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Chapter 3

" . . . Artemis, you're kidding, right?" Wally asked, his eyes dazed.

Artemis bit her lip and shook her head. "Believe me, if I had to choose a joke, this would not be it."

Aqualad locked his surprisingly calm eyes on Artemis. "So why did you decide to tell us now?"

" . . . Robin convinced me that I needed to."

"ROBIN KNEW YET DID NOTHING?" Roy asked, his shock clear in his voice.

Robin arched an eyebrow from his spot in the only living room chair. "How is that surprising?"

"Because if she's related to Sportsmaster, she could be-" Roy started but was interrupted by Robin's ice cold voice.

"BUT SHE'S NOT. Do you think I would place my trust in just anyone?"

Roy shook his head. "No, but-"

"Then you should just trust my judgment and get over what doubts you have about Artemis," Robin cut in again, mentally rolling his eyes.

"Robin's right. And besides, Artemis is our friend. That's not going to change just because she's related to some villain," M'gann jumped in with a smile on her face.

Superboy nodded. "Yeah. Artemis hasn't done anything to prove your doubts, Roy, so just forget about them."

" . . . Yeah, Roy. They're right," Wally said quietly, his face calm like he had quickly adjusted to this new information about Artemis.

Roy shot Wally a surprised look but just shook his head. "Fine . . . But she shows any hint of betraying us, I WILL do something whether you guys like it or not."

"Wow . . . I just LOVE how you guys talk about me like I'm not even here," Artemis muttered to herself as she fixed her ponytail.

Robin chuckled. "But you still love them, right?"

Artemis shot a shocked look at Robin. "What? . . . Of course not. Who could love those clowns?"

"That may work on other people but it won't work on me, Artemis. Obviously, you love them like family or you wouldn't have felt guilty about lying to them. You wouldn't have felt anything if you didn't," Robin said quietly as a strange emotion flitted across his face for a mere second.

Artemis saw the quick emotion yet only snorted. "Whatever."

_Ten Hours Later, Superboy's POV_

Everyone was asleep at Mount Justice, too tired after a tough mission they had right after their talk with Artemis to go home. Even Robin had stayed with the excuse that Batman didn't need him tomorrow so he was going to spend the day with them.

But the emotion in his voice as he said that . . . It was strange . . . Almost like he's avoiding something . . . Maybe I'm reading too much into it . . . But when I asked him if something was wrong, he just smiled and said that he was fine . . .

. . . Then why do I feel like he's not?

Superboy sighed as he turned over in his bed. The way Robin had smiled when he had said he was fine seemed so . . . different somehow from his other smiles. But Superboy had just shrugged it off as being tired and left Robin alone. He hadn't even begin to analyze it till now, hours later after it happened. But Superboy just COULDN'T get it off his mind! He couldn't stop seeing Robin's face as he had replied.

There's probably nothing wrong . . . I'm probably just reading too much into this . . . Right?

Superboy sighed again. He knew this would continue to bother him till he either talked to Robin who would tell him nothing or talked to the team to see if they had similar thoughts . . . Yes, he could talk to the team! After all, they had more experience with human problems and would probably know what was wrong with Robin.

Yeah, maybe they know . . .

. . . But what if they don't?

A/N- Oh, now Superboy's noticed . . . I wonder what will happen next . . . Please review! This was published on 6-23-12 with the length of 730 words.