"i don't think there's a word that describes the innocence of you"

by Cerulean Leader

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Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice. :)

Rating: K

Pairing: subtle hints of canon ones, especially Spitfire.

Warnings: None, the characters are all little.

Summary: Miss Lance has always found children to be interesting, but this particular bunch in her pre-school class have got to be the most interesting of all, from children who hate monkeys to handing children out flowers to girls because it'll make them 'cool'.


"Conner, what is it you have there?" Miss Lance as she crouched down beside the little boy, who was staring at the stuffed monkey that was sitting on the table towards the back of the room. His hands were in his lap, and his intense blue eyes were almost glaring at the toy. The monkey was cute enough, with a large smile and eyes closed excitedly, with two symbols attached to its hands. It was also wearing a red vest.

He shrugged when the blonde teacher came to sit beside him. "Lois got me a monkey." He answered, his childish voice filled with annoyance that didn't suit a three-year old boy. "I don't like monkeys. My daddy knows which is why he got me Wolf." He tugged on the broken strap of his overalls. "I'm going to go play with Sphere."

The little boy turned and jumped off the chair, and went to go find the colourful ball.

Miss Lance stood up with a sigh, and looked at the toy on the table. After Clark had been left with Conner when the boy was an infant, it took him a few months to adjust and he was still pretty distant with his son, but he was slowly getting better. When Conner's father had begun to date his fellow reporter from the Daily Planet, Lois Lane, and his son apparently still was not used to the woman hanging around. No matter how much Lois had tried to bond with her boyfriend's son to no avail, he just did not want too.

She looked around the room, and shook her head and saw that Wally and Artemis were once again arguing, though strangely enough, the redhead's face was red. Behind his back, he was holding a small bunch of wildflowers he must have picked from outside in the yard, and the little girl who had her arms folded was mocking him over the goggles he wore on his head, while he retorted, calling her "Rapunzel" because of the long ponytail she wore up with a large, blue ribbon.

"No! My goggles are cool!"

"Are not!"

"Are too, unlike your silly dress!"

Artemis' arms were folded across her chest and her cheeks were puffed out in anger, slightly tinged pink. Miss Lance watched as his hands clenched the flowers, and his feet began to twitch, a sign that he needed to move around. He had never been a child to sit still for long.

The blonde girl poked her tongue out childishly. "I'm cooler than you!" she retorted. Wally scrunched his face up and then suddenly thrust his arms around in front of him, presenting the flowers, the white and yellow somehow managing to match the t-shirt he was wearing; it was yellow with a white circle and a red lightning bolt running through it.

"My uncle Barry said that if I give these to you, then you would think I'm cool too!" Wally yelled, his green eyes shut in embarrassment, his head bowed.

Artemis took them in her hand and smiled at him. "Okay, you're cool, but only for now."

Miss Lance blinked. She probably would never understand the thoughts that went through children's heads. She supposed they were never meant to know. Her boyfriend's niece would always be a mystery to her, then again, Artemis' older sister, who was in the second grade now, was a lot worse when it came to being mysterious; Artemis was just defensive.

She laughed when Wally grabbed the little girl's hand and pulled her out the door to find their friends.

Miss Lance continued to walk around, observing the children as they played around the room or outside, and she walked towards the window, looking at two of the little girls on the swing set. Megan, who's large smile seemed contagious, was laughing as if she was swung high, almost "touching the stars" as she tried to keep the crown of flowers from falling off her head.

"Higher, higher!"

Megan giggled again as Conner, who, surprisingly enough, was pushing the girl back and forth. He looked cheerful, not like when he was talking to his teacher earlier, and his ball lying to the side, forgotten. Kaldur and Garth were chasing after Raquel, who was pretending to an aeroplane, complete with sound effects and a hearty laugh, while Tula watched from the side, blowing bubbles at her friends who then decide to have a competition of who could pop the most bubbles.

"No way, I can pop the most!" Garth said, as he crouched and then used the tiny muscles in his legs to jump as high as he could to reach the bubbles that were slowly floating to the ground.

Raquel shook her head, deciding the copy the boy with the ponytail but instead of used her hand, she had her mouth open. As a bubble landed in her mouth, she made a disgusted sound and began to wipe her mouth with the sleeve of her purple top. "Ew, bubbles taste gross!"

"You shouldn't be eating them, anyway, Raquel," Kaldur laughed, getting a stick to pop them more.

Zatanna had managed to drag Artemis and Wally to try to help her get Dick down, who was hanging upside down on the monkey bars. He was almost cackling, waving at Wally who just laughed and let go of Artemis' hand to join him.

"Do you want me to put them in your hair?" Zatanna asked, pointing at the flowers in her friend's hands. Artemis nodded, and the two girls sat down on the grass, with the black-haired girl braiding Artemis' hair and twisting the flowers into it.

Soon enough, it was time to call the children back inside and for them to stop playing. They read a quick story, The Hungry Caterpillar honestly never got old, and then it was home time. They all raced to get to their tubs first, eager to grab their bags and whatever paintings or models they had created that day. And was that Conner's monkey she spotted with Megan?

They were an interesting bunch.


A/N: Hehe, saw a doodle which someone had done on Tumblr, I think it's by 'doodlescrazycurls', and this doodle inspired my little concoction above. I hope you liked it, it only took a few minutes, but I enjoyed writing it. :)

Word Count: 1,014

~CL