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"Pizza?"

Wally agrees with Dick. "Yeah, pizza." He scans ahead and spots a pizza restaurant amongst the various café's and eateries that line the sidewalk of the small beachside town.

Roy screws up his face. "Aww man, we can have pizza anytime. We're at the beach, we should have seafood."

"Pizza." Wally repeats. "Dude, you're totally out voted."

Roy is undeterred. "We aren't taking a vote. Seafood man, it's the seaside for crying out loud!"

"Pizza. Three to one. It's pizza eagle eyes." Dick strides purposefully ahead of the others.

"Three to one my butt…" Roy stops walking and crouches down to look into his daughters eyes. "Lian, honey…wouldn't you just love some yummy fish sticks or…."

"Daddy, I'm not ever eating fish or squid again. Don't you know they have mommies and daddies too? You shouldn't eat something that has a mommy and a daddy."

Roy briefly considers telling his little girl exactly what the steaks they sometimes have for dinner are made of…but decides she's better off not knowing, he's not in the mood for a lecture on cows having moms and dads too and he's not going to risk having her refuse to eat meat…he likes the stuff too much. "Aww c'mon."

Dick grins as he looks back at the archer. "Give it up Roy."

"We can have pizza anytime." Roy whines.

"You can have seafood anytime." Dick insists.

"Not like this. This stuff is fresh off the fishing boats. It's so fresh its still kick…."

Wally takes Lian's hand, ignoring his friends as they begin earnestly debating their evening meal. "Pizza?"

Lian grin's "Yeah Uncle Wally. Pizza!"

"Lets go get some dinner then squirt."

They leave the bickering acrobat and archer behind, and make their way to the pizza restaurant. It's a beautiful night so Wally chooses an outdoor table for them to sit at. He pulls out Lian's chair and tucks her in before sitting down himself.

Lian happily swings her little feet back and forth and watches the tourists that come and go. "Daddy said your babies are big kids now, Uncle Wally." She tells Wally casually.

Wally grins broadly at the opportunity to talk about his children. "They sure are Lian." The speedster opens his wallet and removes a small photo. "Here you go."

Lian peers at the children in the photograph, she looks amazed. "Wow they're really big! Is it 'cause of the broccoli???"

Wally frowns in confusion. "Broccoli?"

"Yeah. Uncle Connor says you hafta eat your broccoli if you wanna grow up big and strong. They sure must'a ate lots and lots of broccoli." Lian frowns as she contemplates how anyone could eat the horrid vegetable. No matter how big and strong she wants to be, she just can't stand to eat that stuff. "I hate broccoli."

Wally grins. "I'm going to arrange with your dad for you guys to come visit when Iris and Jai are over the chicken pox. I told them all about you."

"You did?"

"I sure did." Wally smiles fondly at the little girl as he takes back the photograph. "They'll love to meet you." He tucks the picture back in his wallet and looks up as the waiter approaches. "What are we having?" He asks the five year old.

"Pepperoni and ham with extra cheese but no pepperoni." Lian states confidently.

"A small Canadian bacon with extra cheese?" the waiter asks with a smile.

"That's' it." Wally confirms. "…and I'll take a large supreme."

"Make mine the same but I'll have extra pepperoni and black olives." Dick orders as he settles into a char next to Lian.

"Roy?" Wally asks, as the waiter leaves.

"Seafood." Dick grumbles.

"Daddy's gonna make the fishies moms and dads very sad." Lian says, shaking her head sadly.

Roy suddenly appears and pulls out the remaining seat. "No I won't, because I didn't get fish." he states as he places a take-out container on the table and sits down.

"You didn't?" Lian asks in a curios little voice.

"Nope." Roy opens container, it's full of fresh oysters in the shell. He grins wickedly at Dick and makes a show of eating one slowly, then licks the shell.

Dick shakes his head, "I hope you get sick on them." he says with a laugh.

"You shouldn't scratch Uncle Wally." Lian says, as she watches the speedster with concern. "When I had chicken pox daddy said it wasn't good to scratch the spots."

"Here, slap some more of this on them." Dick hands his friend a bottle of calamine lotion he picked up from the store in town earlier in the morning.

Wally groans and pulls the blanket that's wrapped around him a little tighter. "It doesn't work, it just makes me look like a freaking polka dot parade." He really hopes his super fast metabolism helps him to get over the virus soon.

Lian frowns up at the speedster. "You said a bad word, Uncle Wally."

Dick ruffles Lian's hair and then smiles at Wally. "No good whining about it yet buddy, it's going to get worse you know, the spots have only just started coming out."

"Oh thanks for the sympathy, Wingster." Wally grumbles. He tosses the blanket aside and stands up.

"You're welcome." Dick quips and then looks concerned as Wally grabs his duffle bag "Hey…where are you going?"

"Home. " Wally gripes. Then manages a smile despite his discomfort. "Linda has a better bed-side manner."

Dick smiles. "You mean she puts up with your whining?"

"She loves me." Wally say's as he prepares to leave.

"She sure does. You're a lucky man, West."

"I know. Catch you guy's later." Wally calls back as he disappears.

"Bye, Uncle Wally…don't forget, no scratching!" Lian calls, but Wally is long gone. The little girl sighs and turns to look wistfully at the closed bathroom door. "I sure hope daddy comes out soon, he's been in there an awful long time."

"I think he's going to be in there for a bit longer princess." Dick says as he walks over, and bangs on the door "You all right in there Roy?"

is the only reply from within.

Dick cocks an eyebrow. "I'll take that as a yes."

Lian shakes her head slowly. "I don't think daddy will be eating any more oysters for a long time, Uncle Dick."

"I don't think he'll be eating anything at all for a little while, Lian." Dick replies as he settles down on the sofa.

Lian climbs up beside him and leans against his side. She looks up as Dick wraps an arm around her and gives her a hug.

Dick smiles fondly at the little girl. "So, princess…it seem's like your dad's gonna be a indisposed for a little while, what do you want to do now?"

Lian grins. "Can we go fishing again, Uncle Dick?"

Dick's laugh is warm and relaxed. "Sure, princess, I don't see why not?"

End.