Chapter 3
~ Classical music~
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"How about this one?"
"No."
"This one?"
"NO."
"Stop being so difficult woman." Megaan sighed as she slotted the frilly, knee length, floral dress back in its rightful place.
"It's pink Megaan, pink. I hate pink." She stressed out with narrowed eyes. "And it's so…long and prudish." She whined as she crossed her legs on the stool reserved for guests in the prestigious, dress boutique. Megaan pointedly looked at the magician's current get up which consisted of a dark, vintage corset over a long sleeved white shirt, provocative fishnet stockings and tight black short shorts.
"So in other words, not slutty enough?" She quirked an auburn brow.
"Hey! This is classic magician fashion!...and it enhances my figure! What's wrong with that?" Zatanna pouted as she pointed to all her glorious assets.
The martian sighed again as she offered the girl a hand to pull her up. "Well I need to find something too so you're on your own Zatanna " She snorted at the appalled look on the dark haired woman's face. "But you're supposed to, and I quote ' Help her find something that doesn't make everybody want to rape her', Artemis said so!" She pushed out her bottom lip and turned pleading baby blue eyes to Megaan.
"At the rate we're going…" Megaan muttered but pulled the magician along to the black section regardless. "You like black right? Have fun." She abandoned Zatanna with a little push before she speed walked to a distant corner of the shop filled with green dresses.
Zatanna frowned at her back a little dejectedly but faced the rows of dresses with newfound determination. She was a woman for god's sake and she could do this.
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"Okay so you've got this right?" muttered Wally as he regarded the bubbly blonde seriously.
"Aye aye Capt'n" She saluted goofily with a wide smile.
Wally furrowed his brows. "No…just no, don't do that." He muttered as he lowered her hand. "Just in and out, quick and simple okay?"
She opened her mouth but he quickly placed his hand over it. "Yeah don't answer that Supergirl. Just go! Go get em!" He pointed in the direction of a certain dark haired male in a fashion similar to how one would command a stray dog.
She glared at him and pushed his hand off, "Yeah yeah…tch bitchy gingers…" She whispered as she headed off to ask NightWing to be her date for the dance.
Wally placed a palm over his heart dramatically. "Where did that come from?...kids these days…"
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"What about this one?"
"Uh…I don't think so…"
"Okay I respect that, this one?"
"God no, Zatanna what the hell!" Megaan hastily stood up to rip the black, lacy strip of cloth away from Zatanna. "Isn't this a swimming costume?!"
The magician laughed nervously as Megaan proceeded to attack the pile of dresses she managed to gather. "No, no, no, dear god what the hell is this?...oh wait…oooh I like this one!" Megaan exclaimed as she thrust a black dress in front of the magician's face. The magician took a step back to regard it then clapped her hands enthusiastically. "It's perfect."
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Now Superboy was a man of few words and even fewer actions if he could help it so when the Blue beetle burst into the den and grabbed him by the shirt before hysterically screaming about a suit that was two sizes too small for him, he felt no guilt or shame in whistling low enough for Wolf to appear, and drag the teen out by the leg.
"…I feel like I'm forgetting something."
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"Hey Megaan, before you leave, you do know that Connor is taking me out on a bike ride, right?" She asked carefully.
The martian giggled. "Of course I know silly, let me know when you want me to come over tomorrow so I can help you get ready." She grinned and Zatanna felt her cheeks grow a little warm. Somehow, having Megaan as a friend was so different to befriending Artemis. The archer was far from the girly type (which is what made them get along so well) but sometimes, it felt nice to have a mushy, sweetheart of a girlfriend. "Sure thing, I really can't wait." She replied honestly as her lips quirked into a shy smile.
