Chapter Four
Crush...
Emma looked up from her book to see her mother enter the living room. Normally, this wouldn't be cause for alarm, but her mother looked like there was something on her mind. "Is everything ok, mom?" she said smiling a little. "I just got a call from Dinah asking if it would be ok for you to go on patrol Saturday," Gwendolyn said sitting across from her daughter, "I know we really haven't talked about this, but how often did you go out with the League." "Just twice," Emma said looking at her mother, "Lance only let me go depending on the location, who was with me, and school."
Gwendolyn raised an eyebrow at the last comment and asked, "Meaning?" "League or senior members of the team only, small towns or places where there isn't a high crime rate, and days she didn't have homework or school the next day," Raven said glancing up from her book. "I'm banned from working with Nightwing, Bart, Billy, and La'gaan," Emma said a little sheepishly. "Two of those I can understand," Gwendolyn said looking at her, "But why the other two?" "La'gaan smells like anchovies and she broke Billy's hand during her first League Christmas party," Raven said.
Emma sank down in her seat a little as she explained about the party. "I can see why you're not allowed to work with them," Gwendolyn said trying not to laugh. "She does like working with Conner, Wolf, and Sphere," Raven said glancing at her friend. "Shut up, Raven," Emma hissed as she turned a little pink. "Sounds like someone has a crush," Gwendolyn said smiling. "On Wolf," Emma said before going back to her book. "Right," her mother said drawing the word out, "You have a crush on a giant wolf and not on his blue-eyed partner."
Emma pulled her book closer as she tried to ignore what her mother was saying. "Now that I think about it," Raven said looking up from her book, "I think that would explain why she keeps running into things on the Watchtower." "Aww, my little chipmunk has her first crush," Gwendolyn practically sang. "Oh hush," Emma muttered pulling her book closer to hide her blush. Her mother smiled before moving to the seat next her saying, "Well now that I know who you like, I know who not to ask to go out on patrol with you. But this does pose a new question. Who does Raven like?"
"No one," the Goth girl said monotone. "She likes Gar for some reason," Emma said looking at her friend with a wicked glint in her eyes. "No. I tolerate him," Raven replied. "Don't let her fool you, she's liked him sense their little incident," Emma giggled. "I thought we agreed to never talk about that," Raven growled. "With Emma maybe, but not with me," Gwendolyn said looking at the girl. Raven was quiet for a few moments before mumbling something. "What was that?" Gwendolyn asked.
Raven let out a sigh before saying, "He kissed me." "Why did he do that?" Gwendolyn asked crossing her arms. "He tripped while they were training and accidentally knocked her down," Emma said. "And when did this kiss happen?" "As we hit the ground," Raven said turning red at the memory. "Dinah made sure there was no video footage of the incident after Raven through Gar at the Zeta tubes," Emma said looking at her mother. "How did you find about this though?" Gwendolyn asked. "Dinah takes care of combat training for the team when she has the time," her daughter replied, "And she trains us together a lot of times."
"Doesn't Lance train you?" Gwendolyn asked. "Oh he does," Emma assured her mother, "But some of the League and team help out as well." "May have to call and ask who all trains you two," Gwendolyn said. "Kaldur, Fate and Dinah for me," Raven said before going back to her book, "Emma has Dinah, Conner, Diana, and Lance depending on which one is free." "So only one of you trains with your crushes then?" Gwendolyn asked in a teasing tone. "Sometimes," Emma said turning pink. "May have to watch you train next time," Gwendolyn said before sitting back on the couch.
"But is it ok if I go on patrol this weekend?" Emma asked after a few minutes. "I am going to ad one thing to Lance's rules," her mother said looking at her, "The no homework school night part stands. But you have until eleven, ok?" "And if it goes longer than that?" Emma asked. "Then who ever you're out with owes me a written explanation as to why you were out past eleven," Gwendolyn replied, "One page for every half hour you go over. Double that if you end up on the news. That goes for both of you."
"Pray she doesn't get Nightwing or the one Green Lantern," Raven said turning a page, "Both need lessons in grammar." "We can only hope," Gwendolyn said before they heard a knock on the door. "I got it," Emma said getting up. She left the room for a few seconds before sticking her head back in the room and saying, "Mom, it's for you." Gwendolyn got up and walked over to find a teen with sunglasses on talking to her daughter. "You're Robin, right?" she asked little cautiously. "Yes ma'am," he said with a slight smile, "I hope you don't mind, but I was wondering if some of the others from the team and I can borrow your theater room to watch something."
"Depends on what it is," she said crossing her arms. He held up a DVD and said, "Nightwing versus Cali." She smiled before saying, "Other than the room seats forty and clean up any mess you and the others make. I think you and I will get along just fine."