, strangerways0, and Guest.
Disclaimer: If I owned YJ, I would be doing much better things, like, for example, not making us wait so long for a third season!
Now, here's a little Artemis&Dick friendship fluff. Sorry if the characters are OOC, hope u enjoy & pls follow, fave, & review.
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The next morning, Robin woke up in Mount Justice. He was briefly confused, but remembered that the team had all opted to just stay at the mountain overnight. He slipped into civvies (plus sunglasses, of course) and stepped into the kitchen. Over the kitchen island, he could see Superboy was watching his favorite show, kryptonite had stunned Superboy, giving Sportsmaster time to trip him and escape, which was what M'gann had seen. A few seconds after Miss M sent her message, he was right as rain. Robin made a mental note to explain the expression to the clone later. Kid Flash and Aqualad sat in armchairs with blankets, eating chicken soup. Miss M was whirling around the kitchen, fixing the two (not very) injured boys more things to eat. For a moment, raw panic hit Robin when he looked at a clock, and it said 9:12. He was so late for school!
Don't worry, Robin. Batman said that we could have the day off from school, M'gann stopped him quietly.
"Welp, I'm going to go to the Batcave. See ya later!", Robin chipperly announced. Wally and Kaldur jumped when Robin spoke, as they didn't realize he was there. Wally muttered "Jesus, Rob.", but the ninja had already disappeared to the zeta tubes.
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When Dick Grayson got to his bedroom, he saw that his phone had twenty-two texts. He groaned inwardly, because Bruce doesn't let him bring his normal phone on missions or to the mountain (It might get tracked). Dick flopped on his huge bed and started scrolling through the texts. Not surprisingly, they were all from Artemis, starting at around two o'clock.
2:19 am
A: dick im bored
what r u doing?
DICK ANSWER MEEEEEEEEEE
dick
dick
dick
dick
dick
dick
dick
2:33 am
A: omg i just caught J texting some guy
imma ask her who it is
she totally has a secret boyfriend. Totally.
no one blushes that hard when asked who there texting unless its a secret boyfriend
J may deny it, but i kno
kno anyone named Red?
of course not cuz Js so paranoid that the have futzing codenames
see u tomorrow
8:13 am
A: jesus dick where r u
u cant condemn me to going thru this hell called 'school' alone
8:35
A: omg mrs. smith almost caught me texting u
shit my heart is beating so fast
Dick laughed and sent her a text in response.
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Artemis was in English class when her phone discretely buzzed. She checked to make sure the Mr. Rowan, her teacher, was lazily sitting behind his desk, grading papers and opened it up.
9:13
D: hi
A: geez I was starting to get worried
D: nah bruce let me have the day off
Artemis wished that she had Mr. Wayne as her dad instead of her own dysfunctional one. Before she had met him, Artemis thought that Mr. Wayne was just another snotty Richie Rich III, but the first time she went over to Dick's house, Mr. Wayne had made a point to get to know her. Every time that she stayed over for dinner, (which didn't happen very often because of Artemis's 'night job') Mr. Wayne had eaten with them, and initiated conversation. Also, Alfred the butler's cookies were amazing, so that earned him brownie points too. He, Artemis thought, was a good father because he actually cared. Artemis silently sighed went back to texting.
A: oh.
D: so what about 'Red'?
Glad for the change of subject, Artemis launched into a tirade about the events of 2:33 in the morning.
A: omg so last night I caught J texting a person named Red and I jokingly asked her if it was a secret boyfriend and then she went quiet and I was like omfg it actually is a secret boyfriend
D: lol
A: yea no more news on the front tho
D: everything ok?
Why did Dick have to ask such questions?Artemis had vented about her 'rocky relationship' with her dad to Dick many times. Apparently, enough times that Dick checked in every once in a while. However, Dick just assumed that her anger was from a shouting match or two.
In reality, things were very bad at home. When Sportsmaster, Jade, and Artemis had gotten home, Sportsmaster had grabbed her arm and thrown her against a wall because he thought that she purposefully crossed the wires in the timebomb so it wouldn't actually go off (well, she did, but it wasn't like she was going to tell her supervillain father about her good intentions). Jade had stepped in, and received a bloody nose for it. At least her mother wasn't awake at the time. That would have just made things worse.
Last night (this morning?), Artemis did catch Jade texting 'Red', but unlike what she told Dick, Jade had kept her composure and told her that Red was a contact to add onto their fallout plans. Artemis still had her reservations about the secret boyfriend thing, though. The fallout plans were an incomplete web of ideas and assets that Jade and Artemis had put together in case something really bad happened. That something involved Sportsmaster.
So Artemis did what she did best. She lied.
A: yea, why wouldn't it be?
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The next day, Artemis and Dick sat and chatted on the steps of their school together, as per usual. This time, Artemis was happy for the end of school, because this time Dick had set up a picnic with his dad's associates' children. Dick promised it would be fun, and Artemis was more than happy to have an excuse to escape her home for a couple more hours.
Artemis was so inwardly excited that she tied her hair up with her good-luck-bowstring. Yes, the bowstring that doubled as a garrote. At least if she got kidnapped in her civvies, she could take a couple people down with her. Irrationally, it made Artemis feel safe, and she wore it in her hair or around her wrist sometimes as a good luck charm. Not that she would tell anyone. She kept on her school uniform, but Dick had changed into normal clothes before they left. He was weird that way sometimes.
Alfred dropped the teens off in the entrance of the park.
"See you later, master Dick, Miss Crock.", he called from the driver's seat, with a curt nod to each of them.
"Bye, Alfred!", Dick called, and the two friends made their way to the field.
On the field, Artemis saw four teens that were about her age. Dick appeared to be the youngest of the whole group, but he tended to have older friends because he had skipped two grades. There was a girl sitting on a blanket on the hillside, fiddling with a classic picnic basket. She had red hair, and was wearing an alarming amount of pink. Artemis guessed that she was babied by her rich parents, so she was dubbed 'princess'. Next to her was a boy with dark skin and buzzed blonde hair. Standing up were two other boys throwing a football back and forth across the field. Closer to the pink girl was a boy with black hair. He was really buff, and strangely reminded her of Superman. Artemis didn't like Superman, unlike the football guy, who wore a t-shirt with the S-shield-thingy. Artemis kept walking, and the backtracked. Football guy just threw the ball about ninety yards!
"That's, like, NFL level good!(1)", Artemis exclaimed to Dick.
Dick rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "Yeah, he's really into that stuff."
The ball soared, and a redhead with unkempt hair raced after it, missing the ball by an inch and crashing to the ground at Artemis and Dick's feet.
"Oh, hey Rob.", the redhead said to Dick while still on the ground. Artemis quirked an eyebrow.
"Rob?", the blonde asked. Dick just gave an eerie cackle-like laugh in response. It reminded her of something, but she couldn't put her finger on it. Honestly, Artemis had felt that feeling of deja vu the whole time she was on the field. Artemis just sighed and put her hand to her forehead in annoyance. There was a point where one would just stop being confused by Dick's strange shenanigans and pranks, and Artemis had crossed it a long time ago.
"So, you guys are his dad's friend's kids?". Artemis jerked her thumb to Dick.
Dick elbowed the boy, who was now standing up, and he said, "Um, yeah, our friend group is the elite of the elite.(2) I'm Wally, by the way."
Artemis rolled her eyes and laughed, "'Kay, Baywatch."
AN: Yea! This is going better than I hoped!
1: Guess who did their research! (I literally know nothing else about football)
2: That's a slightly edited quote from Baywatch, so Arty can still call him Baywatch without the zeta tube scene.
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