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NightWing ruffled his hair in confusion as he paced around his rather generous apartment. Of all the guys here, why on earth would Supergirl ask me to be her date? "Maybe I should ask Z before I…" He winced as he recalled the past few events of the week. "Yeah…maybe not…"
His walk-in closet divided into six separate spaces filled with the essentials one would need for any occasion. He casually ran his hands through the variety of suits, which probably costed more than the maintenance of the cave. Supergirl insisted that he wear navy blue because 'it brings out those adorable eyes of yours!' but personally he preferred black. There was just something so debonair and dashing about a black tuxedo that no other outfit could pull off. So with a little nod, he plucked out his favorite, dark, sleek tuxedo and paired it with a pristine white, collared shirt, a navy waistcoat with it's matching tie, cobalt, formal shoes so shiny, he could see the reflection of the beige, victorian styled ceiling above and lastly, silver cuff links in the shape of flying robins. A gift from Batman…so naturally, it also functioned as a tracker and had a self-detonation option.
Chuckling, he laid out his outfit and checked the time. It was just past noon so he quickly searched online for a nearby flower shop before calling and placing an order for the corsage he'd have to pick up tomorrow. Satisfied with his planning for the day, he ruffaged through the fridge for lunch. Fortunately, there was still some leftover Chinese food from the last time the speedster came to visit but before he could lift the container to check it's doubtful contents, his cell phone vibrated against his jean pocket.
With his free arm, he slid his thumb across the illuminating screen. "Hello?"
"Wonder boy! Where are you man? We were supposed to start training ten minutes ago!" Wally moaned.
"Shit!" He cursed as he dropped the container, wincing as green noodles splattered all over the marble floors. "Gah dammit, Ug I'm so sorry Wallster, I'll be there as soon as I can man." He replied distractedly as he rushed to fetch a cloth and some detergent.
"Alright alri- Woah!" He stopped.
"…Wally? What happened?"
"It's, um she's, uh…you know never mind, I'll see you when you-"
"Spit it out Wally." Dick narrowed his eyes slightly.
"…Zatanna's uh…"
"What about her?" His voice dropped to a threatening tone.
"She's…getting on a bike with Connor, and touching him and stuff and- Ew gross! That's just nasty-" The phone crushed under the pressure of the junior league leader.
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"…some other bugger's going to snatch her up and take advantage of her broken heart. Do you want another man to take advantage of her, Grayson?"
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"nasty and-…hello? Dick? You still there buddy?" Wally looked down to check his phone screen before a creepy grin stretched his face unnaturally. "That little bastard fell for it~" He practically sang.
The group laughed and hooted in success. "Alright nice job kid." Roy slapped him heartily on the back and Wally's grin seemed to sparkle even more. "Phase two. Zatanna, are you ready?"
The woman in question nodded cheekily. With Megaan completely in on it, she felt no guilt what so ever.
"Okay then ladies, let's get this show on the road!"
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Now many people know of Aqua Lad as a calm and collected man. One who could solve problems by taking every side into consideration. One who was just and fair. One should also know, however, that on a Thursday, at precisely 17:00pm, Fairy Tail aired on channel 5. For thirty minutes of absolute bliss, nobody, male or female, was permitted to disturb the doting fan. So when Jaime came barreling in, pleading and shaking the man's shoulders while yelling about needing to find a suit and "please, please tell me you have a suit somewhere! I don't care if it smells like fish!", the dark skinned male had no qualms about copying Juvia's 'water lock'* and casually rolling the drowning blue beetle out of the room.
"Dammit Gray, when are you going to confess your hidden love to her?" He muttered as he adjusted the pillow in his arms.
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Dick was almost out of breath by the time he stumbled out the zeta tube. "Zee, where the hell…" He wheezed as he searched for her in the cave.
"You looking for that magician girl?" muttered a dejected voice from a dark corner.
NightWing turned to regard the man…fish…fish man. "Lagoon boy? When did you get back? How did the mission- fuck, yeah I'm looking for her, where is she?" He spit out quickly.
"There." He pointed to the Zeta tube next to the one the dark haired man had just come through.
"There? Where's there?! That thing could take her anywhere!"
"…said something about the park Garfield always go to." He muttered with a turned head.
Despite his need to find her, Dick took pity on the guy. "What happened to you man?"
"Megaan…dumped me…for that jack ass Superboy." He gritted out with a clenched fist.
"…For Superboy? Wait what?...something seriously does not make sense here." He rubbed his temples.
"Tell me about it. Did you know that Red Arrow is married?! He fucking has a kid and everything, I mean what the hell, I never know anything that goes on in this place." He grimaced as he shoved his hands into his pockets. "I'm going to the garage, you need anything?"
NightWing looked up with a glint in his cerulean eyes. A very obvious pattern emerged with Zee's recent love interests, however, it led to two possible conclusions.
She's recently become a home wrecker.
She's not into either of them and is just flirting with them to…make him jealous.
A slightly maniacal laugh slipped through his chapped lips. All this time, he'd been stressing his ass off for nothing. "Well Zee…two can play that game." He whispered with an evil grin.
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Zatanna felt a cold shiver run along her spine. Weird, she thought.
"Zee-Zee! You ready?" Megaan chirped as she pulled the magician by the arm. "Okay so when you get on with Connor, I'm gonna come running from there-" She pointed to a pathway leading towards the imposing, crimson machine. "-and yell 'How could you Connor! I thought you loved me, I'm with child damn it!'" She dramatically raised a poised hand to her temple.
"-and end scene. What do you think?" She asked brightly.
Zatanna snorted at the theatrical martian. "Oh wow Megaan, just wow." She shook her head and laughed at the pouting girl.
"Please don't do that." Muttered the krypton with red stained cheeks beside her.
Zatanna covered her smile with a dainty hand. They looked far too adorable for words. Megaan laughed as she poked his cheeks, completely fascinated by his ability to 'change colour like a chameleon and oh my god! You're getting redder! Are you ill Connor?'
Roy disrupted the trio with a hand signal to wave them over. "Alright, Wally and Artemis have sighted the target approaching from south south west. Everybody know your parts?" The three nodded in union. "Good. Let's do this." He patted each of their shoulders as he turned to quickly exit the park and join the two heroes on the roof. Megaan followed but detoured to the pathway while the remaining two hurriedly made their way to the bike.
Connor lifted himself up seamlessly, then handed her his arm for support. She swung her right leg over the back seat and just as she was settling in and about to wrap her slim arms around the guy's (very toned) waist, Dick came waltzing in. A small part of her felt guilty and a little shameful as soon as their eyes met but when his lips tilted into a little evil smirk and he waved at them, that part died.
"Hey guys! Going out for a ride? Have fun." He smirked as he strolled past them with a light bounce to his step.
The two sat frozen as the man left. Megaan appeared moments later screeching " Connor! You cheating bastard! I thought you changed! How will Connor junior take it when he finds out his daddy's a…" Her shouts died down as she took in the lack of an enraged NightWing.
Roy appeared moments later, followed by the archer and the speedster. "I feel like we fucked up."
"I agree." Artemis deadpanned.
"Me too." The magician whispered as she face palmed.
"Fuck." Wally stressed out with a hand in his hair.
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From his position on the branch of one of the taller, park trees. Dick Grayson watched their depressed exchanges delightedly. He was slightly surprised by the amount of people involved in his girl's little plan but it wasn't anything he couldn't handle. He thought of a few little arrangements he could make as payback but first, he'd have to do some recruiting of his own. He swiped his thumb through his phone screen again and smirked as the name 'Barbara' appeared.
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So it's been years '=,= Literally and I'm so sorry for not updating, but well life gets in the way as I'm sure most of you know '=,=
*Juvia's water lock: Juvia is a fairy tail mage with the ability to control water, 'Water lock' is a move where she traps her victim in a ball of water. Gray is the name of the man she's obsessively in love with, I ship them so hard xD~
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xoxo~
I.V